missing person report

noun

: a document that officially reports that someone is missing
They've filed a missing person report with the police.

Examples of missing person report in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If a missing person report hasn't been filed for someone more than five weeks after the fire, then that person probably isn't actually missing, the chief said. Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Rebecca Boone The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2023 Sims said that a missing person report may never have been filed on Kimzy. William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 24 May 2023 Deputies responded to the grandmother’s home that same day to take a missing person report and enter the teen’s information into multiple missing persons databases. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 9 July 2023 The families said law enforcement, which was slow to accept a missing person report for Petito, has been even slower to act on cases involving the two young men. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023 Officers started a missing person report and made attempts to find both individuals. Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023 Only people who have had a missing person report filed for them with the Maui Police Department are on the verified missing list, Pelletier said. Jennifer Kelleher and Rebecca Boone, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023 Rans’ remains were identified after her family filled out a missing person report and provided a DNA sample. Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023 The Massachusetts Environmental Police, the Barnstable County Dive Team and the Sandwich Fire Department were also involved in the search after a missing person report surfaced following the crash, per Daily Mail. Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023 See More

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“Missing person report.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missing%20person%20report. Accessed 5 Dec. 2023.

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