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Karen Denise Wells: Oklahoma Woman Vanishes During Road Trip
Her rental car would be found the next day, with the doors open and an empty gas tank, but Denise was nowhere to be found
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Michelle Short
Bill Sproat and Mary Petry: 1970 Ohio Murder Case Still Unsolved
One of Ohio's oldest cold cases
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Michelle Short
The Martin Family Disappearance: Oregon's Most Baffling Cold Case
A convoluted unsolved case, with several theories and suspects connected to it
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Michelle Short
The Mysterious Disappearance of John and Shelly Markley
The doors were unlocked and the coffee pot was on, but the Markleys had vanished
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Michelle Short
The Bizarre Disappearance of Joan Risch
A woman vanishes under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind a bloody scene
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Michelle Short
Joyce Irene Walcott: California Woman Still Missing
Joyce left home to drop off job applications and vanished before she made it to her last stop of the day
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Michelle Short

January 2025

The Strange Disappearance and Death of David Glenn Lewis
An attorney mysteriously vanishes from his Texas home and then dies in an apparent hit-and-run accident 1,600 miles away
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Michelle Short
The Puzzling Mystery of the Yuba County Five
Five men go to a basketball game and never return. Four are later found dead under mysterious circumstances in the wilderness.
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Michelle Short
The Unsettling Disappearance of Scott Hilbert
A college student vanishes and his car is later found 1,700 miles away
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Michelle Short
Stacy Arras: Teenager Goes Missing in Yosemite National Park
The only trace of her ever found was the lens cap from her camera
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Michelle Short
The Strange Disappearance of Charles and Catherine Romer
The Romers' decades-old cold case finally had a huge development in 2024
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Michelle Short
The Mysterious Disappearance of Mary Lou Bostwick
A teenager is dropped off at a friend's home to babysit and vanishes
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