Private Funding of DNA Test in Missing Girl Case Refused

Two law enforcement agencies appear to have turned down offers to privately pay for and expedite DNA testing on an unidentifed Wisconsin girl who could be Everlyse Cabrera, a North Las Vegas foster child who disappeared in 2006.

In a Tuesday federal court hearing, attorney Dara Goldsmith, the court-appointed guardian for Everlyse, told Magistrate Judge Lawrence Leavitt that she was willing to use funds held in trust to bypass the public DNA testing backlog, which in Wisconsin is at least four months long.

That offer was extended to both North Las Vegas police and Green Bay, Wis., police, Goldsmith said.

Investigator: Someone Knows Where Becky Is

A private investigator has joined the search for Bekime Elshani.

Elshani is the Colorado Springs woman who's been missing since March 29th . Her boyfriend, Daniel Dereere, shot and killed himself March 31st, with Colorado Springs Police Officers outside his apartment.

A PI and Web Designers Help Find Missing Persons

Carl A. Bartol, a licensed private investigator and founder of the Prevent Delinquency Project recently teamed up with two of the Internet's top blog designers in the quest to find missing children and adults.

Each year more than 800,000 children and countless adults are reported missing in the United States. Technorati, an Internet-based search engine estimates that approximately 125,000 new bloggers come online each day. This amounts to millions of blogs and posts every year. In thinking outside the box of ways to aid in the search for missing children and adults, Bartol and his Prevent Delinquency Project (http://www.preventdelinquency.org) teamed up with two of the web's top designers, Ophelia Nicholson (http://www.ophelianicholson.com), and Linda Jackson (http://www.wpskins.org), to develop WordPress blog themes specifically designed to help locate lost loved ones. To their credit, they have completed two such themes to date and more are on the horizon.

Use a Reverse Address Search to Find Someone You´ve Lost Contact With

Wouldn´t it be wonderful to be able to reunite with that long lost friend or family member, even if you haven´t got a clue what their telephone number is? In fact, as long as there are a few details of personal information that you know about this "missing person", it is possible for you to use a reverse address search site online to find their current information, including their telephone number, location on a map, and even sometimes driving directions as well.

Missing Soldier 'May Be in Hawaii'

An Australian army team is in Vietnam following leads in the search for the remains of Private David Fisher, one of three Australian servicemen still missing from the Vietnam war.

One rumor being investigated is that he might have been taken alive by enemy forces.

Private Investigator Jay J. Armes Raises Questions About Young Woman's Death

The death of a young woman whose body was found in the desert earlier this year has raised questions about what happened the night she went missing in 2005.

Signs indicate that 21-year-old Alondra Rodriguez was suicidal when she left home but two months since the discovery of her body east of El Paso there are suspicions her death may have been a homicide.

Person of Interest in Missing Couple Case Apparently Commits Suicide

Dennis Ray Gerwing, a former business associate of John and Elizabeth Calvert and the last person known to have seen the couple, apparently committed suicide Tuesday, hours after being named a "person of interest" in the case.

Before Gerwing's body was found, investigators had announced that hehad hired a lawyer and wasn't cooperating. Over the weekend they had searched Gerwing's home, business and cars.

Missing Children and the Media: The Wrong Kind of Family?

The case of Shannon Matthews, the missing nine-year-old from Dewsbury, has developed a cruel overtone: an unspoken suggestion that, because of their lifestyles, her family deserve not our pity but our censure.

For 23 days since her daughter went missing, Karen Matthews has answered questions. Some, such as whether she can identify discarded items of clothing and toys found near her home on an impoverished estate in West Yorkshire, are distressingly necessary parts of a huge police effort to find nine-year-old Shannon.

Person of Interest in Missing Investor Case Leaves State

A motivational speaker named as a person of interest in the disappearance of his business partner after a boat trip last month has left California to attend a bikers' week in Florida, "to look for the missing man," authorities said Friday.

Sheriff's Department officials said they cannot keep Gary A. Shawkey, 44, of Virginia from leaving Orange County while they continue to hunt for his investment partner, Robert Vendrick, a 71-year-old diabetic from Phoenix. Vendrick has been missing since Feb. 16, a day after he arrived in Southern California to meet with Shawkey and "highly placed government officials" to receive a $1.2 million return on his software programming investment.

MSU Student Charged with Roommate's Death

A Mississippi State University student has been charged with capital murder in the death of his roommate.

Oktibbeha County Sheriff's deputies arrested Bobby Batiste, 28, of 250 Sinai Rd., Preston, Friday, according to a news release from the department. Earlier that day, a missing persons report was filed for Andreas Galanis, 28, of Biloxi, who was also a student at MSU.

Vehicle Found in River, One Person Missing

Police are preparing to retrieve a vehicle from a swollen Grey River and believe it may contain a body.

Acting West Coast police area commander Senior Sergeant John Price said today it appeared the vehicle left the road after failing to take a bend north of Taylorville, 12km northeast of Greymouth, last night, plunged through bush and into the Grey River.

Oakland Cops Admit Erring on Missing Man

The bizarre case of a missing man whose body lay undetected inside a van seized by San Francisco police took another turn Wednesday when Oakland police admitted that they did not immediately notify San Francisco investigators about reports he was last seen there.

Police Suspend Search for Missing Pair

The police have suspended the active search for two college students who were said to be missing under mysterious circumstances, after one of the students telephoned a friend to say that they are fine.

Body Found in Missing Gran Search

POLICE searching for missing grandmother Fran Rosser today found a body.

Officers believe the body, found on a patch of woodland off an industrial estate in Pontyclun, is the 60-year-old beautician although the identity has not been confirmed.

The missing persons inquiry has now become a murder hunt and a man is being held in custody on suspicion of murder.

Photo Helps Solve Missing Persons

A simple black-and-white photo helped solve a mystery on Long Island more than 15 years in the making.

State police in Somers, N.Y., tried for years to identify a man found dead in the Titicus Reservoir on June 13, 1993, carrying 38 pounds of rocks in his backpack. He left no clues to his name and matched no local missing-persons reports.

Missing Man's Family Lives in Hope

Lee Sheppard was 26 when he disappeared near the recycling plant in northwest London where he had worked during a night shift early on January 31, 2003. His family has also hired a private investigator to help find answers.

Family is Missing

Avonlea RCMP is requesting the assistance of the public in locating a missing man and three young children.

Yesterday between 2:30 and 3:00 PM , Robert Reimer of Moose Jaw was last seen at the Avonlea hockey arena with his two sons Zackery and Nickolas as well as a friend of his children, Taylor Aikman.

Recently Solved Cold Cases Heating up Other Decades Old Investigations

Cold cases in Marshall County appear to be heating up.

After 22 long years, we finally know what happened to 26-year-old Wanda Mays, who disappeared May 1986 after spending the night with relatives in Guntersville.

This week Sheriff Scott Walls revealed she had a panic attack, ran into the woods and fell off a 150-foot cliff.

Desperate Plea to Find Missing Teen

Distraught mother Darlene Stennings is pleading for public help to find her missing daughter Alanah.

She hasn't left the phone since the 16-year-old's disappearance from West Moonah last Friday. And her ex-husband Ross has been scouring the state.

Why People Decide To Go Missing

Around 600 people will have got up this morning, decided to walk out the front door and simply disappear, and in doing so they will join the 210,000 people reported missing in the UK every year.

While many of those people who go missing later return, or eventually get in touch with family, there are thousands that do not. Some families never abandon hope of ever seeing their loved ones again.

Recent media attention has turned to a particular case of the missing canoeist, who after over 5 years of being missing and presumed dead, walked into a police station declaring himself a missing person.