20 Missing People Who Were Eventually Found

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[@lisamcgrath9314]

CLELAND OHIO THREE GURLS MICHELLE KNIGHT ETC

[@rileys.4980]

What about Aaron ralston

[@GuremaManaba]

In history, Blanche Monnier was disappeared (in reality her mother and brother locked inside their attic) and she's found 25 years later...

[@missunderstood8028]

So many ads it's ridiculous 🙄

[@coelacanthgaming344]

What about Kate Yup? Has she been found?

[@MicaAnneArts]

I’m surprised they didn’t put Elizabeth Fritzl on the list. Her own father held her captive in the basement of their home for 24 years. Bearing him seven children during this time.

[@annafowdy]

Isn't that what the book Room was based on?

[@hannahlowe794]

They should’ve done that! That would’ve been a genius entry!

[@pashav.8597]

True. That story was terrifying.

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

@Mica Anne's Art 😳🤢😰😟 wtf is _wrong_ with people?!?

[@christinareed9002]

Elizabeth Fritzl has a horrible evil monster for a father, I feel really bad for her. One of the two people who we are supposed to trust and feel safe with the most, horribly betrayed Elizabeth. That guy completely evil and selfish, he didn't care about his daughter at all. If he had he would've let Elizabeth go on to find a new life for herself, but he couldn't stand to and decided to hold his own little girl against her will. The broken relationship between them is all his fault, if that BASTARD wouldn't have been sexually abusing her, Elizabeth would've have longed too get away from her father so much. May that EVIL FUCKING BASTARD suffer as much as possible like he deserves and go on to rot in HELL with satan unless he repents for the evil and sin he committed against his daughter.

[@donlawrencessongs188]

I feel that if you were tortured while missing, you were not "found safe". You were "found alive".

[@pencilandpaper8438]

This. It’s like law enforcement can’t resist but give themselves a pat on the back when they really, really don’t deserve that.

[@rachelxx1991]

​@pencilandpaper8438 this is especially true in Jaycee Dugard's case. Garrido was on parole. He had parole officers coming to his house. I think someone even called the police because they said people were living in the backyard. Jaycee won a $20 million dollar settlement because she brought a lawsuit against the state of California because they missed so many opportunities to rescue her.

[@Raven-dc7cw]

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knights story always touch my heart. I read their books "Hope" and "Finding Me A Decade of Darkness" a few times and even though I know what the ending is going to be I still cry by the time I get to the end of the book. They were all brave and went through so much sadness in that house.

[@janeenharrison1953]

Yes, sad part was one of their mothers never gave up and believed she was still alive. Sadly, she passed away a year before they were all found.

[@DukeHalliday-cv4fx]

I Have Both Books And Have Read Them Both Twice.... *Both Are Sad But End With A Happy Ending*

[@DukeHalliday-cv4fx]

​@@janeenharrison1953 Amanda's Mother

[@dotwav88]

Agreed. Those women are hero’s

[@mgsxwrld]

Natascha Kampush should have made this list, she was held captive for 8 years, from age 10 to 18, was starved, beaten, SA, and kept in a small room, underground, but managed to escape .

[@renecarteir8092]

Does SA = Sexual Assault?

[@mgsxwrld]

@@renecarteir8092 yes

[@pashav.8597]

Yes. I like her book.

[@shaynegables]

I had a cousin that disappeared after visiting a bar in Cedartown Ga. She was even highlighted on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. Some 20 years later she reappeared to apologize to family members. She had started a new life only 2 hours away escaping an abusive relationship. She fled with a man she met that night at a bar and had lived happily and safely with him all those years. We don't know if she knew she was in bad health and that's why she reunited but she passed around a year later.

[@goodfella92]

That’s crazy 👏🏽

[@alohaXamanda]

Good for her for finding a way to survive abuse though. To be honest DV hotlines and other resources are practically useless, as are the cops. I've had to try to deal with all of these 'official' entities in DV situations, both in childhood and as an adult, and the best case scenario is to disappear with what you can and hope the abuser doesn't find you.

[@georgia8592]

I'm glad your family got the closure they needed.

[@radfem28]

Im glad she was fine. But I have to say it was luck, because she didn't know that man and he could be violent too. I'm glad he wasn't

[@anthonylesley982]

Well at least she reconnected before death

[@kriscynical]

My heart always breaks for Elizabeth Smart. She's spoken out since, saying that part of the reason she didn't fight harder and sooner to get away from her captors was because she had been SA'd several times, and she had had "purity culture" drilled into her head SO MUCH before her abduction that she legitimately thought she wasn't worth saving anymore because she was a "chewed up piece of gum" and nobody would ever want her because of it. Stories likes hers are why the purity culture bullshit needs to be squashed and never taught again. Girls aren't wilted flowers, used tape, chewed up gum, torn paper, or any of the ridiculous analogies that are taught under that heinous umbrella. They're human beings, and their worth isn't determined by their body count.

