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Kelsey Smith has been missing since June 2, 2007. Police are saying that she has been the victim of an abduction.
Description:
- Kelsey is 18 years old
- 5 feet 6 inches tall
- weighs about 120 lbs
- brown hair
- brown eyes
- When she was last seen, Kelsey was wearing a pink tank top, black cotton shorts, and tennis shoes.
- She was driving an ’87 gray Buick Regal with a Nebraska temp plate (“30 Day 458″) on the front. This car was recovered at Oak Park Mall – its original plate read WOZ 965.
Family Says Car Found But ATM Card, Cell Phone Missing
Family members said they later found her car across the street in front of Macy’s. Her purse and keys were inside the car, but her ATM card and cell phone were missing. Authorities said surveillance video from the Macy’s parking lot was not clear enough to identify the person who drove her car.
Officials said Smith’s ATM card and cell phone have not been used since the kidnapping. (KMBC-TV)
Go to the family web site, Find Kelsey.com
Flier of Kelsey Smith
Target Store surveillance video.
Cops: Kelsey Was Abducted
Cops in Overland Park, Kan. say 18-year-old Kelsey Ann Smith was abducted from the parking lot of a Target store. Police say a man pushed her into her car at around 7:09 p.m. Kelsey was supposed to meet her boyfriend at home to go to a graduation party, but when she didn’t show up. (AMW)
Update I: Volunteers Search for Missing Teen, Kelsey Smith
Family and friends gathered again Tuesday morning in the Target parking lot near 97th & Quivira where missing teen, Kelsey Smith, was last seen. Volunteers canvassed area parks and pass out updated fliers. (FOX 4 – KS)
Update II: Video shows Kan. teen forced into car
“As she opened the driver’s side door, the individual sprinted up behind her and pushed her into the car,” Police Capt. Tom Fredrickson said.
Her car was found two hours later in the parking lot of a mall across the street.
Police were working to enhance the quality of that video, which has not been released because it is so poor, Detective Matthew Bregel said. (Houston Chronicle)
UPDATE IV (7:55 CT): This just in … Tim Miller and TES Joining the Search for Kelsey Smith
I just got off the phone with Tim Miller and he an 10+ TES members will be traveling to Kansas to help search for Kelsey Miller. They will be bringing boats and the drone airplane capable of taking aerial footage. TES has been asked by the search director and law enforcement to help aid in the search for the missing Kelsey Smith. We have also learned that the family of Jodi Sanderholm is also going to help search. (developing)
UPDATE V: Person of Interest
(Fox News)
Overland Park Police Chief John Douglas said searchers have received over 200 tips in the disappearance of Kelsey Smith at a Tuesday evening press conference.
Update VI: Kidnapping of Kelsey Smith caught on Video surveillance
Update VII: More updates and the Press Conference discussing White Pick up truck
UPDATE VIII: Kelsey Smith’s Body Found, Police Confirm
Kelsey Smith’s family spoke on Wednesday evening, following the discovery of her body earlier in the day. Police confirmed Smith’s body was found near a shallow creek bed near Longview Lake in south Kansas City in a heavily wooded area. Members of the Hillcrest Covenant Church plan to hold a vigil tonight at 7. (Fox-KS)
Body of Kansas Teen, Kelsey Smith, Found
The body of Kelsey Smith, an eighteen year old Overland Park, Kansas, has been found today. She was found about fifteen miles away from the site of her abduction.
Videos of breaking news, body found that of missing Kelsey Smith.
UPDATE IX: Arrest made in the murder of Kelsey Smith.
26 year old Edwin R. Hall has been arrested by police in the murder of Kelsey Smith. Hall will be charged tomorrow with first degree murder and kidnapping charges.
June 5th, 2007 at 07:37pm
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We are saddened to report that the body of missing Fort Drum soldier, Joseph Anzack 
Jr was found yesterday in the Euphrates River in Iraq. Anzack was one of the soldiers missing in Iraq who was kidnapped two weeks ago while patrolling near Baghdad. God bless and thank you for your service and ultimate sacrifice to our country.
