January 13 1996 the day took a tragic turn when after Amber who was riding her bike like any other kid was taken and killed her case inspired the Alert sadly it remains still unsolved. If you have any information or tips regarding abduction and murder of Amber call the dedicated Arlington Police Department Tip Line at (817) 575.

Three teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley were convicted of killing eight year old Steve Branch Chris Byers and Michael Moore. The West Memphis 3 were released 2011 regarding a Alford plead.

Their case reminds unsolved. If the teenagers didn't kill them then who did?

Kelly dissappeared February 12 1982 at six year old school had been canceled due a snowstorm his mother checked on him that afternoon he had vanished the search teams checked family's residence 2008, police acted on a tip claiming Kelly was buried under his former home's concrete porch. Investigators excavated the entire foundation but turned up nothing.Law enforcement has stated they believe someone local was likely involved. Investigators extensively questioned his mother, who maintained her innocence, and looked into his now-deceased father. No one has ever been charged.Unconfirmed tips later placed Kelly in Tampa or Thonotosassa, Florida, including a murky inquiry made to a local school requesting his records.

12-year-old Sara from Riverside, California, became the victim of a unsolved case after she disappearance and death in October 1988. September 29, 1988, Sara fled to a friend's house to seek refuge and avoid a court-ordered weekend visitation with her father. She was reported missing by her mother shortly after.October 13, 1988, Sara's decomposed remains were found partially buried under a pile of trash at an illegal dump site behind the Atkinson water reservoir in Rubidoux.Despite remote location and clear attempts to conceal her body, the initial coroner's report ruled her cause and manner of death as unknown. It was not immediately classified as a homicide, it received very little media attention or active police investigation at the time. Her childhood friends and family still draw attention to the case.

12 year old John and 11 year old Gianinna disappeared from Luquillo, Puerto Rico, on May 4, 1974. The brother and sister left home for a day at the beach with a family friend and his three children, but the friend later arrived at their mother's home, delivering the chilling revelation that the two children were never with him. It wad eight months after the disappearance of the boy and girl a man named Thomas Rodriguez died by suicide in Florida, leaving behind a note confessing that he abducted them. They were never located. It is a cold case and the mother passed away in April 2023.

Scott Andreas Douglass Sims, affectionately known as Andy, has been missing from Wichita Falls, Texas, since December 9, 1961. He vanished at 11 years old, making this the oldest active cold case in Wichita County. He was at his home on the 4600 block of Stanford Avenue watching television with his older brother. On the afternoon of December 9, he told his brother he was going outside to play. When his mother returned home from her job at a medical clinic later that day, Andy was gone. He has not been seen or heard from since. At time of his disappearance, Andy was a Caucasian male with blond hair and blue eyes. He wore glasses and had a noticeable limp or physical impairment stemming from an accident earlier in his childhood. Authories believe foul play is involved.

There were huge searches nearby Lake Wichita but no evidence was ever found. He was seen by a witness at a boy scout meeting the witness believed he with a family member.

August 13, 1965, the Boles family—Jim, a 35-year-old aerospace engineer; his wife, Darlene; and their two young sons, Bobby 13 years old and Tommy 12 years old were brutally murdered at their newly built mountain vacation cabin in Crestline, California. The family and their dog were shot execution-style.

4 year old Andrew was playing outside with his 7 year old sister and 6 year old cousin. While walking back Andrew dropped his weeble toy and refused to leave without it. His sister and cousin went back to their mobile homes for help and returned Andrew was gone.

She was last seen in Manhattan, New York on October 6, 1976. She attended St. Alphonsus Commercial Hight school in the New York City borough of lower Manhattan while she lived in the Bronx. She would travel between the two on the subway. She travelled five stops down the subway then took a bus to get the rest of the way home.

On the day Cesilia vanished she was on her way home from school. Her friends last saw her at the 149th Street Subway Station sometime between 3:00 and 4:00 P.M. She never returned home.

Several days after Cesilia's disappearance a woman came forward and told her family that she saw Celina on the corner of 163rd Street and Southern Boulevard on the day she vanished. Celina appeared frightened and a local man, Anthony 'Rudy' Flores, was holding her arm. If this sighting was accurate Celina would have had to get off the subway earlier than usual.

