What are your favorite missing persons cases?

[FarinaforBrkfast]

I'm hoping to find some new ones that I haven't seen yet.

[TracyLynnS]

I'm afraid most people's favorites are going to be ones that are popular and well known cases that you've frequently seen, such as Angela Hammond, Gordon Page, Wendy Camp and her family, etc.

Here's a list of missing people featured on UM (along with lost loves). It also includes resolved missing cases.

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Lost_Loved_Ones

[TracyLynnS]

Here are some that were in a special alert type thing in 1988 or 1989 and are still unsolved as far as I know.

Julie Weflen - Young married woman. Vanished from her job in WA, suspected to have been murdered by two men. Ann Rule mentioned her in Kiss Me Kill Me.

Stefanie Stroh - College student, hitchhiking through US, missing from NV. Tommy Lynn Sells confessed to her murder, but with him... who knows.

Kyle Clinkscales - He and his car vanished while he was driving home from a bar in GA.

Carlos Alvarez - 3 years old. Abducted in CA by his uncle and the uncle's male friend.

Diana Braungardt - 18 years old. Went missing in MO while walking from work to her car in the parking lot where it was still located.

Lily Mae Huff - 73 year old widow with dementia. Disappeared from her nursing home in VA.

David Thies - 19 years old. Stepped outstide his NYC apartment to have a cigarette and was never seen again.

Susan Cappel - 19 years old. Info from the unsolvedwikia site:

Susan vanished in March of 1982 from a supermarket where she worked in her hometown of Newcomerstown, OH. She was walking to her car when a blue car pulled up and the driver talked to her. She got into the car and was never seen again.

In 1983, a Greyhound bus driver claimed to have seen Susan sometime after her disappearance, although it was never confirmed. Her family believes that her ex-husband, Allen Cappel, may have killed her in order to get full custody of their son, Damin.

Another theory involves two friends of Allen, Patrick and Robert Parrish. Patrick owned a car similar to the one that Susan was last seen getting into. Her family believes that Patrick and Robert threatened Damin's life, and forced Susan to disappear in order for Allen to recieve custody. Two weeks after Susan vanished, Robert and Patrick died in a car accident.

In 2003, Allen Cappel died without ever revealing what he might have known about his ex-wife's disappearance.

[WishfulDreamer]

Originally Posted by TracyLynnS

Here are some that were in a special alert type thing in 1988 or 1989 and are still unsolved as far as I know.

Julie Weflen - Young married woman. Vanished from her job in WA, suspected to have been murdered by two men. Ann Rule mentioned her in Kiss Me Kill Me.

Stefanie Stroh - College student, hitchhiking through US, missing from NV. Tommy Lynn Sells confessed to her murder, but with him... who knows.

Kyle Clinkscales - He and his car vanished while he was driving home from a bar in GA.

Carlos Alvarez - 3 years old. Abducted in CA by his uncle and the uncle's male friend.

Diana Braungardt - 18 years old. Went missing in MO while walking from work to her car in the parking lot where it was still located.

Lily Mae Huff - 73 year old widow with dementia. Disappeared from her nursing home in VA.

David Thies - 19 years old. Stepped outstide his NYC apartment to have a cigarette and was never seen again.

Susan Cappel - 19 years old. Info from the unsolvedwikia site:

Susan vanished in March of 1982 from a supermarket where she worked in her hometown of Newcomerstown, OH. She was walking to her car when a blue car pulled up and the driver talked to her. She got into the car and was never seen again.

In 1983, a Greyhound bus driver claimed to have seen Susan sometime after her disappearance, although it was never confirmed. Her family believes that her ex-husband, Allen Cappel, may have killed her in order to get full custody of their son, Damin.

Another theory involves two friends of Allen, Patrick and Robert Parrish. Patrick owned a car similar to the one that Susan was last seen getting into. Her family believes that Patrick and Robert threatened Damin's life, and forced Susan to disappear in order for Allen to recieve custody. Two weeks after Susan vanished, Robert and Patrick died in a car accident.

In 2003, Allen Cappel died without ever revealing what he might have known about his ex-wife's disappearance.

This special alert with the above cases and the solved ones is probably the scariest two minutes of UM. The music alone is freaky! I know that only two of the cases were solved, the two hunters and the young boy who vanished after returning home from school. I am not sure if his killer was ever found but I know the hunters' killer was. I think CD mentioned that he used machinery to grind their remains

The ones that are still missing still bother me and do every time. The only one that has hope of being alive (most likely) is the young boy kidnapped by his uncle. Other than that, I think everyone else met foul play (the lady with Alzheimer's may have or someone picked her up or something).

I find it interesting UM said that Susan Cappel was about to be 21 and that there is an age discrepancy. I remember reading about her on Charley Project as well. Very suspicious!

[TracyLynnS]

Originally Posted by WishfulDreamer

I find it interesting UM said that Susan Cappel was about to be 21 and that there is an age discrepancy. I remember reading about her on Charley Project as well. Very suspicious!

During that special alert, UM posted onscreen what age the person was at the time of broadcast instead of showing what their age at the time of their disappearance, which was spoken.

I had noticed that when I was watching and writing notes on each person so I could look up their cases and see which ones were solved. I had to keep pausing the DVD and scratch out the info I had written down, then start up again and listen for the correct info.

