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A 4-year-old girl who went missing in New Mexico nearly 62 years ago has been identified as "Little Miss Nobody," a previously unidentified girl whose remains were discovered in Arizona, police announced Tuesday. Authorities identified the victim as Sharon Lee Gallegos, who was abducted on July 21, 1960. Police said Gallegos was abducted by a man and a woman while she was playing with other children in an alley behind her grandmother's house in Alamogordo, New Mexico. According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, the couple had been stalking the girl for several days. Gallegos was dragged into...

Hollie Marie Clouse would now be 41 years old. The Florida infant was barely a year old in 1980 when her parents, newlyweds Harold Dean Clouse Jr. and Tina Gail Linn, uprooted their small family and headed to Houston for a job opportunity. A few months later, the couple’s families stopped hearing from them. They never saw them again. Now, with the help of genetic genealogists, authorities have identified a murdered couple found in a wooded area of Harris County the following January as Clouse and Linn. There remains one problem, however. “The closure of these cases has led to...

* WA Police Minister Paul Papalia has taken a swipe at the Prime Minister * Scott Morrison thanked God, as well as police for bringing Cleo Smith home * Minister Papalia said 'thank God for the Western Australian police force' * Cleo was rescued by four officers from a home in Carnarvon early on Wednesday Scott Morrison has sparked backlash after thanking God for 'answering our prayers' with the miracle rescue of missing youngster Cleo Smith. The Prime Minister fought back tears after learning the missing four-year-old girl had been found in a locked home in Carnarvon, 900km north of...

My 1 year old grand daughter got out of her house in Charlotte, NC about an hour ago and is missing. She was naked at the time and it's dark and cold. Please pray for her and that she is found safe. Her name is Aleah. Thank you so much.

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WSFA) - A 4-year-old girl who had been missing for two days was found safe with her dog Friday afternoon, Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones confirmed. Jones said Evelyn “Vadie” Sides was reunited with her parents. About 300 people volunteered to search for Vadie. She was found around 3:20 Friday afternoon east of Lee Road 65 in the general area where they had focused the search. “No words are capable of describing everyone’s relief. We are just, ecstatic might be a good word. She is in good shape, she is responsive, she is talking, she’s alert. She...

The body of six-year-old Faye Mary Swetlik, who has been missing since Monday afternoon, has been found in her South Carolina neighborhood. 'It's with extremely heavy hearts that we announce we have found the body,' Director of Public Safety for Cayce, Byron Snellgrove said through tears at a Thursday news conference where he spoke for only about a minute and took no questions. Snellgrove confirmed that the coroner identified the child's body this morning. Faye's death is being treated as a homicide and no arrests have been made. The body of an adult male was also found in the Churchill...

CAYCE, S.C. — Cayce Department of Public Safety Chief Byron Snellgrove says Faye Swetlik, the 6-year-old girl who’d been missing for days, has been found dead. His voice trembling, Snellgrove said “it is with extremely heavy hearts we announce we have found the body of Faye Marie Swetlik.” He said they are treating this as a homicide. Another man was found dead in the neighborhood as well. At this time, the investigation into that death is just beginning. Snellgrove said there is no danger to the community This is a breaking news update. Other details will be posted soon

MEDFORD, Ore. — A two-year-old child is missing after his parents were involved in "an apparent murder-suicide in Montana," according to the Medford Police Department. The couple, Daniel Salcido and Hannah Janiak, were first reported missing to the Medford Police Department on June 11th, 2019. The couple had a child together, Aiden Salcido... On Thursday, July 25th, 2019, Medford Police Detectives learned that the Kalispell Police Department in Montana had stopped an Oregon plated green 1996 GMC Jimmy. A man was driving with a woman in the passenger seat - they were believed to be giving false information about their...

AMBER ALERT !!! Edinboro, PA ANYBODY in the Edinboro area..... She was last seen riding her bike on Kinter Hill Rd around 430 and has not been seen since. If you see her please contact Edinboro, PA police at 814-734-1712 with any information. This is Tori Fullerton the Daughter of Son in Laws Uncle.

