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An Amber Alert has been issued for 29-day-old Brayn Dos Santos Gomes who was abducted with his mother, Maria Fatima Ramos Dos Santos, on Friday afternoon by a woman driving a black SUV. The mother was released by the abductor south of Fort Myers; however, the new born was not.
Ramos was released south of Fort Myers shortly afterward but the woman kept the baby, Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokesman Larry Long said Saturday. An Amber Alert was issued for the infant.
Police said the woman could be heading to Miami or Tampa in two-door SUV, which has window tint that is peeling. (AP)
Description of the abduction:
The mother and Brayn, as well as another woman and a baby, were approached by the woman in the SUV while walking along a road Friday, police said. The driver asked for directions to a neighborhood. The women, who did not know the driver, agreed to give directions and entered the vehicle with their children, police said.
The women showed the driver the neighborhood, and she drove the two mothers and children back toward where she picked them up, police said. The driver then forced one mother and child out of the car, and made off with Ramos and the baby, who was born Nov. 3, police said. (Herald Tribune)
Police: “We’re looking for someone who is very cunning”
“We’re looking for someone who is very cunning,” Mike Carr, a sergeant with the Fort Myers Police Department, told a 4 p.m. press briefing. “She already had a baby seat, a diaper bag and no child. She was prepared to do this.”
Police had a computer generated composite of the suspect, but were not satisfied it was an accurate depiction, Carr said.
“We’re trying to get a sketch prepared by a forensic artist,” he added. (The News Press)
Police are investigating a rather unsusal lead. The kidnapper used one of the abducted woman’s cell phones and placed a call that was recorded.
Investigators are still trying to assess the significance of the tape recording they believe holds the kidnapper’s voice.
In an unusual turn of events, investigators were able to determine that the kidnapper used the phone of one of the abducted women to make a telephone call. She pretended to call her mother, Carr said. But, the call was actually made to an area business, he added.
While the kidnapper pretended to have a conversation, an answering machine at the business recorded her voice.
December 2nd, 2006 at 06:39pm
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What the hell is going on in this country? Since when do we parole convicted child murders? 
What the hell is the justice and parole departments thinking? What is the end result? Another murder!!!
Indiana State Police confirmed that the body of 16 year old Stephanie Faye Wagner was found Wednesday night after she had disappeared on Tuesday night after leaving work.
Danny R. Rouse, a 51-year-old convicted child murderer, has confessed to the murder and brought police to the body of missing 16 year old Stephanie Wagner. Stephanie Wagner had been missing and an AMBER ALERT had been issued regarding her possible abduction. The AMBER ALERT was canceled after a co -worker told police where they could find her body.
Investigators found the body of Stephanie Wagner in a northwestern Indiana field Wednesday night after the co-worker, Danny R. Rouse, told them where to look and confessed to killing her, police said.
Prosecutor Kevin Enyeart said he expected to charge Rouse with murder later Thursday. The court hearing was to continue Friday.
Rouse and Wagner left the Indian Head Restaurant, where they both worked, at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, police said. Her mother reported her missing about six hours later.
Maybe some one would like to explain to this distraught family and the community how this
scum bag was walking the streets? Danny Rouse is a convicted child killer. He spent 26 years in prison for stabbing a 5 year old boy to death. So what’s he do after he is paroled? Stabs a teenager to death. The Kansas Parole board she be found guilt of aiding in the murder of Stephanie Wagner.
Rouse was convicted in the 1979 murder of a 5-year-old boy and stabbing of the child’s mother. He was paroled in March after spending 26 years in a Kansas prison.
Upon his release in March, Rouse requested that he be allowed to move to Indiana. His parole supervision was then transferred to a South Bend parole office. (
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Someone really needs to explain why Danny Rouse was not in jail for life without parole. The taking of someone’s life means that you actually get to walk a free person? I do not think so. The Kansas Parole Board has some explaining. Seven months after this killer was paroled, he kills again. Read why this killer was in prison in the first place. He was convicted of First degree murder.
Rouse was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1979 slaying of Jason Learst at a Wichita, Kan., apartment, The Wichita Eagle reported today. Rouse also was convicted of stabbing of the boy’s mother, Kathryn Crowley.
During Rouse’s jury trial, witnesses testified that Rouse and Crowley drank beer and smoked marijuana while watching television at Crowley’s apartment. Crowley rejected a verbal sexual advance, after which he stabbed or cut her with a knife 12 times, according to court testimony.
The attack ended when Crowley collapsed and pretended to be dead. Kansas police said Rouse then went to Jason’s bedroom and cut the boy’s throat as he slept.
Rouse pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at his trial, but a jury convicted him of first-degree murder. (
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November 2nd, 2006 at 02:28pm
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BREAKING NEWS: The Amber Alert for 10 month old Saige Terrell has been cancelled. Saige Terrell has been located and has been found alive and safe. The two suspects are in custody.
