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NamUs provides tools that empower family members of missing persons to enter and search case information, and connects families with criminal justice professionals to assist in the search for their missing loved ones.
By bringing people, information, forensic science, and technology together, NamUs helps resolve missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases nationwide, while providing support to victims and their families.
The NamUs database fills an overwhelming need for a central repository of information related to missing, unidentified, and unclaimed person cases. The database is searchable by all, with biometric and other secure case information accessible only to appropriate, vetted criminal justice users.
Agencies can directly upload dental information for missing and unidentified person cases to NamUs, which is a secure, central repository. NamUs forensic odontologists can also be contacted to digitally scan, code, and upload information to NamUs cases on behalf of investigating agencies.
Each month, NamUs publishes reports and statistics for all unresolved missing person, unresolved unidentified person, and unresolved unclaimed person cases published, as well as American Indian and Alaska Native Case Statistics and Tribal Case Reports.
NamUs provides free database technology, forensic services, and investigative support to resolve missing indigenous person cases, as well as murdered indigenous person cases when the decedent’s identity is unknown.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), through the NamUs program, provides funding and support to perform nuclear DNA testing, including Y-STR, and mitochondrial DNA analyses for missing and unidentified person cases from across the country.
It is the only national database for missing, unidentified, and unclaimed persons that allows limited access to the public, empowering family members to take a more proactive role in the search for their missing loved ones.
NamUs is currently developing a data import capability for use with trusted external clients, consisting of case import and case cancellation features.
Ensure the quality, completeness, and accuracy of all missing and unidentified person fingerprint information entered into NamUs. Assist with the acquisition of fingerprint records, including fingerprint cards for past and present military personnel.