Tanya M. Smith, 43, went missing from St. Louis, Missouri, on August 17, 2023, after leaving a friend's house. No…
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Ralph Daniels
Ralph Anthony Daniels has been missing since August 16, 1978, when he was last seen in Niagara Falls, New York….
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Dale Robinson
Dale Richard Robinson, 84, went missing on August 3, 2013, after leaving Moville, Iowa. Suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's, he was…
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Benjamin Gonzalez-Reyes
Benjamin Gonzalez-Reyes, 20, was found shot execution-style on a hiking trail in Pomfret, New York, on July 1, 1998. His…
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Brittany Peart
Brittany Nicole Peart was 21 when she disappeared after leaving her family's home in Elkton, Maryland, on July 25, 2008….
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NeShawn Plummer
NeShawn Plummer was 16 when he was fatally shot while riding his bicycle in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, in…
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Shawn Plummer
Shawn Plummer, 18, was fatally shot on July 13, 2012, while riding his bicycle on Seagirt Avenue in Far Rockaway,…
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Raymond LoCascio
Raymond "Ray" Emilio LoCascio, a 62-year-old bank courier, went missing on July 8, 2014, after dropping off his wife in…
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Audrey Chin
Audrey Chin was 20 when she disappeared from East Norwich, New York, on July 8, 1981, after leaving home to…
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Basil Gray
Basil Gray, 54, was murdered in his Brooklyn, New York apartment in May 2018. Investigators believe his killing is linked…
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Ana Delvalle
Ana Delvalle, 62, was found fatally shot in her Brooklyn apartment on May 11, 2018. Investigators believe her murder is…
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Shane Boone
Shane Spidle Boone, a 38-year-old man, went missing on January 2, 2014, near the Pennsylvania-Maryland border. Despite extensive investigations, including…
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Lutricia Steele
Lutricia "Trish" Steele, a 27-year-old mother of four, vanished on May 1, 2008, in Schenectady, New York, after leaving home….
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James Thomas
James Arthur Thomas Jr. disappeared on January 9, 2000, in Rochester, New York, at the age of 25. Described as…
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Branson Perry
Branson Perry disappeared from Skidmore on April 11, 2001, after stepping outside his home. He has never been found. If…
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April Fells
The unsolved murder of April Fells remains a heartbreaking mystery, leaving her family searching for answers and justice. Despite years…
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Phoenix Coldon
Phoenix Lucille Coldon, a 23-year-old woman, disappeared on December 18, 2011, after leaving her Missouri home. Her abandoned vehicle, containing…
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Vickie Lynn Rust
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Vickie Lynn Rust went missing September 1981 from Pennsylvania and was found murdered just a few days later but an…
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