List of Disappeared episodes
This is a list of episodes of Disappeared, a television program broadcast on the Investigation Discovery network that documents missing persons cases. The program was first aired in December 2009, with subsequent seasons shown through 2013, and, after a three-year hiatus, resumed in 2016 through 2018. The show, again, returned in 2022 following a four-year absence.
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes[a] | Season premiere | Season finale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | December 10, 2009 | April 5, 2010 | |
| 2 | 13 | October 4, 2010 | December 27, 2010 | |
| 3 | 13 | January 3, 2011 | March 28, 2011 | |
| 4 | 14 | April 4, 2011 | January 2, 2012 | |
| 5 | 17 | January 9, 2012 | April 30, 2012 | |
| 6 | 15 | November 19, 2012 | April 4, 2013 | |
| Specials | 4 | May 26, 2014 | April 12, 2015 | |
| 7 | 10 | April 11, 2016 | June 6, 2016 | |
| 8 | 13 | March 26, 2017 | June 26, 2017 | |
| 9 | 13 | March 16, 2018 | June 24, 2018 | |
| 10 | 8 | September 7, 2022 | November 2, 2022 | |
| 11 | 10 | August 20, 2023 | October 29, 2023 | |
Episodes
[edit]- Note: Episode subjects who are still actively missing are linked to their profiles at The Charley Project, a missing persons database. For persons subsequently found alive or deceased, names of subjects are linked to reliable news sources regarding their disappearance and discovery.
Season 1 (2009–2010)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person (People) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The End of Innocence" | Brandi Ellen Wells | August 3, 2006, in Longview, Texas | Still missing | December 10, 2009 |
| 2 | 2 | "A Mother's Secret" | Paige Birgfeld | June 28, 2007, in Mesa County, Colorado | Found deceased after broadcast in 2012. Remains were found by a hiker in Delta County, near the Mesa County line. Lester Jones was arrested in 2014 and was convicted on December 27, 2016 of kidnapping and murdering her. He was sentenced to life in prison.[2] | January 11, 2010 |
| 3 | 3 | "A Fateful Meeting" | Amy St. Laurent | October 20, 2001, in Portland, Maine | Found deceased in December 2001, buried in the woods off Route 22 in Scarborough, Maine. Jeffrey "Russ" Gorman was convicted of first degree murder in Amy St. Laurent's death and sentenced to sixty years in prison.[3] | January 18, 2010 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Last Truck Stop" | Michele Whitaker | August 16, 2002, in Spartanburg, South Carolina | Found alive in 2008. Michele told family members she disappeared because she wanted to start a new life.[4] | January 25, 2010 |
| 5 | 5 | "A Lost Soul" | Lee Sterling Cutler | October 20, 2007, in Buffalo Grove, Illinois | Still missing | February 1, 2010 |
| 6 | 6 | "Miles to Nowhere" | Maura Murray | February 9, 2004, near Haverhill, New Hampshire | Still missing | February 8, 2010 |
| 7 | 7 | "Favorite Son" | William Paul "Billy" Smolinski Jr | August 24, 2004, in Waterbury, Connecticut | Still missing | February 15, 2010 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Long Drive Home" | Michelle McMullen | September 28, 2008, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Found alive in 2011. She pleaded guilty to forgery and theft charges and was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay $6,000 in restitution.[5] | February 22, 2010 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Most Hated Woman in America" | Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Jon Murray, and Robin Murray O'Hair | August 27, 1995, in Austin, Texas | Found deceased in 2001, buried on a remote Texas ranch, 120 miles from San Antonio.[6] Gary Paul Karr was found guilty of extortion and other charges relating to the O'Hair cases and was sentenced to life in prison. David Rolland Waters was found guilty of kidnapping, robbery, and first degree murder, and was sentenced to 80 years in prison; he died in prison on January 27, 2003. | March 1, 2010 |
| 10 | 10 | "Rosemary's Secret" | Rosemary Anne Christensen | August 26, 1999, in Tampa, Florida | Found deceased in 2008, buried in sand beside the Suwannee River. Her husband, Robert Glenn Temple, was convicted of her murder in 2011,[7] and died in prison in 2018.[8] | March 8, 2010 |