[@lisamcgrath9314]

so true

[@function0077]

This is just one of numerous ways that Mormonism hurts women. One of the reasons I left Mormonism is I am a father and I did not want my daughter exposed to Mormonism's toxic teachings.

[@OkieAllDay]

She is of infinite value because she is made in the image of God. Every person makes mistakes - that doesn't change their value as a human being. Should a person save themselves for marriage? Absolutely! Are those that don't less loved by God? No way!

[@kriscynical]

@@OkieAllDay That's nice, but these girls aren't being told the "you still have value as a human being beyond your body count and God loves you no matter what" part. They're getting "if you sleep with somebody before marriage you're dirty and shameful and so are your completely natural desires". A person should only save themselves for marriage if they feel it's personally right for them, not because a religious leader tells them a 2000 year old book that's been repeatedly butchered by men says they should. This religious "saving yourself" toxicity is a tree that's bearing rotten fruit and it has got to stop.

[@OkieAllDay]

@@kriscynical Sexual activity before marriage leads to diseases, teen pregnancies, abortions, etc. God had it right from the get go - sex is to be only between husband and wife. There is not just a physical union that takes place with sex, but a spiritual connection as well. If God isn't the standard of morality then what is in your view?

[@michelleallred8521]

I have both of Jaycee Dugard's books, A Stolen Life & Freedom. What this young lady went thru is beyond belief, even having 2 babies at 13 & 14 in the backyard w no medical care. I watched her 2020 interview & its incredible how together, intelligent & articulate she is.

[@jamesrodgers3132]

And how is she not number 1 on this list?

[@melatoninqueen6914]

A stolen life made me cry, I couldn’t believe the hell that monster put her through

[@marahbaker8615]

​@@melatoninqueen6914 I had to take several breaks reading it. It broke my heart

[@giggle_snort]

I live in Salt Lake City, so I remember the case of Elizabeth Smart VERY well. I was 11 years old when her story hit the news. It was everywhere, and I remember several assemblies and special lessons at school teaching us how to stay safe. When she was finally found, safe and well, it was an even bigger story, and much happier obviously.

[@trawlins396]

Pretty sure everyone remembers that case

[@Sar1386]

I’m glad that those who were actually missing were eventually found and returned home safely. The rest were not so much missing they just left. I wish they would have at least called within days of leaving just to let their family know they were safe, it would have saved their families years of worry and pain.

[@themirrorsofmymind]

When Elizabeth Smart was found at first the local TV news bulletins just said, _"There are preliminary reports that missing teen Elizabeth Smart has been found..."_ My heart sank because I thought they meant she'd been found dead! Then, when the police held a press conference and said that the girl they found would not admit to being Smart, but it appears to be her, I was stunned! I was glad she was alive too.

[@maryault8928]

#4 imagine losing your child for years just to finally get him back and then lose him again a few years later to a motorcycle accident 😔 that's heartbreaking 💔 😢

[@vanarroyo8079]

i know brakes my hearts

[@csg2336]

His brother became a serial murder.

[@corvus1374]

Their other son was a murderer.

[@kristopherlewis6074]

I remember a news article on a guy who got drunk and passed in the woods. Woke up and volunteered with a search party looking for himself lol

[@jenniferholich9592]

Passed out? Lol the typo makes it sound like he died then woke up haha

[@lebomakhubedu6376]

that is probably something i would do

[@unabellavita6541]

The smile on the victims faces warms my heart. It shows they overcame these terrible situations and it didn’t steal their hope.

[@debiokane9772]

As victims we never get over it, we learn to exist with it. When you don't know or remember anything else as a child it turns into the norm for you. I am now 65 and can never be "normal". I have never had a relationship with a man and have spent my entire life trying to figure out what I did wrong. The good thing is that your brain saves you from the worst by blocking the worst. You start to think you are part of the human race then something clicks and you are back in time again. I would give anything to have a day, just one day to feel like I am normal. I did not turn to drugs or drinking but it has been hard

[@I_Eat_Lemons]

@@debiokane9772 This isn't an attack on you, but other victims might actually be able to get over it a lot easier, so you might not want to generalize.

[@ScottNapolitan]

I think the Jaycee Dugard story deserves #1 because she was taken at age 11 and it was 18 years before she was found.

[@richeybaumann1755]

This brings to mind the local case for me: Kyron Horman. He disappeared after school on June 4, 2010. His stepmother almost certainly knows what happened but has refused to ever tell the truth to police. She continues to this day to lie about being the last person to see him, as she picked him up from a science fair but claims she didn't.

[@lilsauce312]

This case always makes me so sad and mad! That woman knows what happened!

