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30. British Malaya (modern-day Singapore) Chitty, an Australian rules footballer, was captured during the Fall of Singapore in March 1942 and reported missing on 26 March 1942. While in captivity in the Changi Prison, he won the only "Changi Brownlow" awarded in the Prisoner of War Changi Football League.
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.
City of Los Angeles, Rasmussen v. Lazarus, Francis v. City of Los Angeles. On February 24, 1986, the body of Sherri Rasmussen (born February 7, 1957 [1]) was found in the apartment she shared with her husband, John Ruetten, in Van Nuys, California, United States. She had been beaten and shot three times in a struggle.
Disappearance. Walter Collins disappeared on March 10, 1928, [1] after Christine gave him money to go to the cinema. Walter's disappearance received nationwide attention, and the Los Angeles Police Department followed up on hundreds of leads without success. [2] The police faced negative publicity and increasing public pressure to solve the ...
Death of Mitrice Richardson. Mitrice Lavon Richardson (born April 30, 1985 – remains found August 9, 2010) was a 24-year-old African-American woman who went missing on September 17, 2009, after police claim she was released from a jail at the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station, where she had been taken after behaving erratically at a restaurant.
Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – c.January 14–15, 1947), known as the Black Dahlia, was an American woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 15, 1947. Her case became highly publicized owing to the gruesome nature of the crime, which included the mutilation of her corpse, which was ...
The search for the 20-month-old was the largest missing-persons investigation in the state's history. Police have evidence from the house suggesting foul play and believe her to be dead; however, her body has not been found, and no arrests have been made. [289] 18 December 2011 Phoenix Coldon: 23 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
The entrance gates of the Los Angeles Police Academy in Elysian Park, established in 1925. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) was formed in 1869, and has since become the third-largest law enforcement agency in the United States. They have been involved in various events in history, such as the Black Dahlia murder, the Watts riots, the ...