The AMBER Alert for SAIGE R. TERRELL has been cancelled. Reason: CHILD HAS BEEN LOCATED AND SUSPECTS ARE IN CUSTODY. THEY WERE LOCATED IN GODFREY, IL
Earlier today the FBI issued warrants for the arrest of Renee Terrell, 33, and her boyfriend, 23-year-old Christopher Wayne Luttrell.
Trucker finds slain social worker’s purse along I-64
UPDATE: Amber Alert suspects caught in SWAT operation
A Kentucky woman and her boyfriend were captured last night in western Illinois after a three-day search that began when a social worker who had taken the woman’s 9-month-old son to her for a visit was found dead.
The boy, Saige Terrell, was with them and was rescued in the FBI SWAT team operation in Godfrey, Ill., and EMS workers took him to a hospital to be examined. (Courier Journal)
October 19th, 2006 at 10:50pm
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A surveillance tape from a gas station in Smithboro has recorded the vehicle wanted in the AMBER ALERT and the case of missing 10 month old Saige Terrell. Also a credit card purchase indicates that those wanted, Renee Terrell and Renee Terrell’s boyfriend, Christopher Wayne Luttrell were at this location.
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Police said they believe Renee Terrell, the baby and Luttrell left in Frederick’s 2000 white Daewoo Nubira station wagon, which had Kentucky license plate 675-DRV.
Amber Alerts were issued for the baby in Indiana and Kentucky. The Indiana alert was issued because Renee Terrell has relatives in that state.
Smithboro is about 50 miles northeast of St. Louis.
Arrest warrants charging Renee Terrell with kidnapping and Luttrell with probation violation have been issued in Kentucky. (The Indy Channel)
October 19th, 2006 at 10:24am
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An Amber Alert has been issued for 10 month old Saige Terell. Police are searching for 
Saige Terrell, his mother, Renee Terrell and her boyfriend, Christopher Wayne Lutrell. The mother is accused of abducting her son Saige Terrell. Renee Terrell is also a suspect in the murder of a social worker. Police believe that Saige Terrell is in extreme danger an that his mother and boyfriend could be headed from KY to Indiana. The car they are driving is said to be a 2000 Daewoo Nubira four-door station wagon. It has a Kentucky license plate, 675 DRV.
A nationwide search is underway for a Kentucky mother, her boyfriend and her ten-month-old son. Police issued an amber alert Monday night after they say the mother abducted her child. She’s also suspected of killing a social worker. Police say the baby boy, Saige Terrell, is in extreme danger, and they believe he and his mother could be headed from Kentucky into Indiana. That’s why amber alert signs are encouraging drivers across our highways to be on the lookout. Police were called Monday night after a social worker, 67-year-old Boni Frederick, didn’t return to work after taking the 10-month-old boy to a non-custodial visit with his mother. They found the social worker dead inside a Henderson, Kentucky home. Police suspect the mother, 33-year-old Renee Terrell, of killing the woman. (WTHR 13)
Description of 10 month old Saige Terrell:
Description of two Suspects:
RENEE TERRELL
CHRISTOPHER WAYNE LUTTRELL
Police say if you see the vehicle or the suspects, don’t approach them but call police. They ask that you call 1-888-58-AMBER State social worker murdered
Authorities are searching for a 33-year-old Henderson woman who they are calling a suspect in the Monday homicide of an employee with the state’s social services agency. (The Gleaner)
UPDATE: (10/17/06) Southern Illinois Becomes Focal Point in Search for Homicide
The search for a missing child and a Kentucky homicide suspect has moved to Illinois following a possible sighting in Smithboro in rural Bond County. An Amber Alert message from State Police indicates the homicide victims credit card was used to purchase gasoline. (WJBD 1350AM)
October 17th, 2006 at 02:40pm
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Sandra Morales Hernandez, 11, of Dierks, IL is missing. A Morgan Nick Amber Alert has been issued. She was last known to be with her father, Sergio Martinez Hernandez, 26, when she was taken from the home at 397 Liberty Hill Road in Dierks.
Sergio Hernandez is a Hispanic male, 5 feet 9 inches tall, brown hair and brown eyes. His clothing description at the time of the disappearance is unknown. He is believed to be driving a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier, black in color, displaying Arkansas license plate 740 KDA. (PR.com)
Description of Sandra Morales Hernandez:
Sandra is a Hispanic female, standing at 4 feet 4 inches tall with long brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans and a blouse.
Sergio Hernandez is a Hispanic male, standing 5 feet 9 inches tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. State police believe he is driving a black 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier, with an Arkansas license plate of 740 KDA. (Pine Bluff Commercial)
Anyone with information about the missing child and her father is asked to contact the Howard County Sheriff’s Department by calling (870) 845-2626.
