Ocean City, Maryland will host a Public Awareness Event for Maryland’s Missing on Saturday July 25, 2009. The Maryland Task Force for the Missing and Unidentified, Adults and Children along with members from the Maryland Center for Missing Children, Maryland Missing Person Network and Porch Light for the Missing, will bring attention to the missing and unidentified adults and children to the public. "It is nice to know that a city which prides itself in being a wonderful family vacation spot is also concerned about the safety and well being of all in Maryland!" said Darlene Huntsman, a Task Force member.
At last years event in Ocean City, the public response was wonderful and resulted in information about three ongoing missing person cases. The event will feature posters of Maryland's missing. "When people see the faces behind the names of the missing it seems to hit home, maybe it could happen to them and what would they do, what resources are out there " says Huntsman. There are now many additional tools to help. Information will be available about giving Family Reference/DNA Samples, so that all families with missing can get family reference samples into the CODIS computer system. Information about public access to the searchable database system, The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, NamUs, created by the Department of Justice's Office will also be available from the Maryland Center for Missing Children.
This coalition of Maryland missing person organizations, advocates, law enforcement and families of the missing will gather at this all day public awareness event on the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland on Saturday July 25, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM at 501 South Atlantic Ave. OC, MD 21842. For more information contact Susan Bowerman at 304-261-3132 or Darlene Huntsman 410-586-3068
At last years event in Ocean City, the public response was wonderful and resulted in information about three ongoing missing person cases. The event will feature posters of Maryland's missing. "When people see the faces behind the names of the missing it seems to hit home, maybe it could happen to them and what would they do, what resources are out there " says Huntsman. There are now many additional tools to help. Information will be available about giving Family Reference/DNA Samples, so that all families with missing can get family reference samples into the CODIS computer system. Information about public access to the searchable database system, The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, NamUs, created by the Department of Justice's Office will also be available from the Maryland Center for Missing Children.
This coalition of Maryland missing person organizations, advocates, law enforcement and families of the missing will gather at this all day public awareness event on the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland on Saturday July 25, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM at 501 South Atlantic Ave. OC, MD 21842. For more information contact Susan Bowerman at 304-261-3132 or Darlene Huntsman 410-586-3068
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Remembering Annie Mae Taylor.
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