Ex-fiance named as suspect in "The People's Court" case

2011-11-28T16:00:09Z

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - Police on Monday named a Florida man as the prime suspect in the disappearance of his ex-fiancee on the same day an episode of The People's Court aired showing the former couple arguing over a $5,000 engagement ring.

Michelle Parker, 33, was last seen November 17 in the Madeleine McCann told an inquiry into press standards Wednesday that they felt "violated" by British tabloid newspapers which covered her disappearance in Portugal.

Newspapers questioned Kate and Gerry McCann's innocence based on flimsy facts and suggested they may have sold t...

Tracing Sri Lanka's missing children

2011-11-23T05:30:26Z

Two and a half years after the end of Sri Lanka's bloody ethnic conflict, hundreds of families displaced by the war are still engaged in a fraught, exhausting search for missing children.

Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Tamil civilians were caught up in the chaos of the military's ferocious final assault on cornered Tamil Tiger

Actor Hugh Grant to speak at press inquiry

2011-11-21T06:30:20Z

Actor Hugh Grant and the parents of a murdered schoolgirl whose phone was hacked by the News of the World tabloid newspaper will give evidence on Monday to an inquiry into the standards of the British press.

Milly Dowler's parents will tell a panel chaired by a senior judge of their heartbreak when a private investigator gave them false hope about their missing...

'Entire press' in the dock, lawyer tells UK inquiry

2011-11-16T18:31:17Z

A lawyer told an inquiry into British media standards Wednesday the entire press was in the dock, and the problems went beyond the News of the World phone-hacking scandal that sparked the probe.

David Sherborne listed a string of well-known figures, including Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, actor KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The two half-brothers of missing baby Lisa Irwin were interviewed on Thursday afternoon for the first time since just after she was reported missing from her home more than a month ago.

The interviews, long sought by police, came on the eve of Lisa's first birthday Friday and at a time when the investigation ha...

Authorities trying to identify body found in freezer

2011-10-25T07:30:27Z

(Reuters) - Maine investigators were working on Monday to determine if a body found in a storage unit freezer is that of a woman who went missing 28 years ago after a fight with her boyfriend, police said.

The storage unit was rented by Frank Julian, 80, who died earlier this month, and was believed to be the last person to see Kitty Wardwell, his girlfriend, alive in the summer...

Maine authorities trying to identify body found in freezer

2011-10-24T14:00:23Z

The storage unit was rented by Frank Julian, 80, who died earlier this month, and was believed to be the last person to see Kitty Wardwell, his gi...

Peru court nixes Van der Sloot habeas corpus bid

2011-10-08T19:30:12Z

Peru's constitutional court on Saturday rejected a bid for release of Dutchman Joran Van der Sloot pending investigation into charges he killed a young local student last year.

Van der Sloot, who is accused of May 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores, claimed in seeking release that his procedu...

Parents of missing baby resume talking to police

2011-10-08T18:00:09Z

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - After two days of not talking to police, the parents of a missing 10-month-old Kansas City girl are again cooperating, a police spokeswoman said Saturday night.

"We reached out to the family earlier today and investigators are talking to them now," said Kansas City police Sgt. Stacey Graves in an e...

Couple wanted in brutal murder arrested in California

2011-10-05T18:00:14Z

SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A couple suspected in a brutal murder and sought for questioning in the disappearances of two other people were arrested in California on Wednesday driving the car of a missing Oregon man, police said.

Parents of missing Kansas City baby plead for her return

2011-10-05T14:30:14Z

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The parents of a 10-month-old girl who went missing from her crib in Kansas City tearfully pleaded for her safe return in brief statements to reporters on Wednesday.

Lisa Irwin was reported missing from the crib in her parents' home at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, triggering an intense hunt and investigation by more than...

Baby girl feared abducted from crib in Kansas City

2011-10-04T14:31:20Z

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - Police widened their search Tuesday afternoon for a missing 10-month-old girl feared abducted from her home in Kansas City.

Lisa Irwin was last seen asleep in her crib at home at 10:30 p.m. Monday and was reported missing at 4 a.m. Tuesday, said Kansas City police in an

Missing scuba diver found in S.African jail

2011-09-15T07:30:30Z

A missing scuba diver nearly sparked a full scale search and rescue operation in South Africa -- until the man's mother informed rescuers that her son had in fact been locked by the police.

The National Sea Rescue Institute mobilised on Wednesday night after an emergency call that a man had not returned from a late afternoon ...