The military says the body found in the Euphrates River yesterday in Iraq is one of the Fort Drum soldiers who was kidnapped about two weeks ago.
Joseph Anzack, Jr., 20, and two other soldiers have been missing since they were ambushed while patrolling near Baghdad. A group linked to al-Qaida is taking the credit for that ambush. The military is doing a DNA test to confirm that the body is, in fact, Anzack’s.
Initial reports also said a second body had been found near the same location. But the search is still ongoing for the other two soldiers.
Joseph Anzack Remembered by High School Friends
TORRANCE (AP) — Schoolmates remembered Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. as a gentle jock and turned their school into a makeshift memorial after learning Army officials had confirmed the 20-year-old’s body was found during an exhaustive search for him and two other soldiers ambushed in Iraq. Friends at South High School, where Anzack graduated just two years ago, observed a moment of silence Thursday and described him as a “pumped up” athlete who made them laugh and comforted them when they needed it.
”You’d be sad and sitting there by yourself, and he’d come up to you and just talk to you, and say, ‘Hey, how’s your day? Are you OK?”’ childhood friend Erika Esquivel said.
The school’s front steps became a shrine of flowers, flags and balloons, marked with a sign reading: “You’re our HERO.” The soldier’s Web page was also flooded with condolences.
May 27th, 2007 at 08:19pm
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16 months into the investigation into the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse, Orlando police 
have released a video tape of what they say is a suspect in the case. The supposed break in this case is more or less information that has been present for quite some time. However, now the police have agreed to make public this information and let the general public see the video.
See VIDEO HERE.
The problem is, they lack a clear photo, a name and cannot say for sure whether it is a man or a woman.
But after months of debate between Kesse’s parents and detectives — and solid leads exhausted — police decided Thursday to release a grainy, out-of-focus, wide-angle surveillance-camera video showing a person who parked Kesse’s car at a south Orlando condominium complex. The suspect, estimated to be 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 5 inches tall, then was recorded walking away by another security camera about noon Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006. (Sun Sentinel)
For more information go to Find Jennifer Kesse.com
Jennifer Kesse: Still Missing Without a Trace
A week ago the Orlando police released that grainy video to the public. The video shows someone parking Kesse’s car in a condominium lot near her home on the day she disappeared.
Police say they didn’t release the video earlier because they were hoping to use it to check the story of any suspects. Sgt. Barbara Jones of the Orlando Police Department told ABC News that the video was held back “as an investigative tool to be able to lock a suspect into the story,” but added that “its release could generate more leads, significant leads which may break the case.”
Police hope that, despite the rough quality of the video, it might jog someone’s memory about seeing that person that night. Kesse, at 5 feet 8 inches, is at least four inches taller than the person on the video. She has sandy blond shoulder-length hair and green eyes and weighs 125 pounds. But the past week has yet to yield results. (ABC News)
On The Record interview with Drew & Joyce Kesse, transcript from “On the Record ,” May 17, 2007
DREW KESSE: I think they’re father ahead. Are we close? No, I don’t think we’re close. There’s a lot still just very unknown. You know, a lot of times, the word vanishment (ph) comes up. I have to be honest with you. But leads are still being called in every day. It’s an amazing thing that, you know, 15-and-a-half months, we still get leads. We have a personal lead phone. Just last week, there were seven leads on that phone alone that came to us. So the community is very aware, and actually, the United States is very aware. And the calls come in, they just have not been the proper call.
Read the full transcript HERE
May 27th, 2007 at 01:01pm
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Three year old British toddler, Madeleine McCann, disappeared from the resort that her 
family was staying in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Police have initially speculated that she was abducted by a pedophile. Time is of the essence and the clock is running to save this child from a sexual predator.
