BREAKING NEWS
Ill– A caucasion, badly decomposed body of a woman has been recovered from the DesPlaines River, near Channahan, Ill this afternoon.
Police discovered the body near the Big Basin Marina, near I55. CSI recovery teams and State Police detectives have set up command on the riverbank and remain there this evening.
46 year old Michael Larson of Yankton, SD has been missing since Friday afternoon May 15, 2009. Larson’s boat was found empty around 3:45 Friday afternoon. The boat was resting on a sand bar in the middle of the Missouri River.
The boat was resting on a sand bar in the middle of the Missouri River near Running Water, South Dakota.
Crews searched all weekend, but haven’t had success in locating Larson.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bon Homme Sheriff’s Office in Tyndall, South Dakota.
Crews are searching for a boater who went missing on the Missouri River.
Rescue Crews Will Resume Search For Yankton Man Sunday
“It’s a little cooler than we’d like it if we’re going to be in the water,” Johnson said. “Of course, we’re going to be along the edges of the water. You’re going to get wet. You’re going to get a little cool.”
Johnson says the conditions aren’t ideal, but they’re not anything teams can’t handle.
“There are different types of missions – some water, some land,” Johnson said. “We’ve had a variety of different situations we’ve been in.”
Around 7:00 AM Saturday morning, crews were out in 37-degree weather, about ten degrees below average. And wind speeds weren’t kind either, with some winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour in some spots. But crews say they’re prepared for the changing conditions.
UPDATE I: Hospital Praying For Missing Yankton Boater
UPDATE II: Body of Missing Boater Michael Larson Found
The body of 46 year-old Michael Larson was pulled from the Missouri River this afternoon. Larson, who is from Yankton, disappeared 10 days ago while boating on the river.
62 year old Joe Neff has not been seen since Wednesday, May 13, 2009 when his girlfriend came to the Long Branch Saloon, 68155 U.S. 59, near Poteau, OK and found signs of a violent crime. Blood and signs of a struggle were discovered at his business. Also, police found that thousands of dollars in cash had been taken from a safe in his home. Neff was last seen at about 9 a.m. Thursday in a local store.
Neff was last seen at about 9 a.m. Thursday in a local store. Prior to that, a female friend of his reported seeing Neff at around 7 a.m., said LeFlore County Sheriff Bruce Curnutt.
Investigators interviewed people who have been banned from the bar, but nothing came up during the interviews that led police to believe someone had held a grudge. Neff has not had to ban anyone from the bar recently, Curnutt said.
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations spent much of Friday at Neff’s home, on Country Club Road, just outside of Poteau city limits. Authorities conducted a ground search for Neff Friday: however, but planned to expand the search today and Sunday to include bodies of water.
Authorities are investigating a possible homicide as their were signs of violence but no body.
Friends and family of Joe Neff conduct their own search for their missing loved one.
Neff was discovered missing Thursday after an employee at his business found blood and signs of a struggle.
Police have been searching the ground, and they hope to begin searching bodies of water this weekend.
His friends are now just waiting to hear what has become of Joe Neff.
“He loved everyone. He never met a stranger he couldn’t take in as family. He had a real big heart and a lot of love in that heart,” said Harmon.
A $10,000 reward has been setup for any information that may lead to Neff’s whereabouts.
If anyone has any information regarding this case, please call the Le Flore County Sheriff’s Department at (918) 647-2317, or the OSBI Tip Line at 1-800-522-8017
UPDATE I: The Body of Joe Neff Recovered, Found Deceased
Sadly, but not unexpectedly, the body of 62 year old Joe Neff was discovered by two fishermen Sunday evening. The body was recovered from a strip pit west of Pocola at approximately 8 p.m. May 17, 2009.
The investigation continues as to who was responsible for themurder of Joe Neff.
Following days of searching for Joe Neff, the 62-year-old’s body was found by fishermen in a strip pit off Davis Road in Pocola on Sunday.
