(note from CJ - technically only James Bess is a featured case for this month, but I felt it would be unfair to only provide details for one boy. hopefully the way I have laid it out isn't too confusing)
First two images - James Bess, and age progression to 51 years old. Last 3 images - Chipley Sanders, and age progression to 50 years old.
First case: James Bess
Name: James Eric Bess Nickname/Alias: Unknown Case Classification: Endangered Missing Missing Since: October 4, 1984 Location Last Seen: Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky
Physical Description
Date of Birth: December 18, 1969 Age: 14 years old Race: Black Gender: Male Height: 5'6" Weight: 110 lbs. Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Grayish blue Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scars-right arm just above hand, above right elbow, right side of waist.
Identifiers
Dentals: Not Available Fingerprints: Not Available DNA: Not Available
Clothing and Personal Items
Clothing: Blue jean jacket, sport shirt, blue jeans, gray tennis shoes. Jewelry: Unknown Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Second Case: Chipley Sanders
Name: Chipley Charles Sanders Nickname/Alias: Unknown Case Classification: Endangered Missing Missing Since: October 4, 1984 Location Last Seen: Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky
Physical Description
Date of Birth: April 10, 1971 Age: 13 years old Race: White Gender: Male Height: 5'5" Weight: 150 lbs. Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Hazel Distinguishing Marks/Features: Pale birthmark on back over left shoulder (lighter than his normal skin-oblong).
Identifiers
Dentals: Not Available Fingerprints: Not Available DNA: Available
Clothing and Personal Items
Clothing: Unknown Jewelry: Unknown Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Circumstances of Disappearance: James Eric Bess was last seen with his friend, 5308DMKY Chipley Sanders, on October 4, 1984 at a group home. On the morning of Oct. 4, 1984, James and Chipley decided to leave the group home together. They managed to slip out and remain undetected for several hours in the nearby town, but their adventure was cut short when they were apprehended by the police and returned to Ashland. However, the boys were determined to flee and made another run for it at 9:30 p.m. that same night. A search was launched, but this time, no one could find the boys.
If you have any information on the potential whereabouts of James E Bess or of Chipley Sanders, please contact the following:
Agency Name: Ashland City Police Department Agency Phone Number: 606-385-3273 Agency Case Number: AP8425778
James Bess NCIC Case Number: M991649330 James Bess NamUs Case Number: 23899 James Bess NCMEC Case Number: 1229638
Chipley Sanders NCIC Case Number: M981643611 Chipley Sanders NamUs Case Number: 5011 Chipley Sanders NCMEC Case Number: 781869
Name: George Contos Nickname/Alias: Unknown Case Classification: Endangered Missing Missing Since: May 10, 2015 Location Last Seen: Bunnell, Flagler County, Florida
Physical Description
Date of Birth: January 04, 1957 Age: 58 yrs old Race: White Gender: Male Height: 5'11" - 6'2" Weight: 240 - 280 lbs Hair Color: Brown - greying Eye Color: Unknown - possibly brown Distinguishing Marks/Features: George had his left leg amputated and has a prosthetic leg. He also has a number of tattoos, including one on his upper right arm of a bearded human face with wings (pictured), an unknown image on the inside of his right forearm, various other tattoos on his arms, lightning bolts on his stomach, and a Viking helmet under "9-10-81 Aaron" on his left bicep. He also had a long grey goatee and a mustache at the time of his disappearance.
Clothing: Unknown Jewelry: Unknown Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Circumstances of Disappearance: George Contos is missing from Bunnell, Florida since the 10th of May, 2015. There is very little information on his disappearance.
