Everyone's Blog Posts - The Missing Americans Project2024-03-19T06:13:26Zhttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?xn_auth=noDid Fugitive Brian Laundrie Flee to Mexico?tag:missingamericans.ning.com,2021-09-26:4224332:BlogPost:1609732021-09-26T23:37:00.000ZKym Pasqualinihttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/KymPasqualini
<p><a href="https://kympasqualini.medium.com/did-fugitive-brian-laundrie-flee-to-mexico-john-walsh-in-pursuit-of-the-truth-b1d2c65243c1?sk=80eaf0a6fc6a63037fbc60e1bd92e1c9">https://kympasqualini.medium.com/did-fugitive-brian-laundrie-flee-to-mexico-john-walsh-in-pursuit-of-the-truth-b1d2c65243c1?sk=80eaf0a6fc6a63037fbc60e1bd92e1c9</a></p>
<p><a href="https://kympasqualini.medium.com/did-fugitive-brian-laundrie-flee-to-mexico-john-walsh-in-pursuit-of-the-truth-b1d2c65243c1?sk=80eaf0a6fc6a63037fbc60e1bd92e1c9">https://kympasqualini.medium.com/did-fugitive-brian-laundrie-flee-to-mexico-john-walsh-in-pursuit-of-the-truth-b1d2c65243c1?sk=80eaf0a6fc6a63037fbc60e1bd92e1c9</a></p>Travis Sacketttag:missingamericans.ning.com,2021-03-11:4224332:BlogPost:1594572021-03-11T00:57:25.000ZAnna Maria Chilanohttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/AnnaMariaChilano
<p>Travis Sackett, 36 years old, is being missing since February 21st when he went on a hike on the Imbabura volcano in Ecuador. Family and friends have not heard from him since. <span>Sackett served several AmeriCorps and Peace Corps terms, so he is familiar with traveling in foreign countries.</span></p>
<p>Please help us find Travis and bring him back home!</p>
<p>Travis Sackett, 36 years old, is being missing since February 21st when he went on a hike on the Imbabura volcano in Ecuador. Family and friends have not heard from him since. <span>Sackett served several AmeriCorps and Peace Corps terms, so he is familiar with traveling in foreign countries.</span></p>
<p>Please help us find Travis and bring him back home!</p>Man Confesses to Murdering U.S Scientist Suzanne Eaton in Cretetag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-07-16:4224332:BlogPost:660392019-07-16T00:56:33.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">A 27-year-old man has confessed to killing<span> </span><a href="https://cnn.com/2019/07/10/europe/american-scientist-suzanne-eaton-crete-greece-investigation-intl/index.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">US scientist Suzanne Eaton</a><span> </span>on the Greek island of Crete, a police spokesperson told CNN Monday (7/15). The local man had been detained by police for questioning, after …</p>
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<div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">A 27-year-old man has confessed to killing<span> </span><a href="https://cnn.com/2019/07/10/europe/american-scientist-suzanne-eaton-crete-greece-investigation-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">US scientist Suzanne Eaton</a><span> </span>on the Greek island of Crete, a police spokesperson told CNN Monday (7/15). The local man had been detained by police for questioning, after <a href="https://cnn.com/2019/07/11/europe/american-scientist-suzanne-eaton-greece-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the 59-year-old molecular biologist went missing</a> July 2 while attending a conference.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/europe/american-scientist-suzanne-eaton-murder-greece-crete-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Interview With Wife of Derrick Keller, U.S. Navy Vet Being Held in Thailandtag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-07-15:4224332:BlogPost:661412019-07-15T02:00:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>Below is an interview I recently conducted with Tanya Keller, wife of Derrick Keller, a U.S. citizen and Navy veteran who has spent nearly a year in a Thai prison. His crime? Performing in a promotional video for a company that turned out to be an international Ponzi scheme.</p>
<p>Please watch and share widely. This is not only important for getting the Kellers the help they need -- it also contains important information for anyone who travels as to how easy it is to get incarcerated abroad…</p>
<p>Below is an interview I recently conducted with Tanya Keller, wife of Derrick Keller, a U.S. citizen and Navy veteran who has spent nearly a year in a Thai prison. His crime? Performing in a promotional video for a company that turned out to be an international Ponzi scheme.</p>
<p>Please watch and share widely. This is not only important for getting the Kellers the help they need -- it also contains important information for anyone who travels as to how easy it is to get incarcerated abroad for literally doing nothing wrong.</p>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/346757387" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch the interview</a> (just under an hour)</p>28 Canadians Have Died in Dominican Republic This Yeartag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-07-11:4224332:BlogPost:660352019-07-11T23:35:25.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>As the FBI probes deaths of American tourists in the Dominican Republic, Global News has learned 28 Canadians died there so far in 2019.</p>
<p>Data obtained by Global News from Global Affairs shows an average of 39 Canadians died each year in the Dominican Republic over the past decade. More recently, from 2015 to 2018, that average is higher: 47 death cases opened each year.…</p>
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<p>As the FBI probes deaths of American tourists in the Dominican Republic, Global News has learned 28 Canadians died there so far in 2019.</p>