| 11 | 11 | "When the Music Stopped" | John Michael Spira | February 23, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois | Still missing | March 15, 2010 |
| 12 | 12 | "Dark Waters" | Bison Dele né Brian Carson Williams, Serena Karlan, and Bertrand Saldo | July 7, 2002, near Tahiti | Still missing. Bison Dele is presumed dead. | March 22, 2010 |
| 13 | 13 | "Royal Secrets" | Royal "Scoop" Daniel III | April 27, 2007, in Breckenridge, Colorado | Found alive after broadcast, trying to enter US from Mexico in 2011. He pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and was sentenced in 2012 to twelve years in prison and was ordered to pay $460,000 in restitution.[9][10] | March 29, 2010 |
Season 2 (2010)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "The Secret Journey" | Brittanee Drexel | April 25, 2009, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | Found deceased after broadcast. On May 11 2022, Drexel's remains were found. Raymond Moody has been charged with murder, kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual conduct.[11] In late 2022 he pleaded guilty to murder, criminal sexual assault and several other offenses in her case. | October 4, 2010 |
| 15 | 2 | "The Beauty Queen Mystery" | Tara Grinstead | October 22, 2005, in Ocilla, Georgia | Still missing, but possibly cremated. Ryan Alexander Duke, a former student at Irwin County High School, was charged with her murder in 2016; in April 2017, a grand jury indicted Duke in Tara’s murder. Bo Dukes (not related to Duke) was indicted for helping dispose of her remains, allegedly by burning. On March 26, 2019 Dukes was found guilty of all four counts he was facing in connection with Grinstead’s death. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The trial for Ryan Duke, the man charged with killing Grinstead, was scheduled to start on April 1, 2019. Bo and Ryan confessed cremating Tara's body to the ashes. Despite pieces of a human skull and other bones being found on the pecan orchard indicated by them, no DNA was recovered due to the extensive damage by the fire. [12][13] | October 11, 2010 |
| 16 | 3 | "Vanishing Bride" | Marilyn Renee "Niqui" McCown | July 22, 2001, in Richmond, Indiana | Still missing | October 18, 2010 |
| 17 | 4 | "No Exit" | Tanya Rider | September 19, 2007, near Seattle, Washington | Found alive September 28, 2007, twenty feet down a roadside ravine, still strapped into the front seat of her car, which ran off the road near the Seattle suburb of Renton. [14] | October 25, 2010 |
| 18 | 5 | "Lost Trust" | Elizabeth and John Calvert | March 3, 2008, in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina | Still missing. Both were declared legally dead in 2009. | November 1, 2010 |
| 19 | 6 | "Lost Highway" | Michael "Bradyn" Fuksa | July 16, 2009, in Olathe, Kansas | After broadcast, found deceased in Casper, Wyoming, May 2015. Found to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.[15][16] | November 8, 2010 |
| 20 | 7 | "Danger at Dusk" | Kristi Cornwell | August 11, 2009, in Union County, Georgia | Found deceased in 2011 after broadcast. Her burned, skeletal remains were found in the north Georgia woods. | November 15, 2010 |
| 21 | 8 | "Mojave Mystery" | April Beth Pitzer | June 28, 2004, in Newberry Springs, California | Still missing | November 22, 2010 |
| 22 | 9 | "Unfinished Business" | John Glasgow | January 28, 2008, in Little Rock, Arkansas | Found deceased after broadcast. His remains were found by hikers in a rugged area of Petit Jean Mountain in March 2015. | November 29, 2010 |
| 23 | 10 | "Paradise Lost" | Bobby, Sherilyn, and Madyson Jamison | October 8, 2009, near Red Oak, Oklahoma | Found deceased in 2013 after broadcast, by hunters three miles from where the Jamisons’ pickup truck and dog were found in 2010. No cause of death was determined, and the circumstances surrounding their disappearance remain unknown. | December 6, 2010 |
| 24 | 11 | "Final Prayer" | Timothy "Tim" Carney | September 28, 2004, in Butler, New Jersey | Found alive in 2012 after broadcast. Mr. Carney was found alive and well but did not wish to disclose his whereabouts.[17] | December 13, 2010 |
| 25 | 12 | "Doomed Romance" | Jeramy Carl Burt | February 11, 2007, in Boise, Idaho | Still missing | December 20, 2010 |
