A CHILD IS MISSING

• make a careful search of your home
and surrounding property;
• check with playmates;
• check favourite play areas;
• call all friends, neighbours and relatives;
• call the police as soon as possible
and be prepared to give the
following information:
 full physical description;
 birth marks or other marks of
identification;
 most recent photograph;
 description of clothing worn at the
time of disappearance;
 medical problems;
 recent problems at home, school,
with playmates, etc;
 if possible/probable abduction by
spouse or former spouse, does the
child have his/her own passport, or
if the child is recorded on the
passport of the other parent?
 if it is possible that the child is a
runaway, what favourite clothes,
possessions etc. are missing.