<p>Data obtained by Global News from Global Affairs shows an average of 39 Canadians died each year in the Dominican Republic over the past decade. More recently, from 2015 to 2018, that average is higher: 47 death cases opened each year.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/5480708/canadian-deaths-dominican-republic/?fbclid=IwAR0jGdQ1zfE2e97fo-GHTOPZloTFlTe-EbcwyFRsyWmib4I8tt8F-k-XlFs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Mother Begs for Answers after Son Dies in Dominican Republictag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-07-11:4224332:BlogPost:660372019-07-11T23:30:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p><span>Melody Moore wants answers after her son died in the Dominican Republic. She feels there's a connection to the other deaths of American tourists in that country. </span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/henry-county/mother-begging-for-answers-after-sons-death-in-dominican-republic/965787129?fbclid=IwAR2bFGBQXb180dmji64HDVl5SFDu6A124ou6OvNucECrWIIRTFL3vD2z2AE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>
<p><span>Melody Moore wants answers after her son died in the Dominican Republic. She feels there's a connection to the other deaths of American tourists in that country. </span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/henry-county/mother-begging-for-answers-after-sons-death-in-dominican-republic/965787129?fbclid=IwAR2bFGBQXb180dmji64HDVl5SFDu6A124ou6OvNucECrWIIRTFL3vD2z2AE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Suzanne Eaton, US Scientist, Found Killed in Crete WWII Bunkertag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-07-10:4224332:BlogPost:664272019-07-10T23:33:31.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>Suzanne Eaton, who went missing more than a week ago after going on a run, died of suffocation, police confirmed to the BBC. They said they are investigating the case as a criminal act.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48944021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>
<p>Suzanne Eaton, who went missing more than a week ago after going on a run, died of suffocation, police confirmed to the BBC. They said they are investigating the case as a criminal act.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48944021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Missing NJ Couple's Jet Ski Reportedly Found in Guadeloupetag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-07-10:4224332:BlogPost:661382019-07-10T10:13:57.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>Authorities recovered a jet ski over the weekend bearing the same registration number as the one an American couple was<span> </span><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/american-tourists-vanish-sea-jet-skiing-barbados-police/story?id=63948384" rel="noopener" target="_blank">riding before they went missing in Barbados</a><span> </span>last month. French Navy officers found the missing jet ski hundreds of miles away in Guadeloupe on Saturday, nearly two weeks after Magdalena Devil and Oscar…</p>
<p>Authorities recovered a jet ski over the weekend bearing the same registration number as the one an American couple was<span> </span><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/american-tourists-vanish-sea-jet-skiing-barbados-police/story?id=63948384" target="_blank" rel="noopener">riding before they went missing in Barbados</a><span> </span>last month. French Navy officers found the missing jet ski hundreds of miles away in Guadeloupe on Saturday, nearly two weeks after Magdalena Devil and Oscar Suarez, of New Jersey, vanished at sea, authorities said.</p>
<p>There were no signs of the missing couple.</p>
<p>The pair disappeared on June 24 after renting a jet ski at Holetown Beach on the western coast of Barbados, authorities said.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/american-couples-jet-ski-recovered-missing-barbados/story?id=64184543" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>U.S. Scientist, Missing on Greek island, Found Deadtag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-07-10:4224332:BlogPost:663342019-07-10T10:00:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">The body of a U.S. biologist who went missing on the Greek island of Crete a week ago has been found, according to her employer. Suzanne Eaton, 59, had been attending a conference at the Orthodox Academy in northwest Crete, when she is believed to have disappeared during a run on July 2.…</p>
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<div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">The body of a U.S. biologist who went missing on the Greek island of Crete a week ago has been found, according to her employer. Suzanne Eaton, 59, had been attending a conference at the Orthodox Academy in northwest Crete, when she is believed to have disappeared during a run on July 2.</p>
<p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable"><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3256064906?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3256064906?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-right" width="225" height="126"/></a>Greek police found her body on Monday evening, according to the Max Planck Institute at Dresden University in Germany, where she worked. Local authorities "have not yet completed their investigation regarding the events that may have transpired" on the afternoon Eaton went missing, the institute said in a<span> </span><a href="https://www.mpi-cbg.de/news-events/latest-news/article/news/statement-on-the-tragic-demise-of-suzanne-eaton/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement.</a></p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/09/europe/american-scientist-suzanne-eaton-crete-greece-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Bipartisan Bill Would Require Reporting on Student Deaths Abroadtag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-07-03:4224332:BlogPost:664252019-07-03T16:30:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>This could be huge!</p>
<p><span>U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) have introduced bipartisan legislation – the American Students Abroad Act – to improve the sharing of information between the Department of State and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the deaths of American students that occur while they are studying abroad.</span></p>
<p><span>Specifically, the bill will require the Department of State to <strong>produce quarterly…</strong></span></p>
