California
Uraiwain Dimento of Seal Beach has a special reason for wanting her missing husband to reappear, besides just knowing he’s safe: She wants to give him his share of their money.
Jan. 6, 2000
Politics
House passes ‘Billy’s Law’ on missing persons
Feb. 23, 2010
It’s no mystery why the more than 23,000 adults now listed as missing with the FBI’s National Crime Information Center have disappeared.
Oct. 30, 1991
324 U.S. citizens have vanished in Mexico since 2006. “We tell people ... if you think your loved one is in Mexico, go to Mexico,” a law enforcement official says.
Oct. 25, 2020
The Homicide Report Blog
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Sept. 8, 2009
Police ignored their own missing-person policies that would have brought to light the alibi of a Laguna Beach arson suspect before he was wrongfully charged, a ranking police official acknowledged Thursday.
Oct. 7, 1994
Skid marks on a wilderness roadway led authorities to a more gruesome find: the skeletal remains of a person who may have been missing for years.
Aug. 25, 2016
The Los Angeles Police Department has closed a missing-person investigation involving Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige’s wife, Shelley.
Aug. 9, 2013
Scientology leader’s wife located by LAPD after Leah Remini inquiry
World & Nation
Americans have long been consumed with the dark vagaries of people who have vanished.
July 25, 2001