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Kenneth Cummings, a Southwest flight attendant, has been missing since June 4, 2007. He was last seen at his home. The authorities are concerned for the safety of Kenneth Cummings as they found evidence of someone being injured in his home. Texas Equusearch has joined the search for the missing Kenneth Cummings.
“Our hope is that he’s still OK. We won’t give that up until we actually find him, one way or the other,” said Cindy Wisdom Texas Equusearch. “There are things that went on in the house or appeared to have gone on in the house and that the tire tracks that are left in this driveway and things like that kind of lends towards foul play. And that’s never a good thing”.
(Kenneth Cummings)
Cummings Description:
- 5 feet 10 inches tall
- weighs about 170 pounds
- He has an olive complexion and small scars above his left eye and on his upper lip
Pearland Police are investigating the disappearance of 46-year-old Kenneth L. Cummings, Jr. who was last seen Monday, June 4th at Café Adobe at 2111 Westheimer, as well as EJ’s at 2517 Ralph and at JR’s at 808 Pacific. (Fox-Houston)
Family of Missing Pearland Man Pleads for Help
Volunteers passed out fliers and searched several fields in Pearland on Monday morning for clues in the disappearance of a Southwest Airlines flight attendant.
UPDATE I:Mark Mangum is being charged with murder
Pearland police have made in arrest in the case of a missing man.
Mark Mangum is being charged with murder. Police believe he was the last person to see Kenneth Cummings alive.
(Mark Mangum)
A 26-year-old Cypress man was charged Monday night in the murder of a longtime Southwest Airlines flight attendant who has been missing for more than a week.
Pearland police said Terry Mark Mangum was charged after being interviewed by Houston and Pearland police. “I don’t want to go into detail, but there is enough evidence for the Brazoria County District Attorney to move forward with the charge of murder,” said Pearland police detective Jon Matherne. (Houston Chronicle)
UPDATE II: Texas Equusearch to Search Two areas on Tuesday for Kenneth Cummings
We spoke with Tim Miller tonight, founder of Texas EquuSearch, regarding the search for missing Southwest flight attendant Kenneth Cummings. Tim stated that there has been an arrest and that TES will be searching in two different locations tomorrow on Tuesday. The locations are approximately 25 miles apart from one another. It would appear that authorities must be getting something from the questioning of the suspect that has been arrested; however, nothing has been reported.
UPDATE III: TES has found the body of Kenneth Cummings He was located in a farm field in a shallow grave in the San Antonio area by members of Texas Equusearch. The body is believed to have been burned. Searchers went to the San Antonio area as Kenneth Cummings credit cards were used in the area.
Body of missing Pearland man believed to have been found
Today, Texas EquuSearch says a team member and volunteers found a shallow grave which they believe contains Cummings’ remains. A positive ID has not been made at this time.
June 11th, 2007 at 10:02pm
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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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18 year old Randle Terry had been missing since Tuesday, May 29, 2007 while swimming in Spring Creek near Riley Fuzzel Road. Volunteer members of Texas Equusearch joined the efforts to help find the missing Terry.
Texas EquuSearch crews used boats to search the water.
“The current is not as strong as I thought it was going to be,” said Tim Miller with Texas EquuSearch. “The waters went down considerably since yesterday, so all we need now is a little bit of luck and a lot of prayers.”
The Coast Guard and local law enforcement agencies searched the area until about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, and then again on Wednesday but found nothing.
Searchers said the water is very murky and about 20 feet deep because of recent rainfall.
The searched turned into a recovery mission by Wednesday afternoon. Volunteers believe Terry’s body is near where he was last seen.
“Normally, they don’t go too far. But, we do realize we’ve got quite a current here,” Miller said.
However, on Thursday the body of Randle Terry was found by members of Texas Equusearch in Spring Creek.
TES crew members have found the body of Randle Terry about a mile from where he went underwater in the creek. We pray that this family can now find the peace and begin to heal as they find ways to deal with this tragedy. We wish to thank everyone for their genuine care and concern to find this young man. A special thank you to all of our members who continue to dedicate themselves for such a tough job. Thank you to all of Randle’s classmates, teachers, family and friends that came to support each other. May you all continue to stay close and keep each other through this difficult time and always. God Bless you all.
This beautiful photo was provided by Carolyn Mitchell. Randle’s family wanted us to share this photo with you all. May You Rest In Peace. (TES)
June 2nd, 2007 at 06:28pm
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29 year old Pamela Jo Lane had been missing since May 4, 2007. Her body was found in a shallow grave recovered from Price Cemetery in Bradley County on Friday night. 35 year old Scotty Myers is being charged with her murder.
Authorities said she died of a single gunshot wound to the head.
Scotty Myers will be charged with her murder, officials said.
Myers, 35, was arrested on Friday in Bay County, Fla. (Panama City).
He was initially charged with being a fugitive from justice, destruction of evidence and abuse of a corpse.
He was being extradited back to Tennessee. (chattanoogan.com)
June 2nd, 2007 at 04:14pm
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Harold Sissom has been missing since May 24, 2007 in Grapeland, TX. Texas EquuSearch and its volunteers joined the search in hopes of finding the missing Sissom.