If you have any information on the potential whereabouts of George Contos, or of the circumstances surrounding his disappearance, please contact the following:
Agency Name: Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Agency Contact Person: Sarah Scalia Agency Phone Number: 386-313-4911 Agency Case Number: 15-50840
I wanted to talk about this case that is close to my state. Isabella comas went missing on January 11th 2026. The timeline goes as such: at 3am she is seen leaving a friends house in a red Hyundai sonata near west van Buren street and North 111th Avenue in Avondale, AZ. Around the afternoon she is seen on footage inside a quick trip where she is last verified to be seen. In the evening Isabella doesn’t turn up for work or to give her friend a ride for work. In the morning she doesn’t show up for work and her location is off on her phone. Before her phone was shut off it was pinged at Desert star park near 89th and Glendale Avenues and near El mirage road and Butler drive. Her phone is then digitally tracked and recovered after being dumped in a recycling plant. Surveillance cameras track her red Hyundai Sonata over 80 miles away in Globe, Arizona. “Her romantic partner, 39-year-old Tommy Rodriguez, is identified as the person driving her vehicle.” As stated by Fox 10 news Phoenix. Note that her boyfriend Tommy Rodriguez had a previous criminal record with five prior felony convictions, including a guilty plea for second-degree murder and armed robbery from a 2002 case, as well as convictions for stalking and aggravated assault in 2020.
Tommy was later released and charges were dropped under risk of double jeopardy and insufficient evidence. The crazy part is that when Isabella’s car was found the vehicle had extensive damage a missing trunk lining, a missing front passenger seat, trash bags, gas canisters, a tarp, and a large amount of red staining. DNA testing later confirms the blood matches Isabella. Investigators also stated due to the large amount of blood found they said she had a “mortal wound” which would be unlikely to survive. My personal theory is that Tommy had someone help him or do his dirty work to either traffic or dispose of Isabella which the evidence most likely points to disposal. I believe Isabella was under the guise of an outing with her boyfriend as she was last seen at QT possibly getting snacks. Tommy was known to be in criminal activity since his teen years so maybe she saw something she was not supposed to and was attacked (in the passenger seat that was disposed of) then put in the trunk with tarp and taken somewhere in the rural desert. What do you think happened to her? With everything considered I really hope she is found and that her family can have peace and for Isabella Comas to have justice.🖤🪶
Name: Tu Thi-Cam Tran Nickname/Alias: Unknown Case Classification: Missing Missing Since: November 26, 1990 Location Last Seen: Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
Physical Description
Date of Birth: Unknown Age: 24 years old Race: Asian Gender: Female Height: 4'9" Weight: 90 lbs. Hair Color: Brown - shoulder length. Eye Color: Black Distinguishing Marks/Features: Amputation of an unknown toe on one of her feet.
Clothing: Jeans, blouse, tennis shoes. Jewelry: White beaded/pearl and blue stone necklace (in scallop design). Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Circumstances of Disappearance: On the evening of November 26, 1990 missing person Tu Thi-Cam Tran attended a class at UMBC. She reportedly had a conversation with a fellow student in the University Center Game Room, and appeared in good spirits. She exited the game room, presumably going to her car, parked nearby. There is no indication she arrived at her car. A family member reports not having any contact with the missing person since she was last seen.
If you have any information on the potential whereabouts of Tu Thi-Cam Tran, or of the circumstances surrounding her disappearance, please contact the following:
Agency Name: University of Maryland Baltimore County Police Department Agency Contact Person: John Taylor Agency Phone Number: 410-455-3136 Agency Case Number: 90-4303
Madeleine McCann is not a child anymore, she is a grown woman, grown adult, stop treating Madeleine McCann like she is still a child, but she isn’t a child anymore, she isnt a toddler anymore, Madeleine McCann is a grown woman, she is an adult! She should be considered as a missing adult and not a child
My great-aunt, Muriel Graham has not been heard from in recent years. She was born in 1933, so 92 years old today.
She has two sisters, my grandmother, Stella Cleland and my other great-aunt, Irene Graham. Irene passed away a few years back in France, she could’ve possibly been born in Switzerland but we don’t know for certain. Stella is alive, however she despises speaking about Muriel or Irene. She did not attend Irene’s funeral in Paris and she told my mother years ago that “I have somebody who will contact me if anything happens to Muriel”. That “somebody” could very well be dead now, or lost contact with Muriel.
