I can't even begin to estimate the number of articles I have read online about missing person cases. It's the first thing I do when I fire the computer up every morning and usually the last thing I read before I call it a night.

While surfing the net today, I ran across an entry on the Missouri State Highway Patrol's Missing Person website that infuriated me. Apparently a young man went missing in December in a town less than 30 miles from where I live. It's been nearly two…

Today I found out that murder charges were filed against a man in the death of his girlfriend.

I know it's a story that we all hear, over and over and over. But this one hit close to home, again.

This case involves the daughter of a woman I had the privilege of meeting almost three years ago. I was reporting for a newspaper and I had to write the story about the disappearance of a young mother. Again, a story we are all too familiar with. 

This particular story, just…