| 26 | 13 | "Gone at 17" | Kara Elise Kopetsky | May 4, 2007, in Belton, Missouri | Found deceased after broadcast in 2017. Her remains were found in a wooded area south of Belton, Cass County. Kylr Yust, Kopetsky's ex-boyfriend and in jail for unrelated drug trafficking charges, admitted to strangling both Kara Kopetsky & Jessica Runions. Yust was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the voluntary manslaughter of Kopetsky and life in prison (30 years) for the second-degree murder of Runions in June 2021. At trial, Yust testified that his half-brother, Jessep Carter, was involved in the murders. Carter committed suicide in jail in September 2018. [18][19][20][21] | December 27, 2010 |
Season 3 (2011)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 1 | "Mystery at the Border" | Joseph, Summer, Gianni, and Joseph McStay Jr. | February 4, 2010, in Fallbrook, California | Found deceased after broadcast in the desert near Victorville, California, November 13, 2013. Charles "Chase" Merritt, a business associate of the patriarch Joseph McStay, was found guilty of all four murders and sentenced to death on January 21, 2020.[22] | January 3, 2011 |
| 28 | 2 | "Secret Rendezvous" | Patricia "Patti" Adkins | June 29, 2001, in Marysville, Ohio | Still missing. Declared legally deceased in 2006. | January 10, 2011 |
| 29 | 3 | "Murky Waters" | Molly Bish | June 27, 2000, in Warren, Massachusetts | Found deceased June 9, 2003, five miles from her family home.[23] | January 17, 2011 |
| 30 | 4 | "The Final Chord" | Brian Barton | March 10, 2005, in Federal Way, Washington | Found deceased in August 2017 behind a church, within a mile of where Barton had been living.[24] | January 24, 2011 |
| 31 | 5 | "Gone on the Fourth of July" | Roxanne Paltauf | July 7, 2006, in Austin, Texas | Still missing | January 31, 2011 |
| 32 | 6 | "Into the Woods" | Jeremy Alex | April 24, 2004, in Northport, Maine | Still missing | February 7, 2011 |
| 33 | 7 | "The Darkest Night" | Toni Lee Sharpless | August 23, 2009, in West Brandywine Township, Pennsylvania | Still missing | February 14, 2011 |
| 34 | 8 | "Soul Searcher" | Leah Roberts | March 9, 2000, near Bellingham, Washington | Still missing | February 21, 2011 |
| 35 | 9 | "A Family's Curse" | Ray Gricar | April 15, 2005, in State College, Pennsylvania | Still missing. Declared legally deceased after broadcast. | February 28, 2011 |
| 36 | 10 | "The Springfield Three" | Sherrill Levitt, Suzanne Streeter, and Stacy McCall | June 7, 1992, in Springfield, Missouri | Still missing. Sherrill Levitt and Suzanne Streeter were declared legally dead in 1997.[25] | March 7, 2011 |
| 37 | 11 | "A Mother's Mission" | Samantha Bonnell | September 24, 2005, near Montclair, California | Found deceased 2005, struck by several cars as she ran across Interstate 10. Samantha had no identification on her and she lay unclaimed at the San Bernardino County Coroner's Office. Her body was finally identified in April 2007.[26] | March 14, 2011 |
| 38 | 12 | "Lost Hero" | Brandy Hall | August 17, 2006, in Malabar, Florida | Still missing. Declared legally dead in August 2015. | March 21, 2011 |
| 39 | 13 | "Silent Night" | Patty Vaughan | December 25, 1996, in La Vernia, Texas | Still missing | March 28, 2011 |
Season 4 (2011–2012)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1 | "Running for Her Life" | Rachel Cooke | January 10, 2002, in Georgetown, Texas | Still missing | April 4, 2011 |
| 41 | 2 | "Secrets of a Son" | Steven Koecher | December 13, 2009, in Henderson, Nevada | Still missing | April 11, 2011 |
| 42 | 3 | "Heavy Metal Mystery" | Morgan Harrington | October 17, 2009, near Charlottesville, Virginia | Found deceased in 2009, her remains were discovered three months later in rural farmland. Jesse Matthew Jr. was formally charged with her murder on September 15, 2015. On March 2, 2016, he pleaded guilty to first degree murder and abduction with intent of Morgan Harrington as well as Hannah Graham in 2014, and was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without the chance of release or parole.[27][28] | April 18, 2011 |
| 43 | 4 | "Game Over" | Charlie Allen, Jr. | October 12, 2007, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts | Still missing | April 25, 2011 |
