Without a Trace

A twenty-five year old heiress stood talking to a friend outside a bookshop. A moment later she vanished, never to be seen again. As one newspaper remarked, “she disappeared from one of the busiest streets on earth, at the sunniest hour with thousands within sight and reach,” leading the world to wonder, how? Her disappearance remains unsolved and is now named New York’s oldest cold case.

On May 15th, 2025, a seventeen-year-old vanished while on her way to the airport. The investigation has revealed concerning living conditions, a possible fall out with family and unidentified human remains. Police stress that the investigation is ongoing and key evidence that would help piece together the events leading up to her suspected murder is still missing.

On July 6th, 1983, a young beauty queen vanished from Cocoa Beach, Florida after she became convinced someone was out to kill her - claiming she had seen something she shouldn’t have while at a party. Authorities have been left stumped as to what happened though two serial killers have been linked to her disappearance. To this day, no suspect has officially been named and she remains missing.

On March 23, 1998, a 23-year-old recent graduate vanished while on a cruise celebrating her accomplishments with her family. Theories began soaring ranging from being murdered on the cruise ship to being kidnapped by the crew members to be sold into the illegal human trafficking industry in the Caribbean. Despite all the theories, there have been little leads to help authorities locate her.

On December 20, 2002, a well-behaved and dedicated teenager arrived at his shift at work and was never seen again. The investigation led to a close-knit community pointing fingers at one another. Detectives uncovered many secrets including drug dealing, owed money, and a bloody produce cooler. More than two decades later, and the case is still unsolved.

A nine-year-old girl suddenly vanished during the early morning hours of April 6, 1986. Investigators were left wondering what happened to her that evening as the details from important testimonies continued to change. Family members were suspected of arranging her disappearance, but they took all their secrets to the grave with them.

A 21-year-old was looking forward to starting a new chapter in life when she mysteriously disappeared after leaving work. She was last seen driving her 2011 black Chevrolet Cruze, the vehicle later being found abandoned in a hospital parking lot. The investigation into the young woman’s disappearance provided heartbreaking clues, leading to the arrest of her ex-boyfriend.

A mother of two was abducted as she went for a routine jog on November 2nd, 2016. Authorities and family members searched for her for weeks with her husband pleading for her return saying, “I just want her back”. It felt like a miracle when she was found on Thanksgiving Day. But what came next was a story so improbable that authorities had a hard time believing it.

During the early morning hours of December 4th, 2022, a 27-year-old disappeared after spending the evening visiting several downtown bars. She was last seen with a former law enforcement officer who is alleged to have lost his job in law enforcement after harassing and abusing suspects. While he is considered a person of interest in the case, police have no evidence to prove what happened to her on that fateful evening.

Don’t mess with the Mafia. That warning deterred the parents of a missing 30-year-old woman from investigating the disappearance of their daughter. Her husband was immediately suspected of having been involved, not only because of his bizarre and changing stories about what happened but because of the history of domestic violence in their marriage. Over 40 years have passed but nothing has brought investigators closer to knowing what happened.