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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband many years ago in the DC area was sent to an employees home to check on a work colleague that hadn't shown up. Car was in the driveway and thing looked weird. He called his boss who called the guy's brother in Florida. The brother called a neighbor who had a key, neighbor couldn't find the key but looked in windows and thought he saw possibly someone on the floor. Brother gave permission for the police to enter, they thought medical emergency.  Guy was there and on the floor dead, probable stroke or heart attack. [/quote]

I think this sounds like a pretty normal response. If something has happened, it makes sense that you’d first be noticed missing by your employer/coworkers. They’d have your spouse’s name & number + your address, but may not have much else to go on. It might take awhile to piece together information for extended family members or friends, depending how well you know the person. Also family members are often not local. As for neighbors- what are the odds they are even home during the day (much less know the missing person well enough to have a key)?

I worked closely with a certain coworker for years, and  only met his wife. No other family or friends. It would have taken me awhile to come up with contact info for others…I’d probably have tried to call the wife’s workplace (who may not even give me info due to privacy concerns). Then scratch my head trying to remember what he said his brother’s or elderly mom’s name was etc and trying to track one of them down.

Stopping by the house might be the next step, but seems unlikely it would lend any clues. I wouldn’t have done more than ring the bell and maybe peek in the front window. I’m not going to creep around in someone’s yard etc.

After a certain point, I’d probably have called the police too (and let them decide how to handle, if at all). [/quote]

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