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Hannah Kobayashi: I'm 'Still Processing It All'

30-year-old Hawaii woman says her focus now is on 'my healing, my peace, and my creativity'

(Newser) - After being located in Mexico , Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search, is back in the United States. The 30-year-old was en route to New York when she missed a connecting flight in Los Angeles last month and then vanished. Authorities ultimately determined she had crossed...

LAPD: Hannah Kobayashi Has Been Found Safe

'This has become a private matter and we will wrap up our investigation,' police say

(Newser) - Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search, has been found safe, the Los Angeles Police Department said Wednesday. Kobayashi vanished last month in Los Angeles, and her disappearance prompted a massive search and a missing persons investigation. Other details about her disappearance, as well as where...

Report Claims Hannah Kobayashi Was Secretly Married

Anonymous sources indicate she may have been part of an immigration scheme

(Newser) - The latest twist in the Hannah Kobayashi case: Sources say the missing Hawaii woman may have been secretly married as part of an immigration scam. Police say Kobayashi, 30, flew to Los Angeles and then intentionally missed a connecting flight to New York before walking into Mexico, alone and unharmed...

Search for Woman in Sinkhole Just Got More Complicated

Authorities describe integrity issues in the abandoned mine below

(Newser) - It's becoming dangerous to continue exploring an abandoned mine linked to a sinkhole, which is believed to have consumed a missing woman in Pennsylvania , authorities said Wednesday. The search continues for 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard, whose vehicle was found 20 feet from the newly opened sinkhole in Unity Township. Experts...

Husband Charged With Killing Wife Who Vanished Months Ago

Naresh Bhatt was first charged with moving a body weeks after Mamta Kafle disappeared

(Newser) - Naresh Bhatt was charged with murder Monday, about four months after the Virginia man's wife disappeared. Bhatt's previous charge of concealing a body was upgraded to murder and physically defiling a dead body, the Washington Post reports. The 37-year-old's lawyer has argued Mamta Kafle Bhatt, 28, is...

Police Say Missing Hawaii Woman Walked Into Mexico

Hannah Kobayashi is now considered a 'voluntary missing person'

(Newser) - Authorities say surveillance video from the US Border Patrol shows Hannah Kobayashi, the 30-year-old Hawaii woman who went missing in Los Angeles last month, crossing into Mexico the day after her family last heard from her. Kobayashi flew into Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 8 but missed her connecting...

Ex-MLB Pitcher's Missing Daughter Is Found

Arrest warrant had been out for former boyfriend of Brenna Swindell, daughter of Greg Swindell

(Newser) - The daughter of an ex-MLB pitcher, who went missing last week, has been found. Brenna Swindell—a 29-year-old mom of three and the daughter of Greg Swindell, who last played for the Arizona Diamondbacks before retiring in 2002—hadn't been seen since Thursday night, per ABC News . That's...

The Search for Cult 'Witches' Who Disappeared in 1998

Alta's Geoffrey Gray goes on the hunt for the followers of Carlos Casteneda

(Newser) - The story starts off in a typical fashion: a cult leader gains notoriety and wealth, purchases a compound, and fills it with disciples, primarily young women, who serve as his sexual subordinates. But in reporter Geoffrey Gray's twisty examination in Alta of Carlos Castaneda and his sect of devoted...

Man Who Reported Wife Missing Is Now Charged

Daniel Paduchowski made unusual movements before calling police, is suspected of killing her

(Newser) - An Arizona man who reported his wife missing on Sunday is now suspected of killing her, police say. Daniel Paduchowski told Flagstaff police that Kelly Paduchowski, 45, went for a run and swim around 1:30pm local time on Sunday but failed to return. Her phone had pinged near Schultz...

Mom: Resort Where Daughter Went Missing 'Unsettling'

Colette Seymore, mom of Taylor Casey of Chicago, wants FBI to get involved in Bahamas search

(Newser) - Nearly two weeks after Chicago's Taylor Casey disappeared in the Bahamas , her family is frustrated by what they see as a bare minimum search effort and pleading with the FBI to get involved. Casey, 41, was last seen June 19 at Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat on Paradise Island. The...

