An operation in Tennessee has resulted in 13 missing children being rescued or located, officials say, noting the effort was focused on finding children at “high risk” of being victims of human trafficking. The two-day joint operation—dubbed “Operation Not for Sale”—was conducted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) in partnership with the U.S. Marshals […]
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) and Sound-of-Freedom movie inspiration Tim Ballard criticized the Department of Homeland Security’s handling of the U.S.–Mexico border at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Sept. 13. The hearing was titled “An Unbearable Price: The Devastating Human Costs of the Biden-Mayorkas Border Crisis.” The comments come in the wake of an […]
The U.S. Marshals Service announced this week that 225 missing or endangered children were recovered as part of a 10-week, multi-state effort dubbed “Operation We Will Find You.” In a news release on May 24, the federal law enforcement agency said the children include runaways as well as abductees by non-custodial individuals. The operation, described […]
As the Colombian military frantically searches for four children missing after a jungle plane crash over two weeks ago, new details are emerging about the plane’s history—and local concerns over the safety of air travel in that part of the Amazon. The single engine Cessna 206 HK-2803 that crashed into the rainforest on May 1 […]
The U.S. Marshals Service in Colorado announced on Tuesday that 11 “critically endangered” missing children were recovered as part of a two-week, multi-agency effort dubbed “Operation Lost and Found.” According to the federal law enforcement agency, the children were between the ages of 12 and 17 and had all been reported missing to local authorities. […]
Canadian authorities released on Tuesday a sketch of a girl whose remains were found in a dumpster last month. The Homicide and Missing Persons Unit of the Toronto Police Service has released a sketch of a girl whose remains were discovered by officers in a dumpster on May 2 in the wealthy Rosedale neighborhood in Toronto, […]
Indiana officials are still trying to identify a child whose body was found last month inside a suitcase in a heavily wooded area in southern Indiana. The Indiana State Police in Sellersburg are asking for the public’s help to identify the child, who was described as Black, between 5 and 8 years old, about 4 […]
A series of raids conducted by U.S. Marshals in Georgia resulted in the recovery of 20 missing and endangered children, with over a dozen of the victims suspected of being sex trafficking victims, authorities announced. The mission dubbed “Operation Not Forgotten 2021” was led in the metro Atlanta area over a two-week period and was […]
A joint operation by law enforcement that started months ago have recovered 150 children who had gone missing in Tennessee. The U.S. Marshals Service, the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS), and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced on Wednesday that their effort to identify and locate missing children, named “Operation Volunteer Strong,” recovered 150 out of […]
The U.S. Marshals Service said it has recovered 45 more children in an anti-human-trafficking operation in southern West Virginia and southern Ohio during the month of October. “Operation Autumn Hope” was described as a multi-agency law enforcement operation focused on human trafficking as well as finding missing or endangered children. In all, 45 missing children […]
The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed Friday that more than 1,300 missing children have been rescued since the 2016 fiscal year. U.S. Marshals director Donald Washington told Fox News this week that most of the missing children cases in the United States are situations that involve violence and drugs. “These are kids that are in particular […]
BOISE, Idaho—The case of two kids who were missing for months before they were found dead in rural Idaho has taken another bizarre twist, with new court documents alleging that their mother believed they were zombies and that she was on a mission to rid the world of such creatures. Police discovered the remains of […]
The two bodies recovered earlier this week have been identified as two missing toddler siblings who both went missing last week on May 22, the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed on Friday. Miracle Lashay Crook, 3, and her younger brother, Tony Demone Crook, 2, were last seen alive on surveillance video, walking alone […]
The body of a young boy was found in a river in Oklahoma early on Wednesday, authorities said. The recovery comes hours after the body of a young girl was pulled from the Verdigris River after an off-duty Wagoner County deputy made the discovery Tuesday night, the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) said in a […]
The search for 5-year-old Cameron Walters, who went missing at a camping resort on Memorial Day, has ended with tragic news, according to authorities. The boy’s body was located by a search crew in Mineral Springs Lake in Peebles late on Tuesday around 6 p.m. He had been missing more than 24-hours by the time he was […]
The mother of two children missing in Idaho repeatedly lied to police and asked others to lie as detectives began investigating the disappearances, according to newly released court documents. Lori Vallow, 46, was arrested in Hawaii on Thursday, months after her two children, Tylee Ryan, 17, and Joshua “J.J.” Vallow, 7, were last seen. She’s […]
