List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1980s

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This is a list of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1980s or whose deaths or exact circumstances thereof are not substantiated. Many people who disappear end up declared presumed dead and some of these people were possibly subjected to forced disappearance.

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This list is a general catch-all; for specialty lists, see Lists of people who disappeared.

1980s

1980

DatePerson(s)Age when disappearedMissing fromCircumstancesRefs.
11 April 1980 V. V. Sadagopan 65 Andhra Pradesh, IndiaVeeravanallur Vedantam Sadagopan who went by "V. V. Sadagopan" was an Indian composer, performer, music teacher, film actor, Indian Civil Service aspirant, and university rank-holder who disappeared in Andhra Pradesh on 11 April 1980 and was never seen again. [1]
26 April 1980 Louise Faulkner 43 St Kilda, AustraliaLouise Faulkner and her daughter Charmian went missing in April 1980 after Louise told a friend she was visiting her boyfriend in Gippsland. They were last seen getting into a white ute. Both were declared legally dead in 2006 at an inquest. No trace of them has been found. [2]
Charmian Faulkner 2
26 April 1980 Laureen Rahn 14 Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.Fourteen-year-old Rahn disappeared from her apartment after spending an evening with two friends. Upon returning home in the early morning, her mother noticed the lightbulbs in the hallways of each floor in the apartment building had been unscrewed, leaving the halls dark. Upon entering the apartment, she saw the figure of a young girl in Rahn's bed, and assumed the figure was Rahn. However, several hours later, she discovered that she was in fact Rahn's friend, who had fallen asleep in the bed. Her friend claimed to have last seen Rahn during the night when she got up to go to sleep on the couch. In the years after Rahn's disappearance, her mother received various anonymous phone calls, several of which were traced to motels in Southern California. [3] [4]
27 April 1980 Nicolas Jaeger 34 Lhotse Shar, NepalJaeger, a French physician and alpinist, disappeared on 27 April 1980 while attempting to climb the Lhotse Shar in Nepal and is presumed dead, his body having never been found. [5]
May or June 1980 Kaoru Matsuki 25-26 Madrid, SpainMatsuki was an exchange student who was starting his studies in Madrid while Ishioka was a traveler who were abducted to North Korea by Japanese North Korean sympathizers, both of which have since been issued arrest warrants by the Japanese Government. North Korea has claimed that both individuals have since died, but their claim has not been substantiated.
Tohru Ishioka22-23
June 1980 Tadaaki Hara 43 Miyazaki Prefecture, JapanHara was kidnapped by North Korean agent Sin Gwang-Su and South Korean Kim Kil Uk, who had lured him from Osaka to Miyazaki with a job offer in June 1980. Hara has not been seen since, and Sin has used Hara's identity to obtain a Japanese passport. [6] [7]
17 June 1980 Peng Jiamu 55 Lop Nur, ChinaChinese biochemist and explorer Peng, who led an expedition to Lop Nur, disappeared after leaving a note saying he had gone to find water. He is presumed dead; a number of attempts have been made to find his remains, but nothing has ever been found. [8]
28 July 1980 John Favara 51 New York City, New York, U.S.John Favara was the backyard neighbor of Gambino crime boss John Gotti, in Howard Beach, New York, who disappeared on 28 July 1980, over four months after he struck and killed Gotti's 12-year-old son, Frank, with his car on 4 March, as the boy darted into the street on a motorized minibike. After the killing, Favara's wife and two sons moved out of Howard Beach; John was declared legally dead in 1983. [9] [10] [11]
8 August 1980 Alan Addis 19 North Arm, Falkland Islands Alan Addis, a British Royal Marine stationed in the Falkland Islands, was part of a three-man team that had journeyed to the remote settlement of North Arm in Lafonia on East Falkland to pick up three other Royal Marines and equipment. On the evening of 8 August, Addis and the other marines attended a function in the village hall along with forty locals. The marines left the event at different times to various local homes, and Addis's colleagues reported last seeing him at around 1:30 am. Authorities initially believed Addis had possibly drowned, but several local men were later arrested for his murder, but subsequently released. [12] [13]
16 August 1980 Randy Sellers 17 Visalia, Kentucky, U.S.Randy Sellers disappeared on 16 August 1980 after police dropped him a mile from his house, following an incident at a county fair. In the early 1990s, incarcerated serial killer Donald Leroy Evans made a string of confessions to murders, including Sellers's, but Evans's confession has not been substantiated. Attention has also focused on the two officers who last saw Sellers. [14]
6 October 1980 Thomas A. Mutch 49 Mount Nun, IndiaThe American geologist and planetary scientist disappeared on 6 October 1980 during a descent from Mount Nun in the Kashmir Himalayas and is believed to be dead. [15]
16 October 1980 Irma Flaquer 42 Guatemala Flaquer, a Guatemalan psychologist and reporter, was abducted and presumably executed by government agents for perceived anti-government activities. [16]
7 November 1980 Johan Asplund 11 Sundsvall, SwedenAsplund disappeared from his home in Sundsvall during the morning of 7 November 1980 and has not been seen since. [17]
9 or 19 December 1980 Alaíde Foppa 66 Guatemala City, GuatemalaGuatemalan poet and educator Foppa was detained and disappeared on 19 December 1980 and is believed to have been murdered. [18]

