The Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Year after year, thousands of families are rocked by a sudden void in their lives when a loved one goes missing. Many are lucky when their loved one is found...
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The First Missing Person Case in American History
Virginia Dare: America’s First Missing Daughter Many true crime fans are familiar with the sad stories of famous missing persons such as Madeline McCan, or...
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More Than Eighty Years On, The World Still Wonders What Happened To Amelia Earhart
While few internationally missing person cases remain fresh within the collective consciousness over the course of decades, the case of Amelia Earhart...
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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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First 72: A Missing Person Investigator’s Race Against Time
If you watch a lot of crime dramas, either on television or on the silver screen, you might have heard a law enforcement character say something to the effect...
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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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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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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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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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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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The Scope of the Missing Persons Phenomenon
When we hear the word “missing” we often think of missing children. When we walk into Walmart the faces of missing children stare back at us and the missing...
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The Importance of a National Missing Persons Database: NamUs
Joseph Spears, 1973. A teen from Mississippi escaped from the Harrison County Youth Detention Center on July 31, 1973 at the age of 17 according to Associated...
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Mental Illness And The Missing: The Connection
Mental illness is a much bigger problem than many people realize. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in four adults experiences mental...
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