For the McCann family, the newest search isn’t about publicity, it’s about keeping someone locked up.

The islanders locked their doors, but nothing could stop the bogeyman from entering their homes, and no one would forget his mask. Jersey lighthouse via Britannica.com Famous for its woollen trade and cows, Jersey is smaller than the Greater London region. At only nine miles wide by five miles long, the tiny island is part of the sovereign state of the United Kingdom that sits in the Channel between England and France. Its population in the 1950s was just over 30,000 inhabit

The 8-year-old’s murder changed England’s laws. Sarah Payne via bbc.co.uk Playing hide and seek with her brothers and sister in a cornfield, Sarah crawled through a gap in the tall harvest and onto the road adjacent to the field. She was heading back to her grandparents’ home because she’d received a knock on the head, but while walking down the road, she was abducted by a man in a white van. What came next was England’s worst child murder at the time. Eight-year-old Sarah g

What happened that Christmas became one of the most notorious and unsolved cases of modern times. JonBenét Ramsey via Criminal Minds...

The disappearance of the young, beautiful American girl created a media sensation across the globe, but the case is still shrouded in...

Three murder trials and advances in DNA finally brought the killer to justice over 20 years later. When the police officer arrived at the...

Alice Crimmins was made public enemy number one and she paid dearly, but was she innocent? Alice and Eddie via murderpedia.org She was...

Children have been going missing since records began, but not until recently has there been proof that some were taken to be auctioned...

April Tinsley was abducted and murdered but her case went cold. Three decades later, justice was served. April Tinsley via Wikipedia...

Patrick Warren and David Spencer simply disappeared. David Spencer and Patrick Warren via guardian.com Over the years, the missing...

The nine-year-old was taken on her way home, but the investigation was more sinister than anyone dreamed. Shannon Matthews via...

Before Sandy Hook, there was Dunblane. Outside Dunblane Primary School via aoav.org.uk Wednesday the 13th of March 1996 started like many...

Engla Höglund’s murderer had killed before, but a bungled police investigation let him kill again. Crime in Scandinavian countries has...

The cold case was solved in 52 days after an intern got hold of the file. When witnesses saw a mother and young child walking in the...

America's Unknown Child’s case is still active over six decades later. A sketch of the boy via NCMEC 400,000 flyers were distributed...

The body that had been known as ‘Beth Doe’ was finally identified by familial DNA, over four decades after her murder. Evelyn Colon was...

Best known for her role as Ducky in The Land Before Time, the little girl was killed by her father. Judith Barsi via Wikimedia Commons...

31 years after the murders, the killers are still free. Las Cruces Bowl via New Mexico Police Department Shortly after 8 am, on the 10th...