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Missing Persons

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Sierra LaMar: Reward for Missing Teen Increases to $25K

    The family of 15-year-old Sierra LaMar announced this weekend that the reward for the missing teen's safe return increased to $25,000, thanks to a flow of community donations. Earlier this month, LaMar's family offered a $10,000 reward, saying it would be given to the first person who provides info ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Sierra LaMar: Missing Teen's Twitter Account Hacked

    Santa Clara County authorities are now looking for the person who hacked into 15-year-old Sierra LaMar's Twitter account this week and left posts impersonating the missing teen. Sgt. Jose Cardoza confirmed to reporters Thursday that someone indeed hacked into LaMar's account two days ago and wr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Coast Guard Ends Search for Missing Sailors at Farallon Islands

    After 24 hours of scouring the waters, the Coast Guard announced last night that it was suspending its search for the four sailors who went missing in a boating accident over the weekend, and would not resume the search today. Authorities explained to the press their reason for ending the search, sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Sierra LaMar: Family Launches Website for Missing Teen, Divers Search Under Water

    (Update 5:30 p.m.): Santa Clara County sheriffs have taken their search for Sierra LaMar to local waters. They sent divers into the Chesbro Reservoir this evening after a sonar picked up irregularities at the bottom of the waterway.(Original story 8:45 a.m.) It's now been a month since 15-year-old S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Sierra LaMar: Police Hope App Will Help Find Missing Teen

    Police are desperate to find 15-year-old Sierra LaMar so much so that they have issued a "QR" code (short for "quick response"), which allows anyone with a smartphone to download information about the missing teen. The code has been released on missing posters of LaMar, making all information a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Sierra LaMar: Volunteers Find Handcuff Box Near Missing Teen's Home

    ​Investigators have confirmed distressing news this morning that volunteers searching for 15-year-old Sierra LaMar found a empty handcuff box and used condoms near the girls' home in Morgan Hill. Volunteers with the KlaasKids Foundation discovered the items at the end of Palm Avenue, which is the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Sierra LaMar: Police Believe Missing Teen Knew Her Kidnapper

    ​Investigators are now saying they believe whoever abducted 15-year-old Sierra LaMar mostly likely knew her or, at the very least, was acquainted with her. What's more, they said her kidnapper was probably familiar with the area near her Morgan Hill home where LaMar was last seen on March 16. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    Sierra LaMar Update: FBI Sets Up Roadblock, Question Drivers About Missing Teen

    ​Desperate for any clues that might lead them to 15-year-old Sierra LaMar, police have set up a roadblock this morning, quizzing drivers in the area about the missing teen who was last seen a week ago.NBC reports that FBI set up the roadblock early this morning in the area of Dougherty Avenue near ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Sierra LaMar Update: Police Find Missing Teen's Purse, Clothes

    ​(Update, 11 a.m.): Police said they found Sierra LaMar's purse with her clothing "neatly folded" inside near the intersection of Laguna and Santa Teresa in Morgan Hill. The new evidence was discovered on Sunday at 1 p.m., police told NBC. The clothes do not appear to contain evidence of a cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Sierra Lamar: Sex Offenders Questioned in Case of Missing Teen, Vigil Held

    ​Santa Clara County authorities have started talking to registered sex offenders who live near the area where 15-year-old Sierra Lamar was last seen, hoping to find any clues that might lead them to her. Lamar was last seen headed to school, Friday morning, however, school officials called her mom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    George Kohler, Missing S.F. Cyclist, Found Dead in Death Valley

    ​Authorities say they have found the body of 68-year-old George Kohler, who went missing last week during a bike tour in Death Valley. Police confirmed  that Kohler, an avid cyclist and personal trainer in San Francisco, was found in a shallow gully about less than two miles east of the Mesqu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2012