[@jayerm]

I have always felt like she killed him ☹️ I'd love to be wrong though

[@ccberryful]

The school is like an hour from my house at the time. I've never forgotten about it. I pray almost daily that they find him. Alive or other there will never be any type of closure. Due to the double jeopardy law I think thats why they chose not to charge her without the body. Honestly though there was so much against the stepmom that I truly believe she would have been found guilty. I would really like to remind people about him just to at least keep it in the public.

[@messywebdev]

There’s no way she didn’t kill him. She never liked him, her own son got kicked out of the home, and when he went missing, she stopped at some road for what, 45 minutes? Regardless, it all adds up. If she had nothing to do with his disappearance, there would be no reason to lie. Oh and trying to hire a hit man on her husband? She clearly thinks murder is a solution to the problems she creates.

[@SierrraBarton]

I thought about Kyron as I clicked on the video.. :(

[@msnewsenior]

Wildest thing about Steven Stayer is that his brother ended up becoming a serial killer.

[@jamiemiller1482]

A very brutal one if I recall… Even by serial killer standards

[@TheLonelySoulja]

Damn that guy had a messed up life. He even died young in a motorcycle accident.

[@jasontoddman7265]

One wonders if he'd have come out differently if his brother Steven had never been kidnapped.

[@Monika-bc3dq]

Exactly. I know this video is about a specific subject, but I'm amazed they didn't even mention it... And imagine being their parents. One son kidnapped, molested throughout years and still at very young age dying tragically in an accident and the other son becoming a monster... Idk what I would've done if I was them.

[@jasontoddman7265]

@@Monika-bc3dq I probably would've a nice high cliff to jump off of. I wouldn't be able to handle it. Just as well I'm a life-long bachelor.

[@lunarose698]

Jaycee Lee Dugard and the Ariel Castro victims got to me the most.

[@lisamcgrath9314]

u got me so much

[@jeffplourde4611]

As strange missing person found live case would be that of Paul Joseph Fronczak. He was kidnaped from the hospital when he was just two days old in 1964. In 1965, an abandoned baby was found in New Jersey that was thought to be Paul. The Fronczak family took him home and raised then as their son. Paul grew up and as an adult found out he was not Paul Fronczak and eventually found his birth parents. In 2019, he helped found the real Paul Joseph Fronczak, a main named Kevin Baty.

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

He’s currently looking for his twin sister Jill. He (Paul aka Jack) has mentioned in the past that he has been told by relatives that he and Jill were separated and from what they implied Jill might have died. Personally I hope she’s alive.

[@michelleprieur1]

I've heard of that case and they need to make a movie out of that one. It was mind boggling. From what I've gathered, Paul/Jack dodged a bullet.

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

@@michelleprieur1 Yeah. From what was implied his and Jill’s biological parents were really nasty. I’m still holding out hope she’s alive. Genetic genealogy will be the key to identifying Jill.

[@alanab9674]

@@mirandagoldstine8548 Genetic genealogy was used. This is how Paul/Jack had a sister, Jill. Further research got no more results. Suggesting she's no longer alive.

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

@@alanab9674 Then…where is her body?

[@bennymora3086]

It's such a miracle for these people to finally being found!😇

[@duncan3998]

except for some like the poor..madeleine mccann.. 💔

[@bennymora3086]

@@duncan3998 It’s never too late, there is a chance that she will be found.☝🏼

[@heidimedel]

I think Jaycee Dugard is the most profound case mentioned on this video. She went through hell for decades and came out of that like a damn boss!

[@kickazz9473]

Idk but stephens case was heartbreaking all the way around also

[@armygirl85fuckhitler74]

@@kickazz9473 true but having babies by your rapist is a different level of evil

[@JulieS261]

Australian girl, Natasha Ryan disappeared in 1998 and was believed to have been murdered. Nearly five years later police found Natasha hiding in a closet in a home less than 5km away from where her parents lived.

[@themirrorsofmymind]

Yes! I remember this story because a lot of people around Australia were really angry with her because she apparently saw the missing & murdered reports on TV about her but didn't reveal herself until a man who happened to be a serial killer of women confessed to killing her and was about to be prosecuted for her death. People thought she was cold for not sparing her parents and the community the pain of believing she'd been a victim of abduction & homicide.

[@adrenalinmyride5634]

Jeffery Leonard, that sadistic sicko serial killer who did murder a lot of people was also wrongly convicted of her murder Doesn't chan him being guilty of the others

[@jimwerther]

Absolutely belongs on this list

[@carltonthepug]

Ok and?

[@jimwerther]

@@carltonthepug And it should have been on this list, obviously.

[@poolside16190]

Women like Jaycee Duggard and Elizabeth Smart don’t necessarily need any of the accolades they get. They’re heroes without them. And it’s better that, based on their situations, they probably be kept more private. That’s the toll that life took for these women & men who are held captive. (Usually) men; sick bastards, took these children’s youths and forever damaged their lives. Sad but true. I’m just thankful they made it out alive. If I may, I remember when I read Jaycee’s book about her ordeal. I got to about page 17 or whatever it was when she talked about being forced to touch Phillip Garrido‘s private parts. Sickened, I put the book down and didn’t pick it up for days. I’d never felt that feeling in the pit of my stomach in my entire life to that point. Disgusting. Eventually I read it all & even though she prefers to remain anonymous, she’s always on my mind. I never forgot that case. I never forgot what happened & I’ll never forget Phillip & Nancy Garrido’s names. Ever. May they rot in hell.

