33 year old Tanya Rider had been missing for 8 days. She had been last seen leaving for work on September 19, 2007. Rider was found alive at the 
bottom of a ravine in her SUV on Thursday afternoon. Her vehicle was found about 20 feet down the ravine and lay buried below heavy brush and bushes. Searches located the missing Tanya Rider by her cell phone signal.
Tanya Rider, 33, responded to her name when her SUV was found along a highway in suburban Seattle, State Patrol Sgt. Dave Divis said.
King County sheriff’s investigators used a cell phone signal to recheck a segment of the highway, State Patrol spokesman Jeff Merrill said. On Thursday afternoon, they noticed some matted brush, and below it they found her Honda Element, smashed on its side.
“She looks very pale, very dehydrated. She didn’t have a lot of cuts but had difficulty breathing,” Merrill said. (CNN)
Missing Wash. Woman Found Alive in Car
Missing woman, rescued from car, is in critical condition
Tom Rider, her husband, was at the Sheriff’s Office taking a polygraph test when he heard the news that his wife had been found, and he joined her at the hospital. He said that his wife was suffering from kidney failure and sores from being trapped in the same position for a week but that she was conscious.
“Pretty much she’s fighting for her life,” he said.
Doctors are concerned that as they rehydrate her, the sores could swell and cause more injuries, he added.
September 28th, 2007 at 07:44am
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Eight Boy Scouts and three adults from Troop 217 are missing in the in the Great Smoky Mountains near Cruso, N.C. in Haywood County. They failed to return from their weekend trip.
Rescue teams headed into the mountains of North Carolina on Monday in search of eight Boy Scouts and their leaders who failed to return from a camping trip over the weekend.
Several of the troop members had cell phones, but the cell phone service in the area is spotty. Lisa Logan, the mother of one missing Scout, said she suspected the group simply got off scheduled and decided to camp out for one more night.
The search is a precaution, said Charity Sharp, spokeswoman for the Cruso Fire Department.
“There’s eight children up there, so we want to make sure everyone’s OK. There’s a possibility they could be hurt,” she said. Three adults were with the group. (Fox News)
Search Under Way for Missing Raleigh Boy Scout Troop
Lisa Logan, another mother whose son and husband are missing, said the scouts left their planned route through the forest and that she believes the group was running behind and set up camp along the route when it started getting dark.
“I think, more likely than not, they got behind in their schedule, saw they weren’t going to get out by dark, decided it was probably safer for all the boys to just stop, camp and just come out in the morning,” she said. “I feel like that is what they are doing.”
UPDATE: Searchers find missing Boy Scouts
September 24th, 2007 at 07:39am
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Nailah Franklin, a 28 year old pharmaceutical representative for Eli Lilly & Co has 
been missing since September 18, 2007. Several items are missing from her home including two computers. Why would someone take her computers unless they had some form of communication on-line?
Description:
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Franklin is African-American
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about 5 feet 2 inches tall
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weighing 110 pounds
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brown hair
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brown eyes
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She drives a company-owned gray 2005 Chevrolet sedan with Illinois license plate 1957855
MySpace page.
Police are looking into a lead of a man who was supposedly threatening Nailah Franklin.
Police said they were interested in a man Franklin told friends was threatening her last week, Elgas reported. Franklin was so scared, her friends added, that she did not want to sleep in her home, and she also filed a police report. Police did not comment much on that man, but said they were interested in talking to him.
“I do believe that she is alive and we just have to find her,” said Lehia Franklin Cox, Nailah’s sister. “I do think she is in distress.”
Police visited Franklin’s University Village apartment in the 1500 block of South Sangamon Street. Thursday night, Elgas reported, and Franklin Cox said several personal items were missing.
“The two computers are missing,” she said. “Both her work-issued laptop and her personal laptop.”(NBC5)
Anyone with information is asked to call (312) 746-9259.
Discuss more in the Missing Persons forum: Nailah Franklin
UPDATE I: Seems there is a pic of Nailah Franklin on this MySpace account
Are all 3 pics below the same person?
Left and Right pics are of Nailah Franklin
Center photo is taken from from this picture and from HERE off the slide show on his MySpace account.