<p>This could be huge!</p>
<p><span>U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) have introduced bipartisan legislation – the American Students Abroad Act – to improve the sharing of information between the Department of State and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the deaths of American students that occur while they are studying abroad.</span></p>
<p><span>Specifically, the bill will require the Department of State to <strong>produce quarterly reports</strong> from U.S. Embassies and Consulates <strong>on the death of any U.S. citizens in a foreign country.</strong> These reports will then be shared with the CDC, which will analyze the reports to identify trends that may be helpful in mitigating future harm to U.S. citizens overseas.</span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sens-warren-portman-introduce-legislation-to-improve-safety-of-american-students-abroad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Counterfeit Booze May Be What's Killing People in Dominican Republictag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-06-30:4224332:BlogPost:663292019-06-30T14:30:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>Of the 10 Americans who have mysteriously died during their trips to the Dominican Republic in the last year, nine showed symptoms commonly associated with methanol poisoning. Now, both Dominican authorities and the FBI are looking into a counterfeit alcohol as the possible culprit.</p>
<p>The nine victims died from either pulmonary edema, the medical term for fluid in the lungs, or of a heart attack. At least four of them had drunk an alcoholic beverage at resorts in Punta Cana, Santo…</p>
<p>Of the 10 Americans who have mysteriously died during their trips to the Dominican Republic in the last year, nine showed symptoms commonly associated with methanol poisoning. Now, both Dominican authorities and the FBI are looking into a counterfeit alcohol as the possible culprit.</p>
<p>The nine victims died from either pulmonary edema, the medical term for fluid in the lungs, or of a heart attack. At least four of them had drunk an alcoholic beverage at resorts in Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, and La Romana shortly before their deaths.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/evy7jk/stick-with-beer-why-counterfeit-booze-might-be-killing-people-in-the-dominican-republic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Sen. Schumer Calls on ATF to Investigate Dominican Republic Deathstag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-06-30:4224332:BlogPost:661302019-06-30T14:30:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>Senate Minority Leader<span> </span><span class="rollover-people"><a class="rollover-people-link" href="https://thehill.com/people/charles-schumer">Charles Schumer</a></span><span> </span>(D-N.Y.) is asking for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate recent deaths of Americans vacationing in the Dominican Republic.</p>
<p>Schumer on Sunday (6/30) said the agency should look into the deaths of at least eight Americans who died in the Dominic Republic this year,…</p>
<p>Senate Minority Leader<span> </span><span class="rollover-people"><a class="rollover-people-link" href="https://thehill.com/people/charles-schumer">Charles Schumer</a></span><span> </span>(D-N.Y.) is asking for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate recent deaths of Americans vacationing in the Dominican Republic.</p>
<p>Schumer on Sunday (6/30) said the agency should look into the deaths of at least eight Americans who died in the Dominic Republic this year, after friends and family members of the deceased tourists called for an investigation, <a href="https://apnews.com/f032b5dbb24a455f9df25532476df6af">according to The Associated Press.</a></p>
<p>“Given that we still have a whole lot of questions and very few answers into just what, if anything, is cause for the recent spate of sicknesses and several deaths of Americans in the Dominican Republic, the feds should double their efforts on helping get to the bottom of things,” Schumer said in a statement to the AP.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/451049-schumer-calls-on-atf-to-investigate-americans-deaths-in-dominican-republic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Search extended for N.J. couple who vanished in Barbadostag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-06-29:4224332:BlogPost:664222019-06-29T19:30:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p class="article__paragraph">Officials on Friday (6/28) said the<span> </span><a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2019/06/search-continues-for-nj-couple-who-vanished-while-jet-skiing-in-barbados.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">search for a New Jersey couple</a><span> </span>who went<span> </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/americas/barbados-missing-american-tourists/index.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">missing in Barbados</a><span> </span>after heading out on a jet ski…</p>
<p class="article__paragraph">Officials on Friday (6/28) said the<span> </span><a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2019/06/search-continues-for-nj-couple-who-vanished-while-jet-skiing-in-barbados.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">search for a New Jersey couple</a><span> </span>who went<span> </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/americas/barbados-missing-american-tourists/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">missing in Barbados</a><span> </span>after heading out on a jet ski would be extended, nearly a week after they were last seen.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3165061441?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3165061441?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="285" class="align-right"/></a></p>
<p class="article__paragraph">Efforts by air and sea to find Oscar Suarez, 32, and Magdalena Devil, 25, of Montclair, have so far yielded no trace of the pair or the rented watercraft, according to the Royal Barbados Police Force.</p>
