Bring them home: A Digital Dialogue about missing people in Central Virginia

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) - From young children to teens to the elderly, there are hundreds of missing people in Virginia.

During a Digital Dialogue on Thursday evening, a panel of experts and the mother of a Richmond woman who has been missing for more than two years joined the discussion.

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Among the topics were how to file a missing persons report and a look at the different laws in place to make sure the community knows when someone is missing.

Joining the panel were:

• Toni Jacobs, mother of Keeshae Jacobs, who has been missing since 2016
• D. McCoy Parker, founder of the Catena Parker Foundation, a group that assists families in searching for missing children  
• Sgt. Adrienne Gardner, Major Crimes Division, Youth and Family Crimes, Richmond Police Department 

You can join in NBC12′s Digital Dialogues by asking questions during Facebook Lives, or observe the conversation on the NBC12 news app.

Community resources for those searching for missing loved ones:

• The Catena L. Parker Foundation for Missing People
• Help Save the Next Girl 
• Center for Missing and Exploited Children-VA Database
• Virginia Missing Children Information Clearinghouse
• Virginia’s Senior, Critically Missing Adult and Endangered Child Alert System
• Richmond Police Department Missing Persons
• Crime Stoppers of Metro Richmond

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