Suspicious Missing Persons

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2026
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Abstract
This chapter systematically examines the investigation of suspicious missing persons, outlining risk-based categorisation, initial actions, and the critical role of timely decision-making to protect life and maximise recovery outcomes. It details flexible categorisation, avoidance of bias, and application of structured frameworks such as the 5WH model and National Decision Model, emphasising last known sighting, window of opportunity, and reporting delays as key determinants of investigative direction. The chapter explains senior investigator leadership, main lines of enquiry, and comprehensive search strategies, alongside effective information management, family liaison, and controlled media handling to support accountable investigations. It addresses return management, fabricated or staged reports, no-body homicides, pseudocide, and kidnap or abduction, and outlines support from national units, alert systems, and legal frameworks that enable coordinated responses. Finally, the chapter consolidates practice through a structured checklist, reinforcing continuous review, precise recording, appropriate resource deployment, and hypothesis-testing to maintain momentum, minimise risk, and improve the likelihood of locating missing persons safely.
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Authors Tony Cook
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Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/law/9780198971580.003.0017
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https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198971580.003.0017
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