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Missing since December 4, 1985 (NCMEC)From the cited official record

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NCMEC’s poster lists Missing Since December 4, 1985 and gives Hot Springs, AR as its place.

Date label: Missing since December 4, 1985 (NCMEC). Missing Since is NCMEC’s label. It does not settle the separate NamUs Jeffrey/Jeffery name-attribution review.

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Missing since December 4, 1985 (NCMEC). Missing Since is NCMEC’s label. It does not settle the separate NamUs Jeffrey/Jeffery name-attribution review.

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Hot Springs, AR. Hot Springs, AR is the place listed on the NCMEC poster. The native catalog retains Hot Springs, Arkansas; this guide supplies no exact address, route, or location for a different event.

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NCMEC missing-person poster 665279. Official poster checked October 23, 2026.

How to match this record: Compare NamUs MP5290, its explicit NCMEC reference 665279, and NCMEC’s NCIC number M427190854. Preserve the separate source labels and unresolved NamUs name attribution.

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NCMEC missing-person poster 665279

Official poster checked October 23, 2026.

NamUs lists Jeffrey Lynn Smith, while its reviewed dated wording uses Jeffery Lynn. Its checked alias field does not establish that spelling as an alias. The original name-attribution review stays unresolved; no spelling is corrected and no alias equivalence is inferred. This guide infers no current case outcome.

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NCMEC missing-person poster 665279 Open this source
Listed name
Jeffrey Lynn Smith
NCIC number
M427190854
Date label
Missing Since
Date as listed
December 4, 1985
Listed place
Hot Springs, AR
NCMEC reference
665279
NamUs MP5290; original name review held Open this source
Listed name
Jeffrey Lynn Smith
Source snapshot date
2026-10-19
NamUs MP5290 explicit identity reference Open this source
Listed name
Jeffrey Lynn Smith
NCMEC reference
665279