New CaseTrace Flyer Features and Ways to Stay Connected

When someone shares a missing-person flyer, the information needs to remain useful after that first post. A new police update, a clearer photograph, or a news report can change what people should know and share.

Recent work at CaseTrace has focused on making those developments easier to find. We’ve added a way to follow individual cases by email, continued improving the information and resources on flyers, and opened a Facebook group where more people can help with responsible awareness.

Follow a case by email

You can now follow an eligible published case without creating a CaseTrace account.

Open the case page, choose Follow this case, enter your email address, and complete the confirmation sent to your inbox. Following another case requires its own confirmation, so you choose which cases you want to hear about.

The feature supports notifications for approved updates, including a new primary photograph, a meaningful case update, an added public media story, or a verified status change. Notifications depend on an approved update being published through CaseTrace’s notification feature.

You can manage your follows or unsubscribe using the links in the emails. Following a case is separate from signing up for general CaseTrace news.

If you’ve shared a flyer and wondered how to stay connected afterward, this gives you a practical next step.

More reporting and resources on the flyers

We’re continuing to connect flyers with relevant news articles, television reports, podcasts, and creator coverage. Selected flyers also include family websites and additional resources such as The Charley Project.

Those links help you find more context while keeping the listed case source available. A news report may explain a recent development. A family website may offer additional photographs or describe who the person is beyond the basic identifying details.

The available material varies by case. Each link should make it easier to understand where information came from and return to the original source.

Case updates with clear dates and status

On October 15, we updated Michelle Loree Parker’s flyer with NBC News coverage of the October 14 arrest of her former fiancé, Dale Smith Jr., on a second-degree murder charge.

Michelle has not been located, and her flyer remains listed as missing. The update identifies the arrest date and distinguishes the charge from a conviction.

That is the level of care we want case updates to provide: what changed, when it happened, where it was reported, and what the current missing-person status means.

When an agency confirms someone has been located, the flyer also needs to reflect that change. Before resharing an older screenshot, open the current page and check its listed source.

Better photographs and family context

We’ve also been expanding selected flyers with additional photographs and information from family resources.

Leonard Marco King’s flyer, for example, now includes more context from his family’s website, alongside the listed NamUs source and a link to The Charley Project.

Where records give different details, attribution matters. Readers should be able to see which information comes from a family’s account and which appears in the listed database.

These improvements support a basic purpose: help someone recognize a face and understand the public information available about the disappearance. The flyer’s sharing links and Print / Save PDF option also help that information reach people beyond a social media feed.

Join the CaseTrace Facebook group

Our CaseTrace Facebook group gives people another place to stay connected, share current flyers, hear about updates, and help cases reach relevant local communities.

You don’t need a large following to contribute. Knowing a community, checking a source, or sharing a current flyer with people in the right area can be useful.

Please keep discussion respectful. Send possible sightings and case information directly to the investigating agency rather than posting tips, private details, or accusations in the group.

Find a case connected to your community

Visit Explore to find cases by name or location. You can also visit Recently Added to see flyers newly published on CaseTrace. Check the last-seen date: a newly added flyer may concern someone who has been missing for years.

Open a flyer, check its source, and consider following the case. If the appeal is current, help it reach a community where someone may recognize the person.

Thank you to everyone who has shared a flyer, supplied a correction, or helped us find a useful source. That care helps us keep improving.

Share the flyer. Check the source. Avoid rumors.

Explore CaseTrace

Browse the live case feed, search the Explore page, or open a flyer to share a case responsibly.