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Mom May Have Used Wig to Alter Missing Girl's Appearance

Search for Melodee Buzzard now focuses on weekend road trip

(Newser) - California authorities are intensifying their search for missing 9-year-old Melodee Buzzard , now focusing on a road trip her mother took earlier this month. Investigators suspect Ashlee Buzzard may have tried to disguise Melodee at a car rental agency ahead of that trip. Surveillance footage from Oct. 7 shows Melodee in...

Lawmaker Outs Suspect in 1970 Cheryl Grimmer Case
Lawmaker Outs Suspect in 1970
Case of Missing British Toddler
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Oct 26, 2025 7:01 AM CDT

Lawmaker Outs Suspect in 1970 Case of Missing British Toddler

Brother says police believe man dubbed 'Mercury' assaulted and killed 3-year-old Cheryl Grimmer

(Newser) - More than 50 years after 3-year-old Cheryl Grimmer vanished from an Australian beach, a key person of interest in the case has been named in parliament, reigniting calls for justice in the decades-old mystery, per the BBC . The British toddler disappeared in 1970 from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong, where...

Dog Leads Cop Right to Missing Elderly Woman

Sheriff's deputy ran into Eeyore not far from where 86-year-old had fallen in Destin, Florida

(Newser) - A dog named Eeyore turned into a rescuer, leading a Florida sheriff's deputy to where a missing 86-year-old woman had fallen while walking him, bodycam footage shows. The woman's husband reported her missing on the night of Sept. 25 after she didn't return from her walk in...

Bikers Unwittingly Find Lost Hiker in Her Underwear

Woman was barefoot and disoriented after 2 days in Idaho's wilderness

(Newser) - A missing hiker in central Idaho owes her rescue not to the search parties scouring the wilderness, but to a trio of mountain bikers who had no idea anyone was lost. Heather Wayment vanished Sept. 16 after heading out for a hike near the Prairie Creek area of Blaine...

Suspect in Madeleine McCann's Disappearance Leaves Prison

Christian Brueckner to be fitted with ankle monitor

(Newser) - The prime suspect in the disappearance of British 3-year-old Madeleine McCann in Portugal has walked free from a German prison, where he was serving time for the 2005 rape of a woman at the same hotel where Madeline vanished two years later, per the Independent . Christian Brueckner, 48, left...

Body in Truck Found After Lake Powell Drops 20 Feet

Truck's owner has been missing since 2023

(Newser) - Low water levels brought on by years of drought have revealed a submerged pickup truck containing human remains at Lake Powell near the Arizona-Utah border. Investigators say the truck belonged to a 54-year-old man who has been missing since December 2023. The identity of the remains hasn't yet been...

For 2nd Time This Week, Disaster at Alaskan Glacier

Italian researcher missing after falling into stream, days after US man is found dead near Mendenhall

(Newser) - A researcher from Italy is missing after falling into a stream on Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier, just days after the body of another man, a hiker from Arizona, was found off a trail near the glacier, authorities said. According to the state's Department of Public Safety, wildlife troopers received...

Swimmer Dove in for a Race, Never 'Exited the Sea'

Turkish authorities search for Russia's Nikolai Svechnikov, who vanished during Bosporus swim

(Newser) - Coast guard and maritime police vessels in Istanbul were searching Monday for a Russian swimmer who went missing during a cross-Bosporus race a day earlier, Turkish state-run media reported. The swimmer, named by the Anadolu news agency as Nikolai Svechnikov, failed to complete the 4-mile annual race from Istanbul's...

Woman's Body Found After Video of Spouse Dragging Heavy Load

Cops: Sheylla Cabrera's remains were in Angeles National Forest, while husband has fled to Peru

(Newser) - The body of a missing woman was found in a Southern California forest days after her husband was recorded on surveillance video dragging something heavy out of their apartment complex north of Los Angeles, authorities said this week. Per the AP , Sheylla Cabrera, 33, of Lancaster was reported missing on...

Alleged Killer Mom Among 'Most Wanted' Is Nabbed

Cindy Rodriguez Singh charged in relation to disabled son's 2022 disappearance

(Newser) - A Texas mother on the FBI's "Top 10 Most Wanted" list has been captured more than two years after fleeing overseas following the disappearance of her 6-year-old son. Cindy Rodriguez Singh, 40, faces charges of capital murder and fleeing prosecution in connection with the presumed death of...

