"The Database" if such a thing existed, should have a field for "probable state". This field could be filled in by the police detective in charge of the case.

"The Database" if such a thing existed, should have a field for "probable state". This field could be filled in by the police detective in charge of the case. Most "kidnappings" are just parents stealing their kid from the parent that got custody. While a formal accusation of that parent, sans evidence, is and should be, illegal, if the mom says, "I think my ex is working on a fishing boat in Alaska", putting AK in the probable field is a good bet. Services like this could then geo-ip serve content based on state abducted, and state probable.