Missing Persons
People who disappeared and, in most of these cases, have never been found. ColdCaseIndex documents 203 cases of this type, of which 171 are recorded as unsolved.
- Unsolved 171 (84%)
- Partly resolved 7 (3%)
- Charges or trial pending 4 (2%)
- Solved or convicted 16 (8%)
- Closed without conviction 5 (2%)
By state or country
All 203 cases
Roy Allen Tsatoke
Roy Allen Tsatoke, a 26-year-old Kiowa man, was last seen on September 22, 2024, while house-sitting at a home on Hiller Road in McKinleyville, California.
Sebastian Rogers
Sebastian Wayne Drake Rogers, a 15-year-old boy with autism, vanished overnight from his family's home on Stafford Court in Hendersonville, Tennessee, between the night of February 25 and the morning of February 26, 2024.
Taylor Casey
Taylor Casey, a 41-year-old yoga practitioner and youth advocate from Chicago, vanished on June 19, 2024, while attending a month-long yoga teacher certification program at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat on Paradise Island in…
Zelig Williams
Zelig Williams, a 28-year-old Broadway dancer who performed in Hamilton and MJ: The Musical, vanished on October 3, 2024, shortly after leaving his mother's home in Columbia, South Carolina.
Daniel Robinson
Daniel Robinson, a 24-year-old geologist, vanished on June 23, 2021, after leaving a remote water-well job site near Buckeye, Arizona, in his Jeep.
Lina Sardar Khil
Lina Sardar Khil, 3, disappeared on December 20, 2021, from the playground of the Villas Del Cabo apartment complex in San Antonio, Texas, where her family, who had come from Afghanistan, was living.
Michael Joseph Vaughan
Michael Joseph 'Monkey' Vaughan, age 5, disappeared from near his home in Fruitland, Idaho, on the evening of July 27, 2021, and despite years of extensive searches his body has never been found.
Summer Wells
Five-year-old Summer Wells was reported missing on June 15, 2021 from her family's home on Ben Hill Road in the Beech Creek community of Hawkins County, Tennessee. A statewide AMBER Alert issued the next day is still active.
Cieha Taylor
Cieha Taylor, 28, was last seen about 4 p.m. on February 6, 2020 in Plant City, Florida, after dropping her boyfriend at a home on Cowart Road.
Florence Okpealuk
Florence Okpealuk, a 33-year-old Inupiaq mother originally from Wales, Alaska, was last seen on August 31, 2020, leaving a tent on West Beach about one to two miles outside Nome.
Dulce Maria Alavez
Five-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez disappeared from a playground at Bridgeton City Park while her mother sat in a nearby car. A witness reported seeing a man lead the child away.
Jennifer Dulos
Jennifer Dulos, 50, disappeared from New Canaan, Connecticut, on May 24, 2019, amid a contentious divorce. Her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was charged with her murder but died by suicide in January 2020 before trial and was…
Serenity June Dennard
Nine-year-old Serenity Dennard ran away from the Black Hills Children's Home near Rockerville, South Dakota, on the frigid morning of February 3, 2019, and was last seen walking north on Rockerville Road without a coat.
Jermain Charlo
Jermain Charlo, a 23-year-old mother of two and enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, was last seen around midnight on June 15-16, 2018, on surveillance video in an alley behind the Badlander bar in…
Karlie Gusé
Sixteen-year-old Karlie Lain Gusé disappeared from her family's home in Chalfant, Mono County, California, early on October 13, 2018, after a night of paranoia that followed smoking marijuana at a party.
Kierra Coles
Kierra Coles, a 26-year-old U.S. Postal Service mail carrier who was about three months pregnant, vanished from Chicago's South Side in October 2018.
Ashley Loring HeavyRunner
Ashley Loring HeavyRunner, a 20-year-old Blackfeet Community College student, vanished from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana, in June 2017.
Corrie McKeague
RAF gunner Corrie McKeague, 23, vanished after a night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, on September 24, 2016. CCTV showed him entering an area containing commercial waste bins, and a months-long landfill search found no remains.
DeOrr Kunz Jr.
Two-year-old DeOrr Jay Kunz Jr. vanished on July 10, 2015, from Timber Creek Campground in remote Lemhi County, Idaho, about ten miles from Leadore, while camping with his parents, great-grandfather, and a family friend.
Katelin Akens
Katelin Akens, 19, vanished on December 5, 2015, after being dropped at her former stepfather's home in Partlow, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, for a ride toward a flight to Arizona.
Macin Smith
Seventeen-year-old Macin Smith left his family's home in St. George, Utah, on the morning of September 1, 2015, and did not arrive at Desert Hills High School.
Kenny Veach
Kenny Veach, a 47-year-old experienced hiker and YouTuber, vanished in November 2014 while searching the Nevada desert for a mysterious 'M cave' he claimed to have found near Nellis Air Force Base.
Lars Mittank
Lars Mittank, a 28-year-old from Itzehoe, Germany, disappeared on July 8, 2014 after abruptly leaving a doctor's office at Varna Airport in Bulgaria and running from the terminal, leaving his luggage, passport and phone behind.
