The US military has only said the soldiers are missing after an attack on a US military checkpoint near Yousifiya, southwest of the capital Bagdad, Iraq on Friday. As politicians in Washington play games with ridiculous notions of announcing troop withdrawals in Iraq, our soldiers face real life situations every day. Now, brothers in arms look for their missing comrades.
The Defense Department identified the missing men as Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore. It said Spc. David J. Babineau, 25, Springfield, Mass., was killed in the attack. The three were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
(ABC News)
Missing GIs Likely Taken Captive, Iraqi Official Says
BAGHDAD, June 18 — Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Sunday that two U.S. soldiers missing after an insurgent attack south of Baghdad appeared to have been taken captive, while U.S. troops searched for their comrades for a second day.
(Washigton Post)
UPDATE: Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Kidnapping of GIs
BAGHDAD, Iraq — An Al Qaeda-linked group claimed Monday that it had kidnapped two American soldiers reported missing south of Baghdad, where 8,000 Iraqi and U.S. troops were conducting a massive search.
The umbrella group, called the Mujahedeen Shura Council, said it was holding the two privates — one from Texas and the other from Oregon — as well as four Russian diplomats kidnapped June 3 in Baghdad. It also claimed to have killed a fifth Russian.
(FOX News)
Relatives of Missing Soldier Hope for His Return
His family is now hoping for the 23-year-old Houston soldier’s safe return after learning he was one of two servicemen missing in Iraq after an insurgent attack.
Kay Fristad, an Oregon National Guard spokeswoman, said she had a brief conversation with Tucker’s parents and they said he joined the military “to do something positive for the country.”
Menchaca’s wife, 18-year-old Christina Menchaca, of Big Spring, Texas, said military representatives told her Saturday they were taking “every means possible to find him,” she said.
“We’re basically just watching the news because no one else knows anything about it, no one has heard anything about it,” she said. “We’re just going by what the news has to say.”
Christina Menchaca said she married her husband in September and he deployed in October. The couple met through her brother, who served in the military with Kristian Menchaca.
(FOX News)
Thousands search in Iraq for 2 missing U.S. soldiers; rebels say they have them
The Mujahedeen Shura Council is a grouping of several insurgent forces, including “al-Qaida in Iraq.” Insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, recently killed in a U.S. air strike, helped create the council in January, apparently to give an Iraqi face to his movement, made up mainly of foreign fighters.
In the posting, the council taunted U.S. forces for failing to find the Americans. (Canada.com)
UPDATE: Iraq Official: U.S. Soldiers’ Bodies Found
The unfortunate but expected outcome has been realized for the two brave US soldiers that were missing in Iraq. The bodies of Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, OR were found on a street near the town Youssifiyah, close to the scene of the attack.
The bodies of two U.S. soldiers have been found, and a senior Iraqi military official said Tuesday they belong to men who went missing last week after a deadly insurgent attack on a traffic checkpoint.
At a news briefing, U.S. Maj. Gen. William Caldwell declined to identify the men until their families can be notified.
(Breitbart)
Military Confirms Bodies Are of Missing GIs
BAGHDAD, Iraq — The bodies of two U.S. soldiers who were reported missing have been recovered, and an Iraqi official said Tuesday the men were “killed in a barbaric way.”
(FOX News)
June 19th, 2006 at 01:40pm
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The sad end has come in the case of missing Gabrielle Bechen. Gabrielle Bechen’s body was found late Saturday buried at a horse farm a short distance from her home. Both she and her ATV were partially buried.
Her body was found late Saturday buried at a horse farm a short distance from her home, state police said. The ATV she had been riding was also found partially buried at a large manure dump site about one mile from her body, police said.
“Once the quad was located, there were several cadaver dogs that were brought in and they searched other areas around the farm, which led us to the location where ultimately Gabby’s body was found,” Trooper Joseph Christy told reporters at a news conference.
