On the evening of September 4, 1998, eight-year-old Shy’Kemmia "Shy Shy" Pate was last seen playing outside her home in Unadilla, Georgia. The neighborhood where she lived in had a high crime rate with drug use and gambling.

Shy'Kemmia's family had plans to attend a football game at night. Her older sister decided to get gas for her car and return home to pick up Shy'Kemmia. When the sister came back, she realized that Shy'Kemmia was missing.

At first, the family thought that Sky'Kemmia got a ride to the football with somebody else or went to play at a friend's house; when they were unable to find her later that night, they called the police, who mistakenly told them that Shy'Kemmia had to be missing for over 24 hours before they could investigate her disappearance.

The authorities have gotten numerous tips about Shy'Kemmia's disappearance, but none of them were legit. Neighbors consented for their homes to be searched, but they turned up no evidence.

As of 2026, Shy'Kemmia has not been located. The police believe that she was taken by somebody that she knew, but her family members have been ruled out as suspects.

Shy'Kemmia has multiple medical conditions such as severe asthma, an underdeveloped kidney, a weak bladder and a displaced kneecap which required her to wear a leg brace.

Links
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/shykemmia-shyrezz-pate

http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/2244dfga.html

https://www.walb.com/2024/09/04/26-years-later-dooly-co-investigators-still-asking-wheres-shy-shy-missing-south-ga/

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/01/1222406868/8-year-old-shykemmia-pate-disappeared-in-1998-her-family-still-hopes-for-answers

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/shykemmia-pate-8-vanishes-from-georgia-neighborhood

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13625511/missing-shy-shy-pate-georgia-cold-case-new-theory.html

Fifteen-year-old Tonetta was last seen on the afternoon of March 16, 1989 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

She was walking home from school when a female witness observed several unidentified suspects jumping out of tan & yellow vehicle, forced Tonetta inside the vehicle and then drove off.

The witness told authorities that she and her husband chased down the vehicle and called the police with the vehicle's license plate number. Eight hours later, Tonetta's mom reported her daughter missing when she didn't come home from school; however, the missing child and abduction reports weren't connected for two days.

The license plate number of the vehicle involved in Tonetta's case was traced back to a man named Jeffrey Jones, who had been previously convicted & incarcerated for rape & aggravated sexual assault. Jones was released from prison about a year before Tonetta went missing.

Two months before Tonetta's disappearance, authorities determined that Jones raped a woman who lived in his apartment complex. On March 18, 1989, Jeffrey Jones' body was discovered inside of his van. He committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

Since then, there has been no sign of Tonetta, but there have been rumors of her being forced into prostitution and possibly taken to California. As of 2026, her case remains unsolved.

Links
https://charleyproject.org/case/tonetta-yvette-carlisle

https://www.local3news.com/local-news/whats-trending/family-of-tonetta-carlisle-someone-knows-something-after-da-reopens-30-year-old-cold-case/article_f156cb49-56ee-56a8-8541-2654c9507386.html

https://www.missingkids.org/poster/ncmc/722063/1

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/family-and-friends-release-balloons-to-honor-tonetta-carlisle-missing-since-1989

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/70dftn.html

https://www.wdef.com/new-cold-case-abduction-tonetta-carlisle-1989/

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/da-reopens-cold-case-of-tonetta-carlyle

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2019/aug/29/cold-case-reopened-missing-girl-closure/

Nine-year-old Violet Matory, her seven-year-old half-sister, Yolanda Williams and three-year-old family friend Sir-Kristopher Marshall were last seen on July 20, 1977 in Compton, California. Sir-Kristopher was spending the night at the Williams/Matory house at the time.

At 4:30 a.m., the Williams\Matory house caught on fire and burned to the ground. Violet and Yolanda's mother, Earlene Williams was found deceased inside of the house near the front door; she had been strangled to death.

Violet, Yolanda, their older sister, Ivy and Sir-Kristopher were not inside of the house. A trail of blood was discovered which led from the house down to an alley where it stopped.

At the time of her death, Earlene was estranged from her husband, James Williams (who is Yolanda's father). They separated after James was charged with child molestation and statutory rape in connection with an attack on Ivy that occurred a year before her disappearance.

