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• Koch, 40, who was homeless, was among those who are unaccounted for in the wake of the tragedy on Maui.
  — Tom Hays, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
• About 130 hostages remain unaccounted for, with some known to be dead.
  — Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 9 Apr. 2024
• Almost half of the men still unaccounted for are from the 366th Regiment.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
• Durst was in California and unaccounted for at the time of Berman’s death.
  — Ester Bloom, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
• There are believed to 133 hostages still being held in Gaza, and five of the unaccounted for are U.S. citizens.
  — Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 3 May 2024
• The only physical key for the dorm suite that was unaccounted for is the one assigned to Jordan, records show.
  — Andi Babineau, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
• The city doesn’t know what happened to the others: More than half the people relocated from the trail are unaccounted for.
  — Marisa Kendall, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
• In one case, four members of what appears to be the same family are unaccounted for.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Three adults and three children who resided at the East Lansdowne, Pa., home were unaccounted for.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• At least 115 people have died from the fires so far, with several more still unaccounted for.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
• But from the first Gulf Wars, there are just six soldiers unaccounted for, Wright said, and there are no unaccounted for soldiers from the war in Afghanistan.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 May 2024
• Presumed dead, the 19-year-old was officially listed as lost and unaccounted for by the Army.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 6 May 2024
• But the long lines of silent men and weeping women gave mute evidence that more were unaccounted for than the 23 first reported.
  — Jerome Hansen, Jack Schermerhorn, Ralph Nelson and Ken McCormick, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2024
• The sheer numbers of people dead or unaccounted for in the Libyan city of Derna are overwhelming survivors.
  — Alex Crawford, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
• The owner got control of a second dog, but the third is missing and unaccounted for, according to the department.
  — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
• Fifteen Americans remain unaccounted for, feared to be among the more than 120 hostages Hamas is holding in Gaza.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2023
• This time, with the teen still unaccounted for on June 13, the grandmother reported her missing.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• Two victims had been unaccounted for, a city official said the prior day.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 5 June 2023
• Beyond the 22 known to have been killed, the State Department said at least 17 more Americans remain unaccounted for.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2023
• Crews are trying to locate others who may be unaccounted for after the home was flattened.
  — Karen Cortes, NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
• When the teen was still unaccounted for on June 13, the grandmother reported her missing.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2023
• As of last month, some 600 people remained unaccounted for.
  — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• Four men remain unaccounted for, and are presumed dead.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
• Nichol Simpson, holding a missing-persons flyer for her brother Tony, who was unaccounted for in the weeks after the fire.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• With the growing death toll, the number of Americans who remained unaccounted for fell to 13 people, the State Department said.
  — By vivian Salama, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2023
• Among the dead are 27 Americans, and 14 remain unaccounted for.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2023
• On the Ukrainian side, three people were unaccounted for, the National Police said.
  — Victoria Kim, New York Times, 7 June 2023
• Following a search of the building, a man and woman remain unaccounted for, Finley said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 May 2024
• More than 1,000 people still remain unaccounted for in Maui.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2023
• More than 7,000 American soldiers remain unaccounted for from the conflict.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 15 May 2024

Last Updated: 1 Sep 2024