Category: missing

Missing Boy’s Mother: ‘I Could Feel His Fingers Slipping’ Away

LOS ANGELES—Lindsy Doan didn’t think the water flowing over the creek crossing on San Marcos Road was deeper than normal when she tried navigating it in her SUV while driving her 5-year-old son to school. But the creek, swollen with rain from California’s epic winter storms, was much higher and flowing stronger than she anticipated….


Family Says Missing Rapper Theophilus London Found Safe

LOS ANGELES—Rapper Theophilus London has been found safe after disappearing for months, a relative announced Wednesday night. “We have found Theo. He is safe and well,” the rapper’s cousin, Mikhail Noel, posted on Instagram. “At this time the family would love prayers and privacy. Thank you all!!!” The post didn’t provide details of where London…


Family Files Missing Persons Report for Theophilus London

LOS ANGELES—The family of rapper Theophilus London filed a missing person report with Los Angeles police this week and are asking for the public’s help, saying he hasn’t been seen in months. London’s family and friends believe someone last spoke to the musician in July in Los Angeles, according to the family’s statement released Wednesday…


Body of Missing Michigan Doctor Found in Frozen Pond

Michigan public safety officers have found the body of a doctor who went missing last week. His body was discovered in a frozen pond near his home on Tuesday. At approximately 12:30 p.m., divers pulled Boyek Payan’s body out of the icy water after he had been missing for several days, according to a statement made…


Report: 2 Missing After Austria Avalanche, Fewer Than Feared

FRANKFURT, Germany—Rescue workers were searching for two missing people after an avalanche swept across ski trails in western Austria on Sunday, the dpa news agency reported. Initially up to 10 people were feared missing based on video from a witness, but eight of those individuals had been identified and were no longer feared buried, dpa…


Medical Transport Plane With 3 on Board Missing in Hawaii

HONOLULU—A medical transport plane with three crew members on board has gone missing on a flight between Maui and the Big Island, according to a statement from the company. “Global Medical Response can confirm that one of our Hawaii Life Flight emergency fixed wing airplanes based in Maui, went off radar while en route to…


Remains of Missing Georgia Toddler Quinton Simon Found in Landfill: FBI

Human remains found in a Georgia landfill on Nov. 18 belong to a toddler reported missing in October, the FBI confirmed on Monday. In a statement, the FBI Atlanta said the agency’s laboratory division had confirmed through DNA analysis that the bones found in Superior Landfill in Savannah, Ga., belonged to 20-month-old Quinton Simon. Quinton was reported…


Georgia Authorities Arrest Mother of Still-Missing Toddler

SAVANNAH, Ga.—The mother of a toddler reported missing Oct. 5 in Georgia has been arrested in connection with the child’s disappearance and presumed death, authorities said Monday. The Chatham County Police Department in a post on Twitter said officers had arrested Leilani Simon, 22, on charges of malice murder, concealing the death of another person,…


Body of Missing Princeton Student Misrach Ewunetie Found on University Campus

Law enforcement officials confirmed on Oct. 20 that they have found the body of a 20-year-old Princeton University student who went missing around one week ago. Misrach Ewunetie, from Ohio, was last seen at around 3 a.m. on Oct. 14 near a residential building on the campus at the Ivy League university in New Jersey. Her parents raised the alarm…


Police Search Georgia Landfill for Missing Toddler’s Remains

SAVANNAH, Ga.—The search for a missing Georgia toddler presumed dead by police shifted Tuesday to a landfill outside Savannah where investigators planned to start sifting through trash for the child’s remains. Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley said investigators had evidence that prompted the landfill search for the body of 20-month-old Quinton Simon, but he…