Missing in America

Are you the key to solving a mystery? That question is at the heart of this award-winning original podcast series from Dateline, featuring missing person cases brought to our attention by our followers on social media. Follow and subscribe now to listen for free.

Donna Lee Dustin, Elizabeth Greenberg, Nancy Snow

Retired Maryland investigator Dave Cordle shares the three cases he can’t forget

During his time with the Anne Arundel County State Attorney’s Office, Dave Cordle worked on many cases. The chief investigator has now been retired for more than a decade, but there are three cases he can’t forget: the murder of Donna Lee Dustin, the death of Elizabeth Greenberg, and the disappearance of Nancy Snow. Cordle talks with Josh Mankiewicz about the Nancy Snow case in Season 4 of Dateline: Missing in America.

CUE Center volunteer Lisa Valentino talks about the case that spurred her advocacy journey – the 2006 murder of her sister, Allison Jackson Foy.

Lisa Valentino has been waiting for answers—and justice—for nearly 20 years. In 2006, her sister, Allison Jackson Foy, vanished from Wilmington, North Carolina. Her remains were found in 2008. Lisa credits a lot of the help she’s gotten over the years to the CUE Center for Missing Persons, a North Carolina-based organization that assists with missing persons cases nationwide. Lisa is based in New Jersey and has become an advocate herself, helping others who have gone through the same thing her family has. One case she has worked on is the disappearance of Danielle Lopez, whose story we tell in Season 4.

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Kayeleigh Gammill

What happened to one Monterey County woman, just miles away and one month before the disappearance of Arelie Garcia, remains a mystery 2 years later

20-year-old Kayeleigh Gammill left her Salinas, California home on August 17, 2022, around 5:30 p.m. Her body was found two weeks later at the bottom of a cliff in Big Sur, California. Less than a month after Kayeleigh’s body was found, another woman from Salinas disappeared. Her name is Arelie Garcia. She vanished on September 22, 2022. Her car was found in Big Sur, about 25 miles from where Kayeleigh’s body had been found. Authorities do not believe the cases are connected.
Melissa Montoya

Attorney Darlene Gomez on the case that spurred her MMIW advocacy journey

Darlene Gomez has been an attorney for more than two decades. She’s also been a longtime champion for missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW). Her first case was in 2000. The following year it became personal when her friend Melissa Montoya vanished from Dulce, New Mexico. Darlene has been determined to bring greater attention to the MMIW crisis ever since, taking on cases pro bono. Melanie James, whose story we tell in Season 3, is one of Darlene's cases.

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Missing in America

Since the digital series began in 2013, Dateline has reported on more than 500 missing persons cases. Read about some of those cases here.

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Read, watch and listen to 'Missing in America' cases that were featured on Dateline after they were solved.

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