1981

DatePerson(s)Age when disappearedMissing fromCircumstancesRefs.
1 January 1981 Eugene Simons 26 Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland Simons disappeared on 1 January 1981 and is one of the "Disappeared". [19] [20]
5 November 1981 Kathryn Gregory 24 Spokane, Washington, U.S.Gregory, a 24-year-old nurse, disappeared on 5 November 1981 from a parking lot in Spokane's South Hills. Her car was found parked two blocks away from where she was last seen; foul play is suspected. [21]
c. 26 November 1981 Denise Beaudin 22Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.Suspected victim of Terry Peder Rasmussen, whom Beaudin had previously dated. Beaudin is believed to have been killed somewhere in California, although her body has never been found. [22]
28 November 1981 Katrice Lee 2 Schloß Neuhaus, West Germany Lee was a British girl who disappeared from a NAAFI shopping complex on 28 November 1981, her second birthday. [23]
December 1981 George Washington Hughes 81–85 Florida, U.S.George Washington "Bo" Hughes was a carver of hobo nickels until he disappeared from a hobo camp. [24]

1982

DatePerson(s)Age when disappearedMissing fromCircumstancesRefs.
5 July 1982 Ahmad Motevaselian 29Near Beirut, LebanonThese four Iranian diplomats disappeared in Lebanon on 5 July 1982. On that date, when the vehicle carrying the diplomats was passing through a checkpoint on its way to Beirut, it was intercepted by Phalange Party members. Three decades after the incident, the fate of the missing diplomats remains a mystery, and the search for the Iranian diplomats continues. [25] [26]
Seyed Mohsen Mousavi Unknown
Kazem Akhavan Unknown
Taghi Rastegar Moghadam Unknown
5 September 1982 Johnny Gosch 12 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.Gosch was reported missing by his parents after he disappeared on 5 September 1982, while delivering newspapers. [27] At that time, the custom was a three-day waiting period before police responded to missing-persons reports. Gosch was not heard from again, but his case prompted new laws for Iowa and other states resulting in missing-persons reports involving children being given immediate attention. [28]
12 September 1982 Steven Pearsall 35 Lewiston, Idaho, U.S.On the night of 12 September 1982, Pearsall, an employee of the Lewiston Civic Theater, entered the building to use the laundry facilities and has not been seen since. His disappearance occurred on the same night as that of two women he was acquainted with, Kristina Diane Nelson and Jacqueline Ann "Brandy" Miller. Nelson and Miller were later found dead. Police believe Pearsall may have been a victim of the same killer. [29]
3 November 1982 Tony Jones 20 North Queensland, AustraliaTony Jones disappeared while backpacking on 3 November 1982, and is believed to have been murdered. [30] [31] [32]
24 November 1982 Gwendolyn Clemons 23 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.Clemons disappeared from Kansas City on 24 November 1982 along with her daughter and an unnamed man, apparently to "start a new life" in Florida. On 3 December 1982, Clemons was seen walking on a bridge above the Escatawpa River on Interstate 10, near the Alabama/Mississippi border with her daughter, appearing distressed. When passing motorists tried to assist her, she refused any help. A motorist reported seeing the body of a woman, floating in the river on 5 December, however, when authorities responded, they found the body of her daughter instead. Subsequent searches did not find Clemons, however did uncover the body of another unidentified man, who was most likely unrelated to the case. Authorities still consider Clemons a missing person, but believe she is deceased. [33]

