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• FBI Agent gone missing; possibly suicidal

  May 13, 2012 8:39 AM

  BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials and other law enforcement personnel are searching a rugged mountain area for an FBI agent who had not been seen for more than 24 hours and was said to be despondent and possibly suicidal. KABC-TV reports that Los Angeles-based Special... more »

• Calif. FBI agent missing, possibly armed, suicidal

  May 13, 2012 12:59 AM

  BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials and other law enforcement personnel are searching a rugged mountain area for an FBI agent who had not been seen for more than 24 hours and was said to be despondent and possibly suicidal. Local media reports that Los... more »

• Search continues for two girls, after mother and sister found dead

  May 9, 2012 8:34 AM

  GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) - Heavily-armed FBI agents and authorities from Mississippi and Tennessee are expected to resume searching woods and back roads Wednesday for what they said was a dangerous man suspected of killing a Tennessee woman and her teenage daughter and fleeing with her two younger girls. Meanwhile, a... more »

• Tucson police: Still hope for missing girl

  May 6, 2012 2:44 AM

  TUCSON, Arizona (AP) - Tucson police say they still haven't eliminated any possibilities as the search for a missing first-grader enters its third week. Police spokesman Lt. Fabian Pacheco said at a Saturday media briefing that investigators looking into the disappearance of 6-year-old Isabel Mercedes Celis have fielded about 900... more »

• Police search for missing 6-year-old Arizona girl

  April 22, 2012 12:34 AM

  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The overnight disappearance of a 6-year-old Arizona girl has triggered a massive search by scores of police, FBI agents and a large contingent of deputy U.S. Marshals as officials investigate the possibility that she was kidnapped or just wandered off. A Tucson police spokeswoman says first-grader... more »

• Missing mother remembered 1 year after disappearance Play Video

  April 1, 2012 12:19 AM

  Debbie Heriford has been missing for a year, and still her family and friends have no answers. Tonight they gathered at Dublin Park in Colorado Springs to keep her memory and her case alive. Police investigated Heriford's disappearance as a homicide, but no suspects were ever named. The 51... more »

• 9 month old found

  February 27, 2012 8:15 AM

  UPDATE: The Amber Alert for 9 month old Naveah Lopez has been cancelled. Sheridan Police tells us she was found in Evans, CO around 4:30 this morning with Peter Madrid. A police officer recognized the white Ford Focus, and pulled the car over. Madrid was arrested, and Naveah... more »

• Caylee's Law faces tough road to passage

  February 23, 2012 3:20 AM

  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lawmakers under pressure from constituents in the months after the Casey Anthony trial have found it's not easy to toughen penalties for parents who don't immediately report missing children. Seventeen states tried to pass "Caylee's Law" legislation - named after Anthony's 2-year-old daughter whose... more »

• Young woman missing

  January 31, 2012 5:50 PM

  Jessica Kuykendall, 26, is missing and her mother fears her disabled daughter is being taken advantage of because she is a kind woman with the mind of a 12-year-old. She was last seen by her parents at the Goodwill on Constitution in Colorado Springs when she was dropped off... more »

• Trial of dragging death suspect to begin Wednesday

  January 30, 2012 2:22 PM

  Attorneys in the Detra Farries case sorted through a series of last minute motions each aimed at putting their side in a better position as the case heads to trial later this week. Farries is charged with 11 counts including aggravated manslaughter for the dragging death of tow truck driver... more »

• Fremont County man missing

  January 25, 2012 2:38 PM

  Fremont County law enforcement officers are investigating the disappearance of a local Fremont County man. Thirty two year old Richard Henry William Jones was reported missing by family members on January 20. The last contact with Jones was a phone message he left on January 22. Investigators report... more »

• Colorado men held in missing teacher case

  January 15, 2012 7:46 PM

  SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) - Authorities say two Colorado men are being held in a North Dakota jail on Sunday in connection with the disappearance of a Montana math teacher. Williams County Sheriff's deputy Jon Garrison says 47-year-old Lester Vann Waters Jr. and 22-year-old Michael Keith Spell are in the... more »