<p class="article__paragraph">“Extensive searches are being continued,” a Friday afternoon update from police said.</p>
<p class="article__paragraph">Meanwhile, desperate family members traveled to Barbados and began passing along missing persons posters on the beach.</p>
<p class="article__paragraph">"We are overwhelmed and exhausted. More than anything, we our holding our faith that they will be found,” Suarez's sister Susanna Cruz told CNN.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2019/06/search-extended-for-nj-couple-who-vanished-in-barbados-as-family-grows-desperate.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Update on Derrick Keller, Houston Native Wrongly Jailed in Thailandtag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-06-27:4224332:BlogPost:663252019-06-27T03:30:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>Derrick's only crime was playing a part in promotional videos.</p>
<p>“He has produced as evidence the contract he signed. He has provided the script he was supposed to read. He has produced financial records from the U.S. showing he has no money,” Derrick's Dad, Dana Keller told Fox 26 in Houston. </p>
<p>Derrick Keller’s trial is set forJuly. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 30 years.…</p>
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<p>Derrick's only crime was playing a part in promotional videos.</p>
<p>“He has produced as evidence the contract he signed. He has provided the script he was supposed to read. He has produced financial records from the U.S. showing he has no money,” Derrick's Dad, Dana Keller told Fox 26 in Houston. </p>
<p>Derrick Keller’s trial is set forJuly. If convicted, he could be sentenced to 30 years.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.fox26houston.com/home/houston-vet-jailed-in-thailand-says-he-s-innocent-in-alleged-ponzi-scheme?fbclid=IwAR1pmdJ4631HQXcj7mKjRNHUw8U4VsRTySVt2CkWtq61G6-6OjjGBJZgiNM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></p>Arkansas Med School Grad Missing in Mexicotag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-06-22:4224332:BlogPost:664202019-06-22T14:21:25.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>A man from northwest Arkansas has gone missing while celebrating his graduation from medical school in Guadalajara, Mexico, according to his friends and family. Jessy Pacheco, who also attended the University of Arkansas — Fort Smith, was last seen Saturday, <a href="https://5newsonline.com/2019/06/18/van-buren-man-goes-missing-in-mexico-family-searching-for-answers/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">CBS affiliate KFSM-TV</a><span> </span>reported.</p>
<p>Pacheco's family fears he has…</p>
<p>A man from northwest Arkansas has gone missing while celebrating his graduation from medical school in Guadalajara, Mexico, according to his friends and family. Jessy Pacheco, who also attended the University of Arkansas — Fort Smith, was last seen Saturday, <a href="https://5newsonline.com/2019/06/18/van-buren-man-goes-missing-in-mexico-family-searching-for-answers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CBS affiliate KFSM-TV</a><span> </span>reported.</p>
<p>Pacheco's family fears he has been kidnapped after spending time at a club in Mexico. They claim he was with a friend who was found shot dead a block away from the club, although that hasn't been confirmed by officials, KFSM-TV states.</p>
<p>The recent grad's cousins have taken the search for their missing loved into their own hands.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missing-man-mexico-family-searching-for-jessy-pacheco-van-buren-arkansas-latest-updates-2019-06-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Tourists Urged to Stop Sharing Vacation Picstag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-06-22:4224332:BlogPost:661282019-06-22T14:00:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>Law enforcement agencies have warned<span> </span><a class="body-link" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/greece-holidays-travel-west-nile-infection-mosquito-bite-a8963866.html">holidaymakers</a><span> </span>not to post<span> </span><a class="body-link" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/millennials-holiday-decision-instagram-photos-factors-think-first-social-media-a8131731.html">holiday snaps</a><span> </span>on<span> …</span></p>
<p>Law enforcement agencies have warned<span> </span><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/greece-holidays-travel-west-nile-infection-mosquito-bite-a8963866.html" class="body-link">holidaymakers</a><span> </span>not to post<span> </span><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/millennials-holiday-decision-instagram-photos-factors-think-first-social-media-a8131731.html" class="body-link">holiday snaps</a><span> </span>on<span> </span><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/instagram-travel-write-holiday-social-media-hate-photo-picture-sharing-a8589026.html" class="body-link">social media accounts</a><span> </span>while they’re away, to avoid alerting potential burglars to their empty properties, the U.K.-based Independent reports</p>
<p>The reminder comes as part of a European burglary initiative which aims to reduce the number of goods and cash stolen from homes while residents are absent. Travellers have been advised not to post status updates regarding travel plans and to refrain from posting pictures during their holidays, information that police say could be accessed by “unscrupulous people.” </p>
<p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/holidays-empty-homes-burglaries-warning-instagram-facebook-tagging-a8967066.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></p>U.S. Citizen, Navy Vet, Faces up to 30 Years in Thai Prison on Bogus Charges; Media and U.S. Government Shrugtag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-06-19:4224332:BlogPost:661252019-06-19T03:24:45.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>I just got off a Skype call with the family of Derrick Keller, a U.S. Navy veteran who has spent the past year in a jail cell in Thailand because, two years earlier, he was hired to perform in a promotional video for a business that turned out to be crooked.</p>
