Finding Runaways and Missing Adults: When No One Else is Looking

by Robert L. Snow

Every year in the United States, almost two million children run away from home. In addition, on the average, the police in our country have at any one time over 100,000 active missing-adult cases. This book will show readers how, with just a little advance preparation and insight, they can greatly increase their chances of finding a missing loved one, even after police have stopped actively looking. With sensationalized child disappearances, teenagers vanishing, and adults faking their own deaths, the challenge of finding missing persons often falls most directly on those who love them. And though in past years this involved a considerable amount of footwork, that is no longer the case. With the advent of the Internet and the many new search engines available, much of the searching and canvassing can now be done from computers. Family members and friends looking for missing loved ones need to know what programs and databases to access, though, to get the search under way. Snow reveals to readers the process the police use when trying to locate missing people of interest, information that readers can then use to locate their own missing loved ones. Using real stories and first hand accounts, the author offers hope and guidance to those who may have given up the search for a child, a spouse, a parent, or a friend.

183 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 29, 2012

About the author

Robert L. Snow served for 38 years at the Indianapolis Police Department, retiring in 2007 with the rank of captain. While at the police department, he served in such capacities as Department Executive Officer, Captain of Detectives, and Commander of the Homicide Branch. Snow has also been a publishing writer for over 30 years. He has had over 100 articles and short stories published in such magazines as PLAYBOY, READER'S DIGEST, THE WRITER, THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER, THE SAINT DETECTIVE MAGAZINE, and others. Snow is also the author of 18 books, including SLAUGHTER ON NORTH LASALLE, SWAT TEAMS, and LOOKING FOR CARROLL BECKWITH.

Reviews

[Rachel Bayles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of stories about runaways and missing adults, with ideas about how to track people down.