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There appears to be a break in the Jackie Hartman missing persons case. A searcher on an all-terrain vehicle discovered a body on Sunday in the area where they were searching for Jackie Hartman.
“We have found a body,” Duncan said. He added that investigators believe the body is related to the disappearance of Hartman. She has been missing since Jan. 28 and police and volunteers have searched for her body in the rugged landscape between Fountain Hills and Payson, where the man suspected of killing her, Johnathan Ian Burns, used his cell phone in the hours just after her disappearance. (East Valley Tribune)
(Johnathan Ian Burns/Jackie Hartman)
Johnathan Ian Burns was arrested on January 29, 2007 and was just recently indicted by a grand jury for first degree murder of Jackie Hartman.
ATV riders may have found body of missing Gilbert woman
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February 19th, 2007 at 11:20pm
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16 year old Cody Plotner of Damascus, OR has been missing since February 5, 2007. He has not been seen or heard from since he left for work at the Pub 212.
Kelli Reedy said she hasn’t seen her son Cody Plotner since he left their house to walk to work at Pub 212 on Feb. 5. She said he never got there and hasn’t picked up his paycheck.
“The fact that he’s left his check is what’s really got me scared. He was looking forward to payday and had plans for that,” said Reedy. (KPTV)
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The family has a web site for Cody Plotner … www.rosefish.com
UPDATE I: From the family website, Cody was found deceased. A sad and unfortunate ending. Our prayers go out to Cody’s family and friends. May he rest in peace.
Cody’s body was found near his home by two people on horseback late Saturday, February 17th. One of the people who initially found Cody is a classmate of his.
February 17th, 2007 at 03:43pm
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The tragic and terrible story of the murder of Jodi Sanderholm has at least a silver lining to it. Joshua Thurber stalked, raped and murdered Jodi Sanderholm. As a result of this terrible crime new stalker bills are being submitted to hopefully prevent such actions in the future and hopefully nip such stalking events in the bud.
The Department of Justice says eight to twelve percent of women will be stalked at some point in their lives.
“It is a growing problem in our nation, no doubt,” says Rep. Kasha Kelley of Arkansas City.
Kelley introduced House Bill 2473, aimed at cracking down on stalkers.
She worked with law enforcement after Sanderholm’s murder to try to prevent something similar from happening in another community.
“It seeks to bring a tighter definition to what stalking is,” says Kelley.
The current law says stalking occurs when the situation poses a credible threat. (KBSD 6)
Ark City Teen Inspires Anti-Stalking Bill
With Jodi in mind, Kelly introduced a bill into the House that would increase the severity level for stalkers. The bill would put the crime of stalking at a higher level and would require longer sentences. (KAKE)
February 11th, 2007 at 10:04pm
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The tragic death of 3 year old Loic Rogers was ruled an accident. Loic Rogers drowned in a neighbors septic tank. The possibility of criminal negligence charges could still be filed.
So said Flathead County Sheriff Mike Meehan on Tuesday, after his office spent much of the past two weeks trying to determine exactly how the 3-year-old boy drowned in the septic tank of a friend’s house. Mark Rogers, who has custody of Loic and two siblings, called authorities at about 7:30 the night of Jan. 24 to report his son missing. The father said they were visiting friends at an east Kalispell home for dinner. While preparing to leave, Mark said, he took Loic outside and aimed him toward the car, which was warming up. (The Missoulin)
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UPDATE I: Tommi Cates given Endangerment citation issued in toddler’s death
Tommi Cates, the woman who lives on the property and whose house was being visited has been cited with a misdemeanor is this terrible tragic accident.
The woman who lives in the east Kalispell home where 3-year-old Loic Rogers was found drowned in a septic tank was cited Thursday for negligent endangerment, a misdemeanor, by Flathead County officials.
Tommi Cates has until Feb. 21 to appear in Justice Court on the matter. The charge carries penalties of up to a $1,000 fine, a year in jail, or both.
Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan made the decision to charge Cates with the misdemeanor after reviewing reports from officers involved in the search for the youngster, office administrator Vickie Eggum said.
Cates, she added, was “very cooperative. She feels horrible about what happened, just like everybody else.” (The Missoulian)
February 7th, 2007 at 10:32am
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An AMBER ALERT has been issued for a 23 month old baby, Nya Miangel Page. Description:
- She is described as a black female
- black hair
- brown eyes
- 24 inches tall
- 30 pounds
- wearing a maroon sweater with a blue and yellow striped diaper
- She may be wrapped in a pink blanket, police said.
