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Neighbors Question Story of Teen Found After 8 Years

Rudy Farias is said to have disappeared in Houston at age 17 while walking his dogs

(Newser) - In the wake of the Texas Center for the Missing's weekend announcement that Rudy Farias—who vanished in 2015 at age 17—had been found, some questions are being raised about the whole situation. Neighbors who live on the same Houston street as Farias' mom tell ABC13 "that...

Hikers Hear Cries for Help, Find Missing Woman in Swamp

Emma Tetewsky rescued after at least 3 days trapped in muck in Massachusetts state park

(Newser) - The search for a Massachusetts woman missing for a week has a happy ending after she was discovered alive, trapped in a swamp for what officials say may have been at least three days. Per a release , Emma Tetewsky, 31, was found Monday evening after hikers in Borderland State Park...

Human Remains Found in Area Actor Went Missing on Hike

Authorities had recently said search for Julian Sands would continue in a 'limited capacity'

(Newser) - Just days after authorities said the search for actor Julian Sands would continue "in a limited capacity" after eight searches in California's Mount Baldy area turned up short over the five months since he went missing during a hike, human remains have been found in that area. Hikers...

Woman Moves to Denver, Disappears on First Night

Authorities searching for Christine Tail, 32, after delayed missing person alert

(Newser) - A 32-year-old woman who relocated to Denver, Colorado, from South Dakota in search of "a better life" vanished on her very first night in the city. Christine Tail of the Oglala Sioux Tribe was last seen around 7pm on June 14 after reaching Denver with her girlfriend, Tanya Lance....

Australian Hiker Found Dead Along Canadian Trail

Julia-Mary Lane appears to have slipped and fallen while hiking alone in British Columbia

(Newser) - The Australian woman who failed to return from a hike in Canada has been found dead. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed Wednesday that the body of Julia-Mary Lane had been located, adding her death is "not considered suspicious." "It looks accidental, due to steep terrain,"...

Hours After Arriving in Bahamas, Teen Lost at Sea

There are claims he jumped overboard on a dare

(Newser) - An 18-year-old was lost at sea hours after arriving in the Bahamas on a high school graduation trip last week. Cameron Robbins, who was celebrating with classmates their recent graduation from University Lab High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was on a pirate-themed sunset cruise Wednesday night when he went...

'Material' Collected in Madeleine McCann Search

Unknown material will be examined by experts in Germany, but the search has ended

(Newser) - The search for Madeleine McCann at Portugal's Arade Dam reservoir has ended with no answer to the mystery of the British girl's 2007 disappearance—at least not yet. It did result "in the collection of some material," authorities said Thursday, per the New York Times . Portuguese...

Cops Have 'Good Reason' for New McCann Search

Search begins at Portugal's Arade Dam, frequented by suspect

(Newser) - Another search is underway for Madeleine McCann. Police officers were seen digging Tuesday near Portugal's Arade Dam, some 30 miles from where the British toddler vanished in Praia da Luz in 2007. "About 20 officers with rakes and hoelike tools spread out in a line and began poking...

American Hiker Vanishes on Japanese Trail
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May 2, 2023 8:14 AM CDT

Connecticut Woman Vanishes While Hiking in Japan

Patricia Wu-Murad hasn't been seen since April 10

(Newser) - A 60-year-old Connecticut woman vanished on a hiking trail in Japan last month, and her family has traveled there to organize a remarkable search effort. But hope is fading because Patricia Wu-Murad has not been seen since April 10. "We're trying to hold out for a miracle but...

Missing Teacher's Car Turns Up, With Body Inside

Robert Heikka's car found submerged in canal 6 miles from his Florida home

(Newser) - A body has been found in a submerged car belonging to a Florida middle school teacher who vanished two and a half years ago. Robert Heikka, then 70, was last seen at his home in Port Orange on Oct. 25, 2020, according to police. He failed to turn up at...

