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Hello all in the Gulf coast area, Our prayers go to you all. We all know what your going through as all 7 families here in Florida went through Betsy and the 3 hurricanes last year here...God Bless you... I represent the 7 families here looking for our beloved Arieux family that resided at 153 Carr Dr in Slidell, We understand that nothing is left there, but we have not heard a word from George and Jean Arieux....Our searches on the internet and calls to the Red Cross get us nowhere right now.. We just want them to know they...

Atlanta Constitution has a link for people to leave messages for people they are looking for. Here There is also one on the New-Orleans Picayune Times website. Here

Police in Montreal are searching for an Iraq war veteran from Fayette County and his friend from California who have been missing since Monday morning. Officials in Canada told family members that the last known contact with Mark Robert Kraynak, 23, of Uniontown, and Steve Wright, 20, of California, was a mobile phone call they made at about 3 a.m. Monday to a third friend, Deric Manzi, letting him know that they were in a cab headed for an after-hours club outside of Montreal. The two missing men and Manzi, all bodybuilding models, were expected to meet their manager at...

Missing music producer found alive Grammy-nominated Chris Julian discovered naked, washing clothes in creek MSNBC News Services Updated: 3:07 a.m. ET Aug. 27, 2005 LOS ANGELES - The nearly weeklong search for a Grammy-nominated producer ended Friday after a resident spotted the man sitting naked in a backyard creek, washing his jeans. The Topanga Canyon resident found a distraught Christian Julian Irwin saying he feared he was being pursued by Nigerians who had contacted him in an Internet scam, sheriff’s Capt. Ray Peavy said. /snip Authorities began looking for Irwin on Sunday after he made a panicked phone call to...

By TIM MOLLOY, Associated Press Writer Sat Aug 27, 8:55 AM ET LOS ANGELES - The nearly weeklong search for a Grammy-nominated producer ended Friday after a resident spotted the man sitting naked in a backyard creek, washing his jeans. ADVERTISEMENT The Topanga Canyon resident found a distraught Christian Julian Irwin saying he feared he was being pursued by Nigerians who had contacted him in an Internet scam, sheriff's Capt. Ray Peavy said. Peavy said there was no evidence anyone was actually pursuing the 48-year-old producer, who has worked with Carly Simon and David Bowie, among others. Irwin was taken...

HAVANA (AP) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro claimed Friday that U.S. policies were responsible for the latest tragedy to befall Cubans trying to reach American shores - 31 people believed killed in the Florida Straits. The Cuban are missing and feared dead after their overcrowded boat capsized, officials said. President Fidel Castro appeared on state-run television to point the finger at an American law that allows Cubans to apply for permanent residency if they reach the U.S., saying it encourages dangerous, illegal migration. "Lives have been lost for the last 40 years since they created that law," he said, referring...

The former chairman of Air America Radio, Evan Montvel Cohen - who former colleagues said engineered transfers of more than $800,000 to the liberal radio network from a boys and girls club in the Bronx - is missing, according to a lawyer who is trying to have him served with legal papers. At least two people have said Mr. Cohen is in Hawaii. He has not responded to a series of e-mail messages in recent weeks from The New York Sun asking him about his role. Mr. Cohen, 39, helped lead the launch of Air America in March 2004. Less...

APPLE VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Scout Taylor-Compton, star of the recent teen comedy Sleepover, has been missing from her California home for nearly two weeks, officials and her publicist said Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the San Bernardino Sheriff said the young actress was likely a runaway. The 16-year-old was last seen at home on Aug. 12, according to a statement released by her family.

The search is on in southern California for a Grammy-nominated music producer who mysteriously vanished after phoning a friend to say he was being chased by people with dogs. Christian Irwin, 48, of the Topanga area of Los Angeles, was last heard from Sunday morning when he phoned a friend at 3:45 a.m. to say he was pursued through a ravine. Police said he had lost his glasses and shoes in a nearby creek. "He really felt like he was running for his life," John Riolo, Irwin's brother-in-law, told KNBC-TV. "And, if he felt like he was running for his...

PITTSBURGH -- Ten minutes.The time between dinner and dessert in the home of Charles and Mary Ann Kozakiewicz. The time it took the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Alicia, to vanish on New Year's Day in 2002.Mary Ann Kozakiewicz had been clearing dishes from the table when she saw her daughter leave the dining room. Alicia told her she was going to her room. By the time an apple-walnut pie had been laid out, she was gone. Her family found no note, no sign of a break-in. On one of the coldest nights of the winter, Alicia's jacket remained in the closet....

