Rhode Island Missing Witness is a legal term referring to a witness in a Rhode Island court case who cannot be located or identified because they have moved out of the state or are deceased. The term is used when a party to a lawsuit wants to present testimony from a witness, but that witness is no longer available. It is also used when a witness cannot be identified or located, and the party seeking the witness’s testimony must demonstrate to the court that they have attempted to find the witness. There are two types of Rhode Island Missing Witness: missing witness due to relocation and missing witness due to death. In the former, the party seeking the testimony must show that they have made a reasonable effort to locate the witness, and in the latter, the party must demonstrate that the deceased witness is not available to testify.