[@hannahlowe794]

Damn. That is so deep and so well-written.

[@poolside16190]

@@hannahlowe794 thanks. It helps to be a passionate & to be a creative writing student.🙂

[@christinareed9002]

The Garrios are disgusting people. Phillip should never have been released from prison, he's a EVIL sexual BASTARD who belonged behind bars forever or better yet DEAD. Jaycee Dugard never should have been kidnapped and raped. The system failed her by letting a sexual monster back out on the streets. Because of the system failing to do its damn job, this innocent girl had her childhood innocence destroyed and 18 years stolen from her. Jaycee's also suffered having their child ripped away from them and endeared 18 torturous years not knowing where she was or if she was even still alive. The justice system FUCKING SUCKS, many violent crimes and much heartache could've been completely prevented if the damn system would do its FUCKING job and keep these MONSTERS locked up or even better put the FUCKERS down like the animals they are.

[@michelleprieur1]

I'm reading it now myself. I'm so happy for her and the life she built for herself and her family.

[@michelleallred8521]

I read that book 10yrs ago & I also have her book Freedom. I watched an interview on 20/20 & it is incredible!!! Look it up & watch it. I cringed all the way thru that book & when she told of her writing her real name the first time, it brought me to tears.

[@madelinealicea2044]

I was taken away from my mother at the age of 4 by my dad. My mother told everyone that she looked everywhere for me but was unable to locate me. As an adult, come to find out she always knew where I was. She never bothered to reach out. No she wants a relationship with me. I can't care about a stranger cause at the end of the day, that's what she is to me. BTW, I like where I grew up.

[@emilyruby7347]

The story of Brenda Heist just angers me beyond words. I just can’t wrap my head around how a mother could just completely abandon her children like that. All those years they grew up without a mother, probably thinking she was dead, when she really chose to just walk away. People who could do that to their family, their CHILDREN, don’t deserve to have children in the first place. I know how cruel that sounds but I really don’t care.

[@DanniShelton]

No absolutely. That family was probably worried for years thinking she was horribly murdered. If she wanted to go live as a homeless person, she needed to tell her family. Sorry about her “stress”, but she didn’t even think about the stress it would put on her husband and kids. Such a horrible, thoughtless thing to do.

[@deethearies]

I can’t imagine choosing to be homeless

[@bricollins]

It's like she might have done it to get back at her husband over the divorce. Revenge

[@aboveaverageazzuen2684]

Let's also not forget that she tried to say that she kept crying and never really started living. Okay whatever you say you methed out alien

[@fettersofdromi]

Well now she looks like a rodent on the streets she chose over her family.

[@burntpieceoftoast4148]

Jaycee Dugard's book 'A Stolen Life' is an excellent book. I highly recommend.

[@michelleallred8521]

She has a 2nd book too. Its called Freedom

[@vloggers3wynne590]

Reading it right now

[@carltonthepug]

It’s too commercial

[@lindacrowder2619]

My granddaughter Lorena Cruz has been missing since 2015 from Lowell Massachusetts, just Sad not knowing, hopefully we’ll find her Soon

[@Thatshowitsdone619]

The Franco Family of Chula Vista, California is praying 🙏 that you do. We hope and pray that she is ok! 💙

[@darrenheapy1265]

My family down here in aust 🇦🇺 are praying for you as well. I hope you find peace and it ends well. Dont give up hope.

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

I hope she is found alive & returned to your family. 💟

[@jennibennecke669]

Sending love and prayers

[@maevependragon]

I'm sorry you're going through this. I hope she is found safely.

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

I can't imagine having my childhood taken away from by a stranger.

[@charliejoson9145]

Why would a child be willing to live with a stranger? In the case of Jan Broberg...not once but twice?

[@ViggyIggy]

Those parents from “Abducted In Plain Sight” were so infuriating! How do you both sleep w/ your neighbor & then give him your young, confused daughter, TWICE!?!?! Your job is to protect your child 🤬

[@kikigam7113]

That made me mad too they were awful parents

[@Max2U]

I’ve watched her story and her parents are absolutely ridiculous. I would not ever have anything to do with those idiot “parents” ever again.

[@misseselise3864]

the robert mcdonough thing never fails to make me laugh. i know it’s probably terrifying for the family even though he was safe. i love when nosy elderly people become wholesome

[@emms_xo236]

Me too, I'm glad he's safe❤

[@Perivale]

Carlina White is a well known newborn baby abduction case in NYC. She solved her own missing case after 23 years and reunited with her parents. The abductor received 12 years in jail which doesn't seem like enough time, but she didn't hurt the baby brought her up as her own child.

