Free Tools for Locating a Missing Person
If you’re trying to locate a former classmate or colleague, lost relative or old flame, try your luck with these free, public online tools which require knowing the person’s name or phone number:
PIPL is a query engine that finds people’s profiles and deep web pages on websites and online databases that cannot be found with regular search engines, such as Facebook, Amazon and LinkedIn.
Yahoo! People Search is a tool that searches for people’s phone numbers, addresses and email addresses. It also includes a reverse phone number lookup where you input the phone number, and it identifies the owner.
SuperPages People Search is a tool that searches for people’s phone numbers and addresses. It also includes a reverse phone number lookup where you input the phone number, and it identifies the owner.
WhitePages People Search is a tool that searches for people’s phone numbers and addresses.
Facebook is a social networking website that facilitates reconnecting with former classmates. First create a profile for yourself, input the schools you attended, then search for classmates on the “Find Friends” page.
LinkedIn is a professional networking website that facilitates reconnecting with former colleagues. First create a profile for yourself, input the companies you’ve worked at, then view the lists for current and former employees on the company page.
If you don’t have any success with these tools, don’t give up hope! Bluevision Investigations offers effective missing persons search services, accessing non-public online databases and research services that are only available to licensed private investigators.
Some very good, and free, options there.
These tools are really very helpful.