| 44 | 5 | "Missing Valentine" | Patricia Viola | February 13, 2001, in Bogota, New Jersey | Found deceased after broadcast. Her remains were recovered in 2002 on Rockaway Beach, but not identified until 2012.[29] | October 24, 2011 |
| 45 | 6 | "The Dark Ravine" | Alicia Amanda "Mandy" Stokes | November 25, 2007, in Oakland, California | Still missing | October 31, 2011 |
| 46 | 7 | "A Father's Quest" | Leah Rachelle Peebles | May 22, 2006, in Albuquerque, New Mexico | Still missing | November 7, 2011 |
| 47 | 8 | "Memory Lane" | Amber Gerweck | April 9, 2011, in Joliet, Illinois | Found alive three weeks later. She had experienced dissociative fugue, a rare malady accompanied by amnesia and wandering as a kind of delayed reaction to her divorce five years earlier. Gerweck had cheated on her husband and abandoned her four children, ages 2 to 7. She said she left the children because she thought she was going to kill herself. | November 14, 2011 |
| 48 | 9 | "Spring Break Nightmare" | Colleen Orsborn | March 15, 1984, in Daytona Beach, Florida | Found deceased three weeks later, buried in a shallow grave near a lake in Orange County, Florida. Body identified by DNA in 2011. | November 21, 2011 |
| 49 | 10 | "Mystery on Lake Seminole" | Jerry Michael Williams | December 16, 2000, in Tallahassee, Florida | After broadcast, found deceased in October 2017. Denise Merrell Williams convicted in December 2018 of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and accessory after the fact;[30] in February 2019, she was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, and an additional 30 years for helping plot the murder,[31] which was committed by her ex-lover and co-conspirator Brian Winchester.[32] | November 28, 2011 |
| 50 | 11 | "Vanished In Vermont" | Brianna Maitland | March 19, 2004, in Montgomery, Vermont | Still missing | December 5, 2011 |
| 51 | 12 | "Midnight Walk" | Lucely Aramburo | June 1, 2007, in Dania Beach, Florida | Still missing | December 12, 2011 |
| 52 | 13 | "The Wedding Ring" | Tina Marie McQuaig | March 15, 2000, in Jacksonville, Florida | Found deceased in 2002 in a remote, wooded area of Cecil Commerce Center. Her remains indicated a violent death.[33] | December 19, 2011 |
| 53 | 14 | "Innocence Lost" | Jamie Fraley | April 8, 2008, in Gastonia, North Carolina | Still missing | January 2, 2012 |
Season 5 (2012)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 1 | "The Road Not Taken" | Virginia "Ginni" Wood, Kelly Gaskins, and Ervin Williams | March 10, 2007, in Chocowinity, North Carolina | Still missing | January 9, 2012 |
| 55 | 2 | "Dancing into Darkness" | Susan Walsh | July 16, 1996, in Nutley, New Jersey | Still missing | January 16, 2012 |
| 56 | 3 | "Crime and Punishment" | Terrance Williams | January 12, 2004, in Naples, Florida | Still missing | January 23, 2012 |
| 57 | 4 | "Wrong Side of the Tracks" | Jackie Markham | December 14, 2000, in Callahan, Florida | Still missing | January 30, 2012 |
| 58 | 5 | "Daddy's Girl" | Danice Day | January 9, 2002, in Monte Vista, Colorado | Found deceased in 2009. Victor Braun, convicted of her death, had dumped an oil barrel containing Danice’s charred, fragmented remains in Lyman Lake in the Arizona mountains some 400 miles away from the San Luis Valley. | February 6, 2012 |
| 59 | 6 | "Last Call" | Allison Jackson Foy | July 30, 2006, near Wilmington, North Carolina | Found deceased in 2008. Her remains were discovered in a wooded area about three miles away. | February 13, 2012 |
| 60 | 7 | "Hometown Hero" | Margaret Haddican McEnroe | October 12, 2006, in Warren Township, New Jersey | Still missing | February 20, 2012 |
| 61 | 8 | "A Soldier's Story" | Noah Pippin | September 15, 2010, in Helena, Montana | After broadcast, found deceased in 2012 in a boulder crevice at 7,500 feet, in a remote area, about 18 miles into the wilderness Bob Marshall Wilderness Area south of Glacier National Park. [34][35] | February 27, 2012 |
| 62 | 9 | "Into the Bayou" | Clinton Nelson | September 1, 2006, in Princeton, Louisiana | Still missing | March 5, 2012 |
| 63 | 10 | "Little Girl Lost" | Joey Lynn Offutt | July 12, 2007, in Sykesville, Pennsylvania | Still missing. Declared legally dead in 2016. | March 12, 2012 |
| 64 | 11 | "The Vortex" | Ben McDaniel | August 18, 2010, near Ponce de Leon, Florida | Still missing | March 19, 2012 |
| 65 | 12 | "Final Exam" | Suzanne "Suzy" Lyall | March 2, 1998, in Albany, New York | Still missing | March 26, 2012 |