• FBI increasing search for missing toddler

  December 21, 2011 7:31 AM

  WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) - The FBI is stepping up its effort to find a missing 20-month-old toddler as investigators comb through trash bins and pore over more than 100 leads. Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey refuses to speculate on whether Ayla Reynolds is still alive, saying the investigation remains a... more »

• Body of missing Salida woman discovered

  December 16, 2011 5:49 PM

  Search teams discovered body of a missing Salida woman Friday morning after two days of looking for her. According to a news release from the Chaffee County Sheriffs Office, the body of Sue Johnson, 55, was discovered in a sitting position with her back against a tree. She was located... more »

• Colorado man missing in Hawaii

  November 19, 2011 8:07 AM

  KAHUKU, Hawaii (AP) - The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a tourist from Colorado who was reported missing after surfing off Oahu's North Shore. Fifty-one-year-old Robert Rumburg is from the Denver suburb of Arvada. The Coast Guard and Honolulu firefighters began searching for him Wednesday night... more »

• Missing teen, child found

  November 12, 2011 5:07 AM

  A missing teen and child are back home this morning, after going missing yesterday afternoon. Colorado Springs police found 19 year-old Corey Beck, and 12 year-old Lyndsay Turnbloom at at Northern Colorado Springs last night around 10 p.m. Both suffer from illnesses that made it urgent to locate... more »

• Colorado Springs Police need help locating missing teen

  October 15, 2011 5:08 PM

  The Colorado Springs Police Department has just made a release statement asking for assistance in finding a missing 17 year old at risk male who disappeared around 10:40 am today from the Village 7 area. Jamey Minnard is a 17 year old white male, approximately 5 feet 6 inches... more »

• A mother's search for answers

  October 9, 2011 3:44 PM

  Two years ago this weekend a Pueblo man disappeared. It was October 2009 when 35-year-old Benjamin Clark's car was found on fire in an eastern Pueblo County field; just a few days after he went missing. April of the next year, bones were found less than a mile away... more »

• Sheriff: Missing boys may have planned to run away

  October 5, 2011 2:36 PM

  TELLURIDE, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say two boys who disappeared in western Colorado three days ago may have been planning to run away. The pair vanished Sunday while the father of one boy and another man were rock climbing. The boys had accompanied the adults on the outing but... more »

• Hunt continues for missing baby in Kansas City

  October 5, 2011 8:16 AM

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kansas City police say a lack of any substantial clues is frustrating the search for a 10-month-old girl who disappeared from her crib as she slept. A daylong search Tuesday yielded few solid leads and no sign of Lisa Irwin, who was reported missing... more »

• Missing Penrose man found hundreds of miles from home

  October 2, 2011 5:36 PM

  A missing elderly man from Penrose has been found in Mesa County. According to John Sabatino of the Fremont County Sheriff's office, 88 year old Theodore Matthews was slightly disoriented but in good health when he was located Sunday afternoon. Matthews was reported missing by his daughter Sunday morning... more »

• Husband of reality TV star says wife abducted

  September 14, 2011 8:40 PM

  FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) - The husband of "Real Housewives of D.C." cast member Michaele Salahi says his wife has been abducted, but police in rural Virginia say they have heard from her and that she says she's fine. The Warren County Sheriff's Office said that Tareq Salahi called Tuesday... more »

• Man held in connection with American woman missing in Aruba

  August 30, 2011 8:08 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The father of a man being held in Aruba on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance and presumed death of a 35-year-old Maryland woman says his son is "not a monster." In an interview with NBC's "Today" show that aired Tuesday, Frank Giordano said his son... more »

• American girl missing in Aruba

  August 11, 2011 8:47 AM

  FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - The mother of a woman who disappeared during a trip to Aruba says the family is hoping for the best outcome and praying she'll be with them soon. In a statement released by the Natalee Holloway Resource Center, Robyn Gardner's mother, Andrea Colson, also expressed... more »

