Ms. Fizpatrick gave me permission to reprint her latest letter to me here. I searched and found that Anna is indeed registered in the NAMUS database.
Hi Michaele,
Although you have worked through law enforcement it's important that you make sure your daughter's information is in the NAMUS database. This is a new online database for missing persons and unidentified remains.
www.namus.gov. The missing persons part was put online two yrs ago, the unidentified remains part was made available last yr. In june of this year they were joined together to search for matches.
At the moment, there are 106,000 missing persons in the US, and 40,000 sets of unidentified remains, Yet the new database only has abt 5000 missing people in it, and only 1,700 sets of remains loaded. It's not that law enforcement does not do due diligence, it's that it takes time for organizations to get their info organized and have the time and funds to enter what they have.
So I strongly, really strongly suggest you go to the NAMUS website and make sure you daughter is registered. You should also search the unid'd section to see if anything matches her description.
After exhausting every lead you've had over the years, NAMUS presents you with something new-and more hope you will discover what happened to her. Remember too that even if you don't find her in the NAMUS databases, they are only going to grow, and once her info is in there, it is going to be available to match against forever.
Colleen