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Search Intensifies For 14-Year-Old Boy Missing For Days In Maryland
A Maryland teenager has been missing for days, and now state police are asking the public for help finding him before time runs out. Chester Fitchett III, 14, was reported missing on Tuesday, May 5, after he was last seen around 3 p.m. in the 200 block of Baptist Street in Salisbury, according to Maryland State Police. Investigators in Wicomico County believe the teen may still be somewhere near Smith Street in Salisbury. Police described Chester as an African American boy with black curly hair and brown eyes who stands about 5-foot-5 and weighs approximately 120 pounds. He was last seen …
Police & Fire
Husband Arrested After Wife Vanishes During Night Boat Trip In Bahamas
A Michigan man has been arrested after telling police that his wife fell from a boat and disappeared during a nighttime trip in The Bahamas. Brian Hooker, 59, was taken into custody in the Abaco Islands town of Marsh Harbour shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 8, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force. His wife, 55-year-old Lynette Hooker, was reported missing after she fell overboard while riding in a dinghy on Saturday, April 4. The Onsted, Michigan, couple was traveling from Hope Town to Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands at around 7:30 p.m. when Lynette Hooker …
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SWAT Raid Targets Area Near Missing Mom Nancy Guthrie's Home
A massive law enforcement operation overnight resulted in three people being detained near the Arizona home where Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie disappeared two weeks ago. The Pima County Sheriff's Department executed a search warrant at a residence on East Orange Grove Road and North First Avenue in Tucson, approximately two miles from Guthrie's home More than a dozen vehicles — including SWAT, forensics, and FBI units — surrounded the area during the operation. Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed the law enforcement activity on Friday, Feb. 13 was …
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Person Of Interest In Nancy Guthrie Abduction Released
A person of interest who was detained for questioning in connection with the abduction of Nancy Guthrie in Arizona has been released. The Pima County Sheriff's Department and FBI announced Tuesday night, Feb. 10, that a person was taken into custody south of Tucson for questioning about the disappearance of the NBC "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother. Nancy Guthrie vanished from her home near Tucson on Sunday, Feb. 1. The person, identified as a 36-year-old delivery driver, was released around 1 a.m. local time Wednesday, Feb. 11, after being held for several hours. Law enforcement…
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New Searches Conducted At Homes Of Savannah Guthrie's Sister, Mother
The week-long search for Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has intensified with fresh law enforcement activity at multiple family properties. Authorities executed what appeared to be a search warrant at the home of Annie Guthrie, Nancy's daughter and Savannah's sister, late Saturday night, Feb. 7. Witnesses observed deputies and bright flashes likely from crime scene photography inside the residence for at least three hours, according to CNN. The overnight search came one day after investigators conducted a large-scale evidence seizure at Nancy's o…
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Guthrie Family Signals Willingness To Pay Ransom In New Video To Mother's Kidnappers
Savannah Guthrie and her siblings acknowledged receiving a message from suspected kidnappers and signaled their willingness to pay a ransom for their missing mother in a new video released on social media late Saturday afternoon, Feb. 7. The NBC "Today" show host appeared with siblings Camron and Annie to address their captors directly. "We received your message, and we understand... This is very valuable to us, and we will pay," Savannah Guthrie stated. The family urged the captors to return their 84-year-old mother safely so they can "celebrate with her." View this pos…
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Trump Vows Action After Speaking With Savannah Guthrie On Mother’s Disappearance
President Donald Trump has personally called NBC "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie to offer support and pledge federal resources in the search for her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, who was abducted from her home near Tucson, Arizona. The call took place on Wednesday, Feb. 4, as the investigation entered its fourth day and authorities continued to search for new leads. In a statement posted to his Truth Social account, Trump wrote, "I spoke with Savannah Guthrie, and let her know that I am directing ALL Federal Law Enforcement to be at the family’s, and Local Law Enforcement’s, …
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Disappearance Of Savannah Guthrie's Mom Takes Troubling Turn: 'Very Concerning Evidence'
The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has taken a troubling turn as authorities have officially reclassified the case as a criminal investigation, on Monday, Feb. 2. Click here for a new, updated story: Ransom Note Demanding Millions Now Revealed In Abduction Of Savannah Guthrie's Mother Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos confirmed that what began as a missing person search is now a criminal probe after investigators discovered "very concerning" and "suspicious" evidence at Nancy's home in the Catalina Foothills area near Tucson, …
