Lauth Investigations International Biographies

Fortifying corporations and individuals with facts to make crucial judgements in their lives.

Thomas Lauth is the founder and CEO of Lauth Investigations

Thomas Lauth

CEO/Founder

After graduating from the Indianapolis police academy, Tom spent several years working as an Investigator with the Indianapolis District Attorney’s office. Thomas Lauth then founded Lauth Investigations International (LII) in 1995 which has expanded over the past nearly 30 years to include several offices throughout the United States. Thomas Lauth is considered an expert in missing persons and has been consulted by national media on several high-profile missing person’s cases over the years.

Christie Hass Executive Vice President at Lauth Investigations

Christie Haas, SHRM-SCP

Executive Vice President/ Integrator

Christie is the Executive Vice President at Lauth Investigations International, Inc. and is responsible for the overall development and growth of the company.  Prior to joining Lauth Investigations, Ms. Haas developed and oversaw several key functional areas of the companies with which she was involved.  She is an expert at creating foundations from which a company can scale.  Most notably, she co-founded Luca Technologies, Inc., an Energy Biotechnology company serving as its Vice President and Corporate Secretary from 2001 through 2011 where she was the primary driver in the development and oversight of Luca’s initial scientific discoveries which effectively set the stage for the creation and development of the company in 2001.

Our Investigations Team is made up of former military and intelligence agency members. Some of their identities are hidden due to the sensitive nature of their positions.

C.J.

C.J.

Senior Investigator

C.J.

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C.J.

C.J.

Senior Investigator

C.J. is a Senior Investigator at Lauth.  She received her degree in Political Science from Ball State University and carries multiple certifications from the National Center Mission and Exploited Children and the Office for Victims of Crimes Training and Technical Center. C.J. specializes in Missing Persons, criminal investigations, insurance fraud, identity theft, and custody cases.  Prior to joining Lauth Investigations International, C.J. served as a law enforcement officer in Carmel, Indiana for six years.

K.R.

K.R.

Deputy Director of Investigations

K.R.

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K.R.

K.R.

Deputy Director of Investigations

K.R. is our Deputy Director of Investigations. He brings his 9.5 years of prior local and federal law enforcement expertise to all of his cases.  As a former Federal Bureau of Investigations agent, K.R. specialized in all manners of surveillance. He earned his Criminology degree from Indiana State University, beginning his career as an Emergency Operator and working his way through the Linton Police Department, working as a Law Enforcement Officer for seven years.

D.J.

D.J.

Intelligence Investigator

D.J.

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D.J.

D.J.

Intelligence Investigator

D.J.  graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Master's in Library and Information Science. She is a U.S. Navy Intelligence veteran who loves true crime podcasts, traveling with her family, and trying new foods. Her love for research, problem solving, and helping others led her to Lauth Investigations as an Intelligence Investigator.

Lyzzette Avila

Lyzzette Avila

Office Manager Lyzette.avila@returnassets.org
Lyzzette Avila

Lyzzette Avila

Office Manager

Lyzzette Avila is the Office Manager for Lauth Investigations International. After getting her degree at Florida Technical University, she began a long career, working with people from all over the world. Her career has spanned working with a Marina, Real Estate, and Probate Courts, as she was able to translate her skillset across several industries. Lyzzette now finds herself assisting those at Lauth. She is passionate about classic cars with her brother, traveling, restoring and selling them. Her favorite that they have found is the 1957 White Impala.

Indianapolis,Indiana

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A lot of people make up this company. Below are links to different sections of our teams. We have our Investigation team, our Return Assets and Heir Search divisions, and Corporate Support Functions.

Return Assets
Team

Corporate Support Functions Team

Heir Search
Team