Jessica Ridgeway: Colorado Police Desperate For Leads in Disappearance of 10-Year-Old
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WESTMINSTER, Colo.) — Authorities in Colorado are reviewing recent phone calls and social media clues in the disappearance of a 10-year-old girl. Jessica Ridgeway left home at 8:30 a.m. on Friday to walk three blocks from her We…
Teamsters Boss Jimmy Hoffa Is Still Missing
Siri Stafford/Thinkstock(ROSEVILLE, Mich.) — Wherever Jimmy Hoffa is, he’s not under a driveway in Roseville, Mich.The mystery of what happened to the controversial Teamsters boss lives on as Roseville Police Chief James Berlin confirmed on Tuesday th…
Abducted 3-Week-Old in Illinois Found Alive; Mother Arrested
Stark County Sheriff’s Office(TOULON, Ill.) — An abducted 3-week-old baby girl from Illinois, who was kidnapped in front of a post office, was found alive on a rural gravel road Thursday night, authorities said.Mia Graci Thompson was abducted in Toulo…
Amber Alert Issued in Illinois for Abducted 3-Week-Old Mia Graci Thompson
Stark County Sheriff’s Office(TOULON, Ill.) — An Amber Alert has been issued in Illinois for a 3-week-old baby girl who was kidnapped in front of a post office Thursday.Mia Graci Thompson was abducted in Toulon, Ill., a small town about 150 miles sout…
Tennessee Children Missing After House Fire Kills Step-Grandparents
Ryan McVay/Thinkstock(UNIONVILLE, Tenn.) — Investigators in Tennessee are searching for two children after discovering that their bodies were not at the scene of a deadly house fire as earlier believed.Police initially thought Chloie Leverette, 9, and…
Wife Asks Ahmadinejad for Help in Finding Missing Ex-FBI Agent Husband
BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prepares to speak to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, an electronic billboard in Times Square and subway placards around the city will remind the Iranian pr…
Iowa Cousins Missing Two Months; Authorities Plead for Help
Elizabeth Collins (L) and her cousin Lyric Cook (R). ABC News(EVANSDALE, Iowa) — On the two-month anniversary of the disappearance of Iowa cousins Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins, residents of their hometown gathered for a prayer vigil and authoritie…
Mom of Missing ‘Baby Kate’ to Wed Convicted Father
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LUDINGTON, Mich.) — The mother of a baby who disappeared last year has decided to marry the main suspect in the baby’s disappearance.The 4-month-old infant known as Baby Kate disappeared last year from her Ludington, Mich., home…
Mom of Missing Arizona Girl Charged with Murder
Hemera/Thinkstock(GLENDALE, Ariz.) — The mother of Jahessye Shockley, a 5-year-old Arizona girl who has been missing for nearly a year, was arrested and charged with felony child abuse and first-degree murder for her daughter’s death.”For the past 11 …
Missing Defendant in Texas Gang Rape Case Sentenced to 99 Years
Hemera/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — Authorities in Texas are searching for a convicted rapist who vanished in the middle of his trial and has been sentenced to 99 years in prison.Eric McGowen, 20, was not in court for his conviction or for his sentence on Th…
American Journalist Missing in Syria
Scott Peterson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Family and colleagues of a freelance reporter from Texas who is traveling in Syria say they have not heard from him in more than a week.Andrew Tice, 31, a student at Georgetown University Law School and a former…
One Boy Dead, One Missing in Yosemite National Park
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(FRESNO, Calif.) — A boy who was cooling off with his family in Yosemite National Park’s Merced River has died after he and his still-missing younger brother were swept away.The brothers, 10 and 6, were visiting the park this wee…
Missing California Diver: Detectives Question Husband
(iStockphoto/Thinkstock)(LOS ANGELES) — The husband of a California woman who is believed to have vanished while diving off the Los Angeles coast is now being questioned by homicide detectives, after investigators searched for her body for four days a…
Missing North Carolina Man Uses Clues to Find Home 1,000 Miles Away
Courtesy Armstrong Family(NEW YORK) — A 72-year-old North Carolina man who disappeared while vacationing with his family in New Hampshire has been reunited with his family after what his loved ones call a miraculous journey home.Hugh Armstrong says he…
Vilet Torrez: Family of Missing Florida Mom Hopes Billboards Bring ‘Truth’ and ‘Justice’
Ryan McVay/Thinkstock(MIRAMAR, Fla.) — After Miramar, Fla., police came up empty in searches of a missing woman’s home and vehicles and numerous dives in local bodies of water, the family of Vilet Torrez is hoping two new billboards will help solve th…
Mickey Shunick’s Body Believed Found in Remote Wooded Area
Shunick Family(LAFAYETTE, La.) — The body of missing Louisiana college student Mickey Shunick was believed to have been found Tuesday buried in a remote wooded area near a small cemetery, police said.”We believe strongly this will be Mickey Shunick, b…
Son of NY Man Accused of Faking His Death Arrested
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The son of a Massapequa, N.Y., man who was reported missing in waters off a Long Island beach and turned up five days later in South Carolina has been arrested.Jonathan Roth, 22, was arrested by the New York State Park Police “in …
Pregnant Florida Teen Disappears
Courtesy of Morgan Martin’s family(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) — A pregnant Florida teenager has disappeared after telling her mother she was stepping outside to tell the father of her unborn baby that an ultrasound indicated the baby was a girl.Morgan Mart…
Skull Found in River Being Matched to Missing Student’s Dental Records
ABC News/Rebecca Lefkowitz(BLOOMINGTON, Ind.) — The family of missing Indiana University college student Lauren Spierer could know in a matter of days if a skull found 60 miles from where she disappeared belongs to the college student.As she waits for…
New Search in 1989 Massachusetts Cold Case
Comstock/Thinkstock(STONEHAM, Mass.) — Cadaver dogs and searchers are combing an area of a Massachusetts state park today in hopes of solving the 1989 cold case disappearance of a local teenager. Melanie Melanson was 14 years old when she went a party…