Texas police have announced that skeletal remains discovered months ago in a septic tank belong to a woman that’s been missing for more than a decade, as reported by CBS4. KRGV reports that Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra said that DNA analysis confirmed the remains belonged to Leona Marie Tollett Johnson, who was reported missing in 2004. …
The mother of a 13-year-old boy who was confirmed dead this weekend has spoken out in response to the news that DNA tests were a positive match for Robert Bee, Jr. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Bee went missing in November from his home in Pekin, Illinois. He reportedly ran away when truancy officers approached him …
It’s one of the most famous missing person cases in the world, but the investigation into the disappearance of Madeline McCann is in grave danger of running out of funds. The Sun reports that funding for the Metropolitan Police’s Operation Grange — the search effort dedicated to the decade-old missing child case — is facing …
Maura Murray has been missing for nearly 14 years now, and investigators appear no closer to solving the case than they were in February 2004, when the 21-year-old nursing student’s car was found in Haverhill, New Hampshire, a two hour drive north of her dorm at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Maura had told her …
The Chicago-area teenager whose death has drawn national attention since her body was found in a hotel freezer will be laid to rest next week. WLS-TV reports that the mother of Kenneka Jenkins said in a Facebook Live video Saturday that a memorial service for her daughter has been tentatively scheduled for Sept. 30. The …
South Carolina police on Friday arrested a mother whose 11-month-old baby has been missing since July, Myrtle Beach Online reports. Authorities were tipped off about the missing tot on Wednesday, Myrtle Beach Police Capt. Joey Crosby said. Investigators believe the baby’s disappearance is a result of foul play, but Crosby said the public is not in …
A coroner has confirmed that the human remains found in Pekin, Illinois, this summer belong to missing Robert Bee, Jr. Tazwell County Coroner told James Baldi confirmed to local news station CentralIllinoisProud.com that DNA testing at the Illinois State Police Crime Lab positively identified Bee, 13, who went missing in November after running away from truancy …
Oxygen has released photos of bone fragments that may belong to missing Natalee Hollway, who disappeared on a high school graduation trip to Aruba in 2005. The Oxygen docuseries The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway has chronicled the search for her possible remains and the difficult process of identifying them. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a tipster …
Police in Columbus, Ohio, are asking the public’s help in locating a high risk missing girl. The police department reported in a Facebook post that 11-year-old Emily Jeans has gone missing from her home on 3223 Morse Road. The girl’s mother told police that her daughter disappeared late Wednesday afternoon. Investigators launched a search effort …
Investigators have made an arrest in a cold case murder that has gone unsolved for a quarter of a century. MassLive.com reports that Gary E. Schara has been arrested and charged with the murder of Lisa Ziegert, who was killed in 1992 in Agawam. She was 24 years old at the time of her murder. District Attorney …
A friend of Natalee Holloway’s suspected killer has claimed that her skull was burned in a cave. John Ludwick is a friend of Joran van Der Sloot, who was the last person seen with Natalee, 18, before she disappeared in Aruba in 2005. Ludwick made the bombshell confession in the Oxygen docuseries The Disappearance of Natalee …
The pregnant Maryland teacher shot dead and left in a shallow grave had tried to talk to another woman with whom her boyfriend was also engaged to marry, according to police. Investigators lured the boyfriend, Tyler Tessier, into speaking at a news conference while Wallen was still missing with the hope that his demeanor and …