    SFPD Asks Public to Help Find Missing Teen

    ​Police issued an alert this afternoon for a missing 17-year-old boy who was last seen leaving his father's home in San Francisco on Jan. 22.Police say Royal Foote has not been to school since that day over a month ago. Officer Albie Esparza said the boy has no known medical conditions and is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Dog Tossed From Moving Car Is Missing

    Frosty​Crimes against animals are just unforgivable. The Santa Cruz SPCA issued an alert for the public's help in finding Frosty, a 1-year-old cream-colored poodle-terrier mix who went missing this week from the local SPCA. The last sighting of Frosty was on Monday when someone witnessed Frosty be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Thomas Gregoire, Lost Kayaker, Presumed Dead

    Gregoire never resurfaced after his kayak capsized​Authorities searched well into the morning for Thomas Gregoire, the 55-year-old man who has been missing since his kayak capsized at Pier 80 in San Francisco yesterday afternoon. Gregoire was paddling back from Candlestick Park with friends at abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Feng Ai Peng, Elderly Woman, Is Missing

    ​Update (4:20 p.m.) Police have informed us that Peng has been found safe and is at home with her family. Police are asking residents to help look for Feng Ai Peng, a 70-year-old Chinese woman with Alzheimer's who has been missing since Monday afternoon. Peng left her residence on the 600 block of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Michelle Le Vigil To Be Held Tomorrow Night

    Michelle Le​On Tuesday evening, family and friends of Michelle Le, the nursing student who was murdered four months ago, will gather in Oakland to honor the slain woman's life. The vigil, which will be held at Samuel Merritt University where Le was six months away from graduating, will be held fou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Michelle Le: Body Found in Sunol Is Murdered Nursing Student

    Courtesy of Michelleismissing.comMichelle Le​The Alameda County coroner confirmed that the human remains found over the weekend at Sunol Canyon are those of Michelle Le, the 26-year-old nursing student who went missing in May. However, medical authorities have not yet determined how Le died. The n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Michelle Le Update: Body Found in Sunol

    Michelle Le​Medical authorities are working to determine whether the body found in a rugged area near Sunol Canyon this weekend is Michelle Le, the 26-year-old nursing student who went missing in May.Over the weekend, a volunteer discovered a badly decomposed body in the Sunol Canyon near Pleasant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Billy Chamberlain, Longtime Giants Fan, Missing from AT&T Park

    Billy​Police issued a missing person bulletin today for Billy Chamberlain, the 43-year-old disabled Giants fan who is famous for greeting fans, coaches, and players during Giants home games. The team grew worried after Chamberlain failed to show up at his regular spot --Second and King Streets at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Maurice James Update: Search Party Begins for Missing Bayview Man

    Maurice James​Friends of 29-year-old Maurice James, also known as "Mo," have started combing the coastal line, looking for the Bayview man who was last seen Sunday night before he possibly left for the beach the next morning. James' roommate last saw him on Sunday night before going to sleep. He n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Maurice James, San Francisco Man, Is Missing

    Maurice James​Police are looking for 29-year-old Maurice James, who has been missing for nearly a week. Nobody has seen or heard from him since July 31, 2011 when he was thought to be depressed, and said was going to the beach, according to SFPD.

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Lisa Ligon, S.F. CEO of Playful Life Inc., Is Missing

    Lisa Ligon ​Police are looking for 44-year-old Lisa Ligon, who hasn't been seen since leaving a friend's wedding this weekend in Marshall, California, about 50 miles from San Francisco in unincorporated Marin. Ligon's friends filed a missing persons report after the San Francisco resident and CEO ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Michelle Le Update: Police Tell TV Station to Check Its Facts

    The fact is ... Le is still missing​A San Diego television station added a new twist to the mysterious case of Michelle Le, the 26-year-old nursing student who went missing last month. The station reported yesterday that two phone calls were made from Le's cell phone shortly after she went missing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Michelle Le Update: Vigil Tonight for Missing Student, Reward Increases to $40,000

