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The Disappearance of Daniel Morcombe
Woombye, AustraliaDecember 7, 2003
Daniel Morcombe, a 13-year-old boy from Queensland, Australia, disappeared on December 7, 2003, while waiting at a bus stop on the Sunshine Coast. His case became Australia's most publicized missing child investigation. In 2011, convicted pedophile Brett Peter Cowan confessed to detectives working undercover. He was convicted of Daniel's murder in 2014, and remains were found near Beerwah.