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Disappearance of Heather Elvis

Disappearance of Heather Elvis: 20-year-old Myrtle Beach hostess last heard from December 18, 2013 at Peachtree Boat Landing; Sidney and Tammy Moorer convicted of kidnapping and conspiracy; she has never been found.

Disappearance of Jason Landry

Jason Landry disappearance: 21-year-old Texas State University student missing December 13, 2020 after crashing on Salt Flat Road near Luling, Texas; remains found September 8, 2026 and identified by DNA on September 23, 2026, with no cause of death or indication of foul play.

Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse

The disappearance of Jennifer Kesse concerns her unsolved January 2006 vanishing in Orlando, Florida; last confirmed seen January 23, the 24-year-old finance manager has never been found.

Disappearance of Jeremy Bright

Jeremy Doland Bright, Oregon teen missing since August 14, 1986, from the Coos County Fair in Myrtle Point; classified non-family abduction; person of interest Terry Steinhoff died in prison; case still open.

Disappearance of Jo Jo Dullard

Jo Jo Dullard (Josephine Dullard), 21, of Callan, Co Kilkenny, disappeared 9 November 1995 while hitching home from Dublin; last contact 11.37pm in Moone, Co Kildare. Reclassified a murder investigation in 2020; unsolved, with Wicklow searches and a 2024 arrest.

Disappearance of John Favara

John Favara, Howard Beach neighbor of John Gotti, vanished July 28, 1980, months after accidentally killing Gotti's 12-year-old son Frank; body never found, no arrest, later alleged mob murder.

Disappearance of Johnny Gosch

Johnny Gosch, also known as John David Gosch, was a 12-year-old Des Moines Register paperboy who vanished in West Des Moines, Iowa, on September 5, 1982; the case remains unsolved.

Disappearance of Joshua Guimond

Joshua (Josh) Guimond, 20, a St. John's University junior, vanished leaving a card party at Metten Court, Collegeville MN, around midnight November 9, 2002; extensive searches found nothing. Stearns County case #2002-9 remains open; drowning, abduction, and abbey-related theories persist.

Disappearance of Juan Pedro Martínez

Juan Pedro Martínez Gómez, El niño de Somosierra, was a 10-year-old Spanish boy who vanished on 25 June 1986 after his parents' sulfuric-acid tanker crashed at Somosierra pass; heroin found in a tank a year later pointed to drug trafficking, and the case remains unsolved.

Disappearance of Kayla Berg

Kayla May Berg, born 1993, vanished August 11, 2009 from Antigo, Wisconsin, last linked to Kevin Kielcheski's account of dropping her at a condemned Wausau house; unsolved endangered missing case, NamUs MP5239, FBI $20,000 reward. Distinct from Kayla Unbehaun's 2017 abduction case.

Disappearance of Kyran Durnin

Kyran Durnin, an Irish boy from Drogheda, Co. Louth, was last seen in June 2022 aged six and reported missing in August 2024; An Garda Síochána has run a murder investigation since October 2024, with searches, arrests, and an unpublished Tusla review, but no remains found and no charges.

Disappearance of Kyron Horman

Kyron Horman, 7, vanished from Skyline Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, on June 4, 2010, after a science fair; Oregon's largest search followed, and he remains missing with no charges filed.

Disappearance of Lauren Spierer

Lauren Spierer, 20-year-old Indiana University student from Scarsdale, New York, vanished June 3, 2011 in Bloomington, Indiana after leaving Kilroy's Sports Bar; last seen 4:30 a.m. on College Avenue; unsolved, no arrest, over 36,000 tips.

Disappearance of Lisa Dorrian

Unsolved 2005 case of Lisa Dorrian, a 25-year-old from Bangor, County Down, last seen at Ballyhalbert Caravan Park; PSNI treat it as murder, her body was never found, and arrests in 2026 brought no charges.

Disappearance of Macin Smith

Macin Darrin Smith, missing Utah teen, vanished September 1, 2015 from St. George at age 17 after leaving for school; open Saint George Police case with homicide warrants, unconfirmed Sacramento sightings, and no trace found.

Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

Unsolved 2007 disappearance of three-year-old British girl Madeleine Beth McCann from Praia da Luz, Portugal; Portuguese case shelved 2008, reopened 2013; Operation Grange and suspect Christian Brueckner, never charged.

Disappearance of Manuel Schadwald

Manuel Schadwald, a 12-year-old Berlin schoolboy, vanished on 24 July 1993 while traveling to the FEZ recreation center in Köpenick. Leads involving the Dutch and Belgian child sex scene, the Dutroux affair, and his father were never verified; the case remains unsolved.

Disappearance of Marshal Iwaasa

Marshal Iwaasa, Alberta man missing since November 17, 2019 from Lethbridge; his burned 2009 GMC Sierra was found near Pemberton, British Columbia. Case file #19030078, Lethbridge Police; suspicious but not classified criminal.

Disappearance of Natalee Holloway

Disappearance of Natalee Holloway: American 18-year-old from Mountain Brook, Alabama, missing since May 30, 2005, in Aruba; prime suspect Joran van der Sloot confessed in 2023 via US extortion plea; body never found, Aruba case open.

Disappearance of Pascal Zimmer

Pascal Zimmer was a five-year-old boy who vanished on 30 September 2001 at the Saarbrücken-Burbach fair. The Tosa-Klause abuse-and-murder trial of 13 defendants ended in acquittals; his fate remains unexplained.

Disappearance of Rebecca Coriam

Rebecca Coriam, a 24-year-old British youth counselor from Chester, vanished from the Disney Wonder cruise ship off Mexico on 22 March 2011. The Bahamas-registered ship's single-officer investigation drew criticism; she remains missing at sea.

Disappearance of Rebecca Reusch

Rebecca Reusch, a 15-year-old Berlin schoolgirl, disappeared 18 February 2019 from her sister and brother-in-law's home in Berlin-Britz; police assume homicide, the brother-in-law was the only suspect, and she remains missing despite 2025 searches.

Disappearance of Samantha Murphy

Samantha Murphy, a 51-year-old Ballarat East, Victoria woman, disappeared 4 February 2024 on a 14km run; Patrick Orren Stephenson was charged with murder in March 2024; her body has not been found.

Disappearance of Steven Clark

Steven Clark, 23, of Marske-by-the-Sea, vanished 28 December 1992 during a walk at Saltburn after entering public toilets; also called the Saltburn toilet disappearance. Reclassified suspected murder in 2020; parents arrested then released without charge; body never found.

Disappearance of Susan Powell

Susan Powell, born 1981, vanished December 6, 2009, from West Valley City, Utah; husband Josh was the person of interest, the 2012 fire killed him and sons Charlie and Braden, and her body was never found.

Disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh

Suzy Lamplugh, 25-year-old London estate agent, vanished 28 July 1986 after leaving to meet a client known as "Mr Kipper" in Fulham. Declared dead presumed murdered; prime suspect John Cannan died in prison in 2024; case remains unsolved.

Disappearance of Tabitha Tuders

Tabitha Danielle Tuders, born 1990, vanished April 29, 2003, walking to her school bus stop in East Nashville, Tennessee; a red car sighting, unconfirmed Indiana tips, and a 2020 Hickman County search remain unresolved.

Disappearance of Tara Calico

Tara Leigh Calico was a 19-year-old college student who vanished during a bicycle ride near Belen, New Mexico, in 1988; a Polaroid found in Florida fueled decades of speculation.

Disappearance of Taylor Casey

Taylor Casey, a 41-year-old Black transgender yoga practitioner from Chicago, vanished June 19, 2024 from the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat on Paradise Island, Bahamas; her water-soaked phone was recovered but unreadable, and she remains missing.

Disappearance of the Beaumont children

The Beaumont children, Jane, Arnna, and Grant, vanished from Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, on Australia Day 1966. Australia's longest-running missing children cold case remains unsolved; no trace has been found.