How we know
Research & Verification
Fresh information and permanent evidence move at different speeds.
Discover→Capture source→Research→Check conflicts & overlap→Verify→Publish→Count, if eligible
The record is meant to keep looking.
Where Are the Kids? is being built as a living research system, not a finished stack of old headlines. Scheduled discovery will keep searching public sources for recovery operations, agency updates, active searches, and other information that can otherwise disappear into the news cycle. Discovery creates a lead; it does not create a fact.
Digging for hope — then checking the evidence.
Automation may discover. It does not declare truth.
Automated systems and AI can help locate material, organize evidence, and flag inconsistencies. The underlying sources and the verification process establish the facts.