Mexico’s “buscadoras,” or searchers, are seeking political support in the United States after finding little more than closed doors in their home country. The term searchers refers the often gruesome task of physically sifting through dirt in search of human remains ignored by Mexico’s professional forensic services. The buscadoras are mainly mothers and sisters of […]
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Fire at chemical factory in India kills at least 9, with searchers looking for more victims
THANE, India (AP) — Rescuers combed through piles of debris and wreckage Friday searching for bodies after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India killed at least nine people and injured 64 others, officials said. The explosion in the factory’s boiler on Thursday led to a fire that affected nearby factories […]
Fire at chemical factory in India kills at least 9, with searchers looking for more victims
THANE, India (AP) — Rescuers combed through piles of debris and wreckage Friday searching for bodies after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in western India killed at least nine people and injured 64 others, officials said. The explosion in the factory’s boiler on Thursday led to a fire that affected nearby factories […]
Missing hiker’s body found under large boulder in river, New Hampshire searchers say
The body of an “avid hiker” who went missing four weeks ago in New Hampshire’s White Mountains was discovered wedged under a large boulder in the Dry River, according to searchers. A cause of death for William Donovan, 65, has not been released. He was visiting the area from Cambridge, Massachusetts. His body was recovered […]
Mexican volunteer searchers say they’ve found a clandestine crematorium in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Volunteer searchers said they have found a clandestine crematorium on the edge of Mexico City. It’s the first time in recent memory that anyone claimed to have found such a body disposal site in the capital. In northern Mexico, drug cartels often use drums filled with diesel or caustic substances to […]
Endangered man’s hidden car leads searchers to his body in the woods, Alabama cops say
A missing man’s car hidden in the woods led to the discovery of his body in a shallow grave, Alabama authorities said. Now, homicide investigators are searching for those responsible. Jewel Bendolph, 38, was involved in an argument before he disappeared the early morning of March 2, the Birmingham Police Department said in a missing […]
Woman plummets 100 feet to her death in Virginia cave, searchers say
A woman fell 100 feet to her death while inside a cave in northwest Virginia, searchers say. It happened Friday, Jan. 12, “in the Staffordsville Community outside of Pearisburg,” according to the Giles County Sheriff’s Office. Searchers identified the woman as 38-year-old Autumn Nicole Draper of Fairlawn, Virginia, station WDBJ reported. Fairlawn is about 22 […]
Cruise ship passenger falls overboard and vanishes off South Carolina, searchers say
A 41-year-old man remains missing after he fell from a Christmas-themed cruise off South Carolina, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Vision of the Seas cruise ship was 127 miles east of Charleston when the man “went overboard,” the USCG reported in a tweet. His identity has not been released, and investigators have not […]