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dedizenoflight , Jordane Mathieu/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My best friend vanished on her way to her early morning work shift several years ago. Her van was found abandoned in a field, and she never was found despite the massive search response, snd the fact her family were all cops. There’s also been some rumors about her stepmother interfering with evidence, but aside from that, it’s been radio silent. The FBI was involved, last I heard.

Three days after she vanished, I had a dream about her. She said goodbye to me and told me that she loved me, and since then, I’ve known in my heart she’s dead.

I miss you, Sara.

Final score:

173points

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similarly 6 months ago

That's really sad.

55points

qwertykitty , artin Dalsgaard/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared I had a friend go missing at 17 years old. She took a walk with her dog and her dog made it home but she vanished seemingly without a trace. There was a massive search for weeks, her picture made it to national news channels with video of her parents crying and begging for information.

The dark truth was that her parents were quiverful fundamental Christians in the worst way and she was the oldest daughter. She couldn't live as a parentified slave anymore so she ran away. Her father was always extremely controlling and I don't fault her at all for vanishing in the way she did. She got caught awhile later because she logged on to Facebook at a public library.

As far as I know, she got emancipated and as she brought so much "public shame" to her parents, I expect they didn't want her back. I never saw her again and I hope she's out there living her best life.

Final score:

149points

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Lin Andrews 6 months ago

Should have taken her dog with her

99points

Debbie 6 months ago

Well, running away at 17.. would she have been able to care for the dog? Maybe she considered the possibility of starvation, living on the streets, not getting food for the dog. If she loved the dog, it would have been a heartbreaking but decision out of love. If she didn't care that much for the dog, it was still the right decision.

44points

TheGoodBoi 6 months ago

Hopefully she found a better life.

7points

Mirolfur Grafarson 6 months ago

Why didnt she just move out and found a place for rent to live on her own?

0points

Huddo's sister 5 months ago

She was underage so couldn't do anything until she was emancipated

1point

DanielTheEunuch , rivage/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

According to data collected by the World Population Review, globally, kidnapping is the most common reason for missing person reports. Most often, the victims are children under six. Very often, the perpetrators are the kids’ parents who don’t have custody. In many cases, the child is recovered safely.

Due to the size of the United States population, as well as the systems in place to report disappearances, the country has the highest number of missing person reports on the planet. In the US, 2.3k children are reported missing every single day.

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My cousin (who I barely knew) disappeared along with his car, leaving behind a large blood stain in his apartment. Right from the start his roommates were suspects but several years passed and his body was still missing. The case was featured on unsolved mysteries or America's most wanted or one of those and a tip came in giving the location of his car in a nearby river. His body was found in the trunk, and the roommates confessed and went to prison.

Final score:

120points

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Upstaged75 6 months ago (edited)

I saw this one on Nightline or one of those shows. It's a crazy story. The roommates tried to make it look like he was involved in a cult.

37points

Old-Soul-Void , Brady Knoll/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared Her name was Scarlet Jean Russo. She went missing in 1986 in Jacksonville, Florida. She was a sex worker and my best friend. Her car was found with the interior bloody. There wasn't much of an investigation. Girls like her... you know the excuses. She has never been found to my knowledge.

Final score:

119points

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Dragon mama 6 months ago

She deserved so much better. That kind of treatment by law enforcement is inexcusable.

105points

40_degree_rain , Scott Rodgerson/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared When I was a kid a friend of mine was kidnapped by his dad. The mom got custody and the dad just showed up one day and took him. It was devastating for everyone, especially the mom and brother (yeah idk why he only took one kid). After about 5 years of police investigations and the mom having to change her legal name and go into hiding, they finally found him and got him back home. He was safe, but he was really quiet for a few years after he got back. I have no idea what happened during that time. What I do know is that he seems incredibly well adjusted now and last I heard he's happily married.

Final score:

117points

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rararando 6 months ago

Thank goodness for the happy ending... 😭😭

65points

SkysEevee , Benjamin Voros/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Aside from kidnapping (whether due to personal motives, for ransom, human trafficking, or due to political reasons), other reasons why someone might go missing include forced disappearance, going missing in action, voluntary disappearance, and involuntary disappearance.

Forced disappearance is when criminals or corrupt government agents abduct you. Those who go missing in action are usually either in the military or disappear during civil unrest. Voluntary disappearance means that someone chooses to run away, whether to escape a bad situation at home, to get away from their overwhelming debts, or to hide from either law enforcement or criminals.

