Category: missing

Family Confirms Missing 74-Year-Old Florida Lyft Driver Dead

MIAMI—A South Florida Lyft driver who went missing more than a week ago has died, his daughter confirmed Tuesday. Lindsay DiBetta posted on Facebook that the family would be announcing information on services for her father, Gary Levin, in the next few days. “My dad was truly a one of kind person, if you knew…


Bodies Found in Hunt for Missing Rappers Set for Autopsies

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich.—Three bodies found in a vacant Detroit-area apartment building during an investigation into the disappearance of three aspiring rappers have been moved to a medical examiner’s office for autopsies, state police said Friday. Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw said in a video update posted on Twitter that the Wayne County Medical Examiners…


Missing Florida Lyft Driver’s Car Found With Slaying Suspect

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The car owned by a missing 74-year-old Florida Lyft driver was found in North Carolina and the man who was driving it is wanted in connection with a homicide last week in southwest Florida, authorities said Friday. Lyft driver Gary Levin hasn’t been heard from since Monday, when his family says he picked…


Man Pleads Guilty in Death of Long-Missing Michigan Woman

BATTLE CREEK, Mich.—A man who previously admitted killing two women in Pennsylvania pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing a Michigan woman who disappeared more than 17 years ago. Harold David Haulman III pleaded guilty in Calhoun County District Court to second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Ashley Marie Parlier, Prosecutor David Gilbert said. Parlier went…


2 Monkeys Taken From Dallas Zoo in Latest Suspicious Event

DALLAS—Two monkeys were taken from the Dallas Zoo on Monday, police said, the latest in a string of odd incidents at the attraction being investigated—including fences being cut and the suspicious death of an endangered vulture in the past few weeks. No arrests have been made in any of the investigations, and police have not…


Oklahoma Investigators Identify Body as Missing 4-Year-Old

OKLAHOMA CITY—The body of a child found in Oklahoma earlier this month was positively identified as 4-year-old Athena Brownfield, who investigators said was beaten to death by a caregiver on Christmas. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation announced on social media Thursday that the state’s chief medical examiner had made the identification. The girl was…


Red Crescent: 8 Dead, 58 Missing After Shipwreck Off Libya

CAIRO—A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya, killing at least eight people, while 58 others were still missing, the country’s Red Crescent said Wednesday. Tawfik al-Shukri, spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent, said the shipwreck took place Tuesday off the Mediterranean town of Garabulli, around 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of the capital of…


Searchers Seek 2nd Hiker in Area Where Julian Sands Missing

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—Rescue personnel in California have launched a search for a second hiker on the same snow-covered mountain where actor Julian Sands is missing. The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that its search and rescue team received a request Sunday to search for a 75-year-old Los Angeles man on 10,064-foot (3,068-meter) Mt….


Film Review: ‘Missing’: A Twisty and Edgy Device-Based Crime Thriller

PG-13 | 1h 51min | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 20 January 2023 (USA) The first-cousin-once-removed genre of “found footage,” the “screenlife” storytelling technique has been around since 2000 (“Thomas in Love”) and began growing in popularity a decade later. In short, “screenlife” is a movie-telling device whereby no traditional cameras are used. In their stead are images from smartphones and all…


Body of Texas Woman Found Near Home of Man She Was Dating

DALLAS—The body of a woman reported missing after threatening to tell the wife of the man she was dating that he was having an affair was found buried in a field near his Dallas-area home, authorities said. The body discovered Wednesday evening in Grand Prairie is that of Kayla Kelley, 33, the Collin County sheriff’s…