From the link below: According to the FBI there are currently 108,000 active missing person cases in the U.S., and experts around the country say there are tens of thousands more not reported. For the past three years Bill Hagmaier, from the Homicide Association, has been leading an effort to connect the missing to the unidentified human remains. "The missing aren't missing," he said. "Most of them are deceased. This is not a fairy tale where these people are going to magically walk back through the front door. In most cases someone has gotten away with murder." // In 2004 Hagmaier's organization received a three year federal grant from the U.S. Justice Department to tackle the issue. … // Shockingly, just as the group was about to step forward with its initiative, the Justice Department cut funding in February 2007. … // Hagmaier said many serial killers, and murderers, dump bodies in a rural areas knowing that local authorities lack the expertise to solve the crime. A local coroner will pick up human bones and check to see if anyone is missing in the area. When no one is, the coroner will bury or burn the bones, and, Hagmaier said, "someone just got away with murder." // There are 17,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, and according to Hagmaier, half of them have ten officers or less, and 2000 of the agencies have just one officer. "Predators drop bodies in places they know people won't know what to do," Hagmaier said. "Do you think these officers will know what CODIS is?" … // "Senators and congressman need to push for more cold case funding. Very important."
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