Can highly recommend the book Unsolved Disappearances in the Great Smoky Mountains. It details many cases, two of which were likely solved during the research for the book, and several which remain a mystery. My favorite case is about a little boy found frozen to a in the forest and was buried by kind strangers. His identity was revealed after 60 years. Turned out his father beat him frequently and he ran away in the cold of winter. His mother had heard that he was found, but thought if she spoke up people would want her to pay for his burial costs. He was thought to be very young, but he was very small for his age, likely due to being under nourished.