All cases profiled in this section feature individuals who were missing and have been located. Investigations may continue in certain instances (i.e. homicide).
Certain cases are not listed in this section at the request of the victim's family members or law enforcement officials.
Axel Castillo and Erubiel Castillo
Axel, 3, and Erubiel, 4, were apparently abducted by their non-custodial mother from Phoenix, Arizona on June 1, 2007. The children were found safe in December 2008.
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Stephanie Quezada
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Quezada, 20, disappeared from Bell Gardens, California on June 18, 2005. She was found murdered at a plant nursery near the 710 freeway in South Gate, California in May 2006, but her body wasn't identified until December 2008. Quezada's homicide remains under investigation as her family tries to raise the money to bury her.
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Areerat Chuprevich
Impreciones Latinas
EGP News
Chuprevich, 32, disappeared from Allouez, Wisconsin on April 26, 2003. In December 2008, her body was found in a shallow grave in a wooded, marshy area of rural Brown County, Wisconsin. The prime suspect in Chuprevich's murder committed suicide in 2006. Her death is still under investigation.
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Nathan Currie
WBAY 2
The Chicago Tribune
Currie, 18, disappeared from West Charleston, Vermont on July 23, 2006. In December 2008, a hunter found his skeletal remains in the woods near where he was last seen. Currie's death is under investigation; the cause hasn't been determined.
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Kalliauna Rae Anne Bodine, Keegan Alexander Bodine and Logan Kale Bodine
WCAX-TV 3
Twins Kalliauna and Keegan, 1, and their brother Logan, 3, were abducted by their non-custodial father from Roseburg, Oregon on April 24, 2007. The children were found safe in November 2008.
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Elizabeth Josett Fernandez
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Fernandez, 14, ran away from her Amarillo, Texas home on April 7, 2006. She was found safe in November 2008.
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Donny Lynn Allen
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Allen, 22, disappeared from Richards, Texas on February 11, 1995. In April 2008, his skeletal remains were found off County Road 234 near Shiro, Texas. The bones weren't identified until November 2008. Not enough of the body was present to determine a cause or manner of death, but a hangman's noose was found nearby.
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Tammy Gibson
The Navasota Examiner
Gibson, 14, ran away from her Altus, Oklahoma home on July 7, 2005. She was found safe in November 2008.
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Brandy Galeana
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Galeana, 15, ran away from her Chicago, Illinois home on May 3, 2007. She was found safe in November 2008.
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Gloria Marie Rivera
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Rivera, 14, ran away from her Grand Junction, Colorado home on February 22, 2007. She was found safe in November 2008.
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Tina Rose Loesch and Skye Marie Hanson
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Lesbian lovers Tina Loesch, 29, and Skye Hanson, 36, disappeared from Post Falls, Idaho on May 16, 2001. They went missing with Tina's ten-year-old son, Kristopher Loesch. They were listed as missing persons for several years, but in October 2008, arrest warrants were issued for the women; they were charged with the 1998 murder of Tina's mother.The case was profiled on the television crime show America's Most Wanted in November 2008. Only two hours later, Tina and Hanson were found dead in a vehicle northwest of Tuscon, Arizona. Authorities believe they entered into a suicide pact and that Tina shot Hanson before shooting herself. There was no sign of Kristopher at the scene and he remains missing.
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America's Most Wanted
The Idaho Spokesman-Review