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Reward Offered for Girl Who Vanished in Woods by Home

Reward offered in search for Maine's Stefanie Damron, last seen Sept. 24

(Newser) - The FBI said Monday it is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the return of a northern Maine teenager whose disappearance earlier in the fall has attracted international attention, per the AP . Stefanie Damron, 14, of New Sweden, Maine, was reported missing by her...

Husband Charged With Killing Wife Who Vanished Months Ago

Naresh Bhatt was first charged with moving a body weeks after Mamta Kafle disappeared

(Newser) - Naresh Bhatt was charged with murder Monday, about four months after the Virginia man's wife disappeared. Bhatt's previous charge of concealing a body was upgraded to murder and physically defiling a dead body, the Washington Post reports. The 37-year-old's lawyer has argued Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, is...

Police Say Missing Hawaii Woman Walked Into Mexico

Hannah Kobayashi is now considered a 'voluntary missing person'

(Newser) - Authorities say surveillance video from the US Border Patrol shows Hannah Kobayashi, the 30-year-old Hawaii woman who went missing in Los Angeles last month, crossing into Mexico the day after her family last heard from her. Kobayashi flew into Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 8 but missed her connecting...

Search for Missing Hiker Now a Murder Investigation

Susan Lane-Fournier, 61, disappeared in Oregon, and her estranged husband is charged

(Newser) - At first, police in Oregon thought they were looking for a missing hiker. Now the case has turned into a homicide investigation. The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office found the body of 61-year-old Susan Lane-Fournier on Friday after a week of searching in the area of Mount Hood National Forest...

USA Today Article Leads Sister to Man Missing Since 1999
Missing Persons Case From
1999 Solved Thanks to Article
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Missing Persons Case From 1999 Solved Thanks to Article

May article in USA Today noted a non-verbal patient in his 60s was in a California hospital

(Newser) - A 25-year missing persons case will be closed thanks to a USA Today article and a "tenacious" sheriff's deputy. The May story's headline was straightforward: "He's been in an LA hospital for weeks and they have no idea who he is. Can you help?" The...

Dad of Missing Hawaii Woman Found Dead Amid Search

Ryan Kobayashi, 58, had flown to Los Angeles to help find daughter Hannah

(Newser) - Loved ones searching for a 30-year-old Hawaii woman who went missing in Los Angeles now have a second trauma: the death of her father amid the search. Ryan Kobayashi, 58, was found in a parking area near LAX airport early Sunday, reports KTLA . Police say he appears to have taken...

Hawaii Woman Sent Strange Texts Before Going Dark

Hannah Kobayashi disappears in Los Angeles after missing LAX connection

(Newser) - Family members are desperate to find a Hawaii woman who flew into Los Angeles 11 days ago, missed a connecting flight, and soon after disappeared. Hannah Kobayashi, an aspiring photographer, had planned to fly from Maui to New York City to explore the art scene but missed her Nov. 8...

Runner Lost for a Month in Park Ate 'Nasty' Berries

Robert Schock's mom never gave up hope he'd be found in Washington state park—and he was

(Newser) - A man lost in the wilderness of Washington state for a month was rescued at the end of August clinging to life. Now, Robert Schock is talking about his ordeal, noting to People : "Never did I dream that this kind of survival could ever even be possible."
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A Year After Vanishing, Body of French Teen Found

Suspect in Lina Delsarte killing died by suicide in July, investigators say

(Newser) - A vehicle flagged months into the search for a French teenager who disappeared last September had been stolen by her kidnapper, police said Wednesday, announcing both the teen and her attacker are dead. The body of the girl, IDed by Elle as Lina Delsarte, 15, was found Wednesday in a...

Hugh Jackman Makes Plea on Behalf of Missing Dancer

Authorities find abandoned car of Hamilton performer Zelig Williams in South Carolina

(Newser) - A dancer from the hit Broadway play Hamilton has gone missing in South Carolina, and a big name is part of the push to find him. People reports that 28-year-old Zelig Williams, who more recently starred in MJ the Musical, was last seen leaving his home in Columbia on the...