Police have charged Jeffrey Robert Martin, a 48-year-old caretaker at the farm, with several counts. He is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault and four counts of tampering with physical evidence.
State police and FBI investigators questioned Martin for several hours while searchers intensified their efforts at the farm.
Christy said police assumed there had been prior contact between the suspect and Bechen because she had visited the farm several times in the past to see the horses.
Officials did not give details about the possible cause or circumstances of the girl’s death. An autopsy has been scheduled for Monday.
(NEPA News)
Missing Girl’s Body Found
Soon after, authorities took the farm’s caretaker, Jeffery Robert Martin, into custody.
Twelve hours later — at 4 a.m. Sunday — Martin led police to a shallow grave.
Police said the Martin admitted to killing Bechen and burying her on the farm.
Martin has been charged with several crimes, including homicide.
(WPXI)
June 18th, 2006 at 11:23pm
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Jodi Huisentruit, the missing news anchor almost 11 years from CBS affiliate KIMT in
Mason City, Iowa may have finally been found. The suspicions of an Iowa farmer, Duane Arnold, may lead to the discovery of Jodi Huisentruit’s remains.
Police have wondered what happened to Jodi Huisentruit, who worked for CBS affiliate KIMT in Mason City, Iowa, since she did not show up for work on June 27, 1995. They have pursued several leads, but a breakthrough in the investigation has been elusive.
They hope an Iowa farmer will be able to give them new clues in the search. Duane Arnold owns a cabin near Eagle Lake, Iowa, and 10 years ago, he said, he reported seeing what he believed was a grave near his cabin. Investigators found nothing, but Arnold remained 
convinced they had dug in the wrong area.
“I really, truly believe she’s right there somewhere,” Arnold said. “I gotta know. I gotta know. It’s just eating me up, lost a lot of sleep. You can’t get it out of your mind.” (ABC News)
This past April, Duane Arnold paid an engineering firm with ground penetrating radar to survey the land around his cabin.
Using radar, the firm said that it had found something that could be a body. Jared Lampe, spokesman for National Ground Penetrating Radar Services Inc., said the area looked like a grave site.
For those not completely familiar with this nearly 11 year old case. It is believed that Jodi Huisentruit was was abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex in the Key Apartments about 4:30 a.m. on June 27th, 1995. She has never been found.
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“Just help, help. That’s basically all I heard,” said Keith Walsh. According to police records, at least five neighbors heard those cries for help. Two people described the cry as not a horrified scream, but one of surprise. Yet no one called police.
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May 9th, 2006 at 01:02pm
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The body of missing the missing 8 year old Woonsocket girl, Savannah Smith, was found on Monday in the woods, near an industrial area in Cranston. The police have charged Joshua Davis, the 20-year-old boyfriend of Savannah Smith’s babysitter with the murder.
The body of a missing 8-year-old Woonsocket girl was found in a wooded area in Cranston early Monday, and police charged the 20-year-old boyfriend of her baby sitter with her killing.
Joshua Davis of Woonsocket was ordered held without bail at his arraignment Monday afternoon in Providence District Court on one count of murder in the slaying of Savannah Smith.
Friends, family and neighbors searched for the missing child when she did not return home only to learn the worst.
“We were all out looking,” Jennifer Lebrun told the newspaper. “We were yelling out her name, but we couldn’t find her anywhere.”
Savannah’s body was found by police at about 3:30 a.m. Monday in the woods, near an industrial area in Cranston, said Michael Healey, a spokesman for state Attorney General Patrick Lynch.
“She was such a sweetheart and I feel very bad for the family,” Lebrun told The Call. (Boston Globe)
May 9th, 2006 at 12:17pm
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Its official, the body found yesterday in the Bucks County, PA landfill was that of John Fiocco Jr.
New Jersey authorities on Wednesday said a body found at a Pennsylvania landfill is that of a college student missing for more than a month, and said no foul play is suspected in the death.
Authorities said there is no evidence Fiocco was stabbed or shot, and classified his death as “suspicious,” but not as a homicide at this point in their investigation.
