“Skip tracing” is a term that refers to the process of finding a person whose whereabouts are unknown. This term is based upon the word “skip,” which is often used to describe a subject who is believed to be “skipping out” on his or her duties and obligations such as a debt or court appearance. Private sector investigations occur on behalf of a wide variety of client-types:
• Family members looking for long-lost relatives.
• Friends looking for persons with whom they lost touch many years ago.
• Attorneys looking for missing heirs in probate cases.
• Creditors looking for those who owe them money.
• A bail bondsman looking for a client who has failed to appear in court.
• An insurance company looking for a missing witness to an insured loss.
• A parent looking for their child who has run away or was abducted.
• Private Investigators looking for a scam artist or identity thief.
The list goes on and on really.
Perhaps the most important consideration to take into account when beginning a skip trace assignment is to determine what type of missing person you have. You must be able to answer the question, “Why is the subject missing?” in order to develop a reasonable plan of action and begin the investigation.
People are missing for a great number of reasons, but these reasons typically fall into one of two categories, intentionally or unintentionally missing, which I then like to break down in to the following subcategories:
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