Two Paul Smith College students, Sean Cornell, 20, of Manchester Center, Vt., and Lee Walker, 18, of Enosburg Falls, Vt., are missing after two canoes and a power boat capsized in Lower St Regis Lake in the Adirondacks.
The missing students from Paul Smith’s College were among six thrown into Lower St. Regis Lake just off shore from campus late Friday on the last day of classes before exams, college spokesman Kenneth Aaron said.
Four students got out of the water safely.
A state police helicopter, divers and rescuers from local fire departments were on the scene Saturday.
Aaron said state police were investigating why the boats capsized. The powerboat was not near the canoes when it overturned, he said.
The two missing students were in one of the canoes. They were identified as Sean Cornell, 20, of Manchester Center, Vt., and Lee Walker, 18, of Enosburg Falls, Vt. (AP)
UPDATE I: Body of Missing Paul Smith student, Lee Walker, Recovered from Lake
The body of one of the missing Paul Smith’s students has been recovered from Lower ST. Regis Lake.
Officials said a New York State Police scuba team recovered the body of 18-year-old Lee Walker late Saturday afternoon.
Walker was part of a group of six students whose two canoes capsized on the lake. Another student, 20-year-old Sean Cornell remains missing. Divers plan to resume their search this morning. (News Watch 50)
One student’s body found, another missing after boats capsize
The body of Lee Walker, 18, of Enosburg Falls, Vt., was recovered by State Police divers late Saturday afternoon, Aaron said. Sean Cornell, 20, of Manchester Center, Vt., remains missing. The search was suspended for the night and was to resume Sunday morning.
A community gathering was planned at the college Sunday morning.
“Our entire community is deeply saddened by this tragic event,” college president John Mills said in a prepared statement. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of both these young men.”
Paul Smith’s enrolls about 850 students and offers degrees in natural resources, forestry, hospitality, recreation, business and biology, according to its Web site. The school is located 124 miles north of Albany. (WCAX-TV3)
Updates from Paul Smith College
UPDATE II: Second body found, Identified as Sean Cornell
New York State Police said they have found a second body in Lower St. Regis Lake, and have tentitively identified it as Sean Cornell, 20,of Manchester Center, Vt.
Police found the body just gefore noon Sunday.
May 6th, 2007 at 08:33am
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After 63 years, the remains of World War II navigator, Air Force 1st Lt. Archibald Kelly has been ID’d. Kelly’s plane crashed on July 22, 1944. Some 63 years later, one of our hero’s from our Greatest Generation is finally home.
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The remains of a World War II navigator listed as missing in action for almost 63 years have been identified two years after they were found in Croatia, the brother of the deceased pilot said.
Air Force 1st Lt. Archibald Kelly’s B-24 crashed on July 22, 1944, south of Dubrovnik, Croatia, near the Adriatic Sea. The plane carrying 10 crew members was returning from a bombing raid on oil fields in Romania.
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The remains of a World War II navigator listed as missing in action for almost 63 years have been identified two years after they were found in Croatia, the brother of the deceased pilot said.
Air Force 1st Lt. Archibald Kelly’s B-24 crashed on July 22, 1944, south of Dubrovnik, Croatia, near the Adriatic Sea. The plane carrying 10 crew members was returning from a bombing raid on oil fields in Romania.
April 15th, 2007 at 01:42pm
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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)
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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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14 year old Jameesha Terry has been missing since Monday when she got off her school bus at 3:30pm and has not been seen from since.
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Description:
- 5’4” tall
- weighs between 90-100 lbs
- She was last seen wearing a red shirt and blue jeans.
Her family thinks that foul play is involved in her disappearance for a couple of reasons:
- Earlier this month, Terry was badly beaten up at school and her family has since pressed charges against her attackers.
- Since then, Terry has been bullied at school and on several occasions, harassed on her way home.
- On Monday, her family’s home was broken into and vandalized. The letters CWI were spray painted all over the exterior of the home.
If anyone has any information please call the California City Police Department at 760-373-8606.
UPDATE I: Authorities Search Home Of Missing Girl’s Uncle. Body Of Young Woman Found In Adjacent Field
The FBI and California City Police searched the home Monday of a man who is the uncle of a missing teenager, according to the FBI. A young girl’s body was found Sunday near the uncle’s residence. Authorities have not positively identified the body.
UPDATE II: California City Body Identified As Missing Girl
The body of a female found in a dirt field in California City last week has been identified as Jamesha Terry, 14, who has been missing for several weeks.