October 8th, 2006 at 09:13pm
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North Carolina Amber Alert issued for 2 year old Edwin Sanchez Gonzales. Edwin is 3 feet tall, weighs about 25 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and a diaper.
Edwin Sanchez Gonzales, 2, and Gonzales’ father, Jorge Sanchez Aguilera, in connection with the disappearance.
SILER CITY, N.C. — Authorities are investigating whether a sport utility vehicle found in Gaston County is the one that might have been carrying a 2-year-old who was taken from his Siler City home early Sunday.
An FBI spokesman told WRAL Sunday night that they are investigating whether the vehicle is the one Jorge Sanchez Aguilera, 29, was traveling in when he allegedly took his son, Edwin Sanchez Gonzales, at gunpoint during a home invasion robbery. (WRAL)
Aguilera is believed to be traveling in a 1998 burgundy Ford Expedition with possible North Carolina license plate numbers SWR-3253 or VRZ-3641. He might be headed to South Carolina, where he has relatives, authorities said.
AMBER Alert issued for missing boy
The Sheriff’s Office has released two possible license plate numbers – SWR-3253 and VRZ-3641.
Police say Aguileva, along with three other armed men, tied up the young boy’s mother, grandfather and a teenager with duct tape.
Aguileva is 29 years-old, 5’6″ tall, 145 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Edwin Gonzales is three-feet tall, 25 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and a diaper. (RDU News Carolina 14)
Anyone with information should call the Chatham County’s Sheriff’s Office at 919-542-2911
October 1st, 2006 at 09:39pm
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Authorities investigating the disappearance of Abigale Lynn Woods have located a black scarf near the home where she was abducted. The 21 year old mother, Stephenie Ochsenbine, had told police early on that her attacker was wearing a scarf.
On the fifth day of the investigation, Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke was hoping the drawing, as well as a picture of a black scarf that was recovered near the home on Saturday, would generate new clues.
The drawing shows a woman with dark hair wearing a baseball cap, and Ochsenbine told authorities the woman also was wearing a scarf. Toelke said she is believed to be between 5-foot-4 and 5-foot-8 and is heavy, perhaps about 200 pounds.
He called the scarf a “pretty significant piece of evidence” that he would like the public to see. (FOX News)
The question has arose as to what type of individual would take a child in such a violent manner. The mother, Stephenie Ochsenbine, was stabbed several times including having her throat slashed. During the violent altercation to take baby Abigale, the other younger child was left behind unharmed. What motivates someone to perform this crime?
A composite sketch of the woman wanted in connection with the kidnapping of
Abigale “Abby” Lynn Woods.
The recent kidnapping of Abigale “Abby” Lynn Woods has dominated the local news and reached the national media because of the urgency to find the newborn. Statistics show there have been roughly 200 baby abductions in the U.S. in the last two decades.
Bausman said even with a small, statistical sample, there is a pattern in the cases.
“I would not be surprised if this woman was unable to have children but maybe is using a child to shore up a relationship or maybe she recently experienced a still birth or miscarriage and felt this incredible void and she saw a way to fill that.”
Bausman doubts birth announcements on yard signs instigated this or most other abductions.
“We don’t need to be reacting to this in a closed mouth fashion of don’t put yard signs up, don’t announce to the world I’ve had a baby because these people tend to do their homework before they commit such crimes,” said Bausman. (KSDK)
Experts: Baby abductors driven by need, mental trouble
What drives a stranger to snatch a mother’s newborn?
Experts theorize it could be desperation, mental illness or lack of conscience.
But a retired FBI special agent who led a study of 120 baby abductions in the U.S. over 10 years said most women who steal infants are driven by the belief a child will resolve a problem in their lives. And that problem primarily is a desperate need to preserve a relationship with a man.
“Typically, they come from a subculture where their worth is intrinsically tied to bearing children,” said Ken Lanning, who spent 20 years in the FBI’s Behavior Science Unit at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va.
They figure that once they come up with a child – and they devise elaborate plans to achieve that – “they’ll live happily ever after,” he said. (Belleville News Democrat)
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The search continues for new born, Abigale Lynn Woods. Stephanie Ochsenbine, 21, was
released from St. John’s Mercy Medical Center on Sunday after receiving knife wounds from the attacker who abducted 10 day old Abigale Lynn Woods. Ochsenbine has been working with sketch artists to come up with a composite drawing of her attacker.
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Authorities said they will rely on tips and interviews, hoping the break in the case will come from the public.
Ochsenbine helped police artists with a composite drawing of the kidnapper after leaving the hospital. The picture was expected to be released Monday, Toelke said.
The attacker was described as a white woman with black hair, 5-feet-8 and 200 pounds. Ochsenbine is not a suspect, Toelke said. (Houston Chronicle)
(CNN)
Also a knife was found during the search for Abigale Lynn Woods. There has been no comment as to whether it was the same knife used in the abduction.
