"For over three years, Anna's family and friends have waited for justice. Today the jury has spoken, returned its guilty verdict for first-degree murder against this sociopath and justice has arrived."
Christina Marie Plante was reported missing in May of 1994 from Star Valley, Arizona, after she vanished without a trace from her community. Investigators said that she was last seen leaving her home on foot to go to the stable where her horse was, and was not seen again.
Human remains found on Bay Area beaches in 1999 and 2023 have been identified as those of Walter Karl Kinney, a banker who disappeared in 1999. The remains were discovered by a family searching for sea shells in 2022, leading to an investigation that linked the remains to Kinney's family through DNA analysis.
Amanda Smith expressed her feelings about her mother’s long absence, stating, "I know everything is not black and white, there's a whole gray area. Life's too short for me to hold a grudge against her because she's my mom."
Amy Hillyard, the 52-year-old co-owner of Farley's coffee shop, was last seen near Oakland's Cleveland Heights neighborhood on the 500 block of Radnor Road, according to the Oakland Police Department. Hillyard is considered 'at risk' because of her medical conditions, police said.
James "Jimmy" Gracey, a 20-year-old junior from Elmhurst, Illinois, disappeared in the early hours of Tuesday, March 17, after leaving the popular Shôko nightclub in Barcelona's Port Olímpic area. Friends last spotted him around 3am near the beachfront venue, but he never returned to the Airbnb accommodation on Ronda Sant Pere, where he was staying with friends.
William 'Neil' McCasland, 68, was last seen around 11am on February 27 near Quail Run Court NE in Albuquerque, during a one-hour window while his wife left the house. McCasland was speaking with a home repairman at 10am, and his wife, Susan McCasland Wilkerson, left the home about one hour and 10 minutes later. At approximately 12.04pm, Susan returned to an empty house, finding her husband's phone, prescription glasses and wearable devices were left behind.
Jennifer Remillard, whose last known address is on Leicester Street in Auburn, was reported missing, according to a statement from the Auburn Police Department. She was last seen Jan. 31 in Sarasota, Florida, police said.
While this provisional confirmation will not ease their loss, we hope the outcome will provide them with some measure of clarity and closure. We want to thank community members for their ongoing support and interest in Celine's case, and I want to acknowledge the extensive efforts of search and rescue personnel, partner agencies and volunteers who dedicated significant time and resources during the many search phases.
The Weymouth Police Department announced Wednesday that 45-year-old Brendan L. Rogers, who was reported missing Monday, was discovered in a remote wooded area off the Fore River following an extensive search. Police said Rogers was last seen leaving his home on Commercial Street in Weymouth on foot at approximately 7:15 a.m. Monday.
As such, the street where she lives has been completely paved over by media outposts. SUVs idle in the gravel shoulders, with camera cables snaking out of their doors and across the asphalt. Broadcast-news anchors, in full glam, take cover under listing canopies, patiently awaiting their next hit. Civilian gawkers amble up the road, snapping photos with the accumulating floral tributes.
The 84-year-old mother of television journalist Savannah Guthrie went missing from her Arizona home earlier this month in what police believe was a targeted kidnapping. Nearly three weeks on, despite emotional public appeals, puzzling ransom notes and an army of online sleuths dissecting every detail, the investigation appears stalled. With hundreds of thousands of disappearances reported every year in the US, what is it about this story that has fueled such intense, and at times morbid, public fascination?