[@adrenalinmyride5634]

In Australia a man called Terrence Kelly abducted a 3 year old girl named Cleo Smith at a popular but isolated national Park beach area He didn't harm her, 18 days later the cops found her and arrested him and he confessed He got 25 years for kidnapping

[@jimwerther]

Carlina White absolutely belongs on this list

[@Monika-bc3dq]

I know it's a list of people that were missing and found, but you're really not going to mention that Stayner's own brother became a serial killer and put partial blame for that fact on his brother's disappearance? I mean, that family's history is absolutely beyond... One child kidnapped, molested, bravely escaping, because he didn't want to see the other boy going through what he knew he would go through, just to die in an accident still being very young and then on top of that his own brother becomes a serial killer... Imagine being their parents.

[@maryault8928]

This is absolutely one of my top 3 favorite KZbin channels 🙌🏻 I would even say it's my #1 fav ❤

[@ryanarogers6126]

Steven Staynor's case was really heartbreaking esp for his parents they just got him back then he was killed then his older brother turned out to be a serial killer

[@jasontoddman7265]

Yes, I can't even imagine the kind of heartbreak they must have gone through from all that. :(

[@michelleallred8521]

OMG I soooo remember that movie I know my 1st name is Steven. So very sad

[@jasontoddman7265]

@@michelleallred8521 I even remember the news reports from when he first disappeared; they made national headlines. So it was like hearing about someone I actually knew when he was found again... and I even mourned him when he died. That poor kid just couldn't catch a break.

[@mexicanred5418]

I wonder if his brother's kidnapping is what sent him over the edge. Mentally it had to have messed him up. Probably never know. But it's horrible all the same

[@HisRoyalJaznness]

Every single one of these stories are both amazing and heartbreaking.

[@Monika-bc3dq]

Nah. The mother that just wandered off and never looked back, while her family was looking for her has zero of my sympathy. Any of those "I'll just start again" while their families suffer through years of unknown don't deserve shit.

[@thomasm.longiii3752]

I hope many more are found that are still missing (if they are still alive). I have one to share, Sabrina Allen, she was kidnapped by her mom and they fled to Mexico and she was missing for 12 years until they went further and found her and she was returned to Texas with her dad. Also I hope they can solve the missing of Morgan Nick.

[@crimeworkers130]

Unfortunately Morgan nick is most likely dead

[@shaunstrasser1]

We have a boy (who is a young man now) in Oregon named Kyron Horman who went missing on June 4, 2010 at 7 years old hopefully he found.

[@thomasm.longiii3752]

@@crimeworkers130 Well, just in case if she is still alive, if she’s not alive, they will get justice for her. They just haven’t solve the case yet. I hope they do.

[@keshiathompson9296]

They should be found whether dead or alive all families need to know what hapoened

[@thomasm.longiii3752]

@@keshiathompson9296 I know. Let’s just hope for all families that have missing family members.

[@briangotschall5918]

Feels like the Shawn Hornbeck/Ben Ownby case should have made this list. Hornbeck was kidnapped and forced to live with his kidnapper, Michael Devlin, for 4 years until Devlin decided to kidnap another boy, Ownby, and was caught a few days later, leading to Hornbeck's discovery as well.

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

I believe I'd read about that case in the newspaper ["what's a newspaper, mommy?" son, you're 28.. quit calling me mommy]

[@Butterfly-yp5wd]

I agree. I was waiting to see if he made the list

[@jayerm]

I remember that bogus psychic telling Shawn's family that he was dead (when he was still missing)

[@Butterfly-yp5wd]

@@jayerm She did the same thing to Amanda Berry's mom who died thinking her daughter was dead.

[@jayerm]

@@Butterfly-yp5wd Oh yes, it's tragic that Amanda's mom died while she was held captive, and she died thinking that her daughter was dead

[@janeentumbao8690]

I used to live about a mile from where those gals were in Cleveland. I used to pass Seymor on my way to work and felt like something was off about that street. And I used to do a lot of shopping in the W. 110/W105 and Lorain area where they were taken. I'm glad they were found.

[@runeg8590]

i will never understand parents locking their child out of the house when they are out late. you’re supposed to keep your kids safe.

[@debiokane9772]

I spent many nights sleeping on the porch in the late 60s 70s My mom locked the windows too.

[@Lore.n]

@@debiokane9772 that’s horrible, I’m sorry you had to go through that. Especially if it was also cold

[@HeftyDan]

That's what I'm saying. There's a girl I work with who's mom locked the doors on her after she missed her curfew by 2 minutes. It's really not a mystery why she moved out and stopped talking to her mom the second she turned 18

[@hannahlowe794]

Rebecca and a crime-type thing. Perfect video!!