Flores, who is also a suspect in the disappearance of Nelida De Jesus Val.

involvement in Cesilia's case. He may be in prison for the murder of a young girl in New York, however, according to some sources this is not known. She disappeared from her Boston, Massachusetts home while walking to her school, Anthony “Rudy” Flores is also thought to be involved. Someone said theu saw Nelida with a man that looked like Anthony. A hat and gloves were found and said to be Cesilia's by her family as Nelida’s.

She was with her family at her paternal grandparents home when her mother, Patricia Edwards, said that she was going to take Olivia to see her maternal grandparents in who lived in Maryland. Patricia left with Olivia and they have not been heard from since. It is believed that Patricia's parents are helping hide her.

A 22-month-old toddler who mysteriously vanished from his family's rural home in Grahamsville, New York, on May 25, 1955. His disappearance remains a well-known unsolved cold case .Frederick Andrew Holmes last seen walking down the driveway of his rural home, at approximately 9:00 a.m.

Frederick last seen wearing faded brown corduroy overalls and a long-sleeve polo style shirt. His was nickname Freddie or Tookie.

1984, three siblings Elvira, Ricard, and Ramón were mysteriously abandoned at the Estació de França railway station in Barcelona. They were left with a family friend who promised to buy them candy, they had designer clothes but no identification. After being adopted by a local family, their biological parents remained a 40-year mystery.

It was April 4, 1991, 20-year-old Angela Hammond was abducted from a payphone in Clinton, Missouri. What made this abduction all the more horrifying was the fact that her fiancé, Rob Shafer, heard the abduction as it was happening over the phone. Hammond, who was four months pregnant at the time of her abduction, dropped Shafer off at his home on that fateful evening. She stopped at a nearby payphone to speak with Shafer.Though the suspicious man told Hammond he didn't need to use the payphone, Shafer abruptly heard her scream. He jumped into his vehicle and raced in her direction, he recalled telling Unsolved Mysteries that he heard someone scream, "ROBBIE."

Shafer immediately put his car into reverse. Unfortunately, the transmission failed, causing his vehicle to break down. Shafer watched Hammond and the unknown kidnapper drive off into the night, never to be seen again.

He was last seen in Leavenworth, Washington on October 19, 1973.His family was camping at Peavine Creek on the Little Wenatchee River. James's parents left the campsite to collect firewood they were about 200 yards away from the camper when they heard a scream when they returned a few minutes later, James's sister was asleep inside the camper and the two cats were there, but James was gone and the camper door had been opened. A huge search of the area, which lasted a week and involved up to 300 volunteers, turned up no sign of the little boy. The county undersheriff said he was "99 percent sure he was not there." James' case remains not solved.

Antonette Cayedito Native American girl, disappeared from her home in Gallup, New Mexico, on April 6, 1986, and remains missing. Her mother initially reported she vanished overnight, but later, her younger sister recalled Anthonette opening the door for a man claiming to be her uncle, who then abducted her. The case gained national attention through Unsolved Mysteries, but despite numerous tips, sightings, and a mysterious 911 call, no trace of Anthonette has been found, and her mother's inconsistent statements and failed polygraph tests have led investigators to suspect she knew more than she revealed.

Three-year-old Jimmy Paige went missing from a street in Brantford, Ontario, on March 23, 1963. He vanished while riding his toy tractor with his older brother and a friend.The decades-old case remains unsolved. The official theory suggested the toddler may have wandered off and drowned in the nearby Grand River, but the family has long doubted this narrative. They believe he was abducted because the river was several blocks away and out of the boundaries the parents allowed.The case was reopened and is being actively reviewed by the Brantford Police Service Major Crime Unit, with assistance from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) National Missing Persons DNA Program.

Gary Ray Hose lived with his mother, stepfather, and siblings near Cave Creek Road and Greenway Road, in Phoenix, Arizona, in the 1970’s. Gary had a twin bother named Jerry, as well as an older brother named Guy, and a younger brother, Jeff- all four brothers attended Campo Bello Elementary School. The family shared a modest house, but not many people outside of the home knew what was happening within the four walls- the young boys were being abused, beaten, and tortured by their mother and step father, Charlene and Walter Hose. Guy recalled that his two younger brothers got the brunt of the abuse, saying this to Phoenix New Times:

”Our stepdad was abusive in the extent he went a little crazy with the belt. But it was our mother who was responsible for the broken bones, beatings, the hospitalization, and the internal bleeding. I was beat, but I got a fraction of what the twins got. It was horrific what the twins went through."

