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.
Real People. Real Statistics. Real Progress.
Our 2024 Impact Report Is Here
We are driven by one goal: to find answers for families of missing and unidentified people. Find out more about what we achieved in 2024, and how you can support 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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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.