The coroner’s office is calling it a suspicious death, but need to complete further analysis before they can rule her death a homicide.
FBI agents and Kern County coroner’s officials used dental records to identify the body that was badly decomposed.
Terry was found before 6 p.m. Sunday in a field on the 21000 block of Neuralia Road.
Authorities searched Terry’s uncle’s apartment, which is 100 yards away from the field, and questioned him Monday, although he is not considered a suspect at this point. (KERO-23)
March 24th, 2007 at 06:34pm
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A body has been found in a utility room at a campus residence hall at Purdue University. 
Authorities are not releasing the information as to whether it is missing college student Wade Steffey. Wade Steffey has been missing since January 13, 2007.
Purdue spokeswoman Jeanne Norberg says it’s too soon to know whether the body is that of missing Purdue student Wade Steffey, who vanished more than two months ago.
Norberg says the body was found inside a ground-level utility room at Owen Hall after a building resident heard a pinging noise and call the campus utility department.
She says a utility worker found the body. (Fox News)
Owens Hall was one of the last places that Steffey was seen.
”Owen Hall is indeed the last place where Wade Steffey was seen,” she said, adding that the room is not accessible from the residence hall.
She also said that the ground-level utility room is not accessible from Owen Hall and is locked with two sets of keys, one each for two sets of doors.
Norberg said that when the building was searched for clues into Steffey’s disappearance the utility room was apparently not examined because it was locked. (NWI Times)
Body found on Purdue campus
West Lafayette – Police are investigating the discovery of a body at the Purdue University campus Monday. At this point officials are not saying whether the body is male or female, and a coroner expects to have more answers Tuesday. Many on campus are worried that it could be the body of Wade Steffey, a freshman who went missing over two months ago.
The body was discovered around noon by a Purdue employee inside a utility room located in Owen Hall, a campus dormitory.
“A pinging noise was coming from an area of Owen Hall that is not accessible to anyone but our utilities people It’s a high-voltage area,” said Jeanne Norberg, Purdue University. She said the utility worker who found the body “was traumatized. It’s a very difficult situation for her.”
University officials say they don’t know the identity of the individual, but many fear it could be Purdue freshman Wade Steffey, 19, who went missing after attending a party in January.
Family web site, http://www.wadesteffey.net/
March 19th, 2007 at 06:43pm
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32 year old Rebecca Klein has been missing since Friday March 16 when she failed to show up for work. Her vehicle had been located about 1/2 block away from her home; however, she has not been seen or heard from.
Klein reportedly left for work early Friday morning but never showed up. Her work vehicle was later located about a half block away from her house. She has not been seen since.
Klein is 5’4″, 140 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was wearing blue and gray sweats. (WLS-TV ABC)
Police Ask For Help Finding Missing Suburban Woman
UPDATE I: Missing Villa Park Woman, Rebecca Klein, Found Dead
The body of 32 year old missing Rebecca Klein was found in the trunk of a car in her garage. According to the initial autopsy reports, she died of suffocation; however, further tests are to be performed.
(CBS) VILLA PARK Police have found the body of a missing woman from Villa Park.
The Daily Herald reports that authorities found the body of Becky Klein, 32, in the trunk of a car in her garage over the weekend.
Detectives were questioning a close friend of Klein’s, but no charges had been filed against her as of Sunday night. Sources told the Daily Herald that Klein’s body was found in the trunk of the friend’s 1966 Ford Mustang.
The two are listed as co-registrants of the Mustang and a 2000 GMC truck, according to state motor vehicle registration records.
UPDATE II: Report: Police Question Woman After Body Found In Trunk
According to reports, the police are questioning the domestic partner of Rebecca Klein after her body was found in the trunk of a car over the weekend. It was the domestic partner that originally made the missing persons report.
Police are questioning the domestic partner of a Villa Park woman whose body was found inside the trunk of a car over the weekend, according to a published report.
Rebecca Klein, 32, was reported missing on Friday by her domestic partner.
The Daily Herald reported that the victim’s domestic partner of several years was being questioned Monday at the Villa Park Police Department. The woman has not been named as a suspect, and no charges have been filed. (NBC5)
UPDATE III: Prime suspect held in Villa Park slaying, Victim’s roommate in custody but not charged
The roommate of a slain Villa Park woman remained in custody late Monday, but prosecutors had not announced criminal charges against her.
Detectives focused on the woman as their prime suspect after finding Rebecca Klein’s body in their garage 24 hours after the roommate reported her missing, sources said. They described the two women’s relationship as a romantic one.