Meanwhile, involuntary disappearance usually means that someone may go missing due to their poor mental health or when they suffer an accident alone and away from home.

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My best friend.

She was abandoned by her mother when we were in middle school, then her previously absent father reappeared and suddenly took her away. Nobody was able to get into contact or find their location. Basically disappeared into thin ait.

We reunited when we were 21. My friend had been in an abusive situation for many years. When she escaped, she had to lay low until she was sure she was safe and wouldn't be found. Only then could she reach out to me. .

Final score:

105points

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Julia H 6 months ago

I'm happy you reunited.

43points

katiebrandt1 , Yvette de Wit/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared A family friend went to a Metallica concert, during intermission she went out to have a cigarette and the venue wouldn’t let her back in. There’s footage of her walking through the parking lot and then she wasn’t seen again. The ended up finding her body a year or so later, and through DNA, connected it to another r*pe/murder. Because of that DNA they found the guy who did it. It was awful. Morgan was her name and she was beautiful and talented and had her whole life ahead of her.

Final score:

103points

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Stinky 6 months ago

I'm sure this was on one of the true crime programs - all the elements ring a bell.

26points

New_Salamander7173 , Tobias Rademacher/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared A neighbor's son vanished while jogging in our neighborhood. He was an avid runner and it was unlike him to not come back on time. Days turned into a frantic search involving the entire community. Unfortunately, his body was found in a nearby river. An investigation revealed he had been struck by a hit-and-run driver and his body was dumped to hide the crime. The perpetrator was eventually caught, but it was a devastating loss for his family.

Final score:

98points

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Jessica Bertram 6 months ago

Who tf does that??? Jfc

47points

Bedheadredhead30 , Adrian Infernus/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

In the US, over 521.7k people were reported missing in 2021. More than 93.7k of them were still actively missing at the start of 2022.

On the other side of the globe in India, more than 2.1k people go missing every day. This amounts to around 88 women, children, and men missing every hour.

In the United Kingdom, around 180k people disappear every year. However, the real number is thought to be significantly higher, as 353k missing person files are opened every year. 80% of these cases in the UK involve missing children. Most are found within 24 hours of the report being filed.

#10

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My coworker, her sister and her niece went missing from a campground in the mountains for 12 days. They had left their campsite to go for a short day hike and got lost somewhere along the way. Both my coworker and her sister were found dead of exposure. Miraculously, her neice survived. Everyone at work was devastated. She was an incredibly kind and wonderful nurse.

Final score:

91points

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Rosie 6 months ago

So sad. Glad the niece survived.

28points

a_normal_nothing , Lukasz Szmigiel/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#11

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My stepsister went missing about a year after my stepdad married my mom. We had just moved into our new house a couple states away from where I grew up and I didn’t know anybody. My stepsister was three years older and helped me make friends at school.

We lived about a mile from school and walked there and back a couple days a week when my mom had to go to work early.

One day I walked back home from school alone because my stepsister had basketball practice. There had been some robberies in the area so my mom had us carry pepper spray with us, and I remember feeling weird that day.

I got home fine, and a few hours later, we hadn’t heard from my stepsister, so my stepdad called the basketball coach to see if practice went late (we didn’t have phones).

The coach said my stepsister had left the school a couple hours before.

A few months later, after a lot of searching, her body was found in the woods near the school. There was pepper spray residue all over her skin.

They never caught the person who did it, but she was killed with the rock the police found near her body.

Final score:

90points

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Rosie 6 months ago

So sad :(

36points

#12

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My mom was in the same Girl Scout troop as Amber Hagerman, the girl in which amber alert is named after. They spent the 4 days it took to find her putting up posters and searching nonstop, where she was eventually found in a ditch. Unfortunately, her abductor was never found.

phatjuulclouds , wbd Report

Final score:

89points

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Snorkeldorf 6 months ago (edited)

That poor helpless child was yanked, screaming, off her bike in front of her grandmother's house. Now many children's safety classes teach kids to tightly hang on to their bike if somebody approaches them, and not to let go. Very difficult to drag a kid and a bicycle. Hopefully buys the child time for someone to hear their screams and intervene. May Amber rest in peace and may her family have some comfort knowing that this horrific tragedy changed our world to help better safeguard other children.

