UPDATE: Cousin charged with abducting teen cheerleader found dead behind home
Murder
Officials ruled Ke’Asia Adkins’ death a homicide caused by asphyxia
Missing
June 28, 2018
UPDATE: Mother and young daughter FOUND SAFE after police issue endangered person alert
UPDATE @ 5:25 p.m. (EST): The Cape Coral Daily Breeze reported that Yanisley Delgado-Martinez, 28, and her daughter, Kaylie Melendez, 5, have been found safe. Additional information regarding their disappearance and whereabouts isn’t available at this point in time. ORIGINAL Story: Police in Florida are asking for the public’s help in locating a mother and daughter …
Missing
June 28, 2018
UPDATE: Teen girl who vanished from home FOUND SAFE following emergency alert
UPDATE 2:01 p.m. (EST): Per WAFB, Chilton County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday morning that Daylee Ann Powell, 13, was found safe in a home in Chilton County. Additional information about the teen’s disappearance is unavailable at this point in time. ORIGINAL Story: Authorities in Alabama are asking for the public’s help in locating a 13-year-old girl who …
Missing
June 19, 2018
MISSING: Alert issued for 3-week-old baby boy
Authorities issued a Florida missing child alert on Thursday for a 3-week-old baby boy who disappeared from Gainesville. NBC reports that infant Jayce Jenkins was last seen off of the 4300 block of Southwest 13th Street. Officials say 37-year-old Alison Jenkins could possibly have the baby, although it’s still unclear what her relationship to Jayce is. …
Missing
June 15, 2018
Little boy, 6, swept away by river while swimming with family
Rescue crews continued their search Friday for a 6-year-old Indiana boy who reportedly vanished Thursday afternoon while swimming with family. WRTV reported that Brendan Sperry was with his mother, brother, two sisters, and cousin at Flat Rock River in Columbus when he went into deeper water. The boy’s uncle, James Pepper, said the 14-year-old cousin tried …
Missing
June 13, 2018
Teen girl disappears after string of violent deaths of young women; body found under a car identified as missing young mother
As Chicago officials confirm that the body discovered under a car last week was a young mother who vanished in May, the city was recently plagued with their fifth disappearance—this time involving a 13-year-old girl. WGN-TV reported that dental and tattoo records confirmed that a body found under a car parked in a garage on …
Missing
June 13, 2018
Teen girl still missing three weeks after vanishing from sister’s Texas home
Arionna Parham is asthmatic, and left her inhaler behind.
Missing
June 8, 2018
Teen boy who left home after fight with parents found dead in wooded area
Police in Virginia have confirmed that human remains discovered in a wooded area Tuesday belong to a 16-year-old boy who vanished from his Nokesville home on May 2. Detectives with Prince William County Police along with the FBI located Palmer Curtis Marsh’s decomposed remains in the same city where the teen disappeared, according to Potomac Local. Officials …
Missing
May 31, 2018
Elderly woman with dementia found dead in hospital stairwell 11 DAYS after vanishing from care facility
A California woman with dementia was reportedly found dead in the power plant stairwell at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital 11 days after checking herself out of a care facility located on the same campus. KNTV reported that the body of Ruby Andersen, 75, was found on the hospital’s campus Monday at 1 p.m. The …
Missing
May 31, 2018
UPDATE: AMBER Alert infant found in diaper box possibly died of natural causes, police say
The South Carolina infant found dead in a diaper box Tuesday possibly died of natural causes, police officials announced Thursday. According to WIS, Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks said mother Breanna Lewis, 19, told investigators that baby Harlee had “pushed her to the brink” but wouldn’t speculate on what her comment meant. Lewis is accused …
Missing
May 31, 2018
Lileana Christopherson: Following second arrest, cops fear missing teen is sex-trafficking victim
A second suspect has been charged in connection with the disappearance of a Washington teen who police now fear is a victim of sex trafficking. Documents obtained by KOMO show that Maria Counts, 29, and sex offender Christopher Fitzpatrick, 39, met Lileana “Lily” Christopherson, 15, and her friend, Alex, at the Federal Way Transit Center …
Podcast
May 28, 2018
Monday Crime Stories: Chuckie Mauk: Boy killed on way home from candy store
Three decades have passed since 13-year-old Chuckie Mauk was shot dead during a bike ride to a Georgia candy store. But the search for the killer has not ended. Nancy Grace visits with Chuckie’s mom to discuss the case and the painful loss of her son in this episode. National Missing Children’s Day: Can you …