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.
Peggy Vorhaben
Vorhaben, 55, disappeared from Atlanta, Georgia on October 22, 2005. She was located in May 2012; further details are unavailable.
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Jolie Ann Shivers
NamUs
Shivers, 33, disappeared from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 17, 2007. She was located in May 2012; further details are unavailable.
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Charlene Annette Rosser
NamUs
Rosser, 28, disappeared from Eureka, California on April 12, 1998. In 2003, her skeletal remains were found in a wooded area off State Route 89 between Truckee and Calpine, California. They were identified in May 2012. Rosser's death remains under investigation.
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Aliana Johnson
The Eureka Times-Standard
Johnson, 9, was abducted by her non-custodial mother from Garden Grove, California on August 6, 2008. She was found safe in May 2012.
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Maria Stephina Christakos
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Christakos, 4, was abducted by her non-custodial mother from Vancouver, Washington on March 11, 2009. She was found safe in May 2012.
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Jana Michelle Morton
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Morton, 39, disappeared from Snow Camp, North Carolina on February 13, 2009. In May 2012, her body was found buried in a shallow grave in the woods in the 1400 block of Morningside Drive in Burlington, North Carolina. Her death is being treated as a homicide and remains under investigation.
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Sarah Marie Smith
WXII 12
Smith, 16, ran away from her Vancouver, Washington home on December 17, 2010. She was found safe in May 2012.
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Maribel Mondragon-Garcia
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Mondragon-Garcia, 16, ran away from her Lewisville, Texas home on November 13, 2010. She was found safe in May 2012.
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Roger Scott Dunn
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Dunn, 24, disappeared from Lubbock, Texas on May 31, 1991. His live-in girlfriend, Leisha Hamilton, and an accomplice, Timothy James Smith, were convicted of his murder in 1997. Hamilton was sentenced to 20 years in prison and Smith got ten years' probation. Dunn's body was found buried in a shallow grave three doors down from his apartment complex in May 2012. He'd died of blunt force trauma to the head.
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Raechelle Jeanean Wilson
The Plainview Herald
Wilson, 24, disappeared from Olathe, Kansas sometime in July 1995. She was located in May 2012; further details are unavailable.
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Olsen Mejia
NamUs
Mejia, 16, ran away from his Dallas, Texas home on October 27, 2009. He was found safe in May 2012.
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Angel Hernandez
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Hernandez, 43, disappeared from Sandy Valley, Nevada on January 28, 2007. He has since been located; further details are unavailable.
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Jackie Leigh Douthart
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
Douthart, 24, disappeared from Iowa City, Iowa on May 22, 2011. In March 2012, her skeletal remains were found in Henry County, Iowa, between the towns of Lockridge and Rome. Authorities identified the bones as Douthart's in May. A person of interest in her case was killed in a police shootout a month after she vanished.
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Lynette Shawn Assels
KQHA 7
Assels, 35, disappeared from Big Bear City, California sometime in February 2008. She was located in May 2012; further details are unavailable.
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Lorraine Fertsch
NamUs
Fertsch, 49, disappeared from Baltimore, Maryland on January 20, 2008. She was located in May 2012; further details are unavailable.
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Greta T. Tim
NamUs
Tim, 14, disappeared from Irvington, New Jersey on July 27, 2008. Her case was classified as a runaway. In April 2012, however, her remains were found stuffed in a plastic bag and dumped off Sylvan Way in Parsippany, New Jersey. Her murder remains under investigation.
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Bobby Velen Smelcer
The Daily Record
Smelcer, 52, disappeared from Shelbyville, Tennessee on November 21, 2010. In April 2012, his skull was found in the Duck River. His death is under investigation.
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Michael Joseph Shoup
The Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Shoup, 49, disappeared from Stuart, Iowa on April 1, 2003. He was located in May 2012; further details are unavailable.
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Robert Lee Sheffield
NamUs
Sheffield, 58, disappeared from Columbus, Ohio on October 1, 2011. He was located in May 2012; further details are unavailable.
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Juan Manuel Mendoza and Maria Mendoza
NamUs
Maria, 16, ran away from her Pixley, California home on April 10, 2010. She took her 1-year-old son, Juan, with her. They were found safe in May 2012.
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Nancy Lopez
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Lopez, 14, ran away from her Rialto, California home on March 25, 2009. She was found safe in May 2012.
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Miles Perry Leppla
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Leppla, 91, disappeared from Cedarburg, Wisconsin on October 4, 2011. In April 2012, his body and vehicle were found submerged in a pond in Germantown, Wisconsin. Foul play is not suspected; authorities believe Leppla's death was accidental.
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Justice Ariel Kelly
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Kelly, 13, ran away from her Grand Rapids, Michigan home on September 21, 2010. She was found safe in May 2012.
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Damaris Natalie Herrera-Lopez
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Herrera-Lopez, 10, was abducted by her non-custodial mother from Yuma, Arizona on December 10, 2008. In May 2012, she and her mother returned to the United States and turned themselves in. They had been in hiding in Mexico. Herrera-Lopez's mother was arrested and the child was taken into protective custody.
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America Guadarrama, Reyna Guadarrama and Vicente Guadarrama
KWST News 13
America, 7, Reyna, 4, and Vicente, 3, were allegedly abducted by their non-custodial father from Grayslake, Illinois on November 2, 2007. They were found safe in May 2012.
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Luis Angel Garcia Jr.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Garcia, 24, disappeared from San Antonio, Texas on May 31, 2004. He was located in May 2012; further details are unavailable.
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Melissa Marie Atchley
NamUs
Atchley, 29, disappeared from Portland, Oregon on April 18, 2011. She was found safe in April 2012; further details are unavailable.
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Donald Theodore Allison
NamUs
Allison, 49, disappeared from Jackson, Wyoming on August 31, 1979. He was known to be in Colorado thereafter, but left in approximately 1982 and vanished without a trace. He was located deceased in May 2012; further details are unavailable.
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Michael Wayne Allan
The Doe Network
Allan, 44, disappeared from Brooksville, Florida on October 21, 1987. In October 1998, his skeletal remains were found in the water under the Howard Franklin Bridge in Tampa, Florida. They weren't identified until May 2012, in part because authorities believed the body was of an African-American. Allan's death is under investigation.
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The Doe Network