Want to search for missing persons, or help ID unidentified bodies? Here’s how you can help
READ MORE
‘We won’t stop looking’
For families of Miami’s legions of the lost, hope persists -- even decades later.
Expand All
‘We won’t stop looking.’ For families of Miami’s missing, hope persists, even decades later
9-year-old Maribel vanished 40 years ago. Family and a Homestead detective still searching
Miami-Dade’s missing persons detectives crack most cases but some remain painful mysteries
‘Somebody has to know.’ In Miami, investigators work to identify hundreds of unidentified bodies
Want to search for missing persons, or help ID unidentified bodies? Here’s how you can help
If you have a loved one who has gone missing or want to help in the search of a missing person, there are many resources.
▪ To contact the Miami-Dade Police’s Missing Persons Bureau, call 305-715-3300 or call Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. The bureau’s website also features cases that need solving.
▪ In the City of Miami, the Missing Persons Unit can be reached at 305-603-6350, and its web page accessed here.
▪ In Broward, the Sheriff’s Office’s missing persons cases can be found at this website. BSO can be reached at 954-321-4735. To learn more about missing persons cases in Fort Lauderdale, visit this website, or call the department at 954-764-4357..
▪ Statewide, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement also runs the Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse, which can be reached at 888-356-4774. It too runs a comprehensive database with information that can be accessed at this page.
▪ Nationally, the federal government runs the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NAMUS, which “provides technology, forensic services, and investigative support to resolve missing person and unidentified remains cases.” The system’s database can be explored here.
▪ The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children also runs a clearinghouse and comprehensive reporting center for missing children. Missing kids posters can be browsed here.
▪ Other non-profits for missing persons and unidentified-remains cases include the Charley Project and the Doe Network. Information on unidentified remains in Miami-Dade County can also be found on the Instagram page for the Medical Examiner’s Office.
This story was originally published November 17, 2021 at 7:00 AM.