Barbara Jean Paciotti: Missing Since June 14, 1969

She arrived in Hibbing as a daughter first, not a headline.

On Friday, June 13, 1969, Barbara Jean Paciotti—twenty years old, barely 4 feet 11 inches, not quite 100 pounds—drove north from the Twin Cities to the Iron Range for Father’s Day weekend. She had been living in Minneapolis, working as a secretary for an investment firm, doing what young women with rent due and futures forming did in that era: showing up, typing cleanly, sounding polite on the phone, saving money, and trying to keep her private life from spilling into her work life.

LeeAnna "Beaner" Warner: Missing Since June 14, 2003

On the afternoon of June 14, 2003, in the Iron Range town of Chisholm, a 5-year-old girl set out on a walk that should have taken no more than a few minutes. Leeanna Warner left her family’s gray stucco duplex around 4:30 p.m. to visit a friend who lived a block and a half away. She was barefoot, wearing a sleeveless denim dress. She carried nothing with her. According to investigators, there was no indication that she felt unsafe or that anything about the walk was unusual. Children in the neighborhood routinely moved from house to house. It was a warm Saturday. By all accounts, it was ordinary.

Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone Jr.: Missing Since February 5th, 2005

Philadelphia is a city that breathes through its pores—the scent of exhaust, the heavy aroma of baking bread in South Philly, and the salt-sting of the Delaware River. It’s a place of deep roots and long memories, where families stay in the same zip code for generations and everyone knows which bakery has the best cannoli. But on February 19, 2005, a piece of that city was simply carved out and removed. No blood, no struggle, no sirens. Just a hole where two people used to be.

JoJo Boswell: Missing Since July 11, 2005

I have learned to be suspicious of cases with too few details. When a young person vanishes and the record feels thin, the silence is rarely accidental. JoJo Boswell was 19 years old when she disappeared on July 11, 2005, after being released from the Steele County Jail in Owatonna. Nearly two decades later, what remains most striking to me is not the mystery of what happened next, but how little attention was paid when it happened at all.

Jennifer Kesse: Missing Since January 24th, 2006

The disappearance of Jennifer Joyce Kesse, a 24-year-old finance manager from Orlando, Florida, represents one of the most challenging and enigmatic unsolved cases in the last two decades. Jennifer vanished on January 24, 2006, leaving behind limited physical evidence, a series of haunting clues, and a family whose relentless search for answers continues to this day. This debriefing provides a comprehensive analysis of the events surrounding her disappearance, forensic findings, investigative theories, and a behavioral profile of the potential offender(s). The objective is to establish a deeper understanding of the case dynamics and identify avenues for potential investigative breakthroughs.

Haleigh Cummings: Missing Since February 10th, 2009

On February 10, 2009, a 5-year-old child named Haleigh Cummings was reported missing from her home in Satsuma, a small unincorporated community in Putnam County, Florida. The phone call to 911 came in the early morning hours, immediately launching a community and law enforcement search effort that would gain national attention.

Jason Jolkowski: Missing Since June 13th, 2001

Before you jump to any conclusions, let’s look at Jason as a person. By all accounts, he was a reserved, soft-spoken individual who struggled a bit with a mild learning disability that primarily affected his speech and language. But let me tell you, that never held him back. He graduated from high school, enrolled in college, held down steady work, and even nurtured ambitions of entering a radio broadcasting program. This was not someone living on the fringes; Jason had a stable home life, no known enemies, and a brand-new career prospect on the horizon. He was about to start a job at SITEL (through a relative) and had even considered seminary school. This young man was going places—until that fateful day in June.