| 66 | 13 | "Too Young For Love" | Chioma Gray | December 13, 2007, in Ventura, California | Found alive in 2011 in Mexico. 15-year-old Chioma ran away with her 20-year-old boyfriend, Andrew Joshua Tafoya. He pleaded guilty to concealing a child and was sentenced to two years in prison.[36] | April 2, 2012 |
| 67 | 14 | "Footprints in the Sand" | Shannan Gilbert | May 1, 2010, in Jersey City, New Jersey | Found deceased in 2011. Gilbert's remains were discovered in a marshy area in Oak Beach, Long Island.[37] | April 9, 2012 |
| 68 | 15 | "Just a Nice Guy" | Zebb Quinn | January 2, 2000, in Asheville, North Carolina | Still missing, but presumed dead. After broadcast, Robert Jason Owens, the last person to see Zebb alive, had been indicted in the homicide of Zebb Quinn. Owens has already pled guilty to the murders of Food Network Star television contestant Cristie Schoen, her husband J.T. Codd, and their unborn child.[38][39] | April 16, 2012 |
| 69 | 16 | "Hard Life in the Big Easy" | Dana "Polly" Pastori | February 27, 2002, near New Orleans, Louisiana | Found deceased in 2005. Her mummified remains were found in a trunk in a New Orleans apartment. Her boyfriend, John Morgan, was convicted of her murder in July 2009 and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.[40] | April 23, 2012 |
| 70 | 17 | "Missing By Design" | William "Billy" McGrath | August 17, 2009, in Phoenix, Arizona | Found deceased in 2011, buried under the house of Bradley Tocker. He was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of McGrath, fraud, and theft, and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole.[41] | April 30, 2012 |
Season 6 (2012–2013)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 1 | "Lost in the Dark" | Mitrice Richardson | September 17, 2009, in Malibu, California | Found deceased in 2010 in a deep ravine in Malibu Canyon by park rangers, her remains were naked and mummified. | November 19, 2012 |
| 72 | 2 | "The Soldier's Wife" | Bethany Decker | January 29, 2011, near Ashburn, Virginia | Still missing, but confirmed to be dead; in 2022 her boyfriend at the time, Ronald Roldan, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Roldan agreed to go on the record with his account of the murder. He claims they got into an argument in their Ashburn apartment, and he pushed her. She fell and hit her head on a windowsill. He says he put her body into a Christmas tree disposal bag and dumped her in the trash compactor at their complex. | November 26, 2012 |
| 73 | 3 | "The Dutchman's Curse" | Jesse Capen | December 4, 2009, in Denver, Colorado | Found deceased after broadcast in 2013. His remains were found beneath a sheer cliff in the Superstition Mountains near Phoenix, Arizona, wedged in an inaccessible crevasse. | December 3, 2012 |
| 74 | 4 | "Dark Voyage" | Colleen Wood | December 28, 2000, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Still missing | December 10, 2012 |
| 75 | 5 | "One-Way Ticket" | Hatice Corbacioglu | June 13, 2009, in Toronto, Ontario | Still missing | December 17, 2012 |
| 76 | 6 | "City of Angels" | Satara Stratton[citation needed] | October 17, 2011, in Los Angeles, California | Found alive before air date.[42] Died on February 4, 2017.[43] | December 24, 2012 |
| 77 | 7 | "Missing in the Mountains" | Amy Wroe Bechtel | July 24, 1997, in Lander, Wyoming | Still missing. Declared legally dead in 2004. | January 7, 2013 |
| 78 | 8 | "Radio Silence" | Randy Morgenson | July 23, 1996, near Fresno, California | Found deceased July 2001, likely fell through a snow drift and broke his leg while crossing a creek, dying of associated injuries and hypothermia. His remains were washed down the creek and into a small cascade where they were hidden in the rocks for years. | January 14, 2013 |
| 79 | 9 | "Out of the Ashes" | Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman | December 30, 1999, in Welch, Oklahoma | Still missing. In April 2018, three men: Warren “Phil” Welch and David Pennington (both deceased), and Ronnie Busick, were implicated in the murders of Bible and Freeman.[44] Police uncovered Polaroid photos of the girls bound and gagged which had been kept by Welch, Pennington, and Busick as "trophies."[44] Busick was arrested on April 22, 2018 and released in May 2023.[44] | January 21, 2013 |