Lisanne Froon & Kris Kremers
Two Dutch tourists disappeared while hiking near Boquete, Panama. Their backpack was found weeks later with phones, camera, and disturbing nighttime photos. Skeletal remains were found months later.
Myra Lewis
Two-year-old Myra Rena Lewis vanished from the front yard of her rural home near Camden, Mississippi, on March 1, 2014. Despite an Amber Alert, an FBI investigation and a $20,000 reward, she has never been found.
Relisha Rudd
Eight-year-old Relisha Rudd, who lived with her family at a Washington, D.C. homeless shelter, disappeared in early 2014 after being taken by a shelter janitor, Kahlil Tatum.
Rico Harris
Rico Harris, a 37-year-old former Harlem Globetrotter driving from Los Angeles to Seattle to start a new life, vanished in October 2014.
Sarah and Jacob Hoggle
Two-year-old Sarah and three-year-old Jacob Hoggle were last seen with their mother, Catherine Hoggle, in Montgomery County, Maryland, in September 2014 and have never been found.
William Tyrrell
Three-year-old William Tyrrell disappeared from his foster grandmother's home on Benaroon Drive in Kendall, New South Wales, on the morning of September 12, 2014, while wearing a Spider-Man suit.
Abigail Hernandez
Fourteen-year-old Abby Hernandez disappeared while walking home from school in Conway, New Hampshire. She reappeared nearly nine months later, having been held captive by Nathaniel Kibby. Kibby was sentenced to 45 years in prison.
Brandon Lawson
Brandon Lawson, 26, vanished in the early hours of August 9, 2013, after running out of gas on U.S. Highway 277 a few miles south of Bronte, Texas, north of San Angelo, and placing a frantic, confused 911 call.
Bryce Laspisa
Bryce Laspisa, a 19-year-old college student, disappeared on August 30, 2013, near Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County, California, after a series of unusual stops and phone calls while driving toward his parents' home.
Heather Elvis
Heather Elvis, 20, disappeared in Horry County, South Carolina, on December 18, 2013; her car was found at Peachtree Landing. Tammy Moorer (October 2018) and Sidney Moorer (September 2019) were each convicted of kidnapping and…
Rachel Lucille Cyriacks
Rachel Cyriacks, a 30-year-old mother of three from Woonsocket, South Dakota, vanished on November 13, 2013, after driving to Huron to pick up her estranged husband, Brad Cyriacks, who was being released from jail.
Tiffany Michelle Whitton
Tiffany Whitton, a 26-year-old mother, was last seen on security video running barefoot out of a Walmart in Marietta, Georgia, in the early hours of September 13, 2013, after a suspected shoplifting incident.
Brittney Wood
Nineteen-year-old Brittney Wood vanished while on her way to meet her uncle in Mobile, Alabama. The investigation uncovered a massive family sexual abuse ring. Brittney has never been found.
Emma Fillipoff
Emma Fillipoff, 26, was last seen on the evening of November 28, 2012, barefoot outside the Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia.
Kortne Stouffer
Kortne Ciera Stouffer, a 21-year-old woman, vanished from her Palmyra, Pennsylvania apartment in the early hours of July 29, 2012, hours after police responded to disturbances there.
Aliayah Paige Lunsford
Aliayah Paige Lunsford, a 3-year-old girl, was reported missing on September 24, 2011, from her home in Weston, West Virginia. Her mother, Lena Lunsford, was convicted of murdering the child in 2018, but Aliayah's body has never…
Lauren Spierer
Twenty-year-old Indiana University student Lauren Spierer disappeared in Bloomington, Indiana after a night out. She was captured on surveillance video in the early morning hours.
Lisa Irwin
Ten-month-old Lisa Irwin disappeared from her crib in Kansas City, Missouri. Her parents reported her missing in the early morning hours.
Phoenix Coldon
Phoenix Coldon, a 23-year-old college student, was last seen on December 18, 2011, driving away from her family's home in Spanish Lake, Missouri. Her black 1998 Chevrolet Blazer was found abandoned in East St.
Sky Elijah Metalwala
Two-year-old Sky Metalwala was reported missing in Bellevue, Washington, in November 2011 after his mother said she left him in a car that ran out of gas.
Timmothy Pitzen
Six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen vanished after his mother pulled him out of school in Aurora, Illinois, and took him on a multi-day trip before dying by suicide.
Ben McDaniel
Ben McDaniel, 30, of Tennessee was last seen on the evening of August 18, 2010, descending toward the underwater cave at Vortex Spring near Ponce de Leon, Florida. He was not certified for cave diving.
Deysi Garcia
Deysi Garcia, a 28-year-old Honduran immigrant, vanished from San Francisco's Mission District. She was last seen leaving her workplace. Despite community efforts, she has never been found.
Kyron Horman
Seven-year-old Kyron Horman vanished from Skyline Elementary School after attending a science fair. His stepmother, Terri Horman, was the last known person to see him.
Samantha Ann Clarke
Samantha Ann Clarke, 19, vanished shortly after midnight on September 13, 2010, after leaving her home in Orange, Virginia, telling her younger brother she would be back in the morning.
