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This service is free and confidential.

We will not sell or give your information to any entity, including the government and law enforcement except by court order.

The Victim Notification Service offers a way for users to track developments in homicide cases, making finding out information on the cases you want to follow easy and hassle-free. To receive notifications, you will need to create a user account.

You can create an account using your email address and add a mobile phone number to receive updates via text message. This is a totally free service, to be used by residents of the USA only.

Once you have registered and selected the cases you want to follow, you will receive notifications via text and/or email when there is a new post or a new court appearance added to the Timeline of any of the cases you are following. Daily notifications are sent once per day and Weekly Digests are sent Weekly.

After registering and logging in, you can modify your alert settings and select the cases you would like to follow.

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Victim
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Service

Follow incidents and cases with alerts to your email inbox or cell phone.

Designed to keep the community informed on serious crime cases in their area.

Created and maintained by American Witness — we are a team of journalists and data scientists whose goal is to empower communities through unbiased, high-quality information.

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