| 80 | 10 | "Breaking News" | Jodi Huisentruit | June 27, 1995, in Mason City, Iowa | Still missing. Declared legally dead in May 2001. | January 28, 2013 |
| 81 | 11 | "A Diamond Is Forever" | Bob Wykel | February 21, 1996, in Burien, Washington | Still missing, but declared legally deceased. Myron C. Wynn was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Wykel and was sentenced to twenty years in prison. | February 4, 2013 |
| 82 | 12 | "Final Season" | Tracy Ocasio | May 27, 2009, in Orlando, Florida | Still missing | March 31, 2013 |
| 83 | 13 | "Long Lost Love" | Robert 'Bob' Harrod | July 27, 2009, in Placentia, California | Still missing | April 4, 2013 |
| 84 | 14 | "Birds of Prey" | Moses Lall and Lila Buerattan | June 15, 1994, in Loxahatchee, Florida | Still missing | April 4, 2013 |
| 85 | 15 | "At the Crossroads" | Jarrod Johnston | July 7, 2007, near Yazoo City, Mississippi | Still missing | April 4, 2013 |
Specials (2014–2015)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 1 | "Missing in Maui: A Disappeared Special" | Carly 'Charli' Scott | February 9, 2014, in Maui, Hawaii | Found deceased. Scott’s bloodstained knifetorn clothing and body parts were found in a brush area at Nuaailua Bay near Keanae. Steven Capobianco, Scott's ex-boyfriend, was convicted of second-degree murder in her death and in March 2017 was sentenced to life in prison.[45][46] | May 26, 2014 |
| 87 | 2 | "Lauryn is Lost: A Disappeared Special" | Lauryn Garrett | May 1, 2014, in Sequim, Washington | Found alive. In June 2014, Lauryn was seen at a grocery store in Shoreline, Washington by a cashier who was a childhood friend. Lauryn's father confirmed that it was his daughter.[47] A notice later added at the end of the Disappeared program states that Lauryn "returned home on 18 October 2014". | August 31, 2014 |
| 88 | 3 | "Lone Star Mystery: A Disappeared Special" | Christina Morris | August 30, 2014, in Plano, Texas | Found deceased after broadcast. Remains found on March 7, 2018. While Morris was still a missing person, Enrique Arochi was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping her.[48][49] | January 7, 2015 |
| 89 | 4 | "Gone in Georgia: A Disappeared Special" | Kelly Nash | January 5, 2015, in Buford, Georgia | Found deceased in February 2015 in a Lake Lanier cove, drowned with a gunshot wound. | April 12, 2015 |
Season 7 (2016)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | 1 | "Somebody's Watching" | Jessica Heeringa | April 26, 2013, near Norton Shores, Michigan[50] | Still missing, but presumed dead. On May 16, 2018, Jeffrey Willis was found guilty of Heeringa's kidnapping and murder[51] and received a life sentence without parole.[52] On November 2, 2017, Willis had been convicted of the 2014 murder of Rebekah Bletsch,[53] receiving a life sentence without parole.[54] On November 27, 2017, Willis' cousin Kevin Bluhm had pleaded no contest to being an accessory after the fact for helping Willis dispose of Heeringa's body and was sentenced to five years probation.[55][56][57] | April 11, 2016 |
| 91 | 2 | "Against the Tide" | Tiffany Daniels | August 12, 2013, in Fort Pickens, Florida | Still missing | April 18, 2016 |
| 92 | 3 | "Road to Nowhere" | Bryce Laspisa | August 30, 2013, near Castaic, California | Still missing | April 25, 2016 |
| 93 | 4 | "Walk Into Darkness" | Tammy Kingery | September 20, 2014, near North Augusta, South Carolina | Still missing | May 2, 2016 |
| 94 | 5 | "Off the Grid" | Brian Histand | May 15, 2013, in Maricopa County, Arizona | Found deceased from presumed natural causes in January 2016, prior to broadcast. His remains were found in several locations in the southern portion of the South Mountain park, Arizona.[58] | May 9, 2016 |
| 95 | 6 | "No Stone Unturned" | David Riemens | August 8, 2012, near Wilson County, Tennessee | Found deceased after broadcast in January 2018. Remains found off Taylor Road, near Sparta Pike near Watertown, in Wilson County Tennessee.[59] | May 16, 2016 |
| 96 | 7 | "California Leaving" | Rico Harris | October 10, 2014, near Sacramento, California | Still missing | May 23, 2016 |
| 97 | 8 | "A Family Man" | Robert Hoagland | July 28, 2013, near Fairfield County, Connecticut | Found deceased after broadcast in December 2022. He had been living under an alias for nine years, in Rock Hill, New York.[60] | May 30, 2016 |
