The long term missing: hope and help for families

Why finding the missing is important

Categories of long-term missing adults

Children : helping to bring them home

Proactive police

Civilian searchers

Celeste's sister Sara : found alive in Mexico

NamUs : an investigative tool

Become your long-term missing person's advocate

Gather information, document, and do the research

Pitfalls and legalities

Retrospect : inside a (previously) cold case

Final words.