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NMPCC X ACT Dog Team
The National Missing Persons Coordination Centre (NMPCC) interviewed Canine Handler, Leading Senior Constable Peter Hockings and his canine Rogue, to learn about how the ACT Dog Team/AFP General Purpose Team assists in the search and rescue of missing persons.
When a member of the public is reported as missing, members from the AFP General Purpose Team will respond. “In the event that we're...
When: Tue, 2024-07-09 11:54
International Missing Children's Day 2024 - Commemorate, Remember and Continue
Every year on the 25th May, the Global Missing Children’s Network (GMCN) commemorates International Missing Children's Day (IMCD) by honouring missing and abducted children, and celebrating those who have been recovered.
This year the National Missing Persons Coordination Centre (NMPCC) marked IMCD by highlighting the core objectives of IMCD: to commemorate missing children who have found their...
When: Thu, 2024-05-23 17:00
Age Progression - Lorrin WHITEHEAD
February 8, 2024 marked the 11th anniversary since Lorrin Whitehead went missing. Lorrin was last seen at 4:55pm on 8 February 2013. She would now be 53 years old.
By utilising family photos, as well as knowledge of the effects of ageing, Forensic Artists at the Australian Federal Police have created an artist’s impression of what Lorrin might look like today. The above image shows a comparison...
When: Thu, 2024-03-21 14:10
Why do people go missing?
Recently we ran a social media series exploring the reasons people went missing and what they were feeling and experiencing at the time. Anyone, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity or educational background may become a missing person. The reasons for going missing are many and varied and can include mental illness, miscommunication, misadventure, domestic violence, and being a victim of crime....
When: Wed, 2024-01-31 13:45
National Missing Persons Week 2023: Can you solve the case?
The AFP is calling for Australians to put on their detective hats and assist forensic investigators unpick clues that could help crack some of the nation’s longest unsolved missing persons cases.
Launched today for National Missing Persons Week, which runs through 5 August, the Can you solve this case? campaign is focused on eight cases involving unidentified human remains.
While forensic...
When: Sun, 2023-07-30 08:03
International Missing Children’s Day 2023: The important conversation between parents and children about safe behaviour
The AFP’s National Missing Persons Coordination Centre (NMPCC), in partnership with The Daniel Morcombe Foundation, have today on International Missing Children’s Day 2023 (IMCD) released online resources to encourage parents to talk to their children about safe behaviour.
IMCD is an internationally recognised day to commemorate the missing children who have found their way home, remember those...
When: Thu, 2023-05-25 07:27
National DNA Program partners with Othram to use forensic genetic genealogy for unsolved Australian cases
26 October 2022
The AFP will have access to specialised forensic DNA testing, not currently available in Australia, to identify human remains and develop new leads for unsolved crimes, by partnering with a world-leading forensic genomics laboratory.
Under the agreement, the AFP’s National DNA Program for Unidentified and Missing Persons will provide forensic evidence from some of Australia’s...
When: Thu, 2022-10-27 16:34
National program using DNA to identify missing persons extended until end of 2023
National Missing Persons Week 2022 reminds us of the many thousands of Australians left wondering, asking, searching and holding onto hope for their missing loved one.
A unique national program has been extended for a further 12-months to provide more opportunities for the AFP National Missing Persons Coordination Centre to use the latest forensic techniques and databases to help Australian law...
When: Mon, 2022-08-08 12:54
National Missing Persons Week 2022: Australians asked to consider life with a missing loved one
The AFP’s National Missing Persons Coordination Centre (NMPCC) is urging Australians to think of the people they love and ask what their life would be like without them this National Missing Persons Week (NMPW).
NMPW 2022 is being launched today (31 July) by the AFP with an innovative digital campaign called “Without Them” that challenges Australians to identify with the missing, feel the weight...
When: Mon, 2022-08-08 11:57
International Missing Children’s Day 2022: looking through the eyes of a family with a missing child
Editor’s note: Video and audio grabs available via Hightail. Image of Gordana is available on NSW Police Force social media pages.
This International Missing Children’s Day (IMCD), the AFP looks to raise awareness of the impact and long-term suffering of families who are waiting for answers about their missing child.
IMCD 2022 is centred around ‘missing moments’, and to mark the day, the...
When: Tue, 2022-05-24 15:43
