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Hunter Takes Shortcut, Finds Body of Hunter Who Vanished in 1968
Hunter Takes Shortcut,
Finds Body of Hunter
Who Vanished in 1968
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Sep 26, 2021 6:28 PM CDT

Hunter Takes Shortcut, Finds Body of Hunter Who Vanished in 1968

Raymond Jones had been hunting mountain goats in eastern Idaho

(Newser) - After Raymond Jones disappeared while bowhunting for mountain goats in eastern Idaho 53 years ago, more than 70 people joined the search and his brothers hired a helicopter, but no trace of the 39-year-old was found—until last week. Authorities say another man bowhunting for mountain goats in Lemhi County...

Former Navy SEAL Is Missing in Yellowstone

Conservationist Kim Crumbo's half brother was found dead Monday

(Newser) - Kim Crumbo is not short on survival skills—the 74-year-old Utah resident is a former Navy SEAL who spent two decades working as a National Park Service ranger after leaving the military—but he has been missing in Yellowstone National Park for days, and family members are very worried. The...

Police Halt Search for Brian Laundrie in Preserve
Police Halt Search
for Brian Laundrie in Preserve
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Sep 20, 2021 11:13 AM CDT

Police Halt Search for Brian Laundrie in Preserve

Fiance of Gabby Petito remains missing

(Newser) - As authorities await autopsy results to confirm that a body found in Wyoming is that of Gabby Petito , the focus in Florida is intensifying on her missing fiance. Monday's developments:
  • Family home: The FBI and police in North Port, Fla., swarmed the home of Brian Laundrie's parents on
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Body Found Matching Description of Gabby Petito

Remains were discovered in Wyoming, and no cause of death is revealed

(Newser) - The search for Gabby Petito appears to have come to the worst possible end. Authorities say that a body discovered in Wyoming matches the description of the missing 22-year-old from Florida, reports the AP . “The cause of death has not been determined,” said FBI agent Charles Jones, per...

Officials Think Gabby Petito's Fiance May Be in Florida

Agents searched a vast \ wildlife preserve for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie

(Newser) - Police searched a vast Florida wildlife reserve on Saturday for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, while across the country the FBI hunted for clues about the missing woman in a mountainous national park in Wyoming. More than 50...

She's Been Missing Since 2020. Now FBI Offers $10K For Info

Mary Johnson disappeared from the Tulalip Reservation in November

(Newser) - The FBI is offering $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest of whoever is responsible for the disappearance of a Native American woman from Washington State. Per CNN , 40-year-old Mary Johnson was last seen on the Tulalip Reservation in late November. She was reportedly en route to a...

'Another Twist in the Story' of Missing Gabby Petito

Fiance Brian Laundrie, a person of interest, is 'missing,' per his attorney

(Newser) - "I wish I could talk to him," Cassie Laundrie said this week of brother Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the case of missing 22-year-old Gabby Petito . That may be a little more difficult now, unless Cassie knows where Brian is—he's gone missing, according to...

Sister of Gabby Petito's Fiance Speaks Out

'I wish I could talk to him,' Cassie Laundrie told GMA,' saying she hasn't had correspondence

(Newser) - Brian Laundrie is now considered a person of interest in the disappearance of 22-year-old Gabby Petito, who didn't come home with him after their cross-country trip this summer, but he's still not talking—to authorities, to Petito's family, or to the public. His parents, whom he shares...

Police Release Video of Distraught Gabby Petito

She went missing sometime after the interaction with police in Utah

(Newser) - Gabby Petito remains missing , and police appeared no closer on Thursday to figuring out the whereabouts of the 22-year-old Florida woman. She vanished amid a cross-country trip with her fiance, 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, who is back in home in Florida but not cooperating with police. Authorities have dubbed him a...

Grand Canyon Search for Missing Man Turns Up 2 Bodies

2nd body is believed to be that of a man who wasn't reported missing in the park

(Newser) - Crews searching for a missing man at Grand Canyon National Park made an unexpected discovery this summer: the remains of another person. They are believed to be those of Scott Walsh, who was last seen stepping off a shuttle bus at the park's South Rim in 2015, per the...

