Relating to the preservation of missing persons records and evidence

Summary

The bill mandates that law‑enforcement agencies keep all records and evidence for missing‑person complaints that remain unresolved after one year, digitize them, and send the files to the West Virginia Fusion Center. It also directs the Fusion Center to build and maintain an indefinite cold‑case database containing detailed information from every jurisdiction. The aim is to improve long‑term investigation and data sharing for missing persons and other cold cases.

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