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The search continues for 2 year old Trenton Duckett who has been missing since Sunday 
night. Police authorities in Leesburg, FL are questioning sex offenders and neighbors in an effort to find a missing boy.
On Wednesday, investigators said they were questioning people in the boy’s neighborhood and registered sex offenders in the area.
“In the 21 years I’ve been here, we have never been looking at anything like a potential abduction-type case where it may be a stranger,” Leesburg police Capt. Steve Rockefeller said. “We have had parent involvement, parent interference and other domestic-type situations. Obviously we are looking at all angles in this case, and we just want to get Trenton home.”
The case certainly has its share of oddities. In one of the more strange connections, Trenton’s grandfather, James Duckett, is awaiting lethal injection on Florida’s death row for the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl
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Nearly 20 years ago, the Mascotte police officer was convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl.
Prosecutors said they found the girl’s fingerprints on the hood of Duckett’s patrol car and that his tire tracks were near the lake where the girl was drowned.
Duckett has maintained his innocence.
(Local 6)
Trenton Duckett is described as follows: (Have you seen this boy?)
- Asian-Caucasian
- 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall
- weighing 30 to 40 pounds
- brown low-cut hair
- He was last seen wearing a blue-and-green striped shirt (or no shirt) with blue denim shorts and no shoes.
UPDATE (9/1/06): Tip Sparks Search Of Central Fla. Woods In Missing Boy Case
A new tip in the case of a Leesburg toddler who vanished from his bedroom Sunday night sparked a Friday night search of a wooded area near his grandmother’s house, Local 6 News has learned.
Local 6 News reported that federal agents, officers and search dogs were combing through some undeveloped land in Lady Lake just blocks from a gated community where his grandmother lives.
All police would say Friday was that a tip led them to the location, Local 6 reporter Mike DeForest said.
(Local 6)
August 31st, 2006 at 09:47pm
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A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a missing two year old Leesburg child, Trenton Ducket. Trenton Duckett was discovered missing from his bedroom at Windemere Apartments on Griffin Road on Sunday at about 9:00 pm.
Trenton is described as follows:
- Asian-Caucasian
- 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall
- weighing 30 to 40 pounds
- brown low-cut hair
- He was last seen wearing a blue-and-green striped shirt (or no shirt) with blue denim shorts and no shoes.
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Authorities believe that Trenton Duckett is in danger. It is believed that Trenton was taken through his bedroom window.
Investigators said they’re very concerned, and the FBI has been called in to help search for the boy.
Detectives said they think Trenton was taken through his bedroom window. Investigators said they also found signs of forced entry into the apartment.
“When we were checking out the area, it was discovered that at least one entry point of the apartment has some signs of tampering. I can’t really go into too many details about that, but that did lead us to be extremely cautious regarding foul play or something of that nature in this case,” Leesburg Police Department Capt. Steve Rockefeller said.
(WESH)
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-FL-MISSING.
UPDATE I: (8/29/06) Police still hunt for missing boy
LEESBURG — Police were still searching late Monday for a 2-year-old boy reportedly abducted from his bedroom during the weekend.
The boy is the grandson of James Duckett, the former Mascotte police officer who is on death row for raping, strangling and drowning an 11-year-old girl, according to Jeanne Bragg, a longtime family friend. That crime occurred in 1987, and he was convicted in 1988. The Florida Supreme Court upheld the conviction in October.
Family members said the boy’s parents, Melinda and Joshua Duckett, both 21 years old, had been fighting for custody of the child. The couple filed for divorce in June and live in separate cities, according to court records.
Last month, Melinda Duckett requested a restraining order against her estranged husband.
In her petition for injunction, she said she received an e-mail from Joshua Duckett in July, threatening to hurt her and Trenton, court records said. Her petition stated “Joshua would hunt my son and I [Melinda] down and that he will bury my son with me.”
(Orlando Sentinel)
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August 28th, 2006 at 11:41pm
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The San Francisco police need people’s help in finding a 5 months old missing girl who went 
missing Sunday night.
The baby’s father told police that he was parked near 18th and Mission streets around 7:30 p.m. and left his child in his car while he went inside a store.
