Angela Freeman case highlights changes in missing person investigations

PETAL — More than three decades after 17-year-old Angela Freeman disappeared in Petal, a new Mississippi law is changing how law enforcement agencies respond when someone is reported missing. The law, passed as House Bill 377 and effective July 1, prohibits law enforcement agencies from requiring a waiting period before accepting a credible missing person report. It also establishes requirements for investigating missing and unidentified people. Freeman