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  • 91: MISSING: Celina Mays

    91: MISSING: Celina Mays
    Jun 9 2025
    On the night of December 15, 1996, 12-year-old Celina Mays went to bed in her family home in Willingboro, New Jersey.

    By morning, she was gone.

    As police began investigating, they learned that when she disappeared, Celina was nine months pregnant and just days away from giving birth. They also learned that her family belonged to a controversial religious group led by her aunt—one that former members have described as a cult. This dynamic, along with reports that the aunt’s son had molested underage girls in the church, complicated the case.

    Twenty-nine years later, Celina has never been found, and detectives are still working to untangle what happened inside the church and to Celina and her unborn baby. And despite everything, they haven’t given up hope that she may still be alive.

    Celina Mays was last seen sometime overnight between December 15 and 16, 1996, at her home on Crestview Drive in Willingboro, New Jersey. She was 12 years old and nine months pregnant at the time. She was around 5 feet tall, weighing 120 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair.

    Anyone with information is asked to call the Willingboro Police Department at (609) 877-3001 or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at (800) 843-5678.

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  • 90: MURDER: Ebby Steppach

    90: MURDER: Ebby Steppach
    Jun 2 2025
    On the night of Friday, October 23, 2015, 18-year-old Ebby Steppach attended a party in Little Rock, Arkansas. The following evening, she texted her stepfather and said she’d been sexually assaulted at the party and asked if he would go with her to the police. He said yes. But after that, she never contacted him again.

    Calls and texts from her family went unanswered until the next afternoon, when Ebby called her older brother. She was disoriented, thinking she was outside his house, even though she wasn’t. Her family frantically reported her missing and began searching. Within a week, her car was found abandoned at a local park. But there was no sign of Ebby. Searches in and around that park continued for years with no answers.

    Then, two and a half years later, Ebby’s body was found just 70 feet inside a drainage pipe that opened just feet from where her car had been left behind. Now, nearly a decade later, her family, friends, and the Little Rock Police Department are still searching for the person—or people—responsible for ending Ebby’s life.

    On Friday, October 23, 2015, Ebby Steppach attended a party. Afterward, she told friends and family she had been sexually assaulted and may have been recorded without her consent. The following day, she planned to report the assault to police—but then, she disappeared.

    For nearly 24 hours, no one could reach her. Then, on Sunday, October 25, Ebby called her brother. She sounded disoriented and claimed she was outside his house, but she wasn’t there. When he called her back, she said she was in her car—a silver Volkswagen Passat—but didn’t know where she was. That call was the last time anyone in her family heard from her.

    Ebby’s car was later found abandoned in Chalamont Park. Her phone, wallet, and contact lenses were still inside. But Ebby was nowhere to be found.

    In May 2018, Ebby’s remains were recovered from a drainage pipe, just feet from where her car had been found. Her death is being investigated as a homicide.

    If you have any information about the death of Ebby Steppach, please contact the Little Rock Police Department at 501-371-4660

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  • 89: MURDER: Eric Nelams

    89: MURDER: Eric Nelams
    May 27 2025
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    On the morning of September 26, 2003, 32-year-old Army veteran Eric Nelams was shot and killed outside his home in Phenix City, Alabama. He had been ambushed in his carport as he was leaving for work. Nothing was stolen, and a witness reported seeing more than one suspect flee the scene.

    Eric’s family was devastated by his murder—but they weren’t at a loss for who might be behind it. From the very beginning, they had their suspicions. In fact, they could think of at least two people who had a motive to see Eric silenced.

    But more than 20 years later, no one has ever been arrested—and the people who love Eric are still waiting for answers.

    Eric Nelams was shot and killed outside his home in Phenix City, Alabama, at around 5:30 a.m. on September 26, 2003. He was ambushed in his carport just as he was leaving for work. Detectives interviewed a witness who reported seeing more than one suspect. But more than 20 years later, no arrests have ever been made.

    If you have any information, you can contact Alabama Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP or use their online form. A $15,000 reward is being offered for arrest and conviction.

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  • 88: MURDER: Amber Berbiglia

    88: MURDER: Amber Berbiglia
    May 19 2025
    On May 3rd, 2013, 23-year-old Amber Berbiglia never showed up for work. She was always on time, so her coworkers immediately knew something was wrong. They texted and called but received no reply.

    Around the same time Amber’s coworkers were trying to reach her, two separate 911 calls came in. The first was from a caller who reported an abandoned vehicle. The second came from a group of kids who said they had seen a body near the same car.

    When detectives arrived, they found Amber dead. She had suffered severe trauma to her head, and at first, it was assumed she had been shot. But the autopsy told a different story—she had been beaten, and her arms showed signs that she had fought back.

    Now, more than a decade later, the person who did this to Amber still hasn’t been caught—and her family and friends are still fighting for answers.

    23-year-old Amber Berbiglia left her apartment on Golf Colony Lane in Little River, South Carolina, to run errands in the Myrtle Beach area. She first went to get a haircut in North Myrtle Beach before heading to Ross Dress for Less on Kings Road.

