Landslides swept through tea estates in southern India’s Kerala state on Tuesday, killing over 50 people, authorities said, as hillsides collapsed after heavy rain and sent rivers of mud, water and boulders on homes of workers and villagers. The hillsides gave way after midnight following torrential rainfall on Monday in the Wayanad district of Kerala,...
Tag: missing persons
Family and non-family kidnappings, abduction attempts are most common during the summer months
There are several different types of missing child cases analyzed by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). Based on 2023 data reported by the NCMEC, there were 28,886 total missing child cases reported, and 25,306 of those cases have been resolved. Of those cases, endangered runaways made up the majority. The majority...
On this day in history, Adam Walsh disappeared from department store, marking start of 27-year case
July 27, 1981, quickly went from a normal day for the Walsh family to one that seeped into tragedy. Reve Walsh and her 6-year-old son, Adam, went to Sears in Hollywood, Florida, on that day. While at the store, the boy went into the video game aisle while his mother browsed just a few aisles...
Missing woman discovered alive having 'emerged' from downtown Nashville riverbank: police
A woman visiting Nashville from New Jersey was found alive after having “emerged” from a riverbank, according to police.After an exhaustive search by both the Nashville Metropolitan Police (NMPD) and Nashville Fire Department going into Thursday morning, 33-year-old Alexandria Chmiel was discovered.”BREAKING: Allie Chmiel has emerged from the riverbank and is talking with our [investigative]...
Georgia girl, 12, missing since May, found safe in Ohio; suspect arrested
A missing 12-year-old Georgia girl last seen in May was found in Ohio, and a suspect has been arrested. Maria Gomez-Perez was found in Dover, Ohio, Thursday, Fox Atlanta reported. She was found at a shopping center with 31-year-old Antonio Agustin, a citizen of Guatemala. CALIFORNIA MOM WHO FAKED KIDNAPPING ACTS LIKE HOAX ‘NEVER EXISTED’...
Missing 75-year-old man found in Maine bog after 4 days
A 75-year-old Maine man who had been missing for four days was located “alive and well,” officials said. Michael Altmaier of New Sharon had not been seen since July 8 after leaving his home while on his way to a meeting in Weld, but he never arrived. His car was located days later by Mount...
Suspect arrested after dismembered bodies of 9 women found in quarry in Kenya's capital
Police in Kenya said Monday they have arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in a quarry in the capital, Nairobi. The head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, had confessed to killing 42 women, including his wife, since 2022. They gave no...
Famed California kidnapping hoaxer Sherri Papini breathes new life into schoolmate's 1998 disappearance
A California woman’s plan to fake her own kidnapping in 2016 has brought some renewed attention to the unsolved disappearance of 16-year-old Tera Smith, who vanished from a run nearly 26 years ago. While Sherri Papini’s hoax kidnapping inspired a Hulu documentary series, “The Perfect Wife,” which premiered earlier this year and made national headlines,...
Utah teen girl goes missing while visiting family in Mexico: 'Worst thing a mom wants to hear'
The FBI is asking the public for help in locating a missing teenage Utah girl who disappeared last month while visiting family in Mexico. Elizabeth “Ely” Gonzalez, 14, of Ogden, vanished on June 30 while she was visiting her grandmother in Mexico City, FBI Special Agent Steven Hymas said during a Wednesday news conference. Surveillance...
'Miracle baby' found alive by trucker on side of road near where 4-year-old brother was found dead
A “miracle baby” survived two days in a ditch during Hurricane Beryl before a passing trucker spotted him crawling on a roadside near where the child’s 4-year-old brother was found dead a day earlier, a Louisiana sheriff said on Tuesday. The baby had numerous bug bites but otherwise appeared to be in good condition, Calcasieu...









