On February 21, 1951, six-year-old Luis Armando Albino was kidnapped in Oakland, California, United States. In 2024, it was discovered that he was alive and living on the U.S. East Coast; he subsequently reconnected with his siblings and other extended family.[1][2][3] Background Albino was born c. 1945 in Puerto Rico to Antonia Albino. He was one … Read more
A Decorated Pilot With a Fearless Reputation Captain Mansell Richard James was born in Canada in 1893 and went on to become one of the pilots whose name became associated with the dangerous skies of the First World War. While serving with the Royal Flying Corps, James was assigned to No. 45 Squadron in Italy, … Read more
Deborah Scaling Kiley (January 21, 1958 – August 13, 2012)[1] was an American sailor, author, motivational speaker, and businesswoman. She was the first American woman to complete the Whitbread Round the World Race. In 1982, she famously survived a boating accident off the coast of North Carolina, which became the basis for her book Albatross … Read more
Lynette Joy Dawson (née Simms; born 1948) was an Australian woman who disappeared on or about 8 January 1982,[1] leaving two daughters and her husband, former rugby league footballer Chris Dawson.[2] Her whereabouts are unknown, but two coronial inquests concluded that she had been murdered.[3] On 30 August 2022, Chris Dawson was convicted of Lynette’s … Read more
Nicola Ann Raphael was a Scottish schoolgirl whose life became the focus of a national conversation about bullying after her death in 2001. Born on September 10, 1985, Nicola was the only daughter of David and Rona Raphael. She grew up in Lenzie and Kirkintilloch with her two older brothers, David and Christopher, and attended … Read more
Michael Hughes’ disappearance is part of a deeply disturbing story involving a missing mother, multiple identities, years of unanswered questions, and a man whose criminal history stretched back decades. At the center of the case was Franklin Delano Floyd. Long before Michael disappeared, Floyd had become involved with Suzanne Sevakis and her family. In the … Read more
On a summer afternoon in 1983, a family outing in the Montana wilderness turned into a nightmare that has never been fully explained. Four-year-old Nyleen Kay Marshall was enjoying a family picnic in the Elkhorn Mountains near Helena when she disappeared without warning. Despite an enormous search effort, investigators never found Nyleen, her remains, or … Read more
On the morning of March 24, 2003, Melinda McGhee returned home to Atmore, Alabama, after finishing an overnight nursing shift at a nursing home in nearby Bay Minette. She had been working through the night and arrived at her home on Kent Road at approximately 8:00 a.m. Nothing about that morning suggested that it would … Read more
In late 1986, a woman named Josefina Rivera disappeared in Philadelphia. She was 25 years old, and her disappearance initially offered little indication of the horrifying situation she had entered. But within the following weeks, several other women would also vanish—and investigators would eventually uncover a hidden basement where women had been imprisoned, abused, and … Read more
On the night of December 27, 1986, 20-year-old Cara Evelyn Knott was making what should have been an ordinary drive through San Diego County. She had been visiting her boyfriend in Escondido and was heading toward her parents’ home in El Cajon. Instead of reaching her destination, Cara encountered a California Highway Patrol officer who … Read more