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An Amber Alert has been issued for missing 15 year old Alyssa Frank from Bartow, FL. Alyssa Frank is believed to be in the company of William Joe Mitchell. Law enforcement considers Mitchell a sex offender.
(Alyssa Frank)
She is 5’9″ and weighs about 200 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.
Early indications were that she ran away from home, but after investigating authorities became concerned that Frank may be in the company of William Joe Mitchell.
William Joe Mitchell description:
- white male
- in the past has given officials two birthdays showing his age as either 46 or 47
- Height: 5’11″
- weighs about 158 pounds
- brown hair
- blue eyes
- Mitchell has several tattoos. On his left arm there is the name “Lisa” and a cross. The word “Love” is tattooed on his fingers. On his right arm he has the words “We” and “Bill” written.
- Mitchell drives a 2000 black Chevy Lumina with the tag number G02 5EL.
- His last known address is 1413 Lane Avenue North in Jacksonville.
In 2002, Mitchell was charged with lewd or lascivious battery on a victim 12-15 years-old. (NBC 2)
Alyssa Frank Description:
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15 year old white female
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5” 9″
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200 pounds
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naturally curly brown hair with blonde streaks at the top
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She was last seen wearing a pink or black Tinkerbell shirt, jeans, and black tennis shoes with gray and black checkered shoelaces
Amber Alert issued for Bartow teen
In 2002, authorities say, Mitchell was charged with lewd or lascivious battery on a victim between the ages of 12 and 15 years old. Detectives say he has no known connection with the girl’s family, but during the investigation it has been discovered that Mitchell and Alyssa have had several conversations. They now believe he traveled from Jacksonville to Polk County, and that the two are together.
UPDATE I: Missing Florida Girl Alyssa Frank Found, Suspect Still on the Loose
A teenage girl who ran away to rendezvous with a high-risk sex offender she met online was found safe at a store 400 miles from her home on Tuesday, while the search for the 46-year-old man continued, a sheriff said.
Authorities had issued an Amber Alert, blasting photographs of the two and a description of the suspect’s car across the state after the girl sneaked out of her home early Monday.
UPDATE II: Sex Offender William Joe Mitchell Arrested in Virginia
A sex offender accused of running off with a 15-year-old Florida girl has been arrested, police said Saturday. The girl was released at a Wal-Mart store earlier this week.
William Joe Mitchell, 46, was arrested by Virginia State Police at a gas station in Winchester, Va., according the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in central Florida. (ABC News)
October 2nd, 2007 at 06:53am
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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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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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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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14 year old, high school freshman Diana Janna Karasev has been missing since Friday when she is believed to have met a man that she met on the internet. She was last seen at 2:30 pm on Friday afternoon. When will teens ever learn about the dangers of meeting people that they have met on-line?
Police said late Saturday night they believe Diana Janna Karasev, a freshman at Etowah High School, left the school with an unknown male she may have met online. Karasev, who goes by “Ester,” was last seen at the school at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Karasev is white, 5-foot-3, weighs about 105 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing a red shirt and black hooded sweatshirt.
Anyone with information should call the Cherokee sheriff’s office at 678-493-4080. (AJC)
UPDATE I: Missing 14-year-old found at boyfriend’s house
A 14-year-old girl missing for two days was found Sunday afternoon at her boyfriend’s house. Police said fears that she may have gone to meet someone she met online were unfounded.
The girl, Dianna Janna Karasev, who goes by the name of Ester, was charged with a misdemeanor for running away, according to Sgt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office.
August 18th, 2007 at 11:15pm
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30 year old Mary Byrne Smith was last seen on March 24, 2007 when she attended a women’s religious conference. Following the conference she was never seen not heard from since. Beth Byrne Smith is married to the Reverend Jason Lee Smith, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Summerdale, AL.
However, there is now an update in this missing persons case that is rather peculiar. Mary Byrne Smith is reported as being on video tape at a pawn shop in Bossier City, LA, the day she disappeared hawking her wedding ring. It would seem that Mary Byrne Smith wants to be missing.
