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Hiker Missing: Meredith Emerson Missing Since New Years Day near Blood Mountain in North Georgia (Update: Person of Interest Gary Michael Hilton Found, Charged with Kidnapping)

24 year old Meredith Emerson has been missing since New Year’s Day when Meredith Emersonshe went hiking near Blood Mountain in north Georgia. Meredith Emerson went hiking with her black Labrador retriever, Ella, in Vogel State Park located at the base of Blood Mountain in the Chattahoochee National Forest. Her vehicle was found abandoned and a water bottle and dog collar belonging to Emerson were located. Police state that she was seen talking to a 60 year old man.

If you have any information please call 706-439-6069 or 706-439-6071

Police say the man, described as 60 years old and weighing 160
pounds, was seen several times on New Year’s Day with Emerson.
Police believe the man is Gary Michael Hilton, who drives a white
Chevy Astro van with DeKalb County license plates.

Friends say Emerson went hiking with her black Labrador retriever, Ella. Her 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier was found abandoned Wednesday at the base of Blood Mountain.

Police confirmed that a water bottle and dog collar found near a
hiking trail belonged to Emerson. (NBC – Augusta)

Hiker Meredith Emerson Missing on Blood Mountain in Union County, Georgia

Search for Missing Hiker Continues

Gary Michael Hilton

Gary Michael Hilton

UPDATE I: “Person of interest” found in search for hiker

Police in Georgia say a man wanted in connection with a 24-year-old hiker missing was found tonight at a convenience store in Atlanta’s suburbs.

Gary Michael Hilton of DeKalb County, was found by police and taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation office for questioning. The missing hiker, Meredith Emerson, wasn’t with him.

She’s originally from Longmont but has been living outside Atlanta.

UPDATE II: Police question ‘person of interest’ in Ga. hiker’s disappearance as search for woman resumes

Also on Saturday, authorities went to Forsyth County in the Atlanta suburbs, where Emerson’s black Labrador retriever named Ella was found Friday at a grocery store, Bankhead said. Authorities identified Ella using her implanted microchip, Union County investigator Kimberly Verdone said.

Officials continued Saturday with their questioning of Gary Michael Hilton, who authorities said was seen with Emerson several times Tuesday.

Police picked up Hilton at a convenience store in the Atlanta area, Verdone said. She previously described the 61-year-old man as a “person of interest,” not a suspect.

UPDATE III: Search for missing hiker narrowed

Meanwhile, the “person of interest” connected to Emerson’s disappearance is not cooperating with investigators, Forsyth County Sheriff Ted Paxton told the Journal-Constitution earlier Saturday.

Authorities said Gary Michael Hilton, 61, remained at “an undisclosed location” and is being questioned in the disappearance of Emerson, whose dog, Ella, turned up a day earlier at a Cumming-area grocery store.

Paxton said Saturday that investigators have surveillance tape showing that Hilton had been in the area where the dog was found, but added, “We don’t have the luxury of him cooperating in the search for the woman.”

GBI officials wouldn’t confirm media reports that some of Meredith Emerson’s belongings were found in a dumpster outside this Quik Trip on Keith Bridge Road in Cumming, not far from the Kroger where Emerson’s dog was found. WSB reported that officials searched the dumpster, dusted a pay phone at the Quik Trip for fingerprints and had removed the receiver from the phone.

UPDATE IV: Police found items belonging to missing hiker Meredith Emerson in a dumpster Saturday in Cumming, GA

Police found items belonging to missing hiker Meredith Emerson in a dumpster Saturday in Cumming, outside a store where surveillance cameras captured the man investigators are calling a “person of interest” in the case.

The discovery triggered a new search for Emerson, 24, as police fanned out into a wooded area near the store searching for any clues.

The Kroger store is the same location where Emerson’s dog was found Friday night.

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UPDATE V: Gary Michael Hilton Charged with Kidnapping of Meredith Emerson

A man authorities say was the last person to see a missing Georgia hiker has been charged with kidnapping with bodily injury, Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials said on Saturday.