| 98 | 9 | "Love Triangle" | Brandy Hanna | May 20, 2005, near Charleston, South Carolina | Still missing. On December 12, 2016, Garland Eugene Lankford, former boyfriend of Hanna, was charged by North Charleston Police with obstruction of justice in connection with the 2005 disappearance of Brandy Hanna.[61] | June 6, 2016 |
| 99 | 10 | "Girl Interrupted" | Jennifer Kesse | January 24, 2006, in Ocoee, Florida | Still missing | June 6, 2016 |
Season 8 (2017)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 1 | "American Gothic" | Lynn Messer | July 8, 2014, in St. Genevieve, Missouri | Found deceased on November 2, 2016. Her remains were found on the edge of the farm where she had lived.[62] | March 26, 2017 |
| 101 | 2 | "The Silent Son" | Macin Smith | September 1, 2015, in Saint George, Utah | Still missing | April 2, 2017 |
| 102 | 3 | "Spirited Away" | Kortne Stouffer | July 28, 2012, in Palmyra, Pennsylvania | Still missing | April 9, 2017 |
| 103 | 4 | "On a Mission" | Elizabeth Salgado | April 16, 2015, in Provo, Utah | After broadcast, found deceased on May 18th, 2018. Her remains were located in the bushes in Hobble Creek Canyon, above Springville. Her death is being investigated as a homicide.[63] | April 16, 2017 |
| 104 | 5 | "Every Mother's Son" | Elijah "Bear" Diaz | August 29, 2015, in El Cajon, California | Still missing | April 23, 2017 |
| 105 | 6 | "Into The Night" | Zoe Campos | November 18, 2013, in Lubbock, Texas | Found deceased on November 16, 2018, buried in the former back-yard of Carlos Andrew Rodriguez.[64] Carlos Andrew Rodriguez charged with murder on November 17, 2018,[65] and in July 2019 he confessed to the murder.[66] | April 30, 2017 |
| 106 | 7 | "Flight Risk" | Katelin Akens | December 5, 2015, near Spotsylvania, Virginia | Still missing | May 7, 2017 |
| 107 | 8 | "About a Boy" | Zachary Bernhardt | September 11, 2000, in Clearwater, Florida | Still missing | May 21, 2017 |
| 108 | 9 | "The One That Got Away" | Eric Lee Franks | March 21, 2011, in Saginaw, Michigan | Still missing. Franks' car was recovered in September 2020. It had been hidden in the garage of Gerald Rutledge, an elderly and incapacitated Saginaw man, for whom Franks' former girlfriend (Kendra, deceased September 2016) was a caregiver at the time of Franks' disappearance. There was a spot of blood on the driver's seat, and DNA testing showed it was Franks' blood.[67] | May 28, 2017 |
| 109 | 10 | "The Last Summer" | Kayla Berg | August 11, 2009, in Wausau, Wisconsin | Still missing | June 4, 2017 |
| 110 | 11 | "A Bridge Too Far" | Richard Petrone and Danielle Imbo | February 19, 2005, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Still missing. Being investigated by the FBI as a potential murder-for-hire.[68] | June 11, 2017 |
| 111 | 12 | "Lost Angel" | Angel Garcia | October 21, 2011, in Hartford, Connecticut | Still missing | June 18, 2017 |
| 112 | 13 | "The Long Way Home" | Deanne Hastings | November 3, 2015, in Spokane, Washington | Still missing | June 25, 2017 |
Season 9 (2018)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113 | Early–premiere | "A Date With Danger" | Nancy Moyer | March 6, 2009, in Tenino, Washington | Still missing | March 16, 2018 |
| 114 | 1 | "Edge of Fourteen" | Ashley Summers | July 9, 2007, in Cleveland, Ohio | Still missing | April 1, 2018 |
| 115 | 2 | "Last Words" | Logan Schiendelman | May 19, 2016, in Tumwater, Washington | Still missing | April 8, 2018 |
| 116 | 3 | "Troubled Waters" | Amy Bradley | March 24, 1998, near Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean, Netherlands | Still missing. Declared dead in absentia March 24, 2010. | April 15, 2018 |
| 117 | 4 | "Into the Mist" | Stephanie Crane | October 11, 1993, in Challis, Idaho | Still missing | April 22, 2018 |
| 118 | 5 | "Born This Way" | Dashad Laquinn "Sage" Smith | November 20, 2012, in Charlottesville, Virginia | Still missing | April 29, 2018 |
| 119 | 6 | "The Vanishing Hour" | Tyarra Williams | January 7, 2016, in Greensboro, North Carolina | Still missing | May 6, 2018 |
