Missing Person: Recent Reports of Missing People - Page 47

Suspect in Ga. Hiker's Murder Denied Bail

Jan 9, 2008 2:47 PM CST

Suspect in Ga. Hiker's Murder Denied Bail

Autopsy shows she was held captive for 3 days, bludgeoned

(Newser) - Gary Michael Hilton was denied bail this afternoon on murder charges in the gruesome death of 24-year-old Georgia hiker Meredith Emerson. The DA on the case says he has not decided whether to seek the death penalty, despite an agreement between Hilton and investigators to forgo it if Hilton led...

Man Charged with Kidnapping Georgia Hiker

UPDATED

Jan 5, 2008 10:08 PM CST

Man Charged with Kidnapping Georgia Hiker

Police find her bloody shirts, warn that she is likely dead

(Newser) - Police charged 61-year old Gary Hilton with kidnapping with bodily injury today in the case of a missing Georgia hiker, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Surveillance photos showed Hilton trying to use Meredith Emerson's credit card recently at a bank; police also linked his car, which has a seatbelt cut out,...

Searchers
Zero In on Missing Hiker

Jan 5, 2008 2:03 PM CST

Searchers Zero In on Missing Hiker

Police pick up 'person of interest,' but he's not cooperating

(Newser) - Rescuers have narrowed the search for Meredith Emerson, the 24-year-old hiker missing since New Year's Day, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Officials won’t say why, but they’re now concentrating their search on the 5-mile area where Emerson’s car was found. Police yesterday found Gary Hilton, the last person...

'Amazing Kreskin'
Offers Help in Peterson Case

Jan 3, 2008 9:13 AM CST

'Amazing Kreskin' Offers Help in Peterson Case

Case needs break, psychic foresees

(Newser) - The man who bills himself as "The Amazing Kreskin" has offered to use his psychic powers to help police find missing Illinois mom Stacy Peterson, the Chicago Tribune reports. The celebrity mentalist said it doesn't take a psychic to know the case needs a breakthrough. Peterson vanished two months...

$250K Search
All for Naught: Wife Is Safe

Dec 29, 2007 3:36 PM CST

$250K Search All for Naught: Wife Is Safe

Chicago woman ran away with her lover, authorities say

(Newser) - Police in Chicago who spent $250,000 searching for a missing suburban wife now say she's safe and sound—she just ran away with her lover. Police spent the week searching along the Des Plaines River after finding the woman's car in a parking lot with the door open and...

'Stacy's in a Graveyard'

Dec 27, 2007 4:05 AM CST

'Stacy's in a Graveyard'

Missing woman's neighbors' creepy finds

(Newser) - Suburban Chicago neighbors of the former cop suspected in the mysterious disappearance of his wife Stacy Peterson received chilling notes in their mailboxes yesterday saying that the young mom is in a graveyard. One neighbor also found dozens of photos of grave sites scattered in her yard, reports the Chicago ...

Darwins Were Planning Panama Canoe Resort

Dec 8, 2007 8:56 AM CST

Darwins Were Planning Panama Canoe Resort

'Dead' boater and wife were working on a Panama paradise

(Newser) - The British man who faked his own death in a boating accident had been planning with his wife to open an eco-tourism resort offering idyllic canoeing holidays, the Times of London has discovered. John and Anne Darwin spent almost half a million dollars on property in Panama, including $390,000...

Drew Peterson Feels Betrayed

Dec 7, 2007 11:20 AM CST

Drew Peterson Feels Betrayed

Ex-cop suspected of wife's murder grumbles about being shunned by pals

(Newser) - It really got to Drew Peterson: his picture on a pinata at a vigil last weekend for his missing wife, Stacy. The former Illinois police sergeant, a suspect in Stacy's presumed murder, complains to the Chicago Tribune that he's been shunned by friends and former buddies on the force. He...

Wife in on 'Dead' Boater's Insurance Plot

Dec 6, 2007 2:42 AM CST

Wife in on 'Dead' Boater's Insurance Plot

Woman admits she banked benefits on 'missing' hubby

(Newser) - The wife of a British canoeist declared dead after missing for five years admitted yesterday that she knew her husband was alive before he walked into a police station last weekend claiming to be an amnesiac. Anne Darwin confessed when she was confronted with a photo of herself with her...

Police Charge 'Dead' Canoeist With Fraud

Dec 5, 2007 9:43 AM CST

Police Charge 'Dead' Canoeist With Fraud

Photo surfaces on web showing missing man with wife in Panama

(Newser) - Police arrested John Darwin, the canoeist who reappeared in London after being presumed dead for 5 years, early this morning on evidence that he and his wife faked his death to defraud their life insurance agency. The mysteriously tanned and fit Darwin had claimed to have no idea where he'd...

Boater Appears, 5 Years Later, Sans Memory

Dec 3, 2007 7:03 PM CST

Boater Appears, 5 Years Later, Sans Memory

Canoeist presumed dead; his wife moved to Panama 4 weeks ago

(Newser) - A man who was presumed dead five years ago, when he failed to return from a canoeing trip, showed up in London today, the Daily Mail reports. John Darwin, 57 and able to remember only his name, walked into a police station saying: "I think I am a missing...

Missing Co-ed Starred in
Porn Site

Nov 29, 2007 4:42 AM CST

Missing Co-ed Starred in Porn Site

Police fear foul play in Kansas teen's disappearance

(Newser) - A missing Kansas college student apparently led a secret life as an internet porn star, according to police who suspect foul play in her disappearance. Emily Sander, 18, disappeared last week after leaving a bar outside Wichita with a man whose motel room was later found trashed and covered in...

Peterson Lawyer Hails FBI Joining in Wife Search

Nov 27, 2007 6:09 PM CST

Peterson Lawyer Hails FBI Joining in Wife Search

Hopes it will end 'witch hunt' against his client

(Newser) - Drew Peterson’s lawyer praised the arrival of FBI assistance in the search for Stacy Peterson, the ex-Chicago police sergeant’s missing fourth wife. "My hope is that this will move from the witch hunt that it has become and go back to a missing person case," Peterson’...

Husband Is Suspect in Disappearance

Jul 13, 2007 9:20 AM CDT

Husband Is Suspect in Disappearance

Case of missing Chicago woman embroiled fired TV anchor

(Newser) - Police named a suburban Chicago man a “person of interest” yesterday in the disappearance of his estranged wife, citing his lack of cooperation and their fears of foul play. Craig Stebic, who reported last seeing his wife on April 30, twice refused to let investigators talk to their children...

Chicago TV Reporter All Wet

Jul 11, 2007 8:02 AM CDT