The Martin family: In 1958 the entire family of five disappeared while they were out gathering greenery to decorate the house for Christmas. True Crime Recaps: 3 Terrifying Christmas Stories, Youtube 34.01, 2022
A tugboat operator spotted 11-year-old Sue’s body floating in the river a few miles upstream from Portland. Autopsy reports say she drowned. The next day the body of her older sister, 13-year-old Virginia, was found in the river 20 miles upstream … Their parents and older sister, 14-year-old Barbara, were never found; neither was the family’s car. ibid.
The Bennington Triangle: It’s a place in Vermont that’s been linked to a number of unexplained disappearances over the years. And over a span of five years different people vanished from the same area and around the same time of year and day never to be seen again. True Crime Recaps: Bennington Triangle Mysteries, Youtube 10.43, 2022
In the sleepy suburbs of Portland, Oregon, a second grader vanishes without a trace from his elementary school science fair. Despite numerous leads and countless man-hours, Kyron Horman had never been found. True Crime Recaps: Unsolved Disappearance of Kyron Horman, Youtube 22.11, 2022
In 2004 a 21-year-old nursing student named Maura Murray vanished under mysterious circumstances; her disappearance created national headlines … To this day her whereabouts remain unknown. True Crime Recaps: Baffling Disappearance of Maura Murray, Youtube 18,52, 2022
On February 9th 2004 Maura Murray drove her black 1996 Saturn into a tree in a remote area of New Hampshire then she disappeared into the sub-freezing night without a trace. ibid.
July 2015 Timber Creek Campground, Idaho: DrOrr Kunz jr was only two and a half years old when he vanished into thin air on a camping trip with his family. True Crime Recaps: DrOrr Kunz jr: Toddler Vanishes on Family Camping Trip, Youtube 10.12, 2022
His disappearance remains one of the most baffling missing person’s cases in history. ibid.
Why did a devoted mother [Heidi Planck] up and leave in the middle of her young son’s football game? The last glimpse of her is on a security cam hours later thirty miles away walking her dog behind a downtown LA highrise. Later that evening her dog is found wandering alone on the 29th floor. But she is never seen again. When police go digging for answers they only find more questions. True Crime Recaps: Escape or Cover-Up? Mother Vanished Without a Trace, Youtube 9.19, 2022
What if anything does her shady boss’s business deals have to do with her disappearance? ibid.
When Gabby Petito was found murdered with her boyfriend Brian Laundrie beind the sole person of interest her case and the manhunt for Brian came under intense scrutiny. True Crime Recaps: Bodies Found During Brian Laundrie Search, Youtube 6.30, 2022
Three other people who disappeared under mysterious circumstances: Lauren Cho, Daniel Robinson and Josue Calderon. ibid.
March 1998: Ron and Iva Bradley booked a Royal Caribbean cruise for them and their 21-year-old son Brad; they had one spot left in the cabin so they invited their 23-year-old daughter Amy. True Crime Recaps: Lost at Sea: The Mysterious Disappearance of Amy Bradley, Youtube 16.19, 2023
What happened to her [Amy] on the Open Sea remains a mystery. ibid.
Everyone is worried about 14-year-old Alicia Navarro except Alicia … Alicia Navarro disappeared from her Arizona home and 4 years later she popped up in a Montana police station so she could get her driver’s licence. Real Crime Recaps: Alicia Navarro, Youtube 12.23, 2023
She was talkative, cooperative, she said nobody hurt her, and she just wanted to get on with her life. ibid.
The neighbours said Alicia and 36-year-old Eddie Davis had been living in the apartment complex since he moved in a year prior. ibid.
In the bustling town of Fort Worth, Texas there is a mystery that has haunted its residents for years. It starts on a mild December afternoon in 1974 when the excitement of Christmas filled the air, and the Seminary South shopping center bustled with eager shoppers searching for the perfect gifts. Among the crowd were three girls, 17-year old Rachel, 14-year-old Renee, and the youngest, 9-year-old Julie Ann. They were supposed to be home by 4. But they were never seen again. True Crime Recaps: The Unsolved Mystery of the Fort Worth Disappearance, Youtube 16.23, 2023
2010: Minutes after Ali Lowitzer stepped off her school bus she vanished … She hasn’t been seen since. True Crime Recaps: The Burger Barn Mystery: The Disappearance of Ali Lowitzer, Youtube 13.03, 2023
What girl would run away without her money, makeup and clothes, without her paycheck … ibid.
May 2011: Six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen walks out of school hand in hand with his mother Amy … A spontaneous road trip zigzagging across Illinois and Wisconsin ignoring the frantic phone calls from the rest of the family. Three days later it’s over: Amy is dead in a seedy motel room and Timmothy is gone. The only clue to Timmothy whereabouts is Amy’s final note found with her body: Timmothy is safe but you’ll never find him … Timmothy Pitzen is still missing. True Crime Recaps: The Haunting Disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen, Youtube 11.52, 2023
She has a history of depression, anxiety and two failed suicide attempts. ibid.
