Data Gems

Below are resources to aid in the investigation of missing persons. If you have any feedback please email Edward Dentzel directly at unfoundpodcast@gmail.com.

Charley Project

NamUs

“170 | The Disappearance of Cameron Remmer: Behind the Scenes” | The Unfound Podcast Channel on YouTube

Merriam-Webster, “crowdsourcing”

“The 11 Layers of Citizen Journalism” by Steve Outing Website: The Poynter Institute

The Associated Press, “Anonymous Sources”

“Levels of Attribution” from Chapter 10 of Writing & Reporting for the Media, Eleventh Edition by John R. Bender, Lucinda D. Davenport, Michael W. Drager, and Fred FedlerWebsite: The Oxford University Press

Zaba Search (name search)

WhitePages

Fast People Search

FamilySearch

Federal Election Commission

OpenSecrets.org

Mary Ferrell Foundation

Google Scholar

Way Back Machine

Intel Techniques

Federal Bureau of Prisons – find an inmate

Vine

FBI Records: The Vault

Google News Archive Search

Google Alerts

Justia

Newspapers.com by Ancestry

Library of Congress: Digital Collections

USA.gov

ProQuest

Murder Accountability Project

Mapping and Geocoding, Journalist’s Toolbox, Society of Professional Journalists

Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium

The State of the Latino News Media, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, City University of New York

Pew Research Center

U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime

InSight Crime

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Police Executive Research Forum

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