UPDATE II: Family Fears Missing Woman Was Harmed
(CBS) CHICAGO A massive effort is underway to find a missing woman who disappeared apparently without a trace. Nailah Franklin’s family and friends, along with police, are scrambling to get the word out.
As CBS 2′s Suzanne Le Mignot reports, the Little Gym in University Village served Friday as the gathering point for Franklin’s family and friends. There was a continuous flow of well wishers stopping by, picking up fliers that they’re passing out in the community. Both the police and Franklin’s family say they’re not giving up hope she’ll be found.
UPDATE III: Car of Missing Nailah Franklin Found in Hammond, Indiana
The car of missing 28 year old Nailah Franklin has been found across state lines in Hammond, Indiana.
Divers searched a pond at River Oaks Golf Course near the Bishop Ford Freeway and 159th Street in Calumet City Saturday morning as part of their efforts to find Nailah Franklin, a drug company pharmaceutical sales representative, after police located her car a short distance away in Hammond, Indiana, on Friday night.
Monique Bond, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Police Department, said some of Franklin’s personal items have been recovered from the vehicle.
Map: Car Found in Hammond, Indiana
Nailah Franklin lived in University Village apartment in the 1500 block of South Sangamon Street in Chicago, IL. Her car found Hammond, Indiana approximately 27 miles away.
UPDATE IV: Cops: Missing woman had complained of calls
Nailah Franklin spent last weekend visiting her boyfriend in Milwaukee and attending a wedding in Lake Geneva before returning to Chicago Sunday night.
Her boyfriend, Andre Wright, said she arrived back home at 8 p.m. and they spoke twice that night. On Monday evening, Wright said, Franklin, 28, was relaxing at home as they chatted on the telephone about their day.
UPDATE V:Benjamin has changed his photo on Myspace
UPDATE VI: Woman Found Near Riverbank Cause Of Death Known
Hopefully this is not Nailah Franklin
UPDATE VII: Reports Claim that Body of Nailah Franklin was Found Deceased
A body found Thursday near a suburban Chicago forest preserve is that of a 28-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative missing for more than a week, a family member and spokesman said.
Nailah Franklin’s uncle, Jon Merrill, and family friend and spokesman, Andrew Holmes, told WFLD-TV that authorities have confirmed the body is Franklin’s.
Family: Missing Lilly rep’s body found near Chicago
UPDATE VIII: Body found but answers still missing
Her naked body was found before dawn Thursday in a densely wooded area partially buried behind a vacant building, within miles of where police found her car Saturday in nearby Hammond. A pair of earphones dangling in a tree led two police officers to her body.
An autopsy performed Friday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office did not reveal a cause of death. Chicago police, who have not ruled the case a homicide, remain the lead investigators because authorities don’t know where she died.
Her body, badly decomposed after being exposed to rain and heat, had to be identified through dental records Friday morning. But a law enforcement source said she was not shot or stabbed.
Police said they are pursuing leads in Franklin’s death. They are testing forensic evidence from her body and vehicle and reviewing surveillance video taken from across the street where Franklin’s body was found. (
Chicago Tribune)
September 22nd, 2007 at 12:01am
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An AMBER ALERT has been issued for 11 day old Israel Bell in Detroit, MI. Baby 
Israel is described as African-American, 20 inches long, weighing about 8 pounds, and has brown eyes. It is suspected that Israel Bell was taken by a 17 year old knew only as Jasmine.
A woman told investigators she discovered her niece, Israel Bell, was missing when she awoke at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Detroit Police said. The aunt was babysitting Israel, police said.
Also gone was a 17-year-old girl. The aunt suspects the girl took the baby. The aunt only knew the girl as Jasmin, police said.
Anyone with information should call 911 or Detroit Police Northeast District at (313) 596-1100.
Israel Bell Description
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African-American baby
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20 inches long
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weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces
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brown eyes was last seen wearing a pink, white and purple-striped outfit with matching hat
Description of Jasmin
- Jasmin is a black female
- 5 feet 2 and about 100 pounds
- She was last seen wearing a red jacket, red shirt and blue jeans.