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Former NY Giants Player Missing For 7 Months
The family of former New York Giants cornerback Sam Beal is seeking the public's assistance seven months after he was reported missing in Virginia. Beal, 29, was last seen on July 13, 2025, in Virginia Beach by his girlfriend after dropping her off at a family member's house, according to officials. He borrowed his girlfriend's vehicle that day and was supposed to head to work, but he instead drove south to Virginia. She last spoke to him over the phone that day. Beal did not return home the next day. He has not been heard from since. "Samuel did not bring anything with him aside from…
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Body Found Inside Towed Car Weeks After Virginia Man Reported Missing, Police Say
A missing man from Woodbridge was found dead inside his own car at a Fairfax County tow lot after the vehicle was unknowingly removed from a business park earlier this month, police said. Officers launched a death investigation on Tuesday, Nov. 18, after being notified that the body was discovered days after it was towed from a local parking lot, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Detectives learned the case began on Nov. 3 when a private tow company removed a vehicle from PS Business Park on PS Business Center Drive. The car was later taken to another tow faci…
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Endangered Infant, Florida Couple Missing After Secret Birth In Pennsylvania: Police
An endangered infant is missing after a woman allegedly gave birth in secret to avoid authorities, York City Police announced on Friday, Oct. 24. York County Children, Youth, and Families (CYF) received a report alleging that Elizabeth Brown had secretly given birth in York to avoid detection by Florida authorities, according to the release. Investigators believe the approximately 2-month-old male infant has not received any medical care and may be in danger. CYF obtained evidence of the infant’s existence at a residence where Brown and StevieRay Fowler — the alleged father — had stayed, a…
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DNA Matches Human Remains To Missing Penn State Cheerleader, Beauty Queen Kada Scott: DA
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner confirmed on Monday, Oct. 20, that the human remains recovered from a shallow grave behind the abandoned Ada H. Lewis Middle School in East Germantown belong to 23-year-old Kada Scott, a former Penn State cheerleader and Miss Philadelphia Township winner who vanished on Oct. 4. Krasner said suspect Keon King, 21, of Southwest Philadelphia, now faces additional charges of arson, causing catastrophe, conspiracy, and tampering with evidence, along with the kidnapping charge he was arrested on last week. Officials said King has not yet been charged w…
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Search For Missing NYC Boy Leads To Landfill After Mom Denies He Exists
The search for an 11-year-old Brooklyn boy who has been missing for weeks has now stretched more than 300 miles north, where investigators are digging through a landfill. Crews with the New York State Police and NYPD searched the High Acres Landfill in Perinton, southeast of Rochester, on Thursday, Oct. 9, for any trace of 11-year-old Jacob Pritchett, a State Police spokesperson confirmed to Daily Voice. Pritchett, who is autistic and nonverbal, has not been seen in several weeks. The investigation began on Thursday, Sept. 25, when child services workers attempted a welfare check at his mot…
Lifestyle
d4vd's Tour, Album Halted After Missing Teen Found Dead In Singer's Tesla: Report
Rising music star d4vd's upcoming album release has been postponed and his remaining US tour dates have been canceled after a dismembered teen girl's body was discovered in his car, according to reports. Interscope Records has suspended the Friday, Sept. 19, release of d4vd's album "Withered Deluxe: Marcescence," KTLA 5 News in Los Angeles reported, citing TMZ. The body of Celeste Rivas was found in the front trunk of a 2023 Tesla Model Y registered to the R&B singer on Monday, Sept. 8. The Tesla is registered in Hempstead, Texas, to d4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke. Th…
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Man Accused Of Murdering Missing Maryland Teen Found Dumped Off Route 50: Police
A Bowie man is accused of murdering 19-year-old Dacara Thompson, whose body was found dumped off Route 50 after she was reported missing, police announced. The Prince George’s County Police Department said homicide detectives arrested Hugo Hernandez-Mendez in connection with the death of the Lanham native, whose family reported her missing on Aug. 23. Eight days later, on Aug. 31, Maryland State Police launched a death investigation after finding a woman’s body in a grassy area off Route 50 in Anne Arundel County. The body was later identified as Thompson, officials said. Detectives…
Police & Fire
Man Killed 81-Year-Old Mother In Derwood, Roommate Helped Hide Body: Police
