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Disappearance of Alex Batty
Alex Batty, an Oldham boy taken abroad in 2017 by his mother Melanie and grandfather David during a Spanish holiday, lived off-grid in a spiritual community for six years before being found near Toulouse, France in December 2023; the criminal investigation was closed in 2025.
Disappearance of Ashley Loring Heavyrunner
Ashley Loring Heavyrunner (Ashley Loring), Blackfeet woman, 20, vanished June 5, 2017, from Browning, Montana, on the Blackfeet Reservation; unsolved MMIP case, FBI and BIA investigating, no charges filed.
Disappearance of Brandon Swanson
Disappearance of Brandon Swanson: Minnesota 19-year-old who vanished May 14, 2008, mid-call with his parents after his car went into a ditch near Taunton; searches found nothing, prompting Brandon's Law.
Disappearance of Dennis Martin
Dennis Lloyd Martin, born 1962, vanished June 14, 1969 at Spence Field, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, during a hide-and-seek game; the largest search in park history found no trace, and the case remains an open NPS cold case.
Disappearance of Don Lewis
Jack Donald "Don" Lewis, Florida millionaire and co-owner of Big Cat Rescue with wife Carole Baskin, vanished August 18, 1997, leaving only his van at a remote airport; declared dead in 2002, no arrests, case reopened in 2020 after Netflix's Tiger King.
Disappearance of Gerry Largay
Geraldine "Gerry" Largay (trail name Inchworm), a 66-year-old Appalachian Trail thru-hiker from Tennessee, vanished in Maine on July 22, 2013, survived about 26 days, and was found dead in October 2015 near a Navy SERE school.
Disappearance of Gus Lamont
August "Gus" Lamont, a 4-year-old Australian boy, vanished from Oak Park Station near Yunta, South Australia, on 27 September 2025. SAPOL's Task Force Horizon declared it a major crime in February 2026; a $1 million reward was posted in September 2026.
Disappearance of Hannah Kobayashi
Hannah Kobayashi disappearance: 30-year-old Maui photographer missing after missing a connecting flight at LAX in November 2024; found to have crossed into Mexico voluntarily at San Ysidro; father Ryan Kobayashi died by suicide during the search; she was found safe in December 2024.
Disappearance of Hannah Upp
Hannah Emily Upp, American teacher who disappeared three times (2008 New York, 2013 Maryland, 2017 St. Thomas) during dissociative fugue episodes; rescued twice, missing since September 14, 2017.
Disappearance of Jenny Pandos
Jennifer (Jenny) Pandos, born 1971, vanished February 10, 1987 from Williamsburg, Virginia at age 15, leaving a note; case file lost, parents and ex-boyfriend scrutinized, HBO's Burden of Proof covered it; unsolved.
Disappearance of Lars Mittank
Lars Mittank, German tourist from Marne, fled Varna Airport, Bulgaria on 8 July 2014 after panicking in an airport doctor's office and vanished. Also known as Lars Joachim Mittank. Distinguishing facts: ruptured eardrum, Cefprozil prescription, CCTV of his escape, unsolved.
Disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki
Disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki, 20-year-old University of Pittsburgh student who vanished March 6, 2025 at a Punta Cana beach; Joshua Riibe was detained as person of interest, later cleared; presumed drowning.
Disappearance of Tom and Eileen Lonergan
Tom and Eileen Lonergan, American divers from Baton Rouge, were left behind by the dive boat Outer Edge at St. Crispin Reef, Great Barrier Reef, on 25 January 1998; found missing two days later, never recovered; skipper acquitted of manslaughter, case inspired Open Water.
Disclosure movement
Disclosure movement: UAP/UFO disclosure advocacy network (Paradigm Research Group, Disclosure Foundation) pressing the U.S. government to release classified records; official AARO and NASA reviews find no evidence of extraterrestrial technology.
Discrimination
Discrimination is unjust treatment based on race, sex, religion, disability, or origin, spanning direct, indirect, and structural forms. Covered via UN treaties, EEOC employment law, field-experiment evidence, and global prevalence data.
Discrimination against autistic people
Discrimination against autistic people, also called persecution of people with autism, is unfavorable treatment in employment, education, healthcare, and criminal justice, with documented employment gaps and hate crime.
Discrimination against Otaku (オタク差別)
Discrimination against otaku (オタク差別) is stigma toward anime, manga, and game fans: coined derogatorily in 1983, intensified by the 1989 Miyazaki murder moral panic, partially eased by mainstreaming since the late 2000s.
Dog meat consumption in South Korea
Dog meat consumption in South Korea (개식용), a centuries-old stamina food eaten as boshintang, becomes illegal to breed, slaughter, or sell under the 2024 Special Act effective 7 February 2027, with 82% of farms already closed.
Domestic worker
Domestic workers, also known as domestic staff, are people employed by households globally. The International Labour Organization defined the category in 2011, noting 52.6 million workers in 2010.
Domicide
Domicide is the deliberate destruction of home, a term coined by geographers J. Douglas Porteous and Sandra E. Smith in 2001, spanning extreme wartime destruction and everyday displacement, with recent campaigns to codify it as an international crime.
Donald Trump and religion
Donald Trump and religion: his Presbyterian upbringing under Norman Vincent Peale, 2020 shift to nondenominational Christianity, the white evangelical voting bloc, the White House Faith Office, and public doubts about his personal religiosity.
Donation
Donation: a voluntary, gratuitous transfer of property (donatio) from donor to donee with no consideration; covers charitable money gifts, bequests, and mutual aid, with global participation near six in ten people in 2025.
Donna Rice Hughes
Donna Rice Hughes, American Internet safety advocate, president and CEO of Enough Is Enough; formerly the woman at the center of the 1987 Gary Hart presidential campaign scandal.
Doomer
Doomer is a 2018 4chan Wojak meme character, a depressed young man in a black beanie and hoodie with a nihilistic outlook, contrasted with Bloomer, tied to doomer wave music and older peak-oil usage.
Douglas Gowan
Douglas Gowan (c. 1942–2018) was a British NFU consultant and whistleblower who traced deformed livestock near Brofiscin and Maendy quarries in south Wales to Monsanto's PCB dumping, survived a 1970s corporate smear campaign, and gave a final testimony recorded by Michael Sheen.
Dravidar Kazhagam (திராவிடர் கழகம்)
Dravidar Kazhagam (திராவிடர் கழகம், DK) is a Tamil Nadu social organization founded by Periyar E. V. Ramasamy in 1944 from the Justice Party and Self-Respect Movement; a non-electoral rationalist, anti-caste pressure group and parent of the DMK and AIADMK.
Dress code
Dress code: rules on clothing and appearance in schools and workplaces, from Tudor sumptuary laws and the 1222 cappa clausa to US Tinker ruling, EEOC religious accommodation, and French uniform trial results.
Duplessis Orphans
Duplessis Orphans (les Orphelins de Duplessis): thousands of Quebec children, 1930s-1960s, falsely certified mentally deficient and placed in church-run psychiatric institutions for federal subsidies; documented abuse, 1962 report, 1990s lawsuits, compensation 1999-2006.
Earth Day
Earth Day, annual environmental observance on April 22 founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson and Denis Hayes after the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill; first held 1970 with 20 million US participants, global since 1990, UN-recognized as International Mother Earth Day.
Earth Liberation Front
Earth Liberation Front (ELF), radical environmental network founded 1992 in Brighton, England by former Earth First! members; decentralized leaderless cells using arson and sabotage; FBI's top domestic terror threat; no fatalities.