Gary Michael Hilton, 61, is being held under a federal warrant for failing to appear on a citation, officials said.

 UPDATE VI: Missing Ga. hiker, 24, believed dead

Sad but enivitable findings in the case of missing Meredith Emerson. Investigators have recovered three bloody fleece tops similar to the kind Meredith Emerson wore.

Investigators had recovered three bloody fleece tops like the kind Meredith Emerson wore and said they held out little hope of finding her alive.

“It’s gone from a search and rescue to a search and recovery,” Union County sheriff’s investigator Kimberly Verdone said.

Three bloody fleece tops believed to be Emerson’s and a bloodstained piece of a car’s seat belt were found in a trash bin beside a convenience store where Hilton had used a pay phone, the warrant stated. Hilton had attempted to vacuum and wash portions of his 2001 Chevrolet Astro van, which was found without the rear seat belt, according to the document.

 

 

January 5th, 2008 at 01:40pm Posted by | abduction, kidnapped, Meredith Emerson, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, Search and Rescue | 6 comments

Anu Solanki Missing in Illinois Since Christmas Eve … UPDATE: $250K for Search for Runaway Newlywed … Found Safe

24 year old Anu Solanki had been missing since Christmas Eve. Dignesh Solanki Anu Solankilast saw his wife Monday when they both left for work. A call to a friend after she got off work was the last time anyone has heard from her. Her has been located Anu Solanki’s car in a forest preserve.  Thus began the costly search for Anu Slolanki.

Cook County Forest Preserve police searched Tuesday for a missing northwest suburban woman and may ask a dive team to search the Des Plaines River Wednesday, a spokesman said.

Anu Solanki’s Honda Civic was found about 4 p.m. Monday in a forest preserve near Hintz Road and Milwaukee Avenue in Wheeling, Forest Preserve District spokesman Steve Mayberry said.

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UPDATE I:Divers, copter search for missing northwest suburban woman

Divers were searching the Des Plaines River near Wheeling this morning as a Cook County sheriff’s helicopter combed the area for a northwest suburban woman whose abandoned car was found this week in a forest preserve.

Cook County Forest Preserve police are coordinating the river search and working with the Cook County sheriff’s police and the Wheeling police and fire departments.

The couple have been married for about seven months, Shah said. Solanki is originally from Virginia, and moved here after she wed. Several relatives drove overnight to arrive Christmas morning after hearing that she was missing.

Dignesh Solanki said his wife told him Sunday night that she was going to the forest preserve’s river to discard a broken religious statue. The Ganesh statue, which has an elephant head, was used in their marriage ceremony in New Jersey and was mailed to them recently, the husband said.

UPDATE II: Search For Missing Woman Concludes For Today

Most of the officers searched the six miles of shoreline on foot with two trained dogs.  A third dog and police officers traveled up and down the river by boat. 

Mayberry said that so far, there is no sign of Solanki or of her missing cell phone, purse and laptop computer.  He refused to say whether police now consider this a recovery operation.   
   
Sheriff’s detectives spoke again with several family members, including Solanki’s husband, Dignesh, at the Skokie courthouse. 

The family is aiding the search by distributing fliers, and Mayberry said the conversations were held “only for the purposes of gathering information for the missing persons investigation.” 

UPDATE III: Missing woman Anu Solanki is alive, authorities say

UPDATE VI: Illinois woman back after $250K search

It appears that we have a “runaway newlywed”. So much for just leaving your husband and getting a divorce. Instead pretend that you have gone missing and waste tax payers money and the police’s time.

CHICAGO – Family members arranged a meeting at an undisclosed location between investigators and a married woman from Illinois whose disappearance on Christmas Eve prompted a costly search. 
 
Anu Solanki, 24, met with law enforcement officials at an undisclosed location Friday, said Cook County sheriff’s police spokesman Steve Mayberry.

