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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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missing person stories: 64 news summaries

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 Holloway 
 Suspect: 
 I Sold Her 

Dutch man admits selling American teen on Aruba in 2005, then switches stories

Nov 25, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - After claiming—then denying—he dumped Natalee Holloway’s body in the Caribbean, Joran van der Sloot confessed to Fox News he watched her being hauled away on a vessel after selling the drunk teen in 2005 to a Venezuelan man seeking “a blonde girl.” The interview, which... More »

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Venezuela • Natalee Holloway • Aruba • missing child • human trafficking • Joran van der Sloot • missing person

Missing Student Found Dead in Ill. Frat House

Police unsure how
body went unnoticed
for 8 days

Nov 24, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - An Illinois Institute of Technology student mysteriously turned up dead in a storage room of his fraternity house yesterday, after being considered missing for 8 days, the Chicago Tribune reports. Benjamin Collen’s death has been ruled an accident—the 19-year-old sophomore died of asphyxia after inhaling carbon dioxide from... More »

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fraternity • death • Illinois • missing person • missing student

Scott Peterson Wants to Be
Pen Pals With Casey Anthony

Unclear if Fla. mom responded to his letter

Oct 29, 08 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Convicted murderer Scott Peterson has been sending letters to Casey Anthony from death row in California, the Orlando Sentinel reports. It’s not clear whether Anthony, jailed in Florida after being charged with the murder of 3-year-old daughter Caylee, has responded to Peterson, who was sentenced to death for killing... More »

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crime • jail • missing child • missing person • Scott Peterson • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

 Drew Peterson: 
 Come Forward, Stacy 

On anniversary of her disappearance, husband maintains she's with another man

Oct 28, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Peterson marked the first anniversary of his wife’s disappearance with an interview on the Today Show, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Drew, the subject of intense scrutiny in the unsolved case, reiterated that he thought Stacy ran off with another man, leaving behind their two young children. He... More »

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investigation • Matt Lauer • anniversary • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • missing person • Today show

Searchers Find Human Remains in Fossett Plane

Authorities hope
to identify missing millionaire adventurer

Oct 2, 08 7:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Searchers have found human remains in the wreckage of missing adventurer Steve Fossett's plane, Reuters reports. No official confirmation has come yet, but the find is all but sure to end the mystery of Fossett's disappearance more than a year ago on a solo flight from Nevada. His plane, along... More »

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Steve Fossett • aviator • missing person • Sierra Nevada

 Wreckage Is 
 Fossett's; No 
 Body Found 

But adventurer's body still nowhere to be seen

Oct 2, 08 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Search teams have confirmed that the wreckage helicopters spotted earlier in California’s Inyo National Forest is indeed the plane that Steve Fossett was piloting when he disappeared last year. One searcher said the crash, which looked to have been a head-on crash into a mountain, was "so severe... More »

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California • Nevada • Steve Fossett • aviator • missing person

 Wreckage 
 Spotted Near 
 Fossett Papers 

Ground team searching for site spotted from aircraft

Oct 2, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - An aerial spotter has located what appears to be plane wreckage close to the place where a hiker found ID cards belonging to missing billionaire Steve Fossett, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. A team has been dispatched to do a ground search of the mountainous area in eastern California close... More »

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California • Nevada • Steve Fossett • aviator • missing person • airplane

Fla. Protesters Attack Caylee Anthony's Grandparents

Demonstrators hold daughter Casey responsible for toddler's disappearance

Sep 18, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida police are looking for the protesters who provoked a violent confrontation last night outside the house of George and Cindy Anthony, grandparents to missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Protesters who suspect the Anthonys' daughter Casey in Caylee’s disappearance threw pennies at the house’s door... More »

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Florida • battery • violence • missing person • protesters • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

Ferry Workers Rescue Missing Teacher in Water

She disappeared
2 weeks ago in NYC; recovering in hospital

Sep 16, 08 9:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 23-year-old woman rescued from the water today by Staten Island ferry workers turns out to be a Harlem teacher reported missing 2 weeks ago, the New York Times reports. She is recuperating in the hospital but has yet to shed light on her disappearance. Hannah Emily Upp disappeared just... More »

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missing person • ferry • Staten Island

(Newser) - Four swimmers have drowned, three are missing, and at least three more have been rescued in two days of deadly ocean currents at Long Island and New York City beaches. Eight-foot waves rocked the area, causing rough seas and a strong rip current. One police lieutenant told the AP he... More »

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New York City • beach • waves • drowning • Long Island • missing person