1983

DatePerson(s)Age when disappearedMissing fromCircumstancesRefs.
13 February 1983 Upali Wijewardene 44 Colombo, Sri LankaSri Lankan business magnate Upali Wijewardene's private Lear jet disappeared en route to Colombo on 13 February 1983. An extensive search operation by air and naval units failed to locate any evidence of a crash; his plane disappeared without a trace, and he is believed to be dead. [34]
17 March 1983 Ludovic Janvier 6 Grenoble, FranceJanvier disappeared on 17 March 1983 when he was believed to have been abducted along with his brothers by an unidentified white man. While his brothers escaped, Ludovic has not been located. [35]
7 May 1983 Mirella Gregori 15 Rome, ItalyGregori disappeared from Rome on 7 May 1983 and has not been seen since. [36]
June 1983 Keiko Arimoto 23London, EnglandArimoto was a Japanese exchange student who was lured by Megumi Yao (wife of one of the hijackers of JAL 351 in 1970), claiming to offer a job opportunity, before disappearing. She was later determined to have been abducted by North Korean agents. North Korea has claimed that Arimoto died in 1988 with her husband Tohru Ishioka, another abduction victim, but the claim is not substantiated. [37]
1 June 1983 Ann Gotlib 12 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.Russian immigrant Gotlib disappeared from the premises of a shopping mall on 1 June 1983. The police later found her bike, but her abductor has remained a mystery. [38]
22 June 1983 Emanuela Orlandi 15 Rome, ItalyOrlandi, who was a citizen of Vatican City, disappeared on 22 June 1983 and has not been seen since. [39]
25 June 1983 Nyleen Kay Marshall 4 Helena, Montana, U.S.On 25 June 1983 in the Helena National Forest, four-year-old Nyleen Marshall disappeared from a large family picnic. Some children with whom she was playing claimed to have seen her talking to an unknown man in a jogging suit. In the years after Marshall's disappearance, an anonymous person placed phone calls and wrote letters to missing-person nonprofits, as well as to the Marshall family, detailing his apparent kidnapping of Marshall. The unknown writer/caller was traced to Wisconsin, and he claimed Marshall was alive and well, though some content of his letters indicated sexual abuse. The identity of the letter writer and caller remain unknown, as does Marshall's whereabouts. [40]
6 July 1983 Tammy Lynn Leppert 18 Rockledge, Florida, U.S.Model and actress Tammy Lynn Leppert disappeared on 6 July 1983 without a trace after leaving her family home. [41]
1 September 1983 Kirsa Jensen 14 Napier, New Zealand Kirsa Jensen disappeared on 1 September 1983 while riding her horse at a beach. [42]
2 September 1983 George Cogar 50–51 British Columbia, CanadaThe American computer scientist was last seen on 2 September 1983 aboard a private plane, a Britten-Norman Islander, with six other people to go on a hunting trip. The plane disappeared somewhere in British Columbia and was never found. [43]
26 October 1983 Sondra Kay Ramber 14 Santa Fe, Texas, U.S.14-year-old Sondra Kay Ramber disappeared in Santa Fe, Texas, on 26 October 1983, having last been seen at her family's home. The front door was left open, food was left in the oven, and Ramber's purse and coat were still in the house. It was initially believed that Ramber had gone to the store, though she never returned home. [44]

