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Did this happen to me also? Korean adoptees question their past and ask how to find their families
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Korean adoptees, many in tears, have responded to an investigation led by The Associated Press and documented by Frontline (PBS) last week on Korean adoptions. The investigation reported dubious child-gathering practices and fraudulent paperwork involving...
Hair found in truck helps police identify suspect in 1995 disappearance of Morgan Nick, 6
ALMA, Ark. (AP) — Hair found in a truck once owned by an Arkansas man who died in prison more than two decades ago was the clue investigators needed to connect the dead inmate to the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in 1995. Alma Police Chief Jeff Pointer on...
Families of 43 missing students in Mexico are still demanding justice 10 years later
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Families of the 43 students from a rural teacher’s college abducted 10 years ago in southern Mexico marked the painful anniversary Thursday, disillusioned after what they say was a decade of unfulfilled government promises. Thousands marched with the families...
Man charged with killing 13-year-old Detroit girl whose body remains missing
DETROIT (AP) — A man already in jail on sexual assault charges was charged with murder Thursday in the disappearance of a 13-year-old Detroit girl who has been missing since leaving school in January. The “overwhelming evidence” shows that Na'Ziyah Harris is dead, though her...
Case of Mexico's 43 missing students persists among tens of thousands of disappearances
MEXICO CITY (AP) — All countries have crimes that resonate. In Mexico, one of the modern day ones is the disappearance of 43 students from a rural teacher’s college in 2014. Ten years later, it’s still not clear where the students from the Rural Normal School at Ayotzinapa are....
New York officials release new renderings of possible Gilgo Beach victim
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — Law enforcement officials on Monday released new, more detailed renderings of one of the victims whose remains were found along a coastal highway in New York’s Long Island more than a decade ago in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings. ...
DA who oversaw abandoned prosecution of Colorado man in wife's death should be disbarred, panel says
DENVER (AP) — Colorado state regulators have ruled that a district attorney who brought criminal charges that were ultimately dismissed against a man accused of killing his missing wife should no longer be allowed to work as a lawyer, finding that her management of the high-profile case resulted...
Missing California woman found alive after 12 days in the wilderness
NEVADA CITY, Calif. (AP) — A California woman was found atop a river canyon this week near the Yuba River in Northern California 12 days after disappearing from a mining camp site. The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said Friday the 24-year-old Sacramento woman was severely...
Husband of missing Virginia woman to head to trial in early 2025
MANASSAS, Virginia (AP) — When Mamta Kafle Bhatt disappeared in late July, members of her local community in northern Virginia and her family in her native Nepal banded together to try to figure out what happened to her. They posted on social media, hosted community events and held...
A missing 13-year-old wound up in adult jail after lying about her name and age, a prosecutor says
ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — A 13-year-old Pittsburgh-area girl who was reported missing early last month spent time with adult inmates at a Pennsylvania jail after she lied to authorities about her age and identity following a shoplifting arrest, a prosecutor said. Someone at the Beaver...