Skelton Brothers
Brothers Andrew (9), Alexander (7) and Tanner (5) Skelton disappeared while staying with their father in Morenci, Michigan over Thanksgiving 2010 and have never been found.
Claudia Lawrence
Claudia Lawrence, a 35-year-old chef at the University of York, was last seen on March 18, 2009, walking towards her home in Heworth, York, and failed to arrive for work the next morning.
Gabriel Johnson
Eight-month-old Gabriel Johnson vanished after his mother, Elizabeth Johnson, took him from Tempe, Arizona, to San Antonio, Texas, in December 2009. She was convicted of custodial interference but Gabriel has never been found.
Haleigh Cummings
Five-year-old Haleigh Cummings was last seen on the evening of February 9, 2009, at her father's mobile home in Satsuma, Florida, and was reported missing early the next morning.
Kayla Berg
Kayla Berg, a 15-year-old from Antigo, Wisconsin, vanished on August 11, 2009, after an acquaintance said he dropped her off at a boyfriend's house in Wausau.
Pamela Butler
Pamela Butler, a 47-year-old Environmental Protection Agency analyst, vanished from her Washington, D.C. home in February 2009. Her boyfriend Jose Rodriguez-Cruz was arrested in 2017, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and…
Steven Koecher
Steven Thell Koecher, a 30-year-old resident of St. George, Utah, was last seen at midday on December 13, 2009, when home security cameras recorded him parking his Chevrolet Cavalier in a cul-de-sac in the Anthem community of…
Susan Powell
Susan Powell vanished from her West Valley City, Utah home while her husband Josh claimed to have taken their two young sons camping at night in freezing temperatures.
Brandon Victor Swanson
Brandon Swanson, 19, drove his car into a ditch on a rural gravel road in the early hours of May 14, 2008, while driving home to Marshall, Minnesota, from Canby.
Andrew Gosden
Andrew Gosden, 14, has been missing since September 14, 2007, when he skipped school in Doncaster, withdrew about £200 and travelled alone by train to London on a one-way ticket.
Barbara Bolick
Barbara Bolick, 55, of Corvallis, Montana, disappeared on July 18, 2007 while hiking near Bear Creek Overlook in the Bitterroot Mountains outside Victor.
Jaliek Rainwalker
Jaliek Rainwalker, a 12-year-old adopted boy, disappeared from Greenwich, New York, in November 2007 after spending the night alone with his adoptive father.
Joey Lynn Offutt
Joey Lynn Offutt, 33, was found to be missing on July 12, 2007, when a deliberately set fire destroyed her home in Sykesville, Pennsylvania, and the body of her six-week-old son was found inside.
Kyle Fleischmann
Kyle Fleischmann, 24, disappeared in the early hours of November 9, 2007, after leaving the Buckhead Saloon in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
Lisa Stebic
Lisa Stebic, a 37-year-old mother of two, was last seen at her home in Plainfield, Illinois, on the evening of April 30, 2007, while she and her husband were divorcing. Her phone and credit cards were never used again.
Madeleine McCann
Three-year-old Madeleine McCann disappeared on May 3, 2007, from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, while her parents dined at a nearby restaurant.
Stacy Peterson
Stacy Peterson, 23, disappeared from her home in Bolingbrook, Illinois, on October 28, 2007. Her husband Drew Peterson, a former police sergeant, has been publicly named a suspect by investigators but has never been charged in…
Brandy Hall
Firefighter Brandy Hall vanished on August 17, 2006 after leaving the Malabar fire station in Brevard County, Florida, where she volunteered.
Brian Shaffer
Brian Shaffer, a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student, vanished in the early hours of April 1, 2006, after being recorded on security cameras outside the Ugly Tuna Saloona bar in Columbus.
Jennifer Kesse
Twenty-four-year-old Jennifer Kesse disappeared from her Orlando condominium complex. Surveillance footage captured an unidentified person driving her car.
Jessie Foster
Jessica "Jessie" Foster, a 21-year-old Canadian woman from Kamloops, British Columbia, was last heard from by telephone at her North Las Vegas residence on March 28, 2006.
Lena Chapin
Lena Chapin, 20, was last seen on February 14, 2006, at her apartment outside Steelville, Missouri. Relatives say she had described witnessing the 1999 death of her stepfather, Gary McCullough, who is also missing.
Trenton Duckett
Trenton Duckett, a 2-year-old boy, disappeared from his Leesburg, Florida, bedroom in 2006, with a cut window screen the only sign of an intruder.
Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone Jr.
Danielle Imbo, 34, and Richard Petrone Jr., 35, a dating couple, vanished after leaving a bar on South Street in Philadelphia on the night of February 19, 2005. Neither they nor Petrone's pickup truck have ever been found.
Natalee Holloway
Natalee Holloway, 18, of Alabama, disappeared in Aruba on May 30, 2005, after leaving a nightclub with Joran van der Sloot and two other men. Her remains have never been found. In October 2023 van der Sloot pleaded guilty in U.S.
Ray Gricar
Ray Gricar, the longtime district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania, vanished on April 15, 2005, after telling his girlfriend he was taking a day trip.
Brianna Maitland
Seventeen-year-old Brianna Maitland disappeared after her shift at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, Vermont. Her car was found backed into an abandoned farmhouse.