Fuentes said that, after contacting 1,000 students and school workers, and interviewing more than 150 friends and family members, foul play is not suspected.
Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph Bocchini Jr. said it is possible authorities will never learn exactly what happened to Fiocco. He said the investigation is continuing and a final report will be due in coming weeks.
(ABC6)
April 26th, 2006 at 02:00pm
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Police have located and arrested Spencer Grant who is a “person of interest” in the death of Adre’Anna Jackson. Grant is not considered a suspect as he was in jail at the time of Adre’Anna Jackson’s disappearance.
LAKEWOOD – Police have arrested a person of interest in the death of a 10-year-old girl in Lakewood.
Lieutenant Bret Farrar says a tip led detectives to a house in Tillicum Monday night where they arrested Spencer Grant on outstanding warrants.
Grant is a transient who reportedly saw the bones in an empty lot before they were reported and identified two weeks ago as Adre’Anna Jackson.
(KOMO)
UPDATE: Man linked to dead girl held
Investigators think Spencer Douglas Grant, 44, might have information about the girl’s death because he’s familiar with the undeveloped lot where her remains were discovered April 4. He’s not a suspect in Adre’anna’s death; he was in jail at the time.
Detectives wouldn’t say what Grant told them.
“He is cooperating,” Lakewood police Lt. Bret Farrar said, declining to elaborate.
Detectives planned to book Grant into the Pierce County Jail on outstanding, unrelated warrants after they finished questioning him.
(The News Tribune)
April 18th, 2006 at 10:52pm
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Wade Lurk had been missing for a little over a week. Monday, the search for Wade
Lurk came to a tragic end when his car and body were pulled out of Goose Creek Lake. It is believed that Wade Lurk accidentally drove off the rode and into the lake and drown following leaving a party.
The car was 75 feet from the edge of a boat ramp. It was by chance three fisherman in two boats spotted the car. Fisherman Randy Houchin said, “I was on the back of the boat and I looked down and I could see the big square top of the car.” Fisherman Robert Witcher said, “I knew it was the car because they had been looking for this little white car. I’ve seen it on gas stations and everywhere.”
The car was facing the shore but investigators found evidence Wade 
accidentally drove the car down the ramp. Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Al Nothum said, “When the vehicle came down the ramp, there’s a wall and deck to the right side. The vehicle sideswiped that. We have evidence on the wall and on the car and not only that it knocked off the side mirror.”
(KSDK)
Body believed to be that of missing teen
The car was pulled from Goose Creek Lake near Ste. Genevieve. It is the same model and color as Wade Lurk’s white 1990 Nissan Stanza, said Cpl. Al Nothum of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The license plate numbers also matched. Stolzer confirmed that the body was found inside the car.
(Kansas City Star)
April 17th, 2006 at 11:04pm
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Although not confirmed, relatives of two Milwaukee, WI boys (Quadrevion Henning and Purvis Parker) missing for nearly a month believe the children’s bodies have been found in a park lagoon.
The two decomposed, fully dressed bodies were discovered Friday night in McGovern Park, near the homes of Quadrevion Henning, 12, and Purvis Parker, 11.
Relatives said they were shown photos and are convinced the bodies are those of the missing boys.
Although the park lagoon had been searched by authorities numerous times with divers; the bodies were spotted in the water floating.
The first body was discovered Friday night by a man and his son who were walking through the park and saw it floating on the water, Hegerty said. When divers went to the lagoon, the second body was found a short time later.
“They are the bodies of children — not small children, not adults,” Hegerty told reporters at an early morning Saturday news conference.
(CNN)
UPDATE: Accident Likely in Deaths of Wis. Boys
After a month later of searches and speculation fro the missing Milwaukee boys, Quadrevion Henning and Purvis Parker, it appears they may have drown accidentally.
Two boys missing for almost a month apparently drowned in an icy park lagoon near where they were last seen, and authorities said Saturday foul play was not suspected.