• Missing fighter jet

  August 11, 2011 6:22 AM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - A U.S. Coast Guard spokesman says military officials are searching for a Marine Corps fighter jet that went missing over the Pacific Ocean near San Diego. Spokesman Henry Dunphy says the aircraft was flying with another jet when contact with the plane was lost. He... more »

• Woman spends $2,500 searching for missing dog

  July 31, 2011 6:20 PM

  A woman in Pueblo West is desperate to find her dog, who's been missing for more than a year. In fact, she's spent more than $2,500 running ads in newspapers hoping someone will return her. "I hope someone knows where she is," said Hannelore Lode, Gypsy's owner. "I called her... more »

• Divers search NH pond for sign of missing girl, 11

  July 31, 2011 3:17 PM

  STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. (AP) - Divers are searching a pond in northern New Hampshire for any sign of an 11-year-old girl who's been missing for six days. Jane Young of the state attorney general's office said divers were sent to Back Pond on Sunday morning. The small pond is less... more »

• Search resumes for missing hikers

  June 30, 2011 8:45 AM

  SALIDA, Colo. (AP) - Searchers are gathering to look for two hikers who are missing on a hiking trip. Colorado National Guard spokesman Darin Overstreet says a National Guard helicopter will join the search when it resumes at 8 a.m. on Thursday. Chaffee County Sheriff Pete Palmer says... more »

• Mom and Grandma to be charged for neglect Play Video

  June 7, 2011 10:52 PM

  The mother and grandmother of a two year old boy who went missing this afternoon in Colorado Springs will face misdemeanor charges of neglect. Investigators suspect Sierra Lugo-Rodriguez, 19 and Donna Quintana, 44 left the boy at a pawn shop in the 400 block of North Chelton Road sometime... more »

• Canon City woman found unharmed

  April 18, 2011 6:54 PM

  Canon City Police have ended their search for a woman missing for several days. Destiny Bucher, 20, was reported as missing on April 14. When she found out people were looking for her she contacted the Fremont County Sheriff's Office to report that she was fine and had not... more »

• Search continues for missing Idaho miner

  April 17, 2011 3:54 PM

  MULLAN, Idaho (AP) - Mining company officials in northern Idaho have brought in a remote-controlled digging machine to help search for a missing worker. Officials have not had contact with 53-year-old Larry Marek, who's a mile below the surface, since a tunnel collapsed deep inside the Lucky Friday Mine on... more »

• Canon City authorities look for missing woman

  April 14, 2011 6:50 PM

  Canon City Police and the Fremont County Sheriff's office are asking for help in locating a missing Canon City woman. Destiny Bucher, 20, left her home in Canon City on the evening of April 8. She was with two men. She left a note saying she would be back... more »

• 2 dead, 2 missing at Hawaii fireworks bunker blast

  April 9, 2011 11:41 AM

  WAIPAHU, Hawaii (AP) - Rescuers are waiting for a charred fireworks storage bunker to cool down today before they search for two men missing and presumed dead. The explosion killed two workers and two other workers were injured in a Honolulu suburb. The blast yesterday scorched trees and... more »

• Questions linger in death of teen in Canon City

  April 5, 2011 6:23 PM

  There are still many unanswered questions surrounding the death of a teenager in Canon City. An autopsy was performed today on the 15-year old, but the results haven't been released yet. The teenager was found dead Monday evening on Skyline Drive, a day after he went missing. Police say... more »

• Lists of missing and dead in Japan may have duplicate entries

  March 20, 2011 10:08 AM

  TOKYO (AP) - The number of dead and missing after Japan's earthquake and tsunami continues to rise. Japan's police agency says more than 8,400 people are dead and nearly 13,000 are listed as missing, though the two lists could include some duplication. But there's also a bit of good news... more »

• Parents of missing boys appear in court Play Video

  March 17, 2011 11:56 AM

  The parents of two boys missing for years, appeared in court in Colorado Springs this morning. Edward Bryant was advised by a judge that he's facing 13 charges, including theft, forgery and submitting a false instrument for recording.  He will next appear in court on June 17. His... more »

