Find a missing person

My brother is missing. His phone is not giving us a location is there anything that will help to get his last location? It hasn’t been 24hrs yet to file a police report, but today is his birthday and no one has seen him or talked to him since last night. My mom is in his apartment and noting. Please help

Posted on Sep 27, 2023 2:14 PM

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Posted on Sep 30, 2023 4:22 PM

If you can't locate him using find my friends, your only option is to go to the authorities. The cellular carriers can locate any device connected to their network, but require a court order to do so. As a rule, that only happens if someone's life is in imminent danger.

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Sep 30, 2023 4:30 PM in response to vienik

If he turned off location sharing there isn’t much that can be done outside of authorities seeking info from the carrier by court order (assuming the device is powered on and connecting to their network). In the meantime you may need to reach out to any friends, reach out on social media, etc until you are able to involve authorities. Hope all goes well.

Sep 30, 2023 4:11 PM in response to vienik

Welcome vienik,


This is something we can definitely assist you with, thanks for posting here.


We have some information here on how Find My works: Use the Find My app to locate a missing device or item - Apple Support. Our advice is to utilize that information to see if there is any way to track the device. Reaching out to law enforcement is going to be the best next step if you're unable to locate the device via Find My.


We're wishing you the best of luck.


Thank you for being a part of the community here.

Feb 4, 2024 3:23 PM in response to vienik

My step mum is missing her location is off I cannot track her location as she has turned it off it’s been 14 hrs she’s been missing I’m really really worried and need help plz can u tell me what her last location was as everyone is worried sick I have told the police but they havnt found anything yet plz I just need her location she has an iPhone 13 Pro

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