There have been numerous public figures throughout history who have gone missing, and many of them remain unresolved to this day.
These disappearances have sparked endless theories and conspiracies, particularly when it comes to famous people. Here are some stories of well-known individuals who disappeared without a trace:
Canadian rapper Forrest Schab, known as DY, vanished in August 2010 while in Mexico shooting his music video for “That’s My Spot.” His family reported him missing on Nov. 18, 2010, and rumors online suggest that drugs or crime may be involved in his disappearance.
The Canadian police have yet to report any leads.
Photojournalist Sean Flynn, the son of actors Errol Flynn and Lili Damita, went missing in Ho Chi Minh City (then called Saigon) in April 1970.
He was in Vietnam for a government press conference when he walked with a group of journalists to check out a nearby checkpoint and never returned.
Four other journalists were kidnapped by the Viet Cong on the same day.
Flynn’s mother spent a lot of money searching for him, but he was legally declared dead in 1984.
Canadian bassist Scott Smith, who played for the rock band Lover Boy, disappeared in November 2000 while sailing from British Columbia to Mexico with his fiancée and a friend named Bill Ellis.
The boat capsized during a storm, and Smith was thrown into the water. Despite searches, he was never found.
Michael Rockefeller, the son of New York governor Nelson Rockefeller, disappeared in November 1961 while collecting art in the jungles of New Guinea.
While a witness claimed to have seen him swimming in the ocean, his body was never found.
Conspiracy theories range from being kidnapped to “going native” and even being eaten by sharks, as the Asmat tribes were known to practice cannibalism.
American politician Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. went missing in October 1972 while campaigning for Alaska’s Nick Begich.
Boggs boarded a small plane to fly from Anchorage to Juneau, but the plane disappeared and was never found despite multiple search efforts.
Amelia Earhart, a world-renowned pilot, went missing in July 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the world with her navigator Frederick Noonan.
They were declared lost at sea, and their plane was never found.
Theories suggest they went down in the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.
Aaron Burr’s daughter, Theodosia Burr-Alston, disappeared in December 1812 while traveling from South Carolina to New York. Neither the ship nor its passengers and crew were ever seen again, and rumors of pirates or a shipwreck abound.
Bison Dele (born Brian Carson Williams), a former NBA center, vanished in July 2002 while sailing with his girlfriend, skipper Bertrand Saldo, and his brother Miles Dabord (born Kevin Williams) from Tahiti to Hawaii.
Dabord was the only one to be heard from again, and he was later suspected of murdering the others and throwing them overboard.
Child actor Joe Pichler, who starred in two Beethoven movies in the 2000s, disappeared in January 2006.
Police found a note in his car suggesting he died via suicide, but his body was never found.
Manic Street Preachers guitarist and songwriter Richey Edwards disappeared in February 1995, and despite his highly publicized drug and alcohol use, some believe he planned his disappearance to live without fame.
Jimmy Robinson, a boxer from Miami, Florida, disappeared without a trace, and despite ESPN writer Wright Thompson’s six-year mission to find him, no information on his whereabouts has surfaced.
Singer-songwriter Connie Converse helped create the singer-songwriter genre of music in the ‘50s, but disappeared in the summer of 1974.
She sent letters to her loved ones explaining that she wanted to make a fresh start, and she packed up her belongings in her Volkswagen Beetle and left her home in Michigan.
Her family has not heard from her since, and her brother believes she died via suicide.