• Investigators converge on rural home

  March 10, 2011 1:23 PM

  Investigators have converged on a home west of Monument that may offer clues as to the whereabouts of two boys missing for years. Linda and Edward Bryant are charged with fraud for collecting welfare checks for two adopted boys who haven't been seen in years. The Bryant family lived... more »

• Memorial Hospital: Child wasn't checked out

  March 9, 2011 1:25 PM

  A scare over a possible missing child from Memorial Hospital apparently started when the child wasn't properly checked out of the hospital. The 19-month-old girl was the subject of a search that started just before 8 a.m. When it became apparent their young patient was missing from her... more »

• Toddler missing from Memorial Hospital

  March 9, 2011 11:27 AM

  Colorado Springs Police are looking for a child who is missing from Memorial Hospital since about 8:30 this morning. The child is a 19-month-old girl, who may have been taken from the hospital by her father. Police do not believe the father has permission to have the baby. ... more »

• Charges dismissed against accused kidnapper; woman still missing Play Video

  March 3, 2011 9:24 PM

  Angelica Sandoval vanished a week before she was supposed to testify against a man accused of kidnapping her. Now charges against the suspect have been dismissed. But there are still no signs of the missing Alamosa woman. Sandoval, 21, disappeared last week while getting laundry from her car in... more »

• Woodland Park Police increase protections of children

  February 1, 2011 9:47 AM

  The Woodland Park Police Department has entered into a new partnership to help missing and exploited children. WPPD joined a program called NCMEC which incorporates its 911 call center policies to better handle these cases. The program uses training to help make sure affected children have the best... more »

• Body of missing snowboarder found

  January 19, 2011 3:12 PM

  WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) - Searchers believe they have found the body of a missing snowboarder on Berthoud Pass. The Grand County sheriff's office said the body was found Wednesday near where 26-year-old Jeffrey Miller was last seen. Miller went snowboarding there with a friend on Monday. The friend... more »

• Search set to resume for missing Colorado snowboarder

  January 19, 2011 9:12 AM

  HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Search and rescue teams plan to resume the search for a snowboarder missing on Berthoud Pass if the weather allows. The Grand County sheriff's office says 26-year-old Jeffrey Miller of the Winter Park area went missing Monday when snowboarding with a friend. ... more »

• Teams look for missing snowboarder on Berthoud

  January 18, 2011 6:07 PM

  HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Search and rescue teams are looking for a snowboarder missing on Berthoud Pass in north-central Colorado. The Grand County sheriff's office tells Denver's KMGH-TV that the man's friends reported him missing Monday afternoon after they reached the bottom of the mountain without him.... more »

• Rescue crews from three counties continue search

  January 10, 2011 12:47 PM

  Search and Rescue crews from at least three counties are trying to find a plane that disappeared from radar yesterday afternoon in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The tower lost contact with the single engine Piper, which can hold six, when the plane was near Blueberry Peak. The plane... more »

• UPDATE: Missing Man Found

  December 23, 2010 6:48 PM

  El Paso County Sheriffs Office has confirmed to NewsFirst5 that they found Mr Rosindo Villa alive at around 4:15pm Thursday afternoon. No other details were available at this time. Rosindo Villa, 76, was last seen at the Wrangler RV Park on East Platte on the eastern edge of... more »

• Sheriff's Office looks for missing man

  December 23, 2010 2:32 PM

  The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is looking for an elderly man last seen three days ago. Rosindo Villa, 76, was last seen at the Wrangler RV Park on East Platte on the eastern edge of Colorado Springs. Both his cars are still at his home and his cell... more »

• Remains found believed to be missing girl

  December 11, 2010 1:28 PM

  CITRONELLE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities say they have found human remains believed to be the daughter of an Alabama man already charged with murder in the girl's death. Mobile Police Maj. Kara Rose says search teams found the remains at 9 a.m. Saturday in Alabama, just half an hour... more »

