Missing Persons
People who vanished without a trace, and the families, investigators and clues that keep their cases alive.
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The Jennifer Dulos Case: A Connecticut Mother of Five, a Bloody Garage and No Body
On May 24, 2019, writer and mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos dropped her children at school in New Canaan, Connecticut, and was never seen again. That evening, city cameras in Hartford recorded what investigators would call the next step. Continue reading
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The Delimar Vera Case: A Mother Knew Her Baby Survived the Fire, and Six Years Later She Proved It
In 1997, ten-day-old Delimar Vera supposedly died in a Philadelphia house fire, though no remains were ever found. Six years later, her mother spotted a little girl at a birthday party and quietly pulled five hairs from her head. Continue reading
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The Crystal Rogers Case: A Flat Tire on the Bluegrass Parkway and a Ten-Year Wait for Justice
Crystal Rogers, a Bardstown mother of five, vanished on July 3, 2015, her car left on the Bluegrass Parkway with a flat tire. In 2025, boyfriend Brooks Houck was convicted of her murder. Her body has never been found. Continue reading
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The Sherri Papini Case: A 22-Day Kidnapping Hoax, a Brand on Her Shoulder, and a Story That Keeps Changing
Sherri Papini vanished on a jog near Redding in November 2016 and reappeared 22 days later, chained and branded, on Thanksgiving morning. DNA proved she had been with an ex-boyfriend the whole time. Now she insists the kidnapping was real… Continue reading
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The Amy Bradley Case: a Lifeguard Vanishes From a Cruise Ship Balcony as It Docks in Curaçao
At 5:30 a.m. on March 24, 1998, Ron Bradley saw his daughter asleep on their cabin balcony. Thirty minutes later she was gone. Twenty-eight years, a dozen sightings and a Netflix series later, Amy Bradley is still missing. Continue reading
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The Gabby Petito Case: A Bodycam Stop in Moab, a Van That Came Home Empty, and a Notebook Confession
Three weeks after Moab police filmed Gabby Petito crying in a van, she was dead in Wyoming and Brian Laundrie had driven home alone. His notebook confession, two lawsuits and a Netflix series followed, and the Moab case is now… Continue reading
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The Kristin Smart Case: 30 Years, a Podcast, a Grave Under a Deck, and a Body Still Missing
Kristin Smart walked away from a Cal Poly party in May 1996 and never reached her dorm. It took a podcast, a grave under a deck and 26 years to convict Paul Flores, and searches in 2026 still have not… Continue reading
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The Natalee Holloway Case: the Aruba beach, the $250,000 sting, and the confession that took 18 years
Natalee Holloway left an Aruba nightclub at 1:30 a.m. on May 30, 2005, and was never seen again. Eighteen years, one FBI sting and a second murder later, Joran van der Sloot told a Birmingham courtroom what he did on… Continue reading
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The Susan Powell Case: A Midnight Camping Trip, Two Fans on Wet Carpet, and a Mother Never Found
Susan Cox Powell, 28, vanished from her West Valley City home on December 6, 2009, while her husband claimed he was camping with their sons in a snowstorm. Two years later he killed the boys and himself, and her body… Continue reading