Police said Nya Miangel Page was discovered missing from her home in the 600 block of First Street, Braddock, at 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
Anyone with information about the missing child is asked to contact 911.
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Springfield, IL, February 03, 2007 –(PR.COM)– The Pennsylvania State Police has issued an Amber Child Abduction Alert for the Braddock Police Department, Allegheny County.
This has been an Amber Child Abduction Alert for the Braddock Police Department.
Affected Counties: Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Armstrong, Westmoreland, Washington, Beaver
UPDATE I: Amber Alert cancelled for 23 month old Pennsylvania Girl
The Braddock Police Department has cancelled the Amber Alert for a child apparently abducted on February 3, 2007. The Amber Alert was cancelled after the child’s body was found on February 4, 2007. No further information is available at this time. (Code Amber)
Amber Alert Cancelled For Missing Braddock Toddler
This afternoon, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner was called to Rankin where a body was found matching the description of the missing toddler.
Officials have not confirmed the identity of the body.
Crews had been searching the area for the missing toddler, marking abandoned houses and trash cans as they searched.
KDKA’s Ross Guidotti reports the body was found off of Fleet Street in a wooded area.
Right now, police have not determined if the death was a homicide.
Meanwhile, Allegheny County Police Lt. Bob Downey confirmed that detective teams at county police were visiting and interviewing Megan’s law violators in Braddock and North Braddock.
Saturday, authorities questioned Page’s father, cousin and grandmother’s boyfriend, the only three adult males in the house.
Page’s father has been brought in for a second round of questioning and another polygraph test. (KDKA)
UPDATE II: Body of Missing Pennsylvania Toddler Discovered at Abandoned Playground
An autopsy will be conducted Monday.
Rankin Mayor Nicholas Glova said earlier Sunday that investigators had found the body of a girl about four blocks from where Nyia Page lived. He said authorities were doing everything possible to find out what happened over the past 24 hours.
The body of Page, who was reported missing Saturday, was found in an abandoned playground.
Police gave no immediate details of the discovery. No immediate arrests had been made.
Another child alerted other family members that Page was not in her bed at around 7:30 a.m. Saturday. They searched for her in vain before calling police, according to authorities. (Fox News)
UPDATE III: Toddler’s death ruled homicide
The death of Nyia Miangel Page, the 23-month-old girl whose body was found in Rankin following a two-day search, was a homicide, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office said today. Following an autopsy today, the office ruled that the Braddock girl died of hypothermia and exposure.
Nyia was found about 3:30 p.m. Sunday along the southeastern slope of the Hawkins Village public housing project. She was last seen alive by several family members about 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Family members reported her missing about seven hours later, said county police Superintendent Charles Moffatt. (Pittsburgh Live)
UPDATE IV: Missing Child’s Father Jailed On Unrelated Charges
The familiar pattern of a person being arrested on an unrelated charge. Could this just be a way of holding a potential suspect as we have seen so many other times in past missing person and homicide cases?
(KDKA) PITTSBURGH There’s still no arrest in connection with the little girl from Braddock whose frozen body was found Sunday.
However, now her father has been jailed on corruption charges involving another child and the Medical Examiner has released information on how Nyia Page died.
February 3rd, 2007 at 03:37pm
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Two bodies have been found in Virgina in the car belonging to one of the missing teens from Maryland. It appears the sad end has come to the search foe 16 year old Rachel Smith and 18 year old Rachel Crites. What a sad ending and it would appear that they went through on their promise that they had previously posted in their diary:
“Wherever I end up laying, whether buried or cremated, I want to stay with my true love, buried next to her. This is my choice. I’m sorry.”
A sad ending to two girls lives that died way too soon in life.
Loudoun County Sheriff’s spokesman Kraig Troxell says the bodies were found in a dark blue Subaru Outback about 2:15 p-m off Route 9 near the West Virginia border.
Troxell says the bodies haven’t been identified.
The cause of death remains under investigation. Sixteen-year-old Rachel Smith, of Potomac, and 18-year-old Rachel Crites, of Gaithersburg, have been missing since January 19th, when they told their parents they would be attending a movie in Washington.
Police have confirmed that the car in which the bodies were found belonged to Crites. (WTKR)
UPDATE I: Bodies of Missing Teens Found in Car Confirmed to be Rachel Smith & Rachel Crites
He says authorities later found the bodies of two females in the car’s front seats.
