Missing children

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.

The distressed teenager called her mother later the same day, saying she was hungry and had been taken far away.

The 14-year-old girl, who lives in East Orange, was last seen wearing khaki pants, a black jacket and black boots.

According to a Facebook post from the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, the bloodhound named Fred, discovered the girl on Friday in Tennessee's DeKalb County.

"Of the 20 recovered, 16 of the children were suspected victims of sex trafficking," the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement.

Several of the children, recovered in the Charlotte area, had been involved in drugs, prostitution and human trafficking.

Brittany Gosney, 29, left her son, James Robert Hutchinson, 6, at a rural park and then dragged his body for a distance as the boy desperately clung to the car before returning to dump his body in the Ohio River, police say.

The girl is believed to have had long dark hair and been between 6.5 and 10 years old when she died.

Officials say the children were aged 13 to 18 and had all been deemed as endangered.

The U.S. Marshals Service said it will continue searching for missing children in northern Ohio over the next few weeks.

"There is no more meaningful work that law enforcement does than rescuing children," U.S. Marshals Service Director Donald Washington said while announcing that 39 missing children had been found after a two-week operation.

Daybell and his wife, Lori Vallow, have been the subject on an ongoing investigation into Vallow's missing children, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 8-year-old J.J. Vallow. The two children have not been seen since September 2019.

Daybell was taken into police custody on Tuesday and local authorities confirmed the discovery of human remains at his Idaho home. Vallow has been in jail since February 20 when she failed to present 17-year-old Tylee and 7-year-old J.J. to police following a court order.

Mark Degner and Bryan Hayes have not been seen since they ran away from school in 2005.

Joshua Vallow and his older sister Tylee Ryan were last seen in Rexburg, Idaho, in September.

Local police declared the teenager missing on Wednesday night and managed to reunite him with his parents less than 24 hours later.

"I've been doing this 41 years, and a while ago I almost broke down in tears," Effingham County Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie said.

The body of missing Florida boy, Jordan Belliveau, has been found.

The gang was caught offering a "newborn, healthy boy" for sale.

"This is a classic example of the adage 'No good deed goes unpunished,'" Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan said.