Missing Persons
People who vanished without a trace, and the families, investigators and clues that keep their cases alive.
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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
