MIMs Conference 2022!
More Information Coming Soon!
Check out the course offerings at the conference in previous years.
.png)
MIMs 2015
Held @ St Peters PD Training Room
Matt Becker MSHP CJIS
MIAC-(Missouri Information Analysis Center) Captain Dave Hall
NamUs- Melissa Gregory
Crime Scene Forensics Tom Martin
.png)
mims 2016
Held @ St Peters PD Training Room
Detective Sgt. Jason Moran - Cook County Sheriff - Spoke on Cold Case Unidentified Persons/John Wayne Gacy Unidentified Victims & The Burr Oak Cemetery
Springfield MO Police - Retired Captain Dave Millsap - Springfield 3 - Cold Case Missing Person Investigation
NCMEC (National Center for Missing Exploited Children) Staca Shahan - Child Sex Trafficking
Melissa Gregory - NamUS
Clara Land - MSHP MP Unit
.png)
mims 2017
Held @ Columbia Police Training Facility
Detective Sgt. Jason Moran - Cook County Sheriff - Spoke on Cold Case Unidentified Persons/John Wayne Gacy Unidentified Victims & The Burr Oak Cemetery
Springfield MO Police - Retired Captain Dave Millsap - Springfield 3 - Cold Case Missing Person Investigation
NCMEC (National Center for Missing Exploited Children) Staca Shahan - Child Sex Trafficking
Melissa Gregory - NamUS
Clara Land - MSHP MP Unit
.png)
mims 2019
Held @ MSHP Troop C Training Room
Day 1:
MSHP MP Unit
MSHP CJIS Unit - Mike Nunnery
St Louis County MP Unit: Thom Taylor - Missing Person Investigations
FBI - Missing Person Investigations and their CARD TEAM (Child Abduction Rapid Deployment)
Day 2:
(Former MO Attorney General Sex Trafficking Unit) & Current Bel Ridge Police Lt. Keaton Strong - Sex Trafficking Awareness
Check out a few of the instructors we've had over the last few years!


Brian Killacky, Retired Chicago Police Sgt.
Brian Killacky is a consultant with the Amber Alert Technical Assistance Program. He is an expert in the field of investigating unresolved child homicides, long term missing and unidentified human remains. Previously, he was a detective with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) for 27 years specializing initially in the investigation of cases involving child sexual exploitation. Upon retirement, Brian worked for the Cook County States Attorney Office where he was an Investigator in the Cold Murder Unit and a supervisor in the Complex Homicide Unit. Brian was one of two presenters at the very first Dallas Crimes Against Children Conference. This speaker is sponsored by the National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC).

Silvia Pettem is an author, writer, and historical researcher specializing in true crime as well as local history and genealogy. Pettem’s research-heavy process and style are also often utilized in the realm of cold cases. In her New York Times bestseller work, Someone’s Daughter: In Search of Justice for Jane Doe, Pettem investigates the murder of an unidentified woman found in Boulder Canyon in 1954. Published in 2009, the book is the culmination of over a decade of research into the identity of the woman and her likely killer. Further developments in the case after the book’s publication led to a successful identification of Jane Doe.

Keaton Strong, Lieutenant Bel-Ridge Police Department
Keaton Strong has been in the Law Enforcement Field for over 18 years, 10 of which have been with the St. Louis City Metropolitan Police Department. He has specialized in Missing and Exploited Children to include Amber Alert/School Resources, in the Intelligence Division (Human Trafficking and Birth Rights) and in the Human Trafficking Unit/Juvenile Gang Crimes. In 2017, Investigator Strong was appointed to the AntiHuman Trafficking Enforcement Unit of the Missouri Attorney General’s Office.


Tom Martin, Retired New York State Police
Tom Martin is a nationally recognized speaker who has instructed at numerous forensic training seminars across the United States, including the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, The National Institute of Justice Annual Conferences and Technology Fairs, and the Smithsonian Institute. Tom is a faculty member of the National College of District Attorneys and a former instructor for the International Association of Chiefs of Police, (IACP).

Melissa Gregory, Regional Program Specialist NamUs
Melissa Gregory formerly served as the Case Analysis Unit (CAU) Supervisor for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Prior to joining NCMEC, Ms. Gregory worked with a corporate law firm in Denver, Colorado and interned with the Denver Police Department's Crime Analysis Unit, Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and coroner's office. She graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor's Degree in criminal justice with a minor in psychology, and she holds a Master's Degree in criminal investigative psychology.

Staca Shahan, Executive Director of the Case Analysis Division for NCMEC
Staca Shehan joined the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in 1999 and is the Executive Director of the Case Analysis Division. She is responsible for policy decisions and overall operations within the Division including oversight of the Child Sex Trafficking Team and Sex Offender Tracking Team. In this role, she helps create and manage the division’s budget; conducts print, radio and television interviews about issues relating to child sex trafficking, noncompliant registered sex offenders, internet crimes against children, and attempted abductions of children; and provides training sessions and presentations to the public, private industry, other nonprofit organizations and law enforcement agencies.