<p>The only thing more frustrating than this is the wilful lack of attention demonstrated by Derrick's representatives, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and most of the media. With the exception of KHOU -- Houston's CBS affiliate --…</p>
<p>I just got off a Skype call with the family of Derrick Keller, a U.S. Navy veteran who has spent the past year in a jail cell in Thailand because, two years earlier, he was hired to perform in a promotional video for a business that turned out to be crooked.</p>
<p>The only thing more frustrating than this is the wilful lack of attention demonstrated by Derrick's representatives, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, and most of the media. With the exception of KHOU -- Houston's CBS affiliate -- the media have largely ignored the family's pleas to tell their story and swallowed whole the bogus, superficial account presented by the Thai authorities.</p>
<p>KHOU's Lauren Talarico is the only journalist to attempt to tell the story (<a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-area-navy-veteran-locked-up-in-thai-prison-despite-cries-for-help/285-3d65e2b0-af7c-4a36-acbb-d06e146e3647" target="_blank" rel="noopener">click here</a>); otherwise, efforts to get news media to share the frustration and fear of Derrick's wife, Tanya, and their children have been met, effectively, with sugar-coated versions of "Thailand says he's a crook -- if there was a story here, it would already have gone national."</p>
<p>Derrick's trial begins next month, and he could spend up to 29 years in Thai prison, on top of the year he has already spent. Please help us get this story the attention it deserves by sharing it broadly. President Trump has gotten other wrongfully imprisoned Americans brought home -- please help us help Derrick.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-area-navy-veteran-locked-up-in-thai-prison-despite-cries-for-help/285-3d65e2b0-af7c-4a36-acbb-d06e146e3647" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a></p>Fourteen Killed In Bus Ambush In Southwestern Pakistantag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-04-20:4224332:BlogPost:658112019-04-20T17:41:07.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p><span>Fourteen passengers have been killed after unidentified attackers halted their bus on a remote coastal highway in the restive southwestern Balochistan Province, officials said. </span><span>Hours after the ambush on April 18, a new separatist group claimed responsibility for the killings.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/fourteen-killed-in-bus-ambush-in-southwestern-pakistan/29887882.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></p>
<p><span>Fourteen passengers have been killed after unidentified attackers halted their bus on a remote coastal highway in the restive southwestern Balochistan Province, officials said. </span><span>Hours after the ambush on April 18, a new separatist group claimed responsibility for the killings.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/fourteen-killed-in-bus-ambush-in-southwestern-pakistan/29887882.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></p>Probe After Tourist Bus Ambushed in Perutag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-04-20:4224332:BlogPost:657112019-04-20T17:36:55.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>A travel company is investigating whether an area in Peru where a bus carrying 22 of its customers was ambushed by armed robbers is safe to visit. Masked men robbed 10 people travelling with G Adventures of their personal belongings on Sunday afternoon in the Amazon jungle.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/probe-after-somerset-woman-nine-2768915" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>
<p>A travel company is investigating whether an area in Peru where a bus carrying 22 of its customers was ambushed by armed robbers is safe to visit. Masked men robbed 10 people travelling with G Adventures of their personal belongings on Sunday afternoon in the Amazon jungle.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/probe-after-somerset-woman-nine-2768915" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>U.S. Flags Turkey Among Countries With High Risk for Kidnappingtag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-04-20:4224332:BlogPost:657062019-04-20T17:30:12.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>The US State Department has added a new indicator to its travel advisories to flag the high risk of kidnapping in 35 countries around the world, including Turkey and many Middle Eastern and African nations.</p>
<p>A “K” label will be added to some travel advisories to better communicate travel risks, the State Department said one day after President Donald Trump demanded that the kidnappers of an American tourist in Uganda be brought to justice.…</p>
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<p>The US State Department has added a new indicator to its travel advisories to flag the high risk of kidnapping in 35 countries around the world, including Turkey and many Middle Eastern and African nations.</p>
<p>A “K” label will be added to some travel advisories to better communicate travel risks, the State Department said one day after President Donald Trump demanded that the kidnappers of an American tourist in Uganda be brought to justice.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://stockholmcf.org/us-includes-turkey-in-countries-for-high-risk-of-kidnapping/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Catherine Shaw, U.K. Backpacker Missing in Guatemala, Found Dead; Likely an Accident; Funds Being Raised for Her Repatriationtag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-03-18:4224332:BlogPost:650192019-03-18T01:25:30.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>An English backpacker who went missing last week in Guatemala has been found dead — and authorities said she suffered “blows to the body” and died of hemorrhaging caused by a traumatic brain injury.</p>
