Category: missing

Missing 1-Year-Old Florida Boy Found Dead on Family Property: Family

A 1-year-old Florida boy who was reported missing over the weekend was found deceased in a septic tank, said authorities on Monday. Jose Lara was reported missing at 1:45 p.m. ET on Sunday, officials said. Putnam County Sheriff H.D. Gator DeLoach told local media Monday that Jose was last seen playing in the backyard of…


Body of Kentucky Coal Miner Found After Underground Collapse

HARLAN, Ky.—Crews have recovered the body of a Kentucky coal miner missing after a roof collapsed deep underground, officials said. Officials recovered 33-year-old James D. Brown about 9 p.m. Monday at the D-29 Darby Fork mine in Harlan County. Brown began his shift as a roof bolt operator late Sunday at the mine, the Kentucky…


Tribe Grapples With Missing Women Crisis on California Coast

YUROK RESERVATION, Calif.—The young mother had behaved erratically for months, hitchhiking and wandering naked through two Native American reservations and a small town clustered along Northern California’s rugged Lost Coast. But things escalated when Emmilee Risling was charged with arson for igniting a fire in a cemetery. Her family hoped the case would force her…


Young Girl Missing Since 2019 Found Hidden Under Staircase

SAUGERTIES, N.Y.—A young girl reported missing in 2019 was found hidden under a staircase by officers searching a home in New York’s Hudson Valley, police said Tuesday. The child was found in good health Monday night in a Saugerties home about 130 miles (210 kilometers) east of Cayuga Heights, where she was reported missing in…


‘Wonder Cat’ Found, Reunited With Her Family After Running Away From Home 14 Years Ago

A woman from England whose beloved cat left the house one day, never to return, was beyond shocked to get a call from a vet 20 miles away a staggering 14 years later. The cat had been found, a little the worse for wear, but a true survivor. On being asked by the vet if…


Missing Tourist Plane Found at Bottom of Lake in Iceland

Authorities in Iceland have found a small plane at the bottom of a lake two days after the aircraft went missing with three tourists and a pilot on board, police said on Saturday. The three tourists on the Cessna 172N plane—who departed for a sightseeing tour on Thursday—were from Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United…


Iceland Rescuers Search for Missing Plane With 3 Tourists

REYKJAVIK, Iceland—Rescue teams in Iceland were searching Friday for a small plane that is thought to have crashed while carrying three foreign tourists on a sightseeing trip. More than 500 members of Iceland’s Search and Rescue organization, along with boats, divers, and two Icelandic Coast Guard helicopters, were combing the Thingvellir National Park area in…


Wife of Missing Girl’s Father Charged With Welfare Fraud

CONCORD, N.H.—The wife of a man whose daughter went missing in 2019 has been charged with welfare fraud for collecting food stamps in her name, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Thursday. Kayla Montgomery, 31, of Manchester, has been charged one with one count of welfare fraud for obtaining $1,500 in food stamps from…


Search on for Missing Texas 3-Year-Old

Police in San Antonio are searching for a 3-year-old girl who was last seen Monday evening at an apartment complex playground. Authorities don’t yet know whether Lina Sardar Khil wandered away from the playground or if she was taken by someone. Police Chief William McManus says the child was last seen between 4 p.m. and…


Missing Utah College Student Found Alive, Covered in Coal: Officials

A Utah college student who went missing last week was found alive and covered in coal inside the basement of a 39-year-old suspect, officials said. The suspect, Brent Brown, was arrested on obstruction of justice, aggravated kidnapping, and sexual assault charges. The student, 19-year-old Madelyn Allen, was reported missing after she was seen leaving her dorm…