The wife of an Alabama minister missing since March sold her wedding ring at a pawnshop on the day she disappeared, police said Thursday.
Mary Byrne “Beth” Smith, 30, is seen on surveillance video from a Bossier City, La., pawnshop hocking her wedding ring the morning she was reported missing, Bossier City police said.
The store security camera shows Smith wearing a purple shirt and exiting the shop at 11:36 a.m. on March 24, the same day she disappeared from Living Proof Live, a women’s conference she was attending with her friend Jenny Gipson at the Bossier City CenturyTel Center. (FOX News)
Minister’s missing wife pawned wedding ring
UPDATE I: Missing Mary Byrne Smith Found Safe Working Under Alias in New York
It appears that the wife of an Alabama minister, Mary Byrne Smith, wanted to be missing afterall. Mary Byrne Smith was located safe and working in a fast food restaurant in New York state under an alias.
Louisiana police located Mary Byrne Smith alive and well in New York state on Friday. The 30-year-old kindergarten teacher had been working under an assumed name at a fast-food restaurant.
“We know it’s her,” Bossier City Police Chief Mike Halphen said at a press conference Monday. “She did not want us to disclose the reasons why she left, and she did not want us to disclose where she is living.”
She does not face criminal charges, he said.
“People have their reasons for wanting to start a new life and that was her choosing,” Halphen said. “And again, we encouraged her very, very hard to contact her family and at least talk with her children and we believe that she will.” (Fox News)
UPDATE II: Missing Minister’s Wife Returns to Alabama From New York
Who says you can’t go home again? Missing for four months and located in New York state, Mary Byrne Smith, the wife of an Alabama minister returns home.
A minister’s wife who disappeared from a religious conference in Louisiana, only to be located four months later living in New York, knows she made a “serious mistake” by leaving and has returned home to Alabama to be with her two children, her lawyer said Thursday.
July 27th, 2007 at 07:26am
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50 year old Francine Tate is missing in Madison, WI. What has been going on lately in the state of Wisconsin? There have been a rash of missing persons and murders of woman lately in the state. First there was Kelly Nolan, then Mahalia Xiong and now Francine Tate. Are they separate random acts or is there a serial killer in WI?
Name: Francine Tate
Age: 50
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
Height: 5’4″
Weight: 110 lbs.
Missing from: Town of Windsor
Missing since: July 17, 2007
Francine Tate, 50, hasn’t been seen or heard from since around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday when she was in Madison, WISC-TV reported.
Description:
- Tate has brown eyes
- brown hair
- 5 feet 4 inches
- weighs about 110 pounds
- She drives a burgundy 1997 Toyota Corolla
Authorities said they do not suspect foul play but they said that her absence is uncharacteristic.
Those with information on Tate’s whereabouts are asked to call the Dane County Sheriff’s Department at 608-284-6800.
Woman vanishes: family, friends seek answers
Francine Tate, 50, was last seen at a prayer meeting on Madison’s east side Tuesday night, and people attending the meeting saw nothing amiss.
“At the end, she gave someone a hug and walked out the door,” said Pastor Joel Alberti of Mad City Church. “We assumed she was on her way home.”
Francine’s brother-in-law, Dee Thompson of Madison, said her disappearance was “way out of character for her.” (The Capital Times)
Go to http://www.francinetate.com/ for further information
UPDATE I: Family Offers $15,000 For Information Leading To Missing Woman
Francine Tate was last seen leaving a prayer meeting at the Mad City Church office.
Family spokesman Dee Thompson said the money came from personal donations and a corporate gift from American Family Insurance, where Tate’s husband works.
The Dane County Sheriff’s Department said Tate and her husband took in a stranger they knew only as Randy the night before she disappeared. They met the man through their affiliation with the church.
UPDATE II: Police want to question a border who stayed at a missing woman’s home before she disappeared
Detectives are interested in speaking with a house guest that Steve and Francine Tate took into their home shortly before Francine’s disappearance. The man, who is only know to the Tates as “Randy” was someone they met through their affiliation with Mad City Church.
