missing person cases especially those of adults can often have tragic endings
if the missing person is not located within a few days or weeks thankfully some missing person cases
are solved when the person is located alive and well each case is different with some
not wanting to go back to their old lives and others desperate to see friends and family again
these missing person cases came to a happy ending in 2021 number five
when phoebe sickles apparently vanished without a trace in june of this year
the more her family dug into her disappearance the worse the situation seemed to look
then more than nine weeks after she vanished her family were relieved when this missing
person case got a happy ending phoebe was 23 years old at the time of her disappearance
and had just moved back in with her father and stepmother it was a difficult time for phoebe
she and her husband had three young children together but their relationship was rocky it
had been on and off for a while but in june they had decided to call it quits phoebe had gone with
her children to stay with her parents the plan was to live there long term but after a few days she
said she needed to visit friends in indianapolis her estranged husband picked up the children
and on june 14th phoebe was picked up by a female friend and none of her family had heard of before
the trip was only supposed to be a few days but that stretched out to multiple weeks and then
months phoebe sent text messages to her father for a few days and everything seemed normal she also
phoned her mother on june 16th to say that she was on her way over but phoebe never arrived june 16th
was the last time any of her friends remembered seeing her the story about why or how she
left changed multiple times but she was last seen outside their apartment in indianapolis
phoebe's parents became concerned after they hadn't heard from her for a few days
when her husband said she hadn't tried to call her children her family knew something was wrong
phoebe had never gone more than a day without speaking to them before a missing person report
was filed and police contacted the friends phoebe had been with the friends first tried to claim
a family member who had been out of town at the time picked her up from the restaurant
then that one of the friend's boyfriends drove her to her mother's old house
in the end they told police that phoebe had run away of her own accord phoebe's family
didn't buy this story and tried to hire a private investigator to work the case but the trail went
cold finally in august phoebe's family got the clue they needed police responded to an
overdose in indianapolis when phoebe approached she said she was homeless and there didn't seem
to be anyone else there with her it was the first concrete piece of evidence her family got
things got better the following day when they discovered phoebe had been arrested
for possession of illegal substances they now knew where she was and knew that she was safe what
prompted phoebe's disappearance is unknown and will likely stay private within the family but her
family knew that they were lucky to get a happy ending when this missing person's case was solved
number four the only thing more mysterious than vasile gargos's sudden disappearance 30 years ago
was his reappearance earlier this year vasile was a cattle merchant living in romania in the early
1990s he had a wife and children and seemed to be leading an ordinary enough life his work would
often require him to take short business trips to other areas to sell and buy cattle but they never
lasted longer than a few days then came a trip in 1991. there was nothing to indicate anything
out of the ordinary when he left his home and his family expected he would return a few days later
when that didn't happen they naturally became concerned and contacted authorities information
about the initial search is scarce but it seems nothing came up after many years of searching
basile's family came to the conclusion that he had either been in an accident or met with foul
play and was no longer alive fifteen years after he vanished his family began holding memorial
services for him convinced that he had passed away his children grew up and started families of their
own one son and his daughter-in-law remained at the family home it was here that vasile would
reappear in august of 2021 almost exactly 30 years after he had vanished it was late on a
sunday night when a mysterious car pulled up to the family home neighbors spotted the vehicle
but they were unable to see the license plate or give any description of the driver
any thought of that was knocked from their minds when vasile climbed out of the car
despite having aged 30 years the neighbors were certain this was the missing man he was the only
person who got out of the car and the driver left before anyone could investigate vasile seemed to
be in relatively good health but was confused and apparently couldn't remember how to open the gate
his daughter-in-law came out to greet the newcomer and was shocked when she discovered who it was
his son couldn't believe it now the mystery of where vasile had been all this time began
reports say that he was wearing the same clothes he had been in when he vanished
he was clean and appeared to have been well cared for but seemed to have neurological problems he
didn't remember his children and seemed confused he had a ticket with him for a nearby train
lots of reports on this case claimed the ticket was from the day he vanished
but it actually appears to be from the day that he returned home this makes the story
somewhat less mysterious but the ticket still doesn't seem to be explained as he arrived by
car rather than tree he also had with him his identity card with an address there's been plenty
of speculation as to what happened to vasile when asked where he was he claims that he was home
some believe he had abandoned his family and started a new life elsewhere but when
he got too old for them to care for the new family left him for his old family to care for
alternatively he may have started a new life somewhere else but was suffering from dementia
that made him forget the past 30 years and believed he had never left others have suggested
he may have been in prison or was even held as a spy after the collapse of the ussr it's likely
someone out there knows where vasile has been even if he no longer remembers so while this missing
person cold case has been somewhat solved there's still a lot more of this mystery to uncover
number three
usually when a missing person is found family can be assured that they are safe even if they
don't want to return home sadly that doesn't seem to be the case for the family of alyssa oliviere
alyssa was 39 years old when she went missing in august of this year she was a creative woman with
the website dedicated to her art at the time she was separated from her husband with whom she had
an 11 year old daughter and was in the process of selling the house they once called home together
