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missing child stories: 71 news summaries

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Missing Baby Found Alive Under Bed

Babysitter, parents to
be charged in Fla.
girl's disappearance

Nov 5, 09 4:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A 7-month old Florida baby reported missing 5 days ago has been found alive in a box under her babysitter's bed. Search teams spent days looking for Shannon Dedrick in the woodland around her family's trailer. Police plan to file charges against Dedrick's mother, her husband, and the babysitter, AP... More »

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Florida • baby • missing child • babysitter • Shannon Dedrick

Missing Girl's Body Found
in Ga. Landfill

7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished
on Monday

Oct 22, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A child's body found in a Georgia landfill has been identified as Somer Thompson, a 7-year-old Florida girl missing since Monday. The local sheriff told reporters that police were now in "full investigation mode" after discovering the corpse. Somer, who was identified from her clothes and a birthmark,... More »

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sex offenders • missing child • child murder • Somer Thompson

 Jaycee: 
 'A Real 
 Innocence 
 in Her Eyes' 

Friends say Dugard adjusting well to new life with mom, daughters

Oct 21, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hello! magazine offers another glimpse at kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard as an adult, riding horseback and posing with mother Terry Probyn. Sources close to the family say Dugard is bonding with her mother and 19-year-old half-sister, and that Dugard’s two “smart, playful” daughters—who were always told she... More »

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kidnapping • missing child • child abduction • women's issues • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Terry Probyn

WATCH IT

 Balloon Boy  
 Throws Up 
 on Today, 
 GMA, as Dad 
 Denies Hoax 

Falcon Heene vomits twice on-air during morning show rounds

Oct 16, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Heene family made the morning show rounds today, denying that the “Balloon Boy” saga and search for assumed-missing son Falcon was a publicity stunt. “I went through such a rollercoaster of emotions yesterday, to have people say that, I think is extremely pathetic,” dad Richard told... More »

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hot air balloon • missing child • hoax • balloon • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • balloon boy hoax • balloon boy throws up • Falcon Heene hoax • balloon boy today show

 Missing Boy Is Fine: 
 He Was Hiding in Garage 

6-year-old set off frantic search after hot-air balloon took off

Oct 15, 09 5:27 PM CDT
(AP) - A 6-year-old Colorado boy thought to have floated off in a helium balloon has been found safe at his home—hiding in a cardboard box in the garage attic. Sheriff Jim Alderman turned to reporters during a news conference and gave a thumbs up. "He's at the house."... More »

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Denver • hot air balloon • missing child • balloon • helium balloons • Falcon Heene • balloon boy hoax • balloon boy throws up • Falcon Heene hoax • balloon boy today show

Search On
for Balloon's Missing Box

No sign of boy; adventurous family
was on Wife Swap

Oct 15, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A troubling twist in the search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene, thought to have floated away in his father's homemade balloon near Denver: He may have crawled into a box attached to the bottom of the balloon before it accidentally lifted off from his family's back yard. That box wasn't attached... More »

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Denver • hot air balloon • missing child • helium balloons • Falcon Heene • balloon boy hoax • balloon boy throws up • Falcon Heene hoax • balloon boy today show

UPDATED

Calif. Girl Abducted in 1991 Reappears

Cops arrest alleged kidnappers of Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29

Aug 27, 09 2:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A woman missing since she was abducted in 1991 at age 11 stunned authorities and her family yesterday when she walked into a northern California police station, the Contra Costa Times reports. Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged kidnappers, a married couple, have been arrested and charged with kidnapping and... More »

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kidnapping • abduction • missing child • missing person • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Concord, Calif.

(Newser) - The search for Madeleine McCann has moved to Australia, two British tabloids and the Australian report. Private detectives working for the missing toddler's parents turned up a woman with an Australian accent who was spotted in Barcelona 3 days after Maddy went missing in Portugal in May 2007. More »

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Australia • Madeleine McCann • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • missing child

(AP) - The FBI says DNA testing confirms that a 54-year-old Michigan man is not a toddler kidnapped in Long Island in 1955. John Barnes is not Stephen Damman, who disappeared at age 2 from outside an East Meadow bakery while his mother shopped. Barnes says he has long suspected the couple... More »

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FBI • Michigan • missing child • DNA evidence • John Barnes • Stephen Damman

 Maddy Parents Demand 
 Pedophile Come Clean 

Family believes sex offender has info on toddler's disappearance

May 24, 09 6:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madeleine McCann's parents are demanding a brutal British pedophile come forward with any information he has about the disappearance of their daughter, reports the Independent. Raymond Hewlett, who has served time for assaulting young girls, was staying at a campsite near the Portugal resort where Maddy McCann vanished two... More »