95points

Give-And-Toke , Nicolai Berntsen/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#13

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared A friend from high school. She was skiing and got separated from her party during the day. Sadly she was found deceased in a tree well. She died at 19.

I still think of her often. She was such a bright light and had an amazing future.

Final score:

79points

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Kristal 6 months ago

What is a tree well? I'm sure my imagination and reality is not matching in this case

22points

dying-2-live , Djordje Vukojicic/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#14

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My brother. He was 52 years old. He left his house one night and never came back. His car was found abandoned in the woods about a week later. That was four years ago. There have been terrible rumors about what happened to him, but nothing more.

Final score:

77points

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Feathered Dinosaur 6 months ago

When men showed this kind of behavior they usually committed suicide.

21points

Friendlygirlfriend04 , Victoria police Report

#15

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared I went to the same elementary school as Michael Dunahee. He was kidnapped off the playground and still not found to this day. I remember after it happened every parent showed up to walk the entire school of kids home. I also remember running ahead of the pack for whatever reason and all the parents were screaming at me to get back. They were terrified.

Final score:

75points

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Katrina Nixon 6 months ago

I grew up in the same city and I think as an adult somehow it's more terrifying knowing how easily it happened. His mom was playing a ball game and he wanted to play nearby, she agreed and never saw her little boy again.

33points

Mama-Pooh , King County Sheriff's Office Report

#16

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared A friend of mine’s sister went missing in the early 80s. We always suspected she was a victim of Gary Ridgeway the Green River Killer. We found out a couple of years ago that she is in fact on his list of suspected victims.

Final score:

69points

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Bored Trash Panda 6 months ago

I knew someone who's mom was almost one of his victims. He was talking to her at a bar and tried getting her to go with him but she said no and had a security guard walk her to her car. He ended up taking one of her coworkers instead. She had really bad survivors guilt after she found out what happened and who he was.

32points

exploringthefuture , Taylor Nicole/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#17

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My cousin ran away when he was 16 years old (1976). He learn how to get a new identity by watching a “60 minutes” (US) episode.

I did searches from time to time during the early days of the internet. Way before Google. One day, his name popped up.

I called the number but the person did not know who or what I was talking about. I mentioned that I was his cousin and left my name & phone number.

A couple of days later, he called me. Good conversation. With my cousin permission, I reached out to his brother & dad. They all had hours long conversations and we all had a nice family reunion.

My cousin had an interesting life and passed away last year.

Final score:

67points

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Agamemnon O'Neill 6 months ago

How did you search him if he had a new identity?

12points

SARASA05 , Kevin Wolf/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#18

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My aunt went for a solo hike in 2001 while on holiday. She was never seen again and her body was never found. After 7 years she was declared legally dead. It devastated my grandpa and my dad until they died.

Final score:

67points

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Guess Undheit 6 months ago

It definitely was NOT the bear.

35points

friskypony93 , Francesco Sommacal/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#19

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared A family friend went for a hike on Thanksgiving day years ago. He was an experienced outdoorsman and wanted to get a quick hike in before dinner. An unexpected snowstorm rolled in that day and he became disoriented in the storm. He called 911 for help and was instructed to stay put for them to send search and rescue to try to find him. When they went out on the trail, he was nowhere to be found. The storm was so bad they suspended search efforts. They looked some after it ended but didn’t find him anywhere. The next spring, search and rescue was training cadaver dogs in a steep canyon and came across human remains which ended up being my friend. He had taken a tremendous fall from a cliff and perished.

Final score:

67points

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Brian Droste 6 months ago

At least you know what happen to him. A lot of these post, people really don't know what happened to their friend or relatives.

24points

Mrs_torta , Kyaw Tun/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#20

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared A girl I knew in high school went missing in 2021 while we were in our 30s. The last known location of her was waist deep in a spring that is known to have alligators. She was in the background of random people’s video and they handed it over to the police during the search. She still hasn’t been found.

Final score:

64points

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Me Oh My (He/They) 6 months ago

So... the gators got her?

20points

Weaver707 , Antreina Stone/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#21

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My great-grandfather disappeared when his youngest child (my grandfather) was a toddler. Records were finally found, decades later, showing he had moved across the county, changed his name, remarried, and had additional kids.

