Contact your local law enforcement agency, first. To assist with the investigation, law enforcement may ask for the following information to include in the missing persons report:
- Missing person’s full name, date of birth and social security number
- Details on where they were last seen or heard from
- Details on any vehicles involved
- Details on any persons who maybe with them
- Details on what the person was wearing and any unique characteristics
- A current photograph
Learn about additional steps to take when a loved one goes missing
To aid in the recovery of a missing person, law enforcement may request that information about a case be posted on the Ohio Missing Persons website. Law enforcement can do this by calling the Ohio Attorney General's Office at (800) 325-5604.
The Ohio Missing Persons website posts cases that meet the following criteria:
- The person has been reported missing to a law enforcement agency and the law enforcement agency has entered the missing person into the National Crime Information Center database; and
- They are a missing child who is 17 years of age or younger; or
- They are a missing adult between the ages of 18-21; or
- They are a missing person 22 years of age or older who is suspected by law enforcement of being endangered or the victim of criminal activity; and
- The child or adult is missing from Ohio; or
- The child or adult is missing from another state or country, but believed to be in the state of Ohio.