CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Diana Cojocari, mother of missing North Carolina girl Madalina Cojocari, pleaded guilty Monday morning to one count of failure to report a missing child. Madalina was last seen getting off a school bus in her hometown of Cornelius, just north of Charlotte, on Nov. 21, 2022, when she was 11 years old. Public defenders changed Diana’s plea …
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New York man with ties to European royalty reported missing in California: police
A New York man who has ties to European royalty was listed as a missing person last seen late Saturday night in Malibu, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities posted on social media that Attilio Brillembourg, 53, the stepfather of Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark, was last seen around 1:10 a.m. in Malibu on Saturday. In …
Read More »Missing Colorado hiker, 23, found dead in Rocky Mountain National Park after suffering 'significant fall'
Search crews have found the body of a 23-year-old hiker who vanished earlier this week while scaling the tallest peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. Lucas Macaj was recovered on Mills Glacier near Longs Peak, the park announced late Thursday night, with initial investigations indicating “he took a significant fall.” “Rocky Mountain National Park rangers completed an on-scene investigation and …
Read More »Utah squatter suspected in Dylan Rounds' death pleads guilty to murder charge
The Utah squatter suspected of killing a 19-year-old who struck out on his own farm two years ago admitted to shooting the teen in the head on a rainy day as he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a Brigham City court Wednesday. James Brenner, 60, had long been suspected of killing the teen, but evidence was scarce until investigators …
Read More »Colorado Army National Guard joins search for missing hiker in Rocky Mountain National Park
The Colorado Army National Guard has joined the search for a 23-year-old hiker who has vanished inside Rocky Mountain National Park while scaling its tallest peak. Lucas Macaj of Colorado Springs remains missing Thursday after he was last heard from early Sunday afternoon “when he texted a friend indicating that he was on the summit” of the 14,259 ft. Longs …
Read More »US Coast Guard suspends search for missing Florida diver: 'Deeply saddened'
The search for a missing diver in Florida has been suspended after he disappeared while free diving during an exploration trip to a World War II-era shipwreck off the coast Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard announced. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed in a post on X that the identity of the missing diver is Virgil Price, 39. Price, a West …
Read More »Skeletal remains found in New Jersey identified as NYC man last seen in 2011
The skeletal remains of a New York City man missing since 2011 were recently identified after being discovered in New Jersey, authorities said Monday. The remains were those of Kevin Morris, 21, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. Morris was 32 when he was reported missing in October 2011. He was last seen on Staten Island. He …
Read More »Unsolved Mother's Day disappearance of Colorado mom Suzanne Morphew returns to spotlight 4 years later
Four years after Colorado mother of two Suzanne Morphew disappeared from a Mother’s Day bike ride in 2020, her case remains a mystery, even after her remains were located in October 2023. The most recent development in her case came on April 29, when the Colorado Bureau of Investigation released Morphew’s autopsy results, saying she died by homicide “in the …
Read More »Bodies of missing hikers recovered, identified after disappearing on hike up California's highest peak: report
The bodies of two missing hikers, who were last seen going on a hike up California’s highest peak, have been recovered and identified, authorities announced. Tulare County Sheriff’s Office officials told the Fresno Bee that the couple, identified as Andrew Niziol, 28, a resident of South Lake Tahoe, and Patty Bolan, 29, were on a long-term hiking trip across the …
Read More »Murder trial begins in case of Detroit-area teen whose disappearance triggered exhaustive landfill search
A man who dropped a Detroit-area teenager’s body in a dumpster “left behind a trail of digital evidence” implicating him in her death, despite a fruitless, extraordinary search to find the remains in a landfill, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday. Jaylin Brazier, 25, is on trial for second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Zion Foster, whose body hasn’t been …
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