UPDATE V: Missing woman who ran: I was unhappy in marriage

Anu Solanki, the 24-year-old newlywed who appeared to go missing this week, has told Cook County Sheriff’s police she instead ran off with another man because she was unhappy in her marriage.

She and her friend Karan C. Jani, 23, drove on Monday from a forest preserve near Wheeling to Jani’s Los Angeles apartment, said Bill Cunningham, chief of staff for Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.

She and her friend Karan C. Jani, 23, drove on Monday from a forest preserve near Wheeling to Jani’s Los Angeles apartment, said Bill Cunningham, chief of staff for Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.

“She basically wanted out of her marriage,” Cunningham said. “She wanted to make a clean break.”

December 29th, 2007 at 04:10pm Posted by | Found Alive, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, Runaway | 2 comments

James George, 39, Missing Since December 23, 2007 from Weedsport, NY

39 year old James George has been missing since December 23, 2007 when he was seen leaving his home. He has had no contact with his family since. James_george

George left his residence on foot at approximately 2:30pm on, Sunday, December 23rd and was last seen wearing a black fleece jacket, blue jeans or blue sweatpants and hiking boots. George is known to walk long distances and enjoyed walking on trails in the woods. (WSYR)

If anyone has any information as to the whereabouts of James George please contact the Cayuga County Sheriff’s Office at 315-253-1222.

Search for Weedsport man continues

“We are searching five areas between the Village of Weedsport and the Village of Port Byron, that James is known to frequent,” said Weeks.

The Sheriff’s Office also asked searchers to keep their eyes out for two items that George uses frequently: deans cigarettes and an over-the-counter pain reliever/sleep aid.

Search continues for missing Weedsport man

According to authorities, family members said George left his residence on foot in a despondent state of mind at about 2:30 p.m. Dec. 23. He was wearing a black fleece jacket, blue jeans or sweat pants and hiking boots at the time, according to the sheriff’s office.

He has also been known to suffer from depression, said Sheriff David Gould.

“You never know where you might find him with a case like this,” Gould said. “Hopefully, he is safe and well somewhere, and he doesn’t even know we are searching for him.”

UPDATE I: Body Found of missing James George (Hat Tip: Sam)

 

December 28th, 2007 at 09:41pm Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult | one comment

Michael Klein, 37, His Daughter Talia and Friend Francesca Lewis Among Four People on a Small Plane that went Missing in Panama (UPDATE: 3 Dead, 1 Survivor)

A California hedge fund manager, Michael Klein, his daughter, 13 year old Talia Michael_Klien_DaughterKlein and her 12 year old friend, Francesca Lewis  were among four people aboard the Cessna 172 plane that went missing in Panama. The plane disappeared after taking off Sunday from Islas Secas off Panama’s Pacific coast, heading for the Chiriqui volcano, about 285 miles west of the capital.

Bad weather including rain and fog has hampered search efforts for the missing.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California hedge fund manager, his daughter and her friend were among four people on a small plane that went missing in Panama, the man’s ex-wife said Tuesday.

Kim Klein told The Associated Press that bad weather and other obstacles were preventing rescue crews from looking for the plane, which may have crashed in the western province of Chiriqui.

Klein told The Associated Press during a phone interview from Boquete, Panama, that her former husband, Michael, was aboard the Cessna 172, along with their daughter, Talia, her friend Francesca Lewis of Santa Barbara and a Panamanian pilot, Edwin Lasso.

Michael Klein, 37, is the chief executive officer of Pacificore LLC, a Santa Barbara-based company that manages several hedge funds. He was on vacation with his 13-year-old daughter and her 12-year-old friend at Islas Secas, an eco-resort that he owns, Kim Klein said.

 Search continues for plane, 3 missing Americans

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Rescue workers and volunteers combed a mountainous area of western Panama Tuesday in search of three Americans and a Panamanian pilot whose small plane went missing over the weekend.