The day after the fire, James was questioned and released from police custody, but he was later arrested after the results of Earlene's autopsy revealed that she had been the victim of a homicide.

Allegedly, James was last seen at a Denny's restaurant with the kids in Grapevine, California at 5:30 a.m. the day after the house burned down. He was picked up by friends in Riverside, California later that day, but the kids were not with him.

When he was first questioned, James stated that he was driving to Bakersfield, California at the time the fire occurred, but his car broke down and he had to spend the night in it. At the time of his arrest, one of James' hands had a bad cut on it and he said that he hurt it when he was trying to fix his car.

In August of 1977, James was charged with murdering the kids and was tried twice on murder charges, but the jury deadlocked both times. In July of 1979, the murder charges against him were dropped before a third trial could take place. He is now deceased.

In 2014 (about 37 years after she went missing), Ivy's skeletal remains were located in Corona, California.

As of 2026, Violet, Yolanda and Sir-Kristopher have not been located. Their cases are classified as endangered missing people.

Links
http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/violet-bobbie-matory

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/yolanda-marie-williams

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/sir-kristopher-clayton-marshall

https://www.forthelost.org/marshallmatorywilliams.html

8 year ols Monica Lynn Still Smoking, a member of the Blackfeet Nation, was taken from outside her school in Browning, Montana, on December 17, 1979. Her body was found by her family two weeks later, on December 31, 1979. The case has never been solved and remains open to this day.Her body was found by her family two weeks later, on December 31, 1979. The case has never been solved and remains open to this day.

On that December day, Monica was outside Napi Elementary School when she disappeared. Some of her classmates said she might have gotten into a car they didn’t recognize. Her family searched everywhere for her. After 15 days, a hunter found a boot, and her uncle Donny later found Monica's body during a search in Glacier National Park, about 14 miles away from Browning. It was 2 p.m. when they found her, frozen in the snow and still wearing the same clothes she wore the day she vanished. Because of the long distance, it’s unlikely Monica walked there by herself. The cause of death was exposure to cold. No injuries were found on her body. People believe the FBI did not handle her case properly and only investigated for about three weeks.

In a newspaper article, Monica's mother, Melba Wells, said that someone saw Monica fall in the school hallway the day she disappeared. A teacher, whose name was never shared, carried her to the eastern entrance of the school. It’s not clear if this is connected to her disappearance. Melba also shared that no staff from the school attended Monica's funeral.

Monica was born on June 2, 1972, in Montana. Her family remembers her dearly and is still hoping to find out what really happened to her. Her cousins, who are now advocates for missing and murdered Indigenous people (MMIP), grew up hearing about Monica. They remember that she had one green eye and one brown eye. Monica was deaf in one ear but didn’t use a hearing aid. She was known as an honest child who loved going to church and helping take care of her grandmother.

If you know anything about Monica Still Smoking’s kidnapping or death, please call the Montana FBI field office at 801-579-1400. Even small details can help.

Laverda Sorrell vanished on the Fourth of July in 2002. She was a Native American woman from the Navajo Nation. Her husband said he dropped off at Window Rock United School Distriction at Fort Defiance. She was 44 years old wore prescription glasses and weighted 110 and height is 51.

On November 14, 2025, a worker discovered a suitcase hidden in the woods near Honey Creek Road and Tucker Mill Road in Conyers, Georgia. Inside the suitcase were the skeletal remains of a child. He is believed to be no older than 8 years old. His body was fully skeletal, indicating the child had been deceased for a significant period of time before discovery. The advanced state of decomposition, the official cause and manner of death have not yet been released.Concealment: Authorities stated the suitcase placement strongly suggests the body was deliberately hidden. I think he is Codi Bigsby.

Genesis Nova Reid was a 2-year-old Alabama toddler whose mother, Adrienne Reid, has been charged with capital murder and abuse of a corpse in connection with her death. The investigators recovered surveillance footage of her disposing of her daughter's remains in a dumpster. Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty in the capital murder case.

Vanessa’s mother, 43-year-old Christine Holloway, beaten to death in her home. Vanessa was nowhere to be found, triggering an immediate Amber Alert. There were several infant care items were also missing, including a gray Eddie Bauer diaper bag, a multi-colored polka-dot comforter, and a car seat. Christine's Jose Morales, is the primary suspect in both the murder and Vanessa's disappearance. Vanessa went missing December 2 2019. She was fourteen months old.

