Mar. 15, 2025
A North Carolina father died just after his daughter’s ninth birthday party, when his GPS guided him to a bridge that was destroyed in 2013.
On Sept. 30, Phil Paxson was heading homeafter his daughter’s celebrationin Hickory, North Carolina, on a “dark and rainy night,” his mother-in-law Linda McPhoee Koeing shared on Facebook on Oct. 3.
“He was following his GPS which led him down a concrete road to a bridge that dropped off into a river,” she continued.
Mar. 15, 2025
Missing 32-year-old sisters Eliza and Henrietta Huszti.Photo:Police Scotland
Police Scotland
The father of two sisters whowere found dead in a riverweeks after they disappeared is speaking out.
Scotland Policesaid the remains of 32-year-olds Henrietta Huszti and Eliza Huszti were found in the River Dee on Friday, Jan. 31, more than three weeks after they disappeared on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Miklós Huszti, the girls’ father, told alocal Hungarian news outletthat he “almost felt sick” after learning that his daughters were missing.
Mar. 15, 2025
John DeJonge.Photo:Courtesy of Alysia DeJonge
Courtesy of Alysia DeJonge
The family of John DeJonge, an Alabama man who has beenmissing for almost a weekafter the boat he was on capsized in a river, are still holding out hope for closure.
“We are well aware that he is probably no longer with us,” sister-in-law Alysia DeJonge tells PEOPLE. “But we would like to recover his body to be able to give him a proper service.
Mar. 15, 2025
Brian Jeansonne (center left), Kristy Jeansonne (center right) and their five children.Photo:Courtesy Kristy Jeansonne
Courtesy Kristy Jeansonne
In the fall of 2019, Brian Jeansonne was training for a half marathon when he noticed his foot was dragging. Eight months later, he learned this was a sign of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The lives of Brian, 48, his wife Kristy and their five kids were instantly changed forever.
Not long after, Brian found himself turning to TikTok.
Mar. 15, 2025
Photo: James Van Der Beek/INSTAGRAM
James Van Der Beekis opening up about the changes he’s seen in his family since moving to Texas.
“I know for me, it’s been really centering and I feel like for the kids, it’s been grounding, and a different kind of education that we never could have offered them in a classroom,” he tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue.
Going from a jam-packed city to the quiet of nature has been one of the biggest changes.