Search UK

Search UK is a facility to help people find a missing person. Firstly it gives advice on the procedures that you should follow to try and locate a missing person. Additionally, Search UK is at your disposal to assist you trying to locate the missing person.

In England over 250,000 people a year are reported missing. These adults and children are missing for many different reasons. The overwhelming majority of people are missing by choice. They are running away from abusive relationships, debts, or a troubled home or family life. Often these people are depressed, desperate and some see disappearing from society as their only escape. Other missing people are mentally ill, Altzheimers sufferers for example often become disorientated with their surroundings, they wander off and then ultimately become lost. Most of these types of missing people will be found or will return home within a couple of days. Over 100,000 of all people reported missing are under eighteen years of age. These young people often run away to large cities in the hope of finding a new home, life, friends and bettering their often tragic situations. However the reality that these young runaways face is often full of drugs, homelessness, begging and prostitution. Another growing category of missing children is Parental Abduction. The increases of this specific type of abduction is largely due to the ever growing separation and divorce rates. The majority of these offences occur during court ordered visitation rights. Unfortunately the biological attachments the children share with there kidnapper does not always ensure their well being or personal safety. The last category of missing people is mysterious disappearance. Not much is known about the mysterious disappearance of adults and children for it is often the case that these adults and children are never found. In most cases there are no clues, no specific time or place of abduction, no witnesses and no suspects. People simply just vanish! It is true to say that the majority of these people, if found at all are found dead, but new technology, criminal psychology, neuroscience and profiling advancements are evolving all the time thus aiding the detection of these particular abductors.

Remember - Most missing persons will be found or will return home within a couple of days. Do not jump to conclusions contact the police immediately and follow their instructions.

Search UK was created in January 1999 to help publicise and trace the plight of missing persons both adults and children. Search UK is divided in to three main areas:

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES - This category is dedicated to both adults and children who have disappeared in unknown or mysterious circumstances.

PARENTAL ABDUCTIONS - It is in this section that we focus on children who are known to have been abducted by either their mother, father, step parents or the natural parents partner.

RUNAWAYS - This section is for both adults and children who are believed to have runaway from home of their own free will.