Harold Sissom, age 54, was last seen at his home on FM 227 in Grapeland, Texas on Thursday, May 24, 2007 at 4:00 a.m. and has not been seen or heard from since. Harold was last seen wearing blue jeans, a button up shirt and white tennis shoes. Harold is a severe diabetic and insulin dependent. It is unknown if he has his medication with him. He is driving a white 1992 Ford Escort, 4 door, license plate 109FHN.
Texas EquuSearch has just received news of Harold’s disappearance and is traveling to Grapeland immediately. If you can help, please call the office at 281-309-9500. (TES)
Volunteers Join Search for Missing Man
UPDATE I: Breaking, TES finds Missing Harold Sissom in Lake.
The body of Harold Sissom was found in his vehicle in a lake in Grapeland, TX. According to sources the body has been positively ID’d as the missing 54 year old Sissom. Lee Roberts, a Texas Equusearch member was on the scene and one of the individuals who located Sissom. A prayer for his family and may Harold Sissom rest in peace.
According to Tim Miller, founder of Texas Equusearch, this is the 64th documented recovery that his non-profit organization has found in its 7 year existence. With the shoe string budget that TES operates on that is truly an amazing number. Now imagine what TES could do if it was supported 20, 10 or 5% that of other larger and well known non-profits. Help TES find missing people with your donations. Giving never felt so good or was for a more noble cause.
Missing Man’s Body Found
Search Coordinator Frank Black said, “I try to put myself in the place of the family of the person that’s missing and say ‘hey, if I was missing or my family member was missing, I’d want somebody here to help me real quick and find that person’.”
Houston County sheriff’s investigators said a car belonging to 54-year-old Harold Sissom was found by Texas EquuSearch in a large culvert under water on FM 230 near Lovelady. An autopsy has been ordered. (KTRE-TV)
May 30th, 2007 at 10:03pm
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Former LSU Tiger defensive end and present day New England Patriot, Marquise Hill 
had been reported missing since Sunday night when he did not return from recreational activities on Lake Pontchartrain. Hill was reported missing after a jet ski accident.
Today his body was found Monday in Lake Pontchartrain after what is reported as being a jet ski accident. What a tragic incident and a life cut so short.
“The family will have to make positive identification,” Capt. Brian Clark of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department said. “But the body we found was that of Mr. Marquise Hill.”
The body was discovered about a quarter-mile from where Hill and a female companion were involved in the accident, Clark said.
The Coast Guard was called Sunday night, Petty Officer Tom Atkeson said. The search began immediately, using boats and helicopters.
By the time the body was found, the Coast Guard, Wildlife and Fisheries, the New Orleans Police Department and Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Department were involved, Clark said. (Fox News)
The owner of the New England Patriots Bob Craft made the following comment, We are all shocked.” Hill played on the LSU national Championship team and was a second round draft pick of the Patriots. God bless and rest in peace.
Update I: Patriots’ Hill mourned as ‘a hero until the end’
The death of New England Patriots defensive end Marquise Hill, who fell off a personal watercraft Sunday in Lake Pontchartrain, was ruled an accidental drowning Tuesday.
An autopsy found no signs of drug or alcohol in Hill’s body, although more tests are planned and will take two weeks to complete, said Orleans Parish coroner Dr. Frank Minyard.
Minyard said Hill might have suffered a mild concussion when he fell off the watercraft. (ESPN)
May 28th, 2007 at 04:11pm
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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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It has been a little over 6 months since 15 year old, Bonny Eagle High School 
sophomore Coreen Wiese went missing on November 8, 2006. Just recently a 6 months vigil was held for missing Coreene Wiese.
During the search for the missing teen suicide notes were found as well as possible sighting of Coreen Wiese. On late Friday night a body was found floating in the Saco River that is being speculated as being that of the missing Coreen Wiese. A group of teenagers found the body around 11:55pm on Friday night about 6 miles downstream from where Coreen Wiese was reported last seen. It looks like this case has come to an all to sad end.
The family of missing teenager Coreen Wiese is awaiting word on whether the body of a female found floating in the Saco River late Friday night is that of the 15-year-old girl.
State medical examiner Dr. Margaret Green-wald plans to perform an autopsy on the body this afternoon, according to her office.
“The hope is a positive identification will take place at this time,” said Stephen McCausland, spokesman for Maine’s Department of Public Safety.
A woman answering the phone at the Wiese home identified herself as a family member and said the girl’s parents would have nothing to say before the autopsy.
The woman added that everyone in the community probably can understand how the family must feel about “not knowing.”
The Maine Warden Service said that after the body was found, it canceled a search for Wiese that had been scheduled for May 20. (Portland Press Hearald)
Body Found In Saco River
VIDEO from WCSH
Buxton Police say a body was found floating in the Saco River by several teenagers just before midnight Friday night. The body was found near Warren Road in Buxton, which is between Routes 112 and 35. (WCSH)
Previous Posts on Coreen Wiese
UPDATE I: Today’s announcement, the body of a girl found in the Saco River early Saturday is Coreen Wiese.
