Missing Person Response - Gaps

A four-part series uncovering the gaps in Missing Person response

Search and Rescue in Australia (circa 1924), and 100 years on. Otto Yuncken – A murder, a hero, a dynasty.

Photo: The rescue party riding out across a High Country plain with George in bandages and broken bones on the middle horse ‘At daybreak...

Valentine Smith APM

4 min read

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3 min read

The first police unit on scene took down basic initial details and commenced a land search of the navigable roads and tracks for some hours.

Valentine Smith APM

8 min read

PART THREE OF A FOUR PART SERIES Victimology and Witness handling INTRODUCTION: Criticisms, no more criticisms – with over fifty years...

Valentine Smith APM

6 min read

PART TWO OF A FOUR PART SERIES INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSE – THE GAPS IN THE FIRST 120 HOURS INTRODUCTION: “If it looks like a duck and...

Valentine Smith APM

6 min read

PART ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES ‘where the missing person’s car was parked’ INTRODUCTION: Criticisms, no more criticisms – with over...

Valentine Smith APM

6 min read