Making Noise To Find A Missing Loved One
According to the FBI, there are as many as 100,000 active missing persons cases in the United States everyday. Having a loved one go missing is a nightmare. After you report your case to the police, your options are not limited. Take action! There’s a lot you can do to find your missing person.
Make Noise! Last year, when Lisa Stebic, the mother of two disappeared from her Plainfield, Ill. home, her family and friends took action immediately and made her story a national obsession. Their creativity and tireless efforts continue to keep Lisa’s story alive in the press a year and a half later! They were so successful that people from across the globe have become involved. If someone you love disappears, make as much noise as possible to keep the focus on finding them. Here are a few critical tips which could help you in the campaign to bring your missing loved one home.
Report your case to the police.
Choose a confident spokesperson who will be available always be available to the media.
Establish an online presence with a website, a blog, a Facebook group or a MySpace page.
Keep putting up new information online.
Gather clear, high-resolution photos and videos of your loved one which you can post online, share with the media, and use for posters, flyers, or other handouts.
Create a press release.
Set up a press conference. Contact all local media outlets, invite them to events you host to promote your case.
Focus on the visual.
Wear bright colors when appearing on camera and make eye contact during interviews.
Create posters and banners to hang during your media events.
Click here for a downloadable guide with the above information and more, to help you make noise, and keep the focus on your missing loved one.
Watch the videos for an in-depth guide. They will walk you through the process with Melanie Greenberg, Lisa Stebic’s cousin a stay at home mom who had no experience with the media but did a professional job of bringing world wide attention to her family’s quest to bring Lisa home!
http://safety.amw.com/family/making-noise-bringing-attention-to-missing-loved-ones/
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Comment by Delilah on November 22, 2008 at 4:18pm -
Jan, you make an excellent point that each case and each jurisdiction is so different. There are some law enforcement agencies that I have corresponded with that are so open and quick to give out the information that they can, and then others that won't even reply at all.
This video has great general tips that every family can use. And I would like to think that this is one area that Peace4 the Missing will step up to the plate and help bring awareness to all that we can.
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Comment by Jan Smolinski on November 22, 2008 at 3:21pm -
Congratulations to Lisa's family my prayers go out to you and hope you get your answers soon. I can say it is a full time job trying to get the attention of the people who could help you the most. I have listened to many and they are not financially in a position to have a website, make flyers and everything that helps to get the attention of the public. Sometimes they don't have the family support it is so difficult or access to a computer.
In my sons case after missing over four years we are blessed to have the media attention and public recognition. It did not come easy there is not one day that goes by we cannot let up. Adult missing persons are forgotten except for a very few. We hung flyers on poles and it is errie seeing your childs picture on a telephone pole it seems like the twilight zone, but because of the lack of attention from the police in the beginning and our family begging for help led to my criminal arrest basically for hanging a flyer of my missing son on a public telephone pole.I was arrested because the police did not help us when we reported a woman, Billy's ex-girlfriend tearing down flyers of him. Why ? We don't know but we have it on video not only was she driving a car but also using a school bus to tear them down., Later my charges were dropped in Superior after being finger printed and mug shot .
Now we and a local journalist have a law suit from the very people we asked the police for help against. The reason for all this to scare us away and according to police difuse the situation. Could there be some corruption?
Each case is different sometimes it could become to dangerous because of the players involved, visiting the police regularly and letting them know you are not going to let up is so important, Asking questions about the police report and collection of DNA into the national database CODIS is very important.
Thank you for supplying the video it will be helpful to many. I wish we had something like this four years ago we fumbled through everything.
Everything on the video is excellent but families with missing loved ones need to take everything into consideration.
www.justice4billy.com
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Comment by Maureen on November 22, 2008 at 3:19pm - Thanks Maggie this is good info. I had one reporter tell me that they were not allowed to run a story without law enforcement's permission. I told him that was BAD JOURNALISM and went to his competitors. Don't let people tell you no!
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