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15 Year Old Chawntel Smith & 4 Week Old Daughter Asariela Garcia-Smith Missing Since Friday, May 1, 2009 … Thought to ne in Mexico

15 year old Chawntel Smith of Bartow, FL and her 4 week old daughter Asariela Garcia-Smith were reported missing by her mother at around 8:40 p.m. on Friday. Chawntel Smith and her daughter Asariela Garcia-Smith were last seen at a friend’s home in Haines City, FL on Friday afternoon.

Chawntel Smith Description:

• brown eyes
• brown hair with lighter ends that is longer than her shoulders
• 5-foot-4
• weighs about 140 pounds
• was last seen wearing a long, red skirt and red shirt

According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Asariela Garcia-Smith her four week old daughter flew to Mexico City, Mexico on Friday, May 1 on a 5:00 p.m on an Aero Mexico flight out of Orlando International Airport

Detectives have confirmed with U.S. federal agencies that 15-year-old Chawntel B. Smith and her four week old daughter, Asariela Garcia-Smith, flew to Mexico City, Mexico yesterday, Friday, May 1 on a 5:00 p.m. They flew an Aero Mexico flight out of Orlando International Airport.  She was traveling using her own passport and officials confirm she had an infant traveling with her.  It is unclear why she traveled to Mexico.
 
Polk Detectives are working with Mexican authorities in an attempt to locate Chawntel and her daughter, who are still missing.  Detectives are still investigating the circumstances leading up to her leaving the country, including who, if anyone, helped her with travel  arrangements. 

Chawntel and Asariela were reported missing by her mother at around 8:40 p.m. on Friday. Detectives say Chawntel took her daughter to a friend’s home in Haines City, but later left that home, located at 1424 Wood Avenue, with an unknown woman who friends say had picked her up before.  The woman was driving a red SUV, officials said.

No one has heard from her since Chawntel spoke to another resident at that Haines City home just after 4 pm.

Both live at 3466 3rd Ave Bartow, FL with Chawntel’s mother, Lorraine Ketchum.

Detectives are working the Mexican officials to find the girl and her baby.

Chawntel had talked about visiting Guatemala to visit a man who she says is the father of her baby, Chawntel’s mother said.

Anyone with information should call the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at (863) 534-6200 or 1-800-226-0344.

May 3rd, 2009 at 10:20pm Posted by Administrator | Missing Adult, Missing Children, Pictures | no comments

Missing on Appalachian Trail in Virginia … Legally Blind Hiker Kenneth Knight Found Safe

41 year old legally blind hiker, Kenneth Knight, was found safe and in good condition around 5 p.m. Saturday, May 2, 2009 after having gone missing along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia. According to reports, Kenneth Knight, an editor for Backpacking Light set a fire to attract attention, then was met by firefighters who were responding to the brush fire. It was several miles from where he was last seen.

A legally blind hiking magazine editor who went missing along the Appalachian Trail in Virginia was found Saturday in good condition, authorities said.

Kenneth Knight, 41, of Ann Arbor, Mich., was found around 5 p.m. Saturday near Snowdon, said Randy Sutton, a spokesman for the Blue Ridge Parkway. Knight was last seen several miles away Sunday. Friends reported him missing when he failed to meet up with his hiking group and then missed his flight home Wednesday.

Knight was found near the John’s Hollow shelter, at least five miles from the Punchbowl Mountain shelter where he was last seen.

Knight was being taken to a local hospital, but Jordan said he did not think Knight was injured.

“I think he’s probably pretty tired, hungry and dehydrated, but nothing that I know of other than that,” Jordan said.

May 3rd, 2009 at 02:50pm Posted by Administrator | Found Alive, Missing Adult | one comment