Patrick R. Serzynski.Photo:Lake County IL Sheriff’s Office Lake County IL Sheriff’s Office The body of a 60-year-old duck hunter has been recovered from Fourth Lake near Lake Villa — a village in Lake County, Illinois — on Saturday after he first went missing on Oct. 30., according to reports. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

Graham McGrath.Photo:Lee County Sheriff’s Office Lee County Sheriff’s Office The body of a college student who was reported missing on Wednesday night after he went boating has been recovered from a Florida lake, according to authorities. Graham McGrath, a 19-year-old Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) student, was identified as the missing boater, according to anews releaseon social media from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. “We were hoping and praying that we were going to find him in good health,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno said at apress conference....

Jorge Diaz-Johnston.Photo: Tallahassee Police/Twitter A statement from Tallahassee Police confirms that detectives are handling the death of Jorge Diaz-Johnston as a homicide. Diaz-Johnston was last seen alive on Jan. 3. A missing persons alert was issued Jan. 8. That same morning, Diaz-Johnston’s remains were discovered at the Springhill Landfill in Campbellton — more than an hour away from Tallahassee. According to the statement, the body was found in a trash pile that had come from a public area at the landfill in Baker, which is located two hours from where Diaz-Johnston was last seen....

Erika Verdecia.Photo: Facebook A convicted murderer who was released last year has been accused of killing a Florida mother who went missing last month. Eric Pierson is behind bars in Broward County Jail on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of 33-year-old Erika Verdecia, according to jail records. Pierson was taken into custody Saturday, hours after Verdecia’s body was found in a canal near Fort Lauderdale. “We now have in custody Eric Pierson, who has confessed to the murder of Erika Verdecia,” the Sunrise Police Departmenttweeted....

Erica Bergeron.Photo: Flagler County Sheriff’s Office The body of a woman who went missing in Florida last week was found inside a car that was submerged in a local pond, according to officials. Erica Bergeron was found dead on Monday after members of law enforcement pulled a car out of a retention pond in Palm Coast, according to a series of statements from theFlagler County Sheriff’s Office(FCSO). Officials said Bergeron was traveling northwest on Palm Harbor Parkway, southeast of Cris Lane, when the 2021 gray Toyota Camry she was driving swerved off the road and struck a tree before careening into the pond, per the reports....

Anitra was reported missing over the weekend after her friends and family hadn’t heard from her. Christopher Gunn, Anitra’s father, told 11Alive that thelast time he had spokento his daughter was on Friday morning to wish her a happy Valentine’s Day. But throughout that day, friends and family members didn’t hear from Anitra after reaching out to her. “She never texted them back, didn’t call them back. That’s when we knew something isdefinitely out of whack,” Christopher said, according to 13WMAZ....

Brittany Wicklein.Photo: gofundme The body of a mother of two who vanished in Atlanta last week was found burning on the side of the road — and police are searching for her killer. The friend told police that a man inside the car was “screaming at Wicklein to get in.” Wicklein got into the car, which sped off. The friend called Wicklein’s phone and a man answered, demanding $50,000 “for Wicklein causing his mother’s house to be shot up,” the report says....

The body of a father who went missing after he fell off a jet ski in aGeorgia lakewas recovered Monday, authorities said. In a statement shared with PEOPLE, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said authorities were notified of a possible drowning Saturday at East Bank Park in Gwinnett County on Lake Lanier. The department said that the victim, identified as Walter Juarez Guardado, 37, of Roswell, was riding a jet ski without wearing a life jacket, adding that he fell off the vehicle and swam to shore....

Ja’nya Murphy and her daughter, Jaclyn Dobbs.Photo: Wheeling Police Department The search for missing Illinois 1-year-oldJaclyn “Angel” Dobbshas ended in tragedy in Indiana, officials confirm. Her cause of death has not been announced. Angel had been reported missing less than two days earlier — after officers found her 21-year-old mother, Ja’nya Murphy, dead inside their apartment in Wheeling. According to investigators, Murphy had been strangled to death. Detectives located surveillance footage of Murphy in the presence of a man the day before her murder....

The body of a missing Houston man has been found more than a month after he first disappeared. Robert “Bob” Lowery, 46, left Texas on August 19 for a trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming,Click2Houston.com reported. He was seen on a trail in Bridger-Teton National Forest the next day but had not been heard from since. Teton coroner tells PEOPLE that the identity of the body, as well as cause and manner of death, are still pending....

Stock photo of Police tape.Photo:Getty Getty The body of a missing kayaker was found over the weekend in a Huntsville State Park lake in Texas four days after she disappeared. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) identified the victim as Jennifer Luten, 44, of Montgomery, Texas in amedia statementissued on Sunday after her body was recovered from Lake Raven the previous day. Lake Raven in Huntsville, Texas.Getty Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

Photo: GoFundMe A young kayaker was found dead just hours after he failed to return from a trip off the coast of New York over the weekend. The body of Raistlin Ruther was recovered Saturday night after the 18-year-old went on a kayaking trip near South Jamesport on Long Island earlier that morning, according to anews releasefrom the Riverhead Town Police Department. Police said Ruther left around 8 a.m., and was reported missing just after 4 p....

Photo: Covington Police Department Three people have been charged in connection with the death of a Kentucky woman who had been undergoing chemotherapy for terminal lung cancer and whose body was later found in the woods. Kenneth Maurice Jones, 38, was taken into custody the day after the body of 58-year-old Denita Satchwell was discovered June 14 in a wooded area near Rabbit Hash, Kentucky. Both Jones and a juvenile have been charged with murder, robbery, and tampering with evidence....