Being The Locator My Way....

One of the realities of life certainly translates directly to the realities of this job.
I was contacted by a concerned mother who had no idea where her daughter was or even if she was still alive.
The mother explained that her daughter had always been a discipline problem and they had not always gotten along. The mother further explained that she did love her daughter and had always been concerned for her well being, but the daughter was out of control.
After a lengthy discussion with the mother I decided to attempt to locate the daughter. I explained that since the daughter was now an adult, if I found her it would be up to her to decide if the mother was given the locate information and allowed to contact the daughter. It was agreed and I began the case.
Over the course of the next several days I finally picked up a bit of a trail and began to follow it. This trail would carry me across the United States and was made more difficult due to several marriages and the fact that no social security number had ever been issued when the daughter left home. Did I mention that she had been missing for more than twenty five years?
With another week passing by I was finally able to locate a telephone number that was believed to be the current residence of the daughter. Mom was being patient and seemed pleased that the trail might be closing in on her daughter.
After many attempts to call the telephone number with no answer, finally a female answered and it was indeed the missing daughter. As I introduced myself and explained why I was contacting her she became very quiet and listened carefully.
I described the information I had been given by the mom and I explained that no contact would be made without her approval. I told her she was in complete control of the situation as it should always be. After carefully listening to me she very quietly and calmly began explaining why she ran away from home and why she had never attempted to contact her mother.
The daughter explained that when she was twelve years old her mother had remarried a man with a son that was two years older than she was. Everything started off well enough, but soon the stepson began to do thing to her that were not right. She went to her mother about it but was told not to say anything as it might upset the stepfather.
Over the next year thing only got worse and eventually she was raped by her stepbrother. The mother would do nothing to protect her and then the worst thing imaginable happened. The stepfather also began abusing her. Once again the mother told her to keep her mouth shut.
By the time she was fifteen, she couldn't take it anymore and late one night she slipped out of the house and began to live a life that carried her clear across the country and in and out of situations that no teenage girl should have to endure.
After hearing the daughter's story it became a bit clearer to me about the mother's attitude in talking with her and when I went back to her with a response from the daughter, she didn't seem at all surprised or upset.
The daughter did not want her whereabouts revealed to her mother. She did want her mother's address so she could finally get some closure but on her own terms. I don't know how it all finally ended but I did my job and did it appropriately.
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Drinking and Driving with Children.....

Here's a great case story.
I was hired by a hard working man with two beautiful daughters. He had tried many times to provide them with a loving family home but every time was denied custody by family court. Main reason, his ex-wife had a great job and painted a beautiful picture of a doting mother who provided well for her daughters and wanted full control. Here is what happened.
Surveillance of this wonderful mother revealed she had a serious drinking problem. She was so bad that when she did drink she always covered it up. This included while she was working, driving and caring for her children. A big break in the case came when the father received a call from a friend. The friend stated that she believed the mother to be drinking heavily. She smelled of alcohol many times but still had her daughters and put them in her car and drove away. The friend, being a mother herself could no longer take a chance being silent.
She made a call to the children's father with this news, deeply concerned that the mother could have an accident and hurt, possibly even kill his daughters. The father not knowing what to do next called me with the news. I asked the father if he was sure he could trust this person who gave him the information. He said he was sure. The new plan would be to try and plan a traffic check when the mother was seen leaving a local bar she liked to hang out at.
I left my office and headed the bar to set and watch for her to show up. Just as she did every evening after work, she showed up and went inside. As luck would have it, I just happened to see a Highway Patrol Officer sitting at a vehicle inspection station just a block from where I had set up surveillance for the vehicle.
I took a big chance, traveled to the officer and plead my case about the mother. Explained that this had been going on for a while but circumstances prevented her from being checked.
To my advantage the officer agreed to look for the vehicle. Hopefully she was going to go home. In just a few minutes, I saw the vehicle approaching. I watched as the officer pulled out behind her. It didn't take long for him to have probable cause to pull her over as she was all over the road.
As both vehicles passed my video camera, the officer lit her up with his lights and pulled her over right in front of me! What a great video. She was pulled over, asked to do a sobriety test at roadside and was arrested and taken to jail. Her vehicle was towed and all was captured on video for the judge.
As soon as I could, I reported to the father. I advised him to contact his attorney and ask for an emergency hearing for temporary custody until things could be settled. He did as instructed. I made a few calls and found out that the mother was booked and spent the night in jail due to her blood alcohol level.
Today I am happy to report, girls live with their father, happy and healthy. They see their mother for visitation. Good ending! Safety for ANY CHILD is always priority in any investigation I do. Always taking time to discover just who is the better parent. I have found that their are a lot of deserving fathers out there, just some never get the chance to prove it. Good luck to all that are in this situation.
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