• UPDATE: More details on Pueblo boy reported missing

  December 5, 2010 4:55 PM

  PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - A missing 10-year-old boy missing since Friday has been found safe. Pueblo police Sgt. Patrick Van Ryn says Matthew Aragon was found Sunday morning by police officers who were looking for him since his mother reported him missing Saturday afternoon. Van Ryn says the boy's... more »

• UPDATE: Missing boy in Pueblo found safe

  December 5, 2010 2:14 PM

  Pueblo Police have just verified with NewsFirst5 that Matthew Aragon was found safe and in good condition. Matthew was reported missing after failing to return home from school on Friday. Pueblo Police issued a missing child report late Saturday night with a description and last known whereabouts. Matthew was... more »

• Rescue group need help finding stolen pup

  November 29, 2010 6:27 PM

  An animal rescue group is looking for a puppy they say was stolen during an adoption fair this weekend. The 10-week old Husky-Pit Bull mix was in a crate at the entrance of the North Academy Petsmart when she disappeared last Saturday. The rescue group, San Luis Animal... more »

• Manitou mother of two still missing Play Video

  November 28, 2010 7:40 PM

  "I was hoping we could find something," Jay Cribbs says while searching a wooded area near Rampart Range Road in Woodland Park. Cribbs is the father of the mother of two, 33-year-old Mindy Lee, that's been missing since Friday. He's doing all he can to find his daughter. ... more »

• Woman found dead in river IDed as missing mom

  November 27, 2010 8:33 AM

  SILVERTHORNE, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have confirmed that a woman found dead in a river near Silverthorne is a missing 41-year-old mother of three. The Summit County coroner has identified the woman as Stephanie Roller Bruner. The Silverthorne woman's husband reported her missing Tuesday after she left home Monday night... more »

• Vehicle crashes over mountain cliff

  November 12, 2010 11:21 AM

  Search teams found a truck several hundred feet off a narrow mountain road in El Paso County. The vehicle matches the description of a truck driven by a hunter from Monument, who was reported missing yesterday. The scene is on Mt. Herman Road in northwest El Paso County.... more »

• Update: Senior citizen found

  November 9, 2010 4:14 PM

  Update: Romero has been found. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is asking everyone to keep an eye out for Armando Romero, 80, who disappeared in Pueblo Monday morning. He is a diabetic who needs medication. He was last seen wearing green pajamas bottoms, a gray hoodie sweatshirt and... more »

• Remains of Korean POW returned to Colorado

  November 9, 2010 7:16 AM

  The remains of a serviceman who died in a Korean prisoner of war camp are being returned to Colorado. He has been identified as Army Corporal Floyd Hooper, an infantryman who was captured in Korea in February of 1951. Hooper's remains will be buried on Saturday in his hometown... more »

• Search Underway on Quandry Peak

  November 7, 2010 9:30 AM

  A search is still underway on Quandary Peak in Summit County for a missing climber. The search began around 9:00 pm Saturday and resumed again this morning. Both ground and air search crews are combing the area where fresh snow was falling last night.The search began shortly after calls from... more »

• Missing Colorado man found alive in Alaska (Update)

  November 7, 2010 9:01 AM

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A search team has found a 50-year-old Colorado man who went missing on Afognak Island, north of Kodiak. The Coast Guard says Todd Miller was found safe late Saturday afternoon about three miles north of the lodge where he had been staying. Miller reportedly became... more »

• 3 hunters still missing in Flattops Wilderness Area

  October 27, 2010 8:21 AM

  NEW CASTLE, Colo. (AP) - The Colorado National Guard is helping with the search for three hunters missing in the Flattops Wilderness in the western part of the state. The Denver Post reports that a National Guard helicopter helped as crews on the ground looked for the hunters in... more »

• Officials search for missing Colorado couple

  October 19, 2010 8:25 AM

  The Larimer County Sheriff's office says detectives suspect foul play in the disappearance of a Fort Collins couple. Spokeswoman Eloise Campanella says sheriff's deputies conducting a welfare check at the home of Kathy Adams and her husband John Marks Jr. on Oct. 12 discovered "suspicious circumstances" that made them... more »

