Courtney Holden was only 26 years-old when she vanished from her adoptive family’s home in Spokane, Washington. At the time of her disappearance, Courtney and her young son lived in the Heroy Avenue residence with Judy Holden, her adoptive mother, and Joshua Holden, her adoptive brother. Police were alerted about her disappearance on October 8th, 2019, after a woman named Autumn Schatz requested for a welfare check on Courtney. 

Autumn was dating the father of Courtney’s son, and she told police that they had not seen or heard from Courtney in two years. She stated that she and her boyfriend had visited the Holden residence several times over the past two years to visit the young son. The child was present each time they visited, but Courtney was not.

When police went to perform the welfare check, Judy and Joshua were reportedly uncooperative. They both said that Courtney and her son had left on foot a few days earlier, but they would not offer any further information. Judy reluctantly allowed police to see Courtney’s room—and it appeared that nobody had been in there for quite some time.

After the police were unable to locate Courtney themselves, they filed a missing persons’ report. That same day, police received a phone call from a woman claiming to be Courtney—who said she was alive and well. They would later learn that the caller was actually Courtney’s adoptive sister. Additionally, shortly before this phone call was made, Judy and Joshua withdrew $600 from Courtney’s bank account.

There have inevitably been suspicions about Judy and Joshua ever since Courtney was reported missing. According to neighbors and friends, Judy and Joshua both mistreated Courtney. The two reportedly referred to Courtney as “Cindy”-short for Cinderella-because of all the chores they made her do. Courtney confided to neighbors that Joshua was physically abusive, and she was afraid of him. Neighbors noticed several bruises on Courtney’s body on different occasions, which she stated were a result of Joshua’s abuse. 

The neighbors described Joshua as violent and unpredictable. He reportedly has a criminal record that includes sexual assault charges. In 2005, he was charged with rape, but the charges were dropped after the victim stopped cooperating with the investigation.

While investigating Courtney’s disappearance, police were eventually able to determine that Courtney has not been seen since July 2018—over a year before she was actually reported missing. This was determined after investigators learned that Courtney was taking a prescription medicine that was required daily, but she had not picked up the prescription since July 2018.

Neighbors also corroborated that they had not seen Courtney since July 2018 as well. The last known sighting of her occurred at some point during that month. A neighbor reportedly saw Courtney exiting the house carrying a large duffel bag. Judy called after her for her to come back to which Courtney replied, “I’m not staying here anymore.” Moments later, Joshua forcibly picked Courtney up and carried her back into the house. Courtney has never been seen or heard from again.

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truecrimecrystals:

Anesha Murnane vanished under suspicious circumstances on October 17th, 2019.The 38-year-old woman lived at MainTree Apartments in Homer, Alaska at the time of her disappearance. MainTree is a supported living facility that provides housing to individuals with disabilities and beneficiaries of the Alaska Mental Health Trust. Anesha was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and was considered a dependent adult, but according to her family members, she was stabilized and doing well at the time she vanished.

Anesha was last seen leaving the MainTree apartments shortly after noon on October 17th. Surveillance cameras captured her leaving the building at 12:13 PM. Anesha had a scheduled 1:00 PM appointment at the SVT Health & Wellness clinic on east End Road, and it is presumed that she was walking to that appointment when she left her apartment. Unfortunately, Anesha never made it to her appointment and has never been seen or heard from again.

After Anesha was reported missing, police sent search dogs along the route she would have taken to her appointment. Anesha’s scent was tracked throughout the route as expected, but the scent trail ended in front of Pioneer Avenue area near Thai Cosmic Kitchen. Due to this, investigators believe that Anesha was picked up in a car at this location.

Anesha’s parents have believed that their daughter was abducted since the beginning of the investigation. She has not accessed her cell phone or bank accounts since her disappearance. Anesha also had applied for several jobs before she vanished, and she also had planned trips to Oregon and Mexico. Her plane tickets for both trips were never used.

In June 2021, nearly two years after Anesha vanished, a certificate of presumed death was issued. Under Alaskan law, a person missing for over five years is considered presumed deceased–but families can file a petition for the presumed death certificate before that under certain circumstances. A jury of six people in Homer listened to testimony from detectives, social workers, and from Anesha’s parents. Afterwards, the jury ruled that Anesha is presumed deceased–and that she was likely killed by homicide.

Although the ruling was bittersweet, Anesha’s mother also stated that the ruling validated her belief that Anesha was abducted by someone she knew and then killed. Despite this belief, detectives stated that they currently do not have any suspects in the case. Homer Police are still seeking information about Anesha’s disappearance.

If you have any information that could help the investigation, please contact the Homer Police Department at 907-235-3150 or the Alaska State Troopers at 907-269-5511.

