Families of Missing Persons Face Ambiguous Loss
It is said, ambiguous loss is the most traumatic of human experiences, and when someone you love goes missing, it is a trauma unlike any other. Ambiguous loss...
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Devastated: Missing Persons in Natural Disasters
Many individuals who lived through natural disaster in the year 2018 lost loved ones to violent forces of nature. National news has been inundated, not only...
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Body Found in Search of Hania Aguilar
For many families across North America, the holiday season has begun—a season for spending time with family and reflecting on the blessings in your life. For...
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How to File an Insurance Claim for a Missing Person
The FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) contains over 89,000 active missing persons cases (as of May 2018). That’s over 89,000 families who are left...
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50 Facts About Missing Children & Adults
1. Approximately 2,300 children are reported missing each day in the United States, that one child every 40 seconds. 2. Nearly 800,000 people are reported...
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History of Missing Persons Law in the United States
Several federal laws in the United States are focused on the plight of unresolved missing persons and unidentified remains. Each law, the result of families of...
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PD, Barron volunteers continue search for Jayme Closs
The news cycles this week have been dominated by another missing persons case in middle America, where a familiar refrain is ringing out across the media...
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The Complexities of Missing Adults with Mental Illness
When we think of missing persons, we often think of victims who have likely befallen violence at the hands of another. Either they have been killed and their...
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Why Are Cases of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women Being Ignored?
Indigenous women in this country are more likely than any other group to be raped or murdered. The salt in this gaping wound is they are also least likely to...
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Two Hart children remain missing, police investigate family’s home life
What does it mean for a child to fall through the cracks? It’s a phrase we often hear following a tragedy involving children, like the one that killed six...
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Where is Fan Bingbing? China’s Most Famous Actress Vanishes
In Western media coverage, she’s denoted as “the Chinese Angelina Jolie,” with an adoring fan-base that knows no borders. Last year, there were only four other...
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33-Year Old Murder Investigation Tied to Indiana Missing Woman
Investigators in Tennessee have tied a missing Indiana woman to their murder investigation 33 years after her disappearance. New Year’s Day in 1985, a young...
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Mollie Tibbetts: The Case Heard ‘Round the World
In central Iowa, off of Interstate 80, there is a little town called Brooklyn. Eight weeks ago, if you googled, ‘Brooklyn, Iowa,’ you would probably get...
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Mother of Missing Hollywood Actress Elaine Park Describes Nightmare
It’s every parent’s worst fear their child may be harmed while venturing into the world on their own. But, what parent could imagine “not knowing” where her...
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Wild Country: Missing in the National Park System
When we hear of a person going missing without a trace, it’s often in municipalities, such as cities. The moment a loved one has realized the person is...
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Molly Tibbetts Case Shines Light on Other Less-Nationally Known Missing Person Case
A new website was launched Monday that has generated over 1,500 new tips received from people trying to help find missing University of Iowa student Molly...
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Strange Disappearance of Arizona Woman Kiera Bergman, Dad says “We just want her back”
(Kiera Bergman has been missing from Glendale, Ariz., since August 4, 2018.) Kiera Lanae Bergman, 19, was last seen by her best friend and roommate, Destiny...
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International Travelers Who Go Missing
In May 2009, New Jersey resident Joe Dunsavage vanished during his international trip to Honduras. He left his wallet, passport, and luggage in his hotel room...
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Beyond Our Horizons: Americans Missing Overseas
Americans across the country have a bizarre fascination with all things foreign. When it comes to international travel and foreign countries, attitudes can...
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FBI Joins Search for Mollie Tibbetts
Dalton Jack was at his construction job in Dubuque, Montana on the night of July 18th, 2018. He was working almost 100 miles away from his home in Brooklyn...
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The Media and Missing White Woman Syndrome
If you are a missing person, it helps to be white Jasmine Moody, a 22-year old Texas Women’s University student mysteriously vanished on December 4, 2014...
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Hiring a Private Investigator to Find Your Missing Child
Every week there are new stories in the news about children and teenagers who have either run away or been kidnapped. When parents see these tragedies play out...
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BELLAMY MALAKI GAMBOA LISTED AS “CRITICALLY MISSING ADULT”
Police in Virginia Beach, Virginia have spent the last week searching for a mother of four. Bellamy Malaki Gamboa, 39, was last seen at her apartment in...
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The Disappearance of Tara Calico
Tara Calico’s disappearance has baffled investigators for decades. In July 1989, a color Polaroid of an unidentified young woman and a little boy was found by...
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