Final score:

60points

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zububonsai 6 months ago

Uff

20points

SweetCupcakeey , Tra Nguyen/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#22

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My brother's middle school teacher. He just didn't show up to school one day, which was very unusual. The school scrambled to find a substitute for him, because they had no notice. We had a whole-school meeting like two days later when he was officially missing where they told us all about it. He left the house that morning as usual, according to his wife later said. He was never seen again. Many search parties were organized, and people looked for months, but they never found him. He is still officially missing today.

Final score:

60points

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Lin Andrews 6 months ago

I'm a teacher... this is completely understandable

50points

BagWonderful734 , Pixabay/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#23

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared Guy I went to school with and kind of grew up around (his mom is one of my mom’s best friends), went missing in 2010 on his way home. Police and search parties searched everywhere looking for him and his truck. He had to pass over a bridge to get to his house, so it should be noted that the lakes were searched by divers and dragging the lake as well. 4 years later (2014) the water levels were very low and someone called in saying they saw a tire sticking out of the surface of the water near the bridge he would have had to cross to get home. It was him and his truck.
At least the family got some closure after 4 long, excruciating years.

Final score:

60points

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Casey Payne 6 months ago

Up until about a couple of years ago, never even heard of a car being pulled out of the water. I always thought that if a car crashed into the water, people would notice. It would be noticeable. But with the extreme drought and improvements of diving equipment and amateur online investigators, there have been dozens of cars pulled out of dried up lakes and rivers. People missing for 20, 30, 40 or more years found in their car in the water. Tragic, stupid, messy and sad.

30points

trowzerss , Rana Sawalha/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#24

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared Family we went camping with a lot, the dad went missing for weeks.

Turns out he'd run off with his secretary. His male secretary. This was in the 80s, so it was a huge scandal for a small town. I don't think he ever came back to the town again, and I'm not even sure if his kids have any contact with him. It kind of makes me sad to think maybe he was gay the whole time and felt like he just couldn't. It's a pity he had to wreck his whole family's life to get away.

Final score:

59points

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Papa 6 months ago

He didn't "have to wreck his whole family's life to get away." He chose to.

39points

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#25

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared When my cousin and her husband (and kids) went on a vacation to Curaçao (around 35C that time of year) a few years ago. The area is covered in thick jungle, and it was made clear to everyone who went there that you ***needed*** (or was required) to stay on the paths. He decided to go for an evening stroll while the rest stayed at their cabin. Took a one liter bottle of water and his phone with him (nearly no reception as soon as you walked into the bush), some gum and went off path anyway (because he probably got curious.) Search and rescue were busy doing their searches (along with volunteers) around a large area, and he was found five days after he went missing about two kilometers from where he went off path. He died from a heat induced heart attack, but was probably already completely unconscious before that happened due to dehydration. He was 47.

Whooptidooh , Chennawit U/Unslpash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

58points

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Lin Andrews 6 months ago

Stay on the path!

43points

talibob , Tamara Bellis/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#26

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My cousin was kidnapped on her way to school. It was over 20 years ago and she’s not been found.

Final score:

57points

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KinoEel 6 months ago

I know that all of these where taken from reddit so OP can’t see our comments but to everyone I’m so sorry and I hope you find closure

39points

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#27

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My sibling ran away in the middle of the night summer before our senior year of high school. Woke up and saw they were gone, called the police and filed a report. Found out they had been picked up by one of their (adult) internet friends they met on discord, and then flown across the country to live with their other adult internet friends. Was a total of 6 months before we could get them out of there (went absolutely radio silent for the last 4 months), and they ended up missing the entirety of senior year. Fortunately they're doing well now.

horsodoggo , Glenn Carstens-Peters/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

56points

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Julia H 6 months ago

So many awful things could have happened. Glad there's a happy ending

23points

annabelle6784 , Marília Castelli/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#28

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My friend went missing right after Christmas 2017 in FL and is still missing.

He called me the week prior and sounded panicky. I was super busy at work and told him I'd call him back when I got home in an hour. Well, I got busy with kids, dinner and the normal family stuff and totally forgot to call him back. To this day I feel like he was calling for help and I let him down.

Final score:

54points

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Lin Andrews 6 months ago

That'll be hard to live with!

35points

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#29

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared A friend and coworker, we went to a bar after work. Toward the end of the night, he met up with a cousin and left for a party with them. He didn't show up for work the next day, then the next. Police showed up at work asking questions, as his girlfriend had reported him missing. Investigation revealed that he was last seen leaving the party after a small fight. His cellphone was found in a garbage truck that had been emptying dumpsters. His body was found a month and a half later in the river. It was ruled an accidental drowning. So many questions and not many answers...
Miss you Bug.

multifarious_carnage , Ian Turnell/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

51points

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Me Oh My (He/They) 6 months ago

If the cellphone was in a dumpster, it probably wasn't an accident.