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Sources tell WGN the body of Andrew “AJ” Freund, a 5-year-old boy missing from Crystal Lake, has been found. Earlier Wednesday, investigators returned to the family home and removed several items, including a shovel, a mattress, two lawn bags and a large bin. The family dog was also removed from the home by Animal Control officials. Meanwhile, the FBI, McHenry County Sheriff’s deputies and Crystal Lake police were at a rural area in Woodstock about 15 minutes from the house. The Crystal Lake Police Department will hold a news conference regarding the case at 1 p.m.,...

I live in Mesquite, TX. At this moment (10:15 pm) there are two police helicopters circling my neighborhood. One of them is blaring out a message about a missing 11year old girl.

<p>With 8-year-old Relisha Rudd missing almost a month now, police issued new photos Monday of Relisha and the man suspected of abducting her, 51-year-old janitor Kahlil Tatum.</p>

Caleb Jacoby of Brookline, MA has been missing since yesterday afternoon. He is 16 years old, and many of you have read, met or heard of Caleb's father, Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby. Jeff is a great friend of CAMERA and of Israel. Jeff and his wife Laura, and Caleb need our help now. If you think you have seen Caleb or have any idea of his whereabouts please contact the Brookline Police immediately at (617) 730-2222. Caleb's photo is below, along with a link to a flyer.

[Updated at 2:37 p.m. ET] Investigators began jackhammering into the basement of a commercial building in Lower Manhattan on Thursday as part of a search for a 6-year-old boy who disappeared in May 1979 on his way to a bus stop in New York City. "We're looking for human remains, clothing or other personal effects," New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said. "It's a very painstaking process." Etan Patz's disappearance, considered a high-profile cold case, prompted authorities to splash the child's image on the sides of milk cartons in hopes of gathering more information. It is thought to be...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - A court official is recommending substance abuse treatment and home detention for the mother of a missing toddler while she awaits trial on welfare fraud. Federal records show pretrial services officer Brian Kilgore wants the court to intervene in the case of 29-year-old Lena Lunsford, who was caught with synthetic drugs called bath salts. Lunsford's 3-year-old daughter Aliayah (uh-LEE-uh) vanished from her Lewis County home Sept. 24 and hasn't been found. Her mother has since been indicted on multiple counts of welfare fraud but is free on supervised release. Kilgore's petition says Lunsford is unwilling to...

HANOVER, VA (WWBT) - NBC12 has just learned that missing eight-year-old Robert Wood, Jr. has been found alive. Sources on the scene say Wood was discovered just west of the quarry. Wood has been taken to a local hospital, but we haven't confirmed which one at this time. This is a developing story. Keep refreshing this page for the latest information.

The high-powered New York lawyer hired by an anonymous donor to represent the parents of missing baby Lisa Irwin gave an interview this morning, alongside the family's private investigator, to tout the couple's innocence in spite of recent claims that the mother may have been blackout drunk on the night of the 10-month-old's disappearance. Federal aviation officials have also stepped into the search, by temporarily restricting flights that go over a wooded area near the Missouri couple's home, where authorities are now searching for the fourth time in hope of clues.

The parents of a missing 10-month-old Missouri girl planned to make a public statement Friday after police announced that the couple had stopped talking with detectives investigating the baby's disappearance. Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley didn't speak to the media Thursday night after a police news conference accusing them of no longer cooperating, but relatives read a statement insisting they never had stopped. The family said the couple would have more to say Friday.

The dismembered body of a missing 9-year-old Hasidic boy was found at two locations in Brooklyn and police this morning arrested a suspect in the slaying -- who had the child's severed feet in his freezer, sources told The Post.

A frantic, full-scale search kicked into high gear Tuesday for a missing boy who disappeared after leaving a Brooklyn day camp. Leibby Kletzky, 9, was last seen at his school, Yeshiva Boyan in Borough Park, around 5 p.m. Monday after coming back from a field trip, cops said. The Orthodox Jewish boy was supposed to meet his mother soon after but never showed up. There were conflicting reports that a surveillance camera captured images of the boy walking at the corner of 13th Ave. and 50th St. Volunteers have scoured the neighborhood since, but the boy remains missing. "Right now,...