He sighed, "First, I'm sorry to hear that anyone has gone missing."
"It is good that someone has already contacted the police and got the ball rolling. If she was twelve years of age or younger than this would be my jurisdiction. If abduction or foul play is suspected than this also falls under the FBI's jurisdiction."
However, if they'd turned this into the local police and his department hadn't been contacted it was probably not the case.
"Hopefully the missing person doesn't have a habit of running away and then turning back up. Authorities will usually start by gathering all the information that they can about the missing person from people who can tell them. They will usually ask the parent or guardian and person who last saw the missing person questions detailing the person's last sighting. There are the usual physical questions like what the missing person was wearing before they went missing. Then there are questions involving the person's emotional state and health. The more information that you can give the police the better they can work to help find the missing person. It's important to get information out there, and the more people who know about the person missing and are looking, the better."