How to Use missing person report in a Sentence

missing person report

noun
  • Dionne filed a missing person report.
    — Kyani Reid, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Sims said that a missing person report may never have been filed on Kimzy.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 24 May 2023
  • The missing person report was made after midnight.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • That day Jonathan’s older brother filed a missing person report.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The video spread online, and police shared a missing person report on Friday.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The video spread online, and police shared a missing person report on Friday.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • When Smith failed to make the pickup and then didn’t call into work, Lisa filed a missing person report.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 17 July 2024
  • The family filed a missing person report.
    — Doha Madani, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But when the sun rose with no sign of him, Kristen headed to the police station to file a missing person report.
    — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
  • No missing person report had been filed for Vacarro, according to the police.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Help needed in case Glover was not known to local police, the department said, and no missing person report was filed around the time of her death.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Harrison Schmidt, who responded to take the missing person report, was the first witness.
    — Michael Ruiz , Andrew Fone, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Earp filed a missing person report after Burchard didn’t show up for his flight back home to California.
    — ABC News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The case started as a missing person report out of Stockton in April 2024.
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Brianna White said the family filed a missing person report for her aunt and police followed up with a welfare check.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Police said Phillips’ family is concerned for his wellbeing and made the missing person report.
    — Kendrick Calfee may 2, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
  • Kobayashi stopped contacting them days later, prompting her family to file a missing person report and launch a sweeping, in-person search effort.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • If a missing person report hasn't been filed for someone more than five weeks after the fire, then that person probably isn't actually missing, the chief said.
    — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Rebecca Boone The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2023
  • If a missing person report hasn’t been filed for someone more than five weeks after the fire, then that person probably isn’t actually missing, the chief said.
    — Jennifer Kelleher and Rebecca Boone, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The family filed a missing person report the following day after the 28-year-old failed to contact them, the department said.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Officers started a missing person report and made attempts to find both individuals.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Saturday before filing a missing person report.
    — Greg Wehner , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Days after Carillo disappeared, the missing person report was filed on the same day her body was recovered, Mirta tells me.
    — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Search efforts began after the missing person report was filed, with search teams traveling on foot and mountain bikes, with the additional use of drones and helicopters.
    — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • His mother filed a missing person report with police Saturday, the day of the protest, saying her son had not been seen since that morning, according to the complaint.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • His mother filed a missing person report with police Saturday, the day of the protest, saying her son had not been seen since that morning, according to the complaint.
    — Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The missing person report for Nancy describes her as being 5 feet 5 inches, weighing 150 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The missing person report for Nancy describes her as being 5 feet 5 inches, weighing 150 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The families said law enforcement, which was slow to accept a missing person report for Petito, has been even slower to act on cases involving the two young men.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • His son filed a missing person report in Wichita Falls and the family hired a private investigator to try to locate him.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024

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