missing children
California mom wanted for kidnapping toddler son, fleeing to Mexico
March 9, 2024 | 10:57amBrigette Benitez, 31, failed to return her 16-month-old son Miguel Eduardo Medina, to his foster family on Feb. 6.
Investigators search Kentucky landfill for autistic missing teen
March 7, 2024 | 9:38pmSebastian Rogers has been missing for more than 10 days as of Thursday.
Grandma of missing 3-year-old begs court to keep daughter behind bars because of 'history of erratic behavior'
March 7, 2024 | 9:08pmThe grandmother of a missing Wisconsin toddler begged a court to keep the boy's mother -- her daughter -- locked behind bars, citing her "history of erratic behavior."
Police searching for missing autistic teen blast his favorite song, 'Eye of the Tiger,' in hopes of drawing him out
March 5, 2024 | 2:07amThe desperate search for a missing Tennessee 15-year-old boy with autism dragged into its eighth day on Monday – with authorities even booming his favorite song at one point over...
Prime suspect in Florida teen's mysterious death makes shocking admission
March 2, 2024 | 12:56pmStephan Sterns, 37, sat down with Orlando's WFTV 9 on Tuesday, one day after the 13-year-old was reported missing, after her mother learned she did not go to school on...
Grandma of Wisconsin boy, 3, who went missing after disciplinary 'boot camp' at mom's boyfriend's house makes tearful plea
March 1, 2024 | 12:08pmThe grandmother and other family members of a 3-year-old Wisconsin boy who vanished after his mom sent him to her boyfriend’s home for “disciplinary reasons” made a tearful plea for...
Florida 13-year-old vanishes, mom's boyfriend busted for child porn is 'person of interest': cops
February 29, 2024 | 1:14pmMadeline "Maddie" Soto was reported missing on Monday after she didn't show up at school.
Missing teen with autism found in New Mexico, about 200 miles away from his Arizona home
February 29, 2024 | 5:16amA missing teen with autism has been found in New Mexico — about 200 miles away from his home in southern Arizona, according to New Mexico State Police.
Heartwarming video shows deputies rescuing 5-year-old girl lost in swamp: 'Every second counts'
February 28, 2024 | 9:37amA 5-year-old girl with autism was safely returned home to her family Monday evening after she wandered into a thick Florida swamp, police said.
Murdered 11-year-old girl's family calls suspect 'a monster,' slams loophole that kept him off sex offender registry
February 27, 2024 | 10:33am"Audrii's death occurred at the hands of a monster we thought was a friend," the 11-year-old girl's grieving family said.
Disturbing video shows swastika-tattooed alleged killer naked, wearing blanket in court for 11-year-old's murder
February 27, 2024 | 7:48amDisturbing new video has emerged of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningahm’s alleged killer, who is seen naked in his jail cell when taken to be arraigned – telling a deputy: “I ain’t...
3-year-old boy missing after mom sent him to male friend's home for 'disciplinary reasons’: cops
February 25, 2024 | 1:47pmThe Wisconsin boy was reported missing shortly before 11 a.m. that day, prompting an area-wide search that has since expanded to both land and water, Two Rivers Police Chief Ben...
Previous child victim of Audrii Cunningham’s alleged killer tearfully details attack: 'It could have been me'
February 23, 2024 | 8:26amA victim of the swastika-tattooed alleged killer of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham has spoken out about her assault – saying “it could have been me” when she was a year younger...
Audrii Cunningham's cause of death revealed, two days after 11-year-old's body found in river
February 22, 2024 | 10:19pmAudrii Cunningham, 11, was reported missing last week after she never made it onto her school bus.
'Monster' Adam Montgomery found guilty of 5-year-old daughter Harmony's murder
February 22, 2024 | 2:09pmMontgomery did not attend his murder trial and was not in court to heart the verdict.
Audrii Cunningham's body was found tied to 'large rock' with rope linked to family friend now charged with 11-year-old's murder: docs
February 21, 2024 | 3:00pmThe 11-year-old's body was found in the Trinity River on Tuesday afternoon.
Mom of Audrii Cunningham said she 'failed' her daughter days before 11-year-old's body was found
February 21, 2024 | 11:02amThe mother of Audrii Cunningham -- the 11-year-old girl Texas whose body body has been found in a river after she went missing -- said in an emotional message online...
Missing 11-year-old found dead in Texas river: authorities
February 20, 2024 | 6:51pmMissing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham was found dead Tuesday afternoon after her body was pulled from the Trinity River near her home in Livingston, Texas.
Mechanic wishes he 'would have shot' person of interest in 11-year-old's disappearance during 2010 assault
February 20, 2024 | 9:56amA man once assaulted by Don McDougal, the person of interest in the disappearance of 11-year-old Texas girl Audrii Cunningham, says his "one regret" is not shooting him.
Person of interest in disappearance of 11-year-old last one to be seen with her: authorities
February 20, 2024 | 2:21amThe person of interest in the disappearance of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham was supposed to drop the girl off at her Texas bus stop and was the last one seen with...