A Sudanese boy adopted by a high-profile New York couple disappears, and it is connected to a Sudanese man trying to extort the couple, claiming that he is the child's biological father.

A crime scene cleaner and his daughter are missing, and the case is connected to the daughter's possible sexual assault, and her self-esteem issues about being considered overweight.

A television reporter's disappearance is tied to her son's torture and death in a Guatemala prison. Jack is forced to bring in the CIA to help crack the case.

A young woman disappears after her boyfriend is killed in a police shooting. Agents believe the disappearance is connected to the girl's brother, a notorious gang leader who had a falling-out with her.

A woman disappears after an office shooting, but the case is tied to a custody battle and accusations of molestation.

When the death of a child and woman come up Malone is called to confirm if the boy is a child who was kidnapped and has been missing for 6 years or not. While investigating this they find out much more. Its revealed that the man who took the child had killed him previously. The man has been looking for his son all this time and had been committing murders along the way. The man finds and kidnaps his son and Malone and Grisom work together to find them. Written by Anonymous

A college student disappears after his racist statements are posted on an Internet video site, but the case reveals a secret about the student's racial identity and his real father.

Detectives investigate the appearance of an ultimate fighter, and Samantha tracks down her baby's father.

While the team investigates the disappearance of an ex-con who served time for embezzlement, Agent Johnson gets a possible break in her case involving the kidnapping of a young woman.

A young department store Santa is missing as he does not show up for work. It turns out that he is a skilled mathematician/computer programmer who has been working on a special algorithm for a university. Unfortutaely, this algorithm will cost jobs at a factory in his girlfriend's hometown. He has quit the university as well and gets involved in a scheme to win at black jack by counting cards. Sam is still trying to resolve the problem of eliminating her baby's father from the picture. Written by Dave Goldhirsch

The disappearance of a private investigator is connected to a foster child in his building that he was trying to help.

The disappearance of a VA hospital worker takes an unexpected turn when the FBI discovers that she's part of a plot to blow up a military building on a college campus.

Jack is shot and left for dead after he goes out on his own and follows a lead in Vivian's human sex slave trafficking case.

While Jack fights for his life, the team takes on a case involving the disappearance of a teenage heart transplant recipient who was looking for information about the boy whose heart she received.

A despised businessman who wakes up from a coma after three years disappears, and Jack leaves the hospital to come to the aid of a young girl in danger.

The team discovers that a missing woman recently won $32 million in the lottery, but was it her ticket? Meanwhile, Jack begins investigating the father of Samantha's child.

The team searches for a good Samaritan tow-truck driver who is running from and seeking redemption for a horrific episode from his past, and the bureau appoints Jack a psychiatrist.

As any detective can tell you, investigating missing property or deaths is comparatively easy compared to elusive missing people. However in New York City, there is a special unit of the FBI that is designed to find them. Using the vast resources of their bureau, the team, lead by Agent Jack Malone, race against time in the tight 72 hour window after a disappearance while hope for a recovery is still typically possible. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)