WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) issued a statement Saturday about misinformation circulating on social media about missing women. MPD states that the posts allege a ...

Families across the country are using social media to boost their cases. The national spotlight on Gabby Petito's disappearance has given families of other missing persons hope that they too can ...

When you think of a missing person, what do you picture? An abduction, a murder, a bushwalking misadventure—or perhaps someone with dementia who has wandered off and gotten lost? Our assumptions about ...

Detective stories depend on a mystery which is to be investigated and hopefully resolved. They most often end with a happy resolution – the murderer is revealed; justice is done. But several times in ...

WASHINGTON — D.C. police are pushing back against a wave of social media posts claiming a surge in young women recently reported missing in the District, calling the viral content inaccurate. The ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Myrtle Beach Ocean Rescue is launching a new program called ReadyOp to resolve missing persons cases faster than ever before. Emergency crews on the beach are preparing to ...

You’ve probably seen it play out on a TV crime drama: A distraught person enters a police station to report a loved one missing, only to be told by the desk officer that there’s nothing they can do ...

There will be a new reward for submitting tips to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Office. “Today we take steps forward to answer the call for help and support,” said Ana Negrete, ...

Elgin Police Department’s “Somebody Knows Something” podcast launches its second season Aug. 11 fresh off its debut success in cracking the 42-year-old Karen Schepers missing person case. This time ...

Human bones were discovered during construction in Naples, Florida, prompting an investigation. The bones, believed to belong to one person, have been sent for DNA testing. The DNA does not match any ...