UPDATE I: Missing Michigan Newborn Girl Found Alive in South Carolina
Israel Bell is now safe and in the hands of authorities. Police say they found her with her suspected abductor Marquesta Nelson, near Duncan South Carolina.
September 15th, 2007 at 10:19am
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BYU student, Camille Cleverley, had been missing for nearly a week and was last seen 
riding her bike on August 30, 2007. Her bike had been taken by two teens who stated they theought it had been abandoned earlier this week. Now the unfortunate news comes that the body of Camille Cleverley was found at the base of a cliff approximately 1,000 yards from Bridal Veil Falls on Sunday afternoon.
Another sad and tragic end, rest in piece Camille.
Cleverley’s body was discovered at the base of a cliff approximately 1,000 yards from Bridal Veil Falls on Sunday afternoon. Officials say clothing on the body confirmed that it was Camille, and that it appears she died on the mountain. Exactly what kind of injuries she sustained were not made clear, but investigators say it looks as though she fell from the cliff above.
Authorities are conducting an investigation to determine exactly what happened and they have not yet ruled out the possibility of foul play — even though there were no initial indicators of a homicide or suicide.
The area where Cleverley’s body was found is dense with thick brush and trees and is a spot where many hikers have encountered trouble in the past, officials said.
Camille’s body found
The search for missing Brigham Young University student Camille Cleverley has ended. Her body was located at the base of a cliff near the falls this afternoon.
Search and rescue crews discovered Cleverley’s body at 3:31 p.m. in some brush and trees near a rock-strewn field at the base of a 200-foot cliff about a quarter-mile east of the falls, said Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy.
Cleverley appears to have died from injuries sustained from a fall, said Tracy. Tracy said he could not yet rule out foul play pending a full investigation. Two detectives and a medical examiner were on the scene as of 4:30 p.m. (Salt Lake City Tribune)
September 9th, 2007 at 08:11pm
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Four year old Madeleine McCann went missing four months ago while she and her family were staying in Praia da Luz, Portugal. After all the investigation, after all the searching for missing Madeleine McCann, Portuguese police are about to do the unthinkable. The mother of Madeleine McCann is about to be named a suspect in the disappearance of her daughter.
The mother of a British girl who disappeared four months ago in southern Portugal is to be named a formal suspect in the case Friday, a family spokesman said, a shocking twist to a case that has gripped much of Europe. Kate McCann was questioned for almost 11 hours on Thursday, and is due back at a police station in Portimao, a town in Portugal’s Algarve region, later Friday morning, family spokesman David Hughes told The Associated Press. (FOX NEWS)
Madeleine: Blood In Parents’ Car?
Portuguese police have suggested to Kate McCann that traces of her daughter’s blood were found in a car the family hired 25 days after the girl went missing, a family friend said.
Mrs McCann, who is being questioned again by police, fears she will be charged today over the death of Madeleine.
In this bizarre turn of events, after all the efforts put forth by the parents of missing Madeleine McCann, either this is one of the most strange efforts by parents to find their missing child or the Portugese police have blown it. Kate McCann was questioned for over 10 hours. Both Kate and Gerry McCann have denied any involvement in their daughters disappearance.
After Mrs McCann was questioned for over 11 hours yesterday, the McCann’s lawyer Carlos Pinto de Abreu, insisted she was interviewed only as a witness.
Portuguese laws severely restrict what those privy to an investigation may say publicly, but Mrs McCann is said to be “amazed and concerned” by the news that her status has changed.
Previously Kate McCann and her husband Gerry had always met police together and officials described the meetings as informal. Both have denied any involvement in their daughter’s disappearance.
But yesterday Mrs McCann was interviewed alone and Mr McCann is expected to be interviewed separately at around 2pm today. (The UK Telegraph)
What does it mean under Portuguese law to make one a suspect?
read the rest here…
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The plane carrying 63 year old Steve Fossett is missing. The man who has cheated death 
so many times with attempts to break aviation records in balloons is presently missing in his single engine plane. Searchers are looking in Nevada; however, Steve Fossett did not file a flight plan. It is hard to imagine after all the daring feats that Steve Fossett has attempted that he would be missing in a single engine plane.