Police searching for a British toddler abducted during a family holiday in Portugal, fear she has been taken by a paedophile.
Three year old Madeleine McCann disappeared from a tourist resort in Praia da Luz on Thursday evening, while her parents were dining nearby.
The couple has released new photographs of her to help with the search. (Sky News)
VIDEO of search and story
Pedophile seized British toddler, say Portuguese police
Police searching for a British toddler abducted while on holiday in Portugal fear she has been snatched by a pedophile.
Madeleine vanished between 9pm and 10pm on Thursday night from her room at a holiday complex in Praia da Luz, a fishing village on the Algarve, as she slept between her twin brother and sister, aged two. (Sydney Morning Herald)
(missing 3 year old Madeleine McCann)
Police believe that Madeleine is still alive and being held 2-3 miles from where she was abducted.
Madeleine was taken from the ground-floor apartment at the Mark Warner Ocean Club holiday village between 9:30pm and 10pm. Mrs McCann found that the outside shutter and window to Madeleine’s room had been opened and her daughter was missing shortly before 10pm local time.
Detectives searching for Madeleine have said they are convinced the child is still alive, that they know the “prime suspect” and that she is being held close to the resort. Police also said they had an artist’s impression of the suspect, which they were not releasing for fear of endangering Madeleine’s life. (The Scotsman)
There are numerous media reports of the police drawing heavy criticism for the manner in how this case was initially handled.
UPDATE I: Portuguese police under fire over missing UK girl, 3
But there were recriminations in the Portugese media over the police’s handling of the investigation in the first few hours after Madeleine’s disappearance.
The Portugese daily newspaper, Diario de Noticias, claimed that border police were not told that a child had been kidnapped until about midday on Friday, more than 12 hours after Madeleine was reported missing.
As a member of the EU, Portugal has no border controls with Spain, and motorists can cross from one country to the other unchecked.
The newspaper claimed that proper procedure would have been for Portugal’s Judicial Police – the local equivalent of CID – to have tipped off the country’s Borders and Aliens Service as soon as they knew that a child had been kidnapped.
Another paper, Correio de Manha, said the main border crossing from the Portuguese Algarve to Spain had no special controls in place whatsoever until Saturday afternoon. (NZ Herald)
UPDATE II: UK girl’s parents pray for her return
VIDEO of parents plea for safe return
Gerry and Kate McCann attended church in the Praia da Luz holiday village, where their daughter Madeleine disappeared on Thursday night from the family’s villa apartment.
“Please continue to pray for Madeleine,” Kate McCann said as she and her husband left the church in a statement to reporters waiting outside.
“From today’s service the thing we are going to take from this is strength and courage and hope, we continue to hope for the best possible outcome from this for us and for Madeleine,” her husband added.
UPDATE III: Balding man seen dragging blonde girl towards marina
Portuguese police investigating the abduction of Madeleine McCann are hunting for a balding man who is believed to have been seen dragging a girl to a marina in a town close to where she disappeared.
Detectives have not identified the man but have said that he is a suspect in the kidnapping of Madeleine from a holiday apartment on the Algarve on Thursday night
A police artist’s impression of a balding man who was seen with a blonde girl similar to Madeleine shows just the back of his head. He is described as being white, 5ft 11in and is understood to have been wearing white trousers. The man is believed to have been seen dragging the girl on a road leading to a marina in the town of Lagos, about 5 miles (8km) from Praia da Luz. Another witness is reported to have seen a girl struggling in the back of a car on a road leading from Praia da Luz. (Times on Line)
May 6th, 2007 at 10:01pm
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3 year old Isaiah Vargas from Mesa, AZ has been kidnapped from the parking lot of his apartment complex near McKellips Road and Mesa Drive on Thursday around 9:45 p.m. Three African-American men are believed to be involved in the kidnapping. The suspects got out of a green VW Jetta.
