Who ever said you have to wait 24 hours to report a missing person?
If you've watched any TV detective shows or movies where a missing person was part of the plot, you've no doubt heard the police say you have to wait 24 or 48 hours to report a missing person. Have you ever considered what might be lost in that time period? How far can someone travel within the time it takes to actually become missing, and being noticed as missing, then waiting the allegedly required time frame to make the report. That's a big distance and, potentially, a huge loss of evidence. Well, the good news is that in the United States, you don't have to wait 24 seconds let alone 24 hours. So, who can actually report someone missing? Does it have to be a next of kin? Well, in the vast majority of US jurisdictions, (it could vary), anyone can report anyone as missing whenever the circumstances warrant the report. In California, where I worked for 32 years, you can report a missing person to ANY law enforcement agency regardless of the person&#