Missing In California

Monique Michelle Figueroa – The Charley Project Figueroa, circa 2015; David McKell

Monique Figueroa planned to get out of the drug world, go to rehab and move out of state. The day she #disappeared was the day of her last drug-related "job", delivering $20k to an associate. #CharleyProject

California authorities launch search for girl who hasn’t been seen in at least 1 year Authorities in Santa Barbara County launched a search for a 9-year-old girl who has not been seen in a year, and who has not been seen in a photograph in two. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’…

California authorities launch search for girl who hasn't been seen in at least 1 year

California father pleads guilty to killing 7-month-old son, Emmanuel Haro Jake Haro, the Riverside County father accused of killing his 7-month-old son, Emmanuel, has pleaded guilty to murder, child assault causing death, and filing a false police report, officials annou…

California father pleads guilty to killing 7-month-old son, Emmanuel Haro

Family pleads for help finding man who vanished after Highway 74 crash LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ)  - Jennifer Fagan is pleading for help finding her brother. She said her brother, Casey Fagan, 54, living in La Quinta for a couple of months, disappeared after crashing his c...

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Body of toddler swept away by flood waters found by rescuers near Barstow Rescuers have recovered the body of a 2-year-old boy who was separated from his father and swept away by fast-moving floodwaters in Barstow Thursday night. The boy, identified as Xavier Padilla Agu…

Body of toddler swept away by flood waters found by rescuers near Barstow

Hospital needs help identifying man found injured in South Los Angeles A hospital needs help identifying a patient who was found injured outside a liquor store in South Los Angeles. The male patient is around 40 years old, according to the Los Angeles General Medical …

Hospital needs help identifying man found injured in South Los Angeles

Andrea Jerri White – The Charley Project White, circa 1991

Andrea White had gone out of town for a court date in July 1991. She was last seen hitchhiking home. What happened to this mother of four? #CharleyProject

Frederick Antone Putzi – The Charley Project Putzi, circa 1985

Frederick Putzi #disappeared in September 1985. His wallet turned up in a landfill in October. I wonder if his body could be there; little info is available in this case. #CharleyProject

Southern California man convicted of kidnapping, raping 6-year-old girl  A Southern California man was convicted of kidnapping and raping a 6-year-old girl in a case that went cold before advancements in DNA testing led to his arrest. Francisco Javier Lopez, 51, of Mont…

Southern California man convicted of kidnapping, raping 6-year-old girl

Help Sought On Brutal Cold Case Murder - myMotherLode.com Sheriff’s officials made the gruesome discovery at New Melones Reservoir nearly eleven years ago.

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Serial killer Joseph Naso linked to Daly City's oldest cold case murder A new documentary ties convicted serial killer Joseph Naso to the case, his first known African American victim.

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Ekaterina Shcherbakova – The Charley Project Ekaterina, circa 1998; Age-progression to age 29 (circa 2014)

Ekaterina "Katie" Shcherbakova #disappeared in 1998 at age 13. She was a troubled child and probably ran away from home, but the fact that she's been completely off the map for this long is ominous. #CharleyProject

Convicted killer from Texas faces pleads not guilty in Riverside County cold case murder A retired cross-country truck driver previously convicted of murder in Texas is facing prosecution for the 1992 murder of a woman found in Desert Center.

Douglas Thomas pleaded not guilty to charges in the murder of Sherri Herrera, 30, of Tulare, California. kesq.com/news/2025/09... #coldcase

Former member of cult-like California religious group speaks out after man’s disappearance turns into possible murder case A former member of an alleged cult-like Riverside County religious group is speaking out as the disappearance of a man who was last seen alive in 2023 is now being investigated as a possible murder…

Former member of cult-like California religious group speaks out after man’s disappearance turns into possible murder case

Hospital needs help identifying man found injured at Union Station in downtown L.A. A hospital needs help identifying a patient who was found injured at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The male patient is around 45 years old, according to the Los Angeles General Medical Cen…

Hospital needs help identifying man found injured at Union Station in downtown L.A.

