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Bahamas
Missing since 19 June 2024

Bahamas - Taylor Casey, 41, Chicago, last seen in at yoga retreat, Paradise Island, Nassau, 19 Jun 2024

Taylor Casey, 41, was last seen on Wednesday in the area of Paradise Island, which connects to New Providence, known as Nassau, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance are unknown...

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Bahamas - from 28 Juli 2023:

Bahamas - Lindsay Shiver, 36, mom from GA, lover and hitman all charged in Nassau plot to kill husband, 28 July 2023

https://bahamascourtnews.com/woman-lover-charged-in-plot-to-kill-husband/ https://www.timesenterprise.com/news/local_news/thomasville-woman-charged-in-plot-to-kill-estranged-husband/article_265316a0-2e66-11ee-8de1-8b5cbdef91de.html

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Brazil - 9 August 2024:

Plane carrying 62 people crashes in Brazil with no survivors. Aug 2024

[https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/08/09/americas/brazil-plane-crash-intl-latam A passenger plane carrying 62 people crashed on the outskirts of São Paulo on Friday afternoon, killing everyone on board, according to Brazilian officials. Dramatic footage from the scene showed...

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Belize.

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Thread 'Belize- Kaoutar Naqqad, 23, Imane Mallah, 24, and Wafae El Arar, 26, of Revere, Mass., found deceased @ the Royal Kahal Beach Resort, Feb., 2025.'

Feb 27, 2025

Feb 26 2025

3 U.S. women found dead in Belize hotel, police investigating - National | Globalnews.ca

Belize police identified the women as Kaoutar Naqqad, 23, Imane Mallah, 24, and Wafae El Arar, 26, of Revere, Mass., who were staying at the Royal Kahal Beach Resort.

globalnews.ca

(L-R): Imane Mallah, Wafae El-Arar and Kaoutar Naqqad were found dead in a hotel in Belize.
''According to police, housing staff attempted to contact them a number of times on Feb. 21 after surveillance footage showed them entering their rooms on the evening of Feb. 20 and not exiting the room again. After staff received no response by the morning of Feb...

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Colombia

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Thread 'Colombia- Alessandro Coatti, 42, molecular biologist @ UK's Royal Biological Society, traveled to Santa Marta, body found dismembered, 3 April, 2025.'

May 18, 2025

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2039448/scientist-dismembered-body-colombia

''The dismembered body of a prominent scientist has been discovered in various locations in a town in Colombia. A group of children discovered a black suitcase which contained the scientist’s head, hands and feet last Sunday.

Biologist Alessandro Coatti, 42, worked at the Royal Society of Biology in London for eight years until the end of 2024 to volunteer and travel in South America. Mr Coatti arrived in the coastal port Santa Marta, a town on Colombia’s north coast, on April 3 and was...

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Argentina.

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Thread 'Argentina- Girl, 15, Among 3 Found Slain in 'House of Horrors' After Their Torture Was Broadcast Live on Instagram, Buenos Aires, 24 Sep, 2025.'

Sep 26, 2025

Girl, 15, Among 3 Found Slain in 'House of Horrors' After Their Torture Was Broadcast Live on Social Media

Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi a nd Lara Morena Gutiérrez disappeared on Friday after being lured out with a promise of a party, per police

people.com

• ''Dismembered remains of Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Morena Gutiérrez were found in a well five days after they disappeared
• Their brutal torture was broadcast in a closed group on social media, per investigators
• The horrific discovery led to massive protests in Buenos Aires, demanding justice for the victims

Four people have been arrested in Argentina after the brutal slaying of two women and a teenager, whose alleged torture authorities say was broadcast on social media...

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BELIZE

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Thread 'Belize- Marty Thorne, 65, owner of Raw Spa Cabanas, from B.C. Canada, fatally stabbed, Bullet Tree Village, Cayo District,10 November, 2025'

Nov 13, 2025

Nov. 12 2025

HUNTER: Snowbird, 65, stabbed to death in Belize's latest dreamer death

Check out the latest from columnist Brad Hunter on snowbird Marty Thorne, 65, who was stabbed to death on her property in Belize.

torontosun.com

''Some go to Florida, others to Palm Springs, and the more adventurous go to places like Mexico, Costa Rica and Belize. What visitors to the latter seldom realize is that these places aren’t Rosedale, North Vancouver or Westmount.''

HIPPIE HAVEN: One of the cabanas at murder victim Marty Thorne’s Belize property. TRIPADVISOR
''Masseuse Marty Thorne, 65, was a seemingly free-spirited woman from British Columbia who couldn’t wait to return to her...

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Panama

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Thread 'Panama - Ghussan Iqbal, 31, and his children Nousaybah, 2, and Musa, 7 months (found deceased), Changuinola, 21 May 2025'

Jun 2, 2025

June 2, 2025 article

Canadian Family Appeals to Ottawa for Help Locating Canadian Man & 2 Kids Missing in Panama - Newsroom Panama

Ghussan Iqbal, 31, is seen in this undated photo with his children Nousaybah, two, and Musa, seven months old.

newsroompanama.com

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The lifeless body of a minor was found on the night of Saturday, May 31, on the banks of the Changuinola River, in the province of Bocas del Toro, authorities confirmed.

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10 November 2025:

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Thread 'Venezuela/Norway - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado sneaks out of Venezuela and goes to Norway, 10 November 2025'

Dec 11, 2025

It was uncertain until the last moment if 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado would be able to go to Oslo for the ceremony. She had been in hiding the last couple of months, as the Venezuelan government has forbidden her to leave the country. She finally managed to get out, in disguise, and first a long drive from Caracas to the coast, and then a 10-hour-long journey in a small fishing boat from the Venezuelan coast to the island of Curaçao, before she was able to take a plane to Oslo. The plane journey was privately arranged with support from the US, and the plane made a...

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Brazilian visitor to UK, missing.

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UK Thread 'UK- Vitoria Barreto,30, Brazilian visitor, psychologist, last @Uof E, heading to Brightlingsea Harbour,Essex,3 March, 2026,*‘emergency ping’ from sea*'

Mar 8, 2026

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8 Mar 2026
''FEARS are growing for a missing psychologist last seen five days ago near an Essex harbour as police admit they are “very concerned” for her wellbeing.

Cops and friends of Brazilian Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto have launched appeals for information about the 30-year-old who had been visiting Britain to investigate the possibility of starting a doctorate.''

'She is understood to have been staying with a female friend living in Colchester and maintained contact with a...

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BELIZE

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Thread 'Belize -Thomas David Harman, 72, of Vancouver, Canada, found deceased on his 'adrift' boat, female companion alive, 11 March, 2026, *Foul play ruled *'

Friday at 1:06 PM

March 13, 2026

Belize cops probing mystery death of elderly Canadian man found on boat

Cops in Belize are probing the death of an elderly Canadian man found dead on his boat off the coast of the country. Get the details.

torontosun.com

The catamaran where the Canadian was found dead. BELIZE POLICE
'According to officials, Harman’s catamaran was found adrift in Belizean waters with Harman on board. A woman — described in one report as his wife — told officials the pair were on their way to the Cayman Islands when Harman fell while fixing a sail. They had been sailing from the Honduras.

The man then reportedly suffered a heart attack.

However, so far cops are not describing the incident as death by misadventure or an...

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