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We're back with updates on the case of Derek "Ritzy" Ritz, which we first discussed on the show in October of 2021. Ritzy has been missing for over six years, yet the local police department isn't giving his case any attention. Ritzy deserves justice, and in order to get it, his case demands more attention from the police, and more witness testimony.
Madeline Kingsbury, 26, a Minnesota mom who vanished more than two weeks ago planned to move out of the home she shared with her ex prior to her disappearance. According to People, Kingsbury was last seen on the morning of March 31, after she and the father of her children, 5 and 2 years old, dropped them off at daycare before returning to the home they shared together.
Julia Wendell, 21, a polish woman who made headlines earlier this year after claiming she was Madeleine McCann, the missing three year old who disappeared on a family vacation in 2007, has received the DNA test results that state that she is not the missing girl and is in fact 100 percent polish.
Samantha Humphrey, 14, was last seen on Nov. 25, 2022, at Riverside Park in the Stockade neighborhood of Schenectady, according to People. On Feb. 22, Humphrey’s body was found by local fishermen in the Mohawk River. WNYT reports the 14-year-old’s body was pulled from the Mohawk River last Wednesday afternoon.
Faleena Hopkins, a romance novelist who tried to trademark the word “cocky,” has been missing since she’s been released from jail after she allegedly led police on a high speed chase.
According to Fox News, a 14-year-old girl who was reported missing by her foster family was found hiding in the closet of a Michigan home.
Carlos Lugo, 14, was last seen on Jan. 21, 2023, after his mother, Rosa Lugo, dropped him off at a friend’s house. According to People, the teenager was reported missing on Jan. 23, 2023. His body was found in a field on Feb. 4, 2023.
On May 8th, 2008, 18-year-old Joshua Maddux told his sister, Kate, that he was going for a walk alone in the woods. . However, as hours passed and Joshua still hadn't returned home, his family began to feel a sliver of worry. His father eventually reported the young man missing. Seven years later, the body of Joshua Maddux was found in a chimney only two blocks away from his family’s home.
According to People, Wilmington Police Department believes KC Johnson, 27, a missing transgender woman was killed by a man she met on social media. The man allegedly robbed and threatened her with a hammer as well. Police believe that Johnson was killed on Friday, Jan.13, 2023. She was reported missing the following day.
According to People, Keylin Yolibeth Chavez-Dominguez, 20, was last seen by her family and friends on Dec. 30, 2022, around 6 p.m. in her apartment. She was reported missing on Jan. 2, 2023. The search for Chavez-Dominguez has come to a tragic end nearly a month after her disappearance after authorities found her body in a park.
People claims that in a recently resurfaced 2021 interview, Carole Baskin said that her missing ex husband, Don Lewis–who vanished in 1997–is alive and well in Costa Rica.
Madalina Cojocari has been missing since Nov. 21, 2022. The eleven year old was last seen on surveillance video getting off her school bus outside her home in Cornelius, North Carolina and has not been seen since.
In 1969, Dennis Martin vanished while on an overnight trip in the Smoky Mountains. While on a hike, the six-year-old hid behind a tree to pull a prank on his father. However, he disappeared, and despite searches, the case remains unsolved to this day.
While we take a short holiday break this December, we're sharing some of our favorite podcasts with you. Today we're sharing an episode from a fellow Darkcast podcaster, Jasmine Castillo, who hosts 'Hands Off My Podcast.' The pod focuses on missing persons cases affecting the BIPOC community. This episode details the disappearance of Shaniece Rose Harris.
Early Valentine’s Day morning in 2000, Asha Degree’s parents discovered that the nine-year-old girl was no longer sleeping in her bed. She had taken her backpack and other items, which would not be discovered for years. The case remains unsolved to this day.
In May 1979, Etan Patz, then six years old, left his parent’s apartment in Soho, Manhattan. He never returned home, and it would be decades before Patz’s case would be solved. The notoriety of his disappearance, however, would label him as one of the first “milk carton kids.”
The Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Department has issued an Endangered Persons Alert following the disappearance of 12-year-old Tatiyana Wells from her north St. Louis county home Tuesday evening.
Nearly three years after five-year-old Harmony went missing, her father, thirty-two-year-old Adam Montgomery has been charged with her murder. Harmony was last seen in December 2019 and not reported missing until December 2021.
Officers with the Chatham County Police Department in Georgia announced Wednesday night that they believe missing 20-month-old Quinton Simon has died. Officers have named Quinton’s mother, Leilani Simon, as their “prime suspect” in his disappearance and death. As of Thursday afternoon, no arrests have been made.
Investigators in Merced County, California are searching for a man the believe is “armed and dangerous” following the kidnapping of a family of four, including an infant, Monday morning.