UPDATE (May 2022):

An arrest has been made in Anesha’s case.

Kirby Calderwood (32) has been arrested and charged with first degree murder, second degree murder, kidnapping, and tampering with physical evidence. Calderwood reportedly knew Anesha because he briefly worked at the Main Tree Apartments, where Anesha lived, back in 2018. Calderwood has a history of violent behavior. He has been accused of sexual assault by women he previously dated, and he also reportedly has a history of harming animals ever since he was a child.

Investigators closed in on Calderwood as their prime suspect after a tipster reported that Calderwood admitted to being responsible for Anesha’s disappearance. The tipster told authorities that on the day of Anesha’s disappearance, Calderwood said he prepped the crawlspace at an empty home before leaving in his car to search for a victim. At some point, he spotted Anesha and offered her a ride. She accepted, and Calderwood ended up bringing her to the empty home. Once there, Calderwood reportedly tortured Anesha before killing her and then disposing of her body in a dumpster.

The tipster also told police that Calderwood kept Anesha’s Timex brand watch. When authorities went to Calderwood’s home in Odgen, Utah, they found the watch in question. Calderwood was taken into custody in Utah but will face charges in Alaska.

Although Anesha has already been declared deceased, her body has still not been found.

Shannon McClure has been missing since June 15th, 2013.The then-23-year-old was last seen in Sheridan, Wyoming. According to various reports, Shannon’s husband and father-in-law dropped her off at the local Walmart at 3:00 AM. She has never been seen or heard from again.

Shannon left behind a one-year-old son and three stepdaughters. Very little other information about her case has been reported about in the news. Various sources containing information about Shannon’s disappearance do not provide an explanation as to why her husband and father-in-law dropped her off at three in the morning and then seemingly left her behind. While it seems likely that the husband and father-in-law were investigated, police have never publicly confirmed it. No arrests have been made in the case, nor have any persons of interest been identified.

Various posts on social media and other forums indicate that many locals are aware of what happened to Shannon. In 2020, a Websleuths user posted about speaking to people in Sheridan about Shannon’s disappearance. The post reads, in part, “I broached the subject and was told that everybody knows what happened to Shannon but her husband and his family are scary people. Apparently even law enforcement are intimidated by them.”

The Websleuths user also reportedly spoke to Shannon’s brother and sister. The post does not elaborate much about what information Shannon’s brother provided, but it does say that Shannon’s sister was hesitant to speak up. “Shannon’s sister would not talk much about the case at all. It seems Shannon’s husband has forbade it and Shannon’s sister is concerned Shannon’s husband will not let anyone have contact with Shannon’s child if they talk to anyone about the case.”

None of this information has been confirmed publicly, however there is very little information available about the investigation. Shannon remains missing today. If you have any information that could lead to Shannon’s whereabouts, please contact the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office at 307-687-6178.

Tyreek Pettigrew has been missing since February 21st, 2018.The then-20-year-old was last seen at a Fuel Express gas station in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Tyreek was at the gas station around 3:00 PM on the day of his disappearance. He was driving his mother’s Nissan Infiniti G35. Tyreek left the gas station after a few minutes. He never returned home and has never been seen or heard from again.

After Tyreek was reported missing, investigators learned that the vehicle he was driving was spotted by surveillance cameras at 3:38 PM–just 38 minutes after his last known sighting. The car was seen at the Janki Mart on State Road-but Tyreek was not in the vehicle at the time. A different person was behind the wheel. At this time, it is unclear who was in possession of the car.

During the early morning hours of February 22nd, the car Tyreek was driving was found on fire on Cainhoy Road in Charleston, South Carolina. There was no sign of Tyreek on the scene. It is unknown how the car got to said location.

Tyreek’s mother believes that her son was killed, and that people know what happened but are unwilling to speak up. It’s uncharacteristic for Tyreek to stay out-of-touch with his family members. His loved ones have never believed that he is missing on his own accord.

The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office is investigating Tyreek’s disappearance. If you have any information that could help the investigation, please call 843-719-4465.

Fire in the Sky, Robert Lieberman (1993)          

BREAKING NEWS:: TAYLOR SWIFT IS MISSING!!!

As in, she hasn’t been seen in the public eye for two hours.

Don’t panic alone: LISTEN HERE.

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reallifeishorror:

Read the original post HERE<<

Missing Mollie Tibbets- What happened? 

