missing persons

A Miami missing persons investigator shares his own history of loss, and how his past drives him to help poor families find their lost children. Read More

A virtual ride-along with an investigator in Thailand, in which a client's Thai spouse goes radio-silent during a visit to her village Read More

The May 2012 podcast of The American Private Investigator with your host, Paul Jaeb of Heartland Investigative Group, features Mike McIntee and Paul Jaeb with the API news segment. Hear about how Lake County officials near Chicago hired a private investigator to look into two Read More

It is always astonishing to me when I read that a staggering 800,000+ people are reported missing on an annual basis and entered in to the  FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC). Additionally, the Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics reports Read More

Saturday, November 7, 2009, IRBsearch Director of Brand Management and eMedia, Scott Harrell, and I had the pleasure of being invited to attend the Alabama Private Investigators Association (APIA) Annual Meeting. It was great being able to connect with other private investigators Read More

Have you ever read the fine print on a credit application you’ve signed? It says that you give the creditor permission to inquire about and share credit information with other creditors. This has long been the “Secret Weapon” used by ALL bill collectors! Essentially, they can Read More

The term “public record” has always been VERY misleading. Even though a record is “public” and available for public scrutiny in the strictest sense, in reality it may not be readily available. The availability of numerous public records via the Internet Read More

The following resources have been selected as a starting point to assist private investigators who are working with parents who have experienced the tragedy of a child abduction or who have a child who has run away. As previously mentioned in the beginning of this text, it is Read More