Maura Murray
UMass Amherst student Maura Murray crashed her car on a remote road in New Hampshire and vanished before help arrived. A witness offered assistance but she declined.
LeeAnna Warner
Five-year-old LeeAnna Warner vanished on June 14, 2003, while walking home from a friend's house about a block away in Chisholm, Minnesota.
Tabitha Tuders
Tabitha Danielle Tuders, 13, vanished on the morning of April 29, 2003, while walking roughly one block from her East Nashville home to her school bus stop at 14th and Boscobel Streets.
Terrance Williams & Felipe Santos
Felipe Santos, 23, and Terrance Williams, 27, vanished three months apart in North Naples, Florida, on October 14, 2003, and January 12, 2004.
Alexis Patterson
Seven-year-old Alexis Patterson vanished on the morning of May 3, 2002, after her stepfather walked her toward Hi-Mount Community School in Milwaukee, a short distance from her home. She never reached her classroom.
Ariel Castro Victims
Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus were individually abducted and held captive for about a decade in Ariel Castro's Cleveland home. Amanda Berry escaped in 2013 with her daughter born in captivity.
Brian Carrick
Brian Carrick, 17, vanished on December 20, 2002 after walking into Val's Foods, the Johnsburg, Illinois grocery store where he worked. His blood was found in and around a produce cooler, but his body has never been located.
Elizabeth Smart
Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her Salt Lake City bedroom by Brian David Mitchell and his wife. She was held captive for nine months, often in plain sight. She was rescued after being recognized in public.
Jahi Marques Turner
Two-year-old Jahi Turner was reported missing from a San Diego park by his stepfather in April 2002 and was never found. The stepfather was charged with murder in 2016, but his 2018 trial ended in a mistrial and the charge was…
Joshua Guimond
Joshua Guimond, a 20-year-old junior at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, left a late-night card game at the Metten Court dormitory around 11:45 p.m.
Rachel Louise Cooke
Rachel Louise Cooke, 19, left her parents' home near Georgetown, Texas, for a run at about 9:30 a.m. on January 10, 2002, while on winter break from college in San Diego, and never returned.
Shawn Hornbeck
Eleven-year-old Shawn Hornbeck was abducted on October 6, 2002, while riding his bike near Richwoods, Missouri, and was found alive on January 12, 2007, in the St. Louis-area apartment of Michael Devlin.
Alissa Turney
Alissa Turney, 17, disappeared in Phoenix on May 17, 2001, the last day of her junior year at Paradise Valley High School, and has never been found. Her stepfather, Michael Turney, was charged with second-degree murder in 2020.
Bianca Lebron
Ten-year-old Bianca Lebron was last seen on November 7, 2001, getting into a brown or tan van outside Elias Howe Elementary School in Bridgeport, Connecticut, after telling friends the driver was her uncle.
Branson Perry
Twenty-year-old Branson Perry vanished from Skidmore, Missouri—the same small town where Ken McElroy was murdered in 1981—after telling a friend he was going to put jumper cables away. He was never seen again.
Hyun Jong "Cindy" Song
Hyun Jong "Cindy" Song, a 21-year-old Penn State student, vanished after being dropped off at her State College, Pennsylvania, apartment early on November 1, 2001, following a Halloween night out.
Jason Jolkowski
Jason Anthony Jolkowski, 19, vanished on the morning of June 13, 2001, while walking about eight blocks from his Omaha home toward Benson High School, where a coworker was to pick him up for a shift at a nearby restaurant.
Michele Harris
Michele Anne Harris, a 35-year-old mother of four from Spencer, New York, vanished in September 2001, leaving behind her abandoned minivan and traces of blood in her home.
Niqui McCown
Marilyn "Niqui" McCown, 28, disappeared on July 22, 2001 in Richmond, Indiana, after doing laundry and stopping at a convenience store, three weeks before her wedding.
Patricia Adkins
Patricia "Patti" Adkins, 29, has not been seen since she finished a late shift at the Honda plant in Marysville, Ohio, on June 29, 2001.
Rilya Wilson
Rilya Wilson, a 4-year-old Miami foster child, disappeared while in the care of Geralyn Graham but was not reported missing by Florida's child-welfare system for roughly 15 months.
Sneha Anne Philip
Dr. Sneha Anne Philip, an internist, was last seen shopping at a store near the World Trade Center on September 10, 2001. She was never seen again. Whether she died in the 9/11 attacks or disappeared separately remains unknown.
Asha Degree
Nine-year-old Asha Degree left her family home in the early morning hours during a storm and was last seen walking along Highway 18. Her bookbag was found buried in a construction site 26 miles away over a year later.
Claudia Kirschhoch
Claudia Kirschhoch, a 29-year-old New York travel writer and editor with Frommer's Travel Guides, disappeared in Negril, Jamaica, in late May 2000 after a press trip to Cuba was cancelled.
Leah Roberts
Leah Toby Roberts, a 23-year-old from Durham, North Carolina, disappeared in March 2000 after driving across the country to Bellingham, Washington.
Charlie Brewer
Charlie Brewer disappeared after attending a party in Raleigh, North Carolina. His car was found days later parked at the Raleigh-Durham Airport. Despite extensive investigation, he was never found.