But dense tropical foliage, mountainous terrain and heavy rains were making air and land searches in the Chiriqui province extremely difficult, said Roberto Rolando Rodriguez, a spokesman for the agency that overseas the nation’s air security.

Reward Offered For Panama Lost Plane,US Passengers

A California family is offering a $25,000 reward to anyone who can find a small plane believed to have crashed in a Panamanian jungle with three Americans aboard, including two children.

Rescuers searched for survivors for the third straight day on Tuesday after the Cessna airplane disappeared in foul weather on Sunday.

UPDATE I: 3 Dead and 1 Survivor

There is sad nes to report in the case of the missing Cessna and 4 abaord in Panama. Reprts are that 3 have been found dead and one has been found alive.

The bodies of two Americans and the Panamanian pilot of a plane that crashed over the weekend were found Tuesday in Panama’s mountains, officials said. A teenage girl survived.

California businessman Michael Klein, 37, pilot Edwin Lasso and one of two American girls traveling with Klein were found dead, said Roberto Rolando Rodriguez, a spokesman for Panama’s air security agency.

A second girl survived the crash, Rodriguez said, but it was not immediately clear whether the survivor was Klein’s 13-year-old daughter Talia or her 12-year-old friend Francesca Lewis.

UPDATE II: The survivor is Francesca Lewis of Santa Barbara.

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) – Authorities in Panama now confirm a California businessman and his 13-year-old daughter died in a plane crash there.

The pilot also died but a 12-year-old girl survived.

The bodies were found in the mountains today. The survivor is Francesca Lewis of Santa Barbara.

She was taken to a local hospital for treatment of hypothermia and multiple traumas.

The plane was carrying the girl along with Michael Klein, a hedge fund manager from Santa Barbara, and his daughter, Talia.

UPDATE III: 12-year-old Francesca Lewis Sole Survivor of Cessna Plane Crash

An American girl who is the sole survivor of a plane crash in Panama has arrived at a hospital for treatment.

Authorities said 12-year-old Francesca Lewis is in stable condition, three days after the plane crash that killed the other three people aboard.

Rescuers had to trek five hours through the mountains to bring the child to safety. The helicopter carrying Francesca arrived at a public hospital Wednesday. At her parents’ request, an ambulance then took her to a private facility in the same city, about 30 miles from the crash site.

Francesca’s mother said the girl can walk, but has apparently suffered a broken arm and hypothermia.

December 25th, 2007 at 02:45pm Posted by | Found Alive, Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Missing Children, Missing Teen, Pictures, Plane Crash | 3 comments

Madeleine McCann Disappearance: British Pedophile Suspected in Maddy’s Abduction

Authorities are now investigating the pedophile direction in the case of missing Madeleine_McCannMadeleine McCann vs. accusing the parents of harming their their own child.  A British paedophile, whose name has been known to police since May, with links to Portugal was yesterday revealed as a potential suspect in the Madeleine McCann investigation. As we celebrate the holiday season and Christmas, the McCann family states they will not  be celebrating Christmas as they face it without 4 year old Madeleine McCann.

Authorities are investigating a known British pedophile as a possible suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, The London Daily Mail reported Sunday.

The suspect is one of 52 British pedophiles with links to the Portuguese resort where the McCann family was vacationing when 4-year-old Madeleine disappeared from her hotel room while her parents were dining at a nearby restaurant, the Mail reported.

The suspect, whose identity has not been revealed, is the only person on the list of pedophiles who has not been cleared in the case. (Fox News)

British paedophile ‘with links to Portugal’ suspected of abducting Madeleine

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December 24th, 2007 at 12:17pm Posted by | abduction, child welfare, Exploitation, Exploited, Madeleine McCann, Missing, Missing Children, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Pictures | no comments

Matthew J. Wilson, Rice University Student, Missing Since December 15, 2007 in Houston, TX

Matthew Wilson, a 20 year old computer science major and straight-A student at Rice University has been missing since December 15, 2007.  According to reports, Matthew Wilson made a $400 cash withdrawal from his bank account on Dec. 14, the day he was last seen. We hope that the bank machine that the transaction was done at has a camera.

