Latest Missing persons News

The search for Cyprus' missing goes high-tech as time weighs on loved ones waiting for closure

Sep. 11, 2023 02:23 AM EDT

EXO METOCHI, Cyprus (AP) — A bright yellow machine resembling a cross between a vacuum cleaner and a small scooter scrapes a narrow village road in Cyprus, working to solve a painful mystery from the divided island nation's conflict-ridden past. It uses radio waves to detect any...

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

Aug. 31, 2023 17:13 PM EDT

Valdosta Daily Times. August 30, 2023. Editorial: Missing persons: Fill in the blanks Missing persons cases are tough. They are tough because they are vague. Many missing persons cases end when police learn that the adult believed missing decided to...

Three badly decomposing bodies found in remote Colorado campsite

Jul. 12, 2023 12:57 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — The badly decomposing bodies of three people were found in a remote Rocky Mountains camp in Colorado, and they may have been lying there since late last year, authorities said. A hiker discovered one of the bodies late Sunday and notified the authorities, who found...

German businessman's dismembered body found in freezer in Thailand with chainsaw and hedge clippers

Jul. 11, 2023 08:31 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — The dismembered body of a missing German businessman was found in a freezer inside a house in southern Thailand, police said Tuesday. Tawee Kudthalaeng, the police chief in the town of Nong Prue, said the body of 62-year-old Hans-Peter Mack was discovered at about 11...

UN votes to establish independent body to clarify fate of over 130,000 Syrians missing in conflict

Jun. 29, 2023 22:39 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution Thursday that will establish an independent body to determine what happened to more than 130,000 people missing as a result of the conflict in Syria. The resolution, an important response to appeals by their...