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A photograph of Etan Patz at a makeshift memorial in the SoHo neighborhood of New York in 2012.

Etan’s disappearance changed childhood forever. Now this decades-old case has been reopened

When six-year-old Etan Patz vanished on his way to school in 1979, frightened parents began to raise their children differently.

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Simon Knight was 32 years old when he vanished without a trace.

A Sydney chef checked out of a Surry Hills hotel. He was never seen again

Simon Knight left the hotel by bike, withdrew $500 from the bank then “disappeared off the face of the earth”.

  • Josefine Ganko
One of the photos in Carolina Wilga’s since deleted Instagram post on Sunday.

Rescued backpacker returns to Germany and taken to hospital

Rescued backpacker Carolina Wilga has bid farewell to Perth, with German media confirming she arrived back in the country at the weekend.

  • Heather McNeill
Police issued an urgent appeal to help find the children, who are believed to be with a woman known to them.

Three missing children, including baby, possibly in NSW

Three children, including a baby, have been missing from the Gold Coast since yesterday and may now be in NSW, with police issuing an urgent appeal to help find them. 

  • Cloe Read
Pilot David Stephens with his 1966 Beechcraft Debonair plane.

Body found near Snowy Mountains plane wreckage

Wreckage of the light plane was spotted by a rescue helicopter on Thursday afternoon. Experienced pilot David Stephens was the sole occupant.

  • Penry Buckley and Kayla Olaya
Carolina Wilga says she left her car when in a state of confusion and got lost.

When police got word a backpacker was missing in remote WA, they were already out there looking for someone else

Carolina Wilga is not the first person to go missing at the edge of Western Australia’s Wheatbelt.

  • Hannah Murphy
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Carolina Wilga in hospital.

‘People might wonder why I left my car’: Rescued backpacker breaks her silence

German backpacker Carolina Wilga has released a statement from her hospital bed in Perth, thanking her rescuers and addressing the mystery of why she left her car in WA’s outback.

  • Hamish Hastie
Bimbijy Station’s Tania Henley found German backpacker Carolina Wilga in WA’s outback.

‘It was meant to be’: Backpacker’s rescuer describes miracle moment on remote WA road

Tania Henley was returning from a trip to Beacon in WA’s Wheatbelt when the waifish figure of a missing backpacker appeared on the side of the remote road.

  • Cameron Myles
Carolina Wilga’s Mitsubishi Delica van has been found in bushland. Picture: WA Police

Car found in search for missing German backpacker

Carolina Wilga, 26, had not been seen for 12 days since taking off on a solo adventure in the Wheatbelt.

  • Hannah Murphy
A young surfer who was feared lost at sea off the NSW North Coast has miraculously survived after spending the night on a remote island 13 kilometres offshore. Video provided by Marine Rescue NSW.
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Search party waits for rescued teen surfer to be brought to shore

A young surfer who was feared lost at sea off the NSW North Coast has miraculously survived after spending the night on a remote island 13 kilometres offshore. Video provided by Marine Rescue NSW.

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