Purvis Virginia Parker, 11, and Quadrevion Henning, 12, disappeared the afternoon of March 19 after they asked Quadrevion’s grandfather whether they could play basketball at the nearby park.
The bodies were found in the park lagoon on Friday.
According to the medical examiner there was no evidence of injury or foul play.
“There was no evidence of any injury or any foul play,” said Milwaukee County medical examiner Jeffrey Jentzen. “The bodies appeared to be in conditions that were consistent with having been submerged since the time they’d been missing.”
Jentzen said the children could have lost consciousness immediately in the cold water.
Police Chief Nan Hegerty speculated Purvis, who could not swim, fell in first, and Quadrevion, who was a strong swimmer, tried to save him.
(AP via Yahoo News)
April 15th, 2006 at 12:38pm
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Police have identified the body that was found Monday in the Provo River as that of 
22-year-old Sitha Say of Provo. The body had been discovered earlier this week while workers were clearing a log jam. Sitha Say had been missing since last October, 2005.
Police confirmed Say was last seen leaving his home in October. He was reported missing three days later.
Detectives say Say’s driver license was found in his pockets, and his dental records confirmed his identity.
So far, the cause of death is unknown. Investigators do say, however, there’s no evidence of foul play.
(KUTV)
Provo River yields body 
PROVO — Rescue workers spent Monday afternoon removing a body found floating in the Provo River. Jason Olson, Deseret Morning NewsProvo police and Utah County sheriff’s personnel Monday recover a body from the Provo River just off Center Street. The body was discovered at about 2 p.m., just off Center Street at about 3800 West.
Two employees from the Challenging Leadership Adventure Systems Inc. Ropes Course, located just east of where the body was found, had taken a canoe onto the river to clear a logjam when they discovered the body pinned against the debris.
(Deseret News)
Update: Police ID body found in river
April 13th, 2006 at 01:21pm
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There are still no answers in the death of 10 year old Adre-Anna Jackson. 
Investigated have scoured the area where the remains of Adre-Anna Jackson were found. At this time there has yet to be determined a cause of death of the 10 year old 4th grader.
Medical examiners and a forensic anthropologist analyzed the 10-year-old girl’s remains while nearly 100 law enforcement officers, evidence technicians and volunteers combed through a brush-covered lot in Lakewood, looking for clues that might explain what happened to the Tillicum fourth-grader.
Although there are no suspects to this terrible crime, police are looking for a 44 year old man “person of interest,” Spencer Douglas Grant . According to police they believe that this man has information to a transient camp where the body of 10-year-old Adre’anna Jackson was found last week.
Police are looking for a 44-year-old man they say might have 
information about a transient camp where the body of 10-year-old Adre’anna Jackson was found last week, Chief Larry Saunders said Monday.
Saunders said Spencer Douglas Grant is not a suspect in Jackson’s death, but police believe he has information about the camp. “We believe that he’s aware of what’s going on at the camp,” Saunders said. (The Olympian)
Spencer Douglas Grant, Drifter sought in probe of girl’s death
Although Spencer “Spence” Douglass Grant is not considered a suspect at this time, authorities do want to talk to him as he is known to frequent this area. According to reports a woman identified as Grant’s mother is also worried of this where abouts.
Lakewood police said the man, Spencer Douglas Grant or “Spence,” is 
not a suspect in the girl’s death. He is a transient who frequents the vacant, overgrown lot where Adre’Anna’s skull and spine were found Tuesday by children playing. Police said they have reason to think he can help them.
“We hope he comes forward because he wants to do the right thing,” said Lakewood police Lt. Bret Farrar. “A lot of people do when it comes to children.”
Police are also hoping that a reward — which was raised to $60,000 yesterday when the FBI contributed $50,000 to the fund — will be an added incentive, Farrar said.
A woman who identified herself as Grant’s mother said she, too, is worried she doesn’t know his whereabouts. (Seattle Times)
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