“He’s a very serious student. He doesn’t participate in high-risk behaviors. It was really out of place. This is a gentleman who takes his school work very, very serious.”

Wilson was not known to drink or party. (Houston Chronicle)

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Matthew Wilson Description:

  • a 20 year old Caucasian male
  • 5 feet, 7 inches tall
  • weighs 135 pounds
  • red hair
  • green eyes
  • wears glasses
  • He had a full beard when his roommate last saw him.

If anyone has any information about Matthew Wilson’s whereabouts please call the Rice University Police Department at 713-348-6000. To respond to the Crime Stoppers offer, call 713-222-TIPS (8477).

“I saw him … he was in his room, working,” said Elliott Harwell, Wilson’s roommate, of that last Dec. 14 sighting.

Harwell, a history major, left their apartment Friday night to work on a paper.

When he came back Saturday and saw Wilson’s silver 2004 Dodge Neon was gone, he assumed his roommate was in a computer lab or library.

“He’s a very diligent student,” Harwell said.

So diligent in fact, that Wilson eschewed e-mail because he found it a distraction. Unlike many students, Wilson didn’t devote much online energy to anything other than work. No page on Facebook or MySpace.

Rice police are searching for missing student

Rice University police are looking for leads in the disappearance of 20-year-old student Matthew J. Wilson, who was last seen by his roommate the evening of Dec. 14 at their off-campus apartment.

Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering a $5,000 cash reward for information leading to felony charges in the case. 

UPDATE I: Also Missing is Matthew’s car and backpack

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(This is not the exact car, but the type of car missing)

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Also missing is Wilson’s car, a silver 2004 four-door Dodge Neon with Oklahoma license plate 863 MCZ, and his backpack.

UPDATE II: Rice University Student Reported Missing

University police said junior Matthew J. Wilson, 20, was last seen at his off-campus apartment at about noon Saturday.

“We found out from a student who Matthew was supposed to have picked up on Saturday evening and take to the airport that he never showed up” police Chief Bill Taylor said. “So we now have information that he had some things planned later from what we originally knew.”

UPDATE III: Further Articles rgarding Missing Matthew Wislon:

UPDATE IV: Missing Student’s Family Pleads For Answers

He hasn’t been seen for nearly a week and the family of missing Rice University student Matthew Wilson is desperate for answers, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

“This is on my mind. I’m thinking about it all the time,” said Wilson’s mother Cathy Wilson. “I’m trying to solve it in my head.”

To discuss the case of missing Matthew Wilson and to get further updates, please go to Scared Monkeys.net Missing: Matthew Wilson.

December 22nd, 2007 at 02:33pm Posted by | Matthew Wilson, Missing, Missing College Student, Pictures, Search and Rescue | 32 comments

21 Year old Marshall University Student Leah N. Hickman Missing Since December 14, 2007 (UPDATE: Body Found Believed to be Missing Leah Hickman, Positively ID’d)

21 year old Marshall University student Leah N. Hickman has been missing since Leah_hickmanFriday, December 14, 2007.

Description: Leah N. Hickman:

  • white female
  • she is a junior at Marshall, majoring in journalism
  • height:  five-foot-four
  • weight: 125 pounds
  • brown hair
  • blue eyes.

Leah N. Hickman last talked with her mother, Sherry Russell, of Leon, early Friday afternoon. Her family, which expected her home for the holiday break, became concerned after she did not report to work at the Dress Barn on Saturday or Sunday.

Huntington Police Sgt. John Williams says Hickman’s car, purse, coat, keys and packed bags were found at the apartment she shared with her older sister.

Hickman’s family has posted fliers in neighborhoods, restaurants and service stations from Huntington to South Point, Ohio.

UPDATE I :Search Continues for Marshall Student

According to the police report Hickman’s purse, car keys and coat remained in her room. Her yellow Chevrolet Cavalier still is parked just outside her apartment building at 403 8th Avenue.