Authorities suspect Klein, 32, died of suffocation after being attacked between late Thursday and Saturday, when police discovered her body hidden in the trunk of a 1966 Ford Mustang. (Daily Herald)
March 17th, 2007 at 11:38am
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The body of Christopher Barrios has been found on the side of the road a couple of miles from his home. The Enfield Family and Donald Dale were involved with the murder and will be charged with murder.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the poor boys family and friends.
Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering confirms that searchers have found the body of six-year-old Christopher Barrios Jr.
The body was found covered near the side of a road about two miles from Christopher’s neighborhood.
Chief Doering says the four suspects in the case, George, David and Peggy Edenfield and family friend Donald Dale were involved and will be charged with murder.
The body was discovered by a ranger from the Department of Natural Resources helping with the search for Christopher.
Forensic teams are now examining the body.
Christopher had been missing since last Thursday. via First Coast news
March 15th, 2007 at 05:23pm
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Four years ago 83-year-old Florence Bock went missing. She literally vanished. This past Friday, Florence Beck was found as the new owners of the home strangely discovered.
NEW YORK (AP) — The remains of a woman reported missing four years ago were found in her home after the new owner sent a cleaning crew to the house.
Until last week, no one apparently knew what happened to 83-year-old Florence Bock. She was found on Friday, said police Sgt. Carlos Nieves.
The house in the Bronx was purchased recently by a developer after the missing woman was declared dead, police said.
The cleaning crew found Bock’s remains – a pile of bones, including a skull, lying next to a cane.
Maybe someone would like to explain why the police never actually went in the home to see if Florence Bock was in it. Bizarre. Bock’s death is not being considered suspicious; however, the investigation into her disappearance certainly looks it.
March 11th, 2007 at 01:55pm
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52 year old Carolyn Gjendem has been missing since March 1, 2007. Her car has 
been located abandoned on the side of the road near the 9000 block of Jackson Creek Road.
The Chevy Blazer belonging to Carolyn Gjendem has been found; however, there has been no sign of the missing Castle Rock woman. It is believed that she possibly went hiking and something may have occurred.
The Blazer was found in a popular area where people like to park their vehicles and then hike off along the trails, authorities said.
At least 45 people searched the area Saturday night and Sunday with two ATV crews and two dog teams.
They said they believe she may have gone hiking in the area, but the melting snow has created difficult hiking conditions and slippery terrain with deep banks and some false creek beds. (The Denver Channel)
Missing Castle Rock woman’s car found
So far, there has been no indication of criminal activity in Gjendem’s disappearance, said Paul Miller, a spokesman and member of Douglas County Search and Rescue.
Castle Rock police filed a missing-person report Thursday, the day Gjendem was supposed to arrive at the home of family members. Gjendem’s family told police she was last seen Wednesday.
In a statement, Castle Rock police said nothing appeared out of order at Gjendem’s home, but her mobile phone was found left in her room. (Denver Post)
Sunday search fails to find missing Castle Rock woman
Nearly 50 rescuers searched a rugged hiking area in sometimes knee-deep snow Sunday for a Castle Rock woman who has been missing for four days.
But there were no signs of Carolyn Gjendem, 52, who may have gone hiking in the Pike National Forest at the edge of unincorporated Douglas County, said Douglas County Search and Rescue spokeswoman Debrah Schnackenberg
Missing hiker’s body found, Authorities yet to rule out foul play
Carolyn Gjendem, 52, was found Monday afternoon behind a boulder off in a remote area of Rampart Range Road, about six miles from where her Chevy Blazer was parked near a trailhead.
Late Monday afternoon, authorities could not rule out foul play as investigators were working the area.
“We just won’t know until they have completed their work,” said Cocha Heyden, spokeswoman for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department.
An autopsy will be performed Tuesday or Wednesday, and authorities would likely have a positive identification by that time. (
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March 5th, 2007 at 12:10pm
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The torso of missing 34 year old Tara Grant has been found in the garage of a 
Macomb County’s Washington Township home that the couple shared. Tara Grants has been missing since February 9, 2007 and was not reported as missing until 5 days later by her husband.
Investigators found what is believed to be the torso of a 34-year-old suburban wife and mother of two who disappeared last month and are seeking her husband as the suspect in her slaying, the Macomb County sheriff said Saturday. (WFRV)
Her husband, Stephen Grant, is now being sought in the murder of Tara Grant.
Hackel said Stephen Grant was wanted for questioning and was last believed to be driving a white pick-up truck. He said his office was working with county prosecutors to seek murder charges.
