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Report: Man released in Turkey missing woman case
A man questioned over the disappearance of a New York City woman in Istanbul has been released from police custody but may be called again to help ...
Shriek! Texts on missing kids startle cell users
The next time a child is abducted near you, your cellphone may shriek to life with an alert message. A new national Amber Alert system officially ...
Sweden orders retrial for convicted serial killer
Once considered Sweden's worst serial killer, Sture Bergwall confessed to more than 30 murders over three decades, and was convicted of eight of them.
Turkish police release footage of missing US woman
The husband of a New York City woman who went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul was interviewed by police Tuesday in hopes of helping the ...
US fighter jet missing on training mission
U.S. and Italian aircraft on Monday searched the Adriatic Sea after losing contact with a U.S. fighter jet believed to have crashed during a training ...
Trying to unlock secrets of dead serial killer
The suspect, hands and feet shackled, fidgeted in his chair, chuckling at times as he confessed to a brutal killing. Israel Keyes showed no remorse ...
Woman convicted of abuse, kidnap of missing girl
A former caretaker was convicted Friday of child abuse and kidnapping in a 4-year-old foster child's disappearance more than a decade ago, but a ...
Jurors in missing girl case stuck on murder count
Jurors said Thursday they had reached verdicts on child abuse and kidnapping charges but were deadlocked on a murder count against a woman accused of ...
Coast Guardsman faces investigation
A Coast Guard rescue swimmer is spending time in the brig while the service investigates his three-month disappearance as it was preparing to ...
Correction: Missing Child Found-Texas story
In stories published Jan. 6 and last year on Sept. 12 and May 16 about a Texas boy who was found eight years after being kidnapped, The Associated ...
Mom of Colo. woman missing in canyon fears worst
The mother of a Colorado woman reported missing while on a private river trip at the Grand Canyon said Wednesday that she believes her daughter fell ...
Pa. girl snatched at school found barefoot in park
A passer-by found an abducted 5-year-old girl huddled beneath a playground slide in the pre-dawn cold Tuesday, nearly 20 hours after a stranger ...
Indiana father forgives parents, wants to see son
An Indiana man says he forgives his parents for abducting his son nearly 20 years ago and raising the boy themselves, but he doesn't understand why ...
French commando killed in Somalia hostage raid
A raid to free a French intelligence agent held captive in Somalia for three years went horribly wrong, leaving 17 Islamists and at least one French ...
Human remains found in missing Fla. boy's yard
Investigators found human remains Friday in the former backyard of a South Florida couple whose baby hasn't been seen in more than a year.
Missing 13-year-old Utah girl found unharmed
A 13-year-old girl who disappeared this week without shoes or a coat in chilly weather has been found unharmed, but questions abound about where she ...
Tyler Perry offers $100K reward in Fla. cold cases
Filmmaker Tyler Perry is offering a $100,000 reward for information in the decade-old case of two men who went missing after separate encounters with ...
US sees Iran behind hostage photos of ex-FBI agent
Two years after a hostage video and photographs of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson raised the possibility that the missing American was being held ...
Body of missing Calif. woman found at Lake Tahoe
The search for a missing 19-year-old California woman who disappeared on New Year's Eve at Lake Tahoe ended Friday when her body was found behind a ...
Parents: No word on US journalist missing in Syria
From their New Hampshire home, the parents of a foreign journalist who has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than a month ago appealed ...
Woman charged with murder in death of Vegas girl
A blackjack dealer was charged with kidnapping and murder Wednesday in the death of her ex-boyfriend's daughter, adding to existing felony charges she ...
US family pleas for couple missing in Afghanistan
The family of an ailing, pregnant American woman missing in Afghanistan with her Canadian husband has broken months of silence over the mysterious ...
Body of Georgian soldier found in Afghanistan
The body of a Georgian soldier who is believed to be the first member of the international coalition in Afghanistan to have gone missing in more than ...
LV police suspect casino worker killed young girl
Police suspect that a casino worker killed a 10-year-girl before going to a Las Vegas resort and allegedly slashing the face of a co-worker with razor ...
Missing Ga. boys located in Texas, father held
Police said two young boys from Georgia who were reported missing this week were found safe in Texas on Saturday and their father is in custody and ...