“We now know that the body found in the Saco River is our beloved daughter Coreen,” Wesley and Cynthia Wiese said in an e-mailed statement after the body was identified by the state Medical Examiner’s Office today.
“We are deeply saddened with her loss, she is loved and missed by all. We wish to thank the community of Buxton, all of Coreen’s family and friends, the media, and law enforcement personnel that have been so helpful with the search for Coreen during the past 6 months. Because of all your help and God’s will we are able to bring Coreen home.” (Maine Today)
Body found in river identified as that of missing teen
The Maine Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed that the victim was Coreen Wiese of Buxton, a student at Bonny Eagle High School.
Preliminary identification was made by comparing orthodontic work, while confirmation came through DNA tests at the Maine State Police Crime Laboratory.
The autopsy Sunday revealed no significant injuries prior to death and the medical examiner concluded that the findings were all consistent with drowning. A ruling on the manner of death was deferred pending results of toxicology tests and further investigation. (Boston Globe)
May 13th, 2007 at 01:31pm
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Lewis James Wilczek, 21, had been missing since April 29, 2007. He was supposed to 
meet someone in St. Cloud, MN but never showed. His pickup truck was found Wednesday. The police arrested a man who was driving it and claimed to be Wilczek. Now police have found the remains in a shallow grave in Mille Lacs County, MN. The remains are being taken to the medical examiners office; however, they are believed to be that of Lewis James Wilczek.
Police Chief Michael Pender said in a statement that the remains were found Saturday and taken to the Anoka County medical examiner’s office for an autopsy to determine the cause of death and for positive identification.
Lewis James Wilczek, 21, disappeared April 29 when he was supposed to meet someone in St. Cloud. His family told police his absence was out of character.
His pickup truck was found Wednesday, and police arrested a man (Jeremy Jason Hull) who was driving it and claimed to be Wilczek He remained in the Stearns County Jail on Sunday for allegedly providing false information to police and outstanding warrants.
Pender said that man “remains a person of interest” in Wilczek’s disappearance. (West Central Tribune)
Jeremy Jason Hull’s past criminal activites:
Hull has a history of various charges around Minnesota. Stearns County charged him recently after he was accused of purchasing items from an auto supply company by charging the parts to a local tire company where he said he worked. Hull did not work for the shop, according to court records.
Hull has been charged in numerous counties for giving false information to police, providing false information on a driver’s license application and check forgery, according to public records. The Stearns County Jail log shows that Hull has also been charged in Dakota County for applying for a driver’s license in the name of a deceased person.
Hull spent 90 days in Sherburne County Jail after a drunken driving conviction in 2004, according to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Body of missing man is found
The search for a Little Falls man apparently ended sadly Saturday when police found a body near Foley.
Sharon Wilczek, the mother of Lewis James Wilczek, 21, said police told her the investigation into her son’s weeklong disappearance has changed from a missing person case to a homicide.
“I can’t believe someone from around here could do something so vicious and so violent,” she said. (St Cloud Times)
May 6th, 2007 at 09:17pm
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Search and rescue workers continue to look for missing persons and possible survivors 
in Greensburg, KS after severe weather and tornadoes desimated the town on Friday and over the weekend. At least 8 people have died in the Greensburg area from the violent weather; however, authorities are still optimistic that they will find survivors and continue to call it a “search and rescue” mission.
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Searchers went back to work Sunday looking for anyone who might have been trapped since a tornado wiped most of this south-central Kansas town off the map. “At this point, it’s still a search and rescue mission,” Kansas state trooper Ronald Knoefel said. “We don’t want to give up hope.”
Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the state’s adjutant general, said officials did not know how many people are missing.
“A lot of people have gone to other places and it’s difficult to track them down,” he said.
At least 10 people were known dead from weekend storms. Eight of them were in the Greensburg area and two others died elsewhere in Kansas – one during the Friday night storms that hammered Greensburg and one in a second round of storms late Saturday, state officials said.
The storms in Kansas were parts of a weekend of violent weather, with tornadoes also dashing across other parts of the Plains states late Saturday. And on Sunday, the National Weather Service posted a new tornado warning for south-central Kansas, saying a funnel cloud was spotted near Corwin, 65 miles southeast of Greensburg.
The Greensburg, KS area has just been destroyed as almost every thing in the town was destroyed. The town has literally been wiped off the map. Check out the video of the damage and devastation caused by the tornado.
Hewitt estimated 95 percent of the town of 1,500 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in basements and under rubble.
“This is one of the most devastating tornadoes we have had in Kansas,” said U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran.
At a shelter in neighboring Haviland, Cheryll Behm said her home in Greensburg is probably repairable, unlike the rest of the town.
“I am concerned Greensburg never will be built,” said Behm, a nurse’s aide at the Greensburg hospital. “There is no place to go back to work to. All of Main Street is gone.”
Go to Post Chronicle.com for many more links to video footage.
May 6th, 2007 at 01:22pm
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