Without a Trace: A True Story

An Omaha filmmaker is retracing a 42 year old cold case involving two missing persons from small town Nebraska.

Stacy Heatherly is producing a documentary called, "Closure: is it Really Possible?" She focuses on the missing persons cases of 30 year old Melvin Uphoff and 18 year old Jackie Rains. They disappeared around the same time in the fall of 1965. Melvin lived in Rising City with his wife and four children, ages 10,8, 3 and six months. Jackie was separated from her husband, had two babies and lived in Columbus.

Missing Man's Family Asks Hunters for Help

Travis Baker has been missing for seven months, but his family maintains strong hope that someone who knows something about his disappearance will come forward.

As hunters enter the woods this season, Baker’s family hopes they’ll keep an eye out for anything that may have to do with his case.

According to Monica Caison, the founder of CUE Center for Missing Persons, this time of the year is when hunters go deep into the woods. While in the woods, they may discover something.

Alberta's Missing Persons Databank May Go National

Alberta police are working with British Columbia law enforcement agencies to develop a missing persons data bank that is expected to be fully operational before year's end.

Supt. Mike Sekela, of the RCMP's serious crime unit, said the province is working with B.C. police to launch a regional database that will hopefully evolve into a national system.

"This will take a little time because we want to integrate with other police forces in the province, but people are expecting this type of service," he said. "I think it will be an excellent resource for policing."

Investigators Looking to Identify Remains

Investigators are searching through missing persons cases in Madison County after hunters uncovered human remains in a wooded area Saturday morning.

We spoke with Amy Lamb, the sister-in-law of one of those missing men. She told us her brother-in-law, Wayne Lamb, went missing from a nearby cabin on Oak Hill Circle in May of 2004.

DNA Databank for Missing Persons Proposed

An Ontario MP has revived calls for a national DNA databank for missing persons and will present a petition to Parliament on Thursday. Wayne Marston, the NDP member for Hamilton East–Stoney Creek, said he took up the cause after learning that potential clues in a missing-persons case in his riding could not be tested for DNA because no body had been found. The case involved Billy Mason, a 27-year-old Hamilton man who vanished on Feb. 22, 2006. Police suspect foul play.

More Than 2,000 Reports of Missing Children Filed Daily

There has been a lot in the news lately about missing children, children being abducted and the subsequent manhunts for both the victim and the suspect. It seems as though we hear a story in the national or local news just about every day.

Fact is, across the nation there are more than 2,000 reports of missing children filed with law enforcement agencies daily. Most are lost in a mall, store or other public place and are easily found. Others just come home late. Some are listed as runaways. A small number become pawns in child custody cases. An even smaller number are found to be truly missing and suspected of being abducted. If one searches the Internet using the words "child abduction," one will find more hits for attorneys and private investigators specializing in child custody cases than hits for how to find or prevent child abduction or exploitation. We often hear the most about the truly abducted children because of the sinister and graphic details of the case.