    Michelle Le​Family and friends of Michelle Le, the nursing student who went missing a week ago, will gather tonight for a vigil at the site where her abandoned car was found last Friday.The vigil will be held at Ponderosa Court in Hayward, about a half-mile from Kaiser Hospital, where Le, 26, was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Michelle Le Update: Police Issue Search Warrants and Question 20 People

    Michelle Le has been missing since Friday ​Over the last five days, police have interviewed some 20 people -- even arresting one briefly. They've issued search warrants and tracked down a few "persons of interest," only to remained stumped as to what happened to Michelle Le, the 26-year-old nursin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Allison 'Alliy' Bayliss Update: Cops Say Missing Teen's Case Is "Not Criminal"

    Allison Bayliss is still missing​Early this morning, police expanded the search in San Francisco for missing Danville teen Allison Bayliss, whose bike was located at Crissy Field Tuesday morning -- a day after the 15-year-old was reported missing. However, Danville Police Chief Steve Simpkins is n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Allison Bayliss', Missing Danville Teen, Bike Found in San Francisco

    Allison Bayliss​On Monday, Danville police found missing teen Allison Bayliss' bicycle locked up at a bike stand in San Francisco's Crissy Field. Bayliss was last seen on Monday at 8 a.m. near her locker at San Ramon Valley High School where she is a sophomore. Media outlets are reporting that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Billy Waterman, Missing Riverside County Man, 'Person of Interest' in S.F. Woman's Death

    Missing man​Police are trying to piece together a bizarre mystery involving a missing man, a woman's body, and an abandoned vehicle.Yesterday, a maid found a woman's body in a hotel room on Lombard Street. The death has been ruled suspicious and the medical examiner is conducting an autopsy.  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Mireya Zapata, 'Voluntary and Habitual Runaway,' Runs Away

    Mireya, again with the running away? ​Weekend newspaper readers can be forgiven for for a shudder of déjà vu when they saw local papers putting out the hue and cry on behalf of police to keep an eye peeled for teen runaway Mireya Zapata. Neither the police -- nor the papers -- bothered to mentio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Why Did Police Say Habitual Runaway Mireya Zapata Didn't 'Fit Profile of a Runaway'?

    Mireya Zapata has found her way into the news again​This morning, we saw reports in print and on television noting  cops' fervent search for missing 12-year-old Mireya Zapata. Disturbingly, the Tenderloin pre-teen had reportedly refused to text her mother their agreed-upon code indicating she ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2008

    Warchild

    Mireya Zapata has found her way into the news again​This morning, we saw reports in print and on television noting  cops' fervent search for missing 12-year-old Mireya Zapata. Disturbingly, the Tenderloin pre-teen had reportedly refused to text her mother their agreed-upon code indicating she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2008

    Another Van Body Goes Undiscovered

    Mireya Zapata has found her way into the news again​This morning, we saw reports in print and on television noting  cops' fervent search for missing 12-year-old Mireya Zapata. Disturbingly, the Tenderloin pre-teen had reportedly refused to text her mother their agreed-upon code indicating she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2008

    Gunman Shoots Three While They Sleep Wednesday in Potrero Hill

    Mireya Zapata has found her way into the news again​This morning, we saw reports in print and on television noting  cops' fervent search for missing 12-year-old Mireya Zapata. Disturbingly, the Tenderloin pre-teen had reportedly refused to text her mother their agreed-upon code indicating she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2007

    Glen Park Rapee Attacked by Same Fucker in Excelsior

    Mireya Zapata has found her way into the news again​This morning, we saw reports in print and on television noting  cops' fervent search for missing 12-year-old Mireya Zapata. Disturbingly, the Tenderloin pre-teen had reportedly refused to text her mother their agreed-upon code indicating she ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 8, 1996

    Missing Pieces

    Craig Lucas' Missing Persons struggles to extricate itself from its own packaging

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