Missing

In those cases in which you know of the disappearance of a person, it is recommended, and it is important, that you take into account the following issues:

• You do not need to wait 24 hours to report someone as missing.
• However, before filing a missing person’s report, and in order to establish the disappearance, make a first search at the address or place where the missing person was last seen. This way, it can be ascertain that the person is not hiding, or may have fallen and been injured, or is missing due to other reasons, particularly in cases of minors and elderly people.
• The missing person’s report must be filed at the police unit closest to the place where you had knowledge of the disappearance of a person.
• Providing the following information about the missing person will help police investigators in their assessment and search:
  • Full name and date of birth.
  • Day, time and place where the disappearance occurred or the missing person was last seen.
  • Physical description of the missing person (height, weight, hair colour, eye colour, etc.) and what he or she was last seen wearing (clothes, jewellery, glasses or other items).
  • A recent photograph.
  • Details of the health and medical conditions of the missing person: If he or she suffers from a neurodegenerative disease, a chronic disease, or has any disability (psychic, physical, sensory, intellectual or mental), or lack of autonomy (advanced age, difficulty of displacement, physical impairments, medical problems, etc.).
  • If the missing person is following a medical treatment or is taking a prescription medication of vital importance.