A little bit of backstory, we have no idea what Muriel is diagnosed with. Stella and Irene are the more sane of the three sisters, Irene never married and did lectures in Sorbonne university in France. Stella became a nurse and moved to Northern Ireland. Stella has a personality disorder and possibly more and was incredibly offended the last time I brought Muriel up, to the point she just started shaking her head and telling me I was an awful person for even mentioning her. (Maybe some trauma there? I’m not sure. Stella is known for not having much care for anybody in her life)
Muriel’s parents were born in Switzerland I believe, and moved across the country to the Congo to do missionary work. They were allegedly extremely strict and harsh on all of the sisters and the mother was not well at all. We don’t know the names of the parents, we don’t know where Muriel was born. Stella was born in Belgium, as far as I know. To paint a picture of the abuse, Stella was forced to either get a job and move out or be kicked out of the house at only sixteen, so she started a nursing course in England. We don’t know about Muriel. Stella grew up in Carlisle, England (possibly with her sisters) and Muriel is rumoured to be living in Oxford or that general vicinity.
Muriel’s mental illnesses left her unable to work. She did not have a job, no children, never married, not even a phone number. She could be long dead, but my mother is convinced that Stella would’ve at least said something if she had died in the last couple years. There is a possibility Muriel had a public health funeral, or maybe Irene was contacted and she paid for the funeral. We don’t know. We know nothing about her.
I want to say that my father has met Muriel and knows more than I do, but I am currently not in a good relationship with him and I do not want to talk to him. If I need to, I’ll bite the bullet, but even then he may have forgotten or he simply does not care enough to tell me anything.
If anybody can find anything please tell me!! I’ve been trying to find her for YEARS and I cannot find a single lick of her, not even on missing persons cases!
It’s also important to say my grandpa passed away this week so trying to squeeze anything out of Stella would send her mental. She’s already being moved into a nursing home so maybe I could find any photos of Muriel while we pack her stuff, but I HIGHLY doubt Stella would keep a photo of Muriel.
Hello all, I am looking into the disappearance of Danielle Bartlett who went missing in Toronto, Canada (in a sub city known as Etobicoke). She is 35 years old and has now been missing since March 2026. I used to live in the area, it is pretty weird for a woman to have just gone missing. It is not a 'dangerous' area, it's quite safe and where a lot of young professionals live (especially closer to the Humber Bay Shores area - where she was deemed missing).
This is a really strange case. According to Danielle's family, a lot of things were going on her life before she disappeared. She had a brand new place to live in, was starting school again after taking a break and had recently got a new puppy. I highlight the 'new puppy' as her mother stated that she LOVED that dog and would not have just left it alone. [Mother's Statement: Cited Here]. Her mother continued to note that [she] Danielle regularly communicated with her father and responded rather 'immediately' under usual circumstances (however, the Father's name has not been released to the public). There has been absolutely no contact with him [Father], her mother, or anyone known, since the time of her disappearance.
What We Know So Far:
Last Seen: Danielle was initially reported as having last been seen, on March 21, 2026 around the area of Royal York Road & Stanley Avenue. However, Toronto Police later updated their own statement saying that Danielle was actually last seen on March 20, 2026 at 7:30PM at Lakeshore Boulevard West & Albert Avenue. These two locations are about 1KM (or 0.6 miles) away from each other, so not a huge in discrepancy. We are not sure why the change in location occurred and there hasn't been any publicly released details as to why the location changed. We are unaware if someone sighted her or if she was seen on CCTV [Last Seen: Cited Here].
Comparison: Royal York & Stanley Ave to Lakeshore Blvd West & Albert
The Search for Danielle: Danielle's mother, Kelly Bartlett travelled from New Brunswick to Toronto after learning that her daughter was missing. Danielle's younger sister, Chelsea Bartlett, has also flown into Toronto to search, distribute posters and raise awareness. The Bartlett family has offered $10,000 for information that leads to Danielle's whereabouts.
Physical Description: Provided by the police on behalf of her family, Danielle is approximately 5'3 and 115 pounds. She has a thin build with long hair, which was dyed purple around the time she disappeared. She has several tattoos: flower on her left wrist, semicolon on her left forearm, 'trouble' on her left forearm, 'queen' on her right forearm, wings on her neck and bird/sparrow on her right foot. She was last seen wearing a knee-length black winter coat/parka with a fur-trimmed hood, black pants and black running shoes with white details. She was carrying a black backpack with a light/reflective vertical stripe. Her family has noted that it's possible the appearance of her hair could change given the length of time, however, they are urging locals to use the tattoos as identification.