Phone of Missing American in the Bahamas Is Found

Taylor Casey of Chicago has not been seen in more than a week

(Newser) - Authorities in the Bahamas found the cell phone of a missing Chicago woman in the ocean, but there is still no sign of Taylor Casey herself, reports the local Nassau Guardian . The 41-year-old was last seen on June 19 on Paradise Island in Nassau, where she had been attending a...

Husband Charged in Strange Case of Missing Florida Woman

American Ana Maria Knezevic vanished from Madrid; friend says strange texts weren't from her

(Newser) - The estranged husband of a Florida woman who disappeared three months ago in Spain has been charged by US federal agents with her kidnapping, the AP reports. The FBI and other federal agents arrested David Knezevich (variously spelled Knezevic) at Miami International Airport on Saturday. The Fort Lauderdale resident is...

Woman Whose 911 Call Went to the Wrong State Is Found Dead

Amanda Nenigar's Feb. 27 call went to California dispatchers, though her car was found in Arizona

(Newser) - A tragic ending to the story of a California woman whose 911 call was routed to the wrong state: Amanda Nenigar, who went missing Feb. 27, was found dead Friday night in a remote area near the small Arizona town of Cibola, just over the border from California, CBS News...

She Vanished 2 Weeks Ago With Dog, Who Just Turned Up

Houston Police searching for Christina Johnson, 27, last seen March 6

(Newser) - A Texas woman who's been missing for two weeks was last seen walking her dog. That dog turned up Friday almost 8 miles from where 27-year-old Christina Johnson was last known to be, raising fears for the recent college graduate who'd returned home to plan her next move....

Woman Missing 4 Days Found in 'Miracle' at Canyon Floor

72-year-old Penny Clark of Idaho rescued Saturday near Melba

(Newser) - For four long days, 72-year-old Penny Clark sat with her damaged car, which had traveled some 200 yards into a canyon, unable to climb out. Thankfully, she was discovered Saturday after two campers spotted the vehicle near the Canyon County village of Melba and called police, believing it might be...

Man Looking for Recyclables Makes Grim Find: Cops

Authorities fear torso found in Encino dumpster may be lead in case of missing 3; man arrested

(Newser) - Police officers who responded to a report of a women's torso in a dumpster in Encino, California, fear not just one life was lost, but three. Police have arrested a Tarzana man, whose wife and in-laws are missing, KNBC reports. A man who'd been searching for recyclables reported...

Her Name Was Unique. The Dangers She Faced Were 'Common'

'Washington Post' looks back on coverage of murdered mom, what everyone got wrong

(Newser) - When Monica Hesse was a young reporter, she covered the story of Unique Harris, a 24-year-old single mom of two young boys who vanished from her DC apartment in October 2010, while she was hosting a sleepover for her kids and their 9-year-old cousin. It was a case that went...

Story of Woman Who Vanished on Highway Gets Stranger

Boyfriend says Carlee Russell was kidnapped, fought for her life before eventually reappearing

(Newser) - The boyfriend of an Alabama woman who vanished for two days after reportedly seeing a toddler wandering on the side of an interstate Thursday night says she was abducted. Before she reappeared at her family home Saturday night, Carlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell, 25, "was literally fighting for her...

Woman Stops to Help Toddler Wandering on Interstate, Vanishes
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Woman Who Vanished on Interstate Found Safe

Carlee Russell in Alabama had told police she saw a toddler on side of the road

(Newser) - An Alabama woman who disappeared after reporting a toddler wandering on the side of an interstate has been found safe, reports CNN . Carlee Russell, 25, "stunned" relatives by showing up at her family's door Saturday night, per the New York Times . She has been taken to a hospital...

Hikers Hear Cries for Help, Find Missing Woman in Swamp

Emma Tetewsky rescued after at least 3 days trapped in muck in Massachusetts state park

(Newser) - The search for a Massachusetts woman missing for a week has a happy ending after she was discovered alive, trapped in a swamp for what officials say may have been at least three days. Per a release , Emma Tetewsky, 31, was found Monday evening after hikers in Borderland State Park...

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