Missing persons

Justice Explained: What is NamUs?

September 2026

Series

Justice Explained

This episode of Justice Explained explores the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), a national system and resource center that supports investigations and helps families and communities resolve missing, unidentified and unclaimed person cases.

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NamUs Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report

Date Published

April 2026

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Annual/Periodic)

Examining missingness among children in out-of-home care placement in Nebraska

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

December 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Examining missingness among children in out-of-home care placement in Nebraska

NCJ Number

311086

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

December 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Missing persons: a national survey approach assessing the predictors of case outcomes

Journal

Criminal Justice Studies

Date Published

March 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Missing persons: a national survey approach assessing the predictors of case outcomes

NCJ Number

311075

Journal

Criminal Justice Studies

Date Published

March 2023

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NIJ-Sponsored

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FY25 Missing and Unidentified Humans Remains (MUHR) Program - Notice of Funding Opportunity Webinar

Event Dates

September 25, 2025, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Series

BJA Funding Webinar

Sex estimation in Filipino crania using metric and nonmetric methods

Journal

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Date Published

August 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Sex estimation in Filipino crania using metric and nonmetric methods

NCJ Number

310680

Journal

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Date Published

August 2025

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Relationship Inference with Low-Coverage Whole Genome Sequencing on Forensic Samples

Journal

Forensic Genomics

Date Published

September 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Relationship Inference with Low-Coverage Whole Genome Sequencing on Forensic Samples

NCJ Number

310640

Journal

Forensic Genomics

Date Published

September 2022

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NIJ-Sponsored

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The Texas Landscape: Accounting for Migrant Mortality and the Challenges of a Justice of the Peace Medicolegal System

Journal

Journal on Migration and Human Security

Date Published

October 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Texas Landscape: Accounting for Migrant Mortality and the Challenges of a Justice of the Peace Medicolegal System

NCJ Number

310626

Journal

Journal on Migration and Human Security

Date Published

October 2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Identifying the Scope and Context of Missing and/or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) in New Mexico and Improving MMIP Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting

Date Published

June 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Identifying the Scope and Context of Missing and/or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) in New Mexico and Improving MMIP Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting

NCJ Number

310556

Date Published

June 2025

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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NamUs Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report

NCJ Number

310536

Date Published

April 2026

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Improving the Investigation of Violent Crime: The Homicide Investigation and Tracking System (HITS)

Date Published

1992

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

National Ashanti Alert Network

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

BJA

Publication Type

Factsheet

National Ashanti Alert Network

NCJ Number

309957

Date Published

December 2024

Agencies

BJA

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Physical and Biochemical Factors Affecting the Recovery and Analysis of DNA from Human Skeletal Remains

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Physical and Biochemical Factors Affecting the Recovery and Analysis of DNA from Human Skeletal Remains

NCJ Number

309891

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

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Shining a light on the crisis of missing or murdered Black women and girls in the United States

Identifying High-Priority Needs to Improve Data and Metrics in Policing

Date Published

June 2024

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Identifying High-Priority Needs to Improve Data and Metrics in Policing

NCJ Number

309366

Date Published

June 2024

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Promising Practices in Forensic Lab Intelligence

NCJ Number

309261

Date Published

December 2019

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