Ohio BCI to hold Missing Persons Day event at Wright State University

Wright State University.

Wright State University.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation announced it will hold an Ohio Missing Persons Day event at Wright State University, inviting families with missing loved ones, law enforcement and members of the public to remember the state’s missing people and take steps to help find them.

The event is 10 a.m.-1 p.m. May 17 at the WSU Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building at 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway. There will be a candlelight vigil at noon.

At the event, Ohio BCI said there will be consumer DNA kits available for free to families of missing people to use for Project LINK, a program from the state attorney general’s office to offer free assistance to people with loved ones missing more than 30 days.

The announcement also urged family to bring police reports, photos of their loved ones, dental records/X-rays and any other information to share with law enforcement at the event for assistance on their cases.

BCI also said the event will offer facial reconstruction for unidentified people, crisis support for families of missing people, information on human trafficking and information on search and rescue teams.

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