National Center For Missing and Exploited Children.

What they do: Help families with missing children.

Website: www.missingkids.com

Mission: The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, (NCMEC), is a private, (501)(c)(3) nonprofit organization which was created in 1984. The mission of the organization is to serve as the nation’s resource on the issues of missing and sexually exploited children. The organization provides information and resources to law enforcement, parents, children including child victims as well as other professionals.

What they do: The NCMEC is more than just a clearing house for pictures of missing children. They are now in charge of entering any missing children cases into the Namus Database. They offer training for Law Enforcement, including a 4 day training Responding to Missing and Abducted Children.

NCMEC also mans a Cyber Tipline:

The Congressionally-mandated CyberTipline is a means for reporting crimes against children including:

• Possession, manufacture, and distribution of child pornography
• Online enticement of children for sexual acts
• Child prostitution
• Sex Tourism Involving Children
• Extrafamilial Child Sexual Molestation
• Unsolicited Obscene Material Sent to a Child
• Misleading Domain Names
• Misleading Words or Digital Images on the Internet

Reports may be made 24-hours a day, 7 days a week online at www.cybertipline.com or by calling 1-800-843-5678.

They first and foremost are there for families with missing children. They are also very comforting in a time of need. When my daughter was missing in 1998 there were very few resources for me. NCMEC was the first one I called. They told me what I needed to do and who I needed to talk to. Even though it was 9 pm on a Sunday night they were there.

Even after I called to let them know she has been found 3 months later, they continued to call me off and on for the next year and ask how things were going. I can never thank them enough.

Here is their resource page for parents with missing children.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=200

Missing: Tracking those who disappear - The Barrie Examiner - Ontario, CA

Missing: Tracking those who disappear - The Barrie Examiner - Ontario, CA

Authorities Intensify Search for Missing Missouri Mother of Triplets - FoxNews.com

Authorities Intensify Search for Missing Missouri Mother of Triplets - FoxNews.com

Facebook Missing Person Flyer-Tagging Awareness Campaigns - PEACE4 THE MISSING

Facebook Missing Person Flyer-Tagging Awareness Campaigns - PEACE4 THE MISSING

Amazon.com: The Last Place You'd Look: True Stories of Missing Persons and the People Who Search for Them (9781442203686): Carole Moore: Books

Amazon.com: The Last Place You'd Look: True Stories of Missing Persons and the People Who Search for Them (9781442203686): Carole Moore: Books

Review

A guided tour through the perplexing realm of missing persons. --Kirkus

A thorough overview of the problems involved in locating everyone, from children abducted by noncustodial parents to the victims of unsolved murders.
--Booklist

Moore, a former police officer, offers anecdotes and personal experience outlining the different types of missing persons, typical police procedures, what family members should be aware of, and finally, the occasional success. --Publishers Weekly

This book can be summed up in four words: It's excellent. Read it.
Moore...has harnessed her experience, her research and analytical skills, and her passion for the subject to write the definitive book about missing people.
--New York Journal of Books

Product Description

Former police detective Carole Moore interviewed the families of dozens of missing persons across the county and around the world to compile The Last Place You'd Look, which also focuses on the efforts of police, search and rescue, nonprofits and volunteer organizations. According to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), there are about 100,000 active, open and unresolved missing persons cases that sit on the books in the U.S. each day. The numbers are similar in Canada, where annually more than 60,000 children are reported missing. Additionally, in the U.S. alone there are more than 40,000 John and Jane Does in cemeteries and morgues across the country, still waiting to be identified. The anguish of having a loved one vanish is unthinkable, yet thousands of families face this heartbreak every day. The Last Place You'd Look provides searchers a starting point and gives readers an overview of "the club no one wants to belong to."

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WhitePicketFenceNewsletterVolume2Issue1MissingJessieFosterPage1.jpg (JPEG Image, 1700x2200 pixels)

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO ASK THE FBI TO LOOK INTO THE CASE OF JOSEPH HELT, AGE 17, MISSING FOR 24 YEARS - PEACE4 THE MISSING

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO ASK THE FBI TO LOOK INTO THE CASE OF JOSEPH HELT, AGE 17, MISSING FOR 24 YEARS - PEACE4 THE MISSING

Joseph Helt, went missing 24 years ago in Ellenville NY. He was  only 17 years old at the time. The local police and the NYS police have failed at every turn. They neglected to add Joe to NCMEC until 2010...he went missing in 1987 (a full 23 years AFTER he went missing). They neglected to add him to the NYS Police list of Missing Persons until April 2011 (a full 24 years AFTER he went missing). They have NEVER contacted Crime Stoppers in spite of our numerous requests. Over the years they have never asked the medias help to get Joe's story out there. For 9 months now someone (or a group of people) repeatedly tear down Joe's missing persons flyers from the local grocery store and from the street that the high school is located on, often within less than 24 hours of the time we put them up. Ironically, they leave the posters that can be seen by the security cameras alone. One NYS trooper tells us that the three individuals who were the last to see Joe were polygraphed in 1987, yet another tells us that one refused to take the polygraph. This individual was packed up by his father within weeks of Joe's disappearance and shipped down to TN to live with his mother (we're in NY). He still lives there to this day. A NYS Police spokesperson states in an NBC televised news statement that the three who were the last to see Joe that night were never and are not considered suspects...even though people have come forward with info that contradicts the story told by them.

With all of these missteps, we feel that the FBI needs to get involved. Therefore, we are starting an online petition to ask for their help. We would truly appreciate it if you could each sign the petition and pass the link along to help us. Here is a link to the petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/justice-for-joseph-helt.html