Mississippi legislature turned down a bill last month that would have codified the role of private investigators while helping to better legitimize the profession within the state. Mississippi is one of only four states left in the U.S. that have …
Pets go missing all the time. Staple laden telephone poles across the country are a testament to delinquent dogs and forlorn felines everywhere. However, Riley McDermid of Vallejo, California, was not ready to give up after a long search for …
An unlicensed private investigator from Florida was arrested for attempting to gain unauthorized access to a computer in New York City. A global charity that remains anonymous experienced nearly 400,000 attempts to gain access to its computer network between June …
Donald Dietz, affectionately known as “Bicycle Man” in his hometown of Saranac, Michigan, disappeared in 2007. Police believed he was murdered for his $450,000 in life savings, and Rami Saba was the prime suspect. Saba used Dietz’s name to steal …
While the hack of Ashley Madison is very bad news for its 32 million users, it is bringing big bucks to the PI startup Trustify. This new company lets people access the services of vetted PIs by accessing their app …
Twenty-eight year old Jennifer Harris disappeared from Bonham, Texas on Mother’s Day 2002. After an extensive search, a fisherman found her mutilated body in the Red River in Oklahoma. An autopsy conducted by the Oklahoma City Medical Examiner’s Office revealed …
Every family’s worst nightmare came true for parents Jessica Mitchell and DeOrr Kunz Sr. who came back from exploring during a camping trip in Idaho and found their two-year old son missing on July 10, 2015. They immediately called 911. …
The Mississippi Private Investigators Association is very proactive in ensuring that its members are highly ethical, since the state is the only one in the South and one of only five in the country that doesn’t require the licensing of …
Water rights in California have always been complex as anyone who has seen Chinatown can attest to. With the state in a four-year drought of historic proportions, water has become an even more precious commodity. Tom Selleck regularly had a …
With apps available for everything from finding taxis to dog walkers, it was just a matter of time before an app to hire PIs became available. The new app Trustify is the brainchild of Danny Boice—the cofounder of and CTO …
