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1     AN ACT concerning missing persons.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Missing Persons Identification Act.
 
6     Section 5. Missing person reports.
7     (a) Report acceptance. All law enforcement agencies shall
8 accept without delay any report of a missing person. Acceptance
9 of a missing person report filed in person may not be refused
10 on any ground. No law enforcement agency may refuse to accept a
11 missing person report:
12         (1) on the basis that the missing person is an adult;
13         (2) on the basis that the circumstances do not indicate
14     foul play;
15         (3) on the basis that the person has been missing for a
16     short period of time;
17         (4) on the basis that the person has been missing a
18     long period of time;
19         (5) on the basis that there is no indication that the
20     missing person was in the jurisdiction served by the law
21     enforcement agency at the time of the disappearance;
22         (6) on the basis that the circumstances suggest that
23     the disappearance may be voluntary;

 

 

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1         (7) on the basis that the reporting individual does not
2     have personal knowledge of the facts;
3         (8) on the basis that the reporting individual cannot
4     provide all of the information requested by the law
5     enforcement agency;
6         (9) on the basis that the reporting individual lacks a
7     familial or other relationship with the missing person; or
8         (10) for any other reason.
9     (b) Manner of reporting. All law enforcement agencies shall
10 accept missing person reports in person. Law enforcement
11 agencies are encouraged to accept reports by phone or by
12 electronic or other media to the extent that such reporting is
13 consistent with law enforcement policies or practices.
14     (c) Contents of report. In accepting a report of a missing
15 person, the law enforcement agency shall attempt to gather
16 relevant information relating to the disappearance. The law
17 enforcement agency shall attempt to gather at the time of the
18 report information that shall include, but shall not be limited
19 to, the following:
20         (1) the name of the missing person, including
21     alternative names used;
22         (2) the missing person's date of birth;
23         (3) the missing person's identifying marks, such as
24     birthmarks, moles, tattoos, and scars;
25         (4) the missing person's height and weight;
26         (5) the missing person's gender;

 

 

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1         (6) the missing person's race;
2         (7) the missing person's current hair color and true or
3     natural hair color;
4         (8) the missing person's eye color;
5         (9) the missing person's prosthetics, surgical
6     implants, or cosmetic implants;
7         (10) the missing person's physical anomalies;
8         (11) the missing person's blood type, if known;
9         (12) the missing person's driver's license number, if
10     known;
11         (13) the missing person's social security number, if
12     known;
13         (14) a photograph of the missing person; recent
14     photographs are preferable and the agency is encouraged to
15     attempt to ascertain the approximate date the photograph
16     was taken;
17         (15) a description of the clothing the missing person
18     was believed to be wearing;
19         (16) a description of items that might be with the
20     missing person, such as jewelry, accessories, and shoes or
21     boots;
22         (17) information on the missing person's electronic
23     communications devices, such as cellular telephone numbers
24     and e-mail addresses;
25         (18) the reasons why the reporting individual believes
26     that the person is missing;

 

 

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1         (19) the name and location of the missing person's
2     school or employer, if known;
3         (20) the name and location of the missing person's
4     dentist or primary care physician, or both, if known;
5         (21) any circumstances that may indicate that the
6     disappearance was not voluntary;
7         (22) any circumstances that may indicate that the
8     missing person may be at risk of injury or death;
9         (23) a description of the possible means of
10     transportation of the missing person, including make,
11     model, color, license number, and Vehicle Identification
12     Number of a vehicle;
13         (24) any identifying information about a known or
14     possible abductor or person last seen with the missing
15     person, or both, including:
16             (A) name;
17             (B) a physical description;
18             (C) date of birth;
19             (D) identifying marks;
20             (E) the description of possible means of
21         transportation, including make, model, color, license
22         number, and Vehicle Identification Number of a
23         vehicle;
24             (F) known associates;
25         (25) any other information that may aid in locating the
26     missing person; and

 

 