Mikelle Biggs
Eleven-year-old Mikelle Biggs disappeared on January 2, 1999, while riding a bicycle near her home in Mesa, Arizona, as she waited for an ice cream truck.
Amy Lynn Bradley
Amy Lynn Bradley, a 23-year-old from Virginia, disappeared from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in the Caribbean in 1998, with later reported sightings but no confirmed trace.
Diane Augat
Diane Augat, 40, walked away from a home in Pasco County, Florida, on April 10, 1998 and has not been found. Days later the severed tip of one of her fingers was discovered beside U.S.
Rui Pedro
Eleven-year-old Rui Pedro Teixeira Mendonça disappeared from Lousada, Portugal on March 4, 1998. Afonso Dias, acquitted at a first trial in 2012, was later convicted of kidnapping and sentenced to three years in prison; he was…
Suzanne Lyall
Suzanne Lyall, a 19-year-old University at Albany computer science student, disappeared on the evening of March 2, 1998, after leaving her mall job and taking a bus back toward campus.
Amy Wroe Bechtel
Amy Wroe Bechtel, a 24-year-old competitive runner, disappeared on July 24, 1997, in the mountains above Lander, Wyoming, where she is believed to have gone to check a race course.
Don Lewis
Millionaire exotic animal owner Don Lewis vanished in Tampa, Florida on August 18, 1997 and was declared legally dead in 2002. The Netflix series 'Tiger King' revived interest in the case and aired accusations against his wife…
Karen Mitchell
Sixteen-year-old Karen Mitchell vanished on November 25, 1997 after leaving the Bayshore Mall in Eureka, California on foot. Authorities believe she was abducted; she has never been found and no one has been charged.
Kristen Modafferi
Kristen Modafferi, an 18-year-old North Carolina State University student spending the summer in the Bay Area, vanished on June 23, 1997, after finishing her shift at a coffee shop in San Francisco's Crocker Galleria.
Marion Barter
Australian schoolteacher Marion Barter secretly changed her name before vanishing during an overseas trip. She legally became 'Florabella Natalia Marion Remakel' before disappearing.
Sabrina Aisenberg
Five-month-old Sabrina Aisenberg vanished from her crib in Valrico, Florida, on November 24, 1997. Her parents were later indicted on charges that were dismissed, and the infant has never been found.
Cayce Lynn McDaniel
Fourteen-year-old Cayce Lynn McDaniel vanished from her home in Milan, Tennessee, on August 16, 1996, after a church back-to-school party.
Susan Walsh
Freelance journalist Susan Walsh disappeared from her Nutley, New Jersey apartment while investigating the Russian mafia's involvement in strip clubs. She had expressed fear for her life. She was never found.
Trudy Appleby
Eleven-year-old Trudy Appleby vanished from Moline, Illinois on August 21, 1996; her body has never been found. In August 2025 a Henry County grand jury indicted Jamison Fisher, a long-named person of interest, on first-degree…
Erin Marie Gilbert
Erin Marie Gilbert, a 24-year-old Anchorage nanny, vanished from the Girdwood Forest Fair in Girdwood, Alaska, on July 1, 1995, while on a first date.
Jodi Huisentruit
Television news anchor Jodi Huisentruit disappeared on her way to work at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa. Her car was found with signs of a struggle.
Kiplyn Davis
Kiplyn Davis, 15, vanished from her Spanish Fork, Utah high school in 1995. Several classmates were later convicted of perjury for lying about her disappearance, and one, Timmy Olsen, was convicted of manslaughter in 2011, but…
Richey Edwards
Manic Street Preachers guitarist and lyricist Richey Edwards disappeared on the day he was due to fly to the US for a promotional tour. His car was found abandoned near the Severn Bridge. He was declared presumed dead in 2008.
Crystal Ann Tymich
Six-year-old Crystal Ann Tymich disappeared on June 30, 1994, while playing outside near her home on Brynhurst Avenue in South Los Angeles.
Heidi Allen
Eighteen-year-old Heidi Allen disappeared from the D&W Convenience Store in New Haven, New York, where she was working alone on Easter Sunday, April 3, 1994.
Victor Dwight Shoemaker Jr. ("J.R.")
Five-year-old Victor Dwight Shoemaker Jr., known as "J.R.," vanished on May 1, 1994, while visiting his grandfather's home near Kirby in Hardy County, West Virginia.
Stephanie Crane
Stephanie Lyn Crane, 9, vanished on October 11, 1993, after leaving a bowling alley in the small town of Challis, Idaho. Despite a massive search and decades of investigation involving the FBI, her disappearance remains unsolved…
Dail Dinwiddie
Dail Dinwiddie, a 23-year-old art history graduate, vanished in Columbia, South Carolina, in the early hours of September 24, 1992, after attending a U2 concert and visiting a Five Points nightclub.
Leigh Marine Occhi
Thirteen-year-old Leigh Occhi vanished from her Tupelo, Mississippi home on the morning of August 27, 1992, as remnants of Hurricane Andrew moved through the area.