J.K. Rowling granted special status in press inquiry

2011-09-14T13:30:47Z

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, the parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann and actor Hugh Grant have been granted special status in an inquiry into media ethics and practices, the probe said Wednesday.

They are among 46 "core participants" who will be ab...

J.K. Rowling given role in UK press inquiry

2011-09-14T13:30:38Z

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, the parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann and actor Hugh Grant have been granted special status in a British inquiry into media ethics and practices, the probe said Wednesday.

They are among 46 "core participants" who wil...

Spanish coast guard find body of New Zealander

2011-08-31T20:30:48Z

Spain's coast guard has found the body of a man from New Zealand who went missing last week at a beach in the northwestern province of Galicia.

A coast guard boat recovered the body of the man about one kilometre (half a mile) from the Traba en Lexe beach, the coast guard said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Police, with the help of family members of the missing man, identified the b...

Bones identified as missing Australian boy

2011-08-28T04:30:11Z

Australian police on Sunday said testing had confirmed that bones found in a northern forest were that of teenager Daniel Morcombe, one of the country's most high-profile missing person's cases.

Morcombe, 13, was last seen waiting for a bus in northern Queensland in 2003 and his disappearance sparked a nationwide hunt, followed by years of false leads and d...

Body of missing New Hampshire girl found in river

2011-08-01T17:00:28Z

LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Divers pulled the body of a missing 11-year-old girl, Celina Cass, from the Connecticut River on Monday not far from her New Hampshire<...

FBI offers $25,000 reward in case of Missing N.H. girl

2011-07-30T15:00:29Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Saturday offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the location of a missing 11-year-old New Hampshire girl last seen nearly a week ago, and the arrest of anyone respo...

Price tag for Casey Anthony case near $700,000

2011-07-29T16:30:10Z

ORLANDO, Fla (Reuters) - The Casey Anthony murder investigation and trial cost taxpayers almost $700,000, based on new tallies on Friday from the major agencies involved in the case.

Prosecutors are seeking reimbursement from Anthony, 25, who was acquitted July 5 of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee. Casey Anthon...

Michigan man pleads no contest over three missing boys

2011-07-28T16:30:20Z

DETROIT (Reuters) - A Michigan father pleaded no contest on Thursday to unlawful imprisonment in a case involving his three sons who have been missing since last November.

John Skelton's three boys Andrew, Alexander and Tanner were...

Missing Canadian found dead in Philippines

2011-07-16T08:30:12Z

Philippine police said Saturday they had found the body of a missing retired Canadian missionary and arrested a family-of-three who owned the farm where the corpse was buried.

The decomposed remains, thought to be of Darcy Hans Rentenberg, 53, were sent for a post mortem examination to determine the cause of death, said Michael Codaste, a murder squad detective in the central city of Cebu.

Rentenberg's landlord reported him missing on July 5, 10 days...

New York boy, 8, found slain, butchered

2011-07-13T19:30:44Z

A man was arrested Wednesday after confessing to killing and dismembering a missing 8-year-old boy in what the mayor called a "stunning shock" to New York City.

Levi Aron, 35, admitted to killing the boy, Leiby Kletzky, after being arrested early Wednesday following a search of his home, police chief Ray Kelly sai...

Amber alert for infant son of NY man sought in triple murder

2011-07-13T15:30:12Z

GREENFIELD, Mass (Reuters) - Authorities sought on Wednesday a man suspected of committing a triple murder in New York and then abducting his girlfriend and their infant son and fleeing in a car to Massachusetts.

At the request of New York State, the Massachusetts

Coast Guard ends search for missing California fishermen

2011-07-12T22:30:05Z

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The Coast Guard ended a search on Tuesday for seven California sports fishermen, now presumed dead, who have been missing since the boat they were on capsized off western Mexico earlier this month.

The Coast Guard...

US citizen among Mexico hidden grave victims

2011-06-15T21:30:10Z

An American man who was reported missing in March has been identified among 183 corpses found in hidden graves in April in northeastern Mexico, a US diplomat said Wednesday.

"For the moment we can't give details of the victim, but we're giving the relatives consular assistance," said Michael Barkin, US consul for the city of Matamoros, across the border fr...

Kate McCann urges support for families of missing

2011-06-13T10:30:32Z

Kate McCann will join other mothers of missing people on Monday to urge the government to give families in their position more support.

