My name is S. Deskins and I am the owner of Attempt To Identify (ATI for short). ATI is a small not-for-profit company (myself and volunteers) that works to aide police departments, local and national missing persons organizations and individuals in locating missing persons and also in the difficult task of identifying, unidentified remains (mainly to missing person cases, but we search out all possibilities).
We at Attempt To Identify will do our best to solve/close any case presented! No matter if it is a Hot or Cold case, we will put all of our efforts, resources and contacts into each case.
By taking on one case at a time, we are able to dedicate all of our time and energy to each case at hand, making sure not to bypass any detail no matter how small it may be. We strive to help the families and friends/associations/organizations with interest in the case to the best of our abilities. I have said to the volunteers that help me and the victims & families we speak for: "Making the distinction between missing persons and unidentified bodies is never an easy task; however the "not knowing" is far worse than any news given."
Many people have asked me why I decided to start this not-for-profit company or do the volunteer work I do, I say to that: "I was once a "throw away person" as some say. I had gotten involved in a lot of bad things with really bad people. My family (like I am sure MANY others that have lost, stolen, abused etc. children and young adults in their life), while I know they loved me; never once filed a report! They did look for me, but felt that I was either stubborn or did not want to be found, while in truth most of the time I could not get away and was in one way or another in pain and needed someone to help me.
So, you see I could have been any of these cases you read about in the paper or online. I am blessed to be here, alive and well. I am active in helping those with similar situations escape the life that they are trapped in and to help family and friends of the missing find their loved ones; even if they are no longer alive. I feel it is better to know and give their loved ones some sense of closure than to have them be totally unaware of what reality they had faced. Like I said, not everyone that runs away or "disappears" wants to be gone! This work I do is not easy, but I feel it is something I am compelled to do."
I hope that with my help and the help of other caring people out there in this cold, cruel world we live in and we can come together and help victims, their families and friends find the people they once lost. In the end true "justice" is harder to come by, though it is possible, it doesn't always happen the way we want it to! But if I can help find those who were lost, thrown away, abused, expolited, missing, murdered or forgotten and help put them to rest and give closure...to me that is worth all the time, energy, money and devotion I put into this work. Anything else that comes after that are just more blessings.
I have recently added a "Missing Persons" section to this site, since there are so many other sites that list missing cases...According the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Crime Information Center (NCIC) there are 50,930 active missing adult cases in the United States as of January 31, 2007. According to a 2001 University of Pennsylvania study, an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 adolescents are sexually exploited annually in the U.S. NCIC also reports 6,218 active cases of unidentified persons. ATI is currently only directing attention to cold cases and those which are not family abductions. Please take a look at the page and if you have any information, contact the local agency working the case or you may contact us and we will pass along the information to who is working the case currently.
If you have a case that is in need of our attention or expertise, or if you know someone who is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation please send us an email or fill out the form below. We want to hear from all of you that may need our help. And I along with other volunteers will do our best to be of assistance!
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To submit a new case please fill out the submission form by clicking the submission button above or by clicking here or you can e-mail us now.
If you have questions or comments for myself or ATI, you may contact us at Info@AttemptToIdentify.com
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