Her Charley page says she was born in 1962 and went missing in 1982, two weeks before her birthday. The UM broadcast was in 1989, IIRC. How far off was the age discrepancy? I wrote those notes and watched that part of the segment a couple weeks ago and I forgot what age they showed on the screen when they put up Susan Cappel's photo. Do you remember what they stated?

[WishfulDreamer]

Not too much. They said two weeks before her 21st birthday (so should be 20) but other things I read said 19. So not much.

I'm glad someone else really took interest in that special alert as well!

By the way, here's another one I find fascinating. I don't think it ever was on UM though it is on the UM wiki:
http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Leanne_Green

[1990 UM fan]

Originally Posted by TracyLynnS

Here are some that were in a special alert type thing in 1988 or 1989 and are still unsolved as far as I know.

Julie Weflen - Young married woman. Vanished from her job in WA, suspected to have been murdered by two men. Ann Rule mentioned her in Kiss Me Kill Me.

Stefanie Stroh - College student, hitchhiking through US, missing from NV. Tommy Lynn Sells confessed to her murder, but with him... who knows.

Kyle Clinkscales - He and his car vanished while he was driving home from a bar in GA.

Carlos Alvarez - 3 years old. Abducted in CA by his uncle and the uncle's male friend.

Diana Braungardt - 18 years old. Went missing in MO while walking from work to her car in the parking lot where it was still located.

Lily Mae Huff - 73 year old widow with dementia. Disappeared from her nursing home in VA.

David Thies - 19 years old. Stepped outstide his NYC apartment to have a cigarette and was never seen again.

Susan Cappel - 19 years old. Info from the unsolvedwikia site:

Susan vanished in March of 1982 from a supermarket where she worked in her hometown of Newcomerstown, OH. She was walking to her car when a blue car pulled up and the driver talked to her. She got into the car and was never seen again.

In 1983, a Greyhound bus driver claimed to have seen Susan sometime after her disappearance, although it was never confirmed. Her family believes that her ex-husband, Allen Cappel, may have killed her in order to get full custody of their son, Damin.

Another theory involves two friends of Allen, Patrick and Robert Parrish. Patrick owned a car similar to the one that Susan was last seen getting into. Her family believes that Patrick and Robert threatened Damin's life, and forced Susan to disappear in order for Allen to recieve custody. Two weeks after Susan vanished, Robert and Patrick died in a car accident.

In 2003, Allen Cappel died without ever revealing what he might have known about his ex-wife's disappearance.

I have this special alert episode in my Unsolved Mysteries playlist. Very sad that none of these people have ever been found.

[TheCars1986]

Dale Kerstetter has always been my favorite.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Originally Posted by WishfulDreamer

Not too much. They said two weeks before her 21st birthday (so should be 20) but other things I read said 19. So not much.

I'm glad someone else really took interest in that special alert as well!

By the way, here's another one I find fascinating. I don't think it ever was on UM though it is on the UM wiki:
http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Leanne_Green

"Extra Notes: This case has not been featured on Unsolved Mysteries."

Err, okay? Seems strange that it's on the site, then.

It's so strange that none of these has ever been solved. I'd say Carlos Alvarez is still alive, just probably without any idea of his abduction. Everyone else aside from the elderly lady, as WishfulDreamer said, most certainly met with foul play.

Lily Mae Huff probably died of exposure.

[Corkys-Place]

Guys, GUYS! can we please take the word "favourite" out of this. It sounds terribly insensitive to use words like favourite when referring to a horrific event that has put families through years of unimaginable pain. Maybe refer to them as most intriguing cases. Anything but favourite.

[MegtheEgg86]

The case that has probably piqued my curiosity the most over the years is A.J. Breaux. Leonard Dirickson is a close second.

[TheCars1986]

Originally Posted by Corkys-Place

Guys, GUYS! can we please take the word "favourite" out of this. It sounds terribly insensitive to use words like favourite when referring to a horrific event that has put families through years of unimaginable pain. Maybe refer to them as most intriguing cases. Anything but favourite.

I see nothing wrong with referring to a case or segment as a favorite. No one here is insensitive enough to have a favorite missing person. A number of things could contribute to something being a favorite segment: good acting, good cinematography, creepy music, Stack's narration, the reenactments, etc.

[88keys]

Do you mean favorite missing person cases on Unsolved Mysteries, or in general? Because if you are looking for interesting cases that were not on UM, this thread has a lot of them.

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/...d.php?t=288974

[Necco]

I have no issue calling my favorite missing person my favorite because against all odds, it turned out well. Patricia Ann Teer/Carlton. What a survivor that woman is. First she survived an aneurysm, then brain surgery in the 1960s. And then, somehow, 33 years after she went missing, she was located ALIVE.

[amandab1234]

Originally Posted by Necco

I have no issue calling my favorite missing person my favorite because against all odds, it turned out well. Patricia Ann Teer/Carlton. What a survivor that woman is. First she survived an aneurysm, then brain surgery in the 1960s. And then, somehow, 33 years after she went missing, she was located ALIVE.

I really enjoyed this episode as well. Her husband was such a good person IMO. He had remarried and with this new wife’s support was still looking for her.