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Kidnapped Boy Featured on Unsolved Mysteries Found Safe

Abdul Aziz Khan was allegedly taken by his non-custodial mother

(Newser) - A boy allegedly kidnapped in 2017 in Atlanta has been found safe in Colorado. As a young child, Abdul Aziz Khan moved from Louisiana, where his family is from, to Atlanta because of his mother's job, but authorities say Rabia Khalid, now 40, began making it increasingly difficult for...

Judge Grants Mom's Petition to Declare 3 Missing Sons Dead

Tanya Zuvers had sought closure in the case; dad is in prison for never returning them

(Newser) - A Michigan woman has been granted her request to put a coda on the disappearance of her three sons, missing since Thanksgiving 2010. As the Detroit News reports, Lenawee County Probate Judge Catherine Sala ruled that Andrew, Alex, and Tanner Skelton—then ages 9, 7, and 5, respectively—were declared...

Missing Ohio Siblings Found in Iceland

Unnamed children, ages 8 and 9, in the care of relatives

(Newser) - A pair of siblings, ages 8 and 9, were found in Iceland on January 10, two and a half months after they were reported missing in Ohio. The unnamed siblings' mother went off her mental health medication and the kids stopped attending school in October; their apartment was also abandoned,...

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...

News Chopper Foils Kid's Plans to Play Hooky

Brooklyn boy was reported missing when he didn't show up at school

(Newser) - A TV news helicopter crew spotted a boy who had been reported missing but who was actually up on the roof of his New York City building playing hooky, per the AP . The 9-year-old boy left his Brooklyn apartment at around 7am Thursday but did not show up to school,...

After Night Outside, Missing Girl Found by Fisherman

7-year-old wandered away from campsite, her cries for help led to her discovery Monday morning

(Newser) - A 7-year-old girl disappeared from a campsite in Washington state on Sunday evening and was missing more than 12 hours before a local fisherman heard her cries. The girl had been camping with her grandparents at the Lake Merwin Campers Hideaway north of Amboy in Clark County, KATU reports. She...

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 . "...

1-Year-Old Feared Dead Spotted Crawling Along Highway

Body of the infant's brother was found in a lake, and their mother was arrested

(Newser) - A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old survived two days of sometimes stormy weather alone before a truck driver spotted him crawling along a roadside the day after his 4-year-old brother was found dead and his mother was arrested in Mississippi. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Gary "Stitch" Guillory said the baby...

New Zealand Asks for Help Solving Mystery of Vanished Family

Dad, 3 kids disappeared in 2021

(Newser) - New Zealand authorities offered a reward and immunity from prosecution Tuesday to anyone who can help their search for three children who have been missing since their father vanished with them from a remote rural community more than two years ago. The December 2021 disappearance of Tom Phillips and his...

Woman Says She's Kid Who Vanished in 1985

Pennsylvania State Police investigating Facebook claim related to Cherrie Mahan, who was 8

(Newser) - Surely not every Facebook comment is to be believed. But police in Pennsylvania are eager to determine the truth of one particular comment in which a woman claims to be Cherrie Mahan, who vanished from Pennsylvania as an 8-year-old in 1985. The woman made the claim on the " Memories...

Harmony Montgomery's Father Sentenced to 56 Years

5-year-old's body was never found

(Newser) - A New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving her corpse around for months before disposing of it was sentenced Thursday to a minimum of 56 years in prison on murder and other charges as relatives of the child called him a monster. That sentence will be...

2 Women Dead, 5-Year-Old Girl Shot in New Mexico Park

And a missing infant girl was found Monday morning

(Newser) - Two women were found dead and a 5-year-old girl critically injured at a park near Clovis, New Mexico, authorities said Sunday. Meanwhile, the FBI found an abducted 10-month-old girl, who's the daughter of one of the victims, reports CNN , and a suspect is in custody. The FBI didn't...

In One Day's Time, 'Back-to-Back Child Drownings'

Boy, 7, drowns in Michigan's Flint River, then girl, 6, goes missing after falling in river the next day

(Newser) - A double tragedy in Michigan over the weekend, with one child dead after falling into the Flint River, then another gone missing in the same river the very next day. "We had back-to-back child drownings within 24 hours on the same river, two different parts of the city, and...

Teen Twins Walked Out of Detroit Home, Haven't Been Seen Since
Missing Detroit Twins Found
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Apr 11, 2024 2:30 AM CDT

Missing Detroit Twins Found

Police had been searching for Aniya and Anieca Ogden for a month

(Newser) - Aniya and Anieca Ogden are safe. The 14-year-old twin sisters who vanished on March 8 were found Monday, a month after going missing, Fox 2 and WXYZ report. Their father says they ran away while visiting their grandmother, and they have since been reunited with family. The investigation into their...

Sad End for Toddler Who Vanished Last Summer in Alps

Remains of little Emile Soleil have been found, identified in France

(Newser) - Sad news out of France, where the remains of a toddler who went missing in the Alps last summer have been found. AFP calls it the "first major breakthrough" in the case of little Emile Soleil, who was last seen on July 8 by locals in the village of...

She Disappeared at 8, Changed DC Forever
She Disappeared at 8,
Changed DC Forever
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Mar 23, 2024 9:00 AM CDT

She Disappeared at 8, Changed DC Forever

'Washington Post' revisits the tragic case of Relisha Rudd, a decade after she vanished

(Newser) - Ten years ago this month, a social worker at Relisha Rudd's Washington, DC, elementary school went to the homeless shelter where the 8-year-old lived with her family, concerned because she'd been absent for 10 days. He wanted to talk to the person listed as Relisha's doctor, Kahlil...

Missing 12-Year-Old Found Safe After 8 Days in Texas

Houston man arrested as police investigate alleged trafficking of girl

(Newser) - A missing 12-year-old girl has been found safe in her home state of Texas after eight days, reports KTRK . A 27-year-old Houston man has been arrested in her disappearance. The girl went missing on Feb. 22 from her Houston-area home, and neighbors' surveillance cams spotted her getting into a pickup...

Missing Autistic Teen Found 200 Miles Away From Home

13-year-old boy went missing from home in Tucson, turns up in New Mexico

(Newser) - A missing teen with autism has been found in New Mexico—about 200 miles away from his home in southern Arizona, according to New Mexico State Police. The 13-year-old, Marcus Tessier, turned up at a Walmart in Deming on Tuesday after going missing the night before from his family's...

See the Moment Deputies Find 5-Year-Old Lost in Swamp

Outcome could 'have been much different,' says Florida sheriff

(Newser) - Florida police helped deliver a happy ending to a terrifying situation that began Monday evening when a 5-year-old girl with autism walked away from her home near Tampa. "The panic starts to kick in," Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister tells ABC News of the moment parents realized the...

Audrii Cunningham Suspect Charged With Capital Murder
Audrii Cunningham's
Cause of Death Released
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Feb 23, 2024 12:30 AM CST

Audrii Cunningham's Cause of Death Released

Texas 11-year-old died of injuries including blunt head trauma

(Newser) - Audrii Cunningham, the 11-year-old Texas girl found dead in a river this week after vanishing last week, died of homicidal violence including blunt head trauma, the medical examiner's office said Thursday, per the AP . Family and friends remembered the fifth-grader at a vigil Wednesday night, CNN reports. "No...

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