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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING & EXPLOITED ®C H I L D R E N 151268 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice This document has been reproduced exactly as received from the Missing person or organization originatlOg it. Points of view (lr opinions stated In this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the National Institute of Justice. Permission to reproduce this copyrighted material has been and granted by Nat'l ctr. for Missing & Exploited ChildrenlroJ/0JP10JJDP _____ Abducted to the National Criminal J~stice Reference Service (NCJRS). Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system requires permission Children: of the copyright owner. A Law Enforcement Guideto co Case Investigation and CD Program Management N I I Missing and Abducted Children: A Law Enforcement Guide to Case Investigation and Program Management Edited by Stephen E. Steidel September 1994 National Centerfor Missing and Exploited Children 2101 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 551> Arlington, VA 22201 .. 3052 1-800-THE-LOST (1·-800-843-5678) ORI VA007019W © 1994 by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ,-- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) wishes to acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals in the design, development, and presentation of the Basic Investigative Techniques - Missing and Abducted Childten training program and its subsequent adaptation into this manual. The combined experience, skill, and expertise of these specialists along with the suggestions, modifications, and additions provided by our expert reviewers has led to the creation of a comprehensive resource document that should be of great value to all professionals who are involved in the search for missing children. Ptincipal Authots Detective David 1. Barnard Hugh Munn, Director CID IMajor Crimes Public Information Unit King County Police Department SQuth Carolina Law Enforcement Division Seattle, Washington Columbia, South Carolina Carl B. "Bill" Hammond Officer Lee Reed Formerly with the Kershaw County Youth Division (South Carolina) Sheriff's Office and the Abilene Police Department South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy Abilene, Texas Principal Associate Public Administration Service Arlington, Virginia Detective Charles Masino Lieutenant Thomas B. Smith Missing Persons Unit Investigations Division Phoenix Police Department Collier County Sheriff's Office Phoenix, Arizona Naples, Florida Stephen E. Steidel Formerly with the Suffolk County (New York) Police Department Training Consultant Public Administration Service New Bern, North Carolina Conttibutots and Reviewets Peter D. Banks Demery R. Bishop Formerly wi.th the Metropolitan Chief (DC) Police Department Audit Section, c.J.I.S. Division Training Coordinator Federal Bureau of Investigation National Center for Missing Washington, DC and Exploited Children Arlington, Virginia ii Robert I. Bush Barbara Johnson Formerly with the Metropolitan Director of Outreach (DC) Police Department National Center for Missing Case Manager and Exploited Children National Center for Missing Arlington, Virginia and Exploited Children Arlington, Virginia Ronald H. Jones Formerly with the Metropolitan Thomas Cahill (DC) Police Department D /Lieutenant and Commanding Officer Case Manager Juvenile/Missing Persons Section National Center for Missing Suffolk County Police Department and Exploited Children Yaphank, New York Arlington, Virginia Julia Caughey Cartwright Kenneth V. Lanning Director of Media Relations Supervisory Special Agent National Center for Missing Behavioral Science Unit and Exploited Children Federal Bureau of Investigation Arlington, Virginia Quantico, Virginia Teddy Daigle John J. McLean Lieutenant Officer Commander, Child Abuse Section Medford Police Department New Orleans Police Department Medford, Massachusetts New Orleans, Louisiana Meredith Morrison Terri Delaney Case Manager Director of Publications National Center for Missing National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Exploited Children Arlington, Virginia Arlington, Virginia Cathy Nahimy Cynthia Diehm Case Analyst Director National Center for Missing National Clearinghouse on and Exploited Children Runaway and Homeless Youth Arlington, Virginia Silver Spring, Maryland Gary R. O'Connor Ben Ermini Sergeant Formerly with the Yonkers Lower Gwynedd Township (New York) Police Department Police Department Director of Case Management Spring House, Pennsylvania National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Arlington, Virginia Charles Houston Pickett Formerly with the Richmond John Goad (Virginia) Police Department and Manager the Virginia State Police North Carolina Center for Case Manager Missing Persons National Center for Missing Raleigh, North Carolina and Exploited Children Arlington, Virginia iii ----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ John B. Rabun, Jr., A.C.S.W. Judith Drazen Schretter, Esquire Formerly with the Louisville/Jefferson General Counsel County (Kentucky) Exploited and National Center for Missing Missing Child Unit and Exploited Children Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Arlington, Virginia National Center for Misc;ing and Exploited Children William Spaulding, M.S. Arlington, Virginia Formerly with the Louisville (Kentucky) Police Department J. Kerry Rice MVT Consultants Associate Professor Louisville, Kentucky Kent School of Social Work Louisville, Kentucky J. Larry Taylor Special Agent Ruben D. Rodriguez Jr. Federal Bureau of Investigation Formerly with the Metropolitan San Francisco (California) Division (DC) Police Department Senior Analyst/Supervisor Robert 1. Thomas National Center for Missing Director, Information Systems and Exploited Children National Center for Missing Arlington, Virginia and Exploited Children Arlington, Virginia Richard T. Ruffino Formerly with the New Jersey Commission R.P. "Toby" Tyler on Missing Persons and Bergen County Sergeant Sheriff's Office San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Lyndhurst, New Jersey San Bernardino, California Bradley J. Russ Diane Vigars Commander Identification Specialist Bureau of Investigative Services New York State Missing Children's Clearinghouse Portsmouth Police Department Albany, New York Portsmouth, New Hampshire Jerry Zremski Washington Correspondent The Buffalo News Washington, DC Thanks also to the many individuals, both from within NCMEC and from associated agencies and organizations, who were always willing to share their experience, knowledge, and ideas to ensure that this manual contains the most meaningful and accurate information possible. A special thanks is extended to Sheila Chapman, Catherine Delaney, and Suzanne Lappin for their assistance with this manuscript. Prepared under Cooperative Agreement #92-MC-CX-001 from the Office of Juvenile Justi.ce and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions in this publication are those of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. iv ------------------ u.s. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office of the Adminlstrat(lr IHlJhil/~l(J/r. DC 20531 Dear Reader: In recent years the law enforcement profession has made much progress in improving training and setting performance standards. Missing children investiga- . tions, however, is an area that has been somewhat neglected and underdevelopE'd. To help address this problem the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, under a cooperative agreement with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) at the U.S. Department of Justice, developed this manual entitled Missing and Abducted Children: A Law Enforcement Guide to Case Investigation and Program Management. It provides guidance to law enforcement officers investigating family abductions, abductions by nonfamily members, and runaway children. This manual describes step-by-step with definitive checklists-the investigative process required for each of these types of missing child cases. The manual also includes instructions on how to put information about missing children into the FBI's National Crime Information Center computerized system, and it provides information on general investigative techniques, crisis media relations, investigative resources, management issues, and testifying in court. The issue of missing and exploited children is tragic but it is a reality that we must deal with. This manual is an important tool for helping law enforcement officers to investigate such cases. 5f!!i!!!4tu John J. Wilson Acting Administrator Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Foreword In the summer of 1981 my 6-year-old son Adam was abducted from a Florida shopping mall and found murdered two weeks later. His death focused national attention on the tragic and frustrating search faced by families of missing children each year. My wife, Reve, and I have since traveled all across this country as advocates requesting more law enforcement resources to assist in this search process. One major achievement in this campaign was the creation of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in 1984. Since its creation, NCMEC has worked closely with many officers and investigators