What not to say - if you are law enforcement
Things you say early on during a disappearance could come back to bite you, bad. Make no mistake: some of the more callous things said by law enforcement, even when they weren’t intended to do harm, will be repeated for years to come as family members [...]

What not to say - if you are family or friends
When someone disappears, those close to the family often don’t know what to say, so they say nothing. Some people say the wrong thing altogether. Here we will compile a list of things not to say, to help you not “step in it,” and help [...]

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Her Mission for the Missing Earns Mom National Kudos
4/20/2010
By David Lohr
(April 20) — A Nebraska woman who emerged from the “nightmare” of her son’s disappearance to bring hope to other families of missing people has received unprecedented national recognition for her efforts.
The U.S. Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime last week named Kelly Jolkowski, [...]

Kudos to Los Angeles’s cold case unit and Detective Mitzi Roberts and forensic artist Marilyn Droz for trying to help a family find this missing loved one.
But what took so long? This young woman’s body was found in 1994!
40,000 unidentified bodies in the U.S. and 105,000 missing persons cases. A whole lot of potential matches [...]

http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=11909770

State Authorities Work to Get Wider Missing-Child Alerts
Posted: Jan 31, 2010 4:36 PM CST Updated: Feb 01, 2010 9:26 AM CST

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An Amber Alert for Aja said she was believed to be in the company of her stepfather, Lester Hobbs.

Associated Press
GERONIMO, OK — The lack of any sighting in Oklahoma of a missing [...]

So, a few years ago, I had this idea for The Garden for the Missing in Second Life.  I envisioned a lot of posters of missing people, and hoped that I could do my small part to possibly help locate some of them.
It wasn’t until I met people who are searching for their loved ones, [...]