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1         (26) the date of last contact.
2     (d) Notification and follow up action.
3         (1) Notification. The law enforcement agency shall
4     notify the person making the report, a family member, or
5     other person in a position to assist the law enforcement
6     agency in its efforts to locate the missing person of the
7     following:
8             (A) general information about the handling of the
9         missing person case or about intended efforts in the
10         case to the extent that the law enforcement agency
11         determines that disclosure would not adversely affect
12         its ability to locate or protect the missing person or
13         to apprehend or prosecute any person criminally
14         involved in the disappearance;
15             (B) that the person should promptly contact the law
16         enforcement agency if the missing person remains
17         missing in order to provide additional information and
18         materials that will aid in locating the missing person
19         such as the missing person's credit cards, debit cards,
20         banking information, and cellular telephone records;
21         and
22             (C) that any DNA samples provided for the missing
23         person case are provided on a voluntary basis and will
24         be used solely to help locate or identify the missing
25         person and will not be used for any other purpose.
26         The law enforcement agency, upon acceptance of a

 

 

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1     missing person report, shall inform the reporting citizen
2     of one of 2 resources, based upon the age of the missing
3     person. If the missing person is under 18 years of age,
4     contact information for the National Center for Missing and
5     Exploited Children shall be given. If the missing person is
6     age 18 or older, contact information for the National
7     Center for Missing Adults shall be given.
8         Agencies handling the remains of a missing person who
9     is deceased must notify the agency handling the missing
10     person's case. Documented efforts must be made to locate
11     family members of the deceased person to inform them of the
12     death and location of the remains of their family member.
13         The law enforcement agency is encouraged to make
14     available informational materials, through publications or
15     electronic or other media, that advise the public about how
16     the information or materials identified in this subsection
17     are used to help locate or identify missing persons.
18         (2) Follow up action. If the person identified in the
19     missing person report remains missing after 30 days, and
20     the additional information and materials specified below
21     have not been received, the law enforcement agency shall
22     attempt to obtain:
23             (A) DNA samples from family members or from the
24         missing person along with any needed documentation, or
25         both, including any consent forms, required for the use
26         of State or federal DNA databases, including, but not

 

 

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1         limited to, the Local DNA Index System (LDIS), State
2         DNA Index System (SDIS), and National DNA Index System
3         (NDIS);
4             (B) an authorization to release dental or skeletal
5         x-rays of the missing person;
6             (C) any additional photographs of the missing
7         person that may aid the investigation or an
8         identification; the law enforcement agency is not
9         required to obtain written authorization before it
10         releases publicly any photograph that would aid in the
11         investigation or identification of the missing person;
12             (D) dental information and x-rays; and
13             (E) fingerprints.
14         (3) All DNA samples obtained in missing person cases
15     shall be immediately forwarded to the Department of State
16     Police for analysis. The Department of State Police shall
17     establish procedures for determining how to prioritize
18     analysis of the samples relating to missing person cases.
19         (4) This subsection shall not be interpreted to
20     preclude a law enforcement agency from attempting to obtain
21     the materials identified in this subsection before the
22     expiration of the 30-day period.
 
23     Section 10. Law enforcement analysis and reporting of
24 missing person information.
25     (a) Prompt determination of high-risk missing person.

 

 

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1         (1) Definition. "High-risk missing person" means a
2     person whose whereabouts are not currently known and whose
3     circumstances indicate that the person may be at risk of
4     injury or death. The circumstances that indicate that a
5     person is a high-risk missing person include, but are not
6     limited to, any of the following:
7             (A) the person is missing as a result of a stranger
8         abduction;
9             (B) the person is missing under suspicious
10         circumstances;
11             (C) the person is missing under unknown
12         circumstances;
13             (D) the person is missing under known dangerous
14         circumstances;
15             (E) the person is missing more than 30 days;
16             (F) the person has already been designated as a
17         high-risk missing person by another law enforcement
18         agency;
19             (G) there is evidence that the person is at risk
20         because:
21                 (i) the person is in need of medical attention
22             or prescription medication;
23                 (ii) the person does not have a pattern of
24             running away or disappearing;
25                 (iii) the person may have been abducted by a
26             non-custodial parent;