Gabby Petito's Mom: The Last Text She Sent Me Was Odd

And more on the 22-year-old's disappearance

(Newser) - "No service in Yosemite." So read the final text Gabby Petito's mom, Nichole Schmidt, received from her daughter's cellphone. Two days later, Petito's fiance, Brian Laundrie, returned home to Florida in Petito's van, which the two had been living out of since July for...

Fiance Now a Person of Interest in Gabby Petito Case

Relatives accuse Brian Laundrie of leaving her 'in the wilderness with grizzly bears'

(Newser) - Police in Florida have confirmed that a man who returned from a cross-country road trip without his fiancee is now a person of interest in her disappearance. Relatives of 22-year-old Gabby Petito say Brian Laundrie returned to North Port, Florida alone in the couple's van and has refused to...

Police Met Missing Woman, Fiance Before Disappearance

Gabrielle Petito's family says companion Brian Laundrie won't say when he last saw her

(Newser) - Utah police say they responded to an incident involving a now-missing woman and her fiance two weeks before she was last seen. Moab Police Chief Bret Edge told Fox News on Tuesday that officers responded to an incident involving Brian Laundrie and Gabrielle Petito on Aug. 12. "However, neither...

Missing Doctor Who Actress Tanya Fear Found

Actress found in LA, unharmed

(Newser) - The British actress who went missing in Hollywood last week has been found safe. Tanya Fear, 31, had been living there for the past couple of months when she left her apartment Thursday without her cellphone or purse. She was last seen by friends around 10pm that night, and was...

Young Woman Living Van Life With Fiance Disappears

Family frantic after man returns alone with van

(Newser) - A 22-year-old woman traveling around the country in a van since July was reported missing Saturday. Gabrielle Petito last spoke to her parents at the end of August—and her traveling partner and fiance, Brian Laundrie, returned home to Florida without her, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Petito’s parents say...

Tanya Fear, Actress From Doctor Who and More, Missing

She was last seen Thursday in LA

(Newser) - Tanya Fear, an actress best known for playing Dr. Jade McIntyre in a 2018 episode of Doctor Who, went missing Thursday in California. Fear, who is British, had been living in Hollywood for two months before she disappeared, Today reports. Los Angeles police confirm the 31-year-old has been reported missing,...

Child Actor Matthew Mindler's Campus Death Ruled Suicide

19-year-old was found dead near Millersville University, where he was a first-year student

(Newser) - A former child actor who appeared on the big screen alongside Zooey Deschanel and Paul Rudd was found dead Saturday after being reported missing from his Pennsylvania university on Wednesday. Per Variety , Matthew Mindler, known for 2011's Our Idiot Brother, was found dead in Manor Township near Millersville University,...

A Presumed Murder in Tiny Town Still Perplexes Cops

Writer Mitch Moxley explores the question: What in the world happened to Paddy Moriarty?

(Newser) - It has the ring of an Agatha Christie tale—a man goes missing and is presumed murdered in a remote town with only a dozen or so residents, most of whom are in their 70s. But as Mitch Moxley writes for Truly*Adventurous , the case of Paddy Moriarty is indeed real....

23-Year-Old Hiker's Body Found Under Rocks

Tatum Morell was apparently caught in rock slide near Montana's Whitetail Peak

(Newser) - A 23-year-old hiker missing in Montana's Beartooth Mountains since early July is believed to have died in a sudden rock slide. The body of Tatum Morell, a Montana State University graduate student in engineering, was discovered Saturday in a gully below Whitetail Peak, one of five area peaks over...

Dad Said Mom Wasn't Coming Home. Finding Her Took 40 Years

ESPN looks at the disappearance of Dolores Wulff

(Newser) - The last time Paul Wulff spoke to his dad was in 1989. "Until you tell me more information, I don't have a whole lot to say," Wulff recalls saying to him. The "more information" he wanted were details related to the disappearance of his mom, Dolores,...

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