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Database and DNA to help find lost First Nations people

A database is being set up to document cases of missing First Nations people along with a DNA collection program to help families find lost loved ones.

AAP · Aug 4

Murdered, missing, unidentified … the tragic stories that inspire Britain’s cold case investigators

When Dave Grimstead left the police after more than 30 years, he knew just what he wanted to do: solve some of its most intractable mysteries. The founder of Locate International explains why the country needs him and his volunteers

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4

Man's body identified 10 years after he was hit by car yards from east London home

Bryan Woolis was hit by a Mercedes close to his home in Walthamstow in January 2015

Evening Standard · May 19, 2025

The Wembley Point mystery: who was the woman who jumped to her death?

One October morning in 2004, a woman took the lift to the 21st floor of an office block in north-west London, bought a coffee in the cafe there – then opened a window and jumped out. No one knew who she was. Do they now?

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2023

Thousands of UK missing persons cases may be reinvestigated

Volunteer detectives could look again at all 13,000 cold cases on National Crime Agency’s missing persons unit

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023

How a UK missing persons charity solves cold cases using expert volunteers

Locate International, founded by a retired detective, has one ultimate goal: to investigate every cold case in the UK

The Guardian - UK · Apr 2, 2023

Appeal issued to uncover identity of man found on riverbank

The man was found with a vast amount of items in his possession and picture of himself as a youngster

Wales Online · Mar 14, 2023

Appeal to identify man 27 years after his death

The man may have been living rough before he fell off the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, missing persons’ charity Locate International said.

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

Locate International issues new image to identify man found dead near Bristol 27 years ago

"Someone out there must remember meeting him"

Bristol Post · Mar 14, 2023

Face of mystery man found dead near golf course in chilling unsolved mystery

The computer generated image could solve the mystery of the who the man is. He was found dead in Scotland in October 2011 but has never been identified

Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2023