What a shock, John Allen Muhammad was found guilty on all 6 counts of first degree 
murder for the six slayings in Montgomery County. One might say the verdict was “over-kill” as John Allen Muhammad has already been convicted in Virginia, where he is awaiting execution. In a case like this that was so premeditated and heinous, one can never be too sure.
After all the lenient judges we have heard about lately in dealing with murdered and child molesters, my cap is off to Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge James L. Ryan with his no nonsense approach in dealing with this man who has caused so many families grief.
After the jury’s decision was announced, he asked the judge: “Your honor, may I speak?”
“No sir,” Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge James L. Ryan responded.
Muhammad was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
(Washington Post)
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May 30th, 2006 at 06:49pm
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8 year old Evan Thompson has been missing since Saturday morning in the Pikes 
Peak, CO area. His family had been camping, Evan suffers from attention deficit disorder. Searchers continued to search the heavily wooded area for the missing boy.
Nearly 100 rescuers and three aircraft scoured remote and rugged terrain southwest of Pikes Peak Tuesday for an 8-year-old boy with attention deficit disorder who disappeared four days earlier.
“We have not given up hope. We continue to treat this as a live search and rescue effort,” said Zack Slutzky of Western State Mountain Rescue in Gunnison, a spokesman for the operation.
Evan Thompson was last seen Saturday morning while camping with his family about 35 miles from Pikes Peak and 90 miles south of Denver. The area is dotted with pinon pine and juniper trees and creased by steep cliffs and narrow ravines. (CBS4 Denver)
Search continues for missing 8 year old boy
The search is focused along the Teller and Fremont county lines, just north of Canon City. The child disappeared in an area known as “Cactus Cliff”, a place lined with steep limestone cliffs. The steep cliffs are of the biggest concerns for rescuers. They’re worried he may have slipped and fallen hundreds of feet, but they also say they hold out hope that he may be safely tucked away in a cave.
Emergency crews from all over Southern Colorado, including the military and the Civil Air Patrol, have been helping in the search. Rescuers are working nearly around the clock, and have even brought in crews from as far away as Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico who flew up in a helicopter with infrared capabilities. (KOAA-TV)
SEARCH CONTINUES FOR MISSING 8-YEAR OLD
Search and rescue teams from five counties, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Larimer and Teller Counties, continue to search for a missing 8-year old boy.
He’s been gone since 9:30 Saturday morning, after wandering from his family’s camp sight, near Red Canyon Park, North of Canon City, which is near Red Canyon Road and Shelf Road near the Fremont/Teller County border.
Eight year old Evan Thompson is four-foot-four, and 70 pounds, with blonde hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a grey sweat suit with a red stripe and white tennis shoes.
(KRDO News)
If you have any info, please call the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office at 276-5555 or the Teller County Sheriff’s Office at 687-9652.
(UPDATE): Evan Thompson who vanished in Colo. found alive
A great outcome in the case of missing Evan Thompson. The 8 year old boy was found alive and safe in a remote canyon.
CANON CITY, Colo. – An 8-year-old boy missing since Saturday was found alive Tuesday after searchers investigated a report of sounds of a crying child in a remote canyon about 35 miles southwest of Pikes Peak.
“He’s alive and well,” said Zack Slutsky of Western State Mountain Rescue in Gunnison and a spokesman for the operation.
A special congratulations goes to the many volunteers and searchers who took part in the search for the missing boy. A job well done.
About 90 ground searchers, dogs, an airplane from the Civil Air Patrol and two National Guard helicopters helped a 15-square-mile area, retracing earlier searchers as well as expanding he zone were combing an area dotted with pinon pine and juniper trees and creased by steep cliffs and narrow ravines.
“He couldn’t have gotten lost in rougher country,” said Ronnie Stewart of Canon City, who volunteered to join the search but was turned down.
(Yahoo News)
May 30th, 2006 at 06:00pm
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Justine Sprong, 9, has been missing since March 16, 2006. It is suspected that Justine Sprong was a family abduction and that she is with her mother, Clara Rodaer, and her father, David Sprong.
Justine was last seen on March 16, 2006. She may be with her mother, Clara Rodaer, and her father, David Sprong. An FBI Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution warrant was issued for David Sprong on March 22, 2006. They may have traveled to Mexico.
Poster of Justine Sprong, Clara Rodaer and Daveid Sprong
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Case Type: Family Abduction 
DOB: Oct 4, 1996
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Mar 16, 2006
Race: White
Age Now: 9
Height: 4’8″ (142 cm)
Weight: 80 lbs (36 kg)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Missing City: SACRAMENTO
Missing State : CA
Missing Country: United States
Case Number: NCMC1041206
May 30th, 2006 at 05:44pm
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