61points

DeskEnvironmental , Josh Hild/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#30

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My friend in college. We were athletes on the track team together. Her car was found crashed into a snow bank the next state over. That was 20 years ago and to this day I think I see her in random places on public transit etc… I still can’t accept that she’s most likely dead.

Final score:

48points

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KinoEel 6 months ago

If you crash your car in a rural area or get lost, always stay with it, much easier to see a car than a little human

30points

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#31

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My uncle drove my cousins all the way across the country to "visit" my grandma, but then just up and left - without his children - a couple days after arriving and then disappeared for several years. Come to find out, he had moved to the Phillipines and started a brand new family over there with his brand new Filipina wife. He still won't talk to any of us, including his own children, even though we've tried contacting him several times throughout the years after he showed back up on Facebook... Douchebag.

SheepH3rder69 , Ashwini Chaudhary(Monty)/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

28points

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Julia H 6 months ago

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8points

PNWCougar , Metin Ozer/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#32

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared When I was 3 months old my mom told my dad she was going shopping and didn’t come back. While she had never disappeared before she did have substance abuse problems. She showed up almost 3 years later pregnant. My dad took her in until she had my brother. She left again and we didn’t hear from her again for many years. She eventually died of a d**g overdose.

Final score:

28points

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Julia H 6 months ago

I'm so sorry. I can't imagine how everyone was affected

9points

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#33

My brother-in-law snuck onto an airplane when he was 12 years old and flew across the United States. He also left a note for his family stating he ran away to California. 2 weeks later, they received a call from him stating he wanted to come home.

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Final score:

28points

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Lil Miss Hobbit 6 months ago

As a parent I would be so panicked.

11points

#34

Two classmates of mine disappeared (separately, and years apart) while hiking. They were both very accomplished solo hikers who ended up slipping down ravines and dying of exposure before they could be found. It is a senseless tragedy. Be careful out there, hiking friends. .

amosslet Report

Final score:

28points

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Me Oh My (He/They) 6 months ago

This just makes me even more determined not to go hiking.

21points

jolly_rodger42 , Christian Gertenbach/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#35

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared Around July of 2022, an old high school classmate of mine went missing. She was a mother of 2 boys, one of them with special needs. The last known contact she had with anyone was when she told a friend of hers she was going to the store, but she never returned. The police were informed, and a missing persons report was filed. Her phone and wallet were found at her home. A boyfriend she was dating was questioned and released without any indication of foul play. She's never been seen or heard from since.

Final score:

23points

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Me Oh My (He/They) 6 months ago

She might have run off. While it doesn't excuse her actions, taking care of a special needs child is very difficult, and it could have simply become too much for her.

11points

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#36

My cousin was in a horrible car accident and the hospital miscommunicated with the police and his name was given incorrectly. He was missing for a week.

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Final score:

22points

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Lil Miss Hobbit 6 months ago

That is tragic

6points

equal_poop , Tim Mossholder/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

#37

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared My friend and neighbor Nancy. One day she just disappeared. She had her nephew living with her and he was interrogated and found to be innocent, I found out through her sister that she was missing. I was worried because she was diabetic, she weighed about 98 pounds, tiny thing. This was in 2007, as far as I know she hasn't been found. All the links to her news stories are dead links now. Idk if it's the law or what, but my apartment complex kept her apartment waiting for her if she was to return for 4 months.

I think about her from time to time.

Final score:

22points

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Bob Gibson 6 months ago

Nancy Moyer from washington state?

3points

#38

My great aunt went missing at Point Reyes beach in 2010, likely due to a wave. Her dogs were found nearby with one in her car and the other tied to a bush. It’s possible she did all of that on purpose, because it’s very weird. No remains have been officially found, and it really broke my grandmas heart.

dianabeep Report

Final score:

22points

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Julia H 6 months ago

Perhaps. A friend's son was taken by a wave, or undertow. His body hasn't been recovered and it's been over 18 years.

6points

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#39

30 People Share What Really Happened To People Who Just Disappeared A guy from my high school disappeared while hiking. His body wasn’t found until almost ten years later.