McCann, whose daughter Madeleine went missing from her family's holiday flat in Portugal four years ago, will tell MPs of the "unimaginable, unending heartbreak, confusion, guilt, and worry" experienced when a loved one goes missing. <...

Madeleine McCann parents demand 'comprehensive review'

2011-05-11T18:31:14Z

The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann on Thursday urged Prime Minister David Cameron to order a "comprehensive review" of the information surrounding their daughter's disappearance.

Kate and Gerry McCann wrote in a letter to The Sun that it was "not right that a young, vulnerable British...

I wanted to die: Madeleine McCann's mother

2011-05-09T20:30:21Z

Four years after toddler Madeleine McCann vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal, her mother describes in a book how she believes the abductor was tipped off about the family's movements.

Kate McCann reveals she thinks the case was sparked by a comment in a restaurant reservation book at the <...

Maddie mother speaks of 'endless bad dream'

2011-05-08T16:30:31Z

The mother of missing girl Madeleine McCann described how she was haunted by harrowing visions of her daughter and was stuck in an "endless bad dream" in extracts from a new book printed Sunday.

Proceeds from Kate McCann's account, "Madeleine", will go towards boosting dwindling search funds.

"The truly awful manifestation of what I was feeling wa...

Suspect named in Northampton family murder case

2011-05-03T13:30:33Z

Detectives investigating the killing of a family of four found stabbed to death at their Northamptonshire home have named a businessman as a suspect they want to question.

Anxiang Du, 52, was a Chinese business associate of the family, who was reported missing on Friday after leaving a suicide note, Northamptonshire Police said.<...

Parents remember missing Maddie after four years

2011-05-03T05:30:33Z

The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann were on Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of her disappearance as they prepared to release a book to boost dwindling search funds.

Gerry and Kate McCann, from Leicestershire, are expected to spend ...

Parents remember Maddie 4 years after disappearance

2011-05-02T21:30:13Z

The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann were Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of her disappearance as they prepared to release a book to boost dwindling search funds.

Gerry and Kate McCann, from Leicestershire, are expected to spend the...

Police set roadblocks in search for Tennessee woman

2011-04-19T15:00:12Z

NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Police set five roadblocks on Tuesday to uncover more leads in the nearly week-old disappearance of 20-year-old nursing student Holly Bobo that has shaken her small Tennessee hometown.

The

Crew member missing from Disney cruise to Mexico

2011-03-25T14:00:43Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A crew member aboard a Walt Disney Co cruise to Mexico has been missing since Tuesday, and the Mexican Navy

US believes missing ex-FBI Levinson agent alive

2011-03-03T21:30:23Z

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Washington has information that ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson is alive and in southwest Asia, four years after he went ...

Egypt to release political prisoners: PM

2011-02-19T14:30:20Z

Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq said on Saturday the government will soon release 222 of the country's remaining 487 political prisoners, the official MENA news agency reported.

Only a handful of them were arrested during the 18-day revolt that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak...

China blog spotlights missing-child problem

2011-02-10T06:30:22Z

A Chinese website that helps parents find missing children has become a sensation, shining a light on child abductions and the growing power of Twitter-like Internet services in China.

The microblogging site swept into the national spotlight earlier this week when it was used to help reunite a young father with his six-year-old son, who had been missing for three years after being kidn...

FBI joins hunt in 23-year-old kidnap case, family says

2011-01-21T12:30:08Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal agents joined the hunt for a North Carolina woman who raised a child kidnapped 23 years ago and only reunited with her true family this week, the family said on Friday.

Authorities said they have been unable to locate the woman, Ann Pettway, who is on parole as part of an embezz...

Last police officer in Mexican border town missing

2010-12-28T12:00:19Z

Woman who remained as last police officer in Mexican border town missing

The last remaining police officer in the Mexican border town of Guadalupe has disappeared.

A spokesman for prosecutors in northern Chihuahua state says a search has started for 28-year-old Ericka Gandara, who hasn't been seen Dec. 23.

Some local media have reported Gandara was kidnapped, but sp...

Police 'satisfied' body is missing architect

2010-12-26T09:30:23Z

Police are "satisfied" a body found on Saturday is missing architect Joanna Yeates.

They said at this stage they are treating the death as suspicious, but are waiting on the results of a post mortem examination.

The discovery was made at 9am yesterday by a couple walking their dogs in the Failand area of North Somerset.

An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: ...