A Lawyer Went to the Bathroom at Work. He Never Came Back
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Apr 1, 2023 4:05 PM CDT

A Lawyer Went to the Bathroom at Work. He Never Came Back

No body has been found, but Florida plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski is charged with murder

(Newser) - The last time Florida attorney Steven Cozzi was seen was last Tuesday, at his office in Largo. Now, a local plastic surgeon is facing first-degree murder charges in Cozzi's death, though the lawyer's body still hasn't been located, reports FOX 13 . Police say that after executing a...

Cops: Missing Boy's Family Took Off to Turkey Without Him

Texas authorities are now looking for 6-year-old Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, not seen since November

(Newser) - Family members say they haven't seen Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez since November, but an Amber Alert wasn't issued in Texas until last weekend—and now, authorities say the 6-year-old boy's family traveled overseas two days before that red flag was sent up. Cops from the town of Everman on...

After 2 Women Turn Up Dead in Alleys, Teen Disappears

Residents of Chicago's Little Village demand answers amid fears for Azreya Lomeli, 15

(Newser) - Residents of Chicago's Little Village (La Villita) are demanding answers from police after the disappearance of three females, two of whom have turned up dead in alleys. Guatemalan migrant Reyna Cristina Ical Seb was found with a gunshot wound to the head in an alley in the Southwest Side...

A Month After Vanishing, San Francisco DJ Found Dead

Radio host Jeffrey Vandergrift was 55

(Newser) - The California radio host who went missing last month has been found dead. The body of Jeffrey "JV" Vandergrift, 55, was found Wednesday in the waters of San Francisco Bay near the city's Pier 39, a popular tourist area, KRON4 reports. His cause of death has not yet...

Georgia Man Who Vanished on Work Trip Found Dead

Nathan Millard was last seen heading back to his Baton Rouge hotel on Feb. 22

(Newser) - The body of a Georgia man who vanished while on a work trip to Louisiana was found early Monday . Baton Rouge police tell BRProud that Nathan Millard's body had been wrapped in plastic and rolled in a rug that was left in back of a vacant lot on Scenic...

Woman Declared Dead Decades Ago Suddenly Turns Up

Patricia Kopta, who vanished from Pennsylvania in 1992, found in Puerto Rico nursing home at age 83

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman who went missing more than 30 years ago in a case that stumped authorities who later declared her legally dead has been found living in a nursing home in Puerto Rico. Patricia Kopta left behind a husband and siblings and meandered through northern Puerto Rico for a...

Missing Chinese CEO Is 'Cooperating' in Gov't Investigation

His company, China Renaissance, now says founder Bao Fan is cooperating with government

(Newser) - Bao Fan, the billionaire Chinese investment banking CEO who has disappeared, is "cooperating in" a government investigation, according to China Renaissance Holdings, the company he founded and runs—and which reported him missing weeks ago. The company's board has since "become aware that Mr. Bao is currently...

He Vanished in 2013. Strangers Keep Looking for Him

Jason Nark's piece is about so much more than the search for Matthew Greene

(Newser) - Jason Nark's moving and emotive story for Alpinist is about two quests: a journey through Nark's grief at his friend Anthony's September 2013 suicide, and the years-long search for Matthew Greene, who went missing while climbing in the Mammoth Lakes area of California's Eastern Sierra in...

Body Found in Missing Mom Case That Became a 'Circus'

Nicola Bulley's disappearance brought out amateur sleuths and 'shocking' rumors

(Newser) - The search for a missing woman in the UK took a grim turn Sunday when a body was discovered in a river about a mile from where Nicola Bulley was last known to be three weeks ago. Lancashire Police said Bulley's family was notified of the discovery in the...

Marshals Searched a Home for Missing Teen. Then: 'Contact!'

14-year-old who vanished more than a year ago found hiding in closet in Michigan home

(Newser) - A teen girl missing for more than a year after running away from her foster home was tracked down hiding out in a home in Michigan—weeping, scared, and pregnant, authorities say, per the AP . A US Marshals Service team found the 14-year-old Tuesday in a Port Huron residence, cowering...

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