It’s known that Hickman bought McDonald’s at around 5:40 p.m. Dec. 14 and was supposed to meet with a friend later that evening, but never showed.

Caitlin and Leah’s mother say her voicemail on her cell phone is completely full and messages of concern stream across her MySpace page.

The Dress Barn in Barboursville, the store where Leah works, is offering $10,000 reward for any information about where the girl might be.

UPDATE II: Body That May Be Missing Student Found

The body of missing 21 year old Leah Hickman may have been found by investigators. Forensic investigators found the body in a common laundry room in the basement of the missing woman’s apartment building.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Investigators found a body in a crawl space Friday that police believe is that of a missing Marshall University student.

Forensic investigators found the body at 5 p.m. in a common laundry room in the basement of the missing woman’s apartment building, the Huntington Police Department said in a prepared statement.

The body has not been identified but indications are that it is that of 21-year-old Leah Hickman, who has been missing since Dec. 14, the department said.

There are no suspects, Police Chief Skip Holbrook said at a Friday night news conference. He provided few details, saying police do not want to jeopardize the investigation. He said police do not know how long the body had been in the crawl space. He would not say whether a cause of death has been determined.

Body found in missing W.Va. student’s home

Investigators removed the body of a young woman found in a crawl space at the apartment of a missing Marshall University student on Saturday afternoon.

Authorities also barred traffic from a three-block area around the four-unit building, and the Herald-Dispatch newspaper reported that forensic investigators had worked through the night and were expected to remain at the scene throughout Saturday.

The body has been sent to the state medical examiner’s office in Charleston for an autopsy, the Huntington Police said. The agency said the next update about the case is scheduled for Monday afternoon.

“Although we strongly believe the body is that of Leah Hickman, a positive identification will be made by the medical examiner,” Lt. Rocky Johnson said in a statement.

UPDATE III: Body Found in Crawl Space Identified as Missing West Virginia Student

Police say a body found in a crawl space at a Huntington apartment building is that of a missing Marshall University student.

Huntington police announced Monday that the body had been positively identified as Hickman, a journalism student at Marshall.

They declined to release any details about how she died.

 

December 22nd, 2007 at 11:23am Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing College Student, Pictures | no comments

13 Year Old Brittnee Plant Missing Since November 21, 2007 in Mesa, AZ (UPDATE: Found on Mexican Border)

13 year old Brittnee Plant has been missing from Mesa, AZ since November 21, 2007. Brittnee is believed to be with an individual named Chris according to her mother. Britnee Plant called her mother once on November 26; however, hung up before her mother could ask any questions. Brittnee Plant may be with a 19-year-old man she met at a shopping mall

The teen, Brittnee Plant, has been the subject of a desperate search since she vanished Nov. 20 from her home. Although it appears Brittnee ran away during the night with an adult male identified only as “Chris,” her family and authorities fear that she is in danger and being held against her will.

Brittnee’s friends have told authorities that “Chris” had been trying to convince Brittnee to run away with him for some time. Police have no other leads on the identity of “Chris” or Brittnee’s whereabouts and are asking the public for help in finding the young girl.

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Brittnee Plant

She is described as 5 feet 1 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds.

She was wearing a black shirt and blue jeans with writing on them, black and red shoes, and a necklace with a heart pendant

Anyone with any information on Brittnee Plant to call Mesa police at  (480) 644 – 2211.

Mesa teen’s disappearance a mystery

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“She said, ‘Hey, Mom, I’m calling to say I love you guys,’?” Stephens said.

But then she hung up the phone. Stephens said she thinks someone walked into the room as her daughter was calling, prompting the girl to end the conversation abruptly. And since she hasn’t heard from her daughter at all for more than a week, she is especially worried.

“It’s just not in her character. She’s a normal teenager,” Stephens said. “She’s a good girl, and I know that she would continue to call or at least let us know she was OK.”

