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Missing Persons Specialists
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The Natural Investigative Skills re-visited - Article 2 in a 4-part series - Tracking
‘…The father, however, did not despair, and after some trouble secured the services of two or three aborigines, whose sharp eyes soon picked up the tracks the white men were now unable to follow. They pointed out where the children had slept, where they had stumbled along in the dark, and where an attempt to carry the youngest child had failed, the bearer being too weak to rise with the burden;’ The italic piece above is an excerpt from the Argus Newspaper, Melbourne report

Valentine Smith APM
Apr 219 min read


The Natural Investigative Skills re-visited - Article 1 in a 4-part series
THE SIX SENSES: FOCUSING ON SIGHT, SOUND, TOUCH, TASTE/SMELL (INTUITION) [i] The symmetrical beauty of nature is delivered to us in a myriad of ways, sometimes it is the repetitive pattern of a leaf generally indistinguishable amongst millions on a giant tree, each with its lifeblood of veins, or perhaps it is the wings of a butterfly, or the feathers of a bird duplicated either side of its centre line and perfect in almost identical beauty when viewed from either the left

Valentine Smith APM
Mar 1812 min read
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CONCEALMENT OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF HUMAN REMAINS (RE-VISITED)[i]
(The follow up to the original article of 3 Nov 2025 with updates and objectives) Thousands of you visited the first article on LinkedIn and hundreds read the full article on our web site at www.missinginaustralia.com.au In response, I am extremely grateful for your interest in this very important subject. This is not just about ‘no-body, no-parole’, that is already in place and often does not work. This is focussed more on those remorseless apathetic types who have the kn

Valentine Smith APM
Feb 218 min read


CONCEALMENT OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF HUMAN REMAINS
‘Take a minute to think of cases where someone is missing, presumed murdered and those responsible or others, will not reveal the location of the body so that it can be returned to loved ones and the pain of forever wondering can end.’ The statement… We constantly hear the term ambiguous loss in relation to the grief attached to the families of those whose loved ones are long term missing persons (LTMP). But what does this mean and who does it affect? It is a fast-paced world

Valentine Smith APM
Oct 18, 202510 min read


Finding inner peace in a world of Killers
Gary doesn't shy away from writing about perspectives and observations that may, in some circles, be considered quite unorthodox for a cop.

Samantha Kiss
Dec 23, 20222 min read
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