1984

DatePerson(s)Age when disappearedMissing fromCircumstancesRefs.
c. 1984 Baalu Girma 45 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaGirma, an Ethiopian journalist and critic of the Derg, was presumably abducted and killed outside the capital, but his body has never been located. [45]
10 February 1984 Kevin Andrew Collins 10 San Francisco, California, U.S.Collins disappeared while en route to basketball practice. He was one of the first children to be featured on milk cartons and the cover of national publications. [46]
13 February 1984 Naomi Uemura 43 Denali, Alaska, U.S.Naomi Uemura, a Japanese adventurer who was particularly well known for doing alone what had previously been achieved only with large teams, disappeared on 13 February 1984 while descending Mount Denali after a solo climb. [47]
21 April 1984 Hristo Prodanov 41 Mount Everest, NepalProdanov, a Bulgarian mountaineer and the first Bulgarian to climb Mount Everest, disappeared on 21 April 1984 after descending the mountain the previous night. He was last heard from reporting that he had lost his gloves and is believed to have died. [48] [49]
20 July 1984 John Patrick Kerrigan 58 Ronan, Montana, U.S.Kerrigan, a Roman Catholic priest, was last seen at a bakery in Ronan. His bloodied clothing and a blood-stained coat hanger was found along Flathead Lake days later. His vehicle was discovered shortly after, containing USD $1,200, along with a blood-stained pillowcase and shovel. Kerrigan was later implicated, along with 80 others, in sexual abuse of minors by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena. His remains have never been found. [50] [51]
22 July 1984 Curtis Holmen 31 Missoula, Montana, U.S.Curtis Holmen, a schoolteacher in Missoula, disappeared and was never seen again. His case remains unsolved. [52]
20 August 1984 Françoise Bruyère 22 Mâcon, France22-year-old cousins Françoise Bruyère and Marie-Agnès Cordonnier were last seen on 20 August 1984 trying to hitchhike from Mâcon to Aix-les-Bains. They were never found. Bruyère and Cordonnier are both believed to be victims of the A6 disappearances. [53]
Marie-Agnès Cordonnier
13 November 1984 Tammy Belanger 8 Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S.Tammy Belanger, an eight-year-old third-grade student, disappeared while walking from her home to the nearby elementary school. Police believe she was abducted; the one suspect in the case was never charged in connection with Belanger's disappearance, and he died in December 2012. [54] [55]
23 December 1984 Ayakannu Marithamuthu 33–34 Changi, SingaporeAyakannu Marithamuthu was a Singaporean caretaker who was allegedly murdered on 23 December 1984. His body has never been found, and speculation remains his body was cooked into a curry before being disposed of in garbage containers. Six individuals were later charged with Ayakannu's murder, but were released on the day of the trial due to lack of evidence. [56]
1984 Ronald Jorgensen Unknown Remuera, New ZealandJorgensen, a New Zealand criminal on parole after completing a prison sentence, vanished in mysterious circumstances in 1984 after his car was found wrecked at the bottom of a cliff. Police initially suspected he faked his death, but he was declared legally dead in 1998. Since his body was never found, rumors persisted that he became a police informant in Australia. [57] [58] [59]

1985

DatePerson(s)Age when disappearedMissing fromCircumstancesRefs.
4–5 January 1985 Boris Weisfeiler 43 Biobío Region, ChileAmerican mathematician Weisfeiler disappeared during a solo hiking trip in 1985. Chilean authorities originally concluded that he drowned, but documents released by the U.S. Department of State in 2000 included a 1986 memo suggesting he may be a captive "somewhere in Chile (probably Colonia Dignidad)", and a 1987 account by a CIA source claiming that Weisfeiler had been interrogated and fatally beaten by a Chilean army patrol. [60] [61]
22 February 1985 Cherrie Mahan 8 Cabot, Pennsylvania, U.S.Mahan was last seen getting off her school bus a short distance from her house on 22 February 1985. Police focused on a van seen near the bus when she got off. Her face was the first to be put on mailers sent all around the country, a practice continued with age-progressed photos as time passed. She was declared legally dead in 1998. In 2011, police claimed they had received a promising new lead but would not discuss it. [62]
28 March 1985 Sarkis Zeitlian 54–55 Beirut, LebanonUnger Sarkis Zeitlian was a Lebanese American journalist and political leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) who was abducted in Beirut on 28 March 1985 and presumably murdered under unknown circumstances. [63]
31 March 1985 Vladimir Alexandrov 46 Madrid, SpainAlexandrov, a Soviet physicist, disappeared on 31 March 1985 while attending a nuclear winter conference. [64]
c. 6 July 1985 Andrew Fluegelman 41 San Francisco, California, U.S.Fluegelman, a publisher, photographer, programmer, and attorney, disappeared on 6 July 1985, and is believed to have died by suicide after his car was found abandoned at the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge. [65]
6 July 1985 Diane Suzuki 19 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.Suzuki was last seen on the evening of 6 July 1985 after leaving a dance studio where she worked as an instructor. Blood evidence found at the scene has not been matched to any suspect, nor can it be matched to Suzuki, since her blood type was not known. A photographer she knew was questioned by police and released without charge. [66]
30 July 1985 Nicole Morin 8 Toronto, CanadaMorin disappeared from the Etobicoke borough after leaving her apartment to go on a swim date with a friend. While her case is now considered cold, it is still under investigation by local police and missing child organizations. [67]
5 October 1985 Michelle Doherty Thomas 17 Santa Fe, Texas, U.S.17-year-old Michelle Doherty Thomas was last seen leaving her family home in Santa Fe, Texas on 5 October 1985, after returning from work at a Galveston, Texas gas station. She left to meet with friends at a nearby nightclub on Galveston Island. Acquaintances claimed they stopped at a convenience store on the way to the nightclub and Michelle entered a vehicle with two men. She has not been seen since. Authorities believe that she may have been abducted and murdered. [68]
15 October 1985 Cotah Ramaswami 89 Chennai, IndiaCotah Ramaswami, an Indian cricketer who played in two test matches in 1936, walked out of his home on 15 October 1985 and was never seen again. [69]
27 November 1985 Martha Jean Lambert 12 St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.Lambert was a girl who went missing on 27 November 1985. She has never been seen again and foul play is highly suspected in the case. [70]

