Texas EquuSearch (/ˈɛkwəsɜːrtʃ/ EK-wə-surch; TES) is a search-and-rescue organization dedicated to searching for missing persons.
[1] It has increasingly become involved in high-profile abduction cases, including that of Natalee Holloway, working through local law enforcement agencies.
Originally named Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team, TES was founded in August 2000 by Director Tim Miller after the abduction and murder of his daughter, Laura.
It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, all-volunteer organization originally conceived as a volunteer mounted search-and-rescue group to assist local law enforcement personnel in searching the vast areas outside the city of Houston for missing individuals.
Although TES has relatively few permanent members, many thousands of volunteers have since assisted in searches throughout the United States and in other countries.