Missing In Australia

ARTICLES

Valentine Smith APM

Feb 74 min read

AI – The Tipping Point to human redundancy in investigations and beyond

Valentine Smith APM

Jan 208 min read

The first police unit on scene took down basic initial details and commenced a land search of the navigable roads and tracks for some hours.

Valentine Smith APM

Dec 23, 20246 min read

PART THREE OF A FOUR PART SERIES Victimology and Witness handling INTRODUCTION: Criticisms, no more criticisms – with over fifty years...

Valentine Smith APM

Nov 25, 20246 min read

PART TWO OF A FOUR PART SERIES INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSE – THE GAPS IN THE FIRST 120 HOURS INTRODUCTION: “If it looks like a duck and...

Valentine Smith APM

Nov 11, 20246 min read

PART ONE OF A FOUR-PART SERIES ‘where the missing person’s car was parked’ INTRODUCTION: Criticisms, no more criticisms – with over...

Valentine Smith APM

Sep 11, 20246 min read

Murdered or Lost - clarifying the missing? (Three years down the track) There have always been ‘lone wolf’ stories of mostly men who...

Valentine Smith APM

Aug 2, 20246 min read

Sometimes when I am discussing missing persons cases, I am asked what is the longest a person has been missing, or similarly what is the...

Valentine Smith APM

Mar 28, 20243 min read

Everything in life is a ‘Maybe, even where we think we have a considerable degree of control of direction and choice. Many things we do...