Missing children

"When she left, she had no money, no clothes, no nothing," Ramon Bell, the father of 14-year-old Ashley Bell, said.

"Social media is the key in many instances to finding these individuals," former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer told Newsweek.

Police found the bodies on an Oklahoma property during a search for two missing teenagers.

The Everman Police Department Chief stated that Cindy Rodriguez-Singh has previously referred to her six-year-old son as evil and being possessed by a demon.

Scottie Morris has been missing since March 16 and police have released a video this week to dispel the latest rumors regarding his disappearance.

The search for the missing 8-year-old has been made more complicated as a result of his family ties across the U.S. and even outside the country.

Police initially believed Athena Brownfield was a case of a missing person before eventually confirming they believed the child to have been killed.

Athena Strand, 7, was reported missing from her Texas home last week. Her body was discovered two days after her disappearance.

Police have identified the "Boy in the Box," whose body was first discovered in February 1957.

A woman accused Horner of being a rapist in a Facebook post from 2019, three years before his arrest in the case of Athena Strand.

Police searching for the boy, who vanished more than a year ago, have a arrested a woman after digging up the yard of a house just minutes away from his home.

Last week, the Chatham County Police Department said that Simon, a 20-month-old toddler, was likely dead.

"No arrests have been made and no charges have been filed," the Chatham County Police Department said.

Assistant professor Michelle Jeanis told Newsweek that finding evidence quickly after a child is reported missing is crucial.

An FBI spokesperson told Newsweek that the agency's child abduction rapid deployment (CARD) team is currently assisting the Chatham Police Department.

Police have obtained new evidence as the search for 20-month-old Quinton Simon continues in Chatham County, Georgia.

The dad was seemingly not concerned that his child could not be found inside the home.

Authorities are also pursuing the mother's former boyfriend, who has long been considered a primary suspect in the case.

All three of the young girls were under 10 and were reported missing a day before their bodies were discovered.

Neighbors claimed that they had not seen the child in months, with the mother allegedly claiming that he was with relatives in another state.

"Children are hearing explosions, and they are being asked to flee their homes with just the clothes on their backs," Save the Children told Newsweek.

The anonymous mom claimed her son ran away after being "grounded" and pleaded for him to return to her.

"We are very glad to report that the six Johnson and Parks children have been located and are safe!" the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced.

New Hampshire's Attorney General's Office believes that Harmony, then 5 years old, disappeared late in 2019, but it wasn't reported for two years.

Harmony Montgomery went missing in 2019 at the age of 5, which Sununu blames on the Massachusetts court that gave her father custody earlier that year.

Divers first discovered the submerged SUV in October 2021, which later led to finding one fibula bone confirmed to belong to Stephanie Van Nguyen.

The New Hampshire girl was last seen in late 2019, then 5 years old, and was not reported missing until November 2021.

Kayla Montgomery is charged with one count of welfare fraud for collecting $1,500 in food stamps under missing step-daughter, Harmony Montgomery's, name.

Pascal County deputies have asked for information about the whereabouts of 17-year-old Bella Sarka who was last seen on Pony Lane in Hudson.

6-year-old Isabella Kalua was allegedly kept duct taped in a dog cage "multiple times," including when her sister says she saw her not breathing two months ago.