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A former OceanGate employee contends he was fired for raising concerns. A former employee of OceanGate alleged in a 2018 counterclaim lawsuit that he was fired for raising concerns about quality control and testing of potential flaws in the same experimental submersible that went missing this week with its crew and passengers on an underwater tourist venture to see the wreck of the Titanic. David Lochridge, an engineer and submarine pilot, claimed in his counterclaim against OceanGate that he was hired in 2015 by the Everett, Washington, company to ensure the safety of all crew and clients during the submersible and surface operations of the vessel called Titan. But when he expressed concerns about the design and testing of the minisub's hull, he said he was terminated by the company. OceanGate had initially sued Lochridge alleging, among other things, breach of contract, fraud, and misappropriation of trade secrets – all claims he denied. This undated image courtesy of OceanGa...

Hayden Klemenok was last seen backpacking with a group in Yosemite National Park at Upper Chilnualna Fall on July 2. Officials are searching for a hiker who went missing over the holiday weekend at California's Yosemite National Park. Hayden Klemenok was last seen backpacking with a group at Upper Chilnualna Fall on July 2. He entered the Chilnualna Creek near the trail junction at around 2 p.m. local time, according to park officials. Authorities are looking for missing Yosemite hiker Hayden T. Klemenok, who was backpacking with a group at Upper Chilnualna Fall on July 2, 2023. Yosemite National Park MORE: Teen hiker rescued from chest-deep snow in Glacier National Park Officials said Klemenok was last seen wearing a tan brimmed hat, white sunglasses, red T-shirt, blue swimming trunks and white Adidas shoes. Klemenok's whereabouts are currently unknown, according to park officials. Authorities are looking for missing Yosemite hiker Hayden T. Klemenok, who was backpacking wi...

Rudy Farias, now 25, had been reported missing since March 6, 2015, and was found outside a church on June 29, police said. In a stunning twist, a Texas man who was found outside a church last week, eight years after his mother reported him missing as a teenager, had never been missing in the first place, Houston police announced at a news conference Thursday. Rudy Farias, now 25, had been reported missing the day after he disappeared while walking his dogs on March 6, 2015, according to police. MORE: Missing teen found after 8 years, police say He was found outside a church on June 29, police said. Police announced Thursday that "Rudy returned home the following day on March 8, 2015," but his mother allegedly kept deceiving police, insisting her son was missing. A billboard for Rudy Farias who went missing in 2015, when he was walking his two dogs, was found eight years later in Houston. KTRK Both Farias and his mother had interactions with police over the years , during ...

Police believe they may have found the body of 2-year-old J'Asiah Mitchell in a Georgia garbage facility. Police say his father is a suspect in the investigation. A body found at a garbage collection station in Georgia Thursday is believed to be missing 2-year-old J'Asiah Mitchell, whose father reported the child had been kidnapped during an armed robbery last week. The toddler's father was charged with lying about the robbery to police and has been identified as a suspect in the child's death. The identity of the child has not yet been confirmed as Mitchell, the East Point Police Department said. The medical examiner will officially identify the body. "We have not confirmed the identity of the child J'Asiah Mitchell; however, there is high probability based on the circumstances surrounding this case," police said in a statement. STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images The body was found at the East Point Transfer Station on Thursday, according to police. Mitchell...

Chicago postal worker Kierra Coles mysteriously vanished five years ago. Police say it's an open but cold case. On Oct. 2, 2018, Chicago postal worker Kierra Coles vanished without a trace. The 26-year-old was about three months pregnant and over the moon to have her first baby, according to her mother, Karen Phillips. "She was so happy," Phillips told ABC News. "We just couldn't wait for her to experience the love between a mother and a child." But five years later, there's still no sign of Kierra Coles, and her mother is pushing for answers . "We're really not OK," Phillips said. Kierra Coles in an undated photo. National Missing and Unidentified Persons System "It's not like I found my daughter, I buried her, and we know where she is," she said. "I don't know if she's dead or alive, being harmed. ... We have to live through this every day." The Chicago Police Department classifies Coles' disap...