A Maryland man is accused of murdering his mother — and police say his roommate helped hide the body. Montgomery County Police said they were called just after 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, to the 18600 block of Muncaster Road in Derwood for a missing person report. Inside the home, officers met Daniel Paul Shay, 60, who claimed he hadn’t seen his 81-year-old mother, Victoria Ellen Shay, in days. But detectives quickly found signs that something violent had happened inside the house. Investigators said they later discovered Victoria Shay’s body dumped near Route 124 and Brink Road. Polic…
Police & Fire
Virginia Mom Vanishes After Toddler Found Dirty, Alone Outside Home, Police Say
A Virginia mother is wanted for felony child neglect after allegedly refusing to come home when her toddler son was found outside in an unkempt condition, police said. Officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to the 4000 block of Dawson Beach Road in Woodbridge around 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23, for a found child, according to authorities. Investigators said the 2-year-old boy had been left unsupervised for an “extended period of time” by his mother, identified as 37-year-old Alexandra Anna Granruth. Police said Granruth called an acquaintance around 2 p.m…
Obituaries
George Njoroge Found Dead After Being Reported Missing In MD
A 29-year-old Maryland man who was reported missing late last month has been found dead, his grieving family confirmed. George Njoroge, of Silver Spring, was last seen on the morning of Wednesday, June 25, near the 900 block of Windmill Terrace, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. A missing person flyer was issued by the department on Friday, June 27, asking for the public’s help locating him. “Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – 4th District Investigative Section are asking for the public’s assistance in locating George Njoroge,” the departme…
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'Cannot Thank You Enough': How Tech Helped NY Widow Get Closure 15 Years After Husband Vanished
After nearly 15 years of unanswered questions, a rapid sonar scan in a busy Long Island harbor brought closure to a grieving widow. Just minutes after launching their boat near the Cedar Beach boat ramp in Mount Sinai on Monday, June 30, volunteer searchers from Exploring With a Mission and Adventures With Purpose spotted a shadow on the seabed. The sonar image showed the unmistakable outline of a Chrysler PT Cruiser — the same vehicle Robert “Bob” Long was driving when he vanished in December 2010, as Daily Voice reported. “It was pretty evident that we had found Robert Long right away,”…
Police & Fire
Body Found Near Taylor Swift’s Home ID’d As Missing Man: ‘You Will Be Deeply Missed'
Police in Rhode Island have identified human remains found near Taylor Swift’s mansion in the wealthy beach community of Watch Hill as belonging to a missing man from Massachusetts. Eric Wein, 31, of Mansfield, was reported missing on April 18. His body washed ashore just over a quarter-mile from Swift's Watch Hill estate on May 14, according to the South Kingstown Police Department. Authorities said his car had been found abandoned several days earlier. No foul play is suspected, South Kingstown police said. An update that none of us wanted on my cousin. Heaven gained anoth…
Police & Fire
College Student Found Dead In Virginia Pond Weeks After Coming Home For Summer: Police
New details released Thursday confirm that the body pulled from a pond in Virginia earlier this week was 19-year-old Kyle Coleman, the missing Morehouse College student who vanished after a crash near Tysons. Coleman, of Gainesville, was reported missing after crashing on Galleria Drive around 11:15 p.m. Friday, June 6, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Police said they were called to the area after a 911 activation from an iPhone and found Coleman’s unoccupied 2019 blue Toyota Yaris in the trees off the road near Tysons Boulevard. Investigators say the car had crossed int…
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Morehouse Student Found Dead In Virginia After Crash Near Mall: 'He Was A Bright Young Man'
A body has been recovered in Tysons near the site of a crash that sparked a multi-day search for Kyle Coleman, a 19-year-old college student from Prince William County who went missing last weekend, police said. The recovery was made by Fairfax County Police Department's Dive Team on Tuesday, June 10, in a small body of water near Westpark Drive and Galleria Drive, authorities confirmed. “Late this afternoon, the FCPD Dive Team recovered a human body from a small body of water near Westpark Dr & Galleria Dr in Tysons,” the department posted on social media. “An FCPD death investigation …
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Wife, Mom Vanishes On Way To Work — Phone Last Pinged In Maryland: ‘Every Hour Is Agony’
She left for work and never came home. Now, her family is living every loved one’s worst nightmare. Ana Cecilia “CeCí” Escobar-Arevalo, a 40-year-old wife and mother of two from Northeast DC, hasn’t been seen since the morning of Friday, May 30, when she left home around 7:20 a.m. to head to work—and vanished. Her phone last pinged near Newburg, Maryland. Her car, a blue 2008 Honda CR-V with DC tags (EB2261), hasn’t been found. Her loved ones say she never showed up for her shift—and never returned home. “Ana’s disappearance has shattered our world,” relatives said through a GoFundMe campa…
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Massive Search Underway For Missing Kayaker On Monocacy River In Maryland, Officials Say