 

 

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1                 (iv) the person is mentally impaired;
2                 (v) the person is under the age of 21;
3                 (vi) the person has been the subject of past
4             threats or acts of violence;
5                 (vii) the person has eloped from a nursing
6             home; or
7             (H) any other factor that may, in the judgment of
8         the law enforcement official, indicate that the
9         missing person may be at risk.
10         (2) Law enforcement risk assessment.
11             (A) Upon initial receipt of a missing person
12         report, the law enforcement agency shall immediately
13         determine whether there is a basis to determine that
14         the missing person is a high-risk missing person.
15             (B) If a law enforcement agency has previously
16         determined that a missing person is not a high-risk
17         missing person, but obtains new information, it shall
18         immediately determine whether the information
19         indicates that the missing person is a high-risk
20         missing person.
21             (C) Law enforcement agencies are encouraged to
22         establish written protocols for the handling of
23         missing person cases to accomplish the purposes of this
24         Act.
25         (3) Law enforcement agency reports.
26             (A) The responding local law enforcement agency

 

 

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1         shall immediately enter all collected information
2         relating to the missing person case in the Law
3         Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) and the
4         National Crime Information Center (NCIC) databases.
5         The information shall be provided in accordance with
6         applicable guidelines relating to the databases. The
7         information shall be entered as follows:
8                 (i) All appropriate DNA profiles, as
9             determined by the Department of State Police,
10             shall be uploaded into the missing person
11             databases of the State DNA Index System (SDIS) and
12             National DNA Index System (NDIS) after completion
13             of the DNA analysis and other procedures required
14             for database entry.
15                 (ii) Information relevant to the Federal
16             Bureau of Investigation's Violent Criminal
17             Apprehension Program shall be entered as soon as
18             possible.
19                 (iii) The Department of State Police shall
20             ensure that persons entering data relating to
21             medical or dental records in State or federal
22             databases are specifically trained to understand
23             and correctly enter the information sought by
24             these databases. The Department of State Police
25             shall either use a person with specific expertise
26             in medical or dental records for this purpose or

 

 

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1             consult with a chief medical examiner, forensic
2             anthropologist, or odontologist to ensure the
3             accuracy and completeness of information entered
4             into the State and federal databases.
5             (B) The Department of State Police shall
6         immediately notify all law enforcement agencies within
7         this State and the surrounding region of the
8         information that will aid in the prompt location and
9         safe return of the high-risk missing person.
10             (C) The local law enforcement agencies that
11         receive the notification from the Department of State
12         Police shall notify officers to be on the lookout for
13         the missing person or a suspected abductor.
14             (D) Pursuant to any applicable State criteria,
15         local law enforcement agencies shall also provide for
16         the prompt use of an Amber Alert in cases involving
17         abducted children; or public dissemination of
18         photographs in appropriate high risk cases.
 
19     Section 15. Reporting of unidentified persons and human
20 remains.
21     (a) Handling of death scene investigations.
22         (1) The Department of State Police shall provide
23     information to local law enforcement agencies about best
24     practices for handling death scene investigations.
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1     publications or training opportunities that may be
2     available to local law enforcement agencies or law
3     enforcement officers and coroners and medical examiners
4     concerning the handling of death scene investigations.
5     (b) Law enforcement reports.
6         (1) Before performing any death scene investigation
7     deemed appropriate under the circumstances, the official
8     with custody of the human remains shall ensure that the
9     coroner or medical examiner of the county in which the
10     deceased was found has been notified.
11         (2) Any coroner or medical examiner with custody of
12     human remains that are not identified within 24 hours of
13     discovery shall promptly notify the Department of State
14     Police of the location of those remains.
15         (3) If the coroner or medical examiner with custody of
16     remains cannot determine whether or not the remains found
17     are human, the coroner or medical examiner shall notify the
18     Department of State Police of the existence of possible
19     human remains.
 
