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I have a character who estranged himself from his family after his twin brother killed himself (they were in their early twenties).
The parents would have been worried about my character, and because of the recent suicide, they may have been able to convince the police that my character was at risk of harming himself. They also have quite a bit of money, so they would have had lawyers, etc. advocating for them. So I assume they called the cops and filed a missing person report?
But it's now eight or nine years later. My character has gone into a police station to report a fairly serious crime. Would they still have a record of the missing person report?
There's a bit of a geographic challenge - the parents and my character, at the time of the suicide, all lived near Calgary. So I assume they'd have reported the disappearance to the Calgary cops. But the dead twin lived in Vancouver, and that's where my character ends up being when he reports the crime. So it would be two different municipal police forces. Would an adult missing person, with no real reason to believe in foul play, be reported to the RCMP? And would they share the information with the municipal cops?
Thanks for any help with this.
The parents would have been worried about my character, and because of the recent suicide, they may have been able to convince the police that my character was at risk of harming himself. They also have quite a bit of money, so they would have had lawyers, etc. advocating for them. So I assume they called the cops and filed a missing person report?
But it's now eight or nine years later. My character has gone into a police station to report a fairly serious crime. Would they still have a record of the missing person report?
There's a bit of a geographic challenge - the parents and my character, at the time of the suicide, all lived near Calgary. So I assume they'd have reported the disappearance to the Calgary cops. But the dead twin lived in Vancouver, and that's where my character ends up being when he reports the crime. So it would be two different municipal police forces. Would an adult missing person, with no real reason to believe in foul play, be reported to the RCMP? And would they share the information with the municipal cops?
Thanks for any help with this.