| 120 | 7 | "In Broad Daylight" | Holly Cantrell | January 20, 2017, in McAlester, Oklahoma | Found deceased after broadcast. Her remains were found by volunteers near the Cardinal Pointe area of Lake Eufaula, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma in March 2018, but went unidentified until February 2020. Her purse was found earlier in February 2017, about a mile from the remains.[69] Cody Ketchum was found guilty of the First-Degree murder of Holly Cantrell and of destroying evidence on March 14, 2024. [70] | May 13, 2018 |
| 121 | 8 | "Just Out of Sight" | Michael VanZandt | March 5, 2016, in Hermosa Beach, California | Still missing | May 21, 2018 |
| 122 | 9 | "So Close to Home" | Alexandria "Ali" Lowitzer | April 26, 2010, in Spring, Texas | Still missing | May 27, 2018 |
| 123 | 10 | "Last Stop" | Tabitha Tuders | April 29, 2003, in Nashville, Tennessee | Still missing | June 3, 2018 |
| 124 | 11 | "Breaking Away" | James "Martin" Roberts | April 21, 2016, in Boone, North Carolina | Still missing | June 10, 2018 |
| 125 | 12 | "Moment of Truth" | Michael Chambers | March 10, 2017, in Quinlan, Texas | Found deceased after broadcast. His remains were found about 15km away in Rains County, in a wooded area off U.S. Highway 276 and east of East Tawakoni in November 2022, but went unidentified until May 2023.[71] | June 17, 2018 |
Season 10 (2022)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 1 | "Vanished in the Night" | Kirsten Brueggeman | January 2, 2021, in Indianapolis | Still missing | September 7, 2022 |
| 127 | 2 | "Disappearance in the Desert" | Daniel Robinson | June 23, 2021, in Buckeye, Arizona | Still missing | September 14, 2022 |
| 128 | 3 | "Navajo Nightmare" | Pepita Redhair | March 27, 2020 in Albuquerque, New Mexico | Still missing | September 21, 2022 |
| 129 | 4 | "The Long Drive Home" | Jason Landry | December 13, 2020, in San Marcos, Texas | Still missing | September 28, 2022 |
| 130 | 5 | "Vanished in the Heartland" | Dee Ann Warner | April 25, 2021, in Tipton, Michigan | Found deceased after broadcast. Warner's remains were found on August 17, 2024, in a resealed anhydrous tank on her husband Dale Warner's Paragon Road property. He was charged in connection with her death on November 22, 2023. [72] | October 5, 2022 |
| 131 | 6 | "Vanishing on the Border" | Ramiro Avila Jr aka Kimberly Avila | May 13, 2017, in Brownsville, Texas | Still missing | October 19, 2022 |
| 132 | 7 | "The Sweetest Man in the World" | Brian Edward Klecha | December 27, 2017, in Lakeland, Florida | Still missing | October 26, 2022 |
| 133 | 8 | "New Mom Missing" | Ciera Breland | February 24, 2022, in Johns Creek, Georgia | Still missing | November 2, 2022 |
Season 11 (2023)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Person(s) missing | Date and location | Outcome | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134 | "Premiere Special" | "The Bradley Sisters" | Diamond & Tionda Bradley | July 6, 2001 in Chicago, Illinois | Still missing | August 20, 2023 |
| 135 | 1 | "A Vanishing at the Golden Gate Bridge" | Sydney West | September 29, 2020, in San Francisco, California | Still missing | August 27, 2023 |
| 136 | 2 | "Love and Lies in Idyllwild" | Lydia “Dia” Abrams | June 6, 2020, in Mountain Center, California | Still missing | September 3, 2023 |
| 137 | 3 | "Mountain of Mystery" | Dahvonte Morgan | May 5, 2020, in Mount Shasta, California | Still missing | September 10, 2023 |
| 137 | 4 | "The Secrets of Bissonnett Street" | Kristen Galvan | January 2, 2020, in Spring, Texas | Still missing | September 17, 2023 |
| 138 | 5 | "Lost in Her Secret" | Sheena Gibbs | November 8, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois | Still missing | September 25, 2023 |
| 139 | 6 | "Lost in Paradise" | Alex Gumm | February 23, 2018, in Kauai, Hawaii | Still missing | October 1, 2023 |
| 140 | 7 | "Descent Into Darkness" | Nathaniel Holmes | December 19, 2017, in Westminster, Colorado | Still missing | October 8, 2023 |
| 141 | 8 | "Gone With the Light" | Gretchen Fleming | Dec. 4, 2022, in Parkersburg, West Virginia | Still missing | October 15, 2023 |
| 142 | 9 | "Trouble at Home" | Tracie Bell | March 6, 2018, in Richton Park, Illinois | Still missing | October 22, 2023 |
| 143 | 10 | "Mystery in the Ozarks" | Christopher Hoye | May 19, 2022, in Dixon, Missouri | Still missing | October 29, 2023 |
See also
[edit]Notes
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