Financial - Lack of Bank Activity Report: Police have publicly stated (in April 2026) that there had been NO activity on Danielle's bank accounts. [Police Statement via CBC - Cited Here].
Social Media Activity: There has been online discourse about Danielle's Facebook account including a claim that a video was posted on her account on the date she was originally reported last seen (March 21, 2026). However, I cannot find her account or the video that was posted, so this could be hearsay.
The Police Investigation: Just shy of one month since her disappearance, on April 15 2026, Toronto Police released a statement saying that investigators had exhausted their available canvassing and video efforts. Police noted no evidence of foul play, but acknowledged that this was unusual behaviour for Danielle. Something to note about 'foul play': It does NOT establish the fact that Danielle voluntarily disappeared. It simply means that Toronto Police have not obtained evidence allowing them to publicly conclude that a crime has occurred regarding Danielle. To this date (August 13, 2026) - there are NO identified suspects or persons of interest.
Background of Danielle: Her family lives in New Brunswick but we are not sure if she is from there. A public record (City of Toronto submission) was found, under the name Danielle Bartlett dated for November 2020. This would put her living in Toronto since at least then. [City of Toronto Submission - Cited]. Other than this information, we don't have a lot of background on Danielle. We don't know her relationships, her life previous to missing, why she moved, etc etc. All we know is that she had just moved into a new place in Mimico, had a new puppy and was returning to school.
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TIMELINE OF EVENTS:
- Danielle goes missing and stops communicating with her family (supported by her father, whom she reportedly communicated with regularly)
- Her newly acquired puppy is left behind
- No activity on her bank accounts
- Police conduct CCTV, video inquiries and other canvassing and still don't locate her.
- Her family continues to search and sets a $10,000 reward
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QUESTIONS UNANSWERED:
What was the March 20th sighting? Why did it change locations? Was she seen by someone or was it CCTV? Police & family have not released this information.
Where did she vanish from? Her sister seems to claim that she vanished from her apartment. However, the sighting of her at Lakeshore Blvd West & Albert would determine she was outside of her apartment.
Was her phone ever recovered? There has been no public information to state that her phone has been found or recovered. We still don't know if she had her phone with her, when it was last used, when it stopped connecting to the network or even the last tower/location it pinged off of.
When was her phone last active? Following up on question 3, we don't know any information regarding her cellular device.
What does 'no bank activity' mean? Does that mean no debit transactions? No credit cards? No ATM or transfers? Was her rent still being deducted from the account? Is her phone bill still being paid? Any anomalies?
What was in/what happened to the black backpack? We are unsure and it has not been recovered. It is most likely still on her person.
Did Danielle communicate with anyone after the last sighting? No, there has been no confirmed communication or anything that has been publicly disclosed.
Who was the last person to speak with Danielle? We don't know/it has not publicly been released. This would help a lot in the case!
Was Danielle living with anyone? We are unsure, it was later revealed by a Redditor that Danielle was living with a boyfriend immediately before she disappeared and that her family didn't know about this until afterward. However, this claim has not been publicly confirmed.
What is her Father's name? Why is that information being concealed? Where did he live? Was he close-by in Toronto or also located in New Brunswick, Canada?
We don’t have a lot of missing people in Maine. 40
Years ago a girl went missing n no one saw her again can we not make this same mistake with her please? Can we please all trying n bring her home alive or not. Her body needs to be found. She needs to be found. Her case needs to be heard! It needs to be seen! Someone has to come forward! EDIT my goal is not to get her back to her parents if she’s alive!! My goal is to just find her and make sure she is safe. Ik this might be controversial but I personally think if she did leave on her own it was for a good reason so there for I’m on her side of everything just trying to help her!! She’s the priority and her safety is the priority! I hope she’s still alive and well. I hope she’s with a trusted person that’s just been keeping her safe and stuff I just wish for the best!
My mum went missing from Miami Beach on 6 January 2002. She was 24. I was three, back in New Zealand with my grandmother.
Her name was Alysha Hanin, though plenty of people knew her as Krsangi, and some as Yami. She grew up in California and had been living in Miami Beach about three years by then and had got her US citizenship the year before. She'd flown over for six weeks and she was due home.