    After returning items, she was then spotted at the Murphy’s Gas Station on Kings Road at 2:00 p.m., before paying her cable bill roughly ten minutes later on Main Street, also known as Ocean Drive, in North Myrtle Beach.

    She was supposed to arrive at her job—Greg Norman’s Australian Grill—by 4:00 p.m., but she never made it. Instead, two 911 calls came in reporting her car abandoned on Old Sanders Road under Robert Edge Parkway.

    Amber’s body was discovered beaten, just feet from her car. Her cause of death was blunt force trauma with two skull fractures. There were no signs of robbery—her phone was within inches of her fingers, and her purse and cash were inside the car, untouched.

    Anyone with information is asked to call the Horry County Police Department at 843-915-8477.

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  • 87: MISSING/MURDER: Evelyn and Alex Hernandez

    87: MISSING/MURDER: Evelyn and Alex Hernandez
    May 12 2025
    On the afternoon of May 1, 2002, 24-year-old Evelyn Hernandez picked up her five-year-old son, Alex, from school in San Francisco. She was nine months pregnant and just days away from giving birth to a baby boy she planned to name Fernando.

    That evening, she called her sister to talk about her upcoming baby shower. It was the last time anyone ever heard from her.

    A week later—on what would have been Evelyn’s due date—she and Alex were reported missing. Nearly three months later, Evelyn’s partial remains were found in the Bay. But Alex and baby Fernando were never found.

    More than two decades have passed. Evelyn’s murder remains unsolved. Her sons are still missing. And her family is still searching for answers.

    Evelyn Hernandez was 24 years old and nine months pregnant when she went missing on May 1, 2002. She was last seen at her apartment in San Francisco after spending the day running errands and picking up her five-year-old son, Alex, from school.

    Evelyn’s partial remains were later found in the Bay, but her unborn son, Fernando, and her son Alex have never been located. When five year old Alex went missing, he was four feet tall and 45 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

    Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the San Francisco Police Department Cold Case Unit at (415) 553-1450.

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  • 86: MURDER: Brenda Gail Lambert

    86: MURDER: Brenda Gail Lambert
    May 5 2025
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    On July 26, 1992, 22-year-old Brenda Gail Lambert hosted a birthday party at her home in Bluewell, West Virginia. It was her youngest child’s first birthday, and the house was filled with family—including Brenda’s estranged husband, Raymond.

    As the night wore on, tensions rose and guests began to leave. Hours later, Raymond showed up at Brenda’s sister’s door, visibly shaken, saying he couldn’t find Brenda.

    She was never seen or heard from again.

    More than three decades have passed, and Brenda has never been found. But her family is still searching—and they believe they know what happened to her, and where she might be.

    Brenda Gail Lambert was last seen on July 26, 1992, at her home off Route 7, also known as Windmill Hill Road, in Bluewell, West Virginia. She was 5’2” and weighed around 110 pounds. Brenda had shoulder-length black curly hair and dark blue eyes.

    If you have any information about Brenda’s disappearance, please contact the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office at (304) 487-8364.

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  • America's Most Wanted: Missing Persons

    America's Most Wanted: Missing Persons
    Apr 27 2025
    I will be on America's Most Wanted: Missing Persons Monday night (April 28th) at 8pm ET on Fox and Tuesday on Hulu! I really hope you'll check out the show and support the cases we're covering. Make sure to use #AmericasMostWanted to talk about the show and let us know what other cases you would like to see covered. Let's bring them home!
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  • 85: MURDER: Brittany Phillips

    85: MURDER: Brittany Phillips
    Apr 21 2025
    On September 27, 2004, 18-year-old Brittany Phillips had what appeared to be a typical day in the life of a college student. She spent time with friends and called her mom later that night to catch up. But after that phone call, no one saw or heard from Brittany again.

    She didn’t show up for her classes, she didn’t check in with friends, and she didn’t return any of her mother’s calls. Days passed with no word, until September 30, when one of her friends called the police.

    When officers entered the apartment, they found Brittany on the floor next to her bed, with her head positioned toward the foot of the mattress. She had been strangled and possibly sexually assaulted. There were no obvious signs of forced entry, but detectives collected DNA from the scene, hoping that somewhere in that evidence was the identity of her killer.

    Now, more than twenty years later, that DNA has still not resulted in any arrests, leaving her family still seeking justice.

    18-year-old Brittany Phillips was last heard from at around 9:00 p.m. on the night of September 27, 2004, while speaking with her mother on the phone. She was supposed to attend an 8:00 a.m. class the following morning, but she never showed up.

    Days later, on the night of September 30, Brittany was found dead in her apartment on East 65th Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She had been strangled and may have been sexually assaulted.

    Anyone with information about Brittany’s case is urged to contact the Tulsa Police Department’s Cold Case Unit by email at TPDColdCaseHomicide@cityoftulsa.org.

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