After returning to his vehicle, he began driving away, police reported, and noticed the baby was gone.
The 5-month-old girl weighs about 15 pounds, has black hair and was last seen wearing a pink dress.
(CBS5)
Anyone with information please contact the San Francisco police at (415) 558-5508 or (415) 553-1071.
Toddler Snatched From SF Automobile
A citywide manhunt was underway Monday for a missing 5-month-old girl who was taken from the front seat of the family car after her father ran into a Mission District store.
(KTVU)
UPDATE (8/29/06): Rescue dogs hunt for missing baby 5-month-old girl apparently taken from father’s car
Police have brought in rescue dogs to help search for a 5-month-old girl who reportedly disappeared from her father’s car in San Francisco’s Mission District when he went into a corner store to buy cigarettes.
The girl’s father, 24-year-old Anthony Demone Theard, told police he parked his car — a 2002 silver Cadillac Seville — on the 3400 block of 18th Street near Mission Street at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Why was Anthony Demone Theard in this area in the first place where his daughter went missing? So you don’t think leaving your child in a car so one can go and score some crack cocaine has anything to do with your 5 month old missing? Think again. Would your daughter be missing if you had stayed home? There are consequences to actions.
Theard has a criminal record for pimping and pandering and admitted to police that he had been at 24th and Mission streets earlier Sunday evening looking for crack cocaine, but had been unsuccessful in finding it. “That has nothing to do with why my daughter is missing,” he said.
UPDATE: Body of missing infant found in SF park
The tragic but all too common end came to the case of missing 5 month old Camille Ferguson early this morning as her body was found in a remote section of a San Francisco park.
The body of a 5-month-old girl who had been missing since Sunday was found early this morning in a remote area of San Francisco’s John McLaren Park, and the infant’s father is a suspect in her death, police said.
Anthony Demone Theard, the baby’s father is said to be a suspect in Camille Ferguson’s death; however, he has not been charged. Theard was taken into custody Tuesday on an unrelated parole violation.
Theard has a criminal record for pimping and pandering and admitted to police that he had been at 24th and Mission streets earlier Sunday evening looking for crack cocaine, but had been unsuccessful in finding it.
“That has nothing to do with why my daughter is missing,” he said.
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Missing 5 Month Old’s Body Found In Park, Father Led Police to Baby’s Body
San Francisco police say the suspect in the baby’s death is the father. Police sources tell ABC7 he led authorities to the body of little Camille Ferguson in a remote area of McLaren Park early this morning, north of the Cow Palace.
The father was the one who told police an elaborate kidnapping story. But early this morning police say he brought them to MacLaren Park and showed them where her body was.
Five-month-old Camille Ferguson’s father told everyone his baby was snatched right out of the front seat of his car Sunday night while he was inside a convenience store, and everyone bought his story.
(ABC KGO-TV)
August 28th, 2006 at 03:51pm
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Natascha Kampusch was ten when she was kidnapped on her way to school Natascha was then imprisoned in a tiny pit dug into the garage floor of her captor’s. What is only more unbelievable than Natascha’s story of being held as a sex slave is her dramatic escape and the fact that she is alive after all this time.
This is the tiny cell where sex slave victim Natascha Kampusch was held captive by her abductor Wolfgang Priklopil. The tiny pit was dug into the floor of her captor’s garage. See more pictures here. (Getty)
Natascha Kampusch, who was ten when she was kidnapped on her way to school, was imprisoned in a tiny pit dug into the floor of her captor’s garage.
Natascha told officers she was kept as a sex slave in a tiny windowless cell behind a heavy metal gate. She was forced to call her captor ‘Gebiete’ – an old-fashioned term for ‘Master’ used in fairy stories.
Initially, it was reported that she had escaped from Priklopil’s car when his BMW was stopped for a routine police check.
But it emerged that she had fled from his two-storey house in Strasshof near Vienna and was found by an elderly woman. Police quickly raided the property, finding Natascha’s passport and her tiny cell. Priklopil had already fled after discovering she was missing.