1986

DatePerson(s)Age when disappearedMissing fromCircumstancesRefs.
February 1986 Madame Max Adolphe 60 Haiti Adolphe, who was the right-hand woman of former Haitian president François Duvalier, was held prisoner in an army barracks next to the national palace in Haiti following Duvalier's overthrow, and left the country in February 1986. Her current whereabouts are unknown. [71]
6 April 1986 Anthonette Cayedito 9 Gallup, New Mexico, U.S.American girl Anthonette Cayedito disappeared from her home in the early-morning hours of 6 April 1986. Her mother went to look for her, but she could not be found. [72]
15 April 1986 Hana Gaddafi 5 months Libya The adopted daughter of Muammar Gaddafi, Hana Gaddafi is alleged to have died in the 1986 United States bombing of Libya; however, claims of her death in these bombings are disputed, with allegations including her having survived the raid and subsequently becoming a doctor as an adult, and of her mother fleeing to Algeria with her and her siblings, remaining. [73]
19 April 1986 Tammie Anne McCormick 13 Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S.McCormick was last seen alive by her sister, whom she told she would hitchhike to school. She never arrived at her destination. Although McCormick had informed school friends of her intent to run away to Florida, she did not take any personal belongings, and was wearing boots she had complained were uncomfortable. It is believed McCormick met with foul play; investigators considered two individuals as suspects in the case: Firstly, convicted child murderer, Lewis Stephen Lent Jr; then in 2011 police named Arthur Mason Slaybaugh, who died in 2001, as a person of interest in the case. [74] [75] [76]
14 May 1986 Toh Hong Huat 12 Singapore Two students of Owen Primary School, best friends Keh Chin Ann and Toh Hong Huat, both 12 years old, went missing on 14 May 1986. Chin Ann, the youngest of three children and the only son of his family, was last seen by a classmate running out of school to buy something after passing his bag to him. Hong Huat, the only child of a single-parent family, was last seen by his mother going out of the house to go to school, saying that Chin Ann came to fetch him to go to school together (which took place after Chin Ann went out of school). The boys were generally well-behaved and had never played truant before, according to their families. Their case became known as the "McDonald's Boys Case" as the fast food chain McDonald's offered a hefty S$100,000 reward for any information of the boys' whereabouts. [77] [78] [79]
Keh Chin Ann 12
25 June 1986 Juan Pedro Martínez 10 Spain Martínez, the ten-year-old son of a tank truck driver, mysteriously disappeared after his father's truck overturned in the Somosierra mountain pass and spilled its cargo of over 20,000 litres of sulphuric acid, resulting in deaths of his parents. However, the child's body was never found at the scene. Physical evidence and witness accounts suggested that Martínez was abducted, possibly by a drug smuggling cartel, following the accident. [80]
21 July 1986 Agustín Feced 65 Argentina Feced, an Argentinian police official believed responsible for many tortures and extrajudicial executions during the country's Dirty War, was stated to have died in prison on 21 July 1986 while facing charges related to those activities. However, the records of his death and burial are incomplete and sometimes contradictory. Several sources doubt he was even imprisoned at the time. In 1986, the military hospital announced that Feced had died, but they did not offer any proof of it. [81]
28 July 1986 Suzy Lamplugh 25 London, EnglandBritish estate agent Suzy Lamplugh disappeared from Fulham, London, on 28 July 1986. In 1994, she was declared dead and presumed murdered. Despite further police investigations in 1998 and 2000, no trace of her has been found. [82]
14 August 1986 Jeremy Bright 14 Myrtle Point, Oregon, U.S.Bright disappeared on 14 August 1986 while attending a county fair with his sister. The following day, his mother found his wallet, watch, and keys in his stepfather's house nearby, where he had been staying. Foul play has been suspected and police had a potential suspect who died in prison in 2007. While his family believes he is dead, and held a memorial service for him in 2011, they have not petitioned a court to make that declaration legal. [83]
23 October 1986 Philip Cairns 13 Dublin, IrelandIrish schoolboy Philip Cairns disappeared 23 October 1986 on his way back to school after going home for lunch. His schoolbag was found abandoned in a previously searched lane near his house a few days later but there has been no trace of Philip and no arrests have been made in connection with the case. [84]
12 December 1986 Simon Parkes 18 Gibraltar Leading seaman Simon Parkes, in the Royal Navy, went missing when the ship he was serving aboard was docked in Gibraltar. Parkes had gone into town and was last seen leaving the Horseshoe Bar on the peninsula. Because he disappeared on 12 December 1986, Allan Grimson (who favoured killing on that date and was serving aboard the same ship at that time) has been named as a suspect in Parkes' possible murder, though no trace of him or a body has been found. [85]

