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Welcome to the Web portal of Michael Neiger's Michigan Backcountry Search and Rescue (MibSAR), a small, largely non-motorized, Long-Range Special Operations Group (LRSOG) organized as a
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Michigan Department of State Police (MSP).
Mission
Michael Neiger
Lead Investigator
Marquette, Michigan
Founded and run by
Michael Neiger, an independent investigator in Marquette, Michigan, MibSAR's
Long-Range Special Operations Group (LRSOG) is dedicated to working select unsolved missing-person cases and felony cold cases in the remote bush between the Great Lakes in northern Michigan, USA, and the Arctic Ocean’s Lower Hudson Bay in Ontario, Canada.
Important Notice: While Michael Neiger's special operations group (SOG) collaborates with law enforcement agencies, search-and-rescue teams, task forces, and strike teams regarding on-going investigations and operations,
his special operations group (SOG) is not a traditional, paid, professional, "first-response," search-and-rescue unit.
His SOG is one of 'last resort' that specializes in working on select missing-person and felony investigations, primarily ones that have been suspended by the agency of jurisdiction.
An incident requiring an emergency search and rescue (SAR) response should be immediately referred to the agency with jurisdiction over the area where the incident occurred—often a sheriffs department in Michigan; or the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) in Ontario, Canada—by calling 911 immediately.
On certain, select cases, Michael Neiger also designs, maintains, and hosts investigative Web sites; designs, prints, and distributes investigative posters; underwrites monetary rewards; and arranges for anonymous, toll-free tip lines and online tip-reporting programs through Crime Stoppers.
All of Michael Neiger's SOG investigations, searches, services, CSI operations, work products, and consults are provided absolutely free of charge to victims, their families and advocates, and police departments.