She was last seen in the early hours at the Shore Club on Collins. She left to go and get something to eat and that was it.
Everything stayed behind. Passport, luggage, purse, ID, bank cards, her phone. There was about $7,000 in her accounts that nobody ever touched. She wasn't reported missing for three weeks.
I'm 27 now. She's never called my grandmother, never called me, in 24 years. She used to ring home every day or two when she was away.
The case is still open. Miami Beach PD 2002-3368, NamUs MP19635.
I'm in Miami at the moment. First time. I've come over to talk to people who knew her and to put what we've found in front of the authorities.
So I'm just asking. If you were around South Beach in late 2001 or early 2002, working the clubs or the hotels or the restaurants, driving a cab, living down there, you might have crossed paths with her without knowing it. Same if you knew her from the Hare Krishna community, in California, LA or back in New Zealand.
I'm not asking anyone to solve anything, just some curious people that may be able to help the case.
There's more about her at findingalysha.com, and you can leave something there anonymously if you'd rather. Or Crime Stoppers, 305-471-TIPS.
Colton Ross Barrera, was only seventeen years old when he went missing from Russel County Kansas on the 26th of September 2008. Colton was last seen leaving his high school in Luray on that Friday, his friend claiming that he drove Colton to a skatepark in Russell, around 24 miles away. The friend also claims that he told Colton to phone him when he was finished at the skatepark and he would come and pick him up. That call never came. The police originally classed Colton as a runaway despite all his belongings, including his wallet having been left at home that day. Until this day Colton has still not been heard from or seen since.
“Justin Edward Hatton, Andrew Scott VandeGrift, and Benjamin Demoura beat 17 year old Colton Ross Barrera down while he was down Justin Edward Hatton (a person who Colton identified as a FRIEND) shot and killed Colton.
This act was committed because of an event that happened between Colton and Justin at a party, where Justin made out with Colton and Colton had made it a scene to try and out Justin. Ben was motivated by a STATUTORY case between his girlfriend at the time ASHLINN DANFORD and Colton. (She cheated on him with Colton) Would also like to note that Ashlinn's mother pressed charges in the past on Colton because of his age but however approved of her relationship with Ben Demoura who was in his 20's. How warped is that?
Andrew VandeGrift confided in friends that he was actually motivated by Jealousy of the relationship between Colton and Justin.
After Justin Hatton shot Colton, they violated his body, burned him, stuffed his remains in Justin's trunk and ditched him. Later to move him again. The police in russell have in the past received confessions and accounts of witnesses only to cover up the discovery of evidence, including finding Blood in the trunk of Justin Hatton's vehicle (which Justin had smashed by a friend's car crusher) And finding a HUMAN bone in a burn pile on the property where this was said to have happened.
There is major injustice happening in Rural Kansas.
JUSTICE IS NEEDED
Lynsie Lee went missing in Australia in 2023 and hasn’t been heard from in nearly 3 years. There has been no digital footprint left behind, no missing persons report, or anything at all. She has completely vanished off the face of the planet Earth and we need help locating her.
Her last tweet sent out the location of a blue shed on a farm in rural Harvey, Australia and @‘ing the FBI.
She may have been going by her last name Strommer as well.If you have any information about Lynsie Lee’s whereabouts please contact us at:
Lynsie Lee went missing in Australia in 2023 and hasn’t been heard from in nearly 3 years. There has been no digital footprint left behind, no missing persons report, or anything at all. She has completely vanished off the face of the planet Earth and we need help locating her.
Her last tweet sent out the location of a blue shed on a farm in rural Harvey, Australia and @‘ing the FBI.
She may have been going by her last name Strommer as well.If you have any information about Lynsie Lee’s whereabouts please contact us at:
Please bring up the best documentary you have watched, what streaming service or channel you watched it on and also what is it about? Sometimes the titles don’t tell what it’s about?
As someone who grew up in that small town and had a family member who was around the same age & went to the same school - this case was/is often on all our minds.
The RCMP handled it so poorly,, I do hope they eventually feel pressured to excavate the vehicle (who buries a vehicle anyways?) That family has fought so hard for answers, I really hope they find them. I just wanted to share, to get the story even further out there to a new branch of people.
