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Diego Murillo Bejarano
Diego Murillo Bejarano (Don Berna, born 1961) is a Colombian ex-paramilitary commander of the AUC's Cacique Nutibara bloc and the Oficina de Envigado, extradited to the US in 2008 and serving a 31-year drug sentence.
Dingo ate my baby
Catchphrase from the 1980 death of Azaria Chamberlain, taken by a dingo at Uluru; her mother Lindy was wrongly convicted of murder in 1982 and exonerated by 2012.
Diogo Alves
Diogo Alves (1810–1841), nicknamed O Pancada, the "Aqueduct Killer" of Lisbon's Águas Livres Aqueduct; Galician-born criminal hanged for the 1839 Andrade house murders, with his preserved head at the University of Lisbon.
Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation
Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI): statutory head of India's federal investigating agency under the DSPE Act, 1946, appointed on the recommendation of a PM, Leader of the Opposition, and Chief Justice of India committee with a two-year minimum tenure.
Dirty John
Dirty John is a six-part true-crime podcast reported and hosted by Los Angeles Times journalist Christopher Goffard and released with Wondery in October 2017, examining the con man John Meehan.
Dirty protest
The dirty protest, also called the No Wash Protest, was a 1978–1981 Irish republican prison resistance at Long Kesh/Maze, Northern Ireland, and at Armagh: prisoners refused to wash or slop out and smeared excrement on cell walls to reject criminalization, escalating to the hunger strikes.
Disappearance and killing of Emily Pike
Emily Pike was a 14-year-old San Carlos Apache girl who disappeared from a Mesa, Arizona group home on January 27, 2025; her dismembered remains were found February 14, 2025 near Globe. The homicide remains unsolved.
Disappearance and murder of Gannon Stauch
Gannon Stauch was an 11-year-old Colorado boy reported missing January 27, 2020 and found dead in Florida; stepmother Letecia Stauch was convicted of his murder in 2023, but the conviction was reversed in April 2026 over a juror conflict, with a state Supreme Court appeal pending.
Disappearance of Abigail Blagg
Abigail "Abby" Jo Blagg, a 6-year-old from Grand Junction, Colorado, vanished with her mother Jennifer on November 12, 2001. Jennifer's body was found in a landfill; father Michael Blagg was twice convicted of her murder, but Abby has never been found and no one has been charged in her disappearance.
Disappearance of Amanda Campbell
The disappearance of Amanda Campbell concerns a four-year-old American girl who vanished while riding her bicycle in Fairfield, California, on December 27, 1991; she has never been located.
Disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley
Amy Lynn Bradley, born 1974, vanished March 24, 1998 from Royal Caribbean's Rhapsody of the Seas between Aruba and Curaçao. Unsolved FBI case; $100,000 reward; subject of Netflix's Amy Bradley Is Missing.
Disappearance of Andrew Gosden
The disappearance of Andrew Gosden concerns a 14-year-old from Doncaster who vanished in September 2007 after traveling alone by train to London King's Cross, where CCTV last recorded him.
Disappearance of Ann Marie Burr
Disappearance of Ann Marie Burr: eight-year-old Tacoma, Washington girl who vanished from her bedroom on August 31, 1961; never found, case still open, long speculated but unproven as Ted Bundy's first victim.
Disappearance of Asami Chida (千田麻未)
Asami Chida (千田麻未), also called the Muroran girls' high school disappearance case, a 16-year-old Muroran Sakae High School student who vanished March 6, 2001 in Hokkaido after boarding a bus to her bakery job; unsolved, with PHS data showing a 1 km move in four minutes.
Disappearance of Asha Degree
Asha Jaquilla Degree, born 1990, vanished at age 9 from Shelby, North Carolina, on February 14, 2000; last seen walking N.C. Highway 18 at 4 a.m.; her buried book bag was found in Burke County in 2001; investigators in 2024 said they believe she was killed.
Disappearance of Brian Shaffer
Brian Shaffer disappearance: Ohio State medical student, 27, vanished April 1, 2006, after entering the Ugly Tuna Saloona bar in Columbus; cameras never recorded him leaving, and the case remains open.
Disappearance of Brianna Maitland
Unsolved 2004 disappearance of Brianna Maitland, 17, last seen leaving the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, Vermont; her 1985 Oldsmobile 88 was found backed into an abandoned barn nearby, DNA evidence was identified via genetic genealogy, and a $40,000 FBI reward stands.
Disappearance of Bryce Laspisa
Bryce David Laspisa, born 1994, a Sierra College student, vanished August 30, 2013 near Castaic Lake, California, after his Toyota Highlander was found overturned with his belongings inside; the case remains open and unsolved.
Disappearance of Catherine Camilon
2023 disappearance of Catherine Camilon, Miss Grand Philippines 2023 candidate and Batangas teacher; suspects former police major Allan de Castro and Jeffrey Magpantay; DNA evidence, dismissed then refiled kidnapping charges, bail release in 2025.
Disappearance of Charlene Downes
Charlene Downes, 14, vanished in Blackpool on 1 November 2003 and is presumed murdered. Iyad Albattikhi and Mohammed Reveshi were tried; the 2007 jury hung, the 2008 retrial collapsed, and a 2009 IPCC report found the surveillance evidence flawed. Unsolved, £100,000 reward.
Disappearance of Charles Arlin Henderson
Charles Arlin Henderson, missing 11-year-old from Moscow Mills, Missouri, vanished on his bicycle July 25, 1991; bike found in a bean field; Spangler false confession and Devlin probe; case unsolved.
Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence
Claudia Lawrence, University of York chef, vanished 18 March 2009 in York; suspected murder, no body, no charges. Longest-running UK missing person cases; Claudia's Law named for her.
Disappearance of Connie Smith
Disappearance of Connie Smith: unsolved July 16, 1952 vanishing of 10-year-old Constance Smith, granddaughter of a former Wyoming governor, last seen at Route 44 and Belgo Road near Camp Sloane, Lakeville, Connecticut; largest manhunt in state history, never found.
Disappearance of Cynthia Bah-Traore
Cynthia Martyna Bah-Traore (nee Alvoid), born 1981, is an American woman missing since February 3, 2021, last seen at a Grandview, Texas Shell station; her Mazda CX-5 was found abandoned near Waco and the case remains unsolved.
Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold, New York heiress and socialite, vanished December 12, 1910 on Fifth Avenue, last seen outside Brentano's. Her family delayed six weeks before involving police; the case remains unsolved.
Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
Emanuela Orlandi, 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican employee, vanished in Rome on 22 June 1983 after a flute lesson. Linked case Mirella Gregori; unconfirmed theories, Vatican probe reopened 2023, parliamentary inquiry ongoing.
Disappearance of Emma Fillipoff
Unsolved 2012 Canadian missing person case: Emma Alexandra Fillipoff, 26, last seen barefoot outside the Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC, on November 28, 2012 after a police welfare check; van and belongings found; 'green shirt guy' lead remains unidentified.
Disappearance of Erica Baker
Erica Nicole Baker, 9, vanished February 7, 1999, walking a dog in Kettering, Ohio. Christian Gabriel was convicted of gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence; her body has never been found and the case remains open.
Disappearance of Etan Patz
Etan Patz, New York City boy who vanished May 25, 1979 walking to his school bus stop; body never found. Pedro Hernandez confessed in 2012, was convicted in 2017, and his conviction was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 2026.
Disappearance of Fiona Pender
Fiona Pender, a 25-year-old pregnant hairdresser from Tullamore, Co Offaly, vanished on 23 August 1996; her case was reclassified as a Garda murder investigation in May 2025, with searches but no remains found and no charges.