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Bob Dale disappeared 30 years ago this month after leaving a wedding reception near Sault Ste. Marie. His family, including wife Kristi Dale and brothers Steve and Scott Dale, are making a renewed push for answers about what happened to him on May 18, 1996.

It was September of 2024 when her son, Dean Padgett, was found shot and killed at his home just outside of Gaylord in Otsego County.

Earlier this year, the Mason County Sheriff's Office announced they were tracking down new leads in the 1993 killing of Scottville teen Melissa Simmons. She was last seen alive in June of 1993. Detectives have worked ever since to try and find who may have killed Melissa. Recently, Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole asked two new investigators to look at the case and it didn’t take them long to find something that pointed them towards new leads. The decision was also made to exhume Melissa’s body. Sheriff Cole now believes investigators may be closer than they’ve ever been to figuring out who took the life of the girl who will be forever fifteen in the hearts and minds of those who knew and loved her.

Terry Moore and Mark Canter, two of the "Tobias five" who were convicted and later exonerated for the 1986 death of Jerry Tobias, are now seeking answers to the case 39 years later. The Tobias case was based largely on the testimony of Debra Parmentier, who later admitted to perjury, and the convictions of the 'Tobias Five' were overturned. Moore and Canter are hoping to find out what happened to Tobias.

The murder of JonBenet Ramsey in 1996 drew international attention, and part of that intense media focus was on the Ramsey's Northern Michigan getaway in Charlevoix.

The family of Cassandra Durham has been trying to figure out what happened to her ever since she was last seen in Baltimore back in July 1987. There’s strong evidence she found her way to Northern Michigan, but where she went after that is a mystery.

This year marked 45 years since Diane Chorba disappeared from her home in Lake County.

In May 2010, Kristin Spires was at a party on Woodward Avenue in Big Rapids. It was the last time anyone saw her alive.

Margie Ranshaw’s daughter Ashley was just two months old in May of 1987 when her mom left their home to pick up some milk. Her vehicle was later found, but Margie hasn’t been seen since.

The mystery of who killed Francis Lacey is one that has both baffled and fascinated the Mackinac Island for decades. It's the island’s only unsolved murder.

Grand Traverse County Deputies recently began a renewed push to solve a 1989 cold case. The case of Linda Meteer is one that’s never been far from the minds of detectives in the county. On April 19, 1989, 41-year-old Linda Meteer was spending the night out with friends in Grand Traverse County. She disappeared, and her body wouldn’t be discovered until more than a week later.

In this edition of Unsolved, we take a look at the case of Jacob Cabinaw, who went missing from Grand Traverse County.

Unsolved looks in the case of David Gionet

Midland County deputies have spent more than three decades trying to solve a deadly hit-and-run. Gregory McRoberts was killed while riding his bike on Dec. 12, 1991. 9&10's David Lyden takes us through this long, winding case that continues to this very day.

Marvel Anderson was just 16-years-old when she was last seen in St. Ignace, late in the afternoon on May 2, 1994. Her body would not be found until September of the following year in a remote part of Mackinac County, and soon her death would be ruled as a homicide. David Lyden and videographer Josh Monroe spoke with detectives and those who knew Marvel about the long search for answers.