[@iluv_nana]

Carter’s story has always been interesting to me, it always felt like something you’d see in those two-sentence horror story or in a mystery book. It’s quite terrifying to see, honestly.

[@BigFella117]

I hope the Skelton Brothers from Michigan are found Their father knows where they are, and I hope someone gets it out of him someday

[@JOjoMunich]

Totally missing on this list: Natascha Kampusch 😢

[@DanniShelton]

That question at 17:41 has ALWAYS irked me. It’s not the interviewer’s place to pass judgement. Jaycee went through a horrible experience that almost no one will ever understand. No, we’re probably not going to understand how she and her daughters have to heal. That still doesn’t mean we should be insensitive and judge them.

[@CourageABLTForever]

I Honestly feel bad for these people, I am glad that they made it out alive

[@cicjose6016]

Elizabeth Fritzl should have been on this list

[@jadepixie2719]

The little Australian girl called Cleo Smith who was kidnapped last year and was later found alive after 1 month should be on this list too.

[@Isabella66Gracen]

I remember being pretty mad about that military exchange for Bergdhal. I remember being quite thrilled that Elizabeth Smart, Jaycee Dugard, and Amanda Berry were all found alive. It was a miracle in book.

[@pattierotondo1108]

Bergdahl should have been left to rot. He abandoned his post and they exchanged some really bad guys to get that loser back. Now they are free and he is responsible for the damage they do from now on.

[@Avanell]

The Hawai'i story...us wilderness folk hate that she was so reckless. Teaching story of what not to do when preparing for a hike.

[@TheCarolinaCannonball]

I've read that the music video for "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum also located a lot of missing people...more than 20

[@shanikaayanna9767]

I was in basin training in 2015… my DS HATED Beaux Bowe Bergdahl. One actually was on a team that did rescue missions looking for him. He 100% had ptsd from it.

[@lee17111]

Bowe Bergdahl left his post willingly. Because of that several more soldiers were killed looking for him. Plus the US gave up terrible ppl to get Bergdahl back to the USA.

[@pattierotondo1108]

Yep. He has ZERO business on this list. He is a deserter and caused countless deaths between the soldiers killed while looking for him as well as those killed by the Taliban terrorists they released to get him back. The should have let him rot in their custody.

[@deinemudda6104]

Y didn´t you include the case of Austrian girl Natascha Kampusch? She was kidnapped on her way to school in 1998 (age 10) and belived to be dead . In 2006 she was found running along the streets of Vienna. Turns out she had been kidnapped and brought into a house just 546 yrds from her own home. She lived in a basement that her kidnapper had turned into a dungeon. She was able to flee while her kidnapper forced her to clean his car. Her kidnapper later killed himself (in prison?) And after his death she got a call from the local authorities saying: "Well mrs. Kampusch, the house is now yours, your own house isn´t that nice?!!" like HELLO??? I know laws and stuff but get some sense ppl!!! Who would want the house they had been held hostage in?? I saw a video on it as well , where Mrs Kampusch was like: "Srsly? What do they think? That´ I`ll make myself nice and at home in there? pswah!!"

[@vickygray4268]

That was so very tragic about Steven Stayner. He was finally getting his life together and was married then tragically died in a car accident. His older brother turned out to be a serial killer and was caught and imprisioned.

[@abbysworld05]

Another fact about the Steven Stayner case is that Timmy White died in 2010 and during Steven being held captive his friends were jealous of him because they thought he was spoiled even tho he was living in hell and he was also tell them that he wanted to go home so even if they thought he was spoiled, it doesn’t mean he was treated well

[@josetteskinner4200]

In the mid 90's my cousin and I ran away from home. Guess what state? Florida. Was tired of my very controlling stepdad. My cousin had a pretty good life, so I am not sure why she chose to do it. My cousin and I were found about 4 days later by her mom and dad. Fast forward to 2005/2006, where I was in an HOV lane off I64 in Hampton, VA, and was being tailgated by someone who obviously wanted to drive more than 10 miles over the speed limit. A cousin of mine and I were on our way to the movies. I had to go 10+ miles over the speed limit to get out of this man's way, SMH. Unfortunately, there was a cop in the next lane, and I was pulled over for speeding. He then asked me to get out of the car after running my L's and tags. Then three more law enforcement vehicles arrived with around two cops per vehicle asking me whose car I was driving (my mom's), when I spoke to her last, do we speak often, etc... My cousin says, "What did you?!" (LOL). Well, my mom never reported me found after registering me as a missing child when I ran away. Whole situation was odd.

[@DirtyDarnell69]

This gave me herpes

[@rebeccacrouse1949]

Steven Stayer actually left the captor immediately after Timmy White got captured so White wouldn't have to go through the torture he went through. Guy is a true hero. Unfortunately, his brother was a serial killer.

