Every once in a while, an animal rides the subway, and it's usually pretty cute. But this poor guy, a tiny box turtle trapped on the Atlantic-Pacific platform in Brooklyn, just looks really, really freaked out. Could it be because he's actually Lionel, the escaped box turtle from the Inwood Hill Nature Center, blown so very far from home? more ›

A worried brother has been using Twitter to try to find his missing 17-year-old sister who is autistic. Chris Lewis has been Tweeting, "In about an hour you will see on the news a missing 17 year old autistic girl named Janice lewis that is my little sister," "This is Janice. Around 2:15pm she boarded the Uptown bound d train and hasn't been seen since http://twitpic.com/7pk2dr," and "She's 5'11 about 155 pounds. Last seen in dark blue true religion jeans and dark purple ugg field boots http://twitpic.com/7pk2qz." more ›

A cute eastern box turtle has been missing from the Inwood Hill Nature Center for several days now, and befuddled park rangers don't seem too worried about the little guy's fate. And unlike some other escaped animals who became instant Internet celebrities, the turtle has not exactly captured the public's attention. more ›

Has anyone lost a well dressed, bilingual elephant in Brooklyn? Babar, yes that Babar, has been discovered in Bay Ridge, and his new human friends have posted this alert on Craigslist: more ›

Allie Loftis, the 13-year-old teen who apparently ran away from her suburban Massachusetts town on November 4 and had been last seen at the Port Authority Bus Terminal last Friday, was found in NJ yesterday. And police have arrested Jorge Garzon and charged him with "aggravated sexual assault, child endangerment and child abuse." more ›

After discovering human remains in a concrete-filled drum, authorities believed that it was the body of a young Jersey City mother who went missing in mid-August and charged her husband with murder. Now, police say that Steven Acuna probably strangled Amanda "Randy" Lehrer before folding her body into the drum. Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said, "We believe this (murder) occurred during the course of a domestic violence situation and it could be that she was strangled. We believe it happened shortly after she was last seen alive." more ›

Jersey City police are looking for a 32-year-old woman who has been missing for a few days. Randy "Amanda" Lehrer, who is married and has a ten-month-old child, was last seen on August 16. According to WCBS 2, "Officials say Lehrer’s husband initially said she stormed out of their Jersey City home but he waited at least three days until Wednesday to report her missing. He now says he will not cooperate with police without speaking to a lawyer first." more ›

Not to be an alarmist, but, Bongo is still missing, you guys. The stuffed monkey toy that a middle-aged couple lost in Park Slope on Sunday night has been in their lives for a decade, and Bonni Marcus and Jack Zinzi say it's been like "losing a child." They offered a $500 reward for his return, and say they'll know if it's their Bongo, noting that he "has specific marks and features." more ›

You guys seen Bongo? He is the beloved stuffed animal of Manhattanites Bonni Marcus and Jack Zinzi, and he went missing on their semi-regular outing to Park Slope on Sunday night. And now it's in an actual newspaper! And he we are, concerned as well! So let's go retrace some steps... more ›

Famed painter Joseph J. Stefanelli, one of the New York School Abstract Expressionist artists, has disappeared after dropping his wife off at NYU Medical Center, authorities say. The 90-year-old suffers from dementia and wandered off near the East 30th Street hospital, where his wife was receiving treatment. This occurred yesterday, and he's still nowhere to be found; according to the NY Post, police don't suspect foul play. more ›

A body found in Yorktown Heights has been identified as missing Bronx woman Tina Adovasio. Adovasio, a mother of four, was missing since last Friday, after getting into an argument with her estranged husband, former NYPD housing cop Eddy Coello. Coello is considered a "person of interest" and refused to give a DNA sample this morning. more ›

A Bronx mother of four has been missing for a week and police sources tell the Daily News and Post that her estranged husband, a former NYPD cop, is a "person of interest." The News reports that four years ago, she "was terrorized by her ex-cop husband while she held their crying baby in her arms... Edwin Coello, the chief suspect in the disappearance of Tina Adovasio, smashed the cordless phone in a fit of fury by hurling it twice against the wall." The Post adds, "Collo [was] arrested twice on domestic violence charges" involving Adovasio. more ›

The missing 34-year-old medical student who seemed to disappear without a trace after being kicked out of her Midtown apartment was found safe and sound at the West Side YMCA. Aimee Angle-Zahn, who reportedly has epileptic seizure disorder as well as a "gullible" and "clueless" nature, was found after cops looked at the activity on her debit card. more ›

A Michigan native who had been living in a Midtown Manhattan apartment has apparently disappeared and her family is worried. Aimee Angle-Zahn's mother said that her 34-year-old daughter, who is a fourth year medical student at Cornell, "can be clueless about the real world... My daughter has an IQ I believe equal to Albert Einstein’s. But if you send her to the grocery store for bread, she’ll come home with spaghetti." Angle-Zahn also reportedly suffers from epileptic seizure-disorder. Update: Angle-Zahn was found at the West Side YMCA; more details. more ›

