When Your Child First Goes Missing

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when your son or daughter In the situation the child is found as being missing, here's a to-do list of what parents ought to do during the first 24 hours the child went missing. 1. Immediately declare your child missing at a local law enforcement agency. Ask the authorities that will be managing the case to quickly enter your child's name into the National Crime Information center (NCIC) Missing Persons file. 2. Ask the authorities to immediately put out "Be on the Look Out" BOLO Statement. Also check into if they could contact the FBI to help look for your little one. 3. Minimize the entry to your child's room. Do not handle or remove anything because they could be important to the investigation. The garbage may include notes your child made to other people. Even the blankets to his bed should not be removed. Ensure it is only available to the police (specifically those individuals who are dealing with the investigation. 4. Be regularly in contact with the person directing the case. Get his phone or his email address maintain it in a safe place. As much as workable ensure that you understand exactly what is happening with the investigation. 5. Do your share by first providing any essential information to the police relating to the child, particularly on the day he or she disappeared. Make sure that even what your child is dressed in is properly specified. There may be facts regarding someone they witnessed wearing precisely that. Be sure to also provide any markings that allows them to identify your child such as birthmarks or tattoos. 6. Look into your child's close friends. Prepare a list of their names or anyone that could help know your child's whereabouts. Share this also with authorities working on the investigation. Also make a list of people who just relocated out or moved in. 7. Find current photos of your child and provide these to authorities. Present these in both colored and black and white. Make duplicates of these pictures and give these out to local media that might assist with the investigation. 8. Contact organizations that have the ability to help. Check out with those who deal with such needs. 9. Delegate one person to answer the phone. Make sure to have a pad and pen available for taking down anything associated with the investigation. Record the number that recently telephoned. This is quite useful particularly when working on a background check on who just phoned. 10. Take care of yourself and your family. Your missing child needs you, for that reason you


should be rested and strong in dealing with the problems to come. Mountain High Investigations are experts in missing persons investigations. visit their website mountainhighinvestigations.com/missing-persons-investigations/


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