With Baby Missing, Cops Question Mom's Kidnap Story

Rebecca Haro claims she was knocked out, woke up to find 7-month-old Emmanuel missing

(Newser) - A California mother's claim that her baby was kidnapped outside a retail store has gripped a community, but police say her story doesn't add up, leaving investigators and the public with unanswered questions. The 7-month-boy was reported abducted outside a Big 5 store in Yucaipa just before...

Last Text From NC Teen Who Vanished in Florida: 'Help Me'

Body of Giovanni Pelletier, 18, found in Florida after he vacationed there with family

(Newser) - An 18-year-old from North Carolina whose family says he vanished under "deeply troubling and suspicious circumstances" has been found dead in Florida after vacationing there. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Thursday that a body found Aug. 8 in a retention pond in Bradenton is indeed that...

Is Austin Tice Dead or Alive? We May Never Know
Is Austin Tice Dead or Alive?
We May Never Know
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Aug 13, 2025 12:43 PM CDT

Is Austin Tice Dead or Alive? We May Never Know

Washington Post explores the man, the search, and the mystery, 13 years after disappearance in Syria

(Newser) - It's been 13 years since the last visual proof that Austin Tice was alive. The US journalist believed to have been taken prisoner in Syria by Bashar al-Assad's regime in August 2012, appeared in a video released the following month. But all these years later, Tice's parents...

Former Member of the Platters Is Missing

Sandra Hall, 80, has dementia and lives in New York City

(Newser) - A former member of the classic singing group the Platters has been missing in New York City for days, and her family is raising the alarm. Sandra Hall, 80, has dementia and was last seen on Friday afternoon boarding the subway near the Atlantic Terminal Mall, reports the New ...

Glacier Melt Uncovers Man Missing for 28 Years

Shepherd finds preserved remains in Pakistan

(Newser) - A 28-year-old mystery in Pakistan's Kohistan region has ended with the discovery of a missing man's body, preserved in ice. A shepherd recently came across the remains while traversing the Lady Valley. Not only was the body and its clothing seemingly unchanged, but a well-preserved ID card...

Missing Grad Student Found Dead
Missing Grad Student
Found Dead
Jul 23, 2025 2:20 PM CDT

Missing Grad Student Found Dead

Eliotte Heinz's body was found in Mississippi River days after she disappeared

(Newser) - The search for a missing grad student in Wisconsin came to a grim end on Wednesday. Authorities say the body of Eliotte Heinz was found in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, Minnesota, CBS News reports. She disappeared early Sunday after a night out with friends at a bar in La...

Lilac Shirt Found in Jungle May Belong to Missing American

Raymond Vincent Ashcroft went missing in Guatemala in 2023

(Newser) - Deep in the Guatemalan jungle, human remains and a lilac shirt have surfaced, possibly solving the mysterious disappearance of a US bird-watcher lost for more than two years near the ancient city of Tikal. The shirt, sandals, and shorts found along with the bones match what Raymond Vincent Ashcroft,...

His Vanishing Is Merely a 'Game of Clue' to the Masses

Texas Monthly looks into the disappearance of Jason Landry and the rise of true-crime sleuths

(Newser) - It's been nearly five years since 21-year-old Jason Landry vanished on a dark rural road in Luling, Texas. His car turned up—he'd apparently crashed the Nissan into a tree—and, inexplicably, his clothes were found scattered in neat piles in the middle of the road. But as...

Woman Who Left Alaskan Cruise to Hike Is Found Dead

Dr. Marites Buenafe texted her family that she planned visit to trail

(Newser) - A Kentucky woman who failed to return to her Norwegian Cruise Line ship after setting off on a hike near Juneau, Alaska, has been found dead. The New York Times reports the body of Dr. Marites Buenafe, a 62-year-old physician at UK HealthCare in Lexington, was found Thursday morning about...

American Who Vanished in Himalayas Turns Up 9 Days Later

Family says it's a 'miracle' that Samuel Vengrinovich, found with broken arm, is alive

(Newser) - A California native who vanished during a Himalayan trek has turned up alive in what his family calls a "miracle." Per NBC Bay Area , 44-year-old Samuel Vengrinovich was last seen on June 6 near Dharamsala as he set off on a glacial hike. Sister Natasha Vengrinovich of San...

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