Springfield Three
Sherrill Levitt, her daughter Suzanne Streeter, and Suzanne's friend Stacy McCall all vanished from the Levitt home overnight. Their cars were still in the driveway, their purses inside. The porch light's glass globe was broken.
Angela Hammond
Angela 'Angie' Hammond, a 20-year-old pregnant woman, was abducted from a pay phone in Clinton, Missouri in April 1991 while talking to her fiancé, who heard her scream.
Ben Needham
21-month-old British toddler Ben Needham vanished while playing near his grandparents' farmhouse on the Greek island of Kos. Despite decades of searching, he has never been found.
Mark Himebaugh
Eleven-year-old Mark Himebaugh disappeared on November 25, 1991, near his home on Sunray Road in Del Haven, Middle Township, New Jersey, after going to watch firefighters tackle a nearby brush fire.
Michael Dunahee
Four-year-old Michael Dunahee disappeared from the playground of Blanshard Elementary School in Victoria, British Columbia, on March 24, 1991, while his family was close by for a flag football game.
Christopher Kerze
Christopher Kerze, 17, has been missing since April 20, 1990, when he left his family's home in Eagan, Minnesota, in the family van.
Deborah Poe
Deborah Deann Poe, 26, vanished in the early hours of February 4, 1990, while working alone on the night shift at a Circle K store at Hall Road and Aloma Avenue in east Orange County, near Orlando, Florida.
Paige Marie Renkoski
Paige Renkoski, a 30-year-old substitute teacher from Okemos, Michigan, vanished on May 24, 1990. The car she was driving was found still running on the shoulder of westbound I-96 near Fowlerville, with her purse and shoes inside.
Trevaline Evans
Antiques dealer Trevaline Evans vanished from her shop in Llangollen, Wales, leaving a 'Back in 2 minutes' sign on the door. She was never seen again.
Ilene Beth Misheloff
Thirteen-year-old Ilene Misheloff vanished on January 30, 1989, while walking home from Wells Middle School in Dublin, California. She was last seen at about 3 p.m.
Patricia Bernadette Meehan
Patricia Meehan, 37, walked away on foot into the Montana prairie after causing a head-on car crash near Circle on April 20, 1989, and was never seen again.
Tiffany Sessions
Tiffany Sessions, a 20-year-old University of Florida student, disappeared on February 9, 1989, after leaving for an afternoon walk near her Gainesville apartment.
Amber Swartz
Seven-year-old Amber Swartz-Garcia vanished on June 3, 1988, while jumping rope in the front yard of her home in Pinole, California.
Randy Leach
Randy Wayne Leach, a 17-year-old high school senior from Linwood, Kansas, disappeared in the early morning hours of April 16, 1988, after attending a pre-graduation party in rural Leavenworth County.
Tara Leigh Calico
Nineteen-year-old Tara Calico went for a bike ride along Highway 47 and never returned. Her bicycle was never found. A year later, a polaroid photo of a bound young woman and boy was found at a Florida convenience store…
Anthonette Christine Cayedito
Nine-year-old Anthonette Cayedito vanished from her family's apartment in Gallup, New Mexico, in the early hours of April 6, 1986, after going to answer a knock at the door.
Kimberly Ann Moreau
Seventeen-year-old Kimberly Moreau vanished after a night out with acquaintances in the Jay and Livermore Falls area of Maine in May 1986.
Marc Allen
Thirteen-year-old Marc James-Warren Allen II vanished on March 29, 1986, after telling his mother he was walking to a friend's house near his home on Emma Avenue on Des Moines' south side.
Suzy Lamplugh
Estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, 25, vanished on July 28, 1986 after leaving her Fulham office to show a property on Shorrolds Road to a client recorded as 'Mr Kipper'. She has never been found and was declared dead in 1993.
Cherrie Mahan
Cherrie Mahan, an 8-year-old girl, vanished on February 22, 1985, after getting off her school bus about 50 feet from her home in rural Winfield Township (near Cabot), Butler County, Pennsylvania.
Diane Suzuki
Diane Suzuki, a 19-year-old University of Hawaii student, disappeared on July 6, 1985 from the Rosalie Woodson Dance Academy in Aiea, where she taught part-time. Her purse, keys and car were left behind.
Nicole Morin
Eight-year-old Nicole Morin disappeared from the hallway of her Toronto apartment building while on her way to the swimming pool. She has never been found.
Sarah Pryor
Nine-year-old Sarah Pryor vanished during an afternoon walk near her Wayland, Massachusetts home in October 1985. A few of her bones were found miles away in 1998.
Sheree Warren
Sheree Warren, a 25-year-old credit union employee and mother from Roy, Utah, vanished on October 2, 1985, after leaving her workplace in Salt Lake City, telling a coworker she planned to meet her estranged husband at a nearby…
Eugene Wade Martin
Eugene Wade Martin, a 13-year-old Des Moines Register carrier, vanished in the early morning of August 12, 1984, while delivering Sunday papers on Des Moines' south side; only his bag of rolled newspapers was found at his pickup…
Laura Bradbury
Three-year-old Laura Bradbury of Huntington Beach vanished from her family's campsite at Indian Cove Campground in Joshua Tree National Monument on October 18, 1984.
