Latest Missing persons News

Surveillance videos appear to show 2 of 4 missing Ecuadorian kids taken by men in military uniform

Dec. 23, 2024 19:08 PM EST

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa on Monday pledged that his government would not cover up for anyone involved in the disappearance of four children who were last seen running away from a military convoy earlier this month. The statement came as Noboa's...

Authorities search for an Alabama toddler last seen in September

Dec. 19, 2024 19:38 PM EST

WINFIELD, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama are searching for a missing 1-year-old boy who was last seen in September but whose disappearance did not come to light until his parents were in a deadly car crash this month. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency issued an emergency...

Michigan woman, 66, reported missing at Grand Canyon National Park

Dec. 19, 2024 13:19 PM EST

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities continue to search for a Michigan woman reported missing at Grand Canyon National Park. National Park Service officials said 66-year-old Martha Anne Overholser was last seen at Mather Point on the canyon’s South Rim on Dec. 10...

Several children killed in stampede at a holiday fair event in Nigeria, state governor says

Dec. 18, 2024 12:50 PM EST

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Several children have died during a stampede on Wednesday at a holiday funfair in southwestern Nigeria, authorities said. The incident happened at the Islamic High School in Basorun, Oyo State, near the economic hub of Lagos. Security forces attended the scene...

Minnesota man gets life without parole for killing girlfriend who was the subject of a 69-day search

Dec. 17, 2024 17:37 PM EST

WINONA. Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Tuesday for killing his girlfriend, whose 2023 disappearance after she dropped off their kids at daycare drew national attention and prompted thousands of volunteers to join a 69-day search for...

Suspect in Gilgo Beach serial killings is charged in the death of a seventh woman

Dec. 17, 2024 17:01 PM EST

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged on Tuesday in the death of a seventh woman. Rex Heuermann pleaded not guilty to killing Valerie Mack, whose remains were first found on Long...

A timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings

Dec. 17, 2024 11:34 AM EST

For years, women had been disappearing on Long Island. Then in 2010, investigators searching for a missing woman began finding 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway, not far from the sands of New York's remote Gilgo Beach. Police almost immediately feared some were...

Remains of missing Illinois man discovered in pickup buried in Mississippi River

Dec. 14, 2024 14:28 PM EST

EAST MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Human remains discovered three months ago in a pickup truck in the Mississippi River have been identified as a man who was reported missing in 2019, Illinois authorities said. “The East Moline Police Department continues to investigate this incident as a...

Hannah Kobayashi, missing Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search, is found safe

Dec. 11, 2024 21:55 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hannah Kobayashi, the missing Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search and a missing persons investigation in Los Angeles, has been found safe, police said Wednesday. Kobayashi vanished last month in Los Angeles. She missed her connecting flight...

Death toll in Italy fuel depot blast rises to 5

Dec. 10, 2024 12:22 PM EST

ROME (AP) — Rescuers found the body of the last missing person on Tuesday at the site of a fuel depot explosion in Italy's central Tuscany region, bringing the death toll to five, Italian media reported. The blast on Monday caused the collapse of a building with offices, injuring...