Media Resources

• Press Release - More Than 15,000 Cases in New Database That Matches Missing Persons and Unidentified Dead Users Number 10,000 - May 2011
• History
• Fact Sheet
• Frequently Asked Questions
• NamUs Success Stories
• Silent Mass Disaster
• Family Guide to DNA
• Law Enforcement / Death Investigator Brochure
• Forensic Odontology Brochure
• One Page Flyer

Public Service Announcements

• Download PSA
• Download 6-minute video, "NamUs Behind the Scenes: How it Works, Why it Matters."
• Download NamUs: Making a Difference

NamUs in the News

• People Magazine - Finding Lost Loved Ones, April 2011
• Washington Post - NamUs team nominated for Service to America Medal, August 2011
• New York Times - August 8th, 2012
• Majority Of Missing Persons Cases Are Resolved - May 7, 2013
• CNN - Oklahoma lake bodies: Diver, trooper recount discovery - September 2013
• Al Jazeera America: When adults go missing, only questions remain - February 2014
• Orange County Register - Seeking the lost: federal database may hold answer, February 2014
• Las Vegas Sun - The mystery of the baby in the body bag, March 2014
• TIME.com - July 17, 2014
• CNN - August 7, 2014
• Harland Daily - October 3, 2014
• South Coast Today - November 23, 2014
• Daily Telegram / Michigan - January 4, 2015
• Miami Herald - January 5, 2015
• NBC Philadelphia - January 12, 2015
• Chattanooga Free Times - January 19, 2015

Media inquiries only:

Sheila Jerusalem, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Communications at 202-616-3227 or via e-mail.

Congressional inquiries only:

Adam Spector, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Communications at 202-307-0703 or via e-mail.