20     Section 20. Unidentified persons or human remains
21 identification responsibilities.
22     (a) If the official with custody of human remains is not a
23 coroner or medical examiner, the official shall immediately
24 notify the coroner or medical examiner of the county in which
25 the remains were found. The coroner or medical examiner shall

 

 

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1 go to the scene and take charge of the remains.
2     (b) Notwithstanding any other action deemed appropriate
3 for the handling of the human remains, the medical examiner or
4 coroner shall make reasonable attempts to promptly identify
5 human remains. These actions may include but are not limited to
6 obtaining:
7         (1) photographs of the human remains (prior to an
8     autopsy);
9         (2) dental or skeletal X-rays;
10         (3) photographs of items found with the human remains;
11         (4) fingerprints from the remains, if possible;
12         (5) samples of tissue suitable for DNA typing, if
13     possible;
14         (6) samples of whole bone or hair suitable for DNA
15     typing, or both;
16         (7) any other information that may support
17     identification efforts.
18     (c) No medical examiner or coroner or any other person
19 shall dispose of, or engage in actions that will materially
20 affect the unidentified human remains before the medical
21 examiner or coroner obtains:
22         (1) samples suitable for DNA identification,
23     archiving;
24         (2) photographs of the unidentified person or human
25     remains; and
26         (3) all other appropriate steps for identification

 

 

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1     have been exhausted.
2     (d) Cremation of unidentified human remains is prohibited.
3     (e) The medical examiner or coroner or the Department of
4 State Police shall make reasonable efforts to obtain prompt DNA
5 analysis of biological samples if the human remains have not
6 been identified by other means within 30 days.
7     (f) The medical examiner or coroner or the Department of
8 State Police shall seek support from appropriate State and
9 federal agencies for human remains identification efforts.
10 This support may include, but is not limited to, available
11 mitochondrial or nuclear DNA testing, federal grants for DNA
12 testing, or federal grants for crime laboratory or medical
13 examiner or coroner's office improvement.
14     (g) The Department of State Police shall promptly enter
15 information in federal and State databases that may aid in the
16 identification of human remains. Information shall be entered
17 into federal databases as follows:
18         (1) information for the National Crime Information
19     Center shall be entered within 72 hours;
20         (2) DNA profiles and information shall be entered into
21     the National DNA Index System (NDIS) within 5 business days
22     after the completion of the DNA analysis and procedures
23     necessary for the entry of the DNA profile; and
24         (3) information sought by the Violent Criminal
25     Apprehension Program database shall be entered as soon as
26     practicable.

 

 

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1     (h) If the Department of State Police does not input the
2 data directly into the federal databases, the Department of
3 State Police shall consult with the medical examiner or
4 coroner's office to ensure appropriate training of the data
5 entry personnel and the establishment of a quality assurance
6 protocol for ensuring the ongoing quality of data entered in
7 the federal and State databases.
8     (i) Nothing in this Act shall be interpreted to preclude
9 any medical examiner or coroner's office, the Department of
10 State Police, or a local law enforcement agency from pursuing
11 other efforts to identify unidentified human remains including
12 efforts to publicize information, descriptions, or photographs
13 that may aid in the identification of the unidentified remains,
14 allow family members to identify the missing person, and seek
15 to protect the dignity of the missing person.
 