[@CsCharlese]

Natasha Kampusch should had made the list

[@iluvbears4861]

That Birchtold story I watched on Netflix and it pissed me off so badly. I feel like him and her parents should have went to jail because they let it happen AGAIN, let him around their other kids, and their relations with this man is wild.

[@genesis5864]

I had to go read the story of Steven Staynor. WOWWWWW!! what an absolute tragedy all the way around! His life was just never ok--it was a living hell from start to finish. Im absolutely SHOCKED at the injustice and lax or police work and how the courts FAILED him. How the hell did Parnell get off so easy his ENTIRE life--infuriating! And little Timmy White...so sad. Oh my gosh--and then his brother!! What the hell!! Just a tragic story all the way around.

[@carltonthepug]

@6:26 did she say security guard? 😂😂

[@introvertsrock9843]

Daphne Westbrook Missing for 2 yrs from TN. Found during a traffic stop in Alabama. No longer on missing list but didn't want to be reunited with family.

[@jasontoddman7265]

How about Patty Hearst; who was found in perhaps the most unusual circumstances of all... helping her kidnappers rob a bank!

[@michelleallred8521]

I was 10 or less when that happened & I remember that

[@jasontoddman7265]

@@michelleallred8521 I was only in high school myself.

[@Lazydaisy646]

Yes well i guess she was brainwashed

[@frankG335]

I feel sorry for women who have to disappear because they're being stalked or threatened by men. The woman who left her family behind... it's better than killing them like some women have done under severe stress, or because they're psychopaths.

[@maevependragon]

Same. I was one of those women. Now I'm working on a law degree so I can help domestic violence victims. It's heartbreaking.

[@aussieman3021]

I could tell that Elizabeth Smart was put at No. 1 because it was basically the 20th anniversary of her kidnapping by the time of this video, although it was not something that should be celebrated, considering how horrible her experience was.

[@amircastilla07]

I have an uncle I have never meet and my grandmother is already heading towards 90. Its no joke not knowing what happened to your loved one.

[@mnaylor81]

burgdal should not be on this! He abounded his post. It’s easy to leave the base in civilian clothing due to so many private contractors and organizations like UNISEF going and coming off the bases.

[@annettemalaski1967]

Duarart should be number two. The sheer lenght of captivity is alone a great factor.

[@kirstym.]

Man i still remember them finding Amanda, Gina, and Michelle. I was only 11 maybe 12 when they went missing. When rhey were found everyone where i worked (myself included) were watching slack jawed

[@eaqua56]

I’m surprised they didn’t include Kamiyah Mobley.

[@NellieKAdaba]

👍🏿

[@heathersykes8194]

I love the clips they insert into the stories to listen it up! The life of Brian and such...

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

Kinda disrespectful…

[@heathersykes8194]

@@MsTinkerbelle87 really???? How the hell is that disrespectful???? Giving credit to whoever put it together?? Get a life and stop trying to start shit over nothing

[@kleopatra6234]

The Jaycee Lee Dugard story happened in South Lake Tahoe, Ca. That was the fault of the inept incompetent worthless Probation Dept who visited Philip Gerrardo's house many many times as he was on probation but never once looked in the back yard where the paedophile Gerrado and his sick wife kept Jaycee Lee and her two daughters. That incompetence of the Probation Dept cost the California taxpayers $20Million dollars when Jaycee Lee sued them and won. The way this story is told it's much too glossed over and covered up, especially the inept Probation Dept.

[@Meimisaki2001]

Surprised they didn’t put Natascha Kampusch. She was kidnapped and help captive for 8 years

[@houseofw5386]

I'm surprised Patricia Hearst wasn't on this list.

[@blxck-parade]

0:45 PLS WHY IS THE WAY SHE SAYS "nah, no way" SENDING ME

[@TrVlogs82]

I wish they could find my child hood friend George Stanley Junior Burdynski.

[@jasonrandom372]

Their are lots of childhood friends of mine I wish they would find for me that I will likely never see again as long as I live.

[@TrVlogs82]

@@jasonrandom372 It's sad.

[@chayitoramirez]

Just giving notes, I appreciated the clarification at the end. I was confused about the schedule too, lol

[@bonniebrown6960]

Jaycee Dugar and Elizabeth Smart are the saddest. Amy child that was kidnapped and raped are the saddest ones. I'm so glad they were found. It was heartbreaking to hear what they had to go through. It's getting worse too. I've never seen it as bad as it is nowadays. I heard that Atlanta was the hub for kidnappings and human trafficking. I believe it too, because look what lives in Atlanta. You can't trust anyone that lives in Atlanta or in and around the metro area. I know it's everywhere, but Atlanta it an awful place.

[@scribblebee5412]

15:19 that man's interview was legendary 🤣

[@jadejupiter5006]

That was unexpectedly hilarious 😂 6:25

[@pashav.8597]

Natascha Kampusch was missing for several years too. She wrote 3096 days.