It is believed that Randy has left the Madison area and is traveling west toward South Dakota. Randy is not considered a suspect in this case, however, detectives would like to speak with him to see if he could provide any information that may prove helpful in finding Francine Tate.
UPDATE I: Missing Dane County woman, Francine Tate, found safe
A Madison-area woman missing for more than a week has been found safe in northern Wisconsin, authorities said.
Francine Tate, 50, was unharmed and the Dane County Sheriff’s Department is still investigating why she disappeared, a department press release said.
Kent Gobble, a 40-year-old transient wanted for questioning in Tate’s July 17 disappearance was located in Minnesota today, a day after being spotted in Milwaukee.
Tate found alive and well
Francine Tate, the Town of Windsor woman missing since last week, was found alive and well this afternoon in northern Wisconsin, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office said.
Tate was found alone in her parked car by a law enforcement officer on routine patrol. The officer recognized the Tate vehicle from a description that had been widely distributed, said Sheriff’s spokeswoman Elise Schaffer.
Sheriff’s officials are not commenting on what led to Tate’s disappearance until they are able to interview her, Schaffer said.
Tate’s family was en route to pick her up late Wednesday afternoon. Schaffer said.
Randall Kent Gobble, a houseguest who had stayed with the Tates shortly before Francine Tate disappeared and was being sought by authorities who wanted to speak with him about the case, was found by Dane County Sheriff’s detectives in Minnesota shortly before Tate was found, Schaffer said. Gobble did not play a role in locating Tate, she said,
July 19th, 2007 at 09:40pm
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An AMBER ALERT has been issued in Arizona for 3 children, Brittany (10), Krystal (9), and Marcel Shaffer (11). The three children have been reportedly abducted by their non-custodial mother,
(Brittany Shaffer, left, Krystal Shaffer, center, and Marcel Shaffer, right)
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office has issued an Amber Alert for three children who reportedly have been abducted from Kingman by their mother. By court order the mother is unable to have custody of the children due to her mental state and behavior. The children are considered to be in danger. Officials believe they may be heading to Oregon or Washington.
DESCRIPTIONS:
Brittany Shaffer, 10 years old, 4′ tall, 65 pounds with long brown hair and brown eyes.
Krystal Shaffer, 9 years old, 3’5″ tall, 51 pounds with shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes.
Marcel Shaffer, 11 years old, 5’4″ tall with short brown hair and brown eyes.
Their mother is Sandra Shaffer, 34 years old, 5’4″ tall, 150 pounds with long light brown hair and brown eyes.
They were last seen in a dark green, four door 1996 Pontiac with Arizona license plate 916-XBP.
The left front fender is light green.
Anyone with information should contact the sheriff’s office at (928) 718-4603 or dial 911.
Amber Alert Issued for 3 Arizona Children Allegedly Taken By Mother
Sandra Shaffer, 34, was denied custody of the children by an Oregon court last year with full custody granted to their father, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office. (Fox News)
UPDATE I: Three Missing Arizona Children, Mother Who Allegedly Took Them Found
An Amber Alert for three missing children was reportedly cancelled after they were found safe and sound, according to the Mohave County Dispatch.
Their mother was also found and taken into custody,
July 14th, 2007 at 10:31am
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15 year old Kirsten Covey has been missing since Thursday, July 5, 2007. She was last seen in the 9000 block of state Highway 6 North at about 7:45 p.m. on Thursday. It is reported that Kirsten Covey may have got into a very old primer gray van with painted windows with two men inside.
(Kirsten Covey)
Kirsten is white, 5 feet 3 inches tall and 100 pounds. She has long brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue tank top and black soccer shorts with white stripes on the side.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Texas EquuSearch at 281-309-9500.
UPDATE I: Missing Teen, Kirsten Covey, Found Safe.
July 10th, 2007 at 11:02pm
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