Loudoun County investigators confirmed early Saturday that the victims were 16-year-old Rachel Smith, of Potomac, and 18-year-old Rachel Crites, of Gaithersburg.
Authorities say there were no signs of trauma on the bodies, and the cause of death is not yet known. (ABC7)
Grim Ending Stirs Quest For Answers Md. Teens Found Dead Eluded Searchers; Motivations Unclear
It had been an anxious time for their parents, their neighbors, their friends at Wootton High School — even for people who had never met them and who, through e-mails and Web sites, had worried and prayed and called for them to come home.
“These people just wanted desperately to help,” said Cathy Hodin, who organized search and assistance efforts from her North Potomac home. (Washington Post)
UPDATE II: Police Await Missing Teens’ Autopsy Reports
More will be known about the deaths of two Montgomery County teenagers who went missing two weeks ago after autopsies are completed Monday.
Investigators confirmed early Saturday that 16-year-old Rachel Smith, of Potomac, and 18-year-old Rachel Crites, of Gaithersburg, were found dead in a car Friday near the West Virginia border in Loudoun County, Va. Their bodies were taken to the medical examiner in Fairfax County, Va.
Authorities called the deaths apparent suicides. They said there were no signs of trauma to the bodies. (NBC 4)
UPDATE I: Maryland Teens Die Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
A preliminary autopsy has determined that the two Maryland teens, Rachel Crites, 18, and Rachel Smith, 16, who were found dead inside their vehicle near the West Virginia border Friday afternoon, died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The Office of the Medical Examiner in Fairfax County made the ruling today, and although the case remains under active investigation, authorities are calling the case an apparent suicide. “The autopsy is not fully complete yet,” Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kraig Troxell said. However, adhering to the Sheriff’s Office policy regarding suicide cases, Troxell declined further comment. (Leesburg Today)
UPDATE II: Missing Maryland Teens Deaths Ruled Suicides
What a sad conclusion but one that was not expected. The initial distubing note in the teens diary pointed at such a conclusion. However, an ending like this never needed to occur. There were so many other options … rather than suicide. So many indeed.
The Loudoun County sheriff’s office says they probably expired of carbon monoxide poisoning.
The Virginia medical examiner’s office in Fairfax County ruled yesterday on the cause of death based on a preliminary autopsy, Loudoun sheriff’s spokesman Kraig Troxell said. “Although the case remains an active investigation, it appears the two teens took their own lives,” Troxell said in a statement.
The sheriff’s office would not release further details, citing a policy not to disclose information in suicide cases.
February 3rd, 2007 at 03:04pm
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13 year old Kaitlin Aydall has been missing since Thursday, February 1, 2007 after she got off her school bus in the afternoon. Kaitlin Aydall is missing from the French Settlement area of Louisiana near Coyell Bayou.
Description:
- Kaitlin Aydell, white female
- weighs about 100 pounds
- 5’5.” tall
- She was last seen wearing her school uniform with a red Hollister and a brown Aeropostale jacket
Police have arrested Mark Sterling Lewis, Kaitlin’s cousin, for obstruction of justice. Mark Sterling Lewis was found with fresh scratches on his face. Could Kaitin have put up a struggle prior to her disappearance. Most probable that DNA evidence can be discovered of Lewis when Kaitlin Aydell is found.
This is 39-year-old Mark Sterling Lewis. He was arrested for obstruction of justice after sheriff’s detectives discovered he lied about his whereabouts, asked a friend to provide an alibi and could not explain fresh scratches on his face. (WAFB)
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UPDATE I: Kaitlin Aydell’s Myspace Account
Posted on Kaitlin Audell’s Myspace account is that she was 16. Obviously that was not the case as she was 13, dates of birth 5/21/93.
“Please help find me.”
Female
16 years old
SoMe WhErE OuT TheRe , Louisiana
United States
Message on MySpace account to help find Kaitlin Aydell
Kaitlin Maria Aydell – Date of Birth 5/21/93 Missing from her home in French Settlement, Louisiana since Thursday, 2/1/2007 between 3:00 and 4:30 pm. Here are several pictures of Kaitlin PLEASE PASS THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE * Everything that we send out & the sooner we send it out may help us find her. Please contact the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s office ask for Ben Ballard the Lead Detective @1-800-443-7681 ext 318. with any information that may lead to bringing her back to us safe and sound
UPDATE II: Mark Sterling Lewis prior arrests
Investigators believe that due to Lewis’ failure to cooperate, valuable time was wasted in locating the missing girl, deputies said.