[@M95-t7c]

I hope someday you make a second part of this and we can see Johnny Gosch in it

[@carltonthepug]

He’s dead !

[@user-yq1ti7zd2z]

Does anyone else find it weird when someone is talking normal, then way over pronunciate Spanish words?

[@mewesquirrel6720]

🙃🙃

[@secularbelt]

“Talking normal”? “Pronunciate”? I find ^^^ weird.

[@valerieann2751]

The really sad part is all the people still being held again ask their will. And know one knows . It breaks my heart.

[@DavidRodriguez-pc7cu]

I live in Maui Hawaii and know the Amanda Eller case. Now I know they said she was missing on the trail but the reality is she faked it for media coverage. Her boyfriend knew ware she was and didn’t even tell MPD then on the day she was supposed to return she slipped and fell into the ravine and was injured in the process. It was a day or two later she was found but at the time she was recovering MPD called in to the FBI and together they put to search for evidence of wrong doing do to the fact that her story didn’t match what her boyfriend told the police weeks prior. After the FBI and MPD brought forth there findings the couple told the truth about there plan to fake her disappearance and take go fund me money and other charity funds for there families. The couple was charged but no prison time was appointed and they are banned from ever returning to Hawaii ever again.

[@kristinachaney7391]

Holy shit are you serious

[@DavidRodriguez-pc7cu]

@@kristinachaney7391 yes look up Amanda Eller apology it’s all there.

[@KimberlyLetsGo]

It's amazing to me how well-adjusted Elizabeth Smart is. For her to share her story over and over has to be hard. Maybe she is desensitized by it now. She is a brave one and, so are the 3 women from Ohio.

[@penelopejane5285]

Found “safe” is a seriously poor word choice for some of these people

[@nataliealton9832]

A crazy story in St. Louis about 2 boys Shaun Hornbeck and Ben Ownby. Shaun was kidnapped and was missing for years. Ben Ownby was kidnapped and a wittness recognized a white truck in the kinapping. Police put out an APB for this white truck and someone recognized it. Cops were called and both boys were found with the same kidnapper. Ben was only missing for a few days, but Shaun was missing for years!

[@billythekidder7182]

Steven Stayner’s brother later became a serial killer.

[@debbiecamp2205]

Thank you.

[@brendaatkins2450]

So weird, when Brenda Heist's pic came up I recognized her, shes been on some videos of homeless ppl, I dnt remember exactly which ones but I do know recognize her. That's really sad how she just up n left her family like that. I feel for her family n her too, she's emotional about her actions. I n my 4 late bros had lost our mom to murder when we were 4 to 8 yrs old, growing up without our parents was horrible, our dad couldn't take care of us so we had lived with other family n then had to pretty much be on our own living with our grandpa from 9 to 13 yrs old, I had lost my dad in 92, he had suffered most of his life from effects from being drafted to one of the worst wars at 17 yrs old n had coped by drinking alcohol, still I had loved him. I'm still healing from past traumas that I had experienced n had lost my bros to murders n suicides when they were 21 to 25 yrs old, its a struggle having to live on without my precious bros n parents. Cherish n love ur families, God bless*

[@victorwinters36]

You forgot about Shawn Hornbeck and Elisabeth Fritzl.

[@michelleallred8521]

I live in the St Louis area & I sooooo remember Shawn being found & in doing so he saved another boy the man had just kidnapped

[@armygirl85fuckhitler74]

@@michelleallred8521 me too! What school did you go to? I went to Hazelwood West lol. This case was EVERYWHERE!

[@jadepixie2719]

Lucy Ann Johnson & the runaway bride 👰‍♀️ case should also be on this list too.

[@alliematt1016]

I live not very far from where that happened. I remember driving in the city where she lived and seeing this sea of media trucks all parked next to each other. I was convinced she was dead, glad that she was alive, and then started shaking my head when I found out she’d run away because she didn’t want to get married.

[@rome8180]

6:28. Imagine your own father abducting you and getting you a false identity, and the last name he picks for you is "Mangina."

[@skycaptain141]

That borate scene caught me off guard lol

[@alexandrazisk7091]

Im surprised Colleen Stan wasnt included on the list

[@sethmaki1333]

Jonathan Mangina. To think, he used that pseudonym for decades. And nobody caught on. Also, who the hell gets lost on an island? Just start walking and you'll find a beach. Then pick a direction. You'll be back in a day, two at most.

[@jayerm]

I feel bad for Elizabeth Smart but I don't understand why she's always number one on lists like these. Other people suffered longer, and some suffered as horribly as she did, or worse. Natascha Kampusch and Elizabeth Fritzl are two examples

[@bethelmpindu8121]

They all suffered it doesn’t have to be a competition: They probably always put her first because most people know about her story and not others

[@bloojerseyy]

You can make a whole new identity and choose your new name and it’s…Mangina?

[@Haven161]

“There’s just just something about Florida that apparently attracts people” lmao 😂