Lucky-Sunshine3 , Jon Flobrant/Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

21points

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hockeygorl 6 months ago

imagine going on a fun lil hike and finding a dead body… i’d never be the same again

7points

#40

A guy in my town disappeared into thin air one day. We looked for him everywhere, the authorities were involved and he was later found 500kms from home, wandering aimlessly in a psychotic stupor. Poor guy had too much on his shoulders, he's home now and he's fine, but I haven't seen him since.

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Final score:

20points

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Wintermute 6 months ago

Sounds like that Breaking Bad episode.

3points

#41

Guy in my town went missing. Older gentleman, his family said he took off walking with a gun. They found him just under a year later by some railroad tracks with a self inflicted gun shot wound. The family suffered that whole time.

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19points

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Alexandra 6 months ago

At least leave a note for those you leave behind: don't make them suffer more than they already will.

12points

#42

A friend of my mother's went on a camping trip alone with her (male) best friend. They were both retirees, both married to other people, so when they didn't come back people thought they may have eloped. A few other people had gone missing in the area though, so a homeless guy called "the button man" was questioned. Turns out he hadn't done anything, he was just a harmless bushie, and another man was arrested for their murder.

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17points

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#43

A guy I worked with went missing. Presumed drowned, but they never found a body. Did find his boat and fishing gear, but never a sign of him.

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15points

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Hobby Hopper 6 months ago

Wear life jackets, folks.

4points

#44

A friend went missing one night in June 2016 after a night out. He had an argument with his SO and wandered off on foot. Days went by, and there was no info. Find out, he'd somehow been hit by a car, and died. He didn't have his wallet on him so it took a bit for them to identify his body. No one understood how his significant other wasn't with him, or what led up to him walking off in what I think was a drunken state. .

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#45

Friend of a friend in high school ran away one summer. (I want to say between 10th and 11th grade.) Hitchhiked to the west coast. Parents hired a private investigator, he eventually came home.

He had to change schools and was on lock down for quite awhile after that. Last time I saw him was later on in high school when his 30 year old cousin bought us beer.

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14points

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Kristal 6 months ago

Well, hiking is definitely on my "way more dangerous than it seems" list

20points

OnlyMe 5 months ago

I love hiking. It's only dangerous if you're stupid.

0points

Neopet22 6 months ago

Some of these stories were heartbreaking. I feel so bad for the families of the people that died and feel sad knowing how scared the people who died were before they perished. It's sad to think someones life can end just like that. You go on living,doing the things you love and suddenly you're dead.

19points

Darth Kittius 6 months ago

My stepmom went missing in February. She was bipolar and had been having a very rough time with her mental health, so when I got the call she was missing, I knew I'd never see her alive again. Sure enough, 5 days later she was found dead in her car in a random parking lot. She had shot herself. Rest in peace, Karen.

15points

Tamra 6 months ago

How terrible. I am so sorry.

4points

David Paterson 6 months ago (edited)

Before she went missing, she had starved her dog to within a week of its death. She had physically, verbally, financially and emotionally abused her partner, including starvation, deliberate sleep deprivation, no access to shower or bath, withholding access to toilet. The emotional abuse was the worst. On behalf of her partner I got a restraining order on her and she vanished, with her dog, last seen letting her partner's tyres down. No doubt she's found another partner to abuse. Not everyone who goes missing is an angel.

10points

Sergio Bicerra 6 months ago

True, like not every dead person deserves to be honored.

8points

Natalia 6 months ago

Who?!

7points

michael reid 6 months ago

Exactly. This just goes to show that

2points

BookFanatic 6 months ago

Two of my (Illinois) HS classmates went missing in the late 90s. They were dating and the authorities assumed they'd run off together. Found their bodies in Florida 3-4 weeks later. I'll never forget how bizarre it was to see their faces on the nightly news.

6points

Amy Manzanares 6 months ago

My daughter's friend Nefataree Bartell. During their teen years she practically lived at our house and called me Mom. She was 7 months pregnant with her third. She was walking her dog towards a canyon just outside of Missoula. A woman picked her up and gave her a ride to a cabin. She dropped her at the end of the road and left. It was February 21st and obviously cold. The woman had a bad feeling and called the Sheriff's Department. They did nothing. Her dog was found in the canyon 8 days later in perfect health like he'd been taken care of. Neffy was found May 6th by Fish and Wildlife Services. Neffy was Indigenous and sadly her story ends there. No coroner's report or answers. You can Google the few stories that did air.