Police and Stephens said the girl was having “teenage” problems before she disappeared.

Police said Brittnee might be with a man named Chris, but they don’t have any other information on him. Stephens said Chris is homeless and has tried to lure her daughter away before.

Police ask for help finding Mesa girl, missing two weeks

UPDATE I: Girl, 13, missing 2 weeks found at Mexico border

A 13-year-old girl missing for more than two weeks has been found on the Arizona-Mexico border.

Brittnee Plant was found at the Lukeville point of entry Thursday. She was in the custody of U.S. Border Patrol officials waiting for her parents to pick her up.

Police said Lisa Stevens, Brittnee’s mother, contacted the department Nov. 20 when she discovered the girl missing from their Mesa home. Stevens told police she last saw Brittnee the night before.
 
 
 

December 5th, 2007 at 07:54am Posted by | abduction, Found Alive, Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures | one comment

Emily Sanders, 18, Missing Since Nove 23, 2007 in El Dorado, KS (Bizarre Twist: Double Life as Porn Star, Zoey Lane) Found Deceased

Emily Sander, 18, is last seen leaving the Retreat bar in El Dorado with Israel Mireles on Friday, November 23, 2007. She has not been seen nor heard from since. Her car was found the following day at the Retreat, a bar east of El Dorado.

Emily Sanders

The search for answers in the disappearance of Emily Sander, a Butler Community College student, led authorities to Room 21 of the El Dorado Motel, where a manager reported an altercation may have occurred.

Authorities will not release details of the evidence they found Saturday in that room, but said they believe Emily Sander was the victim of violence.

Sander, 18, was last seen Friday at the Retreat, a bar east of El Dorado, leaving with Israel Mireles, 24. Her car was found the following day at the bar.

El Dorado Police Chief Tom Boren said Mireles is the last person known to be seen with Sander.

Emily Sander case timeline

UPDATE I: Friend: Missing Kansas Student Led Double Life as Internet Porn Star

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This case was just thrown a bizarre curve ball. It appears that the missing Emily Sanders may also be an internet porn star named Zoey Zane.

A missing Kansas college student believed to be the victim of foul play apparently led a double life as an Internet porn star by the name of Zoey Zane.

Nude photos of 18-year-old Emily Sander appeared on a Zoey Zane Web site before she vanished, and investigators are looking into whether her modeling had anything to do with her disappearance last Friday.

“She enjoyed it. She is a young teenage girl and she wanted to be in the movies and enjoyed movies. She needed the extra money,” Nikki Watson, a close friend of Sander’s at Butler Community College, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “Nobody in El Dorado knew besides her close friends.”

Sander’s brother, Jacob Sander, confirmed that the nude woman pictured on the site is his sister.

El Dorado Police Chief Tom Boren said FBI and state experts on Internet crime have been called in.

“Investigators are aware that Miss Sander was apparently involved in a Web site situation,” he said. “Allegations that this may factor into her disappearance are being thoroughly investigated.”

Sander was last seen leaving a bar in El Dorado, about 30 miles from Wichita, with a man identified as Israel Mireles, 24, authorities said. Sander and Mireles had met that night at the bar, according to Watson.

UPDATE II: Body of secret porn star found in Kansas

Authorities said the preliminary physical description of the body found about 50 miles east of El Dorado matches that of missing college student Emily Sander. Investigators refused to give details about the state of the body or how it was found.

Cops Say Body Found During Search Matches Description of Missing Student

UPDATE II: Missing Kansas Porn Star Student’s Body ID’d

November 30th, 2007 at 08:03am Posted by | Crime/Murder, Found Deceased, Missing, Missing College Student, Missing Teen, Pictures | 2 comments

Stacy Peterson Missing Persons Case: New Evidence, Large Blue Barrel Moved Out of Drew Peterson House (Update: Truckers Help?)

Do police have Drew Peterson over a barrel?Drew_peterson3

There appears to be a new development and potential evidence in the case of missing Stacy Peterson. At the focus of the development is a large blue barrel that was removed from the home of Drew Peterson with the help of a mystery person. Police have stated that the barrel was large enough to put an individual in.