Mary Badaracco
Mary Badaracco, a 38-year-old woman planning to divorce her husband, vanished from her Sherman, Connecticut home in August 1984.
Tammy Lynn Belanger
Eight-year-old Tammy Belanger vanished while walking to school in Exeter, New Hampshire, in November 1984. Police long suspected a convicted sex offender of abducting and killing her, but no body or physical evidence was ever…
Ann Gotlib
Ann Gotlib, a 12-year-old Soviet Jewish immigrant, disappeared on June 1, 1983, after riding her bicycle to the Bashford Manor Mall in Louisville, Kentucky.
Emanuela Orlandi
Fifteen-year-old Emanuela Orlandi, daughter of a Vatican employee, disappeared in Rome. Her case has been linked to theories involving the Vatican, organized crime, and international espionage.
Tammy Lynn Leppert
Tammy Lynn Leppert, an 18-year-old model and aspiring actress, vanished in Cocoa Beach, Florida, in 1983 after reportedly becoming fearful and agitated, and has never been found.
Johnny Gosch
Twelve-year-old Johnny Gosch disappeared while delivering the Sunday Des Moines Register in West Des Moines, Iowa, on September 5, 1982; his wagon of papers was found two blocks from home.
Judy Chartier
Judith "Judy" Chartier, 17, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, vanished after leaving a party in Billerica around 2 a.m. on June 5, 1982.
Kathleen McCormack Durst
Kathleen McCormack Durst, a 29-year-old medical student, disappeared on January 31, 1982 from South Salem, New York, and has never been found.
Barbara Louise Cotton
Fifteen-year-old Barbara Louise Cotton vanished on the evening of April 11, 1981, after leaving a restaurant on Main Street in Williston, North Dakota, and walking toward Recreation Park, blocks from her home.
Deanie Peters
Deanie Peters, 14, disappeared from a wrestling meet at Forest Hills Central Middle School near Grand Rapids, Michigan in February 1981 after telling her mother she was going to the restroom.
Katrice Lee
Katrice Lee, the daughter of a British soldier, disappeared on her second birthday, November 28, 1981, from a NAAFI shopping complex at Schloss Neuhaus near Paderborn, West Germany.
Mary Day
Mary Louise Day, 13, vanished from her family's home in Seaside, California, in the summer of 1981 and was not reported missing for more than a decade. Police opened a suspected homicide inquiry in 2002.
Tammy Mahoney
Tammy Mahoney, a 19-year-old SUNY Morrisville student, vanished on May 8, 1981 after hitchhiking near Route 46 in Oneida, New York.
John Favara
John Favara, a neighbor of mob boss John Gotti, disappeared in 1980 months after he accidentally struck and killed Gotti's young son with his car, and is widely presumed to have been murdered.
Margaret Mary Kilcoyne
Dr. Margaret 'Peg' Kilcoyne, a 50-year-old Columbia University hypertension researcher, vanished overnight from her vacation home in the Tom Nevers area of Nantucket, Massachusetts, between January 25 and 26, 1980.
Dagmar Hagelin
Swedish-Argentine teenager Dagmar Hagelin, 17, was shot and abducted by an Argentine Navy task group in El Palomar, Buenos Aires Province, on January 27, 1977, and was last seen by fellow detainees at the ESMA detention centre.
Helen Brach
Candy heiress Helen Brach vanished after a visit to the Mayo Clinic. Her disappearance was linked to a horse-related fraud ring. She was declared legally dead in 1984.
Mary Boyle
Six-year-old Mary Boyle disappeared on March 18, 1977, near her grandparents' farm at Cashelard, outside Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland.
Kyle Clinkscales
Kyle Clinkscales, a 22-year-old Auburn University student, vanished while driving from LaGrange, Georgia, back to campus in 1976.
Teresa "Trenny" Lynn Gibson
Trenny Lynn Gibson, a 16-year-old Bearden High School student from Knoxville, Tennessee, vanished during a class field trip in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Clingmans Dome on October 8, 1976.
David Williams & Steven Anderson
David Williams, 12, and his roommate Steven Anderson, 17, disappeared on April 7, 1975, from the New Lisbon State School, a residential center for people with developmental disabilities in Burlington County, New Jersey.
Jimmy Hoffa
Former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa was last seen in a restaurant parking lot in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, on July 30, 1975.
Kurt Ronald Newton
Four-year-old Kurt Newton vanished while riding his tricycle at a remote northern Maine campground on Labor Day weekend 1975. One of the largest searches in Maine history found only his abandoned tricycle, and the case remains…
Carlene Brown
Carlene Brown, 19, disappeared from the Little Britches Rodeo in Rawlins, Wyoming, on July 4, 1974, along with her friend Christine "Christy" Gross.
Fort Worth Missing Trio
Mary Rachel Trlica, 17, Lisa Renee Wilson, 14, and Julie Ann Moseley, 9, disappeared on December 23, 1974, after going Christmas shopping at Seminary South Shopping Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
Margaret Ellen Fox
Margaret Ellen Fox, 14, disappeared on June 24, 1974, after taking a bus from Burlington, New Jersey, to Mount Holly to meet a man who had answered her babysitting advertisement and called himself John Marshall.
