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Guidelines to Follow
- The Search |
After an initial check of your house and yard, it is best if you let
someone else take over the searches. Law enforcement will probably
do an initial search after they interview your family. It is best if
you do not participate in that search. The best use of your time will
be to answer questions and point out possible areas to search.
If volunteers are allowed to participate in the search, you can help
out with this. Have your friends and family call people that they
know to help with the search. Law enforcement will instruct the
volunteers in what to do.
Ask law enforcement to provide you with a map of areas that have been
searched. You may need this information later.
At some point and time law enforcement will end the search even if
they don’t find anything. If you are not satisfied that enough area
has been searched, you have the right to continue the search on your
own. There are several volunteer search organizations available to
help. Check the information in the Other Resources section of this
document.
If you want to conduct your own search, the Laura Recovery Center
has documented how to organize and perform a search. That
document may be found on their web site. The most important things
to do in a search are to mark potential evidence (don’t touch it) and
to keep good records on what areas were searched, on how well they
were searched, and on what was found.
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