On July 18th, 2018, a twenty year old Psychology student named Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts went missing while out on a jog in Iowa. The girl was dog-sitting at her boyfriends house while he was away for work. She sent him a Snapchat, went out to run and was never heard from again. Police believed she had been abducted, and after hours of trawling through CCTV from the area noticed a suspicious vehicle driving along Mollies usual jogging route… (READ POST)

Woman goes missing on belated honeymoon sailing trip

Isabella Hellmann and her husband Lewis Bennett had been married for three months when they finally decided to take a belated honeymoon. They planned to sail through Puerto Rico and Cuba when on the last leg of the journey Julia went missing. Her husband claimed she had fell overboard and noticed that the boat was taking on water rapidly. But what really happened that night? (READ POST)

Child dies and woman found starving on the floor of  home of a man with cult connections

In November 2014, a 44 year old man form Georgia walked into a local hospital cradling the lifeless body of his 1 year old daughter.
“She isn’t breathing” he told hospital staff.
Noticing the deceased child was severely malnourished, the police were contacted and searched the mans apartment to find a starving woman in one of the rooms as well as literature belonging to a strange cult with an Egyptian aesthetic that followed a religion of Kemetism, UFO religion and ancient mysticism (READ POST)

Beverly England cold case close to being solved? 

32 year old Beverly England went missing on June 12th, 1980. Rumors had been making their way around town that Beverly had been having an affair with another woman’s husband, so she decided to meet with the woman that day at a local picnic area. Beverly was never seen again. Mitzy Abeyta, who was pregnant at the time, told police the two of them got into an altercation and Beverly attempted to attack her with a broken bottle but is Abeyta as innocent as she still claims to be? (READ POST)

Missing Maine woman Kristin Westra 

Kristin Westra had suffered several sleepless nights before she went missing. She had been feeling stressed out and arranged an emergency appointment regarding anxiety and her mental health. That night, she and her husband lay in bed reading before going to sleep for work, but Kristin could not stop tossing and turning. The following morning when her husband woke up she was nowhere to be found. Several days later two children playing in a field stumbled upon a body. (READ POST)

Read more true crime and unsolved cases HERE<<

one-time-i-dreamt:

one-time-i-dreamt:

It’s been six days and 16 year old Karlie Lain Guse is still missing, with no new information about her disappearance or where she might be at. Last time she was seen, she was walking towards the direction of Highway 6. She has no personal belongings on her, including her phone. People in her life are adamant that this is completely unlike her and that she wouldn’t just walk away like that. I’ve seen tweets from her friends and family and they all fear for her so much. Please, let’s help them spread her face around, it might make a difference!

edit: I can’t believe I forgot to add a link, my apologies, here’s another source to the news about her disappearance: x.

It’s been over two years since her disappearance and since I’ve made this post and as of December 2020, Karlie Lain Gusé is still missing.

KARLIE LAIN GUSÉ | Federal Bureau of Investigation

If you have any information about her whereabouts or this case, please call them in!

Family Portrait

I’ve always said that my paintings are an absolutely different experience in person. Now is your chance to see “As The Caged Bird Sings,” my dedication to Deanne Hastings, at Adelman Fine Art.

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congenitaldisease:

Those who knew Phoenix Coldon, 23, described her as compassionate and strong-willed. When she was 12-years-old, she competed - and won awards at - a national fencing competition in Iowa. When her competitors found out her age, they couldn’t quite believe how talented she was. Phoenix and her family lived in the suburbs of North Saint Louis County in Spanish Lake and Phoenix attended the University of Missouri. She was well read, deeply religious and longed to fit in wherever she went, according to her parents.

At around 3pm on the 18th of December, 2011, Phoenix got into her vehicle and drove away from her home. She was scheduled to come back in a few hours but when she didn’t return, her concreted parents reported her missing. However, an officer told them that Phoenix was an adult and didn’t need to alert her parents if she was going somewhere for an extended period. Her parents then contacted local media in the hopes they they would run the story and get the word out that their daughter was missing. Initially, they were advised that news stations had to adhere to local law enforcement policies and procedures and refused to run the story unless the police requested their help. Eventually, Fox 2 News ran the story.

Two weeks later, Phoenix’s abandoned car was discovered at the corner of 9th and Saint Clair in East Saint Louis. The door was open and her car keys were still in the ignition with the engine running. Since Phoenix vanished, her parents have discovered that she had been staying in her apartment with a boyfriend until she moved back home the year before her disappearance. The boyfriend still lives in the area but hasn’t been in contact with Phoenix’s family. However, St. Louis County Detective Robert Vogel said that he isn’t a suspect. Her parents have wondered whether the boyfriend got her involved with unsavoury people.

To this day, Phoenix Coldon still remains missing. Her family have been disappointed by what they believe to be a lack of effort by police and local media. They have paid a private investigator thousands of dollars to follow leads. Their home has fallen into foreclosure as they have used their mortgage money to fund their own search efforts. “The media wouldn’t give us the time of day, but if Phoenix looked like Natalee Holloway, we wouldn’t have had this problem,” said her mother.

