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Two Teens Hitchhiked to a Concert. 50 Years Later, They Haven’t Come Home

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 11, 2023September 11, 2023

“Mitchel Weiser and Bonnie Bickwit were never heard from again after leaving for 1973’s historic Summer Jam at Watkins Glen. Five decades on, their family and friends still want answers.”

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The Deputy and the Disappeared

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 27, 2023April 27, 2023

“A Latino man and a Black man went missing three months apart in Florida. Both vanished after getting in a patrol car driven by the same White deputy sheriff.”

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The Strange, True Story of John Williams and Charles Pennock

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 3, 2021October 19, 2022

“In the early 1900s it wasn’t unusual for men to suddenly go missing. Among them were two accomplished bird experts whose lives turned out to be surprisingly intertwined.”

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We Are the Ones Who Got Away

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 22, 2021October 19, 2022

“The patriarch brings ‘domestic violence’ on vacation.”

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‘I Found Your Mom’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 11, 2021October 19, 2022

In October 2020, 41 years after his mother’s disappearance, Paul Wulff received an unexpected phone call.

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Returning the Gaze

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 12, 2020October 19, 2022

“Uighurs in exile are fighting back against China’s techno-authoritarianism to locate their relatives who have been disappeared.”

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