Lewis previously was arrested by the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office in September 1995 and booked with auto theft, felony theft and aggravated kidnapping, deputies said.
Lewis was charged with those crimes after he allegedly kidnapped a woman in Livingston Parish by placing a screwdriver to her throat and forcing her to drive to an unknown location, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
During the drive, the victim escaped by getting out of the vehicle, leaving Lewis to steal her vehicle along with her purse and other personal items, according to reports at the time.
Lewis was convicted and sentenced to seven years with the Louisiana Department of Corrections with five years suspended, thus serving two years of prison time for the offenses. (The Advocate)
UPDATE III: Body Discovered Near Gonzales
A body has been found near Gonzales. The body is believed to be that of missing 13-year-old Kaitlin Aydell, who has been missing since Thursday afternoon. (WAFB)
The body was found about 12 miles away from the location where Kaitlin Aydell went missing
Body found in Ascension; no ID available yet
A body has been found in a rural location; however, authorities are not discussing whether it Kaitlin or even the gender of the body found.
ST. AMANT – Livingston Parish sheriff’s investigators searching for a 13-year-old French Settlement girl missing since Thursday afternoon arrived at a rural location in Ascension Parish Saturday evening to examine a dead body.
The Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office located the body Saturday afternoon alongside New River Road about 100 yards off La. 936 in St. Amant, authorities said.
The Ascension Sheriff’s Office notified Livingston Parish investigators they had located the body, the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office reported Saturday afternoon. (The Advocate)
Wiley said that two volunteer in the search for Aydell found a disturbed area of leaves and growth near a small bayou off New River Road. Upon closer inspection, they discovered a body lying there. (Ascension Citizen)
UPDATE IV: The body found is now being ID’d as a young white girl.
Is it possible that the suspect they have arrested, Mark Sterling Lewis, gave up the location of Kaitlin as a way of avoiding the “death penalty”.
UPDATE V: Confirmation that the body is that of Kaitlin Aydell
We do have confirmation that the body found by volunteers is that of 13 year old Kaitlin Aydell. We just spoke with Tim Miller of Texas Equusearch and was notified of the sad news.
Tim Miller asked for everyone to please keep the family of Kaitlin Aydell and the community in their prayers. At the very least Kaitlin will be brought home to her family.
Kaitlin, rest in peace and God Bless.
UPDATE VI: French Settlement shocked by the death of 13-year-old
In this sleepy bayou village of 900, the missing-person posters have been ripped from storefront windows; the sounds of four-wheelers and other search vehicles were stilled.
About 10 miles away, quiet also permeated the area near New River Bayou in Ascension Parish where Kaitlin’s body was discovered, partially submerged.
Handpicked flowers, bouquets of roses and a pink teddy bear were tied with yellow police tape to a tree near the bayou. (The Advocate)
UPDATE V: Autopsy: French Settlement teen strangled
The 13-year-old girl found dead last week was strangled, the Livingston Parish Sheriffs Office says.
Jason Ard, chief of operations for the sheriff’s office, would not comment further on the autopsy report on Kaitlin M. Aydell. The parish coroner, Dr. Ron Coe, would say only that he had ruled the death a homicide.
February 3rd, 2007 at 02:38pm
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Sometimes justice comes from above … Why can’t they all be this simple?
Robert Allen Billings, 58, was awaiting trial for sexual abuse charges against a seven year old girl. Linn County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Robert Allen Billings on four counts of first-degree sex abuse.
Robert Allen Billings is no stranger to being a sexual predator. He has two previous convictions for Sex Abuse 1. Billings is registered with the Oregon State Police as a “predatory” sex offender on the Oregon Sexual Predator Registry.
Robert Allen Billings, habitual sex offender was found dead in his cell from an apparent heart attack. I guess we will no longer have to worry about the corrections systems letting this pedophile out and endangering our children. Here’s one way to stop the predators cycle of molesting children and one day escalating it to murder.
Dead is dead and justice is served. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
January 30th, 2007 at 05:09pm
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23 year old Artdrunetta Hobbs has been missing for five months. Today searchers found a skull along Melvin Drive, where the family had received a tip that Hobbs last known location was Melvin Drive Park.
Hobbs’ family began to search for the missing student Saturday morning after they received a tip that Hobbs was last seen at Melvin Drive Park.
More than 250 volunteers combed the wooded area along Melvin Drive and discovered a skull and other remains about 10:45 a.m. Saturday, just two miles from where police found Hobbs’ torched car.
