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Hoax posts that claim to be searching for a missing man with Alzheimer’s are being shared online. 

One post, which has been shared to a Facebook buy-and-sell page for Barton in Yorkshire and has more than 100 shares, says: “FLOOD YOUR FEEDS ~ MISSING!! In Barton […] Our Dad, Fredrick Miller aged 73 drove out last night with his dog Doozy and he still hasn’t returned. He doesn’t know where he’s going, he has Alzheimer [sic]. There is a silver alert activated on him. Please help bump this post so we can locate and get him home safely.”

Almost identical posts appear in community groups for Bournemouth and Saffron Walden in Essex within days of each other. It’s also been shared in Facebook groups around the world, such as Trinidad and Tobago and across…

(MENAFN– Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 18. Azerbaijan’s
Baku is hosting an international event on “Strengthening national
and global efforts to determine the fate of missing persons,”
Trend reports.

The event was attended by Ali Naghiyev, chairman of the State
Commission of Azerbaijan on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing
Citizens, former Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, Rabea Saad
Al-Adsani, Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister for Prisoners of War
and Missing Persons, David Merkel, formerDeputy Assistant
Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Fariz Rzayev,
Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, and Florence Anselmo, head
of the ICRC Central Tracing Agency.

A short film on the problems of missing persons was…

Friday is Missing Persons Awareness Day, as proclaimed by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been reported missing across the U.S. in what’s been called a silent mass disaster. Now, for the first time in North Carolina, there will be a day dedicated to helping families with missing loved ones.

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The State Bureau of Investigation and RTI International, a nonprofit research institute in Durham, are hosting “Missing in North Carolina Day” to connect families, law enforcement, the medical examiner’s office and various agencies working to find missing loved ones.

A hoax alert about an elderly missing man with dementia named Gerald has been shared more than 1,600 times in Facebook groups across the UK. 

Full Fact has seen examples of this post in social media groups serving Stockport (Greater Manchester), Grimsby (Lincolnshire), Staines (Surrey), Caerphilly (Wales), Folkestone (Kent), Harrogate (North Yorkshire), Port Talbot (Wales) and the Isle of Wight. 

The posts all use very similar text, with one example saying: “FLOOD YOUR FEEDS ~ MISSING!! in Stockport.

“Our Dad, Gerald Robertson aged 76 drove out last night with his dog Jack and he still hasn’t returned. He doesn’t know where he’s going, he has dementia. 

“There is a silver alert activated on him. Please help bump this post so we can get him home…

Hundreds of people across the UK have shared hoax appeals for information about a supposedly missing five-year-old named Bella Heather. 

Full Fact has seen examples of the posts in Doncaster (South Yorkshire), Whaley Bridge (Derbyshire), Hastings (East Sussex), Longton (Staffordshire), Dumfries and Galloway, Silsden (West Yorkshire), Wrexham, Stockport (Greater Manchester), Dewsbury (West Yorkshire) and Otley (West Yorkshire). 

All of the posts have very similar text, which says: “My niece Bella Heather she’s 5years old has been missing for 7hours. She was last seen playing with her pup on our pourch [sic] in #doncaster [or relevant location].

“An amber alert has been activated. Please keep our sweet girl in your prayers and thoughts help bump this post. She…