
The body of a Maryland girl who authorities say was abducted by a registered sex offender was found Friday in a wooded area near the Delaware state line after thousands of volunteers spent Christmas searching for her. Complete Story...
A defunct South Florida law firm run by an attorney now charged with operating a huge Ponzi scheme gave more than $6 million in the past year to charities and nonprofit groups.
A Wisconsin woman convicted of helping her son dispose of his girlfriend's body has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison.
A woman who has known a missing Utah woman and her husband since the couple were married eight years ago is not surprised that Josh Powell has been named a person of interest in his wife Susan’s disappearance, saying that his increasingly controlling behavior had put the couple’s marriage on the rocks.
Curacao detectives are still trying to solve the disappearance of a U.S. diplomat whose bloodied clothes were found nearly three months ago on a rocky beach, a police official said Sunday.

A Utah man considered a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife was among more than 60 people who attended a vigil for her Sunday night in her parents' hometown in Washington state.
Florida's governor says he saw no reason to investigate a South Florida lawyer charged with operating a $1 billion Ponzi scheme or refuse his political contributions.
Officers in upstate New York are pressing their search for a 4-year-old boy who police say wandered away from the family apartment while under the care of his mom's boyfriend.

German police said Tuesday that the body of a man pulled from the Rhine River last week has been identified as missing 22-year-old American Devon Hollahan.

Doctors in Italy gave permission Monday for police to question a fugitive American doctor who was found in a tent at the snowy foot of Mont Blanc last week, a hospital spokesman said.
Police have said the behavior of a Utah man who has refused to cooperate in the search for his missing wife is not normal and have named the man a person of interest in the mysterious disappearance of 28-year-old Susan Powell.
A defunct South Florida law firm run by an attorney now charged with operating a huge Ponzi scheme gave more than $6 million in the past year to charities and nonprofit groups.
The runner-up in Bolivia's presidential race has dropped out of sight to escape what he says are politically motivated charges of election fraud.
An Iowa woman convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of her 2-year-old son has been sentenced to life in prison.
The Coast Guard is continuing its search for two missing boaters after a plane flying over an island in the Bahamas photographed what appeared to be a distress signal.
Although he has not been named as a suspect, the husband of a missing Utah mother of two has stopped talking to police and hired a prominent criminal defense lawyer as the mystery deepens over what happened to Susan Powell.

During what police say was a 20-year killing spree in Milwaukee, Walter Ellis left his DNA behind all along the way — everywhere but the one place where it might have saved a life.

Five days into the search for two missing climbers, authorities in Oregon were piecing together a theory about what may have gone wrong as hope dwindled that the pair would be found alive.

A military helicopter searched upper elevations of Mount Hood on Monday, as rescuers held onto hope that two experienced climbers would be found alive after a third member of their party was discovered dead over the weekend.

At a tearful news conference, the family of a missing Utah woman expressed sadness that police have grown increasingly suspicious of her husband as the criminal investigation wears on.
Sheriff's officials say more bones have been found in Death Valley that could be the remains of four German tourists who vanished 13 years ago.
A dog missing for three weeks was found skinny but alive after getting stuck in a storm drain in a Salt Lake City suburb. Susan Garr's 4-year-old Australian shepherd mix, Millie, had dropped from 35 pounds to 22 pounds when she was found over the weekend.
The FBI joined in an international investigation Monday into the disappearance of an Italian chef who may have gone overboard during a Caribbean cruise.
A federal judge is making sure nothing happens to assets seized from a South Florida lawyer charged with operating a $1 billion Ponzi scheme.
