Dateline: Missing in America

Documentary series on unsolved missing person cases from social media tips AI summary

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Are you the key to solving a mystery? That question is at the heart of this original series from Dateline. Correspondent Josh Mankiewicz reports on perplexing missing person cases brought to Dateline’s attention by our social media followers. Each episode focuses on one person’s story, as told by those left behind. Listen carefully to the details, descriptions and clues offered by family, friends and investigators. Something you hear might jog a memory that could help authorities crack a case. Listen to all episodes of Dateline: Missing in America now completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium to listen ad-free: DatelinePremium.com

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  1. 2026-08-31 · 42 min · Season 5, episode 6

    Bianca Carrasco, a 29-year-old oncology nurse and mother of three, disappeared on May 1, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas. She was last seen by her husband, who said she walked out of the house after an argument. Bianca's…

  2. 2026-08-24 · 44 min · Season 5, episode 5

    Marilyn “Niqui” McCown vanished from Richmond, Indiana, on July 22, 2001, just weeks before her wedding. The 28-year-old was last seen on security video at a convenience store near a local laundromat. Months later, the…

  3. 2026-08-17 · 42 min · Season 5, episode 4

    Haleigh Murphy, a 22-year-old Army veteran and mother, was last seen on June 16, 2023, leaving a bar in Round Rock, Texas, with a male friend. Her family has not heard from her since that night. According to the Austin…

  4. 2026-08-10 · 40 min · Season 5, episode 3

    Cheryl Scherer vanished from the Rhodes Pump-Ur-Own gas station in Scott City, Missouri, on April 17, 1979. The 19-year-old had spoken with her mother that morning, but when a co-worker stopped by the station shortly…

  5. 2026-08-03 · 41 min · Season 5, episode 2

    On June 5, 2017, 20-year-old Ashley Loring Heavy Runner reportedly went to a couple of house parties on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. The next day, she and her sister Kimberly Loring messaged…

  6. 2026-07-27 · 41 min · Season 5, episode 1

    On October 3, 2024, 28-year-old Broadway performer Zelig Williams disappeared from Columbia, South Carolina. He was last seen by his mother, Kathy Williams, when he left her house around 9:50 that morning. After he…

  7. 2026-07-20 · 2 min

    Dateline: Missing In America returns for Season 5 with six all-new episodes and compelling cases. Correspondent Josh Mankiewicz reports on missing person cases brought to our attention by our social media followers.…

  8. 2025-12-05 · 35 min

    For years, Dateline’s 'Missing in America' series has highlighted the stories of the missing and the families who won’t stop searching for their loved ones. Now, four seasons into the podcast — and for the 12th…

  9. 2025-07-15 · 39 min · Season 4, episode 6

    It was the early morning hours of May 20, 2017, and 15-year-old Sophie Reeder should have been in bed. Instead, she had slipped out of her house in the River Oaks neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale and walked off into the…

  10. 2025-07-08 · 45 min · Season 4, episode 5

    On November 4, 1980, 44-year-old Nancy Snow boarded a flight to Baltimore from St. Louis, Missouri, where she had spent several months working on Gene McNary’s U.S. Senate campaign. That night she went to a party in…

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07/2022 · over 4 years
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31 min
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