Coast Guard investigating disappearance of Olivia Newton-John's boyfriend LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Coast Guard says it is investigating the disappearance of Olivia Newton-John's longtime boyfriend, who failed to return from an overnight fishing trip off the California coast seven weeks ago.  Patrick Kim McDermott, 48, left San Pedro, 20 miles south of Los Angeles, June 30 on an overnight fishing trip. The Los Angeles Police Department said McDermott has been listed as missing.  Coast Guard officer Nathan Henise told The Associated Press Monday that McDermott was last seen on the fishing vessel and that his personal items were found...

Ohio Woman, 20, Missing More Than a Week Monday, August 22, 2005 A young Ohio woman has disappeared without a trace near the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, according to the Ohio News Network. Julie Popovich, 20, of neighboring Reynoldsburg, disappeared more than ten days ago from an off-campus bar she had visited with friends, the network said. She was last seen at about 1 a.m. on August 11th outside Ledo's Bar (search) on North High Street near the university, getting into a car with a man her friends did not recognize. According to the police report, her friends...

Judge Mystery Tammany Hall-Era Figure Disappeared 75 Years Ago, Prompting Decades of Speculation — ABC News has learned New York City detectives have obtained the first new evidence in 73 years in the disappearance of a New York State Supreme Court judge once dubbed "the most missingest man in America" by the city's tabloid newspapers. On Aug. 6, 1930, Judge Joseph F. Crater stepped off a midtown Manhattan curb and into a cab after seeing a Broadway play with his showgirl girlfriend. He was never heard from again. It was long suspected — but never proven — that he was...

Authorities in Jefferson County announced Wednesday morning that a new task force comprised of 17 police officers is taking over the investigation of a missing pregnant woman last seen Sunday evening. Lt. Col. Steven Meinberg said the task force met for the first time at 8 a.m. Wednesday. The announcement was made at morning press conference that was supposed to be held at the main meeting room of the sheriff’s office. The briefing had to moved outdoors, because the task force has taken over the meeting room to accommodate officers assigned to the unit from five other Jefferson County police...

LONDON, August 12 (IranMania) - There is confusion over the fate of a leading Iranian dissident writer, Akbar Ganji who has gone missing after being let out of jail for medical treatment. Akbar Ganji's family told the BBC that police came to the family house to arrest him on Tuesday night but he was not home and he has not returned since. The authorities are quoted as saying he has gone on the run, but his wife believes he may have been arrested. Human rights groups say Ganji is a political prisoner, and want him freed. He was jailed in...

SACRAMENTO — California's fleet of state-owned vehicles swelled to 70,000 last year, but officials in an aggressive new asset-management push have so far been able to pinpoint only about 40,000. The effort by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's State and Consumer Services Agency — which began its review when he took office — marks a first for the state but is highlighting what administration officials say has been years of haphazard and inefficient management by both Democratic and Republican governors. "It was very bad. We were amazed by how inadequate the information (was)," said Fred Aguiar, secretary in charge of the agency...

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- The family of Brooke Wilberger, a 19-year-old college student who vanished from Corvallis 14 months ago, said Wednesday they still want to find their daughter. Brooke's mother, Cammy Wilberger, spoke at a press conference in Corvallis following the announcement that a 39-year-old man jailed in New Mexico on unreleated but similar kidnapping and rape counts had been charged with Brooke's kidnapping and murder. Benton County District Attorney Scott Heiser said investigators had not found Brooke's body but had enough other evidence to charge Joel Patrick Courtney, in custody in Albuquerque, N.M., with aggravated murder. "Our main goal...

Man apparently fell during routine patrol eight days ago. ESTES PARK, Colo. - A hiker found the body of a missing Rocky Mountain National Park ranger Saturday, eight days after the ranger apparently fell during a routine patrol, park officials said. No further information on where Jeff Christensen was found or how long he might have been dead were immediately released. More than 200 searchers, some in helicopters and others with rescue dogs, had been looking for Christensen, 31, in the vast and rugged Mummy Range for the past week. He had told co-workers on July 29 that he was...

Kidnapping, Murder Sweep Nuevo Laredo Friday, August 05, 2005 NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico — A city official in charge of public security was gunned down along with another man in the downtown area of the embattled city of Nuevo Laredo on Friday. According to reports, it appeared to be an organized hit involving two cars. Nuevo Laredo, just cross the border from the United States, has become one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Rival drug cartels have turned the city into a war zone as they battle for control of the lucrative illegal drug market in the U.S....

CORVALLIS, Ore. - KATU News has learned that investigators are about to announce a significant breakthrough in the case involving the disappearance of Brooke Wilberger. Police are not saying specifically if they have made an arrest, but they are giving every indication that Wednesday afternoon they will be sharing information about a major step forward in the case - a breakthrough culminating a year and two months of investigation. Brooke Wilberger's disappearance is a mystery that has loomed in the minds of many for more than a year - how does a 19-year-old woman simply vanish while cleaning lampposts at...