A second suspect has been charged in connection with the disappearance of a Washington teen who police now fear is a victim of sex trafficking. Documents obtained by KOMO show that Maria Counts, 29, and sex offender Christopher Fitzpatrick, 39, met Lileana “Lily” Christopherson, 15, and her friend, Alex, at the Federal Way Transit Center …
A South Carolina mother who claimed her 11-month-old daughter was snatched out her arms was arrested after the missing infant was found dead in a diaper box Tuesday afternoon. Police said deputies found Harlee Lewis’ body in a plastic bag inside a diaper box located approximately 1,000 yards from her Chesterfield County home. Breanna Lewis, 19, told …
The family of a missing 15-year-old Las Vegas girl is desperately searching for her after she vanished on May 18. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Molly Reyes, a Bonanza High School freshman, went missing after attending a practice for her upcoming quinceanera at Firefighters Memorial Park at Torrey Pines Drive and West Oakey Boulevard. Molly …
Police will continue their search Tuesday morning for a missing Sodus, New York,toddler, who vanished almost two weeks earlier. Per WHEC, 173 volunteers combed a farm along Joy Road Monday for 14-month-old Owen Hidalgo-Calderon and will resume their search first thing tomorrow. The Sodus farm is of extreme interest because the missing toddler’s mother, Helena Hidalgo-Calderon, 19, …
Former president Ronald Reagan designated May 25 as National Missing Children’s Day in 1983 after 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished on May 25, 1979. Although the little boy has never been found, his disappearance launched the start of national media coverage for missing children, as well the introduction of missing kids on the back of milk cartons. …
A prime mission for “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” is to raise awareness of missing children cases — old and new — with the hopes that someone somewhere knows something that could help find these precious boys and girls. This National Missing Children’s Day episode focuses on several cases Nancy Grace has followed closely for …
Authorities in New York have issued an AMBER Alert for a missing 14-month-old boy after his mother was found dead. WGRZ reports that Owen Hidalgo-Caldron is missing from upstate New York, and his mother was found dead on Thursday under suspicious circumstances. Wayne County Sheriff’s office told the news station that Owen is in need …
A investigator says he helped find reported human remains on Thursday, likely 5-year-old Lucas Hernandez, who has been missing since February 17. KWCH reports that Harvey County Sheriff Chad said he responded to a call regarding a “dead body” underneath a bridge off of SE 96th Street, in between S. Woodlawn and Hillside Streets in Harvey County on …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Human remains discovered in a drainage pipe at a Little Rock park were identified as those of a teenager who was last seen in the area before disappearing two and a half years ago, authorities said Wednesday. Little Rock Police spokesman Officer Steve Moore said cold-case investigators were following up on …
The death of Timothy Cunningham, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist whose body was found in a river weeks after his disappearance, was ruled a suicide by drowning. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said Tuesday that Cunningham, 35, had marijuana in his body but it didn’t contribute to his death. The medical examiner’s office …
A new lead reportedly indicated that a Sarasota, Florida, teen who vanished in September was last seen with two other boys hours before he was reported missing. Jabez Spann’s mother reportedly told WWSB that several witnesses claimed they spotted the three boys on Martin Luther King Jr. Way on September 4, 2017, at 1 a.m. However, conflicting …
Police searching for a missing Missouri woman found her purse and medications dumped in the middle of a busy road on Sunday, changing the case from a missing person to an endangered person case. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that Barbara Johnson, 62, of Maplewood, was last seen on Wednesday at around 3 p.m., off …