<p>Tourist Catherine Shaw, 23, of the southeastern English county of Oxfordshire, was reported missing after she left a hotel in Guatemala’s San Juan La Laguna off Lake Atitlan on March 5,<span> </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-47551766">the BBC…</a></p>
<p>An English backpacker who went missing last week in Guatemala has been found dead — and authorities said she suffered “blows to the body” and died of hemorrhaging caused by a traumatic brain injury.</p>
<p>Tourist Catherine Shaw, 23, of the southeastern English county of Oxfordshire, was reported missing after she left a hotel in Guatemala’s San Juan La Laguna off Lake Atitlan on March 5,<span> </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-47551766">the BBC reported</a>.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://nypost.com/2019/03/13/missing-tourist-found-dead-with-blows-to-the-body-in-guatemala/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span>However, foul play was “</span><em>probably not involved</em><span>,” according to the </span><a href="https://searchforcatherine.raisely.com/?fbclid=IwAR38Ji2-o76AbAc57VHDryaak7nzbIFgKcf4VVPOJTaR0fMRTpqoIsF9CGk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lucie Blackman Trust</a><span> – a charity for overseas British victims which had been supporting Catherine’s family. The charity called for speculation surrounding Shaw’s death to end, claiming that her death was nothing more than a “</span><em>tragic accident</em><span>.”</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span>In a statement on its Facebook page, <a href="https://www.lbtrust.org/" class="story-body__link-external">The Lucie Blackman Trust</a>, said it had launched the appeal to "help with repatriation, funeral costs, the recovery of Catherine's possessions and other associated costs to help her parents bring Catherine home safely."</span></strong></p>U.K. Family 'Desperate' Over Woman Missing in Guatemalatag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-03-10:4224332:BlogPost:650152019-03-10T23:03:32.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p class="story-body__introduction">The family of a 23-year-old British woman missing in Guatemala say they are "desperately worried" for her safety. <a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1361386554?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" height="118" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1361386554?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="211"></img></a></p>
<p>Catherine Shaw, from Witney, Oxfordshire, had been travelling and was reported missing on 5 March. </p>
<p>She was last seen the day before and had been staying in the San Pedro, Lake Atitlan area of the…</p>
<p class="story-body__introduction">The family of a 23-year-old British woman missing in Guatemala say they are "desperately worried" for her safety. <a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1361386554?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1361386554?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-right" width="211" height="118"/></a></p>
<p>Catherine Shaw, from Witney, Oxfordshire, had been travelling and was reported missing on 5 March. </p>
<p>She was last seen the day before and had been staying in the San Pedro, Lake Atitlan area of the central American country with a friend,<span> </span><a href="https://www.lbtrust.org/single-post/2019/03/05/Catherine-Shaw" class="story-body__link-external">the Lucie Blackman Trust said.</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47511996" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47511996" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></p>Amy Gerard 'Could Have Been Crime Victim'tag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-01-16:4224332:BlogPost:649112019-01-16T01:13:07.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>The investigation into Amy Gerard’s death in Tenerife has taken a new turn as it emerges a secrecy order has been placed over the court probe. Police initially appeared to rule out the existence of a crime three days after a woman’s body Amy’s family later confirmed as hers was recovered from the sea off the northern coast city of Puerto de la Cruz. Afterward, it was revealed that the judicial investigation is the subject of a secrecy order - an exceptional measure adopted to safeguard the…</p>
<p>The investigation into Amy Gerard’s death in Tenerife has taken a new turn as it emerges a secrecy order has been placed over the court probe. Police initially appeared to rule out the existence of a crime three days after a woman’s body Amy’s family later confirmed as hers was recovered from the sea off the northern coast city of Puerto de la Cruz. Afterward, it was revealed that the judicial investigation is the subject of a secrecy order - an exceptional measure adopted to safeguard the probe by trying to minimize publicity.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/amy-gerard-could-been-crime-13771399" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></p>Tourist Murders, Rising Crime Jeopardize Costa Rica’s ‘Safe’ Destination Reputationtag:missingamericans.ning.com,2019-01-09:4224332:BlogPost:646022019-01-09T01:00:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>The recent murders of Tom Cook and Carla Stefaniak in Costa Rica, combined with other murders, disappearances, and a general atmosphere of rising crime may be putting a crimp in the country's reputation as a safe destination.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/699331354?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" height="139" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/699331354?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="116"></img></a></p>
<p>An arrest has been made in the Stefaniak case (see picture), though her family has said they believe more people were involved in…</p>