6points

Ritchat 6 months ago

My father went missing for a weekend. He got up early on saturday like he always did and I assumed he would go grocery shopping like he usually does. But this time he didn't return. A few months prior, he wanted to hang himself in the woods because he found out my mother had an affair with her boss. He wouldn't answer his phone. We thought, this time he did it. 2 days later, he just walks in the door and was like "I wanted to test if you would feel bad if I disappeared and killed myself. I was at my sister's for the weekend." This was one of the worst things he did, but not the only thing. The following years, sometimes I wished he wouldn't have returned...

5points

Jackie Duvall-Smith 6 months ago

Before me or my sister and brother were born, my mom was best friends with a woman named Joan. I guess my mom, dad, and my older sister (she was just a baby) went camping with them for a week. A few years later, a little girl went missing and Joan’s husband became a suspect after he burnt his truck to the ground. He went to prison and claimed he was innocent, but he was also a suspect in another abduction. Really scary.

5points

Bored Trash Panda 6 months ago

Someone I know from school back in 2011 went missing in 2013 in Vegas. His remains were found but they could not identify him until a couple years ago. The s****y police and our (now) Governor have been gaslighting his mom saying he left on his own accord. There is evidence of his SO at the time having something to do with it, but nothing has been done. She continuously changes her story, he and her mom both lied about seeing him at a mall, after his remains were found, and a lot of other stuff that never added up. He has a son that he absolutely adored and would have done anything for so he wouldn't have just left.

5points

Comfortably Numb 6 months ago

Girl I went to high school with disappeared her first semester at college, in Virginia USA. They found her body about two months later, behind a barn, after enough pressure on the last person to see her alive (left with him from a bar) to make him confess and show them the "resting place". He's In jail for life. Her name was Taylor Beahl (not sure on spelling, pronounced 'Beel') for anyone wanting to google

4points

Lesbiancats 6 months ago

My mom was best friends with kiplyn davis, her signature is in a lot of my mom's yearbooks.

4points

Guess Undheit 6 months ago

Noticeably absent from this list are adult people who abandoned toxic parents. That's not surprising since narcissists live for control, and they don't want the world to see them not controlling their victims - or trying to recapture them. The only case similar to this was the gay man escaping from a violent and bigoted society. If you don't understand why he would dump "family", then you have privilege.

3points

Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 6 months ago

Shame, i was just asked if i recognised a girl who went missing today, hope shes ok

3points

Bec 6 months ago

College student was missing and was eventually found dead in a high voltage room where he had tried to sneak into a dorm after hours, https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2007a/070320PoliceSteffey.html

2points

Mirolfur Grafarson 6 months ago

I was born in Russia, Siberia. Me and familly moved out to my dad country when I was 2. I had a cousin from mom side. When I was 9, we went to visit them, only time in my life. Spend wonderfull summer playing with my cousin, and her friends I met. When I was 15 or 16, she dissapeared. They found her 2 months later, dead and raped before that. It happens a lot in that part of that country. Im so glad my and my sister didnt grow up there. Beloved cousin, please, rest in peace

2points

Tropical Tarot 6 months ago

Around 2000, a woman who lived on my street. She didn't come home from work one day. Her car was found at a Walmart a few days later. They found her body about 3 years later in a remote area of a former naval base. No one was ever arrested. My grandmother became close to her husband and her son. They spent a lot of time with our family when she was missing. They have a suspect but not enough evidence.

1point

TheBlueBitterfly 6 months ago

A very good friend of mine and my husband's left abruptly for California (from PA) probably to hide out from people he owed money to. He did a lot of substances, and was bipolar/manic most of the time, but was the kindest, most loving, happiest person to be around. Nobody's heard from him since. He was possibly spotted in a homeless camp once about 8 years ago, I think? We miss ya, bro, my birthday buddy, the craziest person I've ever met. Hope you found some peace somewhere.

1point

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Kristal 6 months ago

Well, hiking is definitely on my "way more dangerous than it seems" list

20points

OnlyMe 5 months ago

I love hiking. It's only dangerous if you're stupid.

0points

Neopet22 6 months ago

19points

Darth Kittius 6 months ago

15points

Tamra 6 months ago

How terrible. I am so sorry.

4points

David Paterson 6 months ago (edited)

10points

Sergio Bicerra 6 months ago

True, like not every dead person deserves to be honored.

8points