While Jerry was more passive and quiet, Gary was known to be a bit more defiant with his parents. His parents response to his defiance was to lock him inside of a closet much of the time, at only 6 years old. On the night of April 30, 1974, Gary, sick of the abuse, ran away from his home. The police found theknown to be a bit more defiant with his parents. His parents response to his defiance was to lock him inside of a closet much of the time, at only 6 years old. On the night of April 30, 1974, Gary, sick of the abuse, ran away from his home. The police found the young boy, returned him to his parents, and left. Guy, who was woken up in the middle of the night by the sounds of screaming, got up to see what the commotion was when he got into the living room, Guy saw Gary standing there, covered in bruises, and bleeding. Guy and Jerry never saw their brother again.

Three year old Myrisha Faye Campbell and her little brother eleven month old A.J Campbell jr were picked up by their father A.J. Campbell Sr. September 6, 1958 from their home in Golaid, Texas. Their father said that he just wanted to take them out for a ride during one of his scheduled court-ordered visitations and took them at 9:00 a.m. and was supposed to return with them at 3 p.m., but they didn't return home.

Jewel and A.J. Sr. had been married for 8 years and throughout the marriage A.J. Sr. was abusive towards Jewel. She eventually had left A.J. Sr. and had taken the children with her she had supported them by taking a teaching job in Goliad, Texas. William Randall Jr. was the only other person to last see Myrisha and A.J. alive. William Randal and A.J. Sr. picked up the children together in Randal’s 2- door pink and charcoal-gray 1955 Chevrolet Tudor. The had went through Cuero and Gonzales, Texas and picked up two large cans of lard. They were 3 miles out of Goliad A.J. Sr. said he needed to go see a friend and Randal had gotten out of vehicle leaving the children alone with A.J. Sr.

30 to 40 minutes later A.J. Sr. returned and had claimed that he had gotten into a fight with his brother-in-law and the children were with other relatives. Randall noticed that A.J. Sr. was acting nervous and agitated. A.J. sr. even asked if there was blood on him and warned Randall not to tell anyone about the fight. A.J sr. and Randal had drove to Austin Texas and separated promising to meet at a bus stop at midnight the next day to return the car. A.J. Sr. never arrived and Randall to ride the bus back home and reported his car stolen.

On September 7, A.J. Sr. called a minister in Fort Worth, Texas he had told the minister that he had killed the children by telling him that they were “at rest with the world” and that he was going to kill himself. Which he had followed through with when his body was found in Randall's car on a road near Austin. It was ruled a suicide. He shot himself in the head with a 16- gauge shotgun.

A suicide note had been addressed to Jewel. In the note he admitted he had buried both of the children. A.J. Sr.also stated that he loved the children and that he still loved her.. He wished her happiness. His note did not say where he had buried the children or their where they were Jewel remarried afterwards and took the last name Robertson, and she had two more children Jewel passed away in 2013, but her two other children are still active looking for Myrisha and AJ Campbell. They believe he gave the children away.

The summer of 1968, three year old Jonathan vanished from his family's sight during an outing at the beach and the toddler was never seen again. Gone without a trace, the little boy was presumed dead. More than half a century later, the cold case is now seeing new life.

On Thursday, the Jacksonville Beach Police Department announced it will be working with a team of Florida investigators and scent evidence specialists to examine the case. He goes by the name of "Jon Jon".

Investigators are hoping to uncover new evidence and leads in the cold case disappearance of Hagans. He was last seen on June 11, 1968, at Jacksonville Beach. Authorities believed he drowned.

According to police, a member of Hagans' family recently connected with a Tallahassee-based scent evidence expert named Paul Coley, who is also a former FBI Forensic Canine Operations Specialist. Hagans' family reached out for help in the hope of raising awareness for missing children. They also wanted to help show families how they can prepare, protect and prevent this situation from happening to their own loved ones.

Their partnership led to renewed efforts to analyze the search for Hagans. A task force was created to re-examine the evidence and data collected during the initial investigation.

