Missing and Unsolved

The Couple Tom and Eileen Lonergan were an American married couple traveling in Australia in early 1998. They had married in 1996 and were on vacation, exploring different parts of the country together. Both were experienced recreational scuba divers and had completed multiple dives before their trip to the Great Barrier Reef. They were from Louisiana and had planned their journey as a shared adventure, combining travel with diving excursions. Artist’s rendering based on real

A man who kept a low profile For nearly twenty years, Ray Gricar served as the district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania. First elected in 1985, he was not a prosecutor who sought attention. He did his job quietly, methodically, and largely outside the public spotlight. By 2005, Gricar had already made a decision about his future. He announced he would not seek reelection and planned to retire later that year. There was no public crisis surrounding him. No sudden contr

Five Missing After a Christmas Fire That Left No Answers Illustration of the Sodder family billboard, created to reflect the family’s public appeal for information about their missing children. The Night of the Fire The mystery known as the Sodder children disappearance  began during the early hours of December 25, 1945 , in Fayetteville, West Virginia. George and Jennie Sodder lived in a two-story home with their children. That night, most of the family was asleep when a fir

Three Women, One House, No Trace In the early morning hours of June 7, 1992, three women vanished from a quiet home in Springfield, Missouri. There were no signs of forced entry. No obvious struggle. Their cars remained outside. Their purses were left behind inside the house. More than thirty years later, the disappearance of Suzanne Streeter, Stacey McCall, and Sherrill Levitt remains one of the most unsettling unsolved cases in the United States, defined not by visible viol

A disappearance forever linked to September 11 A woman disappeared, and then the worst day in modern American history erased the trail behind her. What happened to her before the smoke cleared has never been definitively answered. Who Sneha Anne Philip Was Sneha Anne Philip was a 31 year old physician living in Battery Park City, Lower Manhattan, with her husband, Ron Lieberman. Their apartment was located just blocks from the World Trade Center, in a neighborhood that would

The Only Skyjacking in U.S. History That Was Never Solved The Flight That Changed Aviation Forever On November 24, 1971, the night before Thanksgiving, a man using the name D. B. Cooper  boarded Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington. He appeared calm, well dressed, and unremarkable. Nothing about him stood out to the passengers or crew. That changed shortly after takeoff. Cooper handed a note to a flight attendant stating he had a

Brandon Swanson: The 47 Minute Phone Call That Ended in Silence A 19 year old college student crashed his car, called his parents for help, and then vanished during the call. He has never been found. The Disappearance at a Glance On May 14, 2008 , Brandon Swanson , a 19 year old college student, disappeared in rural southwestern Minnesota after his car became stuck in a ditch. He was on the phone with his parents when the call abruptly ended. Brandon has not been seen since.

The Night Everything Changed Nineteen year old Bryce Laspisa left college late one August night, telling his parents he was driving home to Southern California. Over the next twenty four hours, he was stopped by police, ran out of gas, remained in the same area for hours, spoke to his parents multiple times, and was located alive by authorities. Two days later, his car was found wrecked near Castaic Lake. Bryce was gone. Who Was Bryce Laspisa Bryce Laspisa was a 19 year old c

A House That Was Meant to Erase Everything: In the early hours of April 10, 2001, a quiet suburban home in Scottsdale, Arizona exploded into flames. Neighbors ran outside expecting a gas leak or accident. What investigators would soon discover was far more disturbing. This was not an accident. It was a calculated attempt to destroy evidence and possibly to disappear forever. Inside the wreckage were the remains of a mother and two children. The man who lived there, their husb

On July 8, 2014, a man ran out of an international airport in broad daylight. He left his luggage behind. He vaulted a security fence. And then he disappeared. That man was 28 year old Lars Mittank. More than a decade later, no confirmed trace of him has ever been found. Who Was Lars Mittank? Lars Joachim Mittank was born on February 9, 1986, in Berlin, Germany. He was raised in Itzehoe, and many later reports describe him as being from Marne in the northern German state of S

A Missing and Unsolved Case Daniel Robinson disappeared in broad daylight. On June 23, 2021, the 24 year old geologist left a remote worksite in Buckeye, Arizona and was never seen again. Weeks later, his Jeep was discovered crashed in a desert ravine. Inside were his phone, wallet, keys, clothes, and water. Daniel himself was gone. What followed would become one of the most confusing and debated missing person cases in recent years. Who Was Daniel Robinson Daniel Cornelius R

On a quiet December afternoon in 2011, a 23 year old college student named Phoenix Coldon walked out her front door in St. Louis County and vanished. She did not leave a note. She did not take her phone or wallet. She simply stepped outside, got into her black Chevy Blazer, and drove away. What happened next has haunted investigators, her parents, and the many people who followed her story for more than a decade. Phoenix’s disappearance remains one of the most heartbreaking u