Would you go “missing” if you could?

It may be my imagination, maybe not?  As I read or watch the news, it seems like at least once per week or more, someone in the basin goes missing.  

Are people intentionally going missing, going off the grid?  Kidnapped?  Maybe poor health leads to something?  If you could "disappear", would you?  Temporarily?  Permanently ?  I think about it from time to time.  One problem, I don't have enough money and I'd need a job.  Hard to get a job with no resume.  At this point I would have a hard time working at a big box store or fast food.  A week of vacation on a Caribbean Island would be nice.