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Eleven Days in Hell: Who Kidnapped Jacques Villard?

By 1920, 39-year-old Jacques Villard was a successful, albeit legless man who epitomized the American Dream. He arrived in New York from France in 1913,…

List the Missing: Four People of Color who Disappeared in 2019

It’s no secret that missing persons of color get significantly less media attention than cases involving white people. It’s frustrating and infuriating how often Googling…

It’s Been Nearly 6 Years Since Stevie Bates Disappeared from Manhattan: Why has Her Case Gone Cold?

On Saturday, April 28, 2012, a security camera in Manhattan’s Port Authority Bus Terminal captured Stevie Danielle Bates at around 9 AM.  The 19-year-old with…

List the Missing: Three U.S. Military Veterans Who Disappeared and Haven’t Been Found

Debbie Allen, William Schmidbauer, and Hattie Brown each served in the U.S. Military before they each vanished without a trace. While the circumstances of their disappearances vary, all three have this in common: their cases remain unsolved.

In 1981, a Sacramento Man Disappears on Trip to Los Angeles. Two Weeks Later, His Car Found Abandoned in New Orleans: What happened to Dale Kelley?

On the morning of May 20, 1981, 21-year-old Dale Eugene Kelley departed his home in Carmichael, California in his orange 1976 Toyota Celica. He planned make the six-and-a-half hour drive to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend, but he never made it there. Two weeks later, his car turned up abandoned in in New Orleans, but he was nowhere to be found. What happened to Dale Kelley?

Before Dorothy Arnold, There Was Adele Boas: The New York City Heiress Who Went Missing and Came Home

New York City heiress Adele Boas didn’t wake up on April 23, 1909 with the intention of going missing, but before the sun would set, she was gone.

Introducing a Four-Part Series on the 1969 Disappearance of Thomas Riha

Thomas Riha spent the night of March 15, 1969 attending dinner party at a graduate student’s Boulder home. The University of Colorado professor appeared distracted…