“In addition, there are a number of other things the teams found. We did find, one of our other teams, did find a shotgun. We found some clothing. We found some other things that need to be checked out,” said Michael Langford of the United Youth Adult Conference. (11 Alive)
January 28th, 2007 at 12:10am
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An Amber Alert has been issued for 3 year old Loic Rogers in Montana. Loic Rogers was last seen on Wednesday night at approximately 7pm at his residence on Maple drive in Evergreen, Montana.
Description:
- Loic is 3 feet tall
- weight 40 lbs
- blond hair
- blue eyes
- Loic’s nickname is “Tank.”
Montana Amber Alert
When last seen, Loic was wearing a red, white and blue coat, blue jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt, tan leather boots and a multi-colored beanie hat. (Fox News)
The event occurred at , Evergreen MT on Wednesday, January 24th at 7:00PM.
Subject missing from relatives residence on Maple drive in Evergreen, Montana. Subject was outside residence awaiting parent. Parent went inside momentarily and when returned child was missing.Search commenced soon after and is ongoing.
Amber Alert for Montana Toddler (Loic Rogers – 2)
UPDATE I: Authorities in the Flathead say that they are treating the case of a missing 3-year-old boy as a kidnapping
“I would just hope that he would just turn him over to somebody, go to a convenience store, tell them to call the police, take him somewhere and just give him up, because he needs to be back with his dad and mom.”
Neighbors have searched just about every driveway, dead-end, and corner surrounding the property where he was last seen on Maple Drive.
At a Thursday morning news conference police said that the parents are divorced, and that they are NOT suspected in having any involvement in the incident. Also, there were reports of a salesman in the area when the abduction occurred, but police say he has been cleared of any involvement.
Flathead County Sheriff Mike Meehan says that they are using search equipment, including three thermal imagers to detect any kind of heat including body heat. But, so far there is still no sign of Loic. (Montana News Station)
If you see Loic, or have any information about where he may be, please contact the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office at 758-5874.
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UPDATE I: Missing toddler found dead near Kalispell
The sad news is being reported that the body of missing 3 year old Loic Rogers was found. The boy’s father has stated that he was only gone for a minute and when he returned his son was gone. Our prayers are with the family. Rest in peace Loic.
KALISPELL, Mont. – The remains of a 3-year-old boy apparently kidnapped from outside his grandparents’ house in Evergreen were discovered late Friday, Sheriff Mike Meehan said today.
Meehan declined to release further details on the death of Loic J.M. Rogers. A press conference was scheduled Saturday afternoon at the Flathead County sheriff’s office. Meehan thanked community members and officials who searched for Loic.
UPDATE II: Missing Montana Boy, 3, Found Dead in Septic Tank
The 3 year olds death remains a bit of a mystery. The little boy found in a septic tank drowned. Police are questioning how he could of climbed in the septic tank and closed the lid. It would be nearly impossible to do.
The body of 3-year-old Loic Rogers, who disappeared outside a home in Kalispell, Montana, was found in a septic tank late on Friday evening. The septic tank is less than 10 feet from where he was last seen alive, said Flathead County Sheriff Mike Meehan. An autopsy performed in Missoula showed that Loic drowned.
Authorities said they had looked in the septic tank during their initial search, but did not see anything. They found the boy’s body after draining the tank.
The manhole-sized lid to the septic tank was closed. Sheriff Meehan declined to characterize the boy’s death as a murder, but said investigators do not believe he could have climbed into the tank on his own and then put the lid back on.
UPDATE III: Why does it seem that in so many cases like this the parents are going through a separation or divorce? Custody battles take precedence over the safety and welfare of the children or in some cases a spouse goes completely over the edge and murders their husband or wife.
In an interview with The (Kalispell) Daily Inter Lake, Ariel Rogers confirmed Friday that she and her husband are divorcing and are involved in a custody battle for their three children. Mark Rogers was given temporary custody during their separation.
”I want the kids and so does he,” Ariel Rogers said Friday. ”We love our children. (Mark) would never do anything to hurt our children.”
Ariel Rogers, who is expecting her fourth child, was hospitalized so doctors could monitor her after she learned of her son’s death.
”I want to know that my other two children are safe in that man’s care,” she said in a tearful interview with KAJ-TV Saturday. ”He was supposed to be looking after him, he was supposed to be safe there, and he wasn’t.”
January 25th, 2007 at 05:47pm
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