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Missing Persons

From a famed aviator who vanished somewhere over Western Nevada to a family of four who went off in search of a Christmas tree and battled snowstorms for three days, people go lost...in the best cases, they're found.

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  • December 2007

    • Boater Appears, 5 Years Later, Sans Memory

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Dec 3, 07 7:03 PM CST

      Boater Appears, 5 Years Later, Sans Memory

      (Newser) - A man who was presumed dead five years ago, when he failed to return from a canoeing trip, showed up in London today, the Daily Mail reports. John Darwin, 57 and able to remember only his name, walked into a police station saying: "I think I am a missing person." Oddly enough, Darwin’s wife sold the family home and emigrated to Panama only four weeks ago. More »

  • November 2007

    • Declare Fossett Dead, Wife Asks Court

      Associated Press  |  Nov 27, 07 7:50 AM CST

      Declare Fossett Dead, Wife Asks Court

      (Newser) - The wife of Steve Fossett, who went missing in September while flying his plane over the rugged terrain of northwest Nevada, asked an Illinois court yesterday to declare him legally dead, the AP reports. If granted, the request would allow the vast estate of the millionaire adventurer to be settled, said an attorney for Peggy Fossett. More »

  • September 2007

    • Aviation Adventurer Is Missing

      Associated Press  |  Sep 4, 07 4:32 PM CDT

      Aviation Adventurer Is Missing

      (Newser) - Quixotic aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett, the first person to make it around the world in a balloon, was missing today when his plane disappeared over western Nevada. A search is on for his single-engine Bellanca, but the millionaire entrepreneur didn't file a flight plan, the AP reports. More »

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American adventurer Steve Fossett arrives at Kent International Airport, Manston, Kent, England. in this Feb. 11, 2006, photo. Fossett is one of five people slated to be inducted in the National Aviation...   (Associated Press)
Joshua Dominguez, second from left, and Alexis Dominguez, third from left, are helped by authorities after they were flown by helicopter to Sterling City, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. The Dominguez...   (Associated Press)
Joshua Dominguez, 12,. center , is offered a blanket after he and his sister were flown by helicopter to Sterling City, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. The Dominguez family vanished on a Christmas...   (Associated Press)
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