The 63-year-old took off alone, with four full tanks of gas, in the small plane Monday morning from an airstrip at hotel magnate Barron Hilton’s Flying M Ranch.
He did not return as scheduled around noon, and a friend reported him missing Monday night, said Ian Gregor, an FAA spokesman.
Thirteen aircraft were doing grid searches over 7,500 square miles and were concentrating on an area of 600 square miles, said Maj. Cynthia S. Ryan of the Civil Air Patrol.
The search area is varied, ranging from high desert terrain with dry lake beds and sage brush, but also some rugged mountain peaks, she said. Gusty winds were hampering the search and could end up suspending the air search effort. (International Herald Tribune)
Adventurer Fossett, man of daring and wealth
Adventurer Steve Fossett goes missing
FAA: No sign since Monday flight scouting land speed record sites in Nevada
The 63-year-old took off alone at 8:45 a.m. Monday from an airstrip at hotel magnate Barron Hilton’s Flying M Ranch, about 70 miles southeast of Reno. A friend reported him missing when he didn’t return, authorities said.
Thirteen aircraft were searching for Fossett in addition to ground crews, said Maj. Cynthia S. Ryan of the Civil Air Patrol. The teams were doing “grid” searches over hundreds of square miles. (MSNBC)
UPDATE I: Search continues for aviation adventurer Steve Fossett
Fossett was flying in a single-engine, Citabria Super Decathlon — a plane capable of aerobatics — with tail number N240R, according to CAP. Fossett, though, had no parachute, which is required for aerobatics.
(Similar to this Citabria Super Decathlon)
There has been no sound detected from the plane’s emergency locator radio beacon, which goes off if there is a hard impact.
The aircraft, with serial number 635-80, was manufactured by Bellanca, and is registered to the Flying M Hunting Club Inc. in Yerington. (CNN)
UPDATE I:Fossett missing but no one believes he’s gone
UPDATE II: Rescuers’ fears grow for missing adventurer Steve Fossett
Fears for the missing adventurer Steve Fossett are growing tonight as rescuers continue to search in vain for his small plane that disappeared over mountainous desert on Monday.
His wife, Peggy, and his friends and relatives, were pinning their hopes on the grit and experience of the record-breaking aviator, the first man to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon.
September 4th, 2007 at 08:29pm
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11 year old Tang Nguyen from Rio Rancho, NM has been missing since Friday, August 
31, 2007 when he failed to come home. Tang Nguyen is slightly autistic.
But after the child failed to come home Friday by nightfall, Dawn Nguyen became afraid.
“Its been awful,” the mother said. “I haven’t been able to eat, I haven’t been able to sleep. I just don’t know what to do.”
Rio Rancho police are looking for 11-year-old Tang Nguyen and ask that if you know where the boy is, to contact them.
They believe Nguyen, who is slightly autistic, is probably at a friend’s house but did not let his family know. (KOB)
If anyone has any information on missing Tang Nguyen, please contact the Rio Rancho Police Department.
UPDATE I: Thang-Hoa Ngyuen Found Safe
Thang-Hoa was found SundayA Rio Rancho boy missing for two days is back at home and police doubt the story he tells about where he has been. (Hat Tip: Robyn)
September 2nd, 2007 at 03:09pm
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17 year old Ryan Lewis is presumed drown in the Delaware River after he tried to help stranded friends. Approximately 100 rescue workers took part in the search for Ryan Lewis. The search is being called a recovery effort.
Marine search and rescue teams dragged the Delaware River off National Park for most of the day. Four divers were also sent in during low tide.
At 9:00 Wednesday night, friends, whose boat ran around during low tide off what locals call No Name Island, called Lewis. Wanting to help, Lewis went into the river to try to reach the boat. He went under a couple hundred feet off shore near the Red Bank Battlefield in National Park.
His desire to help others may have cost him his life.
UPDATE I: Body of missing teen recovered
Rescue crews have recovered the body of a missing West Deptford teen who went missing while trying to swim to friends whose boat had become stranded on a sand bar in the Delaware River.
The body of Ryan Lewis, 17, was recovered at 1:28 p.m. Saturday, according to Dennis Kapler, spokesman for the National Park Fire Department.
September 1st, 2007 at 11:54pm
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