File Report
Here you will find information on how to file a missing person report and items you will need ; in order for a case to be registered with our center you must provide the following: you may use postal mail, email all reports in or fax anytime (910) 399-6137
- Photo
- Police Report – copy see: FOIA below
The Freedom of Information Act, also known as the FOIA, is a federal statute that provides the public with the right to request access to records in the possession of federal agencies in the Executive Branch. FOIA establishes a presumption that records are accessible to the people, except for those records protected from disclosure by any of the nine exemptions contained in the law or by one of three special law enforcement record exclusions.
- Brief history of what happened – day of disappearance
- Vital stats on the missing person
- Advocacy consent allowing our center to advocate, promote, search and investigate your case
- All family and law enforcement contact information
- cue-missing-report (You can download and print out this form)
- advocacy-form (Download, print and get this form notarized)
What all law officials should know…
Please go to the website provided below and request the packets (they must request from an approved CODIS lab or department) they will mail them to the law officer that the family of the missing loved one lives in/near to take the samples. Then law officials will be given a date of entry from CODIS. Once the missing person’s DNA is in CODIS it will be compared with all current entries and then any human remains found in the future. All missing persons should be submitted into CODIS; this is now becoming a common part of data for cases of the missing as follows:
- AFIS
- NCIC
- CODIS
- Dental Records
- Good Current Photo
- Send county/state BOLO out concerning missing person
- Contact your state clearing house and report missing person (each state has one)
This is a free service to law officials across the country and assures good information to be obtained nationwide in the identification process of unidentified and or missing persons. The following links will help you in your search for good information.
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/codis/clickmap.htm
What Should I Do If I have A Missing Person?
1. Search your immediate area where missing person was last seen
2. Call a friend or neighbor for support and aid in recalling information
3. Check with family, friends, co workers and people know your missing person
4. Call the police or go to your nearest station and file a report
5. Call the CUE Center and request help for case effort
What you will need to make a complete police report:
- 3 current photos
- Complete names of medicines and what they are taken for, doctors’ names, any handicaps, allergies and medical conditions.
- What the person was last wearing-clothing, shoes, etc.
- A list of scars, tattoos, or any artificial limbs.
- A list of articles on the person, examples include braces, headgear, jewelry, glasses, lenses, hat, belt, purse, wallet, money, ID, credit cards, etc.
- A complete physical description: color of hair, eyes, skin, weight, height, build, etc.
- The description of travel: direction headed, the means of travel (if car-make, model, year, color, size).
- A list of places the person frequents.
- A total view of the situation surrounding the when the person became missing, including accurate places, times, and dates.
- A list of phone contacts and their relationship to the missing person.
After the report is filed:
- Be sure to obtain a case number and name of the person in charge of your case from the police.
- File a report with your state clearing house and keep track of the case number.
- File a report with CUE and we will provide a C94 which is the case number and caseworker assigned to your case.
You can file a report on this website or call directly 24 hours a day (910) 232-1687.
*No boxes can remain blank when submitting this form. If it does not pertain to your case type in N/A in the field box.
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