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JUST IN: Riverside County DA charges Jake and Rebecca Haro with murder and CA § 148.5, making a false police report.
Prosecutors note they believe Baby Emmanuel was killed some time between August 5th and August 14th.
They are due in court this afternoon.
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Missing California woman found dead victim of alleged domestic violence Friends and neighbors of a missing Lancaster woman who was found dead in the Angeles National Forest over the weekend are calling on the L.A. County DA’s Office to file charges against her husband …

Missing California woman found dead victim of alleged domestic violence

Young brothers who disappeared with birth mom in South L.A. are found Authorities announced Sunday that they have found the two young brothers and their birth mom after the trio disappeared from the kids’ South Los Angeles foster home on Thursday. “The children have …

Young brothers who disappeared with birth mom in South L.A. are found

Nicolas Lopez – The Charley Project Lopez, circa 1993

Nicolas Lopez, aka Jose Luis Nieto, #disappeared in 1993. #CharleyProject

Amber Jean Swartz-Garcia – The Charley Project Amber, circa 1988; Age-progression at age 39 (circa 2019); Kim Swartz; Floyd Swartz; Timothy Bindner, circa 2001; Curtis Dean Anderson

Seven-year-old Amber Swartz-Garcia's case is a notorious stranger abduction from California. She #disappeared in 1988. #CharleyProject

If Only the Trees Could Talk: The Cold Case of a Missing Honeydew Woman and Her Children Forty-five years later the trio have yet to be found. Do the rural hills hold more than the details of their disappearance? Do they also hold their bodies?

Mary Elizabeth Stuart, and her two daughter, Jessie Flo, and Fannie Fawn, vanished from Honeydew, a remote community in northern California, nearly 45 years ago kymkemp.com/2022/11/14/i...

Injured hiker found screaming, airlifted from popular Southern California waterfall A seriously injured hiker was found screaming for help after plunging about halfway down a popular hiking destination and crashing onto rocks, officials confirmed Monday. The fall happened Sunday a…

Injured hiker found screaming, airlifted from popular Southern California waterfall

Detectives investigate remains found in San Bernardino County Detectives are asking for the public’s help as they work to identify remains that were found in a field in San Bernardino County. The remains of a woman who detectives believe is between 24-45 year…

Detectives investigate remains found in San Bernardino County

Teen disappears from Moreno Valley home overnight, still missing 4 months later A teenager who mysteriously disappeared from her Moreno Valley home overnight has now been missing for over four months, and her family is asking for the community’s help in finding her and making …

Teen disappears from Moreno Valley home overnight, still missing 4 months later

Forensic artist reconstructs likeness of young ‘John Doe’ at San Diego Comic-Con A booth at Comic-Con aims to identify a young ‘John Doe’ whose remains were found in the San Diego area in 2004.

Comic-Con is known for superheroes, but this year it helped tackle a real-life mystery.

At #SDCC2025, NCMEC forensic artist Joe Mullins reconstructed the face of “John San Diego Doe 2004,” a boy found dead 20+ years ago, hoping to spark new leads.
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After nearly two decades, the remains of a man discovered floating in California's Alameda Marina have been identified as 21-year-old Esteban Pablo. dnasolves.com/articles/est...

Family searching for missing 80-year-old Southern California man Loved ones are searching for an elderly Southern California man who has been missing for days. William Wilson, 80, was reported missing on July 20, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. H…

Family searching for missing 80-year-old Southern California man

Arizona man arrested in 1984 unsolved murder-rape case of 2 Shasta County teens A man arrested Saturday in Tucson is now a suspect in the unsolved shooting death of 18-year-old Terry Arndt in 1984, said the Shasta County Sheriff's Office.

Arizona man arrested in 1984 unsolved murder-rape case of 2 Shasta County, CA., teens