Missing people
People who disappeared and have not been found. Every one has a last confirmed sighting and someone still looking.
Disappearance of Sofia Juarez
Sofia Lucerno Juarez (born February 5, 1998) was a four-year-old American child who disappeared in Kennewick, Washington in 2003. Her case involved the first use of an Amber alert in the state of Washington. As of 2026, Juarez's whereabouts and the circumstances of her disappearance remain unknown.
2014 · District of ColumbiaMissingDisappearance of Relisha Rudd
Relisha Tenau Rudd (October 29, 2005 – disappeared March 1, 2014) was an 8-year-old girl who went missing in Washington, D.C., in February 2014 and has not been found. Rudd had been living in the D.C. General Shelter with her mother, when she was befriended by janitor Kahlil Tatum, a former felon. Rudd stopped attending school, but it was 30 days before her absence was reported to police.
1926 · CaliforniaMissing
Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson
On May 18, 1926, American Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California, after going for a swim. She reappeared in Mexico five weeks later, stating she had escaped from kidnappers there. Allegations arose that the kidnapping story was a hoax carried out to conceal a tryst with a lover, leading to court inquiries.
1978 · New JerseyMissingClinton Avenue Five
The Clinton Avenue Five are five young men who disappeared on August 20, 1978, in Newark, New Jersey. The name is derived from the street where they were last seen. The case eventually went cold.
1902 · CaliforniaMissing
Yda Hillis Addis
Yda Hillis Addis (born 1857, disappeared 1902 in California, U.S.) was the first American writer to translate ancient Mexican oral stories and histories into English, some of which she submitted to San Francisco-based newspaper The Argonaut. The most widely popular of her more than 100 stories are Roman's Romance and Roger's Luck.
1985 · HawaiiMissingDisappearance of Diane Suzuki
Diane Suzuki was a nineteen-year-old dancer and student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa who disappeared on July 6, 1985, and has since been the focus of one of the most notorious modern criminal investigations in the history of the state of Hawaii. The Diane Suzuki investigation was the first instance in which the Honolulu Police Department used luminol and other technological advances in forensic science.
2019 · South DakotaMissingDisappearance of Serenity Dennard
On February 3, 2019, Serenity June Dennard, a 9-year-old girl from Rockerville, South Dakota, United States, disappeared after leaving the Black Hills Children's Home Society on Rockerville Road. Just before 11:00 a.m., she walked out of the children's home and began walking up north on Rockerville Road without a coat in freezing temperatures. She was reported missing later that day, and possibly the largest…
1962MissingAudrey Backeberg
Audrey Jean Good Backeberg is an American formerly missing woman who went missing at age 20 on July 7, 1962, and resurfaced in 2025.
1971 · VermontMissing
Disappearance of Lynne Schulze
Lynne Kathryn Schulze (born February 9, 1953) is an American missing person who was last seen on December 10, 1971, in Middlebury, Vermont. The 18-year-old Schulze was attending Middlebury College, and disappeared during finals week of her first semester. On the day of her disappearance, Schulze visited All Good Things, a health food store owned by suspected serial killer Robert Durst.
2013 · MaineMissingDisappearance of Gerry Largay
Geraldine Anita Largay was a retired nurse and U.S. Air Force veteran from Brentwood, Tennessee, who was flip-flop thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. On July 24, 2013, she was reported overdue at a trail crossing on State Route 27 in Carrabassett Valley in Maine by her husband. One of the largest searches in the state's history ensued but was unable to locate Gerry or any clues related to her disappearance.
1987 · VirginiaMissingDisappearance of Jenny Pandos
Jennifer Lynn "Jenny" Pandos (born October 29, 1971) is an American teenager who disappeared from Williamsburg, Virginia in 1987.
2020 · CaliforniaMissingDisappearance of Sydney West
Sydney Kaitlyn West, a 19-year-old student at the University of California, Berkeley, disappeared near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, on September 30, 2020. West was last captured on surveillance footage walking toward the bridge amid heavy fog and wildfire smoke. The case remains unresolved.
Year unknownMissingCategory:FBI Most Wanted Kidnappings and Missing Persons
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Most Wanted Kidnappings & Missing Persons list raises awareness for the highest profile disappearances in the United States.
2014 · MississippiMissingDisappearance of Myra Lewis
Myra Rena Lewis (born November 30, 2011) went missing at age 2 from her front yard in Camden, Mississippi, on March 1, 2014. She was last seen by family members between 10:30 and 11 in the morning outside her home. Authorities classified Lewis's disappearance as a child abduction case.
1923 · ArkansasMissingDisappearance of Pearl Turner
Pearl Turner was a three-year-old American child who disappeared from the garden of her family cabin in the White Oak Mountain district of Scott County, Arkansas on October 19, 1923. Despite intense nationwide publicity and repeated efforts to locate the girl, Turner has never been located. Her ultimate fate remains unknown.
2018 · MissouriMissing
Disappearance of Sarah Burton
Sarah Elizabeth Burton (born February 22, 1990 – disappeared July 16, 2018) is an American woman who disappeared from Joplin, Missouri. She was last seen near 10th Street and Rex Avenue after a friend dropped her off after midnight in Northwest Joplin. Her mother reported her missing on July 20, 2018.
2024 · MaineMissing
Disappearance of Stefanie Damron
Stefanie Damron, a 13-year-old girl from New Sweden, Maine, US, disappeared on September 23, 2024. She was last seen leaving her home and walking into the nearby woods on West Road following an argument with her sister. Her family reported her missing the following day.
2004 · TennesseeMissing
Disappearance of Amber Cates
Amber Elizabeth Cates disappeared on April 11, 2004, at age 16 in Columbia, Tennessee. She has green eyes and blonde hair. She was last seen leaving with her friend James Gordon in a gold Mazda, with plate number PFB-200.
2021 · TexasMissing
Disappearance of Lina Khil
Lina Sardar Khil, born February 20, 2018, disappeared on December 20, 2021, from the playground of the Villas Del Cabo apartments in San Antonio, Texas. At the time, she was three years old, last seen wearing a black jacket, red dress, and black shoes. Her family reported her missing that day.
1991 · MissouriMissingDisappearance of Charles Arlin Henderson
Charles Arlin Leon Henderson (March 16, 1980 – disappeared July 25, 1991) is an American missing person who disappeared in Fountain N' Lakes, Missouri, on July 25, 1991, aged 11.
1862 · UtahMissingJean Baptiste
Jean Baptiste (c. 1813 – disappeared 1862) was a grave robber in the Utah Territory during the mid-19th century. While employed as a city gravedigger in Salt Lake City, he desecrated an estimated 300 graves before his discovery in 1862.
2021Missing
Disappearance of Cynthia Bah-Traore
Cynthia Martyna Bah-Traore (nee Alvoid) is an American woman who disappeared on the evening of February 3, 2021. Her whereabouts remain unknown. She was last seen on a Shell Gas station's surveillance footage located at 1003 E Criner St.
1980 · KentuckyMissingDisappearance of Randy Sellers
Randy Sellers (born September 6, 1962) is an American missing person who disappeared at the age of 17 in Visalia, Kentucky on August 16, 1980. The last individuals known to have contact with him were two police officers who had taken him into custody for intoxication. The officers stated that they dropped Sellers a mile from his home, marking the last time he was seen.
Year unknownMissingJoint Casualty Resolution Center
The Joint Casualty Resolution Center (often referred to as JCRC) was a joint task force within the United States Department of Defense, whose mission was to account for United States personnel listed as Missing in Action (MIA) in the Vietnam War.