Sierah Joughin, 20, vanished riding her bicycle home from her boyfriend’s house one evening in July 2016. She was never seen alive again. The disappearance of a young woman from rural Ohio in the summer of 2016 left behind chilling clues discovered in a dark cornfield and a so-called “barn of horrors” owned by a local man with a History of abduction. Sierah Joughin, 20, was on break from the University of Toledo when she vanished while riding her bicycle home from her boyfriend’s house on the evening of July 19, 2016. Her boyfriend had followed her on his motorcycle for part of the trip. At her request, the two parted ways a short distance from her home in the town of Metamora. “I remember exactly what I said. I kissed her, I told her I loved her and to text me when she got home,” Josh Kolasinski, Joughin's boyfriend, told ABC News. But Joughin never made it home, and that was the last time she was ever seen alive. Sierah Joughin is seen smiling in an undated photo. Kellee Laser...

A guest aboard a Carnival cruise ship was reported missing by family Monday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department. A guest aboard a Carnival cruise ship was reported missing by family Monday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department. Kevin McGrath, 26, was on the Carnival Conquest with family and was last seen by his brother in his cabin early Monday, the day the ship arrived back to Port Miami, according to a spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line. McGrath was supposed to meet with family for breakfast before disembarking the ship, but he never arrived, Miami-Dade Detective Angel Rodriguez said in a statement. After an extensive search, Carnival crew members were unable to find McGrath on the ship. The U.S. Coast Guard and the Miami-Dade Police Department were later called to investigate and searched the ship and the water for the missing man but failed to locate him. MORE: Coast Guard searching for cruise passenger who jumped overboard off Florida co...

A 14-year-old Arizona girl who Mysterious ly went missing in 2019 has been found "safe, happy and Health y" in Montana, authorities said. A 14-year-old Arizona girl who Mysterious ly went missing in 2019 has been found "safe, happy and Health y" in Montana, authorities said. Alicia Navarro, now 18, went alone to a police department in a small Montana town near the Canadian border to identify herself and ask for help to get cleared off a missing juvenile list, the Glendale, Arizona, police announced Wednesday. When she came forward, which Glendale police said was within the last few days, they started to investigate, and authorities said they are confident that this young woman is Navarro. Alicia Navarro, an Arizona girl missing since 2019, has been found "safe, happy and healthy" in Montana, police in Glendale, Arizona, said. Glendale police Glendale Police Lt. Scott Waite called the news "relief and joy for us, for Alicia, for her family and ...

Alabama police are searching for Carlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell, 25, who went missing after she reported seeing a child walking on the side of a highway. Alabama police are continuing their search for a woman who went missing after she called 911 saying she saw a toddler walking on the side of a highway . The Hoover Police Department said 25-year-old Carlethia "Carlee" Nichole Russell made a 911 call on Wednesday to report that she saw a toddler walking on the side of Interstate 459 in Alabama at around 9:30 p.m. MORE: How investigators say they connected the dots that led to Gilgo Beach murder arrest Russell then stopped her car to check on the toddler and called a family member to report what she saw. The family member lost contact with Russell, but the line remained open, according to police. In this photo released by the Hoover Police Department, Carlee Russell is shown. Hoover Police Department In this photo released by the Hoover Police Department, Car...

The remains were discovered near where actor Julian Sands went missing in January. Unidentified human remains were discovered by hikers in the Mount Baldy Wilderness Area in California on Saturday morning, the San Bernardino County Sheriff said. The remains were discovered near where British actor Julian Sands went missing in January. The snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains, with Mount Baldy the highest peak at the left, as seen from Chinatown near downtown Los Angeles, Jan. 12, 2016. Nick Ut/AP MORE: British actor Julian Sands, Hawthorne man reported missing in mountains near Los Angeles Hikers discovered the remains at about 10 a.m. on Saturday and contacted authorities, the sheriff's office said. "The decedent was transported to the Coroner’s Office, pending positive identification," the sheriff 's office said in a press release. In this file photo, actor Julian Sands poses for photographers at the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Sept. 3, 2019. Arthur Mo...