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APNewsBreak: NY DA: Suspect in Patz case beat wife The man charged with killing a 6-year-old New York City boy in one of the nation's most notorious missing-child cases has a disturbing history of beating his wife, molesting a relative and drug use, prosecutors said in...

Read Article December 19 2013

NYPD expanding search for missing autistic teen Avonte Oquendo to Long Island, New Jersey new york The NYPD is expanding its search beyond New York City for a 14-year-old boy with autism missing for 11 days. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Monday that the NYPD was engaging the help of officials in New Jersey and Long Island.

Read Article October 15 2013

Dad of missing NYC autistic boy: More help needed iowa The father of a 14-year-old autistic boy who has been missing for a week in New York City says he appreciates the community's help in searching for the teen.

Read Article October 11 2013

Avonte Oquendo Missing Update: Psychics Aiding NYPD In Search For Missing Autistic 14-Year-Old As F As the search for missing autistic teen Avonte Oquendo becomes one week old, psychics are being consulted to help find the 14-year-old mute child from New York City who disappeared from his Queens school last Friday.

Read Article October 11 2013

Diehard Yankees Fan Fired From Job After Missing Too Many Works Days Trying to Keep Up Stadium Atte new york This is one dedicated fan. Joseph Neubauer, a New York City resident and diehard Yankees fan, was recently fired from his job because he didn’t want to be responsible for messing up the attendance streak at Yankee Stadium, CBS New York reports. Neubauer has been a Yankee fan since he was 10 and says he […]

Read Article September 25 2013

Artist: Age-adjusted drawing of missing kid resembles suspect's photo NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A retired FBI artist said an age-adjusted drawing he created of a missing New York City child bears a resemblance to a photo that belonged to a former suspect.

Read Article August 18 2013

Nashua man arrested in connection with ‘cannibal cop’ case A Nashua man has been arrested in connection with the so-called “cannibal cop” rape and murder plot in New York City, in which a NYPD officer was convicted in a bizarre plot to kidnap, torture, kill and eat women. Richard Meltz, 65, of Nashua and Stanhope, N.J., who is chief of police for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Bedford, Mass., was arrested and charged with conspiracy to ...

Read Article April 17 2013

Bedford VA police chief arrested in kidnap plot NEW YORK -- A police official at the Bedford Veterans Administration hospital and a former New York City high-school librarian were charged in a plot to kidnap, rape, torture and kill women, children and infants, authorities said Monday.

Read Article April 17 2013

Suspect in custody for dismemberment of NYC woman new york A suspect is in custody for the dismemberment of a New York City woman whose body parts were found early Tuesday morning scattered throughout suitcases and plastic bags in a Bronx neighborhood. Police believe the victim is a 45-year-old woman who has been missing since the weeke …

Read Article February 27 2013

9 Investigates: Seminole Co. businessman's mysterious disappearance in New York City Lake, 9 Investigates has spent several weeks probing the unexplained disappearance of a successful Seminole County businessman. Five months ago, Charles Butler, a 56-year-old insurance company owner from Lake Mary, walked into his girlfriend's apartment in New York City -- and simply vanished. Now,  Butler's family is convinced he's dead -- so convinced they've hired a private investigator to look ...

Read Article February 25 2013

NYC woman's bound body washes up on beach new york NEW YORK (AP) - Police say the body of a woman that washed up on a New York City beach had been bound at the hands and feet. The New York Times reports ( http://nyti.ms/131a7rs ) the woman was identified as 24-year-old Marisha Cheong (chahng). She was missing for nearly two months.

Read Article February 20 2013

Husband of NYC woman found dead: Haven't told kids - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri N missouri (AP Photo). Police forensics search for missing New York City woman Sarai Sierra near the remnants of some ancient city walls in low-income district of Sarayburnu in Istanbul, Turkey, late Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013.

Read Article February 16 2013

Video: Missing NYC woman found dead in Turkey washington Sarai Sierra, a New York City woman who went missing in Turkey, was found dead in Istanbul. Scott Pelley reports.

Read Article February 12 2013

Report: Man released in Turkey missing woman case - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, illinois ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A man questioned over the disappearance of a New York City woman in Istanbul has been released from police custody but may be called again to help authorities with their inquiries, a Turkish news report said Friday.

Read Article February 08 2013

Istanbul police detain man over missing Staten Island woman new york ANKARA, Turkey — Police in Istanbul on Friday detained a man who exchanged online messages with a missing New York City woman after questioning him over her disappearance. Sarai Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, went missing while vacationing alone in Istanbul. She was last heard from on Jan. 21, the...

Read Article February 06 2013