A unicorn has gone missing near Central Park and West 72nd Street! There's a reward—and probably some good karma—if you can lead to the retrieval of the magical creature. We called the number where a friendly sounding woman has left a recording asking for any information that could lead to the return of her horned pet. Let's just hope it doesn't turn up in Prospect Park or pulling a carriage. more ›

The tale of the missing masterpiece continues. At first alleged co-owners Kristyn Trudgeon and Tom Doyle were blaming drunken art courier James Haggerty on losing the Jean Baptiste Camille Corot painting, said to be worth around $1 million. Then Trudgeon had to drop her lawsuit against Haggerty when her lawyer found out Doyle is actually a convicted art thief! And then the FBI started investigating Doyle due to his sordid history with the painting, which, it turns out, was never even partially owned by him. more ›

A 3-year-old Yorkshire Terrier, who goes by the name Ramsay, has gone missing at JFK Airport! The pup's owner, Amy Stefanowksi—a Connecticut native living in London—received a call earlier this week notifying her about her missing dog. He allegedly disappeared after his crate fell off a conveyor belt, opening the latch and setting him free. According to the Daily News, Stefanowski hasn't had any luck finding him, despite hiring a sniffer dog and two dog psychics to help in the search. more ›

A man's body washed ashore on Huckleberry Island in the Long Island Sound on Saturday and his relatives identified it as Brooklyn resident Eoin Curran, 30. Curran had been taking a sailing class on the sound on Saturday, July 25 when a squall hit and he and the instructor were knocked into the water; he was not wearing a life jacket. A harbor master told Patch, "The rain was coming down so hard you could barely see a person standing next to you... A squall like that will lay the boat over on its side, to the point where you're taking water in the cockpit." Curran, originally from Ireland, was a programmer for Google. more ›

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 30-year-old Brooklyn resident who went missing in the Long Island Sound near Larchmont, NY. Eoin Curran had been training on a sailboat on Sunday afternoon when the boat "reportedly listed 90 degrees due to heavy winds from the squall." He and an instructor fell off the boat. more ›

The pitching coach for the Yankees' minor league team is probably feeling pretty embarrassed right now. The Staten Island Advance reports that Patrick "Pat" Daneker reported his World Series ring, plus two cellphones (one of which was issued by the Yankees) stolen "after a night of partying with two women at a bar and in his Tampa, Florida, hotel room." Oh, and Daneker is married. more ›

News that remains found in a Pennsylvania field were positively identified as those of Laura Garza, a 25-year-old aspiring dancer from Brooklyn who vanished in December 2008, brought a new measure of grief to her family. A cousin, Isela Villalobos, told the Journal News, "We've been in mourning since Friday, when the police told us. Laura's mother was expecting for her daughter to come in the door until that dream was shattered Friday afternoon... All we do is think of Laura. We have moments when we cry. We have moments when we laugh." more ›

State police have found remains belonging to Laura Garza, last seen at Chelsea nightclub Marquee in December 2008, in a Pennsylvania field. Garza left the club with registered sex offender Michael Mele; WCBS 2 reports, "This past April 11, more than a year later, kids on ATVs found skeletal remains in a field near Olyphant, Pennsylvania. That's one hour west from Mele's apartment." Mele has been in jail for violating his probation related to other sex crimes, but he was never charged for Garza's disappearance, though he was the police's main suspect. more ›

Brianna Zani—the 21-year-old who first went missing one week ago today, only to be brought to Woodhull Hospital and promptly escape—has been found. Her family was readying to make a desperate plea on CNN last night when Zani showed back up at her Bushwick apartment at 5 p.m., unharmed. more ›

Ready to find yet another missing parrot? Last year a man captured an escaped macaw in Midtown; earlier this year a woman was reunited with her bird Gracie, who flew the coop in Park Slope; and now, Pepper the pet parrot has gone missing! more ›

Twitter has been filled with pleas to help find Brooklyn resident Brianna Zani. The 21-year-old, who may be disoriented, originally went missing Tuesday night, leaving her wallet and cell phone in her Bushwick apartment. She was later found by police officers passed out in an alley and brought to Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn—where she promptly escaped. Last night a team of friends and family searched the surrounding area for her, with no luck, and have now set up a website with more information. Zani is around 5' 5", has blond hair (that she has just shaved off), blue eyes, and is wearing a green shirt with blue jeans. A friend tells us, "She's INCREDIBLY intelligent, clever, and one of the sweetest girls I've had the pleasure of knowing. Her disappearance and recent erratic behavior is not like her." They ask if you find her, to please call 911. more ›

People, there is an errant penis out there, which we are finding out about via Craigslist (natch). A poster says: "Lost penis sculpture. Last seen on February 4th, 2010 around 1 a.m. on display during the art show BYOA at X Initiative located on 548 W 22nd St. The art piece is a life size realistic sculpture of the artist's penis and testicles made out of resin and beard hair. There were four Mark Billy penises on display but only one peach colored one went missing." Well, we know where he can get another one on the cheap. You can get a closer look at the missing sculpture, and its friends, here. Meanwhile, the artist is so distraught he hasn't even Twittered about it. more ›