Other Stories Of Interest“As far as suspects, we have a lot of people we are questioning but we cannot get into (whether) there are injuries (on the body),” LeFlore County Sheriff Bruce Curnutt said.
The parents of Christopher Robin Coan finally know what happened to their son.
18 year old Christopher Robin Coan had been missing since September 3, 2007 when he was last seen leaving his job at a Subway sandwich shop in Enoch, Iron County, Monday evening.
Coan was reported missing by his girlfriend on Tuesday. There has been no bank activity and authorities are beginning to worry Coan may have met with foul play. Enoch police contacted the FBI for assistance in the case.
An airplane has been searching the high-country desert around Cedar City and Enoch for any sign of Coan’s SUV, a 1994 red and silver-colored Chevrolet S-10 Blazer with a temporary tag. Police said the SUV has three stickers in the back. One says “Jerry Bear,” another says “The Wizz cartoon,” and the third says “Beatles.”
An interesting story was written in March 2008, six months after Christopher Robin Coan had gone missing. Police believed that Coan did not want to be found and that he was living in another area.
But Enoch Police Chief Dave Browning thinks Coan does not want to be found. Browning says the best information is that Coan ran away from his friends and family in Iron County and is living somewhere else.
The last clue as to Coan’s whereabouts came in January when an animal control officer in Silver City, N.M., reported seeing Coan’s Chevy S-10 Blazer with its distinctive stickers, Browning said. The vehicle was going through a car wash.
However, the Enoch police were wrong. The body of missing Christopher Robin Coan was found Thursday, April 9, 2009 when they discovered that Coan’s vehicle had rolled off a remote mountain road and tumbled 1,500 feet down a canyon.
8 year old Sandra Cantu has been missing since March 27, 2009. Just recently the 
police released video surveillance footage showing the missing girl skipping along a neighborhood street the same day she disappeared.
Now there is news out of Tracy, CA that a suspicious sealed container has been found by a farm team draining an irrigation pond about two miles from Orchard Estate, Sandra’s neighborhood.
“We have no indication that there is anyone or anything in that container,” Tracy Police Department spokesperson Tony Sheneman said Monday afternoon. “But it is important to proceed with caution and with due diligence.”
For the full and breaking story, go to Blink on Crime.
UPDATE I: 8 Year Old Sandra Cantu Found Deceased in Suitcase
The case of missing Sandra Cantu has come to a sad end. Police have confirmed that the remains of eight year old Sandra Cantu have been recovered from a suitcase. For more details go to Blink on Crime.
Our prayers go out the to family and friends of this precious child.
18 year old University of St Thomas Freshman, Dan Zamlen, has been missing since
3:00 am on April 5, 2009. He was last heard from at 3am while talking to a friend on his cell phone when the line suddenly went dead. According to reports, it is believed Zamlen was near the Mississippi River near St. Clair Avenue in St. Paul at the time and had been drinking alcohol.
According to family members, Zamlen was on a phone call with a friend, and the last word heard were, “Oh my god, oh my god, I’m slipping.” At that point, the phone cut out and the friend called police.
Dan Zamlen Description:
Family and friend search for missing Dan Zamlen near area where he was last reported to be.
On Sunday afternoon, his parents, Dale and Sally Zamlen, and several friends from Eveleth and St. Thomas gathered near the spot where he was last heard from, a trail next to a grassy area next to a sharp, wooded slope.
Family and friends had combed the area with no results, and a Minnesota State Patrol made passes over the area. Just before 5 p.m., St. Paul Fire Department vehicles arrived at the scene, apparently to extend the search.
UPDATE I: Police search near Mississippi for missing St. Thomas student
UPDATE II: Search Continues for Missing Dan Zamlen
We all need to say a prayer that Dan Zamlen, his family and friends.
The search continues today for a University of St. Thomas freshman who has been missing since early Sunday, April 5.
