Reverse Phone Lookup May Result in New Leads for Missing Sibling

Date: 02/03/2010
By: Search Detective staff writer

Despite having gone missing over two decades ago, Ashyea Alford has not given up hope on finding her sister. Leaving investigators with almost no evidence in regard to what happened; Alford has gone through everything from private investigators to extensive reverse phone lookups. Aware that luck may not be on her side, Ashyea remains hopeful, especially after her mother remarried a man who had been thought dead after having gone missing for twenty years. Fortunately Alford also has technology on her side where specialized search engines now enable email lookups, cell phone directory searches, and reverse phone lookups. Having previously relied on private investigators to search for her sister in cities across the US and Canada, Alford and her mother were limited in their search due to the enormous expense. Determined not to give up, one can only hope that Ashyea will find definitive evidence as to her sister's whereabouts.

While the circumstance of Andre Durham's disappearance are uncommon, child abductions are surprisingly common occurrences in the US, as nearly 800,000 children (those under 18) are reported missing each year. Nearly a quarter of reported kidnappings are victims of family abductions by someone close to the immediate family. This can be good news for investigators, as someone that you have prior knowledge about is more likely to be located than the stereotypical kidnapping by a complete stranger. Improvements in technology with cell phone directories and email lookups, along with advanced police investigative techniques, should hopefully decrease the number of unsolved abduction cases as well.

While predicting if a kidnapping is going to occur is nearly an impossible task, there are measures that you can take to protect you and your family. You should consider a contingency plan of your own which can include an emergency cell phone, or creating a series of questions to ensure your child doesn't talk to strangers. In addition you can be proactive by performing a cell phone directory search on people close to your family. A reverse phone lookup takes a matter of seconds and can provide you with a little peace of mind.