Teen Daughter of Flaming Lips Musician Is Missing

Charlotte "Bowie" Drozd is 16, was last seen on Seattle monorail

(Newser) - The 16-year-old daughter of a member of the Flaming Lips has gone missing in Seattle. Steven Drozd, who plays multiple instruments in the band, posted on X Monday asking for the public's help in finding Charlotte "Bowie" Drozd, who was last seen on the city's monorail near...

He Climbed Yellowstone's Highest Peak, Disappeared

Austin King, 22, remains missing

(Newser) - Austin King reached the summit of Eagle Peak, the highest point in Yellowstone National Park, on Sept. 17. He celebrated the accomplishment in calls to family and friends, who are now hoping to hear that King made it off the mountain alive. "He was super ecstatic," friend Desmond...

He Vanished From Park in 1951 at Age 6. He Just Turned Up

Luis Armando Albino is tracked down by family members from Oakland

(Newser) - An online DNA test and an especially persistent family member have helped solve a missing-persons cold case that's lasted decades. Luis Armando Albino is a grandfather, Marine Corps veteran, and retired firefighter living on the East Coast—and now he can add "found" to that list, after it...

Cops: Pair Who Vanished From Nudist Park Likely Dead

California cops say neighbor Michael Sparks, 62, is now a murder suspect in the case

(Newser) - Police say they're now sure that an elderly couple who vanished from their California nudist community are dead, and a neighbor is in custody. ABC News reports 62-year-old Michael Sparks was arrested on murder charges Thursday, after a search using remote video gear found him hiding under his home...

Man Found Dead on Appalachian Trail Identified After 47 Years

Nicholas Grubb's frozen body was found in cave in 1977

(Newser) - Almost 50 years ago, a man died alone in a cave on the Appalachian Trail with $1.78 in his pocket. After hikers found his frozen body in the cave at a point on the trail known as the Pinnacle in January 1977, he was known only as Pinnacle Man...

Ex-MLB Pitcher's Missing Daughter Is Found

Arrest warrant had been out for former boyfriend of Brenna Swindell, daughter of Greg Swindell

(Newser) - The daughter of an ex-MLB pitcher, who went missing last week, has been found. Brenna Swindell—a 29-year-old mom of three and the daughter of Greg Swindell, who last played for the Arizona Diamondbacks before retiring in 2002—hadn't been seen since Thursday night, per ABC News . That's...

'Unbelievably Good Ending' in Search for Hiker, 89

Sheriff's office in Idaho says local residents on horseback rescued Bing Olbum

(Newser) - In what the Custer County Sheriff's Office says is an "extraordinary outcome," an 89-year-old hiker in Idaho was found alive five days after he was reported missing and 10 days after he was last seen. Bing Olbum hadn't been seen since Aug. 1, when a family...

Months After Vanishing in Georgia, Girl, 12, Found in Ohio

Maria Gomez-Perez was with Guatemalan man who's since been jailed

(Newser) - A 12-year-old girl whose disappearance galvanized a Georgia community has been found in Ohio. Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said Friday that Maria Gomez-Perez was found Thursday in Dover, about 70 miles south of Cleveland, in the company of a Guatemalan man who's now jailed, per the AP . "...

Missing Teen Found Thanks to 'the Power of the Internet'
Missing Teen Found Thanks
to 'the Power of the Internet'
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Missing Teen Found Thanks to 'the Power of the Internet'

Troy Coleman had been missing nearly 2 months when he turned up on livestream

(Newser) - Michigan teenager Troy Coleman told his grandfather he was going to the store. That was on May 17. Six weeks later, the 17-year-old still hadn't returned to his home in Flint. Troy was finally found July 4 across the country in Miami, Florida, thanks to a random encounter on...

Body Identified as Teen Who Got Lost on Island Hike

UK's Jay Slater went missing on one of the Canary Islands in Spain

(Newser) - A British teen who was missing for nearly a month on the Spanish island of Tenerife likely died from injuries suffered in a fall in rocky terrain, a court in Spain said Tuesday. Jay Slater, 19, was identified through fingerprints the day after his remains were discovered in a rugged...

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