CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Ohio officials are working to bring missing persons home more quickly through new reforms and legislative changes designed to streamline investigations and improve communication with families.

Gov. Mike DeWine’s Missing Persons Working Group has completed or nearly finished 16 of 18 recommendations they created at the end of their sessions.

The governor created the group to determine to better support families with missing loved ones and tackle challenges law enforcement faces during missing persons investigations.

19 Investigates checked on the group’s progress as the year comes to an end.

“We owe the family members of people who are missing. We owe them our best work,” said Andy Wilson, Ohio Department of Public Safety director.

Some families of the miss

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