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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - The last time cat-owner Kelly Levy saw her tiger-striped feline was before she took her husband to the airport. The 24-year-old came back to her house late Friday to find the bottom step, where Gracie Mae would usually be waiting, empty. Levy tore the house apart looking for the 10-month-old tabby who had been spayed just days before. She and her dad took out bathroom tiles and part of a cabinet to check a crawl space and papered the neighborhood with "lost cat" signs. Then she got a phone call. "Hi, you're not going to...

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - Authorities detailed gruesome evidence of a pregnant Marine's death Saturday as they excavated a fire pit where they believe a comrade she accused of rape burned and buried her body after a horrific attack. Investigators have found blood spatters on the ceiling and a massive amount of blood on the wall of the home of Marine Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said. It appeared that someone had tried to wash and paint over the blood, he said. "I believe this is going to be a bizarre discovery today," Brown said. "The blood splatters...

Did I hear correctly that Sheriff Ed Brown in North Carolina used a divining rod to find the body of Maria Lauterbach (the missing Marine) in the backyard of the suspect? Is this what he said in answer to a question at the latest press conference? Did anyone else hear this?

January 11, 2008)--Authorities in North Carolina said late Friday morning pregnant Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach is dead. They said she’s buried in a shallow grave, for which investigators are now searching. They identified the suspect in the case as a Marine officer whom she accused of sexually assaulting her. Police earlier were planning to interview a man who lived with her and said he would answer questions that "will shed a lot of light on the case." Authorities said again Friday Marine Sgt. Daniel Durham isn't a suspect, but police believe he's the last person to speak with the...

BLAIRSVILLE, Georgia (CNN) -- A young hiker whose body was found in northern Georgia was probably alive for three days before she died from blunt force trauma to the head, authorities said Tuesday. Meredith Emerson was last seen hiking with her dog on Blood Mountain in Georgia on New Year's Day. 1 of 3 Meredith Emerson, 24, was decapitated after her death, an autopsy also found. Investigators believe she was killed January 4, said Lee Darragh, district attorney for Hall and Dawson counties. That's the same day suspect Gary Michael Hilton, 61, allegedly made a phone call from a pay...

Amid heavy fog, Mobile County Sheriff's Office officials called off their search this afternoon for four dead children reportedly tossed off the Dauphin Island bridge. After sonar cameras spotted something submerged under the bridge, divers explored the area but did not find any bodies, officials said. Authorities plan to resume their search at dawn. The massive search involved 50 to 70 people from several agencies, nine vessels and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter. Sheriff's Capt. Paul Stewart said cadaver dogs on boats alerted handlers to an area of the water, prompting the Sheriff's Office to deploy the sonar cameras. The...

<p>JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A pregnant Marine based at Camp Lejeune has been missing since before Christmas, and the Onslow County Sheriff's Department is investigating her disappearance.</p> <p>Authorities say 20-year-old Maria Frances Lauterbach was reported missing Dec. 19 by her mother, who was the last person to speak with her, on Dec. 13. Her cell phone was found Dec. 20 near the main gate at Camp Lejeune.</p>

The search for two Albuquerque snowboarders missing since Friday in the Wolf Creek Ski Area has been called off for the day. Now there could be more problems coming for rescuers as the next storm moves in bringing in more snow.

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga.: Authorities found the body of a missing hiker Monday, hours after a judge denied bond to the man accused of kidnapping her in the mountains of northern Georgia. Investigators were also examining whether the death and the disappearance of two elderly hikers in October in North Carolina were related.

Two Farmington families have been missing since Friday, after a snowmobiling trip near Chama, N.M. The Groen and Martin families travelled to the town near the New Mexico-Colorado border on Friday morning to enjoy the winter weather. All six headed out on snow mobiles, north of town, that morning. A massive snow storm swamped the Chama area that day, and no one has heard from either family since. sponsor "It's kind of frustrating waiting around here just waiting and knowing that they're up there needing help", said Larry Groen, the father of Jason Groen. Jason, his wife Shannon Groen and...

Police in Las Vegas, Nev., have found a 15-year-old boy and a 30-year-old woman who have been missing for several days. The woman, a counselor who was wanted on sexual abuse charges, is in custody and will be returned to Oregon. According to a news release late this afternoon, Las Vegas authorities just found 30-year-old Jasmine Nguyen and the boy who were the subject of a search by the Portland Police Bureau's Child Abuse Team. Earlier, the bureau had issued a press release saying that Jasmine Nguyen had been tracked to a motel in Wilsonville last week. Then, earlier today,...