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Madeleine McCann • pedophile • missing child • Raymond Hewlett

30 Years Later, Case of 1st Boy on Milk Carton
Still a Mystery

Spawned missing children's movement

May 13, 09 3:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost 30 years after he walked himself the few blocks to the bus stop for the very first time, the case of Etan Patz is unresolved. The boy, then 6, became the first missing child to grace a milk carton, and the New York case sparked a nationwide missing-children's movement,... More »

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crime • disappearance • missing child • suspect • cold cases • Etan Patz

'Missing' Tot's Mom Busted
in His Death

She, boyfriend charged in torture killing of 2-year-old Calif. boy

May 12, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A mother who reported her toddler son missing over the weekend has been charged with his death after his body was found in a shallow grave in San Bernadino County, the Los Angeles Times reports. The boy's mother has been booked on suspicion of child abuse and being an accessory... More »

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California • murder • child abuse • arrest • missing child • Belinda Magana • Naresh Narine

Private Maddy Probe Yields Sketch of Suspect

Man watched family for days: witnesses

May 7, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madeleine McCann's parents say they hope a new artist's sketch of a pockmarked, frail man seen lurking around their Portugal apartment before the child disappeared will yield fresh clues. Detectives the couple hired interviewed witnesses and combed police files to produce the image, People reports. Gerry and Kate McCann will... More »

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Madeleine McCann • Portugal • documentary • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • missing child • search • suspect

'Tough' Toddler
Survives 2 Days
in Mo. Woods

He was 4 miles
from home—starved,
naked, and grinning

May 7, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - By the time his bare bottom was spotted in the woods yesterday, rescue crews were doubtful they would find Joshua Childers alive. But the 3-year-old sprang up and grinned when a volunteer called out to him. He had wandered into the Missouri woods Monday morning and survived 50 hours barely... More »

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Missouri • toddler • missing child • forests • Joshua Childers • survival

 Defense Seeks 
 to Relocate 
 Casey Trial 

Request is
no surprise in
high-profile case

May 4, 09 3:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The defense team for accused daughter killer Casey Anthony will file a motion today seeking to move her murder case out of central Florida, reports WKMG-Channel 6. Prosecutors had anticipated the move. The search for Anthony's missing toddler, 2-year-old Caylee, and discovery of her remains near her mother's home spurred... More »

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court • missing child • murder trial • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

Autistic Boy, 13, Drives Solo to Airport, Flies Across US

Autistic boy is fascinated with flying, parents say

Apr 29, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 13-year-old Florida boy with autism was found in San Jose, Calif., last night after driving himself to the airport and, apparently without identification or a credit card, getting on a cross-country flight, the Palm Beach Post reports. Kenton Weaver—who had never before driven—has Asperger’s Syndrome and... More »

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Florida • California • autism • missing child • Asperger's Syndrome • airplane

(AP) - A Tracy, Calif., Sunday school teacher was arrested last last night on suspicion of kidnapping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, whose body was found in a suitcase in an irrigation pond Monday. Melissa Huckaby, 28, was arrested about 5 hours after she drove herself to the local police station at... More »

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California • kidnapping • murder • missing child • Sandra Cantu • Melissa Huckaby • Tracy

 Caylee's 
 Grandparents 
 Defend Casey 

Parents angrily defend their daughter in depositions

Apr 10, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Caylee Anthony’s grandparents angrily defended their daughter yesterday while giving depositions in a civil suit related to the 2-year-old’s disappearance, People reports. Cindy and George Anthony repeatedly threatened to walk out on the lawyers taking the depositions. "Until this day, I still believe that she's protecting Caylee... More »

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murder • Orlando • missing child • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • Cindy Anthony • George Anthony

 Missing 
 Girl's Body 
 Found in 
 Suitcase 

Trunk in irrigation pond on California dairy farm

Apr 7, 09 2:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The body of a missing 8-year-old Northern California girl has been found stuffed in a suitcase in an irrigation pond on a dairy farm, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Second-grader Sandra Cantu vanished after leaving home last month to visit a friend. FBI officials have joined an investigation by Tracy... More »

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crime • kidnapping • murder • abduction • missing child • child

(Newser) - Inmates in a Maryland road crew helped care for a toddler who wandered down a freeway yesterday when his family forgot about him, the Frederick News-Post reports. A trucking company owner first spotted the 2 1/2-year-old boy running on the center lines of Route 550 as gravel trucks drove by.... More »

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