The LighthouseBring Them Home

Help families be seen. Help the public notice.

Prepare case-linked missing-person awareness.

Use official case information and appropriate authority to prepare a reviewed awareness page.

Review the intake requirementsBrowse published awareness

For case-linked awareness. This is not emergency reporting or a replacement for the investigating agency.

  1. 1Confirm official case information
  2. 2Prepare authorized details
  3. 3Review before publication
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Build an awareness page from the family story and official case information. People can recognize the person, share the page, and send a useful sighting through the case tip form.

Use Missing Persons whenA family needs careful public awareness tied to an official case.

Approved photos, general area, agency information, case links, and private tip routing belong here.

Use another room whenThe need is remembrance, community, or immediate danger.

Use Memorials for remembrance, Community for ordinary posts, and call emergency services first if someone may be in danger now.

First actionBegin privately and verify before public awareness.

A public page should connect to an investigating agency, case number, or official public case link before it opens.

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If someone may be in immediate danger, call 911 or local emergency services now. Creating a Lighthouse page does not file an official missing-person report and does not replace law enforcement, NamUs, or NCMEC.

Notice and report

Notice. Do not confront or follow.

If you recognize someone, do not follow or confront them. Send the sighting through the case tip form or contact the investigating agency and let them take it from there.

Awareness compass

Awareness is not a normal post.

This room is built for careful visibility: enough public information to help people recognize the right person, with sensitive sightings routed privately to the people handling the case.

1Official case first

A public awareness page should connect to an investigating agency, case number, or official public case link before it reaches the open harbor.

2Safe public details

Share a name, approved photo, general area, agency, and family-approved description without exposing private addresses or live locations.

3Private tips

Sightings and sensitive information belong in the private case tip route, not public comments or social callouts.

4Do not confront

If someone recognizes the person, the page guides them to report carefully and let the agency or family contact handle the next step.

Safety boundary: Lighthouse does not file reports, investigate cases, dispatch emergency response, verify sightings publicly, or tell the public to approach someone. If there is immediate danger, call emergency services first.
Need a remembrance page instead?Looking for ordinary community help?Need Lighthouse support?

Begin with the family

Begin privately. Verify before public awareness.

Sign in through My Lighthouse to begin or continue a case draft.

Case-linked public awareness

Clear facts help people recognize the right person.

Awareness pages begin after the case details connect to an investigating agency. Every family receives the same place in the harbor.