Arizona student found after 9 days stranded in snow

2011-12-22T12:00:10Z

(Reuters) - A college student stranded in her car for nine days on a barren northern Arizona road has been rescued after living on candy bars and melted snow, authorities said.

Arizona State University student Lauren Weinberg, 23, was found Wednesday by t...

Body in freezer identified as Maine woman missing for 28 years

2011-12-02T14:30:50Z

(Reuters) - A body found stuffed in a Maine freezer in October was identified as that of a 29-year-old woman who went missing nearly three decades ago after a fight with her boyfriend, police said on Friday.

DNA testing results this week conclusively identified the remains as those of Kitty Wardwell, who disappeared in 1983, Maine state police spokesman Ste...

Singer Mindy McCready's son reported missing

2011-11-30T14:30:58Z

TAMPA, Fla (Reuters) - A missing person's report has been filed for the son of country singer Mindy McCready and she has been ordered to return the boy by 5 p.m. Thursday, a spokesman for the MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. businessman held for nearly four months on the Caribbean island of Aruba as a suspect in the disappearance of his girlfriend, flew back to the United States ...

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 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 ...

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...

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. <...

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...

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...

Missing California mom found in dead orchard

2010-12-08T17:00:24Z

Authorities: Missing Calif. mom found dead; baby believed to be hers abandoned on doorstep

Authorities in central California are looking for suspects after a young mother reported missing last week was found dead in an almond orchard, and in infant thought to be her son was found abandoned on a doorstep.

Merced Cou...

Warrant: Disabled NC girl may have been raped

2010-11-30T19:00:42Z

Unsealed warrants: Disabled NC girl may have been raped, hit in the head before she died

A 10-year-old disabled girl who was dismembered after she died may have been raped by two men and hit in the head, according to a search warrant based on fourth-hand information and unsealed Tuesday.

The warrants also describe what might have happened to the body of Zahra Baker, who was reported missing Oct. 9. The warrants still did not reveal how the girl ...

FedEx searching for missing radioactive rod

2010-11-26T10:00:14Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - FedEx Corp on Friday said it was searching for a small radioactive rod shipped by the company that was reported missing earlier this week.

The rod, used to calibrate medical equipment like CT scanners, was en route from a hospital in

Search on in NY for missing college student, 20

2010-11-26T08:30:23Z

Search on near Syracuse, NY, for missing college student who went home for Thanksgiving

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 Thanksgiving break.

Jenni-Lyn Watson disappeared last Friday, a day after arr...

Aruba: Jawbone not that of Natalee Holloway

2010-11-23T09:00:16Z

Officials: Jawbone does not belong to missing teenager Natalee Holloway

The prosecutor's office in Aruba says a jawbone with a tooth recently found on a beach does not belong to missing Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway.

The agency says that an analysis based on dental records rules out that the bone fragment came from her. It s...

Aruba to release details of jawbone found on beach

2010-11-23T05:30:15Z

Aruba to announce test result on jawbone after missing teen Holloway's dental records analyzed

Aruba officials say they expect to release results of tests on a jawbone found in the Dutch Caribbean island that has led to speculation it might belong to missing teenager Natalee Holloway.<...

FBI: Aruba studying missing teen's dental records

2010-11-18T21:00:42Z

FBI says Dutch officials check missing teen's dental records as analyza jawbone found in Aruba

Dutch authorities are reviewing the dental records of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway as they analyze a jawbone with a tooth in it that was foun...

Bodies found in Ohio near where 3 missing lived

2010-11-18T15:29:06Z

Coroner in Ohio county where 3 are missing says bodies found in the area

Authorities in rural central Ohio where a mother, her young son and a family friend disappeared more than a week ago say bodies have been found in the area.

Knox County coroner Jennifer Ogle told The University parking attendants ticket illegally parked vehicle 3 times without seeing body

University of New Mexico parking attendants ticketed a rental vehicle parked on campus three times without noticing a dead woman slumped in the front seat.

Police found the body of the 47-year-old woman in the sport utility vehicle on Nov. 11. Her husband had reported her missin...

Dutch experts test Aruba bone in Holloway case

2010-11-16T02:31:18Z

Dutch forensic experts test bone found in Aruba to check if it is from missing teen Holloway

Dutch forensic experts say they are testing a piece of bone found on the Caribbean island of Aruba to see if it comes from missing American teenager Natalee Holloway.

Body found in Arizona believed to be missing mother of girl found dead in Louisiana

Arizona authorities said Monday they discovered the body of a woman believed to be the missing mother of a girl found dead in Louisiana.

The possible remains of Suellen Roberts, 31, were found in a remote area off Interstate 40 in northwestern Arizona, according to the

Ohio girl found alive, bound; no word on 3 others

2010-11-14T16:30:28Z

Man arrested after Ohio teen found bound, gagged in basement; her mom, brother among 3 missing

A 13-year-old girl missing for days was found bound and gagged but alive in a basement Sunday, and authorities hoped a man charged with kidnapping her might lead them to her mother, brother and another woman who disappeared with her.

Matthew J. Hoffman, 30, was arrested at his Police think they've found the remains of disabled NC girl, but how she died still a mystery

Police were confident a freckle-faced disabled 10-year-old girl was killed, but the mystery of how she died deepened when police said a set of remains was uncovered five miles away from where one of her bones was found.

The bone, discovered in some brush alongside Zahra Baker's prosthetic leg, was discovered in an area near where the family lived until m...

Police think they've found body of missing NC girl

2010-11-12T17:32:11Z

After a month of searching, police find remains of disabled 10-year-old who went missing in NC

Grim police trying to solve the disappearance of a 10-year-old North Carolina girl confirmed Friday what they've long suspected: The freckle-faced child with a prosthetic leg and bone cancer is dead.

But the mystery of how Zahra Baker perished deepened as authorities gave a terse ...

N.C. police 'believe we have found Zahra'

2010-11-29T14:44:52Z

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2010-11-30T13:50:51Z

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Drew Peterson Engaged

2010-11-30T13:50:45Z

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2010-11-30T13:50:37Z

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2010-11-30T13:50:33Z

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2010-11-30T13:50:14Z

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2010-11-30T13:50:01Z

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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 ...

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