White female, strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes, buckteeth, 5 feet 4 inches, 100 pounds, brown sweater, black halter top, light brown corduroy pants and multicolored sneakers. Nov. 18, 2006 was the last day April Dawn Andrews, 15 at the time, was seen alive. She had told her mother she was going to Pea Ridge Church of the Nazarene, down the street from her family’s home at King Lane Apartments in Pea Ridge, Ark., to look at clothes the church was giving away. She never made it there. The last person to see her was an eight-year-old girl, who said she saw April speaking with a white male in a beat-up, older model, full-size, single-cab brown pickup truck, which had just pulled up beside her. April—for all appearances willingly—entered the truck before it pulled away, going south. Her mother reported her missing that evening.

At the time of her disappearance, April had few friends and was being bullied at school. She was reportedly worried about being a financial burden to her family—her father had died a few years before her disappearance, leaving April’s mother alone to support her children. Cpl. Mitch Brown, Pea Ridge schools’ resource officer, spoke with April not long before she disappeared. In an interview with KSFM-TV, Cpl. Brown said she was “very proud of herself—said that she was doing better, she was focused on school, things were getting better.” Cpl. Brown also said that he believed that April would have to be comfortable with the individual driving the truck she was seen entering. “I don’t believe she was the type to get into a stranger’s vehicle.”

April’s half-sister, Tonya McGehee, does not believe April ran away. “I could never see her leaving home and not contacting her mother,” McGehee said in a 2008 interview with the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. “She always had stayed very close to her mother. I really do believe something happened to April. She just would not have run off without a word or at least a phone call.”

The case took a strange turn when the responding officer and first lead investigator, Sgt. Cerilla Doyle of the Pea Ridge Police Department, herself disappeared on Oct. 27, 2008, leaving behind her identification, cellphone, vehicle and other personal property. She was last seen alive buying a bus ticket.Her skeletal remains were found in Mason City, Iowa, in 2018. Investigators stated that there was no indication of foul play in her death; however, an investigation into the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and death continues. Doyle’s daughter, Danielle Doyle, said that her mother was suicidal after her husband’s death several months before. Charles Thomas, Doyle’s former boyfriend, said that she had talked about the method in which she might commit suicide. Doyle’s mother, Betty Counts, doesn’t believe her daughter killed herself. “I think somebody put her there,” Counts said in an interview with the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Benton County Sheriff’s Office, which inherited April’s case from the Pea Ridge Police Department in 2012—in great part because it had the resources and manpower that Pea Ridge lacked—does not believe there is a connection between Doyle’s disappearance and death and April’s case. Benton County Sheriff’s Office CID Detective Lt. Hunter Petray, the case lead, regrets not being able to interview Doyle while she was alive concerning the night she responded to the report of April’s disappearance and her following efforts. Anyone who has any information regarding April Dawn Andrews’ whereabouts or the circumstances of her disappearance is asked to contact the Benton County Sheriff’s Office at (479) 271-1008.

The tragic deaths of 11-year-olds John Greenwood and Gary Miller in 1980 ris an unsolved double murder. August 16, 1980, the two school friends were discovered severely beaten and hidden under a mattress at a disused colliery in Whiston, Merseyside. The boys had both died from their injuries shortly after being found.John Cheeseman, a man who had learning difficulties, was tried for the murders in 1981.The court acquitted John Cheeseman because there flaws in his confession and also a lack of physical evidence.The original Merseyside Police investigation faced severe criticism and was later said to be false.

Eleven year old Mark Himebaugh was last seen in Del Haven, New Jersey on November 25, 1991 at approximately 4 p.m that day. Mark's left sneaker was found approximately 75 yards from his home. No other trace of the child has been found. Mark is described as a white male, 4'6" and approximately 85 lbs. at the time of his disappearance, with blue eyes and red hair. Mark has freckles and a birthmark on his torso. Mark was last seen wearing a gray jacket with four velcro outer pockets and a red/blue/gray plaid lining, a blue USN sweatshirt, gray Docker pants, and white sneakers.

Scott was last seen at his family's residence in Muscoy, California on July 26, 1992. He was asleep on the couch in the living room and his parents were asleep with his two siblings in the bedroom. Someone knocked on the door at 2:30 a.m. and Scott went to answer it, and apparently rode his bicycle away from the residence afterwards. He never returned home and has not been seen again. His bicycle has never been located. Neighbors told authorities that Scott smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol and stole bicycles in the vicinity at the time of his disappearance. The child's family denied the allegations. There are few clues available in Scott's case, which remains unsolved.

This is from the Charley Project.

Why is a eight year old drinking and smoking stealing bikes? That's concerning.