Patty Hearst Kidnapping
Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst, 19, was abducted from her Berkeley apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army on February 4, 1974.
Christine Marie Eastin
Christine Marie Eastin, 19, vanished in Hayward, California, on the night of January 18, 1971, after driving her former boyfriend's blue 1969 Ford Maverick to a self-service car wash on Mission Boulevard.
D.B. Cooper
A man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked Northwest Orient Flight 305 in 1971, extorted $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the plane somewhere over the Pacific Northwest. He was never identified or found.
Cheryl Grimmer
Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer was taken from outside the shower block at Fairy Meadow Beach, Wollongong, on January 12, 1970. A man was charged in 2017, but prosecutors dropped the case in 2019 after his 1971 confession, made as…
Dennis Lloyd Martin
Dennis Lloyd Martin, a 6-year-old boy from Knoxville, Tennessee, vanished on June 14, 1969, while playing with other children at Spence Field in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park during a Father's Day weekend camping trip.
Barbara Jane Mackle
Barbara Jane Mackle, 20, an Emory University student, was abducted at gunpoint from a Decatur, Georgia, motel on December 17, 1968, and buried in a ventilated box while a $500,000 ransom was demanded.
Beaumont Children
Three siblings—Jane (9), Arnna (7), and Grant Beaumont (4)—vanished from Glenelg Beach in Adelaide, Australia on Australia Day 1966.
Nancy Leichner & Pamela Nater
Nancy Leichner, 21, and Pamela Nater, 20, vanished on October 2, 1966, during a skin-diving club picnic at Alexander Springs in Florida's Ocala National Forest, leaving their belongings on a picnic table.
Mary Shotwell Little
Mary Shotwell Little, a 25-year-old newlywed bank secretary, vanished on October 14, 1965, from the Lenox Square shopping center in Atlanta.
Frank Sinatra Jr. Kidnapping
Singer Frank Sinatra Jr., 19, was abducted at gunpoint from Harrah's Club Lodge at Lake Tahoe on December 8, 1963. His father paid a $240,000 ransom and he was freed unharmed in Los Angeles on December 11.
William 'Billy' Jones Jr.
Three-year-old William "Billy" Jones Jr. disappeared on December 17, 1962, while playing outside with his younger sister in Vineland, New Jersey. He was last seen near a neighbor's house at about 11:45 a.m.
Ann Marie Burr
Eight-year-old Ann Marie Burr vanished from her Tacoma, Washington home. Serial killer Ted Bundy, who lived nearby as a teenager, has been speculated as a suspect but the connection was never proven.
Joan Risch
Joan Risch vanished from her Lincoln, Massachusetts home, leaving behind a trail of blood and signs of a violent struggle. She had recently checked out several library books about disappearances. She has never been found.
Michael Rockefeller
Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, disappeared off the coast of southwestern New Guinea while on an art-collecting expedition.
Daniel Barter
Four-year-old Daniel "Danny" Barter vanished on June 18, 1959, from his family's campsite on Perdido Bay, Alabama. A search lasting more than a week, with hundreds of volunteers, divers and bloodhounds, found no trace of him.
Steven Damman
Two-year-old Steven Damman was taken from his stroller outside a Long Island bakery on Halloween 1955. His mother had left him briefly with his baby sister. Despite FBI involvement and national attention, Steven was never found.
Evelyn Hartley
Fifteen-year-old babysitter Evelyn Hartley was abducted from a La Crosse, Wisconsin home while watching a professor's daughter. Blood, a shoe, and her broken glasses were found at the scene.
Beverly Potts
Ten-year-old Beverly Potts disappeared on the evening of August 24, 1951, after attending a Showagon performance at Halloran Park, a short walk from her home on Cleveland's west side.
Dorothy Forstein
Dorothy Forstein, the wife of Philadelphia magistrate Jules Forstein, disappeared from her home on the night of October 18, 1949. Her young daughter said she saw a man in a brown cap carry her unconscious mother out of the house.
Paula Jean Welden
Bennington College sophomore Paula Welden went for a hike on the Long Trail near Bennington, Vermont and was never seen again. Her disappearance was the most prominent in a series called the 'Bennington Triangle' disappearances…
Sodder Children
Five of the ten Sodder children disappeared during a Christmas Eve house fire in Fayetteville, West Virginia. No remains were found in the ashes.
Amelia Earhart
Pioneer aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan vanished over the Pacific Ocean during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe. She was declared legally dead in 1939.
Judge Joseph Force Crater
New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater, 41, vanished on the evening of August 6, 1930, after dining with two companions at a restaurant on West 45th Street in Manhattan.
Glen & Bessie Hyde
Newlyweds Glen and Bessie Hyde disappeared while attempting to run the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon on a homemade scow. Their boat was found intact but the couple was never seen again.
Percy Fawcett Expedition
British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, his son Jack, and friend Raleigh Rimmell disappeared in the Brazilian Amazon while searching for a lost city Fawcett called 'Z.' Despite over 100 rescue and investigative expeditions…
Dorothy Arnold
Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold, a young New York socialite, disappeared while walking in Manhattan in 1910, in one of the era's most famous unexplained vanishings.