>>> THEY ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A
WELL COORDINATED SEARCH FOR
SOMEONE AND QUICKLY IN SOME
INSTANCES IS QUITE LITERALLY
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND
DEATH.
TIME IS SO IMPORTANT.
THE LONGER IT GOES THE
LIKELIHOOD OF FINDING A MISSING
PERSON ALIVE DROPS
DRAMATICALLY.
NOW EVOLVING SCIENCE CALLED
LOST PERSON BEHAVIOR, THIS
SCIENCE IS HELPING FIRST
RESPONDERS BY USING DATA TO
BETTER INFORM THEIR DECISIONS.
BY BOOSTING THE SEARCH TEAMS
CHANCES OF FINDING LOST LOVED ONES.
WE GET AN INSIDE LOOK, WATCH.
>> IT IS LIKE LOOKING FOR A
NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK, SEARCHING
FAR AND WIDE FOR THE NEARLY
600,000 PEOPLE LOST EACH YEAR
IN THIS COUNTRY.
IN NEW MEXICO GROUP OF THIRD
GRADERS WERE LOST HIKING ON A
SCHOOL TRIP AND FOUND SAFELY 45
MINUTES AFTER RESEARCHERS GOT
THE CALL.
IN WEST VIRGINIA A SEARCH AND
RESCUE TEAM IS A FAMILY CLOSURE
AFTER FINDING HIS BODY.
LEADERS OF BOTH SEARCHES
CREDITING AN EVOLVING STRATEGY
DRIVEN BY RESEARCH AND CUTTING
SEARCH TIMES AND DAYS TO HOURS.
>> ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE USE
IS A RESOURCE CALLED LOST
PERSON BEHAVIOR.
IT WAS A BOOK THAT PROVIDES
DOZENS OF PROFILES OF DIFFERENT
MISSING PERSON CATEGORIES THAT
WE CAN DRAW FROM TO GET AN IDEA
HOW PEOPLE TEND TO MOVE.
>> THE AUTHOR SAYS IT COMES
DOWN TO TIME.
>> TIME IS NOT THE FRIEND OF
THE LOST PERSON.
MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE FOUND IN
THE FIRST 24 HOURS ARE GOING TO
HAVE A 95% CHANCE OR HIGHER OF
BEING FOUND ALIVE.
ONCE THAT FIRST 24 HOURS GO BY
THE CHANCE TO START DROPPING.
>> WHAT TYPES OF SUCCESSES HAVE
YOU HAD OR WHAT FEEDBACK YOU
ARE GETTING?
>> THAT IS REALLY 50% OF THE
FINES OCCUR WITHIN THREE HOURS.
ABOUT 90% OF SEARCHES ARE
CONCLUDED WITHIN A DAY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME PRETTY
GOOD SUCCESS.
>> HE SAYS HE HAS DONE THE
HOMEWORK.
>> MY RESEARCH START OF 24
CASES OF DEMENTIA AND
EVENTUALLY GREW TO 50,000 CASES.
>> 41 CATEGORIES THAT A MISSING
PERSON MIGHT FALL UNDER, AND
LAYERS OF BEHAVIOR THOSE
MISSING PEOPLE MIGHT LIKELY
FOLLOW.
FOR NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE AND
THEIR SEARCH AND RESCUE PERSON
SAY THEY ARE BELIEVERS.
>> WE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS
DEMENTIA PATIENT, FROM THEIR WE
CAN LAYOUT SPECIFICALLY WITHIN
THIS RANGE, 75% WITHIN THIS
RANGE.
>> EXPERTS SAY IT IS ABOUT
PLAYING THE ODDS, PUTTING
SEARCHES IN THE BEST POSITION
POSSIBLE TO FIND PEOPLE,
HOPEFULLY ALIVE.
THE CASE DARTS WITH THE
DETECTIVE.
>> WE TRY TO GATHER AS MUCH
INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE FROM
THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE
VICTIM.
WE GATHER ALL THIS DATA TO TRY
TO ESTABLISH A SEARCH AREA.
>> THEN IT IS TIME TO DRAW THE
MAP AND PUT NOTES ON THE GROUND.
>> WE GET THE FIRST CALL SAYING
WE'VE GOT A VEHICLE LOCATED
HERE. IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST DOT ON
IT'S ALWAYS THE FIRST DOT ON
THE MAP AND THEN WE HIT SAVE.
>> USING NEW TECHNOLOGY THE
SEARCH TEAM FROM THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,
TRAINED TO FIND PEOPLE WHO DO
AND DON'T WANT TO BE FOUND TAKE
TO THE WOODS.
>> IT'S BASICALLY SHOWING HOW
WELL THE AREA HAS BEEN COVERED.
EACH LINE INDICATES ANOTHER
SEARCHER.
THIS HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER TO
BE ABLE TO TRACK OUR TEAMS LIKE
THIS.
>> THEY SAY THE NEW MAPS AND
TECHNOLOGY ARE ALL PART OF THE
NEW THINKING IN THE HOPES OF
BRINGING SOMEONE HOME TO THEIR
LOVED ONES.
>> IT IS A PHENOMENAL SILLY
WHEN YOU COME HOME, EVEN IF IT
IS JUST BRINGING THAT CLOSURE
HOME, IT IS HUGE.
>>> TOM WINTER IS JOINING US
NOW.
TALK ABOUT THIS, IS SOMETHING
THAT HAS COME ON THE SCENE.
>> IT CAN ABSOLUTELY BE HELPFUL,
BUT NOT SO MUCH WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT HEAVILY WOODED AREAS AND
AREAS THAT YOU HAVE FOR US.
IN HIS BOOK WHERE HE HAS
200,000 CASES HE ADDRESSES
THAT.
HE SAYS IN AREAS WITH HEAVY
BRUSH THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR PEOPLE GOING TO THE WOODS,
TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE WHO
COULD BE LAYING DOWN OR CLOSE
TO A TREE.
FOR THE 30% CHANCE AREA THAT
SOMEONE COULD BE IN AN OPEN
FIELD OR ALONG A RIVER OR BROOK
THAT IS AN GREAT AREA TO FIND
DRONE AND FIND THAT PERSON.