Nation Feb 09 Savannah Guthrie makes new video plea as ransom deadline for her missing mother nears By Ty O'Neil, Associated Press
Nation Feb 05 Watch 3:45 Search continues for Nancy Guthrie as authorities seek leads to find suspects The search for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, continued Thursday for a fifth day. Authorities believe she’s been kidnapped and remains alive, but there are no current suspects. The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward… By Stephanie Sy, Eliot Barnhart
Nation May 31 When a Black person goes missing, families say their cases get left behind Advocates call missing persons cases a “silent epidemic” in the United States, and one that affects Black and Indigenous women at disproportionate rates. In Missouri, the mothers of missing children want their stories told. By Gabrielle Hays
Nation May 05 As Native communities spotlight disappearances and killings, U.S. authorities try to fix systemic issues with outreach program Sunday marks Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. This year, the federal government is touting the hiring of special prosecutors and coordinators to address systemic issues that have made tackling the crisis a generational challenge. By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press
World May 04 Bodies found in Mexico are likely missing American and 2 Australians, authorities say Three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico's Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping and surfing trip, the state prosecutor’s office said Saturday. By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press
Sep 08 The number of missing persons following devastating Maui wildfires has dropped to 66, governor says By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press The tally of the missing is now significantly lower than a week earlier, when authorities said 385 remained unaccounted for. Continue reading
May 02 7 bodies found, 4 identified in missing teenager search in Oklahoma By Sean Murphy, Associated Press A woman said Tuesday that her daughter and three grandchildren were among the seven people found dead at a rural Oklahoma property during a search for two missing teens and a convicted sex offender. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 5:46 How prejudice affects official search for missing Indigenous women, other women of color By Amna Nawaz, Claire Mufson While Gabby Petito's death has captured national attention, tens of thousands of people are reported missing or murdered every year in the U.S. Native women are murdered at rates 10 times the national average. In Wyoming alone, 710 indigenous people… Continue watching
Apr 01 Justice Department working with tribes on missing persons By Michael Balsamo, Iris Samuels, Associated Press The Justice Department has finalized its first plan to help address the problem of missing and murdered Native people on one of the largest reservations in Montana. Continue reading
May 30 Watch 3:08 The struggle to find missing members of Navajo Nation By Steve Goldbloom The Brief But Spectacular team recently brought attention to the volume of sexual assault cases in the Navajo Nation. Now, Meskee Yanabah Yatsayte, leader of an organization that looks for missing persons from the Navajo community, explains this silent epidemic. Continue watching