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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.
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.