<p>The recent murders of Tom Cook and Carla Stefaniak in Costa Rica, combined with other murders, disappearances, and a general atmosphere of rising crime may be putting a crimp in the country's reputation as a safe destination.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/699331354?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/699331354?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="116" class="align-right" height="139"/></a></p>
<p>An arrest has been made in the Stefaniak case (see picture), though her family has said they believe more people were involved in her murder than the Nicaraguan security guard who was taken into custody.</p>
<p>Stefaniak was just the latest in a string of violence against Costa Rican tourists. Two unidentified female travelers were found dead near Tortuguero National Park in August. One 31-year-old woman’s body was discovered with strangle marks around her neck, and a 25-year-old woman drowned after she was attacked by two men. Over the summer, a 19-year-old Canadian tourist was robbed and raped after a local tried to offer her a ride from San Jose to Puerto Viejo.</p>
<p>And in October, authorities said that Tom Cook, a 62-year-old “hippie” from Vermont, was murdered in Jaco, a surf town in Costa Rica after he went missing for two months.</p>
<p>Costa Rica has seen a rise in murders in 2012, and a record 603 people were killed in 2017. Meanwhile, authorities have said they’re forecasting an even higher number in 2018.</p>
<p><a href="https://qcostarica.com/tourist-deaths-jeopardize-costa-ricas-safe-destination-reputation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><a href="https://qcostarica.com/tourist-deaths-jeopardize-costa-ricas-safe-destination-reputation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a><a href="https://qcostarica.com/tourist-deaths-jeopardize-costa-ricas-safe-destination-reputation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a></p>Grace Millane Case: Man appears in New Zealand Court charged with U.K. Backpacker's Murdertag:missingamericans.ning.com,2018-12-10:4224332:BlogPost:638292018-12-10T22:31:33.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p class="story-body__introduction">A 26-year-old man has appeared in court in New Zealand charged with the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane.</p>
<p>Miss Millane, 22, disappeared in Auckland on 1 December - police ended their search on Sunday after finding a body in the outskirts of the city. The man, who cannot be named, is due back in court next month</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-46502649" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Read full…</a></strong></p>
<p class="story-body__introduction">A 26-year-old man has appeared in court in New Zealand charged with the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane.</p>
<p>Miss Millane, 22, disappeared in Auckland on 1 December - police ended their search on Sunday after finding a body in the outskirts of the city. The man, who cannot be named, is due back in court next month</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-46502649" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>U.K. Tourist Who Died in Mexico Is Returned to Family With Major Organs Missingtag:missingamericans.ning.com,2018-12-10:4224332:BlogPost:639432018-12-10T22:00:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A dead British tourist's body was returned to her family with no eyes, heart or brain after she died in a Mexican hospital.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/312796831?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" height="89" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/312796831?profile=original" width="67"></img></a></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Organ traffickers are feared to be the reason that 41-year-old Amanda Gill's corpse came home with every vital parts missing other than her lower bowel.…</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A dead British tourist's body was returned to her family with no eyes, heart or brain after she died in a Mexican hospital.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/312796831?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/312796831?profile=original" class="align-right" width="67" height="89"/></a></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Organ traffickers are feared to be the reason that 41-year-old Amanda Gill's corpse came home with every vital parts missing other than her lower bowel.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6476109/British-woman-died-Mexico-flown-home-without-eyes-heart-BRAIN.html?fbclid=IwAR1r8mKAPCkwSRuYTfJbS8Cd9NgZgm9IPSHOXCrbx7J-B2E2YLd-LSonL90" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></p>Two U.K. Citizens Found Dead in 4 Days in Jamaicatag:missingamericans.ning.com,2018-12-10:4224332:BlogPost:639412018-12-10T22:00:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>British photographer Barbara Findley, 58, spent five years in Jamaica after moving from Kennington, south-east London, and was reported missing on 29 November. She was found nine days later on the side of a road in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth. <span>The incident followed the disappearance and death of Karen Cleary-Brown, a 44-year-old woman who had visited Jamaica.…<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/312672751?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" height="101" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/312672751?profile=original&width=234" width="180"></img></a></span></p>
<p>British photographer Barbara Findley, 58, spent five years in Jamaica after moving from Kennington, south-east London, and was reported missing on 29 November. She was found nine days later on the side of a road in Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth. <span>The incident followed the disappearance and death of Karen Cleary-Brown, a 44-year-old woman who had visited Jamaica.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/312672751?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/312672751?profile=original&width=234" width="180" class="align-right" height="101"/></a></span></p>