No Amber Alert has been issued by the police as they claim that this case does not meet all the requirements. This is something that we will never understand why children are put at risk and exclusions are put on Ambers. One would think this is about the safety of children. Police are stating that the boy is missing and in danger.
(Isaiah Vargas & Suspect rendering)
The parents of a 3-year-old boy kidnapped from the parking lot of his apartment complex made a tearful plea Friday.
“I just want him to come home, that’s it,” said Tyrece Young, Isaiah Vargas’s father. (KPKO)
VIDEO
Description:
- Isaiah is 3 feet tall
- weighs 29 pounds
- He has brown hair, brown eyes and a slight scar on his right forehead
- He was last seen wearing blue jeans a red jersey with an unknown number on the front and “FUBU” on the back.
Police searching for kidnapped 3-year-old
His father told police a dark green Volkswagon Jetta pulled into the parking lot. Two men got out. They starting hitting one of Isaiah’s family members and then took the boy.
Arizona Police Search for 3-Year-Old Abducted Boy
Isaiah’s father told police that a family acquaintance had just arrived at the complex with his son inside the vehicle when a dark green Volkswagen Jetta pulled up next to it.
The father said two black males assaulted the family acquaintance, grabbed Isaiah and took off n the Jetta, which was driven by a third person. Police said in a press release that the gender and physical description of the driver is unknown. The Jetta drove off in an unknown direction. (Fox News)
Anyone with any information is urged to call the Mesa Police Department at 480-644-2211.
UPDATE I: Mesa boy found dead; father’s fiancée admits role
A 3-year-old boy missing since Thursday night was found dead early today along a north Mesa canal, and his father’s fiancée admitted a role in the murder, Mesa police said.
Isaiah Vargas’ body was found near Stapley and McKellips roads three days after he was reported kidnapped from the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex by his father’s fiancée, Heather Miller.
The cause of death was not released, and police said it does not appear Isaiah’s family was involved. (AZ Central)
March 31st, 2007 at 12:08pm
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AMBER ALERT was issued in Washington State for 2 year old Lars Baugher and 4 year old Remi Baugher. They were taken by their father, John Baugher. Authorities fear for the children’s safety due to the fathers mental health.
(John Baugher, father)
Mental problems had plagued him, and after his divorce, he lost custody.
During his marriage, police say they were called to the Baugher home for domestic problems, but he’d just been granted limited custody by the courts.
Now the family hopes the man they once called a good father will seek help.
“I believe in my heart that if he knew the damage he was doing to their emotional state that he wouldn’t be doing it, but he doesn’t realize that at this point,” said Pierre Remillard, the children’s great uncle and their mother’s uncle. (KNDO)
John Baugher, 34, is 5 feet 7 inches tall and 140 pounds with brown hair and green eyes.
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Name: John Baugher
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DOB: 0000-00-00
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Age: 34
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Race: White
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Gender/Sex: M
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Hair Color: Brown
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Eye Color: Green
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Height: 5′ 7″
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Weight: 140
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Clothing: 03-27-2007 @ 2000 hrs; Believed to be wearing GREEN ARMY COLORED BUTTON UP SHIRT, GRAY SWEATSHIRT TYPE JACKET AND PANTS.
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Other: Has 3-4 days growth of beard, quite heavy and black.
(Lars Baugher)
Lars Baugher, 2, is about 2 feet 7 inches tall and 29 pounds with blond hair and green eyes. He was last seen wearing a brown or green jacket, jeans and black Converse shoes.
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Name: Lars Baugher
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DOB: 2004-05-30
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Age: 2
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Race: White
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Gender/Sex: M
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Hair Color: Blonde
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Eye Color: Green
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Height: 2′ 7″
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Weight: 29
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Clothing: Brown or green jacket, blue jeans, black Converse shoes. 03-27-2007 @ 2000 hrs; Believed to be wearing POWDER BLUE SWEATSHIRT JACKET, GREEN & WHITE SHIRT, GRASS GREEN PANTS, AND BLUE TENNIS SHOES
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Other: Hair has been cut shorter and darkened but is still blonde.
