Editing Without a Trace (section)

==Premise==
Each episode followed the search for one individual under tight time constraints. The stories also focused on the personal lives of the team members and illustrated how their experiences gave them insight into cases. The team consisted of [[Jack Malone (Without a Trace)|Jack Malone]] ([[Anthony LaPaglia]]), [[Samantha Spade]] ([[Poppy Montgomery]]), [[Vivian Johnson]] ([[Marianne Jean-Baptiste]]), Danny Taylor ([[Enrique Murciano]]), [[Martin Fitzgerald (Without a Trace)|Martin Fitzgerald]] ([[Eric Close]]), and Elena Delgado ([[Roselyn Sánchez]]), the last of whom joined the cast in the [[Without a Trace season 4|fourth season]].

The real FBI does investigate missing persons; specifically, they have the authority to help in any "mysterious" disappearances of children abducted by nonfamily members. The groups that investigate these crimes are called Child Abduction Rapid Deployment teams.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/kidnap.htm Federal Bureau of Investigation – Crimes Against Children – Nonfamily Child Abductions]</ref> They get involved in other missing persons cases as needed but do not have a dedicated unit. One element that set the series apart from other TV police dramas was the display of information about real-life missing persons at the end of most episodes. This resulted in a kidnapped brother and sister being found on July 25, 2005.<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20050725cbs01 For the First Time, a Kidnapped Brother and Sister Are Found as a Direct Result of a Tip from a "Without a Trace" Viewer Who Saw the Missing Boy Profiled During the July 21st Broadcast of the CBS Series], ''The Futon Critic'', July 25, 2005. Accessed July 10, 2013.</ref> At least five people have been found as a result of those announcements.<ref>[http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2006/08/08/missing-18-year-old-woman-is-found-after-being-featured-in-a-public-service-announcement-during-the-june-1-broadcast-of-without-a-trace--21990/20060808cbs03/ Missing 18-Year-Old Woman Is Found After Being Featured in a Public Service Announcement During the June 1 Broadcast of "Without a Trace"], ''The Futon Critic'', August 8, 2006. Accessed July 10, 2013.</ref> Occasionally, such information was replaced with other public-service announcements, such as an episode about an attempted suicide that presented information on a [[Suicide prevention|suicide help line]]. Showings outside the United States tend to omit missing persons information; however, Australia's [[Nine Network]] usually showed Australian cases, and in Hong Kong, the [[TVB Pearl]] showed information about local missing persons during the first two seasons. ''Without a Trace'' took place within [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]'s ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' universe. A crossover episode in 2007 featured characters [[Gil Grissom]] ([[William Petersen]]) from ''CSI'' and Jack Malone from ''Without a Trace'' working together to solve the same case.