Rescue crews are flooding the Monocacy River in Maryland after a kayaker went missing on Wednesday, May 15. Emergency responders are actively searching for a missing male kayaker in the area of Devilbiss Bridge Road, according to Frederick County Fire & Rescue. Crews from Frederick County, the Department of Natural Resources, Loudoun County Fire and Rescue, and the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office are all assisting in the search effort. Teams are staging on bridge overpasses along Biggs Ford, Devilbiss Bridge, and Links Bridge along the Monocacy River, officials said. The sear…
Police & Fire
Princeton University Student Found Dead, Officials Confirm
The body of a 23-year-old Princeton University student who had been missing since last weekend was found in a New Jersey lake on Friday, April 25, university officials announced. Lauren Blackburn, a junior who hails from Indiana, was last seen around 6 p.m. on April 19, near Firestone Library, according to a missing persons alert issued by the university. Blackburn was described as 6'2" tall, weighing 170 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, authorities said. At the time he was last seen, Blackburn was wearing blue jeans with torn knees, a yellow T-shirt, a black, zippered hooded sweatsh…
Police & Fire
Missing Maryland Mom Found Buried In Forest; Boyfriend Charged With Murder: Sheriff
The body of a Maryland mother who vanished from her Waldorf home weeks ago was found buried in a wooded area of Prince George’s County, and now her boyfriend and his uncle are facing charges in her murder, authorities announced Friday. A heartbreaking end has been confirmed in the case of Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra, the missing 30-year-old Waldorf woman whose disappearance drew widespread attention in Maryland and throughout the region. Mileth Ramirez Guerra Charles County Sheriff's Office On Thursday, April 17, detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office and Prince Ge…
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Father Of Missing Maryland Mom Launches Fundraiser To Continue Desperate Search
The community is rallying around the family of a Maryland woman who has been missing for weeks under suspicious circumstances. Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra, 23, of Waldorf, was last seen on Monday, March 31, inside her Adams Court home, where she lived with her boyfriend — the father of her two children — and several others, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said Monday, April 7. He reported her missing two days later. But as detectives started digging, they discovered “unusual and suspicious activity” at the home the very next day after Guerra was last seen. Investigators now sus…
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ICE Detains Boyfriend Of Missing Maryland Mom Amid Suspicious Disappearance: Sheriff
A Maryland woman vanished under suspicious circumstances — and now the man who reported her missing is in ICE custody for allegedly being in the country illegally with forged federal documents. Lesbia Mileth Ramirez Guerra, 23, of Waldorf, was last seen on Monday, March 31, inside her Adams Court home, where she lived with her boyfriend — the father of her two children — and several others, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office said Monday, April 7. He reported her missing two days later. But as detectives started digging, they discovered “unusual and suspicious activity” at the home the ver…
Traffic
I-270 Shut Down As Police Rescue 'Critically Missing' Person From Median In Montgomery County
Traffic on I-270 in Montgomery County came to a standstill Thursday as officers worked to safely take a missing person from Virginia into custody, officials said. The incident unfolded around 11:49 a.m. on April 3, when Montgomery County Police were called to Longwood Drive near the Beltway retaining wall for a suspicious vehicle parked just off the road, according to the department. Investigators quickly discovered the vehicle belonged to a critically missing person from Manassas. Shortly after, police began getting multiple calls reporting someone walking along the Beltway and I-270 matc…
Police & Fire
Missing Woman Found Dead In Maryland Pond After Massive Search: Police
A woman reported critically missing in Bowie was found dead in a pond hours later, despite an intensive search involving air support and bloodhounds, police said. The City of Bowie Police Department received a call around 8:47 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12, reporting a missing woman in the 1200 block of Durham Drive. Officers immediately launched a search, calling in bloodhound units and air support from the Maryland State Police to assist. Shortly after, police helicopters located a body in a pond in the 14900 block of Dunleigh Drive. Authorities later confirmed that the body belonged to the…
Police & Fire
Missing Endangered Alert Canceled Pennsylvania Man Found In Maryland
A missing endangered person alert has been canceled for a South Central Pennsylvania man who was last seen in Maryland, police announced Wednesday night, Oct. 9. Harry Joseph Runkle was just 10 days shy of his 77th birthday when he went missing, according to the York County Regional Police. Runkle is from the 4900 block of N. Sherman Street in Mount Wolf, East Manchester Township, police explained. He had last been seen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9. He could be driving a 2005 Grey Hyundai Santa Fe with the PA license plate "ERG7345."…
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