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Recent disappearances put spotlight on Hampton Roads missing persons cases
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By Cindy Clayton
The Virginian-Pilot
[emoji767] June 11, 2015
Several disappearances that have been in the news this week have drawn Hampton Roads attention to missing persons cases.
Hundreds of people go missing every year in Hampton Roads.
While two missing people have been found dead in the past two weeks, that grim outcome is unusual, police say.
Most missing persons are runaways, some located by police and returned to families. Some are adults. They tell police they forgot to call their families or lost track of time. Some just wanted to leave a spouse or stressful situation.
"It's not against the law to walk away from your life," Chesapeake police detective James Thomas t old The Pilot for a story in 2012. "People over the age of 18 can come and go as they please."
To track down the missing, police generally follow a process that begins with determining the person's age and whether he or she is in danger because of an abduction or mental disability, such as dementia. For an endangered missing person, a search is immediate.
If a person is not in danger, detectives follow leads and conduct interviews.
The process can be frustrating.
Cases aren't solved the way they are on TV where police track the missing in minutes using a cellphone's GPS or other technology. In real life, detectives must have a court order to do so.
Many citizens think they have to wait before reporting a disappearance.
Police will take a report about a disappearance any time, from anyone.
Sometimes, despite weeks, months or even years of investigating, the trail to a missing person grows cold.
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