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How do you find people?

I do runs though CPIC and other LEO information databases, then I check municipal, provincial and federal databases relating to taxes, property ownership, vehicle registration, corporate board member or officership/business ownership, parking tickets, provincial offense tickets, ect. Generally takes 15-20 minutes from my MDT.

After that, its hitting the streets and doing old fashioned HUMINT.
 
^lol. Enod's a civilian. ;)

Enod, I have to agree that someone who doesn't want to be found generally won't be without the help of a private investigator. Unless you have a friend with a PI license and a lot of database access or are willing to retain a PI, you're stuck with the usual channels of friends, family, and failbook. Google even can only go so far, particularly if the person has a relatively common name.

When I worked for lawyers and we needed to find a defendant or witness, the lawyers just stuck a PI on the case and let them serve the subpoena or whatever. Hourly rates vary by region and even with modern technology, some people just don't want to be found.
 
People serving as directors or officers of corporations are public record in Canada. And hitting the streets and doing old style HUMINT...civilian or LEO, it's the same shit, same techniques same work and effort. Court dockets and records are public as well, if they're in legal trouble, try checking the dockets.

and you can always get LEO's to do it for you by filing a missing person report...say your friend hasn't been around for a while and no one knows where they are, bam, missing person, bam detectives go a looking.

If you want some investigation tips, shoot me a PM.
 
Not judging on finding someone. I recently tracked down my old best friend from high school, we went out, and it was great. I actually want to track down another one of my friends who I can't find for the life of me. No facebook from what I see, so I might have to pay to have someone find her. I don't know...is it crazy? I told my friend when we went out that I searched her out and we still chat.

The background check places charge, but you can usually find the most recent address. Do a search for the name and "myspace" as the domain. If the person comments on someone's myspace profile that is open to the public, you'll find them. If you can't find anything with Google, you'll probably have to pay.

I can see wanting to talk to someone I've wronged. When I wrong someone, it weighs heavily on me, and I feel I need to apologize even years later, so I kinda took that as what EN was referring to. The media has turned this stuff into automatic cyberstalking, and I don't think that is always true.
 
Do you have an archive of your email anywhere that is searchable? It is possible she is still using an addy that you have somewhere. Sending to it might get a response or googling it in quotes might help you pick up the trail again.
 
Good thought on that, Enki. I will check back through my history and stuff.
 
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