Missing since December 5 and originally thought to be a run away, the body of 15 year old Kayla Reed was found on January 10 in a San Joaquin County canal. The San Joaquin County Coroner’s Office positively identified Kayla this morning.
A worker in the area saw what appeared to be a body in the water, according to Krull.
The San Joaquin County Coroner’s Office positively identified Kayla this morning.
Kayla was reported as a suspected runaway on December 5. Her mother last saw Kayla at their home on December 3 at 12:30 a.m.
Police announced Tuesday that they had begun investigating the disappearance as an unknown circumstances missing person case since Kayla had not made any attempts to contact family and friends.
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The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office indicated that, when found, the condition of Kayla’s body was consistent with one that had been in the water for three or four weeks or more, according to Krull.
Krull said there is no way to tell exactly how long she was in the water.
Authorities identified Kayla by comparing a picture of her smiling to the teeth of the found body, Krull said. A torso X-ray was also used to establish her identity.
(CBS 5)
Investigators are asking anyone with information about the crime to call Livermore police at (925) 371-4900 or the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office at (209) 468-4400.
Forensic tests confirm body as missing girl’s
Police suspect foul play; remains found in remote canal
A missing 15-year-old Livermore girl was found dead in a San Joaquin County canal earlier this month, police said Saturday after forensic testing confirmed her identity.
Reed was not positively identified until a forensic odontologist compared a picture of her with the remains, and a recent X-ray confirmed a rib anomaly on her body, Herrera said.
An autopsy couldn’t determine the cause of death because the body is so badly decayed, authorities said. However, police suspect foul play, as it would be unusual for Reed to be in the area where she was found, police said.
(SF Gate)
January 21st, 2006 at 11:29pm
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Jeanna Gail Young, 30, was reported missing by her mother Saturday and has not been in over a week.
Jeanna Gail Young, 30, was reported missing by her mother Saturday.
Her mother fears she is with an ex-boyfriend, James Anderson, who is being sought on felony warrants for assault and battery with the intent to kill, Captain Doug Blaine with the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office, said.
Description:
- Race: Caucasian
- Height: 5 feet 1 inch
- Weight: 155-pound
- Hair: brown
- Eyes: blue eyes.
- The captain said Young had been entered as a missing person in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
“We are checking with Young’s friends and known associates,” Blaine said. “That’s the problem with adults, they are free to come and go as they please.” Blaine said they were still trying to sort out Young’s former relationship with Anderson. Anderson has been accused of stabbing two men at the Slaughterville Bar December 30.
“She may be missing voluntarily or she could possibly be with Anderson for some reason. We just don’t know yet,” Blaine said.
If anyone has any information pertaining to the missing woman or Anderson’s whereabouts, they are asked to contact the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office at 321-8600.
(Purcell Register)
January 21st, 2006 at 11:09pm
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Update: Charlie James Townsel has been located!!!
Charlie Townsel was located at 6:20pm, Saturday, January 21, 2006 thanks to the extensive search efforts of Joe Huston, Steve Pitzer, and other Texas Equusearch members. Special thanks to all media for their help. Charlie is in route to an area hospital. Please pray for his recovery.
Kudos to the great team effort of individuals getting the word out, volunteers searching and the Texas EquuSearch Team for a tremendous job.
January 21st, 2006 at 08:27pm
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The search for the two West Virginia Missing Miners came to a sad conclusion today. Rescuers today found the bodies of two coal miners who disappeared after a conveyor belt caught fire deep inside the West Virginia Aracoma coal mine.
We have found the two miners we were looking for,” said Doug Conaway, director of the state Office of Miners’ Health Training and Safety. “Unfortunately we don’t have a positive outcome.”
The miners became separated Thursday evening as their 12-member crew tried to escape a conveyor belt fire at Aracoma Coal’s Alma No. 1 mine in Melville, about 60 miles southwest of Charleston. The rest of the crew and nine other miners working in a different section of the mine escaped unharmed.