(Remi Baugher)
Remi Baugher, 4, is 3 feet 1 inch tall and 37 pounds with blond hair and hazel eyes. She was wearing a pink jacket with a yellow jacket on top, jeans and Strawberry Shortcake shoes.
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Name: Remi Baugher
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DOB: 2002-05-19
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Age: 4
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Race: white
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Gender/Sex: F
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Hair Color: Blonde
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Eye Color: Hazel
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Height: 3′ 1″
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Weight: 37
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Clothing: Pink jacket w/heavier yellow jacket over the top, blue jeans, Strawberry Shortcake shoes. 03-27-2007 @ 2000 hrs; believed to be wearing SPORTS LOGO JACKET-POSSIBLY REVERSABLE, JEANS, NAVY OR BLACK TENNIS SHOES.
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Other: Hair cut shorter (poorly) and darkened, but still blonde.
The car, a 1978 two-toned brown Volkswagon Transporter Van, was found abandoned. (KOIN)
UPDATE I: Empty van found; children still missing
A van connected to a Washington State Patrol Amber Alert was found in Stevens County on Monday, but authorities were still looking for the two missing children – 2-year-old Lars Baugher and 4-year-old Remi Baugher – and their father, John Baugher.
UPDATE II: Police: Confirmed sighting of missing kids in Missoula, Montana
Investigators announced Tuesday evening that two children and their father, sought as part of an Amber Alert, were spotted in the Missoula, Montana.
Police said the three were seen at a fast food restaurant and that they appear different from photos released when the alert was first issued. (KOMO-TV)
Reports: Father, Missing Kids Seen In Montana
According to tips authorities have received from the public, two young Washington state children who are the subjects of an Amber Alert and their father were reportedly seen in Missoula, Montana, Monday at a fast food restaurant.
KHQ-TV of Spokane reports that the FBI told the Missoula County sheriff’s office that an ATM card belonging to the father, John Baugher, was used at an ATM near the Missoula airport. (KIRO-TV)
UPDATE III: Reports: Father, 2 Missing Kids Reportedly Seen in Montana
According to reports the children appear to have shorter hair than they did when they initially disappeared. An obvious attempt by John Baugher to conceal the children’s identities. The positive sign is that the children are still alive and unharmed.
The children, Remi Baugher, 4, and 2-year-old Lars Baugher, both reportedly had shorter hair than when they disappeared, according to the tips. The man with them had several days’ growth of beard.
Baugher, 34, was charged Monday in Walla Walla County, Wash., Superior Court with two counts of first-degree custodial interference, accused of failing to return his children to their mother, who has custody, after a visit, Walla Walla police said. A warrant was issued for his arrest, with bail set at $100,000. (Fox News)
UPDATE IV: KXLY tip aids in Amber Alert arrest , Family overjoyed Lars and Remi Baugher are safe
SPOKANE — Acting on a tip from a KXLY4 reporter, authorities in Idaho Springs, Colorado have arrested John Baugher, the subject of a regional Amber Alert after he failed to return his two children to his ex-wife over the weekend.
The children, Lars and Remi Baugher, were taken to the local police station in Idaho Springs. Baugher was arrested without incident and taken to the Clear Creek County Jail where he has already been scheduled for his first court appearance Friday morning.
March 28th, 2007 at 12:54pm
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UPDATE: Charges on the 3 suspects not including George Endenfield include obstruction of justice, making false statements, with “concealing the death of another person.” Fox News
New reports coming out of Glynn County Georgia are saying that 4 people have been arrested in the disappearance of Christopher Barrios. The primary suspect, George Endenfield, his father, his mother, and a 4th man that has not been identified. This is a tragic case and I hope that the local law enforcement can find the boy and get him home safely to his family.