Asha Degree was only 9 year old when she walked out of her Shelby, North Carolina, home on Valentine’s Day 2000. Today she is one of North Carolina’s most infamous missing children. Her case still baffles law enforcement. True Crime Recaps: The Valentine’s Day Disappearance of Asha Degree, Youtube 13.22, 2023
She took her favourite clothes but she didn’t take her coat. ibid.
She wasn’t normally so independent. ibid.
September 12th 2014: Three-year-old William Tyrrell … disappeared; the only thing he left behind is silence … At Grandma’s house he ran around the side of the house then nothing but silence. True Crime Recaps: His Mysterious Disappearance is Yet to be Solved! Youtube 10.06, 2023
March 18th 1977: Six-year-old Mary Boyle was walking over to a neighbour’s house to return a ladder with her uncle when she decided to turn around and go back to her grandparents’ house. She was only a five-minute walk away but no trace of her has ever been found. True Crime Recaps: Lost in the Bog: The Enigma of Mary Boyle’s Disappearance, Youtube 7.43, 2023
What is he running from in June 2014? Lars Mittank was on vacation with friends in Bulgaria. On the day he was supposed to fly home he dropped his stuff and ran out of the airport. Why? No-one knows. But he hasn’t been seen since. True Crime Recaps: What Happened to ‘the Most Famous Missing Person’: Lars Mittank, Youtube 6.06, 2023
It’s been one month since Diana Cojocari admitted she hadn’t seen her 11-year-old daughter for 22 days. Madalina Cojacari was last seen at school in Cornelius, North Carolina, on Monday 21st. True Crime Recaps: Madalina Cojocari, Youtube 3.55, 2023
The school alerted them [rozzers] in shock. Now Diana and her husband Christopher Palmiter are behind bars for not reporting the little girl missing. ibid.
December 23rd 1974: Among the crowd were three girls, 17-year-old Rachel, 14-year-old Renee, and the youngest, 9-year-old Julie Ann. True Crime Recaps: They Vanished Into Thin Air, Youtube 0.59 short, 2023
She was about to expose her twisted family’s sex trafficking ring, but she suddenly went missing before she could talk to the police. True Crime Recaps: What Happened to Brittney? The Unsolved Mystery of Brittney Wood’s Disappearance, Youtube 2024
Uncle Donnie was the mastermind behind an incest sex ring in southern Alabama. ibid.
Sexual abuse in the family carried on for three generations. ibid.
She went missing on May 30th 2012. ibid.
Brittney decides to take matters into her own hands.
His [Donnie] death was quickly ruled a suicide, perhaps too quickly. ibid.
The gun he used to allegedly shoot himself was Britney’s. ibid.
It’s Valentine’s Day 2000 and 9-year-old Asha Degree walks out of her Shelby North Carolina home in the middle of the night, and she’s never seen again. True Crime Recaps: Truth Emerges: New DNA Evidence Could Solve This 24-Year-Old Mystery, Youtube 2024
Just a few days after Asha vanished, some of her belongings turn up in a shed along the highway, less than two miles from where she is last seen. We are talking candy wrappers, her pencils, a marker, and a Mickey Mouse hairbow, all her mom immediately recognises as Asha’s. But that’s not all. There’s something extra creepy in that shed: a wallet-sized photo of a little girl. But here’s the twist: it’s not Asha. Nobody seems to know who this mystery girl is. ibid.
Asha’s backpack, double-bagged in black trash bags. And get this: it’s found 21 miles away. ibid.
They’ve got a DNA match. Two matches actually. Turns out a hair found on the undershirt inside Asha’s backpack belongs to Anna Lee Deadman, who is just 13 at the time Asha went missing. Another DNA trace was found on those trashbags. It points to Russell Underhill. ibid.
Cops don’t necessarily think Russell or Anna Lee are the main suspects; the real focus – it’s on the two people who connect them – Anna Lee’s parents! ibid.
2024: Police finally make their move, raiding the Deadman’ family properties … That house is less than 6 minutes from where Asha was last seen on Hightway 18. ibid.
That’s not the only property Roy Deadman owns. ibid.
Roy Deadman has a DNA sample taken from him. ibid.
On January 24th 2006 Jennifer Kesse disappeared from her condo in Orlando, Florida. It was like she vanished into thin air. True Crime Recaps: She Vanished Without a Trace: Jennifer Kesse is Still Missing, Youtbe 2024
In reality she was taken by the luckiest person on earth. People call him the Plantom. ibid.
That little boy vanished without a trace. His story unfolds like a puzzle … What happened to 4-year-old Michael Dunahee? True Crime Recaps: 32 Years & Still Missing, Youtube 2024
When Crystal looks toward the playground moments later, she feels the world stop: Michael is gone … No-one saw a thing. There’s at least 50 adults and kids around. ibid.