The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them.

A semi-retired grandpa in Southern California vanished in early May and has not been seen since. Family members now believe Naiping Hou, 74, was kidnapped after his house was found empty and cryptic text messages were sent from his phone.

A body found early this month in Turks and Caicos has been identified as missing American tourist Brian Tarrence, authorities say.

Sophie Reeder was 15 years old, and that video is the last known image of her on May 20th, 2017 — the day she disappeared. Patrick Reeder is her father. Josh Mankiewicz: “Patrick, I — I can’t imagine how difficult this has been for you.” Patrick Reeder: “Yeah. It’s like a living nightmare — a living nightmare. You gotta deal with it every day.”

Running for president again in 2024, Trump turned the tables on Biden. He first accused the Biden administration of losing 88,000 unaccompanied migrant children, claiming that “many of those children are dead.” Then, the Trump campaign boosted the figure to 320,000 - a number that JD Vance used (“effectively lost”) in the vice-presidential debate.

Ralph Sawyer, 52, found his car on East Still Creek Road and drove it back to his home in Gresham, officials said. Sawyer showed up at a neighbor’s house “tired, cold, dirty and worn out.” Gresham Police confirmed it was him and he was transported to a local hospital.

Cole Henderson, 27, was last heard from on July 9, when he told friends he was putting his phone into airplane mode ahead of a mountain hike in Spain.

Crush, a missing 50 year old African spurred tortoise, has been found. After going on a romp through Cape Coral, the 55 pound giant reptile was found safely nestled in some bushes just three houses down from where he lived with his owner, Madison Marquis.

Joseph Lawson seeks new trial in Crystal Rogers murder case, claiming he shouldn't have been tried alongside Brooks Houck in the death of the Kentucky mother of five.