she was living with her parents in colorado and struggling with the sudden dramatic changes to
her life in late july she traveled from colorado to kansas to visit a great aunt then decided to
visit friends in new york city she graduated from a private college in the city and had
lots of friends who still lived there she drove to new york arriving on the second
for a few days she kept in touch with her family but on august 4th that stopped alyssa's family
tried to get in touch with the friends she had supposedly been visiting only to discover alyssa
had never gotten in touch with them it was then that she was officially reported missing alyssa
had gone off grid before on religious retreats but this felt different she'd never been gone so long
without talking to her daughter her car was found in early september with a dead battery and an
empty fuel tank it had been parked in a two-hour parking zone and was left there for a month
inside were most of alyssa's belongings with the exception of her wallet the wallet was later found
by an unknown individual on the street they tried to contact alyssa to return it to her
but they were unsuccessful as missing person reports were posted on social media people got in
touch to say that they had seen her on the streets in new york the police also wanted to speak
to alyssa after she was seen kicking a passer-by walking down the street but every time her friends
and a private investigator they had hired to find her went to the spot where she had been seen
alyssa was already gone finally in october the private investigator managed to catch up to her
alyssa was clearly unwell but it was impossible to say if it was her mental or physical health
she refused to go with the investigator giving no reason but accepted the 100 that he gave her
it could be seen as a somewhat anti-climactic ending to this missing person case
while alyssa has been located she isn't necessarily safe and still needs help
while not a happy ending it's a reminder that we don't always know people's stories
number two
the family of alexi kotov had not seen or heard from him for more than 20 years
when they got the news that he had been found in kazakhstan earlier this year
alexi was a russian national in his early 20s when he lost contact with his family in 1999
he had joined the army some years earlier and briefly served in kazakhstan he returned home
in 1997 for his brother-in-law's funeral then returned to work in kazakhstan on a contract basis
he kept in contact with his family but that suddenly stopped one day in 1999 after they
hadn't heard from him for a while alexei's family contacted the military to see if they had any more
information all they were told was that alexi's unit had been disbanded and the other soldiers
had returned home to their families they had no information about why alexi hadn't done the same
alexi wasn't officially reported missing but his family did try to launch a search effort for their
missing loved one they contacted the show wait for me multiple times the show is a talk show which
provides a service to try to help find missing loved ones they also consulted fortune tellers
psychics and other similar people to try to find any information about alexi they were relieved
when they were told he was still alive but they were no closer to finding where he actually was
the case went cold until an unusual video started being shared on social media in it a man claiming
to be alexi calls out for help from his family he explains that he's been doing forced labor for a
farmer in kazakhstan for the past 20 years and asks for their help in getting him free
he provided details about where he grew up and about his family enough to convince people
that he was who he said he was kazakhstan law enforcement were alerted to the video
and were able to locate the man in question he was found at a winter camp where he had been forced
to work for a 44 year old farmer how exactly alexi ended up there is unclear he had ended up
in the hospital after being attacked at a train station in 1999 and at some point after that he
was allegedly kidnapped and forced to work those that found alexi said that it was clear he had
not seen any creature comforts in several years alexi was able to talk to his family via phone
assuring them that he was okay before being flown back to russia and reuniting with it number one
for more than three years the family of megan pachaki searched tirelessly for the missing person
finally in march of this year the cold missing person case was finally able
to be brought to a close and solved megan was 23 years old at the time of her disappearance
she was last seen hanging out with friends in marion virginia on may 19 2017. she told them that
she had texted another friend for a lift and a short while later a pickup truck pulled up outside
it was late and dark so her friends didn't get a good look at the vehicle or the driver
but megan got in it was the last time any of them saw or heard from her megan had run away
a few times as a child but never for more than a week and now as an adult this behavior was
extremely strange it took a few days for her family to realize something was wrong
but a week after she was last seen her family reported her missing
law enforcement began a search for megan but the investigation hit a roadblock early on
a few days after she was reported missing megan sent text messages to her mother she claimed she
wanted to disappear that she was okay and not to look for her local police issued a statement
that contact had been made and she was no longer missing but her family didn't buy the messages
there were small details about the messages that didn't sit well for megan's mother
she used words megan typically wouldn't and called her mama spelled m-a-m-a instead of mama spelled
m-o-m-m-a nobody had actually spoken to megan and shortly after the messages were sent the
phone number was disconnected all megan's social media accounts were also deactivated
it was as if she had vanished off the face of the planet megan's mother continued to search for her
daughter and law enforcement got involved again a search of the area where megan was last seen
turned up no results and appeals for the driver of the truck to come forward were never answered in
the first year after the disappearance a few leads came in but they all led to dead ends
then in march of this year megan's family got the call they had been waiting for megan had
been located an unnamed local law enforcement agency had non-criminal contact with megan
they ran her name and date of birth and discovered that she was considered a missing person in marion
the department contacted marion police who went to interview megan in this unknown location now
27 years old megan confirmed that she had left of her own accord and shouldn't be considered missing
while not the perfect family reunion that her family would have hoped for her family
are happy to know that she wasn't in any danger and that this cold case could finally be closed
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