They could have varied it up a bit, too. They could say that this person was hit by a car, that person died in a forest fire, someone got decapitated by an out-of-control wrecking ball when they were demolishing a building. Since they could probably find forensic scientists who were controllers, there would be nobody to argue with whatever they say happened.
Of course, that's if they feel like putting forth the effort of giving explanations for everyone who disappears. Most likely, they're just going to be like "Oh, yeah, we're looking for them."
But then again, if they did that for all the cases, you'd think the news would pick up that there had been an awful lot of disappearances lately, after all not all of the news-people could be controllers.