1987

DatePerson(s)Age when disappearedMissing fromCircumstancesRefs.
10 February 1987 Jenny Pandos 15 James City County, Virginia, U.S.After two days away from school when her parents claimed she was sick, on the morning of 10 February, Pandos' parents say they found a lengthy note in her room telling them she was taking some time away from home, but warning them not to call the police or she would never return home. They did not notify the police for three days, and took even longer to let their family members know. The couple's account of the disappearance has changed, both of them failed lie detector tests and questions have been raised about whether Pandos really wrote the note. The case, and Pandos' older brother's attempts to find out whether his parents know more than they have claimed to, is the subject of the 2023 HBO series Burden of Proof . [86]
15 April 1987 Federico Caffè 73 Rome, ItalyItalian economist Caffè left his home at dawn on 15 April 1987, shortly after quitting university teaching, and disappeared. He was declared dead on 30 October 1998, and the mystery of his disappearance has not been solved. [87]
16 September 1987 Julie Weflen 28 Spokane, Washington, U.S.Weflen, an operator for the Bonneville Power Administration, disappeared on 16 September 1987. Weflen was working at the Four Mounds substation in Spokane County. She vanished some time after 3:30 pm after going to check on a transformer. Her work truck was found with its door and back hatch open and her personal possessions inside and on the ground. The gravel in the vicinity showed signs of a struggle. [88]
3 December 1987 Sarinthip Siriwan 61 Thailand Siriwan whose real name was "Phailin Collin" was a Thai actress from Nakhon chaisri District, Nakhon Pathom who disappeared on 3 December 1987 while filming a movie in Thailand. No trace of her has ever been found. [89]

