India, May 13 -- Justice Unresolved is a series of articles examining cold cases, disappearances and unsolved crimes that continue to haunt families and communities in America. The stories revisit the known facts, unanswered questions and latest developments in cases where the search for truth is far from over.

Marilyn Briscoe fought for years to bring the truth to the spotlight after her son, Ira Briscoe, from Howell County, Missouri, went missing in 2020. Then, in March 2025, familial reference standards confirmed that remains found in August 2024 in Howell County were those of Ira, who was 25 years old when he disappeared.

While the identification of the remains did give Ira's family a certain kind of closure, the fight is far from o...