| It happens every day in the US, in big cities and | | | | information closely. |
| small towns, people who go missing. In some | | | | What happens more frequently is that information |
| cases they've become the victims of a crime but | | | | linking the missing person to others or to places is |
| in most of these cases they've disappeared | | | | discovered and this can help in the search to find |
| deliberately. Frequently they're running away from | | | | them. A professional investigator's secret trick of |
| some type of trouble or attempting to escape an | | | | the trade to find missing persons is to find other |
| obligation. | | | | people who know them and who can lead them |
| Some of the biggest reasons they drop out of | | | | to the missing person. |
| sight include: | | | | Sometimes it's as easy as calling up a former |
| - Hiding from child support or alimony payments | | | | associate of the missing person who will know |
| - Facing a huge debt and unwilling or unable to pay | | | | their current location. |
| - They're wanted by law enforcement agencies | | | | If these steps don't net the desired results then |
| or the courts system | | | | it's time to move the search online. The following |
| - Owe taxes or liens to the government | | | | strategies are common ones used by |
| - Don't want to pay for damages or face legal | | | | professionals to obtain information online that |
| action for an accident they caused | | | | helps them locate a missing person. You can use |
| If you're searching for someone who is missing | | | | these very same strategies by doing a search |
| you should be aware that you can access data | | | | through an online investigative search service. |
| right from your home computer that could very | | | | Professional Strategies You Can Use: |
| well help you find this missing person. In the past | | | | - Conduct a Profile Search by looking up people |
| this information could usually only be learned by | | | | with the same first initial and last name, city and |
| going to the costly expense of hiring a private | | | | state. If the results aren't satisfactory at first |
| investigator. | | | | then expand the search if the name isn't a very |
| In recent years public records and huge business | | | | common one to other cities and states. Pay close |
| database information is now accessible online. All it | | | | attention to search areas where the missing |
| takes to retrieve this information is a computer | | | | person had family, friends, business connections or |
| and some determination. The ordinary citizen can | | | | other dealings. When you have a list then start |
| now do this investigative work on their own. | | | | contacting each person. Your missing person may |
| When compared to the cost of paying a PI firm | | | | be among the names on that list. |
| by the hour, the cost to search online is very | | | | - Search by Social Security number by doing an |
| minimal. Many online search databases will charge | | | | SSN trace thought the credit bureaus. The credit |
| a one time small fee that gives unlimited search | | | | bureaus are most likely to have anybody's most |
| access for a year. | | | | current phone number and address information. |
| These online services will get you fast, accurate | | | | Private Investigators will tell you that this is |
| unlimited results of information that was once | | | | typically the best way to find a missing person |
| difficult, if not impossible, to get online. It's | | | | who is attempting to hide. Most people fail to |
| important to realize that these search database | | | | realize the many different types of activities that |
| services aren't the same thing as typing a | | | | trigger address updates on the credit record. |
| person's name into Google and getting pages full | | | | From filling out a job application to renting a place |
| of results. General search engines can bring up | | | | to live to turning on utilities and phone service will |
| pages upon pages of results, where do you even | | | | trigger these updates. |
| begin to decide which John Doe on that list is the | | | | - Search Voter Registration databases as this is |
| one you want to find? | | | | often overlooked but frequently effective. Missing |
| Proprietary people search services are the best | | | | persons tend to build new lives based upon the |
| way to seek this information because they're | | | | old lives they lived. If they were voters in the |
| optimized to locate people. Instead of having to | | | | past then typically they'll register to vote in their |
| scroll through thousands of non-related listings that | | | | new location. Voter records are kept by state |
| a general search engine would bring up, these | | | | agencies and are available though specialized |
| services take you directly to the information that | | | | people search services. |
| you desire. | | | | - Search Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings. |
| Basic Strategies to Use for Finding a Missing | | | | These filings are lien notices which will be filed |
| Person: | | | | locally and maintained by each state. The |
| If the missing person is a family member your | | | | specialized search services compile this data so |
| first step is to collect a much information as you | | | | that it can be obtained easily. UCCs document |
| can about them. Pull out old files or records. List | | | | when a lien is placed on any property that a loan |
| any organizations or clubs they were members | | | | was made on. It's a great tool to track missing |
| of. If possible find bank and investment account | | | | persons as it can lead you to a business that had |
| records. Especially useful will be driver's license | | | | a history with that person. It's quite possible you |
| numbers, employee ID numbers and of course a | | | | may get contact information from them. |
| Social Security number is a key piece of | | | | Specialized people search services also offer a |
| information to have on hand. | | | | variety of other databases where you can readily |
| If the missing person is not somebody that you | | | | access additional information. These could include |
| knew on a personal level then you'll need to get | | | | drivers license records, change of address |
| information from people who knew them if you | | | | records, vehicle registration and even traffic ticket |
| are able to. If you can't do this there are | | | | information. The databases can provide you with |
| methods to get it from an online search service | | | | current address or link you to somebody else |
| but having it to begin with can make the process | | | | who can lead you to find the missing person. |
| go more smoothly. | | | | The specialized people search services have |
| After collecting this physical information it's | | | | collected data and compiled it into an easy to use |
| important to organize it and analyze it for any | | | | database. They provide easy to utilize search |
| clues as to where the missing person may have | | | | tools with automatic links to public databases that |
| gone. Often you'll find a hint in this first collection | | | | you need to search. This will make looking for a |
| of information. It simply wasn't evident at first as | | | | missing person a faster and easier process and |
| nobody had bothered to look over this | | | | most likely result in a successful locate. |