All articles tagged with #missing persons
A nine-story building under construction collapsed in Angeles City, Pampanga province, north of Manila, leaving 21 people reported missing as emergency teams search the rubble for survivors.
Guadalajara is hard at work preparing for four World Cup 2026 matches, while investigators report 1,907 clandestine graves found in the area since 2018, including near Akron Stadium, prompting heightened security and international cooperation as officials worry cartel violence could disrupt the tournament.
A pickup truck fell off a bridge in southern China, leaving one person dead and nine people missing as rescuers continue the search.
Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, has been missing for 100 days, and her close friend Lauren Serpa says the Tucson investigation remains open but attention in the community is waning. Serpa urges continued public vigilance, while authorities say DNA and video analyses are ongoing and tips are still being reviewed. Savannah Guthrie has publicly appealed for information and posted a Mother’s Day tribute as the search continues.
Savannah Guthrie posted a heartfelt Mother’s Day tribute to her missing mom, Nancy Guthrie, sharing family moments on Instagram and urging the public to help by calling the FBI as Nancy remains missing since January; the ongoing case has drawn scrutiny of local authorities, with the FBI involved and new DNA analysis and ransom-note reports surfacing as Guthrie has recently returned to the Today show.
An Amber Alert has been issued for 54-year-old Mouna Omar Saleh Ali and her two children, 7-year-old Julie Abdullah Qasim Saleh and 9-year-old Hafish Abdullah Qasim Saleh, who authorities say were abducted Saturday in Perinton by Mouna’s 26-year-old son Amar Abdullah Qasim Saleh. The suspect was last seen driving a 2026 white or silver Toyota Camry or Honda Accord near Crossover Road; investigators say the children are in imminent danger, though there is no threat to the public. Anyone with information should call 911 or the Monroe County Sheriff's Office at 585-753-4178.
BuzzFeed’s weekly dark roundup covers five unsettling stories: the Dec. 2025 murder investigation surrounding Rob Reiner and his wife, with their son Nick charged in connection with the case; Nicole Delien’s Kleine-Levin syndrome, a rare sleep disorder; the ongoing Ireland missing-person case of 15-year-old Amy Fitzpatrick from 2008; a grim account of the 1950s British Malayan headhunting scandal; and Velma Barfield, one of the first women executed in the modern era, highlighting how these cases reveal the darkest corners of history and humanity.
Two U.S. Army soldiers are missing near the Cap Draa Training Area in southwestern Morocco during the Africa Lion multinational exercise. A joint search-and-rescue operation using ground, air and maritime assets is underway after they were last seen near ocean cliffs; officials say the incident is not terror-related. Africa Lion, the U.S. military’s largest annual exercise in Africa, involves thousands from more than 30 nations across four host countries and runs through early May.
Two U.S. service members are missing during the African Lion 20 military exercise near Tantan, Morocco; U.S. and Moroccan forces are conducting search-and-rescue operations as drills continue.
Barry Christian, a 54-year-old Republican candidate for Oklahoma Senate District 38, was found Thursday inside his Ram pickup in a ravine off Highway 30 near Erick after missing for two days. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is handling the death inquiry; his daughter said the family’s world is “upside down,” and no cause of death has been released. A campaign sign was photographed on the prairie during the search.
SNL and Roommates writer Jimmy Fowlie announced on Instagram that his sister Christina Downer, 38, is no longer alive and that the LAPD has transitioned the case from a missing-person inquiry to a homicide investigation. He urged the public to share information and said Downer’s phone and social media appeared to be compromised before she vanished. The LAPD has not immediately commented. Downer’s last known locations and contacts trace back to late 2025 in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles.
The body of Zamil Limon, a 27-year-old USF doctoral student, was found on the Howard Frankland Bridge in Tampa, with his roommate arrested on domestic-violence and related charges. Nahida S. Bristy, the other 27-year-old USF student who was missing, remains unaccounted for after last being seen April 16. Authorities say the Bristy investigation is ongoing, an autopsy is underway to determine Limon’s cause of death, and families say the pair—both from Bangladesh—are not the type to disappear. The case is being handled by USF police and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, with SWAT involvement at the time of the arrest.
Memphis police are investigating the discovery of remains believed to be three children, ages 3–7, found in a wooded area and thought to have been there for several years. The first remains were reported March 8 after an anonymous tip, with a skull found near a drainage area and 14 additional bones later uncovered. Authorities are working to identify the victims and determine the circumstances of their deaths, noting no matching missing-person reports in the area.
Two 27-year-old USF doctoral students from Bangladesh, Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, have not been heard from since April 16 in the Tampa area; University of South Florida Police and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office are actively investigating, with searches spanning Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. Limon was about to present his AI-focused environmental science thesis and Bristy studies chemical engineering; both reportedly had summer travel plans to Bangladesh. Family members say the disappearances are out of character, and authorities are asking anyone with information to contact USF Police at 813-974-2628.
Two 27-year-old University of South Florida doctoral students, Zamil Limon and Nahida S. Bristy, have been reported missing after they were last seen on April 16—Limon at his Tampa residence and Bristy at the NES Building on USF’s Tampa campus. Officials say they are friends and may be together; missing-person reports have been filed with the USF Police Department and Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and authorities are asking anyone with information to contact USF Police at (813) 974-2628. More details are expected as the case develops.