If you have any information about the disappearance of Phoenix Coldon, please call 314-615-6606.

unexplained-events:

A photograph allegedly leaked from Erie, PA police department appears to show a disproportionately large handprint on a missing students dorm room window.

19 year old Elizabeth Hetzler disappeared from her dorm in Edinboro University of Pennsylvania on the night of February 12th, 2007. Her room was located on the third floor of the building, the door was locked, and there was no ledge outside her window. Her roommate awoke in the morning, having heard nothing unusual overnight and simply assumed that Elizabeth had left to go to class early. The roommate later told investigators that when she noticed the handprint, she screamed and knew immediately that “everything Elizabeth had been talking about was true. It was real.”

The previous evening, Elizabeth had remarked to her friends that she’d had a strange experience walking back to her dorm from a late night dance rehearsal. As she made her way across campus, she gradually got the uneasy feeling that someone was watching and following her. “She seemed so relieved to be back in her room again,” her roommate said.

No trace if Elizabeth has yet been found, and investigators have called it the most baffling missing person case of their careers. Since the above image has been circulating the internet for nearly two years, it is difficult to say for certain if it is genuine, although it matches what students and investigators have described (note its size in relation to the coffee pot in the foreground). Remarked Detective Stephen Broze, “You’d think our suspect would be pretty easy to spot. He must stick out in a crowd with eleven-inch fingers.” 

riseofthefallenone:

We finally have an update!!

My BFF’s dad was last seen on Friday June 10th, 2016 in Salmon Arm, BC. My local police service believe he is heading towards the MacMillan Provincial Park area on Vancouver Island.

If you or anyone you know is in that area, please share this post. Hell, even if you don’t know anyone in that area, please share this post and spread the word. CBC finally put out an article about his disappearance and I’m hoping that we’ll get more news about this soon. It’s good to know that he’s still alive, even if we don’t know about why or where he is

Thanks for all the reblogs so far guys!

riseofthefallenone:

I’m going to get real for a bit here, guys. Please take a moment to read this and reblog.

Guy Lyrette is my best friend’s father. He was last seen in Winnipeg, Manitoba on Saturday June 4th, 2016. On Monday he did not show up at work. On Tuesday his family was notified that he had not gone to work again without notice which is VERY unlike him. When his home was checked, Guy and his car were not there. All calls to his cell phone are going straight to voicemail. Again, very unlike him. He never misses his daughter’s calls.

The police have been notified and the hospitals have been checked. The police pinged his cell phone and it was last on in Calgary, Alberta on the afternoon of Wednesday June 8th, 2016. This is very unusual as he has no reason to be in Calgary and he takes a completely different route when he goes to visit his family in Edmonton. No one has seen or heard from him since Saturday.

Please share this post and spread the word. Please help my best friend find her dad. They are very close and I can’t imagine what she’s going through right now.

If you have seen Guy Lyrette or have any information on his location, please either let me know or send an e-mail to the address on the poster. That is his daughter, Alisha.

thecalmwithin:

She’s a family friend, and has gone missing. Her name is Zainab. Please, please pray for her safety and quick return.

allthecanadianpolitics:

commiekinkshamer:

commiekinkshamer:

URGENT - MISSING PERSON : Keana Benson

Please SHARE on all social media networks

Keana Benson is a First Nations teen who has been missing since Aug 2015.

She may be in the Regina, Prince Albert, Battlefords, Wichekan and Ahtakakoop First Nation areas.

“Benson is described as First Nations, 5-6, 110 pounds, slender build, black hair, brown eyes.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to contact White Butte RCMP at 306-781-5050 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.”

@allthecanadianpolitics@fycanadianpolitics

Here’s an updated story (the one above is from September)

RCMP looking for 15-year-old girl last seen in Pilot Butte

This story from December confirms that she’s still missing.

allthecanadianpolitics:

Toronto police search for missing 14-year-old boy

Toronto police are asking for your help in locating a missing 14-year-old boy.

Giles Bennitt-Francois was last seen near Church and Gerrard around 1 p.m. Monday.

He’s described as black, five-foot-seven, with a slim to medium build. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, black pants with a green camouflage pattern, and light-grey running shoes with baby-blue soles.

Police say they’re concerned for his safety.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-5100 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

avatar-mom:

i can’t believe i am typing this…

my good friend of MANY years is missing. her name is Robyn Davis. she is petite, around 5′4, late 40s, and may or may not be wearing her glasses. she was last seen in front of Von’s in Studio City, CA, at 11:00 PM on Thursday, June 18. Driving a green Kia Soul with license plate RDBEING. Please share and contact the LAPD with any information.

please hope for her safe return. if i were missing, she would tear open the earth looking for me. please share and if you are in the area, keep her in your mind. thank you so much, and everyone… be safe