How to Find Missing Persons?

Posted by Andrew Lope
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Dec 8, 2020
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Over 100 missing person reports are registered each day in Australia. The wide majority are young people as well as children who go missing either by becoming lost or failing to advise parents or guardians where they are. 

There are also some cases wherein people go intentionally missing, shifting identities to make themselves difficult to find.

Whilst more than 95% of missing persons are found. Individuals who remain missing for more than three months are reclassified as ‘long term missing’. There are over 2,500 people who are classified under long term missing in Australia. 

If you wish to find a lost friend, relative or known, then there are a lot of avenues used to locate a missing persons Brisbane. 

The place where you want to start the search varies from an individual to individual, as everyone has different circumstances or lifestyle.

If you are wondering where to begin, then that depends on the information you already have and what you need to find out.

The necessary steps will be fewer if you have the missing person's name and you are just looking for a current address or telephone number.

Names may be unknown for someone looking for an adopted child or birth parents. In these cases, your search will take more time while you have to contact everyone you think may have a piece of the puzzle- it can be anyone from a relative to former neighbours to a lawyer. 

Once you have a name, you can use the following listed easily accessible sources-

•  Search engines

Basic web searches may help guide you to the missing person's address and telephone number. The top four search engines by usage are- Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask. 

By making use of different search engines, you can obtain different results, since each engine has different data sets and ways of returning results.

When performing searches, always remember to put your search phrase in quotation marks to improve the relevance of your search results.

•  Social networking web sites

In recent times, most people under the age of 30 have some sort of profile on one or more social networks. Popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc. offer search facilities of their pages by name, zip code, and email address, although using them typically requires registration but it is worth if you wish to locate missing persons Brisbane.

•  Directory assistance

This might sound obvious, however, it happens to be the most overlooked source. If you know the area where the person was last living, call local directory assistance at the earliest.

•  Assistance from investigators

Another valid and accessible source of locating missing persons in Brisbane is by looking out for investigator services

Make sure you research well and hire a well-known investigator from a reputable investigation agency that specialises in offering missing persons’ investigation services. 

Always remember to check the online reviews and ratings of the investigation agency before you plan to hire them for reliable missing persons’ investigation services.

In conclusion, these above-stated are some of the easily accessible sources from where you can locate the missing persons Brisbane.  



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