VIRGINIA OBSERVES 2ND ANNUAL MISSING PERSONS DAY In every state in America, there are families still waiting for their children to come home. Analysis of state by state data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates at any given time in the U.S., there are an average of 90,000 open missing persons cases, with at least 15 states having between 5 and in excess of 10 open cases per 100,000 people. The void left by these missing persons create a ripple effect on the entire country. In a growing trend, more and more states are establishing their own Missing Persons Day...
Read MoreTo: Thomas Lauth, Private Investigator and parents seeking assistance From: Liz, mother of Brandon Date: December 9, 2009 Being the mother of a missing son, was by far the most agonizing and heartwrenching experience I have ever had. When my “adult” son disappeared on his 18th birthday, without any sort of notice to family, naturally we were shocked and very concerned for his safety. As a young man with neurocognitive impairment and MH difficulties, my son had been receiving intensive community based MH services and was accordingly, registered as a disabled and endangered missing adult. My local police department placed...
Read MoreDear Tom, Recently my son was missing and we had no where to turn until we found you. He had taken off for work and never got there. No one knew where he was, the police couldn’t help us because he was of age. I called the missing children’s hot line.’ If any parent is in out situation l recommend highly that they call you. You were so helpful and kind to us. You understood just how worried we were. You met my husband in Mass., where we finally figured out where my son was. You stayed there until he...
Read MoreTo whom it may concern, Our daughter started slipping in her senior year of high-school. She became very secretive about her life, she was missing school and seemed to be on drugs. It was impossible to have any kind of conversation with her, she was so much on the defensive. We tried 2 different therapists and an outpatient drug program. Nothing worked. She somehow graduated and we were trying to talk about the future with her but she was always very evasive. At the beginning of the Summer, she chose to go back to a camp where she had been...
Read MoreI wanted to take this opportunity to formally commend and recommend the services provided by Tom Lauth (Lauth and Associates). My family and I recently worked with Tom regarding my sister and nephew who had been missing for almost two years. Tom was the second investigator who worked the case. Based on the excellent service we experienced, r sincerely regret that we did not work with him initially. I found Tom to be extremely knowledgeable, professional and emphatic. I immediately felt comfortable in confiding in him. In response, Tom offered a complete plan, with accurate cost disclosures and regular substantive...
Read MoreJuly 6, 2004 Dear Fellow Non-Profit Agencies: The National Center for Missing Adults (NCMA), a division of the Nation’s Missing Children Organization, Inc. provides assistance to families and law enforcement in the search for missing persons. NCMA is a federally and publicly supported nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention of abduction and the safe recovery of missing persons with primary focus on adults determined by law enforcement to be endangered due to foul play, diminished mental capacity, physical disability or suspicious circumstances. NCMA does not investigate leads and is considered a support to law enforcement in efforts to generate new...
Read MoreTRANSLATION After the abduction to the USA Jasmin and Felix are looking forward to return to their school. On Monday Felix (6) and Jasmin (9) finally return to their school. They are looking forward to their friends, the teachers and sports. Three months ago the father abducted the children to the USA. by Juergen Lauterbach Exhausting weeks lie behind Susanne N. (42). For a long time she did not know to where the father, living separated from her, abducted the children and how they are doing. By her own initiative and the help of her family, lady-attorneys and a detective...
Read MoreTo whom it may concern, The Committee for Missing Children, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) Charity with offices in Lawrenceville, Georgia and Langenselbold, Germany. We have offered assistance to parents who have had their children abducted or go missing both domestically or internationally for over seventeen years. We offer both counseling and financial assistance to parents who have suffered the loss of a child through abduction. One aspect of our assistance is the actual locating of the children. To do this we may have to rely on a professional investigator who specializes in child abduction and who has the...
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