All Blog Posts Tagged 'missing' (129)

A Northern Virginia yoga teacher and world traveler has been missing since Dec. 30, when he left for a hike in the Tepozteco Mountains in Mexico. Hari Simran and his wife Emily Smith had been attending a four-day yoga retreat called "Sat Nam Fest" near Tepoztlan, about 30 miles south of Mexico City.…

Ludwig Vico Pereira, a 56-year-old Swiss national was arrested in the murder of Ed Moyan on Friday, Aug. 8.  Ludwig was in the Interpol list of wanted persons, as "Wanted by the Judicial Authorities of Panama’.

Ed Moyan was reported missing from his home in Coronado, Panama, since Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012.  In March 2013, a body found in a suitcase in Campana National Park was confirmed to be Ed’s remains. The authorities believe that Ludwig did not act alone. There might have…

The Tico Times reports that a U.S. man  has been missing inside Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica's southwestern Osa Peninsula for more than two weeks.

Park rangers and a Red Cross rescue team are now searching for 27-year-old Alaska native Cody Dial, who goes by his middle name Roman and who is believed…

The BBC reports that two young Dutch women who disappeared while on vacation in Panama have been confirmed dead. They disappeared from Boquete, the same town where Alex Humphrey -- missing since 2009 -- was last seen.

" While visitors are warned against travelling to Panama's eastern border with Colombia because of the presence of Colombian rebels in the area, its western border region is…

A 32-year-old Italian man missing for nearly a month was found dead on Friday in the jungle interior of Koh Rong island off the coast of Sihanoukville, where he was last known to have stayed, The Cambodia Daily reported.

Kol Phally, provincial deputy police chief, said that the badly decomposed body of Natan Carnevali was…

A MAP member reports having run into a homeless-looking man with an American accent in Dubai today. Here's the description:

"He was barefooted and filthy and looked like he was ready to do something drastic. Let me stress that homeless caucasian people DO NOT exist in the UAE, somebody must be missing this guy.... He was in his 20s with blond hair and a beard, with I think blue eyes but not too sure and probably around 6ft. I noticed he had a very long (and filthy)…

Friends and family of 29-year-old Wrangler Leesman, of Rosenberg, are desperately watching from afar in the search for the former Army Ranger. The decorated veteran has been missing since Tuesday. Leesman -- who in five years as a Ranger deployed five times to Iraq and Afghanistan -- went kayaking with an Army buddy on vacation in Belize. The boat capsized after a wave hit. They were holding on to the kayak when another wave struck and separated…

Not much information yet. Here are the links we have so far:

Dutch Police Hint at Criminal Activity in Women's Disappearance (Expat Tales -- PanamaGuide.com)

Two Dutch Women Are…

Last week, a U.S. citizen (whose name I will not mention out of respect for his family) pulled an idiotic stunt on the island of Roatan in the Bay Islands of Honduras. The vacationer, very intoxicated, got into an argument with his girlfriend and stormed out into the night without cash or his cellphone and didn't return.

You may know Roatan from posts here as a place that is aggressively marketed as a safe, inexpensive destination to vacation and retire.…

Very interesting article from CNN.com about Shane Anderson, a U.S. citizen who was kidnapped in Mexico and lived to tell about it.

A couple of things jump out at me from the article (my observations are in bold):

"According to the Observatorio Nacional Ciudadano, a Mexico-based security and justice organization that keeps…

Alhaji Mamut Ceesay and Ebou Jobe are from The Gambia in Western Africa, and after more than a decade working in the states, and naturalizing as U.S. citizens, they decided to return to their home and start a business. Alhaji, who has two children and worked as an infrastructure systems analyst for Chevron and Texaco in Houston, had just obtained his MBA. His friend Ebou, a father of three, was an operations manager at Walmart.

The two cashed in their 401(k) savings and gathered…

Sad ending. Not a lot of details yet. 

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James Stacy was last heard from on Jan. 25 while he was driving near Matamoros, MX, on his way home to Kentucky. He told a friend he was being followed by armed individuals in two white vans. The friend heard a shot fired, then the connection broke. The family was contacted once by his captors, his bank account was drained using his bank card, and, since -- silence. …

The family and friends of Harry Devert, the American adventurer who disappeared in Mexico more than three weeks ago, has started a petition to try to get the attention of President Barack Obama as he heads to that country Wednesday.

"The petition was started in an effort to bring awareness to President Obama and his administration that many American citizens, including Harry, are missing in Mexico, and in turn ask the Mexican government's…

The family of Harry Devert, missing since Jan. 25 in Mexico, is seeking help funding the search for the 32-year-old world traveler. If you have been following his case and want to help, here is how.

Another young woman missing in Maui. Carly Scott's disappearance follows that of Moreira "Mo" Monsalve, who disappeared more than a month ago. …

As the body count rises in Honduras, and crimes against locals, ex-pats, and tourists increase -- including on the "safer than the mainland" island of Roatan -- a new cruise line has opened in Trujillo,…

This interview with Ann Devert, whose son, Harry, has been missing in Mexico for two weeks now, is the sharpest expression I have seen in my years of advocating for families of the missing of why travel safety and security matter so much. Please watch and share.

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