MANAMA, Bahrain -- A sailor from USS Hopper went overboard during U.S. Navy operations in the Arabian Sea, the U.S. military said Friday. The sailor went missing Thursday around 7:30 a.m. local time while the ship was conducting maritime security operations, said the statement from the Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain. "A 'man overboard' was immediately called and air and surface forces from the Hopper, USS Port Royal and USS Ingraham began conducting search and rescue operations," it said. The sailor, whose name was not released, has not been found but the search continues, the Navy said. Lt. John...

BLAIRSVILLE, Georgia (CNN) -- The person of interest in the disappearance of a hiker in the north Georgia mountains is in custody and is being questioned by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, police announced Friday evening. Gary Michael Hilton, 61, was detained after a police officer spotted his van at a convenience store. Investigators also have another piece of the puzzle: Meredith Emerson's black Labrador retriever, Ella, who walked into a grocery store Friday. The animal was positively identified through an embedded microchip. The search for Emerson will continue Saturday. -snip-

CHICAGO - A married woman from Illinois whose disappearance on Christmas Eve prompted a costly search returned to the area Friday evening and spoke with investigators, authorities said. Family members arranged the meeting at an undisclosed location between Anu Solanki, 24, and law enforcement officials, said Cook County sheriff's police spokesman Steve Mayberry. "As far as I'm aware her physical condition is fine," Mayberry said. "At this time she hasn't been charged with anything." Cell phone records indicated Solanki had left voluntarily with a 23-year-old male friend from California, authorities said earlier Friday. Mayberry did not know whether the friend,...

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Portsmouth Police Department at 1-888-562-5887 or Virginia State Police at 1-800-822-4453. MISSING: Matashia L'Faith Holder-Ricks Gender : female Race : black Date of Birth : 11/13/2007 Height : 3 feet 00 inches Weight : 8.1 Lbs Hair: black Eyes: brown Date and Time of Abduction: Dec 19, 2007 07:30 hours Circumstances: Child was last seen at 174 Allard Rd, Portsmouth, Virginia. Child was last seen wearing a leopard shirt, leopard pants, piink fury snow suit. Additional Significant Identifiers or Conditions of Child: She has sinus problems that are causing her to weeze. She is lactos...

ORANJESTAD, Aruba - Authorities have closed the investigation into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway and do not have evidence to charge anyone, the prosecutors' office said Tuesday. The three young men who were last seen with the Alabama teenager have all been notified that they will not be charged, the Public Prosecutor's Office said. "The public prosecutor's office and the police have gone the extra mile and have exhausted all their powers and techniques in order to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the girl," it said. The three suspects — a Dutch college student and two Surinamese brothers...

The moment she spotted the young woman in the puffy silver jacket, Ginger Mayes screamed her daughter's name and rushed the escalator, oblivious of the other passengers streaming into the baggage-claim area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Zarminah Al-Rabiah stepped off the escalator and into her mother's arms. The women clutched each other in a minutes-long hug, sobbing and then laughing.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Searchers have found a body and wreckage from a medical helicopter missing since Monday, a spokesman for the rescue effort said. The body of John Stumpff, 47, a flight nurse, was discovered Saturday on the north shore of Passage Canal near Whittier in Prince William Sound, said McHugh Pierre, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Still missing are three other people aboard the Eurocopter BK 117: patient Gaye McDowell, 60, pilot Lance Brabham, 42, and paramedic Cameron Carter, 25. The search was to resume before dawn Sunday. "We're going to assume there...

Exclusive: Report Shows Vehicles, Machine Guns And More Meant For Iraqi Forces Unaccounted For Tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, crates of machine guns and rocket propelled grenades are just a sampling of more than $1 billion in unaccounted for military equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces, according to a new report issued today by the Pentagon Inspector General and obtained exclusively by the CBS News investigative unit. Auditors for the Inspector General reviewed equipment contracts totaling $643 million but could only find an audit trail for $83 million. The report details a massive failure in government procurement...

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter is searching part of Prince William Sound this morning for a LifeGuard helicopter that went missing last night en route to Providence Alaska Medical Center with a patient aboard, the Coast Guard said. The U.S. Air Force is expected to launch a C-130 and a helicopter this morning to assist in the search...