The Evolution of the Amber Alert System: A Lifeline for Missing Children
The Amber Alert system is an integral part of today’s society, rapidly disseminating information about missing children and aiding in their safe recovery...
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Silver Alert issued for missing Indiana teen last seen in Scottsburg
The family of a missing Indiana teen is wringing their hands this week after a search was launched for sixteen-year-old Marley Richie, who was last seen in...
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Lina Sardar Khil still missing six months after vanishing from San Antonio park
San Antonio Police are no closer to finding 4 year-old Lina Sardar Khil, an adorable little girl who vanished from a park near her family’s home at the Villa...
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New suspect named in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance
It’s been almost fifteen years since three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared while on holiday with her family in Praia da Luz in the Algarve region of...
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What Happened to Harmony Montgomery?
After the two-year anniversary of her daughter’s disappearance, the mother of Harmony Montgomery has spoken out. Crystal Sorey reached out to the media, and...
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Indiana woman claims to be child who vanished over 20 years ago
It’s the kind of story you see in movies—a young woman discovers that the circumstances of her past may not be what she originally thought. An adoption, a...
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Custodial Kidnapping: Hiring a Private Investigator
Most parents have their children’s’ best interests at heart, but when tempers flare or tense domestic disputes arise, a parent or guardian may act impulsively...
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Search Continues for Ryan Larsen, Missing Boy with Autism
Cases of missing children are always more fraught than those of missing adults, but missing child cases can be even further compounded when missing children...
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An AMBER Alert Was Not Issued for This Missing 5-Year-Old. Here’s Why…
On Tuesday, July 27, 2021, the community of Fruitland, Idaho has been impacted by the disappearance of a 5-year-old boy, Michael Vaughn. In a move that puzzled...
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Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell Await Charges in Deaths of Missing Children
It was nearly a year ago that the nation was first captivated by the story of Lori Vallow and her missing children. The entire story read like a salacious...
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LaShaya Stine, Still Missing After 4 Years
The family of LaShaya Stine is still waiting anxiously for answers in her mysterious disappearance. LaShaya was 16 years old and living in Aurora, Colorado...
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Julia Mann Still Missing Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
During a pandemic, it may be hard to think about anything else besides spread of infection, and the death and misfortune laid at the feed of many. The family...
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Missing Person: Abdi Sharif
The search continues for missing Iowa teen Abdi Sharif, who went missing on January 17, 2020. A second organized search party is set to commence this week...
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Lori Vallow Daybell arrested, fights for reduced bail
The nation has been feverishly following the dramatic events that surround the disappearance of two Idaho children, whose mother and stepfather fled the state...
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Into the Night: The Bizarre Disappearance of Student Brandon Swanson
Shortly after midnight on May 14, 2008, Brandon Swanson mysteriously vanished in Marshall, Minnesota. Brandon had been celebrating the end of the spring...
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Little Boy Lost: Search for Gannon Stauch Expands
Gannon Stauch, 11, went missing from his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Janury 27, 2020. More than two weeks after his disappearance the search has...
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Remains of 6-year-old Faye Swetlik found
The search for a six-year-old girl from South Carolina is over after police identified the remains of missing Faye Swetlik, who disappeared while she played in...
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J.J. Vallow & Tylee Ryan: UPDATE
For the past two weeks, the true-crime world has had its eyes fixated on missing minors, Joshua “J.J.” Vallow and Tylee Ryan, and the mysterious string of...
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Roman Lopez: Missing boy’s death being investigated as “suspicious”
Law enforcement is remaining tight-lipped on the subject of a case that has mystified the town of Placerville, California. Eleven-year-old Roman Anthony Lopez...
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Maleah Davis: EquuSearch to continue search for missing girl
Authorities and investigators in Texas have renewed vigor in their search for four-year-old Maleah in Texas, following allegations the prime suspect knew of “a...
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Fast Facts on Missing Children
Americans are captivated by missing child stories, haunted by the nagging specter of “What if this happened to my child?” The year 2018 was punctuated by a...
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Missing Children: Infant Abductions
There are many different types of missing persons—adults with mental illness, homeless individuals, children, and runaways. Each type of case deserves to be...
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The Disappearance of Madeline McCann
The disappearance of Madeline McCann is arguably the most internationally famous missing child case since the Lindbergh baby vanished in 1932. The story...
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Police Identify Remains of Jabez Spann
Last week, Tawana, the mother of Jabez Spann, received the closure she’d been chasing since September 4, 2017. That Labor Day weekend was the last time she saw...
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Top 5 Most Unbelievable Child Abduction Cases
But Jayme Closs’s story is not solitary in the true-crime world. Here are the stories of five other cases of child abduction where the child was eventually...
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Jayme Closs’s Captor Charged with Homicide, Kidnapping
Jayme Closs’s harrowing story of survival has captured the attention of the entire nation. The 13-year-old Wisconsin teen went missing almost three months ago...
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Protecting Your Child from Predators
How easy would it be to kidnap a child in a crowded place? Maybe the park, walking home from school or even sleeping in their own bedroom. Over again, we see...
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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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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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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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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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What to Do When a Loved One Goes Missing
According to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), there are 86,927 active missing persons cases as of...
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Reality of Sex Trafficking
Corinna Slusser, 19, was last seen at the Haven Motel in Queens, New York the morning of September 20, 2017. New York Police Department (NYPD) fears she was...
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Oklahoma father offers $10,000 reward for information about his missing son
Jim Will, the father of a missing man from Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, offered a $10,000 reward earlier this month (Jan 5) for any information leading to the...
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