There are often hours or even days of uncertainty when a person is reported missing. If these are children or the elderly, the search starts immediately. However, not all missing persons cases can be solved.
Silina is back! The 13-year-old had previously gone into hiding for two weeks with her boyfriend (17) in neighboring Lower Austria. Those responsible for her social-educational residential facility had reported her missing. This is not an isolated case: three-quarters of all reports of missing children involve minors who run away from care institutions.
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In fact, eight out of ten reports of disappearances in Upper Austria last year involved children and young people, as a ‘Krone’ investigation to the Federal Criminal Police Office shows. Accordingly, 14 to 18-year-olds were reported missing in approximately 850 cases, and children were reported missing in 350 cases. In total there were approximately 1,500 reports of people in hiding.
Information about the environment is recorded
Stefan Mayer, head of the Competence Center for Missing Persons, explains how the investigations work in such cases: “In addition to routine clarifications as to whether an accident has already been registered and checks at the home address, information is collected about the environment, living conditions and habits, but also external factors. The circumstances of the disappearance are under investigation.” If a child or an elderly, vulnerable person goes missing, the search begins immediately – for example with helicopters, sniffer dogs or aid organizations such as Mountain. or water rescue.
The clearance rate is around 99 percent. But: not all complaints are clarified. Four cases from the previous year are still unsolved in Upper Austria – such as that of Christa P.: The 54-year-old from Linz disappeared last October – until now without a trace.
Source: Krone
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