Locate International
Finding the missing, naming the unidentified
We are a UK Registered Charity dedicated to locating the missing and naming the unidentified, ensuring that every possible effort has been made to bring answers to families.
Our commitment is to provide expert reviews, mobilise skilled volunteers, and drive innovative investigations to solve long-term missing and unidentified person cases.
We are entirely volunteer-powered and rely on donations. If you are able to spare even a small amount to help fund our services, your donation will be gratefully received.
Support our Fundraiser
Can you help us raise the funds we need to continue our work?
Approximately 13,000 individuals are missing or unidentified in the UK.
Our 'For The 13,000' challenge sees us complete 13,000 activities together to raise essential funds for our cause.
Request help with a missing loved one
Our independent investigative service is carried out at no cost to families. We consider unsolved cases collectively to better understand the issues, commonalities and how missing person investigations can be advanced.
Our new analytical and investigative intiative, Quest is at the heart of our vision to find a solution to five challenges voiced by families of long-term missing and unidentified people:
Prevent this happening to other families in the future
Improve how investigations are managed for others in the future
Ensure all that can be done has been done in ours and other families’ cases
Understand what happened
Find them
This service is now available to help families of missing people. Request help today.
Recent Media Appeals
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Ambleteuse Man
Featured on Channel 4’s The Body Detectives. On Sunday 9th September 1984, the body of a man in his 30s was found on the beach at Ambleteuse, a village six miles north-east of Boulogne.
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Mile End Man
For nearly 50 years, the identity of a well-dressed man who tragically died at a London underground station remains a mystery. Now, the clock is ticking on what could be our final chance.
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Deepdene Man
Three words and three numbers, written inside a pair of trousers: can you help solve the mystery of Deepdene Man who was found on April 17th 1990 in a a forest and park?
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Vauxhall B. Wom'
If you were in London in 1977 you could help solve the mystery of the Lady in the Thames. Found in the water near Vauxhall Bridge, the lady in the Thames has remained nameless since 1977.
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B-o-Sea Woman
On 13th January 1993, after days of extremely stormy weather, the body of a white, European woman was found on the beach near to the Low Lighthouse at Burnham–on–Sea, Somerset.
