How to report a missing person

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

Contact the relevant police or emergency service first. Prepare the person’s full name, age, recent photo, last confirmed contact, medical risks, phone/social details, likely destinations, and known transport.

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 can help turn public-safe details into a shareable source-backed appeal after the official route is started.

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.