Mysterious Cases Of Couples Who Vanished Without A Trace

#1 Glen and Bessie Hyde

A young couple who enjoyed the outdoors and adventure, Glen and Bessie were newlyweds during the late 1920's. They disappeared without a trace while trying to run the rapids of the Colorado River through to the Grand Canyon. The couple disappeared on November 18th, 1928, but it was not until December 6th that a search and rescue team was sent out to look for them, which resulted in no findings. A plane that had spotted the couple's scow drifting aimlessly down the river with supplies that the couple would have needed was the only evidence ever found of their disappearance, and that was in January of 1929. Plenty of speculation, rumors and theories swirled about how the couple met their demise. It was claimed that Bessie stabbed her abusive spouse to death, and Emery Kolb was the lone suspect in the couple's disappearance due to the fact he was the last person to see them alive before they parted for the trip. However, nearly ninety years since Glen and Bessie disappeared we are no further ahead knowing how they vanished without a trace.

#2 Kristina Branum and Christopher Mittendorf

On July 27, 2006, young Kristina Branum and her boyfriend Christopher Mittendorf left his mother's home to go clothes shopping at a local outdoor market. The two lovers had been living in his mother's home for over a year and were engaged to be married. After they were done with their shopping, they returned to Christopher's mother's home, dropped off their purchases and were never seen from nor heard from again. Nearly five days later their car was found abandoned and unlocked in a nearby parking lot. There was only one witness who provided a clue to discovering this young couples' disappearance. The unidentified man said he had seen both Kristina and Christopher leave their car and get into an older white car waiting for them. Detectives believe that there was foul play that attributed to the disappearance of Kristina Branum and Christopher Mittendorf but they have never found a trace of the pair.

#3 Camden Sylvia and Michael Sullivan

The young couple, avid runners, were last seen happily running together on November 7th, 1997. Since the couple did not return to their apartment they shared together, Camden's mother became worried and entered the apartment to investigate and take a look around. Mrs. Sylvia found everything in its place and nothing alarming or unusual about the surroundings. The only things that were missing were the two pairs of running shoes that Camden and Michael would have worn, keys to the apartment and Sylvia's purse.

They had been known to be having issues with Robert Rodriguez, their landlord, whom it was known they were arguing with due to his threat to raise their rent and everyone else's in the apartment building. On the morning of November 7th, 1997, the day the couple went missing, Ms. Sylvia had shown Mr. Rodriguez a petition with all the tenants' signatures saying that if he raised their rent, no one would pay any rent. Due to the fact that Mr. Rodriguez may have a motive to murder, police believed that he killed the couple and dumped their bodies, perhaps in water. However, there has been no evidence to support this theory, nor anything to link Robert Rodriguez to the crime. Suspicion does surround Mr. Rodriguez however, due to the fact he has also been linked to the disappearance of David King in 1991 over an argument about money.

#4 Mitchel Weiser and Bonnie Bickwit

Bonita Bickwit and her sweetheart Michael Weiser disappeared while hiking in New York on July 27th, 1973 when they were enjoying a hike to an outdoor concert festival. There was only one person who had seen them and been with them before they were reported missing, and that was a truck driver who said he gave them a ride to the concert from ten miles away. It is uncertain whether the couple actually reached their destination of the concert that day since nobody could recognize the two from that event. Authorities originally believed that the couple had just run off together. The young couple were very much infatuated with each other and had also exchanged wedding rings just a few days before the concert trip. Family and friends have different opinions, stating that the couple had been acting quite strange before they left for the concert. Over the years there have been a few sightings of the couple, all unconfirmed, and even a phone call to Michael's family by a woman who identified herself as "Bonnie." Besides these few instances, there has been no further details or confirmations.

#5 Hue Pham and Hue Tran

Hue and Hue were enjoying a vacation aboard a cruise ship to the Caribbean with their daughter and granddaughter in May of 2005. While onboard, their daughter Sharon received a call from the ships reception office saying they had some of her parent's belongings and possessions. Sharon became quite alarmed and searched for her parents as well as alerting the ships authorities and crew of her parent's disappearance. Unfortunately, an announcement was not made for several hours and the ship made no attempt to turn around and see if perhaps the couple had fallen overboard. The cruise line contends that the couple committed suicide, but the families of Hue Pham and Hue Tran believes otherwise.

#6 Thomas and Eileen Cassidy Lonergan

Thomas and Eileen were a young married couple stranded at sea while they were enjoying a Scuba Diving adventure at St. Crispin's reef with a group of fellow scuba divers. However, it wasn't discovered that Tom and Eileen were not on the returning boat after their venture at sea until two days later when the transportation team reported them missing. When this ghastly mistake was discovered, an air and search team was quickly put into place but it was too late. There was no sign or trace and the couple was never found. Many theories exist to their disappearance from them faking their own disappearance, to them committing suicide or murder. The most likely theory is that they drowned or were eaten by sharks.

In 2003, the movie "Open Water" was said to be based on their story.

#7 Connor and Sheila Dwyer

On May 19th, 1991, Maisie Sweeney stood outside her sisters two-story home in Fermoy, Ireland as the Irish police broke down the door. Maisie hadn't heard from her sister Sheila nor her husband Connor for over two weeks and was very concerned. Inside they found nothing that seemed to be out of the ordinary. Electrical appliances were either unplugged or switched off; the bed was made, and even their passports and a small savings of cash were found stashed in a tin can. Both Connor and Sheila's glasses were found in the living room. Everything seemed to be in order except that Connor and Sheila Dwyer's white Toyota Cressida was gone, and of course, them as well. To this very day, the couple who were near the age of retirement have been missing and have yet to be found.

#8 Claude and Martha Sue Shelton

The Shelton's lived at Gerry's Trailer Park in Kentucky where they shared their home with their three children. Claude and Martha disappeared from this trailer park in 1971 after they tucked their children into bed for the night. After the children were kissed by their parents, the couple drove away in their white 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 and were never seen nor heard from again. There is scarce evidence of where the couple could have gone and their car has never been seen nor recovered. Nobody recollects seeing the Shelton's on the night of their disappearance. Foul play is highly suspected due to the uncharacteristic nature of this couple to leave their children behind as they did.

#9 Richard Petrone and Danielle Imbo

A Philadelphia couple, Richard Petrone and Danielle Imbo were out on February 19th, 2005, enjoying themselves with friends over drinks and food. As the evening progressed, the couple decided to leave their friends and headed off in Richard's pick-up truck. Richard and Danielle were never seen or heard from again. An investigator has theorized that Richard accidentally drove his truck into the chilly Delaware River. The Delaware was searched, but there was no trace of the truck. Another theory places Danielle's estranged husband as a culprit, however, nothing has been solidified nor came of the theory.

#10 William and Margaret Patterson

This El Paso Texas couple disappeared on March 5th, 1957 without a trace. William and Margaret were not reported missing for nearly five months, due to their neighbor believing they were on an extended vacation. Once authorities were notified, the case was opened and police shockingly found they left their car and cat behind. Their home was also found in complete disarray. The neighbor who reported them missing said that on the night of their disappearance the couple seemed very disturbed and upset about something. A letter was written a short period after the Patterson's disappeared. It was written by William, giving instructions on who his properties were to be distributed to. It was believed at the time that it was not William writing the letters but one of his employees. Nearly thirty years had passed without any word on the case when in 1984, a man who was hired to clean the former home of the Patterson's came forward and said he found blood under the water heater in the basement and pieces of human scalp in the propeller of their boat. Since the man waited so many years to report this, there wasn't a lot that the police could do with his information.