All cases profiled in this section feature individuals who were missing and have been located. Investigations may continue in certain instances (i.e.
Certain cases are not listed in this section at the request of the victim's family members or law enforcement officials.
Diana Margaret Burton Oliver
Oliver, 34, disappeared from Summit County, Utah on April 20, 1985. She was located in October 2011; further details are unavailable.
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Destiny Etchebarren
NamUs
Etchebarren, 16, ran away from her Las Vegas, Nevada home on April 13, 2010. She was found safe in October 2011.
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Diana Echeverria-Acevedo
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Echeverria-Acevedo, 13, ran away from her Winston-Salem, North Carolina home on May 31, 2008. She was found safe in October 2011.
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Brittany Lee Ahdosy
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Ahdosy, 16, ran away from her Indiahoma, Oklahoma home on June 18, 2010. She was found safe in October 2011.
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Anthony Carrol Hayes
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Hayes, 51, disappeared from Fayetteville, North Carolina on January 18, 2010. In September 2011, his body was found in a field off of Eastwood Avenue. It was identified in October. Hayes's death is under investigation.
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Chioma Ezronesha Gray
NBC 17
Gray, 14, ran away with her 19-year-old boyfriend, Andrew Joshua Tafoya, from Ventura, California on December 13, 2007. They went to Mexico. In October 2011, Gray contacted her family and both she and Tafoya returned to the U.S. Tafoyah has been arrested and Gray has been reunited with her loved ones.
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Zoe Rhiannon Stewart
The Ventura County Star
Stewart, 8, was abducted by her non-custodial mother from Kooskia, Idaho on September 27, 2009. She and her mother were found safe in Alberta, Canada in October 2011. Stewart, who hadn't attended school since her abduction, was reunited with her searching father. Her mother has been arrested.
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Douglas Alan Mueller
CTV Edmonton
Mueller, 19, disappeared from Scottsdale, Arizona on March 15, 1977. His family got a note from people saying he had been kidnapped. The note demanded a ransom for his safe return. Mueller's family paid the ransom but he never came home. His leg bone was found in a remote area of Phoenix called Pinnacle Peak in 2006. It wasn't identified until 2011. His death is being investigated as a homicide.
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Joe Lee Richards Jr.
The Faribault County Register
Richards, 39, disappeared from Benton, Arkansas on October 9, 2010. His remains were found in Marissa Wright's Traskville, Arkansas home in October 2011. She was Richards's girlfriend and has been charged with his murder.
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Robert Anthony Baynard
The Arkansas Democrat and Gazette
Baynard, 35, disappeared from Phoenix, Arizona on June 5, 2004. His remains were found in Glendale, Arizona in August 2011. They were identified through DNA the following month.
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Meghan Janae Johnson
The Arizona Republic
Johnson, 17, ran away from her Richton Park, Illinois home on January 8, 2010. She was found safe in September 2011.
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Susana Luisa Garcia
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Garcia, 14, ran away from her Bryan, Texas home on February 20, 2010. She was found safe in September 2011.
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Madison Ristick and Faith Ristick-Kosh
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Madison, 5, and Faith, 7, were abducted by their non-custodial mother from Anaheim, California on September 11, 2009. They were found safe in September 2011.
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Rodney Stewart
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Stewart, 17, disappeared from Metairie, Louisiana on July 8, 1987. He was found deceased in July 2011. Further details are unavailable.
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Ulisses Mondragon
For the Lost
Mondragon, 5, was allegedly abducted by his non-custodial mother from Oxnard, California on September 15, 2005. He was found safe in August 2011.
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Sandra Espinoza
For the Lost
Sandra, 14, and her brother Mauricio, 12, were abducted by their non-custodial mother from Saint Peters, Missouri on October 8, 2008. Mauricio was found safe in June 2010, and Sandra was found safe in June 2011.
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Anthony H. Mema
For the Lost
Anthony, 7, and his brother Brandon, 2, were allegedly abducted by their non-custodial mother from Brooklyn, New York on October 11, 2000. Anthony was found safe in August 2011. Brandon is still missing.
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Aja NeQuay Stroude
For the Lost
Stroude, 13, ran away from her Stone Mountain, Georgia home on May 18, 2010. She was found safe in September 2011.
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Sophia L. Filipcic
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Filipcic, 16, ran away from her Snohomish, Washington home on September 14, 2009. She was found safe in September 2011.
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Fumiko Simoneau
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Simoneau, 42, disappeared from San Diego, California on January 4, 2007. Two weeks later, her body was found buried in the desert outside of San Diego. It remained unidentified for three and a half years. Authorities believe Simoneau was murdered, but no charges have been filed in her case.
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Gloria Evette Hernandez
Hawaii News Now
760 KFMB AM Radio
Hernandez, 15, ran away from her Los Angeles, California home on March 17, 2009. She was found safe in September 2011.
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T'Nya Marie Hartz
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Hartz, 5, was allegedly abducted by her non-custodial father from Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 1, 2008. She was found safe in September 2011.
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Kaila Ranae Sanchez
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Sanchez, 5, was allegedly abducted by her non-custodial father from High Point, North Carolina on April 19, 2009. She was found safe in September 2011.
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Juan Miguel Orona
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Orona, 9, was abducted by his non-custodial father from San Bernardino, California on August 12, 2010. He was found safe in Albuquerque, New Mexico in August 2011, and his father was arrested.
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Theda Teresa Luise Gonzalez-Smith
KRQE
Gonzalez-Smith, 1, was abducted by her non-custodial mother from West Covina, California on May 26, 2009. She was found safe in September 2011.
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Chantal Lynn Tobler
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Tobler, 15, ran away from her Milwaukee, Wisconsin home on August 11, 2008. She was found safe in September 2011.
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Maricruz Jimenez
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Jimenez, 14, ran away from her Dinuba, California home on September 14, 2009. She was found safe in September 2011.
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Diana Laura Nepomuceno
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Nepomuceno, 14, ran away from her Marietta, Georgia home on February 7, 2010. She was found safe in September 2011.
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Gregory Allen Greco
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Greco, 36, disappeared from Tampa, Florida sometime in August 1987. On August 8 of that year, his body was found floating near the Clearwater Pass. His death was ruled a suicide: he had slit his wrists and jumped in the water. Greco's body wasn't identified until September 2011.
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Michelle Yvonne Haggadon
The Tampa Tribune
Haggadon, 34, disappeared from Leland, South Carolina on January 25, 2000. In July of that year, her body was found at a closed rest area in Darlington County, South Carolina. A suspect who's already in prison for two other murders has confessed to Haggadon's homicide. He is awaiting trial for her death.
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