Four people have now been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a young boy from Brunswick, but still no sign of Christopher Barrios.
Late Tuesday night, police in Glynn County received new information from two individuals claiming to know the location of Barrios’ body.
Authorities brought in a helicopter with infrared technology and cadaver dogs to search an area about a mile down the road from where Barrios was last seen, but nothing came of the search.
Police arrested the father of George Edenfield, the sex offender who has been in jail since Friday and a prime suspect in Barrios’ disappearance, and another man who has not been identified. The two are charged with obstruction of a police officer, giving false statements and concealing the death of another person.
Earlier Tuesday, authorities arrested George Edenfield’s mother, Peggy, on the same charges. George Edenfield remains in jail on a violation of probation charge. Edenfield lives across the street from the six year old boy, who hasn’t been seen since last Thursday night.
Tuesday evening volunteer searchers packed up for the night.
“I have nine grandsons of my own and if something happened to those kids I don’t know what I’d do,” says volunteer Bernice Singleton. Via First Coast News
March 14th, 2007 at 09:19am
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6 year old Christopher Barrios is still missing days after he was reportedly seen in the mobile home of the registered sex offender, George David Enedfield. Over 300 people have been searching for the young boy in hopes that they can find him.
Authorities have searched nonstop since Christopher Michael Barrios Junior was reported missing Thursday about two hours after he was last seen near his home in the Canal Mobile Park Home in the coastal county. Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering said he believes the boy was abducted, but so far no clues about what
happened have emerged.
G-B-I spokesman John Bankhead said Levi’s Calls are mostly used for confirmed abductions but “given the scenario, we felt it was best to go ahead and issue one.”
Authorities expanded the investigation over the weekend to include checking Dumpsters, motels, dirt roads, wells and any other site where the boy could be found. Doering said officers have
spoken with family members and friends, but the interviews have turned up little helpful information. via First Coast News
The suspect in the case, George David Enedfield, was taken into custody yesterday after he changed his story on contact with Christopher Barrios Jr. and is being held by Glynn County police.
The sex offender, whose name was not immediately released, was arrested on a violation of probation charge on Friday, the day after Christopher disappeared. Police said unsupervised conduct with Christopher was a violation of the terms of his parole.
“He gave us one story about his involvement and then we checked it out and it turned out not to be truthful,” Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering said Tuesday morning. “We brought him back here last night out of jail to help us go where he claimed he had put this young child — wasn’t truthful. It seems every time you talk to him he changes his story.”
Monday night the Glynn County police named him a suspect and searched his home.
Doering said that after suspect’s mother also several conflicting statements — at one time telling police Christopher may have been in the home alive after he was reported missing. Doering said she was arrested on a charge of obstruction of justice. via News 4 Jacksonville
March 13th, 2007 at 01:20pm
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AMBER ALERT: Infant kidnapped from Covenant Lakeside Hospital in Lubbock, Texas. The kidnapping occurred on 3-10-2007 at approximately 1:20 AM according to the Lubbock Police Department. The infants name is Mychael Darthard-Dawodu.
Mychael Darthard-Dawodu
Description Last Seen:March 10, 2007 – 1:20 AM Last Location:Lubbock, Lubbock County, TX Date of birth: March 10, 2007 Height: 1′ 7″ Hair Color: Black Weight: 10 lbs. Eye Color: Brown Gender: Female Race: Black
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The victim is a 3-day-old African American female approximately 1’7″ long and 5.2 pounds. She is jaundiced and in need of medical attention.
Sketch of the suspect
(Sketch of suspect)
The suspect is described as an African American female in her early 20′s, approximately 5’3″ tall and 150 pounds. She has a round face and black hair that has been dyed auburn and was pulled back in a short ponytail with a scrunchy. She was last seen wearing a pink hospital scrub style shirt with purple and blue flowers, blue scrub style pants, a black jacket with fur around the hood and carrying a tan purse/bag. The suspect was last seen in a 2000-2006 red Dodge pick-up truck with black trim and tinted windows. (KCBD)
If anybody has information about this kidnapping please call the Juvenile Crimes Section of the Lubbock Police Department at 806-775-2788, or the Lubbock Police Department Front Desk at 806-775-2816 or Crime Line at 806-741-1000.
