Family support and preparation

Urgent safety note: If someone may be in immediate danger, contact police or emergency services first.

Families often need one calm information pack: timeline, public photo, official case number, contact route, medical risk notes, and a list of people already contacted.

Practical steps

• Use official reporting routes before relying on public posts.
• Keep a clean timeline and separate confirmed facts from uncertainty.
• Share source-backed appeal links and update them if the case status changes.
• Protect private contact details, private addresses, and family information.

What not to do

Missing Alerts supports public-safe visibility while keeping private family details out of public pages.

How Missing Alerts can help

Missing Alerts connects public-safe case pages, country guidance, source attribution, map or location fallback panels, and safe sharing links so supporters can help without spreading unverified details.

Related links

Advice Hub · Country Intelligence · Active public cases

Quick answers

Should I post everything online? No. Share only public-safe details and official source links. Where should sightings go? To police, emergency services, or the official source route named on the case page.