(The Daily Mail)
UPDATE (8/29/06): Sex slave ‘pregnant by kidnapper’
The girl held for eight years as a sex slave in a tiny cellar in Vienna, is pregnant by her captor, it was claimed today.
Natascha Kampusch, now 18, escaped the clutches of pervert Wolfgang Priklopil last Wednesday, but now according to German newspaper reports, it is feared she is carrying his child.
(Daily Mail)
UPDATE: Natascha Kampusch does first MEDIA Interviews
August 25th, 2006 at 11:37pm
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An AMBER ALERT has been issued in New York as Percy Williams of Schenectady, NY abducted a black girl who is between 13 and 15 years of age. NY State police say the teenage girl abduction occurred at 345 West 42nd Street about 4:00 PM Thursday.
Description of Suspect Percy Williams:
- Percy Williams is a 39-year-old black man.
- Approximately 6-foot-4
- Weighs about 220 pounds
- The suspect was last seen wearing a dark shirt and pants.
Suspects vehicle:
- Police are looking for a green Dodge Caravan
- New York license plate number DPB-8184.
Abducted teen description:
- They said the child is a black girl about 13 to 15 years old.
- She was last seen wearing a pink shirt and white blouse.
(WCBS-TV)
UPDATE: Amber Alert Canceled, Woman Found
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — New York City police say the teenager who was the focus of an Amber Alert last night turned out to be a
42-year-old woman.
Police say the teenager was actually 42 years old. She was found in the East New York section of Brooklyn last night. She was unharmed.
Police say the woman is helping them in the investigation. Authorities still want to question the man about the incident.
August 17th, 2006 at 10:23pm
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4-year-old Katherine was taken after her 20-year-old mother was murdered Friday
night. The GBI issued a Levi’s Call for the girl on Friday evening.
The boyfriend is described as a south Asian Indian, age 49, with salt-and-pepper hair. He is believed to be driving a 1998 red Ford Explorer with Georgia tag number AGF-6296. (11 Alive)
Saturday the Levis Call was canceled as Katherine was found on Buford Highway in Norcross, GA.
The Levi’s Call issued on Friday evening for a 4-year-old girl missing, and thought to be abducted after her mother was found dead in Norcross, was canceled early Saturday morning.
The girl was found after the red Ford Explorer that police were looking for was seen by a citizen on Buford Highway in Norcross, who called 911.
According to Gwinnett County Police, they stopped the vehicle on Buford Highway near Langford Road in Norcross.
(11 Alive)
As police commanded the driver to exit the vehicle, the male abductor pulled a hand gun and shot himself, committing suicide. The girl was unharmed. A fitting and safe end to a terrible ordeal.
August 6th, 2006 at 12:01am
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A statewide endangered missing child advisory has been issued for 11 year old 
Micheal David Hook. Micheal David Hook is supposedly with his noncustodial mother and stepfather, as well as siblings Daphne and Victoria. Micheal David Hook was last seen on July 26 in Lima.
LIMA, Ohio — A statewide endangered missing child advisory has been issued by the Lima Police Department. Micheal David Hook, 11, is believed to be in danger and headed to Pennsylvania with his noncustodial mother and stepfather, as well as siblings Daphne and Victoria, NewsChannel5 partner ONN reported.
(NewsNet 5)
Details:
- The child is 5 feet 2 inches and 85 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes.
- Police are looking for a white 1993 Chevrolet Astro with license plate DHY9526.
August 5th, 2006 at 11:50pm
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Fernando Pascual, 22, of North Fort Meyers was sentenced to 10 years in prison for harboring a 13 year old Guatemalan girl as a sex slave and housekeeper. Also charged were Pascual, his sister, Matilde Pascual Andres, and Andres’ husband, Pascual Miguel Sebastian.
A U-S district judge sentenced 22-year-old Fernando Pascual Tuesday. As part of a plea deal, Pascual pleaded guilty in March to charges of sex trafficking and harboring an illegal immigrant for commercial gain. His sentence of ten years was in exchange for the victim not having to testify.
Pascual, his sister, Matilde Pascual Andres, and Andres’ husband, Pascual Miguel Sebastian, were charged in May 2005 with harboring a young girl in a Cape Coral home.
