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Sunday

A woman holds a sign for Felipe Santos during a remembrance ceremony for missing persons at Cambier Park in Naples on Oct. 25, 2017. Nicole Raucheisen/Naples Daily News hide caption

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Two missing men, one deputy, zero charged. Join us on a pursuit for answers

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Monday

A missing persons flyer, bearing the name of Annie Le, shown here in New Haven, Conn., in September 2009. This year, the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) launched a new tool that allows users to openly share their "press value" with the world if they were to go missing. Thomas Cain/Associated Press hide caption

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Racial bias affects media coverage of missing people. A new tool illustrates how

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Friday

JaShyah Moore, 14, of East Orange, N.J., was last seen on Oct. 14 at Poppies Deli. Authorities announced Thursday that she was found safe in New York City. East Orange City Hall hide caption

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Friday

Judy Chartier holds a photograph of her missing daughter, also named Judith "Judy" Chartier, in May 1990. The car belonging to Judith and her remains were discovered nearly 40 years later. Tom Landers/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

JaShyah Moore, 14, of East Orange, N.J., was last seen on Oct. 14 at Poppies Deli. Authorities from various law enforcement agencies in New Jersey are working together to try to find her. East Orange City Hall hide caption

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East Orange City Hall

Monday

Glenda "Cookie" Parton, 80, disappeared when she was searching for her son, Dwayne Selby, 59. Selby and his friend Jack Grimes, 76, were also missing. Tulsa County Sheriff's Office hide caption

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Tulsa County Sheriff's Office

Tuesday

Friday

This photo provided by Orange County Sheriff's Office shows Miya Marcano in Orlando, Fla. The sheriff's office says she disappeared Friday shortly after 27-year-old maintenance worker Armando Caballero was seen letting himself into her apartment with a master key. Orange County Sheriff's Office/AP hide caption

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Thursday

Vehicles from members of the media and curious passersby line a road outside the entrance of the Carlton Reserve during a search for Brian Laundrie, Tuesday in Venice, Fla. Laundrie is a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption

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Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP

Wednesday

Law enforcement agencies are continuing their search in a Sarasota County, Fla., nature reserve for Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of Gabby Petito. The families of Jelani Day and Daniel Robinson, who have been missing for weeks and months, respectively, are calling for more attention to be brought to those men's cases. Octavio Jones/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

This police camera video provided by The Moab Police Department shows Brian Laundrie talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van he was traveling in with his girlfriend, Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, near the entrance to Arches National Park on Aug. 12, 2021. The Moab Police Department via AP hide caption

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The Moab Police Department via AP

Thursday

The search for Sarah Everard brought police on March 9 to Mount Pond in Clapham Common, where a poster asks the public for help locating the missing London woman. Authorities said the next day that officers found what they believe to be human remains in a wooded area in Kent. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

A message displayed on a window of a motel room in Panama City, Fla., where survivors continue to live amid the damage from Hurricane Michael. Family and friends are still trying to locate loved ones who survived the storm. David Goldman/AP hide caption

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Crowdsourcing To Find Survivors Of Hurricane Michael

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Thursday

Beth Holloway, the mother of Natalee Holloway, started a center in 2010 to assist the families of people who had gone missing. Natalee's 2005 disappearance during a vacation in Aruba was widely covered in the news media. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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