Missing Persons

There are many reasons for a client to request a Private Investigator to locate, or find, a missing person and trying to find someone who has gone missing without leaving any trace can be challenging and the process becomes even more challenging when the missing person does not wish to be found.

For instance, they may reside in rental accommodation with a friend and pay the friend half of  the rental amount which means their name does not appear on the lease agreement.

They may reside in a caravan park, or if over the age of 55, may reside in an aged care facility.  In rate cases we have even found a person in prison serving a sentence.

When a person needs to continue with their everyday life such as working, family and/or health issues, finding the time and the money can be physically exhausting and emotionally draining, especially if all the hours they put into it, leads to a dead end.

If the person who is missing is over the age of 18 and does not wish to be found, once we at Trace and Identify (Australia) speak with that person, we offer the email and phone contact number of the client just in case they have a change of heart and decide in a few weeks (or even months) to let the person seeking them, know that they are safe and well.  It is a satisfactory situation for everyone.

A few of the main reasons for someone to want to locate a person or persons are:

• A person who owes you money (called a debtor)
• A beneficiary – a person who benefits from a Will
• The NOK of a beneficiary if the beneficiary is now deceased
• A partner or spouse so that divorce papers can be served
• An elderly relative who may need assistance and care
• A friend who married and did not inform all their friends of the fact
• Birth parents or birth children
• Wanting to reunite with a previous friend or neighbour

We at Trace and Identify (Australia) can do the hard work and free up your valuable time, as we use specialised databases that are not generally known to the public. 

Once clients have done the social media e.g. Facebook searches, they sometimes give up.  This is when we at Trace and Identify (Australia) come to the rescue.  Our databases are updated every month and to locate a person for any reason can take as little as a few hours, or in some cases, months.

If however, the person is a rebellious teen who is aged under 18, it is a matter for the police.  Even if the parent is besides themselves with worry because they fear the child may be on drugs or in the company of suspect people, it is still a task for the police only.

Once we receive an enquiry, we at Trace and Identify (Australia) know the correct questions to be asked, the correct legal procedures to follow and how to successfully identify the person whether they be a debtor, beneficiary, witness, a past friend, or family member, whilst using Duty of Care to both client and Subject.

To do this successfully, you need to be in possession of the right tools. These ‘tools’ are databases that are not generally available to the public. Some are free and some are PAYG (pay as you go) and some are quite frankly, very expensive and some even require contracts to be signed before usage. An annual fee for some necessary databases in our profession can be quite expensive, plus proof of an accepted profession may be a prerequisite.

Good telephone skills are a must. The enquiry us not finalised if the investigator “believes” they have the correct person.  It must be proven.  This step must be handled discreetly and professionally