1. A method for locating a targeted wireless communication device, the method comprising: receiving, at the targeted wireless communication device, a communication data packet having a format comprising a locating state code associated with one of a plurality of locating states in which the targeted wireless device is operable, wherein each locating state is stored in a memory on the targeted wireless communication device and comprises one or more location routines carried out by the targeted wireless device; and executing at least one of the one or more location routines on the targeted wireless communication device in response to detecting the locating state code in the communication data packet, wherein executing further comprises operating the wireless device in a stealth mode that disables output by the wireless device of user-perceptible indicators generated during execution of the one or more location routines in a non-stealth mode.