The victims were identified as Don I. Bragg, 33, and Ellery Hatfield, 47. Both were fathers with more than a decade of mining experience and had worked in the Alma mine for five years.
(AP via Yahoo)
Rescue Team Searches for Two W.Va. Miners
MELVILLE, W.Va. – Five rescue teams were deep inside a coal mine Friday searching for two miners who never made it out after a conveyor belt caught fire. Nineteen others had reached the surface safely and waited with relatives of the missing in a scene all to familiar to West Virginia.
The fire started Thursday evening inside the Alma No. 1 Mine operated by Massey Energy subsidiary Aracoma Coal, about 60 miles southwest of Charleston, officials said.
(AP via Yahoo)
January 21st, 2006 at 05:59pm
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URGENT – SEARCH ALERT!
Texas Equusearch Search Director Joe Huston needs volunteers for the search of 74 yr old, Charlie Townsel. The search will begin at 8am on Saturday, January 21, 2006
. Joe will need ground pounders, 4 wheelers & possibly horses. Command Center: Tweety’s Motel: 11122 Almeda Rd, Houston, TX.
Please contact Texas Equusearch 281/309-9500 for any details.
Charlie James Townsel: Description
- 74 yrs old:
- DOB 6/12/31
- HPD Case #10250306R
- 6ft: 172lbs
- Black Male
- fairly full head of grey hair; grey mustache
Mr. Townsel wondered off from the Tweety’s Motel located at 11122 Almeda Rd in Houston, TX on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 11am. He suffers from Alzheimers, dementia, emphysema & failing kidneys; has no meds with him. He has a very noticeable stagger when he walks; suffered a stroke months back. We can’t imagine that he made it far.
Wearing:
- Wearing: Red, White and Blue vertical striped Tommy Hillfiger button down short sleeved shirt; long blue jeans; black braided belt; light brown moccosan house shoes; white socks; wedding band left hand; play boy ring: pinky on left hand. Does not have a coat with him.
- Other features: stomach and back scar; watch: flexible bans silver in color; $23 in bill fold with Charlie on it: has TDL,ID card; insurance card; social sec card; Medicare card; fishing license.
Loves to curse (especially MF); has good and bad days: could be a bit angry; partial paralysis on right side due to stroke: cant straighten out fingers on rt hand; Wil answer to Pops or Poppa. Hey ” Hey, how you doing?” should answer and ask name: should tell you.
January 21st, 2006 at 03:14pm
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Steven Avery, who was wrongly convicted of a rape and spent six years in prison, seems to have been hardly a model citizen.
While Avery did serve time for a rape he did not commit, six years of his 18-year sentence was for an incident in which he ran off the road and pointed a rifle directly at her. He let her go after seeing her baby in the car.
In that incident, Avery was charged with endangering safety and one count of a felon in possession of a firearm.
Avery was a felon due to burglary convictions from the 1980′s.
Steven Avery has said he’s not violent, but these letters may tell a different story. Letters that were attained by CBS 5. Wait until you read the following information that Steve Avery wrote while he was in jail.
When Steven Avery went to prison in 1986, he was married and a father of four.
In 1987, his wife filed for divorce which apparently angered him. We found a photocopy of an Easter card that Steven Avery sent to his children in 1988. Bears and raccoons grace the cover. A cute well-wish to a child from a Father. But, inside of this card reveals a different message. It reads, “Daddy will git mom when daddy gits out. I will…I hate mom.Kiss Daddy here. Love Daddy.”
The same card sent to his sons reads, “Daddy will be out soon and daddy will pick you four kids up and run and run. Happy time to come for us. I hate mom. She will pay.”
The same card sent to his sons reads, “Daddy will be out soon and daddy will pick you four kids up and run and run. Happy time to come for us. I hate mom. She will pay.“
Avery also wrote threatening letters to his ex-wife. One reads, “I will kill you. Ha Ha.“
A second reads, “Your car ain’t going to run.”
(WFRV CBS 5)
Ever get the feeling that even though Steven Avery was wrongfully convicted, maybe he might have been in the right place after all?
January 21st, 2006 at 01:41am
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