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Family urges action to find missing N.J. woman. ‘We just want Jamaka to come home.’
March 12, 2026
Jamaka Simms, of Newark, has been missing since Jan. 29.
New podcast aims to bring greater attention to missing Broadway dancer Zelig Williams, who vanished from South Carolina in October 2024
March 11, 2026
The 28-year-old was last seen on October 3, 2024. His car was found by police the next night at the Palmetto Trailhead near Wateree.
4 Months Missing: Mother Pleads for Carrington Bohannon’s Return
March 11, 2026
A local family is refusing to let the search for 15-year-old Carrington Bohannon go cold, nearly four months after the teenager vanished from the west side of Indianapolis.
“We Need Visibility”: This DC-Area Foundation Is Bringing More Attention to Missing People of Color
March 9, 2026
The Black and Missing Foundation works with media and law enforcement to help find the missing—or find out what happened to them.
EDITORIAL: When Media Attention Depends on Who Is Missing
February 18, 2026
Hope for One Family Should Not Eclipse Justice for So Many Others.
When Pamela Butler Missed a Valentine’s Day Dinner, Police Uncovered Her Boyfriend’s Murders
February 13, 2026
When a devoted daughter missed a dinner date with her mother on Valentine’s Day in 2009, her boyfriend claimed he didn’t know her whereabouts. But it turned out, she wasn’t his first significant other to have mysteriously vanished.