(INDIANAPOLS) - The Indiana State Police is leading an initiative to help resolve long term missing persons cases in Indiana.

Investigative technology has advanced significantly over the past several years allowing the ISP to use science to help resolve some of these cases for the involved families. Initially they are starting with northeast Indiana but will soon expand this initiative incrementally in other parts of the state.

Indiana State Police are asking citizens in northeast Indiana that have a long-term missing person in their family, to please contact the ISP using a dedicated hotline 833-466-2653. This is a recorded line.

Family members calling the hotline are asked to leave their name, phone number, the name of their missing relative, and the city/county from which they were reported missing. A detective with the ISP Cold Case Investigative Squad will then reach out as soon as possible to discuss the case.