Thomas Lauth
Missing Persons Investigators
MISSING PERSONS INVESTIGATOR
EDUCATON
- B.S. in Criminal Justice, B.A. in Political Science / Indiana University
- Extensive law enforcement training and continuing legal education
- Numerous Criminal Investigations Seminars with various focus on Forensic Pathology, Evidentiary, Interview/interrogations techniques, Crime Scene Analysis
- Graduate of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (Johnson County)
- Various seminars on Missing Persons, Human Trafficking, and Child Abductions
- Volunteer for National Center for Missing Adults
EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Missing Persons, Human Trafficking Investigator, 1993 – Present, Currently serve as a referral investigator for various non-governmental organizations and family nationwide and overseas. Investigations conducted precede law enforcement’s investigation. Information gathered including investigative memorandums, witness statements, and final conclusive reports that follow intensive proactive field investigations. Missing persons case objectives are determined in the initial stages if foul play was involved. Otherwise, seeking intervention would be the final steps for victims of human trafficking, physical or mental disabilities, and homelessness. When the cases are determined to be foul play a homicide investigation is then conducted, thus, all reports are then provided in collaboration with law enforcement. All cases involve missing children and adults between the ages of 12-seniors. Circumstances of the disappearance involve at-risk children, teens and at-risk adults missing because of foul play, human trafficking, custodial or non-custodial abductions, (including Hague and non-compliant Hague Countries) homeless1 because of drug or alcohol addiction, disease, natural disasters, or victim of forced displacement from oppression.
- Senior Criminal Investigator, Marion County Public Defender Agency
- Received numerous commendation letters from NGO’s and parents nationwide.
- Served as both a prosecution and defense witness on numerous missing persons and homicides, both at the Federal and the State levels.
- Appointed numerous times by State and Federal Courts to conduct independent investigations of homicides, robberies, and serious felony matters.
- Worked cooperatively with various State and Federal Law enforcement agencies such as INTERPOL, FBI, US State Department, various foreign embassies, and parents nationwide.
- Located successfully over 80% successes adult and juvenile missing person cases nationwide and internationally.
Over the years, experience has taught many lessons in the location of missing persons. Outside of a raditional law enforcement approach, a private investigator can pursue many alternative avenues that yield concrete results. First of all, a private investigator that works exclusively on missing adults, runaway teens and abducted children has much more time to dedicate toward the case. County, city and state police agencies as well as the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) have enormous caseloads while manpower and resources are spread thin. A private investigator answers to the parents of a runaway or abducted child, or whoever retains his services. Law enforcement agencies many times cannot pursue every avenue available to locate a missing loved one.
LAUTH REFERENCE
- Reference by the Committee For Missing Children.
- Reference by National Center for Missing Adults(NCMA)
- Reference by Mother of Missing Persons, Liz
- Reference by Mother of Missing Persons, Brigitte
- Reference by Mother of Missing Persons, Donna
- Reference by Family of Missing Persons, Andrea
THOMAS LAUTH IN MEDIA
- A Detective found the Children or Original from Newspaper Page
- Tech Sophomore disappeared between her classes Thursday
- Mom Seeks Answers in Daughter’s Disappearance, Christine Lindsey Walters
- Activists call for dedicated missing persons unit, Cleveland, Ohio
- Most missing adult cases unsolved, Cape Cod Times
- The search for Adji entering a new venue — the Internet, Naples Daily News
- The National Center for Missing Adults’ Funding Was Slashed by the Feds, but Volunteers Are Keeping It Alive, Pheonix New Times
- LAPD, family both trying to find man missing 4 1/2 years, Daily News, Los Angeles, CA
- Is Olisa Williams still alive?, The Ann Arbor News
- Missing adults an epidemic
- Refusing To Give Up, National Post
- This Small report is intended to encourage all parents who have or had to experience a child kidnapping through a family member
- Discovery of body leaves community ‘numb, The Fayetteville Observer
- www.prkiosk.com
- Toronto police’shake the tree’ in Mariam Makhniashvili disappearance, Posted Toronto, Canada
Please visit our Missing Persons Investigator site for more information. www.lauthmissingpersons.com
Thank You
Thomas Lauth
Missing Persons Advocacy Network
Phone:800.889.3463
E-mail:thomas@lauthmissingpersons.com
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