100 members of the Missouri National Guard ended their grid search of the area near the home Sunday. Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said authorities found a knife and other evidence near the home, but would not give details.
Description of the attacker.
The attacker was described as a white woman with black hair, 5-feet-8 and 200 pounds. She was believed to be armed.
White Female 30-40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 200 lbs., dark hair, unknown eyes,.
Additional information: sunglasses and black scarf around neck and female mustache
Clothing description: dark or black hair pulled up under ball cap with worn bill gray or brown t-shirt and blue jean shorts
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Tips and Leads Continue to come in.
Investigators were hoping the break in the case will come from the public.
“We are still getting leads and still moving forward and still asking people to call in if they have any suspicions, give us a call so we can check it out,” Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke told Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen.
His office has a hotline for telephone-call tips, 1-888-265-8639, and tips also can be e-mail to stlouis@ic.fbi.gov. A Missouri Amber Alert has been posted. (CBS)
Sketch Released of Attack
UNION, Missouri (CNN) — Police released a composite sketch Monday of a suspect in the kidnapping of a newborn baby from her rural Missouri home.
The girl’s mother, 21-year-old Stephanie Ochsenbine, “was with the suspect for a substantial period of time, and was able to give us a good description,” Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said.
The search continued for the baby allegedly taken from her home Friday by a woman who slashed the mother’s throat before taking the child, investigators said.
A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for 10-day-old Abigale Lynn Woods.
Police said they had received about 160 tips in the case and had followed up 60 percent of those. They said they were checking tapes from surveillance cameras at local businesses. (Watch grandparents plea for baby’s safe return — 3:14)
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An AMBER ALERT has been issued for 7 day old Abigale Lynn Woods. The suspect is a white female who entered the residence, held mother at gunpoint and cut her throat. The suspect then left with the child. The suspect is armed with unknown handgun and fillet knife.
Springfield, IL, September 15, 2006 –(PR.COM)– An unknown woman abducted a 7 day old baby Friday after slashing her mother’s throat, according to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities are searching for the baby Abby Woods, who was wearing a pink dress with flowers on the collar. The suspect entered the home near the town of Lonedell, about 45 miles south of St. Louis, on Friday afternoon and held the mother at gunpoint and slashed the mother’s throat and fled the home with her child.
The suspect is described as a white woman who is 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. She was wearing a gray or brown T-shirt and ball cap with a torn bill. She has black hair. The suspect is believed to be armed with a knife and handgun. Police said anyone who sees the woman and child should call authorities immediately. (PR.com)
Picture of child, Abigale Lynn Woods.
If you have information contact: FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT Phone: 636 583 2567
- Name: Abigale Lynn Woods
- Age: 7 days
- Race: White
- Gender/Sex: Female
- Hair Color: Black
- Eye Color: Blue
- Height: 0’19″
- Weight: 6lbs
- Clothing: wearing pink dress with flowered collar Other: birth mark between eyes
Mo. Mom’s Throat Slashed, Newborn Taken
LONEDELL, Mo. (AP) — A woman slashed the throat of a new mother in a rural Missouri home Friday and fled with her 1-week-old daughter, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department said.
The 21-year-old mother, who was in serious condition in a St. Louis hospital, told police she did not know the attacker who had knocked on her door to use the telephone, Maj. Mike Copeland said.
Stephenie Ochsenbine’s 1-year-old son was also in the house at the time, but was unharmed. Her boyfriend, James Woods, was at work at the time, Copeland said.
He said the attacker stabbed Ochsenbine several times and slit her throat. Ochsenbine passed out. When she awoke, she discovered the baby missing and went to neighbor Pat Bearden’s home to call police. She may have been unconscious for some time, police said.
UPDATE: SUSPECT DESCRIPTION
Suspect is a white female in her late 30′s. She is approximately 5’8″ and 200 lbs, with dark or black hair pulled up under a ball cap with a worn grey bill. Suspect was last seen wearing a brown t-shirt with blue jean shorts, sunglasses, and a black scarf around her neck. She is described as having a female mustache. She is armed with an unknown handgun and a fillet knife.
(ABC News 49)
UPDATE II: Family Begs Attacker to Return Missouri Baby
UNION, Mo. (AP) — A grandmother of a newborn girl stolen from a rural home pleaded Saturday for the baby’s safe return, as authorities searched for an abductor who stabbed and seriously injured the infant’s mother before fleeing with the child.
“The family’s in agony,” Raylene Ochsenbine said at a news conference. “Just give her back.”
The family just pleads for the safe return of the baby.
We just want her to just take her to a church or a hospital,” Ochsenbine said. “Just give her back.”
Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said authorities had some good leads in their search for the attacker and the baby but “nothing has headed us in a certain direction.”
September 15th, 2006 at 08:56pm
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