Missing Person Investigations

Missing Person Investigator

www.lauthmissingpersons.com - Missing Persons Investigator

Indianapolis private investigator, Thomas Lauth, has nearly 20yrs experience conducting missing person investigations throughout the country. Owner of Lauth Investigations International headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, Lauth specializes in investigating and locating missing children, runaway teens, as well as missing adults where there is suspected foul play, or individuals with diminished mental capacity, or psychiatric issues are present. Lauth has also worked extensively on cases involving abduction and child trafficking.

As of June 30, 2013, there were 86,640 active missing person cases in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Crime Information Center (NCIC) with 46,467 missing person cases active for more than one year. In addition, there were 7,956 unidentified persons listed as active. During 2013, there were and astounding 319,938 cases entered into NCIC. With these numbers being an average, law enforcement agencies throughout the United States are often inundated with missing person cases.

A New Approach to Missing Person Cases

Over many years, lessons have been learned when investigating missing persons. Outside of the traditional law enforcement approach, a private investigator can pursue many alternative avenues that can yield positive results. A private investigator that works exclusively on missing adults, runaway teenagers, and abducted children has much more time to dedicate toward the case. County, city and state police agencies, as well as the FBI have enormous caseloads while manpower and resources are spread thin. A private investigator answers to the parents of a missing child, or whoever retains the PI's services. Law enforcement agencies many times cannot pursue every avenue available to locate a missing loved one.

A professional missing person private investigator will also engage the family in the search and will encourage relatives, mothers, and fathers to get out in the neighborhoods, engage the community, and utilize available resources to help generate leads for the investigating law enforcement agency.

Thomas aggressively pursues media exposure similar to those used in recent high profile disappearances as seen on CNN, NBC, 48 Hours, Prime Time Live, and Inside Edition as well as local television and print media to help maintain public exposure and raise awareness, increasing the chances of locating and recovering the missing adult or child.

For approximately 17 years, Thomas worked closely with the National Center for Missing Adults (NCMA) located in Phoenix, Arizona. Thomas continues to work with NCMA founder and former CEO Kym L. Pasqualini to continue to raise awareness for missing adults. In addition, Lauth sponsors the Missing Person Advocacy Network to provide additional exposure for missing persons and their families.

Due to the lack of a federal mandate, similar to that which exists for missing children, that requires immediate entry into NCIC by law enforcement, many cases fall through the cracks. Missing adult cases also typically do not garner the same media attention as missing child cases do.

Lauth approaches a missing adult case proactively differing from the often-reactive approach made by law enforcement. Commonly, police agencies do not have the same resources available for adult cases, and often it takes the media spotlight to spur law enforcement into action during the disappearance, abduction, or kidnapping where there is suspected foul play.

Lauth works nationally and can travel to any state in the United States, including Canada and Mexico. Lauth will also travel overseas if the investigation should require it. Over the past two decades, Lauth has traveled to nearly every state in the United States while investigating missing person cases. Lauth is often consulted by reporters and Executive producers and continues to work with media throughout the country. Outside of law enforcement, there are few experts who work daily locating missing persons.

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