‘The hairs stand up on the back of my neck or a shiver runs down my spine when I spot something that could lead us to the missing.’
<h2>Every 90 seconds in the UK, a missing person is reported to the police.</h2>
A pioneer in the field with experience spanning four decades, Charlie Hedges’ job is to work out the best way to find them. What’s going on in their life? When were they last seen?
<h2>Have they chosen to go missing or is someone else involved?</h2>
With no two cases ever the same, Charlie has been involved in some of the most high-profile reports during his career with the police and as a consultant in missing cases. From the evil of abductions and trafficking to the tragic accidents of the vulnerable, Charlie has dedicated his life to developing the ways we help not just the missing, but the families and loved ones left behind.
Unique and fascinating, Missing tells Charlie’s untold story of finding those who desperately need to be found and the cases that will never leave him.
Charlie Hedges is one of the UK’s foremost experts on missing persons, particularly children and those who are abducted and trafficked. During a career spanning 36-years, he first worked in the police force before specialising in missing persons in 1997. Charlie has amassed a wealth of experience with the UK’s leading public bodies for missing persons, joining the UK Missing Persons Bureau in 2008, and then the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre in 2012. Charlie has been involved in some of the most high-profile cases of recent years and was awarded an MBE for his tireless efforts in the protection of endangered missing children by the Queen in 2015.
