All news on the topic: Missing persons

Maria Cristina Simoes Ferreira e Penha, 22, had gone out for the night to visit a club without her phone, but while she was away from home, she fell down a ditch in the neighbourhood of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in southeast Brazil

City officials said rescue crews escorted 12 people from the building shortly after a middle section collapsed at about 5pm on Sunday in Davenport, Iowa, US

The family of Nikki Alcaraz, who went missing three weeks ago, have shared pictures of her injuries which they allege came from a fight with her boyfriend just days before her disappearance

Upale Kaloshi was last seen on May 20 and his family reported him as missing the following day after discovering he had failed to turn up to work at the Amazon warehouse in Dartford

Dr. John Forsyth, from Missouri, had just finished his shift at Mercy Hospital in Cassville at around 7am on May 21 - he was due in work later that evening but never turned up

Nikki Alcaraz, from Tennessee, US, and her boyfriend Tyler Stratton were going on a road trip to visit her family in California when she disappeared in Moriarty, New Mexico

Makuach Yak, 31, was tragically discovered on Friday evening inside the Delray Oaks Natural Area park in Florida, US, just days after he went for a run, according to police

Fire crews are desperately searching for residents after an apartment in Davenport, Iowa, US, came crashing down on Sunday evening. Seven people were rescued from the building

Cameron Robbins, 18, from Louisiana, US, was on a graduate boating excursion in the Bahamas when he was dared to jump overboard by his friends, according to witnesses

Madeleine vanished in 2007 in Praia da Luz and hasn't been seen since - but one possible lead into her disappearance has led officers to search a reservoir about 30 miles from where she was last alive

Reece Rodger was last seen near Loch Rannoch in High Perthshire, Scotland, where he had been camping with friends in March and searches for him had been ongoing since

Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service rushed to the River Eden near Warwick Road, in Carlisle, at 6.41pm yesterday. They confirmed three teenagers were rescued and one was missing

Oliwier Kaczmarowski, 15, was seen on CCTV entering the River Trent near a bridge in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, at 9.20pm on Monday - a massive search was deployed by residents and police

A doctor went missing after failing to show up for work at a hospital, his car was found abandoned nearby and his family say they are extremely worried

Laela Kamoria Jones, 14, from North Carolina, US, disappeared on January 14 earlier this year after she left her home and got into a green 2000 Buck Century with a stranger

Melissa Caddick went missing in November 2020 and countless conspiracy theories emerged, including claims that she had been eaten by a shark or she had faked her own death

Jefferson "Jeff" Machado da Costa, who has appeared on a number of Brazilian shows, was found stuffed inside his own wooden chest at a rundown property in Rio de Janeiro's Campo Grande area earlier this week

Schoolboy Oliwier, 15, was last seen close to the "dangerous" banks of the River Trent in Gainsborough on Monday evening as locals launched search parties to scour the area

Shannon Canning, 24, was reported missing from Lancaster on Friday morning and a major search was launched - a body was sadly found today and police believe it is the body of Shannon.

DNA found at the scene of Sharron Prior's murder in Quebec, Canada matched samples taken from Franklin Maywood Romine - who had a long criminal history - and he also matched a witness' description of the suspect

Brazilian Fernanda Santos de Oliveira was found in her property by police and claimed she was locked away in an apartment miles from Paris, France - but can't remember anything else

New searches for missing Madeleine McCann have this week begun in Portugal, 16 years after the British girl went missing on a family holiday at the Praia da Luz parish

Two young boys recovered two miles apart in separate rivers were seen playing by the water's edge, a source said. Alfa Barrie, 11, and Garrett Warren, 13, went missing earlier this month

Callum Schiller and his girlfriend Crystal went missing after being dropped at school in south Australia on Monday morning. Their families are desperate to find them

Police are planning to search a man-made dam near the town of Silves tomorrow, hoping to find evidence that could help the search for missing British toddler Madeleine McCann