How to Find a Missing Person Who Is on Foot
Look all over your own house., Call the Emergency Services and tell them when you last saw the person and when you became aware they were gone., Create a flyer and start it printing., Tell neighbors and ask them to look in their yard., Ask a few...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Look all over your own house.
Look behind sheds in the yard, and any place the missing person might hide. -
Step 2: Call the Emergency Services and tell them when you last saw the person and when you became aware they were gone.
Ask them if they can request a tracking dog. , It doesn't have to be fancy, just the facts are enough.
Hand it to people to save you time.
Make the first 3 words in a large bold font (24 points is good) and the rest in 16 points.
MISSING ELDERLY WOMAN Jane Smith, age 81, a woman who has senile dementia, disappeared from 10 16th street at about 1:45 p.m.
Thursday, January 22nd.
She has grey hair and was wearing a red dress.
If you see her, call her daughter June Jones at 850-555-2222 or call
911.
Feel free to give her a ride back to 10 16th street if she is willing to go with you. , As you and your neighbors look, call the person's name in case they are near enough to hear you but not in line of sight. ,,,, Ask them to bring a dog to track the missing person. ,,,, -
Step 3: Create a flyer and start it printing.
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Step 4: Tell neighbors and ask them to look in their yard.
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Step 5: Ask a few neighbors to help if can and spread out these tasks among them.
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Step 6: Call local hospitals and give them the information on the flyer in case the person is taken there.
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Step 7: Get a picture of the missing person for distribution to helpers.
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Step 8: If the police don't have a tracking dog
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Step 9: call a veterinarian to get the names of bloodhound or other tracking dog owners in your area.
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Step 10: Notify your mail delivery person and local shopkeepers.
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Step 11: Make sure someone is available to answer the phone number you gave in your flyer.
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Step 12: Call local radio and TV stations.
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Step 13: When the person is found
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Step 14: let all the searchers know.
Detailed Guide
Look behind sheds in the yard, and any place the missing person might hide.
Ask them if they can request a tracking dog. , It doesn't have to be fancy, just the facts are enough.
Hand it to people to save you time.
Make the first 3 words in a large bold font (24 points is good) and the rest in 16 points.
MISSING ELDERLY WOMAN Jane Smith, age 81, a woman who has senile dementia, disappeared from 10 16th street at about 1:45 p.m.
Thursday, January 22nd.
She has grey hair and was wearing a red dress.
If you see her, call her daughter June Jones at 850-555-2222 or call
911.
Feel free to give her a ride back to 10 16th street if she is willing to go with you. , As you and your neighbors look, call the person's name in case they are near enough to hear you but not in line of sight. ,,,, Ask them to bring a dog to track the missing person. ,,,,
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