Utah has statewide reporting rules for missing people under 21. The Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification says there is no waiting period to report someone missing and that law enforcement must enter information for a person under 21 into the FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) within two hours.
A missing-person report does not automatically trigger a public alert. Utah’s Endangered Missing Advisory is initiated by law enforcement when circumstances suggest a person may be in danger and public information could help locate them; the advisory is separate from an AMBER Alert, which requires suspected abduction, imminent danger and other criteria. The state says an Endangered Missing Advisory is distributed to law enforcement and broadcasters.
The state’s missing-persons manual says BCI captures information when law enforcement makes an NCIC entry and keeps it in Utah’s database until the entry is removed from NCIC.
The Utah Missing Persons Clearinghouse, housed within the Bureau of Criminal Identification, maintains a central registry and coordinates with law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Its public website is not a complete list of missing-person reports: BCI says it posts only information authorized by family members or law enforcement. The state manual says BCI captures information from an NCIC entry and retains it in Utah’s database until that entry is removed from NCIC.
Case information
The case number listed for Zoe Caldwell is LK2026-13723.