There is a new development in the search for Stacy Peterson – Illinois State Police have identified who they think may have helped Drew Peterson move a large blue barrel out of his house – a barrel which is now considered a key piece of evidence. Now searchers are looking for that barrel – along with Stacy. Fox News Chicago Reporter Craig Wall is covering the story in Bolingbrook . (Fox-Chicago)

Peterson kin: I didn’t help move barrel

The tightlipped law has kept a lid on a neighbor’s report of Drew Peterson allegedly loading a large barrel into the back of his Denali soon after his wife vanished, but the former cop’s brother says he didn’t lend a hand.

“I don’t know anything about it,” said Paul Peterson, the brother of recently retired police Sgt. Drew Peterson, when asked about reports of a neighbor telling police that Drew and another man hauled a mysterious blue barrel from his residence to his Denali.

Pressed about the barrel and whether he helped his brother carry it, Paul Peterson said, “No, no,” and retreated to the Pheasant Chase Court home of Drew and missing wife Stacy Peterson.

Cops ask: What was in the barrel, Drew?

2ND MAN SOUGHT | Sources say neighbor told police he saw Drew Peterson and someone else loading barrel ‘big enough to put someone in’ into former cop’s SUV

A neighbor of Drew Peterson told police he spotted the former Bolingbrook police sergeant and a second man loading a large blue barrel into Peterson’s sport utility vehicle hours after his young wife was last seen alive, sources said.

The identity of the second man isn’t known, a pair of police sources said. “That’s who we’re looking for,” one of the sources said.

UPDATE I: Police Identify Person Believed to Have Helped Ex-Cop Drew Peterson Move Large Barrel

Illinois State police have identified the person they think may have helped former police sergeant Drew Peterson move a large blue barrel from his bedroom to his vehicle the day after his 23-year-old wife was reported missing.

A law enforcement source tells WFLD FOX Chicago that the man who helped load a barrel into Peterson’s SUV tried to commit suicide the next day.

Illinois State Police told FOX News on Sunday that “new information” prompted its appeal for more information about possible sightings of the cars that belong to Stacy Peterson or her husband, Drew, around the time that the woman vanished.

Investigators are asking anyone who may have seen the vehicles on Oct. 28 or 29 — the time of the 23-year-old Bolingbrook mother’s disappearance — to come forward.

Police have released photos of the vehicles: A dark Blue 2005 GMC Yukon Denali belonging to Drew and the second a purple 2002 Pontiac Grand Am, belonging to Stacy, and asked the public to call its tipline at 815-740-0678 or “America’s Most Wanted” at 800-274-6388.

Both vehicles were impounded by police on Nov. 1, and are still in police possession because of search warrant seizures.

UPDATE II: Drew’s relative attempted suicide, source says
Drew Peterson’s relative said to be distraught over Stacy’s disappearance

UPDATE III: Police: Truckers say Peterson sought aid

The information in the case of missing Stacy Peterson seems to get stranger and stranger. First there was a report of a blue barrel that was removed from the Peteson home, now two truckers have come forward stating that they were asked to “transport a package to an undisclosed location.”

CHICAGO – Two truckers said a former police officer suspected in his wife’s disappearance may have asked them early on the day she was reported missing to carry a package for him, police said Saturday.

The truckers said two men, including a man they now believe was former Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson and another man in his 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and stocky build, approached them at about 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 29 at a Bolingbrook truck stop, Illinois State Trooper Mark Dorencz said in a written statement.

The men asked the truckers to “transport a package to an undisclosed location;” after reaching the location, the men would “regain possession of the package and continue transporting it to a location not accessible by semi-trailers,” the statement said. (Yahoo News)

 

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November 26th, 2007 at 11:52pm Posted by | Crime/Murder, Missing, Missing Adult, Stacy Ann Peterson | 2 comments

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