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Missing Persons

The Vernon-Tolland Three

June 25, 2018 By Alice

Debbie Spickler, Janice Pockett, and Lisa White went missing between 1968 and 1974. They are the Vernon-Tolland Three. In October 2014, the Tolland County Cold Case Squad was formed to investigate these three cases. After investigating each case as a stand-alone the authorities now look at all three cases as connected. It is a change […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Connecticut, Debbie Spickler, Janice Pockett, Lisa White, missing children

Missing: Giannina and John Colonna Aponte

May 14, 2018 By Alice

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Giannina Maria Colonna Aponte and John “Gianot” Colonna Aponte, Jr were last seen alive on May 4, 1974 after 730pm in Luquillo, Puerto Rico. Their cases were entered in NamUs in 2010. UPDATE: their mom Noemí Aponte passed away in the beginning of April 2023. She never moved away from home as she wanted to children the be able […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Colonna Aponte siblings, Giannina Maria Colonna Aponte, John "Gianot" Colonna Aponte, missing children, Puerto Rico

Missing: Jennifer Lynn Wyant

April 1, 2018 By Alice

Jennifer Lynn Wyant was last seen on June 28, 1980. There isn’t much online about Jennifer that gives us a clear timeline of her case, her family life with parents and/or siblings, her work, career, education, sports, etc. This makes it extremely difficult to write a post. Case of the Month I hope that by […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Missing Persons Tagged With: Case of the Month, Jennifer Lynn Wyant, Missing Person, Nashville, Tennessee

Mary Flanagan (June 9, 1943 – missing Dec 31, 1959)

March 1, 2018 By Alice

The case of Mary Flanagan is probably the oldest missing person case in the United Kingdom. There is very little online about this case. That’s why I made this the Case of the Month for March 2018. Let’s start with a description of Mary. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall, white, medium build, hazel brown eyes, […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Missing Persons Tagged With: Case of the Month, Mary Flanagan, Missing Person, UK

Beaumont Children: New Leads, New Frustrations

February 19, 2018 By Alice

Gone for 50 years: The Beaumont Children

Please welcome guest blogger Stephen Richey who will give us insight in the latest developments in the case of the missing Beaumont Children. ____________________ In an early blog post, Alice mentioned that ground penetrating radar (GPR) was used to locate an “anomaly” at a site where a tip suggested the children were buried. Some latched on to […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Missing Persons Tagged With: Australia, Beaumont Children, GPR, guest bloggers, Stephen Richey

Missing: Eugene “Gene” Francis Fish

February 1, 2018 By Alice

Eugene Francis Fish

Eugene “Gene” Francis Fish (May 24, 1950 – missing June 21, 2004), a retired federal agent, went missing on June 21, 2004 from his home in Canon City, Colorado. He is 5’11, white, has strawberry blond hair, blue eyes, and has a crippled finger on the left hand. Alas, his NamUs profile does not say […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons, Unsolved Tagged With: Case of the Month, Colorado, Eugene "Gene" Francis Fish, Missing Person

New excavation: the Beaumont Children

January 22, 2018 By Alice

Gone for 50 years: The Beaumont Children

Update: authorities only found animal bones, no signs of human remains. The Australian papers just printed exciting news in the case of the three missing Beaumont Children. “Police have confirmed a new dig site in the search for the bodies of the missing Beaumont children.” Jane Nartare (9), Arnna Kathleen (7), and Grant Ellis (4), known […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Missing Persons Tagged With: Australia, Beaumont Children, missing children

Who stole April Nicole Williams?

January 13, 2018 By Alice

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Last night, my friend JL alerted me to a post about April Nicole Williams who went missing in 1983. Of course, I shared the story. So far April has not been found. We have a baby picture and an age-progressed image of what she might look like now as an adult. The better guess for […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons, Unsolved Tagged With: April Nicole Williams, DNA, Kidnapping, Missing Person, Washington DC

Dennise Jeannette Sullivan

December 1, 2017 By Alice

Dennise Jeannette Sullivan

Dennise Jeannette Sullivan’s is one of Utah’s oldest missing person cases. Dennise was 15 years old when she went missing under very violent circumstances. The general opinion is that she is presumed dead. This is the Case of the Month for December 2017. Note: I have seen her name spelled as Dennise and as Denise. […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Missing Persons Tagged With: Case of the Month, Dennise Jeannette Sullivan, Gun Fire, Missing Person, Moab, Utah

Where is Douglas Charles Chapman?

November 13, 2017 By Alice

Douglas Charles Chapman progression

Douglas Charles Chapman (Feb 5, 1968 – June 2, 1971 date missing) was last seen around 1030am while he was playing in a sand pile in the garden of his parental home in Alfred, York County, Maine. His mother was inside the home on the phone. Dad was at work. Doug is a white male […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Douglas Charles Chapman, Maine, missing children

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