Missing Children

Susan Elizabeth Baker Hid Baby: Shannon Dedrick Found Under Bed After 5 Days Missing

AP | MELISSA NELSON | Posted 11.06.2009 | Home


CHIPLEY, Fla. — Investigators spent five days searching a rural area of dense vines and marshes for a missing infant, only to find her lying qui...

Elizabeth Olten Dead: Body Of 9-Year-Old Girl Found After 3 Day Search

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Home


UPDATE: AP reports that a 15-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder. ST. MARTINS, Mo. � Authorities have charged a 15-year-old with ...

A Plea for Somer's Family, and Some Shared Humanity

Lisa Cohen | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living


Lisa Cohen

The news of Somer Thompson is one of those horrible stories, made worse by the inevitable media onslaught. But, that onslaught also allows for strangers to connect in shared humanity.

Jaycee Dugard's Family: Left Behind

Lisa Cohen | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living


Lisa Cohen

Jaycee Dugard's face is everywhere this week. I've been thinking a lot about her story, because of the similarities to the Etan Patz case, which I've spent the last five years living and breathing for the first-ever book written on it.

The Mystery of Steven Damman

Lisa Cohen | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living


Lisa Cohen

If John Barnes HAD turned out to be Stephen Damman, every parent out there who's been struggling would be walloped anew with the message that 7 years, even 22 years, is not enough.

Danny Barter - FBI reopens case of missing 4-year-old

CNN | Gabriel Falcon AC360° Writer | Posted 07.23.2009 | Home


Danny Barter vanished in 1959. He was on a family camping trip to Alabama's Perdido Bay. He was playing with his dad one minute, gone the next. "Just ...

NEVAEH BUCHANAN BODY FOUND: Relatives Believe Body Found Is Missing Girl

The Detroit News | Posted 07.06.2009 | Home


Family members of missing Nevaeh Buchanan say they believe the body found by investigators west of Monroe today is that of the 5-year-old girl....

How Far Have We Come? Not Far Enough

Robin Sax | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living


Robin Sax

When it's time to discuss potential or actual sexual abuse from online encounters, the best way to combat the fear associated with such talks is to just start talking!

The Parents of Etan Patz Have Not Changed Their Phone Number in 30 Years

Vickie Karp | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living


Vickie Karp

An entire network for tracking missing children emerged from his disappearance -- pictures on milk cartons, Amber alerts and National Missing Children's Day.

Precious Doe

Amy MacKinnon | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living


Amy MacKinnon

I first learned of Precious Doe in May 2005 while driving home from the supermarket with my own little girl safely tucked in the backseat.

The Patron Saint For Missing Kids

Diane Dimond | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living


Diane Dimond

Bazzel Baz is a former CIA agent who takes on the most impossible cases. And he doesn't charge the heartsick family of the missing a penny.