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Guidelines to Follow
- The Second 24 Hours |
Please follow these steps:
- Make sure to ask for frequent updates from law enforcement
assigned to the case. It is your right to be informed.
- Try to expand the list of family members, friends, neighbors,
coworkers, school friends, teachers, and others who knew the
missing person. Tell law enforcement everyone that you can
think of. Keep a list of any names that you give the police
and tell them you want updates of any interviews conducted.
- Give law enforcement any recent calendars, notepads, and
computer files that the missing person may have used. Once
again, log the items in your notebook.
- Start thinking about offering a reward. Even as little as
$1,000 has solved cases. Ten thousand dollars would be the
best amount to start with, if you can afford it. Try and have
a separate reward fund bank account set up for contributions.
- Have caller ID and call waiting installed if you do not
already have them. An automatic telephone cassette recorder
is also a good thing to have. You may even consider having
a second phone line installed.
- Take time to relax, exercise, eat and drink. You owe it to
yourself and your missing loved one to stay sharp. Robert
Cooke made a decision very early in his daughter Rachel’s
disappearance. Robert said, "What good will it do to sit in
a chair and cry all day? I’m going to work hard and try my
best to get Rachel back."
- Make another list of people in your loved one’s life who
may have useful information, such as doctors, dentist, and
teachers. Also add to the list any medications that the
person is taking. Give the list to law enforcement, but
keep a copy of the list in your notebook.
- Remember, delegate responsibility. You cannot do everything
yourself. Delegate tasks and ask for updates to make sure
each task is done.
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