Locate International
Finding the missing, naming the unidentified
We are a charity dedicated to locating the missing and naming the unidentified, ensuring that every possible effort has been made to bring answers to families. We are the only UK charity assisting policing in England & Wales.
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.
How we can help
We provide independent investigative support for missing and unidentified people — at no cost to families. We work closely with loved ones and police to look at unsolved cases collectively, helping uncover commonalities, learn lessons, and advance investigations.
Our work is guided by five key goals:
Prevent future disappearances — help stop this happening to other families.
Improve investigations — support best practice for current and future cases.
Ensure every avenue is explored — make sure all that can be done has been done.
Understand what happened — piece together the facts for families.
Locate and identify people — helping bring answers and resolution.
Who we can help
We accept referrals from both families and police forces. Police can share information with us safely thanks to our formal data sharing agreement with the NPCC, ensuring compliance with data protection and confidentiality standards.
If someone is in immediate danger, please always call 999 — our service is not a substitute for emergency response.
Once a referral is submitted, our team will assess and triage each case according to our internal guidelines.
We aim to respond as quickly as possible, but please bear with us while we carefully review the details to ensure each case receives the attention it deserves.
Recent Media Appeals
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Wark Forest Man
For over 35 years, Wark Forest Man’s identity has remained a mystery. Can you help investigators make a breakthrough? His body was found in Northumberland in 1990.
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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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St Helier Woman
18 years ago, on 29th May 2006, a woman was found sitting on a wall outside St. Helier Hospital in Sutton, South London. She was complaining of severe abdominal pain.
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Hackney Woman
On 2nd August 2011, a woman was found hanging from a fire escape at Queen’s Drive, Hackney. The woman was described as African Caribbean and aged 30 – 40 years old.
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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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Glamorgan Man
On 9th December 1979, the skeletal remains of a man were found in Rheola Forest near Resolven, Glamorgan, Wales. In his possession was a Salvation Testament with the name D Malan.
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Wembley Point Woman
Despite numerous appeals, she remains known only as Wembley Point Woman. On the 20th anniversary of her death, we are releasing all new information that has come to light.
