'Missing in Michigan' Aimed at Closing Missing Persons Cases

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DETROIT, MI – Local, state and national law enforcement agencies are teaming with the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help resolve missing persons at a Saturday event.

There are currently more than 4,000 missing persons actively reported missing in the state, and almost 300 unidentified remains cases, State Police said.

The free, family-friendly Missing in Michigan event provides support to families of missing persons and helps law enforcement officials update their missing person databases with tips and information in an attempt to resolve missing person cases.

Several speakers are scheduled:

• Forensic interview specialist Amy Allen of Homeland Security Investigations, who will present about human trafficking;
• Michigan’s AMBER Alert coordinator Det. Sgt. Sarah Krebs; and
• Pam Atkinson and Penny Kellar, the sisters of Paulette Susan Jaster, who disappeared in 1979.

If You Go

What: “Missing in Michigan

When: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, May 14

Where: Detroit Public Safety Headquarters, 1301 Third St., Detroit

More Information: michigan.gov/MissingInMichigan.