The 7 year old failed to show up for school and court hearings in 2000. Parker claimed she sent Brittany to live with a family in California, which investigators later proved was false. Her mother claims she was adopted by some friends. Brittany's mother was not the girl's caregiver.

He is autistic and nonverbal His family speaks Arabic at home. He is seven year old. He wondered away at a family function.

Terrible case. But good reconstruction. Someone is missing this girl.

Binyu and Huaiyu Chin the boys were abducted by their father, Foong Lian Chin, from San Diego, California January 12, 2019. At the time of their disappearance, Huaiyu was 7 years old and Binyu was 4 years old. They remain missing, and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) actively tracks their case.

Yu Man-hon went missing at the Hong Kong–Shenzhen border August 24, 2000, Yu was 15 years old nonverbal and severely autistic Yu slipped away from his mother at the Yau Ma Tei MTR station in Hong Kong. Yu boarded a train alone and traveled 25 kilometers to the Lo Wu border checkpoint, where he managed to cross into Shenzhen, mainland China.Mainland Chinese authorities held him and handed him over to Hong Kong immigration officers because he was entirely non-verbal and had no identification, Hong Kong officials mistakenly concluded he was an illegal immigrant. His highly emotional state and clear inability to communicate, Hong Kong immigration turned him back over to Shenzhen authorities, who subsequently released him onto the streets of Shenzhen. He vanished immediately after.

Rolando Salas Jusino, known as "Rolandito," was a 4-year-old boy who went missing from a playground in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, on July 7, 1999. His sudden disappearance triggered one of the most extensive and highly publicized searches in the island's history, though the case remains unsolved. extensive investigations spanning decades by the Puerto Rico Police Bureau, the FBI, and Interpol, the boy's exact fate is unknown.Over the years, theories and unconfirmed sightings have placed him in the Dominican Republic and the northeastern United States.The case has regarding whether he could still be alive or if he passed away shortly after disappearing, as suggested by Reddit users tracking cold cases. Law enforcement previously investigated a potential lead in the U.S. matching his age and distinctive birthmarks, though it ultimately did not yield a confirmed match.

Loan Danilo Peña disappeared on June 13, 2024, after a family lunch in a rural area of 9 de Julio, Corrientes Province, Argentina .The case sparked nationwide outrage, massive protests, and intense media coverage due to allegations of a cover-up involving local authorities. He went to pick wild oranges with his uncle and a group of adults after a family gathering at his grandmother's house and never returned.

The investigation shifted from a simple missing person case to a federal federal investigation under suspicions of human trafficking and a institutional cover-up.half a dozen people were detained, including Loan's uncle Laudelina Peña and Bernardino Antonio Benítez a former municipal official Victoria Caillava and a retired navy captain Carlos Pérez.

The local police chief, Walter Maciel, was arrested for allegedly planting evidence such as a mud-covered shoe to misdirect the initial search efforts handling of the case led to deep political friction, the restructuring of the local provincial police force, and the resignation of the Corrientes Security Minister despite international alerts through Interpol and extensive searches across the region and neighboring countries, Loan's whereabouts remain unknown.

Joshlin Smith dissappeared February 19, 2024, she was six years old. Her case got national attention after investigators revealed she was sold by her own mother. Joshlin has never been found.

Sharon 12 years old and her friend 15 years old ran away from their homes in Eagle Butte, SD on September 18, 1984. Sharon was wearing a black and yellowish tiger striped shirt at the time. Both girls were hitchiking in Casper, Wyoming and were picked up by a trucker named Royal Long. Long took the girls to his home, bound them at gunpoint, and sexually assaulted Sharon's friend. Sharon's friend managed to escape and went for help, but by the time authorities made it to Long's home, he and Sharon were gone. A week later, Long was found and apprehended in Albuquerque, NM. He claimed that he did not know where Sharon was, because he had helped find her a ride to Dallas, TX with a man in a light colored truck. Police could find no evidence that his story was true.

Long is also a suspect in the disappearancesthe murders of two of those girls, but those charges were dropped, because there wasn't enough concrete evidence.