UPDATE I: Baby Kidnapped from Texas Hospital.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - A woman posing as a medical worker kidnapped a three-day-old infant from a hospital early Saturday, police said.
Mychael Darthard-Dawodu was last seen at 1:20 a.m. at Covenant Lakeside Hospital when a woman wearing blue and flower-print hospital scrubs and a gray hooded jacket took her and drove off in a pickup truck, police said.
Hospital surveillance video showed the woman with the jacket hood pulled around her head and holding a purse as she walked through the lobby.
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The woman may have had a male accomplice, Hudgens said.
“At this point we don’t have any reason to believe that the family knew the suspect,” Hudgens said.
The suspect had gone into the mother’s room several times before the baby was taken, telling the mother the baby needed treatment, said Stafford.
“I think there was more than one attempt,” Stafford said. “I’m trying to verify if it was two or three times.”
UPDATE II: Kidnapped Texas Newborn Found in N.M.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – A newborn kidnapped from a hospital here was found safe in a New Mexico hospital on Sunday, police said.
Four-day-old Mychael Darthard-Dawodu was in good condition in Clovis, N.M., and transportation was being arranged to return the baby to Texas, said Lubbock police Lt. Scott Hudgens.
“We’re ecstatic to be able to locate the child still in good health and to be able to reunite her with her mother,” Hudgens said Sunday morning.
March 10th, 2007 at 02:43pm
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It has been more than a month since 3 year old Ethan Foley went missing. He was kidnapped by his biological mother, Noel Raleigh and his aunt Stephanie Martinez. Sharon Foley-Pryor is Ethan Foley’s paternal grandmother and his sole legal guardian. The missing persons case was initially handled rather poorly.
Time is critical in any missing person’s case — especially when you’re searching for a kidnapped child. But in the case of 3-year-old Ethan Foley, there was no Amber Alert issued and it took a month for police to finally alert the media. Now, we find out why police waited and why Ethan’s grandmother fears too much time has passed. Sharon Foley-Pryor, Ethan’s grandmother said, “I’m frightened for him… so frightened for him.” (KLAS-TV)
Ethan’s grand mother fears for his safety as his mother lead a rather wild and dangerous life using drugs. AMBER ALERTS are usually a beneficial tool in helping locate missing children; however, in this case it failed miserably. It supposedly did not meet the criteria. One needs to seriously ask themselves why there would be restrictions on a tool used to find children. It hardly makes sense.
That same night — Sharon Foley-Pryor says, with her legal guardianship documents in hand, she and her attorney pleaded with Metro to issue a statewide Amber Alert for Ethan — but she was told the case didn’t meet the criteria. “They said because she didn’t say that she was going to hurt him, that it couldn’t be an Amber Alert,” said Foley. Metro Missing Persons detective, Sandy Southwell, confirms there must be an imminent threat of danger to enact an Amber Alert. Metro says parental abductions are also the most complex kidnapping cases they deal with.
If you have any helpful information, call Metro’s Missing Persons Unit at 828-LOST.
UPDATE I: Missing Las Vegas Boy Found in Virginia
A three-year-old Las Vegas boy missing for a month is back in the Valley.
Ethan’s Foley’s grandmother, Sharon Foley Pryor, told Eyewitness News Friday afternoon he was located in Virginia. She is flew there to get him over the weekend.
She now hopes to work on changing the criteria for Amber Alerts so they can be issued in cases of child abductions in which it is not immediately known if there is a threat to the child. (KLAS-TV)
March 8th, 2007 at 10:41pm
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