“He is the number one and at this time the only suspect in the murder of Tara Lynn Grant,” Hackel told reporters at a news conference in Mount Clemens. (Fox News)
According to reports, Stephen Grant’s attorney has been in contact with his client and trying to make efforts for Stephen to turn himself in. From the outset of this case it had all the similarities of Scott Peterson and his missing wife Lacy Peterson. The peculiar disappearance, the suspicious husband, and the other woman.
Stephen Grant’s lawyer, David Griem, told The Associated Press on Saturday morning that he spoke twice with his client earlier in the day. He said he hoped to arrange for Grant to turn himself in to authorities.
“He was suicidal,” Griem said. “I spent some significant period of time begging him to meet with me and reminding him of all the reasons why he had to live: the foremost being a 4-year-old and a 6-year-old who love him very much.”
Griem said his client last was in the Detroit area, but he didn’t know exactly where.
UPDATE I: Stephen Grant on the run
Stephen Grant is on the run, Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said this morning, after investigators found his wife’s torso hidden in the garage of the family’s Washington Township home.
But his lawyer David Griem fears Grant has killed himself: “I think he’s gone.”
“I spoke with him twice early this morning,” Griem said. “And after the second conversation I had no doubt he was going to commit suicide within minutes.”
Griem said Grant turned down repeated pleas to meet. Grant called from a pay phone at a home, Griem said.
“He was increasingly emotionally distraught,’ Griem said. “He had a hard time getting sentences out coherently. He was rambling. I was telling him all the reasons he needed to live – most especially, two main reason: a little 4-year-old and a little 6-year-old.” (Detroit Free Press)
UPDATE II: Police Arrest Husband Accused of Murdering and 
Dismembering Tara Grant
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police arrested a man Sunday wanted in connection with the dismembering death of his wife as searchers continued the hunt for her remains.
Michigan State Police arrested Stephen Grant early Sunday in Emmet County, Mich., after a statewide manhunt. The county is near the tip of the state’s Lower Peninsula, about 225 miles from his home in Washington Township in suburban Detroit.
Grant was upgraded from serious to stable condition at Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey, Mich., after being airlifted following his capture to be treated for frostbite and hypothermia. He’s expected to make a full recovery with the exception of damage to his feet. (FOX News)
Stephen Grant Hospitalized With Frostbite, Hypothermia
Officials announced the capture of Stephen Grant on Sunday, following a massive manhunt.
Grant was found in Emmet County at 6:50 a.m. on Sunday.
Local and federal law enforcement agencies found Stephen Grant barefoot inside the Wilderness State Park in northern Michigan. Officials airlifted him to Northern Michigan Hospital due to health concerns.
Hackel: Grant will be convicted in wife’s grisly slaying
UPDATE III: Stephen Grant Reportedly Confesses
During a news conference, Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel stated, “He gave a very lengthy confession.” After weeks of claiming his innocence, Stephen Grant has confessed according to news reports. From the news conference we learn that it would seem that Stephen grant murdered Tara while the children were in the home.
Stephen Grant admitted murdering his wife, Tara Lynn Grant, after police found a Ziploc bag in the woods containing human blood, latex gloves, plastic bags and metal shavings. It was the final piece of evidence authorities needed for probable cause to search the Grants’ house, in which they found a human torso, Prosecutor Eric Smith said.
The metal shavings linked the bag’s contents to Stephen Grant, who worked at a tool-and-die shop, the prosecutor said.
“He’s presumed innocent at this time,” Smith said. An arraignment was expected on Tuesday.
Stephen Grant wanted to “clear his mind,” Hackel said. He “did indicate the method in which he caused her death,” after which he took the body to a creek to dispose of the remains. Hackel said he would not discuss the motive. (FOX News)
Grant murder shocks, saddens
“To find out what he did is just unthinkable,” said Melissa (Elliott) Hanson of Rock, a long-time friend of Tara Grant. Hanson knew Grant since they were in elementary school. Their families were involved in 4-H together. Following their graduation in 1990, the two friends kept in touch until a few years ago.
“When she was first missing, we were hopeful … she would be found OK,” Hanson said Sunday. “We never thought she would leave her family.” (The Mining Journal)
Tara Grant likely strangled
Tara Lynn Grant likely was strangled to death before her body was dismembered and its pieces scattered, Macomb County Medical Examiner Daniel Spitz said Sunday.
Spitz said a preliminary examination of the body parts, presumed to belong to Grant, that sheriff’s deputies brought him over the weekend showed no visible injuries — except for bruising around her neck that could mean she was strangled.
March 3rd, 2007 at 11:40am
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