Cops Fear Mom Killed Missing Florida Toddler

Mother charged with lying about daughter's disappearance

Jul 23, 08 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Florida woman has been charged with child neglect and lying to investigators over the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter, reports AP. Prosecutors say the child has been missing for more than a month, but her mom only reported her missing last week. Investigators have found evidence of decomposition in... More »

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Florida • homicide • missing child • missing person

Missing Soldier Found Alive

Kidnap victim surfaces in Nev. 'tired, scared, weak'; estranged husband in custody

Jul 21, 08 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fort Bliss soldier reported missing and endangered Friday has been found alive in Nevada, reports the AP, and tells family that her estranged husband abducted her from her El Paso apartment. Jeneesa Lewis, whose apartment yielded evidence of a struggle, reported being beaten and stabbed twice, and sounded "... More »

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Texas • kidnapping • missing soldiers • US Army • missing person • Fort Bliss

Missing Soldier Was About to Divorce Hubby

Police found evidence of 'foul play' in her empty apartment

Jul 20, 08 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Fort Bliss soldier reported missing on Friday had been planning to divorce her husband, says her sister. Two days before she disappeared, Jeneesa Lewis texted her sister "Yeah, he's gone. Had police go with me yesterday, it's all clear." The husband, Clinton Lewis, is also missing and... More »

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Texas • missing soldiers • US Army • missing person • Fort Bliss

DNA Tests Yield Few Clues on Canada Victims

But authorities say
two of the floating feet belonged to one man

Jul 11, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Canadian authorities have determined that two of the five feet found floating on British Columbia's coastline came from the same man. The only other information about the mystery victim are his shoe size (11) and brand preference (Nike), and fact that he must have been alive in early 2003 when... More »

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Canada • DNA • sneakers • mystery • British Columbia • missing person • severed feet

Mysterious Human Feet Baffle Police

Speculation afoot around washed up body parts

Jun 25, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are struggling to explain a string of washed up human feet found on beaches along one 125-mile stretch of British Columbia. So far five of the grisly, sneaker-clad appendages have been found, and all are right feet. “It’s a mystery,” said one Royal Canadian Mounted Police... More »

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Canada • mystery • British Columbia • unsolved mystery • missing person • DNA evidence • feet • severed feet

Sixth Foot to Wash Ashore
Is a Hoax 

Prankster in Canada put animal paw
in running shoe

Jun 19, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The latest severed foot to wash ashore in Canada is a hoax, the Toronto Globe and Mail reports. The sneaker found this week near Vancouver actually contained an animal paw stuffed into a sock, authorities say. An official described the prank as “reprehensible and very disrespectful to the families... More »

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Canada • British Columbia • hoax • missing person • coroner • severed feet • RCMP

 Elizabeth Smart:
 'I Feel So Lucky' 

Kidnapping victim says abduction made her grow up

Jun 12, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Smart was just 14 when she was kidnapped from her bedroom 6 years ago, but says she emerged from the 9-month ordeal unscathed. People profiles the 20-year-old, now a music major at Brigham Young University, who says, "I feel so lucky to be here. From the day... More »

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kidnapping • Salt Lake City • recovery • miracle • missing person • interview • Elizabeth Smart

Peterson Offers $25K Reward for Wife's Return

Murder suspect should collect it himself,
says family

May 1, 08 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Suspected wife killer Drew Peterson is offering a $25,000 reward for information about his wife's disappearance, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Illinois ex-cop said he believes his fourth wife, Stacy, left with another man when she vanished six months ago. Stacy's relatives slammed the offer as a publicity stunt... More »

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disappearance • Illinois • Stacy Peterson • Drew Peterson • missing person

65 Feared Dead in Tanzania Mine

Six recovered, 59 missing as flash floods combine with downed power lines

Mar 30, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescuers now fear that 65 miners trapped in a northern Tanzanian mine shaft have drowned, reports Reuters, with six bodies recovered and 59 workers missing. Volunteers raced to the remote gemstone mine near Mount Kilimanjaro yesterday when flash floods swept through the area, but the torrential weather also brought down... More »

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Africa • Tanzania • drowning • miners • missing person • tanzanite • mining accidents

 India to Help US Hunt
 Lost WWII Crews 

Expedition to India for MIAs

Mar 20, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - US bomber crews that went missing in the Himalayas during World War II may be recovered after more than six decades, reports the Military Times. While experts have long identified potential crash sites, the US military has been unable to access the dangerous border region between India, China, and Burma.... More »

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China • India • POW • World War II • Himalayas • missing person • MIA • US Army Air Force • Arunachal Pradesh • Irwin Zaetz • Rear Admiral Donna Crisp

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