Prosecutors said the girl was bought in Guatemala and brought to Cape Coral, where she was raped, beaten and forced to work.
(WFTV)
August 2nd, 2006 at 09:54am
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Police search for pedophile, Peter Robert Joseph Whitmore, 35, of Morinville, 
Alberta after boy goes missing. How many offenses do those that are charged with sex crimes have to commit before they are deemed unfit to live in society? Canada has the same issues as does the United States.
WHITEWOOD, Sask. – Police in Western Canada were desperately searching Monday for a 10-year-old Saskatchewan boy allegedly abducted by a notorious pedophile who’s been jailed several times for sexual crimes against children.
RCMP issued a Canada-wide warrant for Peter Robert Joseph Whitmore, of Chilliwack, B.C., after Zachary Miller, a red-headed 10-year-old from Whitewood,Sask., was reported missing.
(Globe National)
Police search for pedophile, missing boys
WHITEWOOD, Sask. — Police across Western Canada have launched a frantic ground and air search for two missing young boys — one from Winnipeg, one from Saskatchewan — and the convicted pedophile accused of kidnapping them through a pair of shocking schemes, one of which was carried out in Brandon.
Peter Robert Joseph Whitmore, 35, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after vanishing from the small farming community of Whitewood in southeastern Saskatchewan on Sunday evening.
Whitmore is believed to be travelling with 10-year-old Zachary Miller of Whitewood and 14-year-old Jordan Bruyere of Winnipeg in a blue 1988 Dodge Caravan with Alberta licence plates.
(Brandon Sun)
UPDATE: A 10-year-old Whitewood, Sask found safe
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August 1st, 2006 at 05:47pm
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11-year-old Katie Jean Krauth has been reported missing and taken from her home in 
Northwood, Iowa. A missing child alert has been issued.
Bogle says they have few other details. He says the child was taken from her mother and they’re working with local and Minnesota authorities to try and locate her. Bogle says the girl was taken from her home in Northwood around 1:43 a-m in a White Mercury Marquee four-door car. He says they don’t know who took the girl.
Bogle says they have not issued a nationwide Amber Alert, but it is something they will consider. Bogle says they’re trying to “firm up some additional information” so they have the proper information if they issue an Amber Alert.
(Radio Iowa)
Description:
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Krauth is described as being white
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brown hair
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brown eyes
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five-foot-two inches tall
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80 pounds.
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She has a mole on her back.
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Krauth was last seen wearing a blue tank top with blue jeans and flip-flops.
Anyone with information on the girl is asked to call Northwood Police at 642-324-3640.
UPDATE: Missing Northwood girl found Safe
The Iowa Department of Public Safety says a missing Northwood girl has been found and is safe in Minnesota.
As the investigation progressed, investigators determined Katie Krauth was located safe with friends of Barb Krauth in Austin, Minnesota and is currently in the custody of Agents of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
A news release from the Iowa D-C-I says at this time in the investigation, it appears Barb Krauth made an erroneous report to law enforcement. The investigation continues and investigators will consult with the Worth County Attorney to determine if criminal charges against Barb Krauth are warranted.
(Radio Iowa)
Report of missing girl apparently false, mother faces charges
With all the missing persons cases that exist out there the last thing that law enforcement needs are false reports. That seems to be the case in the report that 11 year old Katie Jean Krauth was missing. It would seem her mother filed an erroneous missing persons report.
Saunders says it’s not clear why the mother apparently field the false report.
He says investigators still don’t know exactly why and how the report was made, and he says they used a lot of resources finding the girl and are just glad she was found safe.
Saunders says while fifteen law enforcement agencies from Iowa and Minnesota took time and manpower to participate, the release of a public alert did turn up information on the child’s whereabouts. Saunders says information started coming in from friends of the family who heard officers might be looking for the girl. He says at the time they got the first information, they went with it as the information seemed important to release since the girl’s whereabouts were unknown. Saunders says as the investigation continued, “It would appear that this information was erroneous.”
(Radio Iowa)
August 1st, 2006 at 04:46pm
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