Category: Skip Tracing
Skip Tracing: Intentionally Missing People
As I explained in my previous article, Introduction to Skip Tracing, classifying your subject as “intentionally missing” or “unintentionally missing” is very important and will assist you in determining which action to take and what information you will need in order to bring a missing persons assignment to a successful conclusion. I’d like to describe [...]
Private Investigators Looking for Runaway Children
How Do PIs Find a Runaway? Many times as a private investigator you’ll receive a desperate phone call from a worried parent begging for help in finding a runaway. The novice PI might refer the parent to local police and call it a day. They know that databases are useless in finding a runaway since [...]
Understanding Military Addresses
From time to time you are going to come across a military address while conducting a database search. Knowing what to do with the address, to whom it belongs, and what additional information can be gleaned from it can yield very important information! I learned a lot while I was in the Navy and the [...]
Investigative Value of Social Security Numbers
Proposed legislation would prohibit the sale of Social Security number information. As a result, private investigators would lose access to databases that are effective for helping distinguish individuals with similar names. This is particularly important with regard to women (who may assume their husband’s name).
Using Email To Locate People
You can use email to locate people but I’ll tell you up front that the success rate when you have email information available, either a subject’s known email address or an intact copy of an email received from the subject, can be fairly low. Any one who tells you that a person can be located [...]
Locating Mobile Phones through Pinging and Triangulation
I hesitated to include this article since cell phone pings has always been something of an urban legend among the private investigation and bail enforcement communities. However, I do know for certain that it is absolutely possible and that many fugitives and abducted children have been recovered through the use of cell phone pinging by [...]
Introduction to Skip Tracing: How do you Find People?
“Skip tracing” is a term that refers to the process of finding a person whose whereabouts are unknown. This term is based upon the word “skip,” which is often used to describe a subject who is believed to be “skipping out” on his or her duties and obligations such as a debt or court appearance. [...]