• Search halted for missing hiker

  October 13, 2010 11:01 AM

  The search for a Chicago hiker missing in the Colorado mountains near Vail has been suspended. The search for James Nelson, 31, in the rugged Holy Cross Wilderness near Vail ended at midnight Tuesday. Eagle County sheriff Joe Hoy said he and search and rescue volunteers made the... more »

• No sign of missing hiker near Vail

  October 12, 2010 8:35 AM

  Colorado authorities are searching for a Chicago hiker who hasn't been heard from for a week. The search for James Nelson resumed Monday at the Mount of the Holy Cross near Vail. A Colorado National Guard helicopter dropped off a search team and another helicopter was looking for... more »

• Chicago hiker missing near Mount of the Holy Cross

  October 11, 2010 1:55 PM

  VAIL, Colo. (AP) - Colorado authorities are searching for a Chicago hiker who hasn't been heard from for a week. The search for James Nelson resumed Monday at the Mount of the Holy Cross near Vail. A Colorado National Guard helicopter dropped off a search team and another helicopter... more »

• Colorado rescuers search for hiker near Vail

  October 11, 2010 8:25 AM

  Colorado authorities say they're searching for a Chicago hiker who hasn't been heard from for a week. The Eagle County Sheriff's Office says a search and rescue effort began Saturday for James Nelson. The 31-year-old set out on a five-day hike of Mount of the Holy Cross near Vail... more »

• Balloonists in NM to pay tribute to 2 lost at sea

  October 5, 2010 10:48 AM

  The America's Challenge gas balloon race in New Mexico will pay tribute to two balloonists who disappeared last week in the Adriatic Sea. The deputy director of the race says pilots are being asked to hang two chile ristras, or strings of dried chiles, from their balloons, which are... more »

• Family thanks searchers looking for missing balloonists

  October 5, 2010 8:24 AM

  The family of missing Colorado balloonist Carol Rymer Davis released a statement Monday thanking searchers for their efforts to find her and a balloonist from New Mexico missing in the Adriatic Sea. The Italian coast guard called off the search Monday after a final attempt to locate Richard Abruzzo,... more »

• Search officially called off for balloonists

  October 4, 2010 11:43 AM

  The Italian coast guard has called off the search for a pair of American balloonists who disappeared last week in the Adriatic Sea. Coast guard spokesman Lt. Massimo Maccheroni said Monday the search was called off after a final attempt to locate the remains of Richard Abruzzo, of Albuquerque,... more »

• Search for missing balloonists to end

  October 4, 2010 8:36 AM

  The search for a pair of missing American balloonists has entered its final day with a robotic vehicle scanning the seabed of the Adriatic Sea for any remains. Coast guard spokesman Lt. Massimo Maccheroni said Monday would be the last day of the search for Richard Abruzzo and Carol... more »

• Doomed balloon plunged from sky at 50 mph

  October 1, 2010 3:40 PM

  A balloon carrying a Colorado woman and her flight partner plunged from the sky at 50 mph, making survival of the pair unlikely. Carol Rymer-Davis of Denver and Richard Abruzzo of Albuquerque have been missing since Wednesday, when their balloon disappeared during a thunderstorm over the Adriatic Sea. The... more »

• Search for missing Colorado balloon pilot intensifies

  September 30, 2010 10:58 AM

  The Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Center has expanded its search for two American balloonists who disappeared in rough weather over the Adriatic. The search for balloon pilots Richard Abruzzo and Carol Rymer-Davis, of Colorado, extended to 14 miles off the Italian coast as it resumed for a second day... more »

• Kids with ADHD more likely to have missing DNA

  September 30, 2010 8:31 AM

  Researchers say a new study provides the first evidence that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is genetic. The study says ADHD kids are twice as likely to have missing or extra chromosomes than other children. British researchers focused on a sequence of genes linked to brain development that has previously... more »