1988

DatePerson(s)Age when disappearedMissing fromCircumstancesRefs.
1988 Louise Kay 18 Eastbourne, EnglandKay disappeared in the Beachy Head area in 1988, less than a year before the remains of Jessie Earl, who disappeared in 1980, were found in the same area. Due to the similar circumstances, authorities believe the cases might be related, and that both women were victims of Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin. [90]
3 February 1988 Vagn Hoffmeyer Hoelgaard 74 Marbella, SpainA former head of office of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hoelgaard relocated from Denmark to Marbella following his retirement. He disappeared after leaving his home in 1988; he was declared legally dead in 1999. [91]
20 March 1988 Susan Smalley 18 Carrollton, Texas, U.S.Smalley and Madison disappeared on the morning of 20 March 1988. Police know the girls were at Smalley's house by midnight, but they later left. The car in which they rode was found parked and locked in Dallas, Texas. [92]
Stacie Madison 17
4 May 1988 Ron Arad 30 Lebanon Ron Arad, a jet-fighter navigator, was captured on 16 October 1986 by Amal Shi'ite forces in southern Lebanon after ejecting from his damaged F-4 Phantom II while on a bombing mission. Israeli intelligence officers reportedly knew his whereabouts until the early hours of 4 May 1988, his 30th birthday, when he abruptly vanished from the house where he was held, at the village of Nebbi Shiit. [93] [94]
26 May 1988 Antonio Bardellino 43 Armação dos Búzios, BrazilBardellino, a powerful Neapolitan camorrista and boss of the Casalesi clan, was said to have been murdered on 26 May 1988 by his right-hand man, Mario Iovine. Since his body was not found, he is rumored to still be alive. [95]
13 June 1988 Amber Swartz-Garcia 7 Pinole, California, U.S.Swartz-Garcia was kidnapped while playing jump rope in her front yard. [96]
10 September 1988 Lee Boxell 15 Cheam, EnglandLee Boxell disappeared near his home on 10 September 1988 on his way to a football match at Selhurst Park, and has not been seen since. [97]
20 September 1988 Tara Calico 19 Belen, New Mexico, U.S.Calico disappeared near her home after embarking on a bike ride. A Polaroid photo of a boy and girl, bound and gagged, surfaced on 15 June 1989 in Port St. Joe, Florida and speculation was that Calico might be the girl in the photo, but that was never confirmed. [98]
7 October 1988 Piia Ristikankare 15 Piikkiö, Finland15-year-old Piia Ristikankare disappeared on 7 October 1988 following an argument with her little brothers at her home in Piikkiö. She was declared dead in absentia in 2011. [99]
19 November 1988 Michaela Garecht 9 Hayward, California, U.S.Garecht was abducted by an unidentified white male in a grocery-store parking lot. [100]

1989

DatePerson(s)Age when disappearedMissing fromCircumstancesRefs.
14 January 1989 Michelle Lewis 21–22 Rockhampton, AustraliaMichelle went missing after leaving a friend's house in North Rockhampton. The Queensland Police suspects Michelle to have been murdered, and in 2022 announced a $500,000 reward for information related to her disappearance. [101] [102]
9 February 1989 Tiffany Sessions 20 Gainesville, Florida, U.S.Sessions left her apartment and went out for an evening walk on 9 February 1989, but never returned. [103] [104] [105]
20 April 1989 Patricia Meehan 37 Circle, Montana, U.S.Meehan, a resident of Bozeman, Montana, got into an accident on Montana Highway 200 while driving to Circle, a town in eastern Montana. Shortly afterward, a driver at the scene witnessed her climb over a fence and stare at the scene before disappearing into the nearby fields. [106] [107]
26 May 1989 Charles Horvath-Allan 20 Kelowna, CanadaHorvath-Allan disappeared on 26 May 1989 from a campsite. A Canadian-born British national, he was hiking across Canada and had plans to meet up with his mother and stepfather in Hong Kong by August 1989, but never made it. [108]
June 1989 Reino Gikman 59 Vienna, AustriaReino Gikman was the alias used by an undercover agent for the Soviet KGB, who disappeared in June 1989 and has not been seen since. [109]
2 August 1989 Ronald Jack 26 Prince George, British Columbia, CanadaAn Indigenous Canadian family made up of Ronald Jack (aged 26); his wife Doreen (also aged 26); and their sons Russell (aged 9) and Ryan (aged 4) disappeared. [110]
Doreen Jack 26
Russell Jack 9
Ryan Jack 4
27 October 1989 Melanie Melanson 14 Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S.Melanson went missing at a party near an industrial park and has not been seen since. [111] [112]
3 December 1989 Melissa Brannen 5 Lorton, Virginia, U.S.Brannen disappeared while attending a Christmas party at the Woodside Apartments and has not been seen since. Though a worker at the complex was convicted of abduction in 1990, her body has not been found and murder charges were not filed. [113]

See also

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