NC prosecutors have case on dead disabled girl

2010-12-19T15:00:07Z

North Carolina investigators turn over case of dead disabled girl to prosecutors

Hickory police say they have given prosecutors their investigation of the death of a 10-year-old disabled girl who was reported missing by her family in October.

Prosecutors received the findings last week in the case of Zahra Baker who police say was killed and her body dismembered.

No one has been c...

Missing NC woman found in Va. after 200-mile walk

2010-12-12T11:30:06Z

Missing NC woman walks 200 miles to Va. shelter before authorities are able to find her

Authorities say a North Carolina woman reported missing in September walked 200 miles before she turned up at a Virginia shelter.

The Fayetteville Observer reported that 56-year-old Wilma...

Beach Human Remains

2010-12-16T13:32:14Z

Gustav Coletti, 75, speaks to the media near his home in Oak Beach, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, on New York's Long Island. Coletti has told police of his encounter with Shannon Gilbert, who has been missing since May, 2010, as au...

Elizabeth Smart

2010-12-11T08:04:46Z

Elizabeth Smart, left, and her father Ed Smart, center look on as Elizabeth's mother Lois Smart talks to the media outside federal court following the guilty verdict in the Brian David Mitchell trial Friday, Dec. 10 2010 in Salt Lake City. Mitchell was found...

APTOPIX Elizabeth Smart

2010-12-11T08:04:46Z

Elizabeth Smart addresses the media outside the federal court house following the guilty verdict in the Brian David Mitchell trail Friday, Dec. 10 2010 in Salt Lake City. Mitchell was found guilty for the June 5, 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart. (AP Photo/Colin E Braley)

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Boys Search Michigan

2010-11-30T13:32:54Z

Volunteers and rescuers search for 9-year-old Andrew, 7-year-old Alexander and 5-year-old Tanner Skelton in Morenci, Mich. on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Authorities "do not anticipate a positive outcome" in the search for three Michigan brothers who have been missing since their father's attempted suicide, a police chief said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Watson family and provided by The Post-Standard shows a missing poster for Jenni-Lyn Watson, 20. Nearly 100 law enforcement officers and volunteers are searching a Syracuse, N.Y., suburb for a 20-year-old college student who went missing a week ago after she returned home for ...

Missing Persons in the US

Arizona student found after 9 days stranded in snow

Body in freezer identified as Maine woman missing for 28 years

Singer Mindy McCready's son reported missing

Ex-fiance named as suspect in "The People's Court" case

Tracing Sri Lanka's missing children

Actor Hugh Grant to speak at press inquiry

'Entire press' in the dock, lawyer tells UK inquiry

Authorities trying to identify body found in freezer

Maine authorities trying to identify body found in freezer

Peru court nixes Van der Sloot habeas corpus bid

Parents of missing baby resume talking to police

Couple wanted in brutal murder arrested in California

Parents of missing Kansas City baby plead for her return

Baby girl feared abducted from crib in Kansas City

Missing scuba diver found in S.African jail

J.K. Rowling granted special status in press inquiry

J.K. Rowling given role in UK press inquiry

Spanish coast guard find body of New Zealander

Bones identified as missing Australian boy

Body of missing New Hampshire girl found in river

FBI offers $25,000 reward in case of Missing N.H. girl

Price tag for Casey Anthony case near $700,000

Michigan man pleads no contest over three missing boys

Missing Canadian found dead in Philippines

New York boy, 8, found slain, butchered

Amber alert for infant son of NY man sought in triple murder

Coast Guard ends search for missing California fishermen

US citizen among Mexico hidden grave victims

Kate McCann urges support for families of missing

Madeleine McCann parents demand 'comprehensive review'

I wanted to die: Madeleine McCann's mother

Maddie mother speaks of 'endless bad dream'

Suspect named in Northampton family murder case

Parents remember missing Maddie after four years

Parents remember Maddie 4 years after disappearance

Police set roadblocks in search for Tennessee woman

Crew member missing from Disney cruise to Mexico

US believes missing ex-FBI Levinson agent alive

Egypt to release political prisoners: PM

China blog spotlights missing-child problem

FBI joins hunt in 23-year-old kidnap case, family says

Last police officer in Mexican border town missing

Police 'satisfied' body is missing architect

NC prosecutors have case on dead disabled girl

Missing NC woman found in Va. after 200-mile walk

Beach Human Remains

Elizabeth Smart

APTOPIX Elizabeth Smart

Boys Search Michigan