“It was comforting to know I could call their investigative team 24/7”
16-year-old Charmaine went missing from her apartment building in Antioch where she lived with her mother. The case was brought to our attention by one of our confidential informants. Our investigators interviewed the mother who wanted our help because she felt law enforcement’s response was “apathetic,” presumably because Charmaine had run away once before. We worked with the case manager at NCMEC and sent out “MISSING” flyers to 6,000 Bay Area residents. Finding Kids investigators responded to a possible sighting of Charmaine in Livermore, but did not find her. When they interviewed the witnesses and reviewed security tapes of Charmaine leaving her apartment, they felt she was planning to meet someone. Pittsburgh Police Department created a ruse to retrieve Charmaine and she was recovered at 4:00 am the following week.
Mother of a 15 year old
“I cannot thank you enough
for finding my child.”
There are no fees for our services, ever. Every search and every hour of Family Support is funded by people who decided a missing child was their problem too.