<p><span>Ms. Cleary-Brown had been missing since 25 November and was found on Monday when her killer, who was also working on her property, confessed to the murder and led detectives to her grave.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/312710523?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/312710523?profile=original" class="align-right" width="142" height="139"/></a> </span></p>
<p><span>The news comes six months after the deaths of British couple Charlie and Gayle Anderson, who </span><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-44594876" class="story-body__link">were murdered in their Jamaican home</a><span> after moving from Manchester.</span></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-46489313" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>U.S. Citizen Murdered on Roatantag:missingamericans.ning.com,2018-12-08:4224332:BlogPost:641162018-12-08T20:16:25.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>A sixty-nine year old U.S. citizen, originally from California, was identified yesterday as the victim of an abduction and murder in Roatan, Honduras, according to a Honduran newspaper<span> </span><a href="https://www.elheraldo.hn/sucesos/1235526-466/de-estadounidense-desaparecido-era-cad%C3%A1ver-hallado-en-roat%C3%A1n">El Heraldo</a>.</p>
<p>The newspaper reports that the body of Philip Foster Brown was found in a ravine near a road leading from West End to West Bay in Roatan on Tuesday. …</p>
<p>A sixty-nine year old U.S. citizen, originally from California, was identified yesterday as the victim of an abduction and murder in Roatan, Honduras, according to a Honduran newspaper<span> </span><a href="https://www.elheraldo.hn/sucesos/1235526-466/de-estadounidense-desaparecido-era-cad%C3%A1ver-hallado-en-roat%C3%A1n">El Heraldo</a>.</p>
<p>The newspaper reports that the body of Philip Foster Brown was found in a ravine near a road leading from West End to West Bay in Roatan on Tuesday. Mr. Brown, who had lived on the island of Roatan in a community on West Bay for several years, disappeared from his home several days ago, leaving a<span> </span><a href="https://www.elheraldo.hn/sucesos/1234778-466/extranjero-desaparece-misteriosamente-en-roat%C3%A1n">large pool of blood</a><span> </span>on the porch of his house. His corpse was found yesterday wearing only shorts with a bag over his head.</p>
<p>Mr. Bown was one of three “foreigners” (i.e., not Honduran) in Roatan who died under mysterious circumstances according to the<span> </span><a href="https://www.elheraldo.hn/sucesos/1235418-466/encuentran-cad%C3%A1ver-en-una-hondonada-en-sector-de-roat%C3%A1n">Honduran press</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.cruiselawnews.com/2018/11/articles/crime/u-s-citizen-murdered-roatan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></p>Case of Grace Millane -- British Backpacker Missing in New Zealand -- Is Now a Murder Investigationtag:missingamericans.ning.com,2018-12-08:4224332:BlogPost:639302018-12-08T16:48:13.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>New Zealand police said they believe missing British backpacker Grace Millane is dead, and a man seen with her in Auckland the night she disappeared will be charged with her murder.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/279189030?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" height="126" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/279189030?profile=original" width="180"></img></a></p>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">Grace Millane, 22, was last seen at the Auckland city center around 7 pm December 1. For days, local police searched for her, but new…</div>
<p>New Zealand police said they believe missing British backpacker Grace Millane is dead, and a man seen with her in Auckland the night she disappeared will be charged with her murder.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/279189030?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/279189030?profile=original" class="align-right" width="180" height="126"/></a></p>
<div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">Grace Millane, 22, was last seen at the Auckland city center around 7 pm December 1. For days, local police searched for her, but new evidence changed the course from a<span> </span><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/06/uk/missing-backpacker-new-zealand-scli-intl-gbr/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">missing person investigation</a><span> </span>to a murder case.</div>
<p><strong><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/08/uk/missing-backpacker-new-zealand-murder-investigation/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>Search Continues for U.K. Citizen Amy Gerard, Tourist in Tenerifetag:missingamericans.ning.com,2018-12-08:4224332:BlogPost:640272018-12-08T16:30:00.000ZJeff Dunsavagehttp://missingamericans.ning.com/profile/Jeff
<p>Authorities are searching land and sea for missing Briton Amy Gerard in Tenerife. Police say the search is focused on the area between the towns of Garachico and La Matanza de Acentego in the north of the island.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/279287599?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" height="100" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/279287599?profile=original" width="168"></img></a></p>
<p>Amy was last seen just after midnight on Nov. 30 outside Irish pub Molly Malone in Puerto de la Cruz.…</p>
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<p>Authorities are searching land and sea for missing Briton Amy Gerard in Tenerife. Police say the search is focused on the area between the towns of Garachico and La Matanza de Acentego in the north of the island.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/279287599?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/279287599?profile=original" class="align-right" width="168" height="100"/></a></p>
<p>Amy was last seen just after midnight on Nov. 30 outside Irish pub Molly Malone in Puerto de la Cruz.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1054080/briton-missing-tenerife-amy-gerrard-mother-appeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read full article</a></strong></p>