16     Section 95. The Department of State Police Law of the Civil
17 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
18 2605-375 as follows:
 
19     (20 ILCS 2605/2605-375)  (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
20     Sec. 2605-375. Missing persons; Law Enforcement Agencies
21 Data System (LEADS).
22     (a) To establish and maintain a statewide Law Enforcement
23 Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the purpose of providing
24 electronic access by authorized entities to criminal justice

 

 

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1 data repositories and effecting an immediate law enforcement
2 response to reports of missing persons, including lost, missing
3 or runaway minors and missing endangered seniors. The
4 Department shall implement an automatic data exchange system to
5 compile, to maintain, and to make available to other law
6 enforcement agencies for immediate dissemination data that can
7 assist appropriate agencies in recovering missing persons and
8 provide access by authorized entities to various data
9 repositories available through LEADS for criminal justice and
10 related purposes. To assist the Department in this effort,
11 funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund.
12     (b) In exercising its duties under this Section, the
13 Department shall provide do the following: (1) Provide a
14 uniform reporting format (LEADS) for the entry of pertinent
15 information regarding the report of a missing person into
16 LEADS. The report must include all of the following:
17         (1) (A) Relevant information obtained from the
18     notification concerning the missing person, including all
19     of the following:
20             (A) (i) a physical description of the missing
21         person;
22             (B) (ii) the date, time, and place that the missing
23         person was last seen; and
24             (C) (iii) the missing person's address.
25         (2) (B) Information gathered by a preliminary
26     investigation, if one was made.

 

 

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1         (3) (C) A statement by the law enforcement officer in
2     charge stating the officer's assessment of the case based
3     on the evidence and information received.
4     (b-5) The Department of State Police shall: prepare the
5 report required by this paragraph (1) as soon as practical, but
6 not later than 5 hours after the Department receives
7 notification of a missing person.
8         (1) (2) Develop and implement a policy whereby a
9     statewide or regional alert would be used in situations
10     relating to the disappearances of individuals, based on
11     criteria and in a format established by the Department.
12     Such a format shall include, but not be limited to, the age
13     of the missing person and the suspected circumstance of the
14     disappearance.
15         (2) (3) Notify all law enforcement agencies that
16     reports of missing persons shall be entered as soon as the
17     minimum level of data specified by the Department is
18     available to the reporting agency and that no waiting
19     period for the entry of the data exists.
20         (3) (4) Compile and retain information regarding lost,
21     abducted, missing, or runaway minors in a separate data
22     file, in a manner that allows that information to be used
23     by law enforcement and other agencies deemed appropriate by
24     the Director, for investigative purposes. The information
25     shall include the disposition of all reported lost,
26     abducted, missing, or runaway minor cases.

 

 

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1         (4) (5) Compile and maintain an historic data
2     repository relating to lost, abducted, missing, or runaway
3     minors and other missing persons, including, but not
4     limited to, missing endangered seniors, in order to develop
5     and improve techniques utilized by law enforcement
6     agencies when responding to reports of missing persons.
7         (5) (6) Create a quality control program regarding
8     confirmation of missing person data, timeliness of entries
9     of missing person reports into LEADS, and performance
10     audits of all entering agencies.
11         (7) Upon completion of the report required by paragraph
12     (1), the Department of State Police shall immediately
13     forward the contents of the report to all of the following:
14             (A) all law enforcement agencies that have
15         jurisdiction in the location where the missing person
16         lives and all law enforcement agencies that have
17         jurisdiction in the location where the missing person
18         was last seen;
19             (B) all law enforcement agencies to which the
20         person who made the notification concerning the
21         missing person requests the report be sent, if the
22         Department determines that the request is reasonable
23         in light of the information received;
24             (C) all law enforcement agencies that request a
25         copy of the report; and
26             (D) the National Crime Information Center's

 

 

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1         Missing Person File, if appropriate.
2         (8) The Department of State Police shall begin an
3     investigation concerning the missing person not later than
4     24 hours after receiving notification of a missing person.
5     (c) The Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board
6 shall conduct a training program for law enforcement personnel
7 of local governmental agencies in the Missing Persons
8 Identification Act statewide coordinated missing endangered
9 senior alert system established under this Section.
10     (d) The Department of State Police shall perform the duties
11 prescribed in the Missing Persons Identification Act, subject
12 to appropriation.
13 (Source: P.A. 94-145, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
14     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.