The Missing Persons Bureau, based at Bramshill Police College in Hampshire, is the national and international point of contact for all missing people and unidentified body cases.

BBC: What happens when someone goes missing?

His family thought he had gone to Portugal to start a business, but reported him missing when they could not contact him.

BBC: Thomas Groome

The court heard how the defendant, who has been diagnosed as bi-polar, had believed she was the missing girl and had made contact with the family.

BBC: Donna Wright sentenced for claiming to be Katrice Lee