When an individual disappears, an investigation is prompted into their whereabouts, typically involving witness statements, forensic evidence and other facts to find out what happened and whether foul play was involved.
Cristhian Bahena Rivera sentenced to life in prison without parole in abduction and killing of Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts three years after she disappeared while out for a run. More
August 30, 2021
After spending nearly two decades behind bars for the murders of his pregnant wife and unborn child, Scott Peterson might get a new trial due to alleged juror misconduct. More
August 25, 2021
Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton disappeared from Morenci, Michigan, in November 2010. These new photos show what they might look like today. More
August 23, 2021
A retired FBI agent testified Tuesday about the location and status of Barry Morphew’s phone in the hours surrounding the disappearance of his wife, which included him dumping trash in five different locations in the Broomfield area. More
August 11, 2021
Suzanne Morphew was having a two-year affair leading up her 2020 disappearance and alleged murder at the hands of her husband, an investigator said in Monday’s preliminary hearing. More
August 10, 2021
Investigators believe Tara Strozier was tortured, killed and her body weighted down then left in the pond. More
August 3, 2021
Recently released unredacted documents detail the gun violence restraining order filed last May against the husband of Maya Millete. More
July 30, 2021
LORTON, Va. (AP) — The body of a 72-year-old Virginia woman who had been missing for weeks has been found, and a tenant of the woman’s has been charged with murder in her death, police announced Saturday. Fairfax County police officials said at a news conference that the suspect, Brian George Sayrs Jr., came forward […] More
July 26, 2021
For our 100th episode host Vinnie Politan and Court TV’s Ted Rowlands cover the Mollie Tibbetts Murder Trial and Britney Spears' court battle to end her conservatorship. More
July 22, 2021
It has now been six months since Maya Millete, a Chula Vista mother of three, disappeared. More
July 8, 2021
Six long years have passed since Crystal Rogers was last seen or heard from. The mother of five went missing on July 3, 2015, in Bardstown. More
July 8, 2021
Dane Kallungi allegedly admitted to his ex-wife that he had murdered his current wife, Jepsy Kallungi, who has been missing since March 2019. More
June 30, 2021
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (Scripps News Nashville) — There’s been a change in the effort to locate a missing five-year-old girl. Plus, there’s a possible new lead that could help explain what happened to Summer Wells. This all comes as there’s a shift in strategy now focusing on the possibility of foul play. After nearly two weeks, […] More
June 30, 2021
Police believe missing Colorado woman Jepsy Kallungi was strangled and buried by her husband. More
June 21, 2021
JASPER, Texas (AP) — A child found dead in a Texas motel room is believed to be a boy reported missing in Houston and a suspect has been arrested in the case, police said Wednesday. Authorities had been searching for Samuel Olson, who was reported missing May 27. On Tuesday night, police recovered a child’s […] More
June 2, 2021
A court filing indicated prosecutors do not intend to seek a new death sentence for Scott Peterson for the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci. More
June 1, 2021
PODCAST: Court TV has been in Iowa this week, covering the murder trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the man accused of murdering University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. Court TV’s Michael Ayala joins host Vinnie Politian to discuss some of the key testimony so far, including testimony from the police detective who initially interrogated Rivera […] More
May 27, 2021
Barry Morphew is facing two new charges in connection with the alleged murder of his wife. More
May 19, 2021
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (Scripps News San Diego) — Experts from the Cold Case Foundation met with Chula Vista Police this week regarding the Maya Millete case. The foundation has joined the police department to look for any ways they can help with the investigation into the mother of three’s disappearance. Last week, Millete’s family was […] More
May 14, 2021
PODCAST: It’s been almost two years since 20-year-old University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts disappeared while on an evening jog, setting off an enormous search that made national news. A month after her disappearance Cristhian Rivera, a local dairy farm worker who was in the country illegally, was arrested, allegedly confessed to her murder and […] More
May 6, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities strongly believe that remains found a day earlier in a grave along railroad tracks in southern Pennsylvania are those of a young Amish woman who disappeared last summer, a county prosecutor said Thursday. Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams told a news conference that a coroner has not made a […] More
April 23, 2021
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (Scripps News San Luis Obispo) — 3-year-old Orson and 4-year-old Orrin West have been missing for months. According to Trezell and Jacqueline West, the boys adoptive parents, the boys disappeared from their backyard on Dec. 21. “They do not just roam around these patches … I think definitely would have been picked up or […] More
April 22, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California college student missing for nearly 25 years was once buried in the backyard of the home owned by the murder suspect’s father, authorities said in a court document. The body of Kristin Smart, which has never been found, was recently moved from the home of Ruben Flores, a prosecutor […] More
April 21, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawyers for a father and son charged in the 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Smart criticized the evidence used Monday to make arrests, with one saying it was “so minimal as to shock the conscience.” A prosecutor shot back that lawyers for Paul Flores, 44, who is charged with […] More
April 20, 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Flores was the last person seen with Kristin Smart before she vanished from a college campus on California’s scenic Central Coast nearly 25 years ago and suspicion has followed him ever since. He went from being a “person of interest” to a “suspect” to “the prime suspect.” Investigators never […] More
April 13, 2021
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Decomposed remains found in a Missouri park have been positively identified as those of a Chinese woman who had been missing from Columbia, Missouri, since 2019, authorities said Tuesday. Columbia Mayor Brian Treece said forensic experts used dental records to identify Mengqi Ji’s remains, which were found by a hunter on March 25 […] More
April 7, 2021
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (AP) — The Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers has announced an increase in the award for a Port Charlotte Teen who was found deceased in 2019. Gage Jackson went missing in March of 2019. Family and friends knew something was wrong when Jackson did not show up to work. About a week later, […] More
March 16, 2021
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (Scripps News San Diego) — The husband of Maya Millete, the California woman who was reported missing last month, has retained a lawyer and is no longer cooperating with Chula Vista police, authorities said Wednesday. Millete’s husband, Larry, is no longer fielding questions or requests from police, said Chula Vista police Lt. […] More
February 4, 2021
The mother of three has been gone for three weeks, missing her own daughter’s birthday party. (Episode 74) More
January 28, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A man charged previously with having kidnapped a young Amish woman who disappeared in Pennsylvania last summer has now been charged with killing her. Lancaster County District Attorney Heather Adams announced Monday that Justo Smoker, 34, of Paradise, was charged with criminal homicide in the case of Linda Stoltzfoos, 18, who […] More
December 23, 2020