More than 100 St. Thomas students, along with friends and members of Zamlen’s family, walked through the neighborhood yesterday afternoon and evening searching for him. Another large group of students, using flashlights, searched the St. Thomas campus Sunday night. Another thorough search of the campus is being conducted today.
St. Paul Police emphasized that students should not search the steep banks and bluffs along the river. The bluffs are especially slippery at this time of the year and the river is swollen because of spring runoff.
UPDATE III: Search for Missing Dan Zamlen Suspended by Police
After 3 days of searching for missing Dan Zamlen, police have suspended the day to day searches. However, friends of 19-year old Dan Zamlen aren’t giving up and have formed their own search teams.
After a three-day search turned up nothing, police said Tuesday they will suspend the active search for missing University of St. Thomas Dan Zamlen.
Police will continue to investigate Zamlen’s disappearance, but their day-to-day search won’t continue unless they get specific information about his possible whereabouts.
UPDATE IV: Search for missing St. Thomas student Dan Zamlen expands
Volunteers have knocked on more than 7,000 doors in the search for missing St. Paul college student Dan Zamlen, and as his disappearance nears the two-week mark, searchers plan to hit 3,000 more, a search organizer said Friday.
Chris Ismil, director of Iron Range Youth in Action, said the door-knocking effort would expand the search area to about a 3-mile radius from where Zamlen was last believed to have been.
The case of missing Dan Zamlen has come to a sad conclusion. A body pulled from the Mississippi River has been identified as that of missing Dan Zamlen on April 5, 2009. Our condolences go out to his family and friends.
To discuss the case, provide your opinions and get updates go to Scared Monkeys.net Missing Persons Forum: Dan Zamlen.
Two year old William Eschenbach has been missing since Tuesday afternoon, March 17, 2009, at approximately 4:45pm. The 2 year old South Carolina boy was last seen playing in the back yard of his home.
2 year old William Eschenbach
William Eschenbach is described as white, with blond hair and wearing a green shirt and grey pants.
As of 9 p.m., deputies said that nearly 30 volunteers have showed up at the command center to offer their assistance. They said that anyone who would like to help with the search should call the sheriff’s office before they go to the scene to make sure they are needed. They asked volunteers to stay out of the woods.
“We don’t want anybody in woods right now,” said Master Deputy Harry Cline. “Search and rescue dogs are out there and they work off air scent and turned over vegatation and stuff like that.”
To discuss the case, go to Scared Monkeys.net: Missing Persons Forum
UPDATE I: Body of Missing 2 Year Old William Eschenbach Found in River near his Spartanburg home
Sadly, the body of 2 year old missing William Eschenback was found today at approximately 11:30 am Wednesday morning in the swollen Tyger River near his home. The body of William Eschenbach was found about a miles away from his home. The police do not suspect fowl play as the two year old boy wandered out of his family’s yard the day before Tuesday afternoon.
The body of a 2-year-old South Carolina boy was found in a river swollen by recent rains Wednesday a day after the child wandered out of his family’s yard near Spartanburg, authorities said.
Searchers found the body of William Eschenbach around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in a river about a mile from his home, said Master Deputy Tony Ivey, spokesman for the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office.
“It’s real tragic thing to happen to a family,” Ivey said.
Police have found a body early Sunday morning at 3:00 am in a wooded location along 
Winton Road south of Oakfield Avenue that is believed to be Esme Kenney. Police are waiting on official confirmation until an autopsy is completed.
Sadly, the family of 13 year old Esme Kenney has confirmed that the body found by police early this morning was that of missing Esme Kenney. The 13 year old girl had been missing since February 28, 2009 when she was last seen jogging near the water tower on Winton Road around 3:45 Saturday afternoon.
A family member released a statement saying:
“Our hearts are broken by this tragic end to a wonderful young spirit. We would like to thank everyone for their support, and ask that donations be made in Esme Kenney’s name to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.”
Police have a man as a person of interest in the case of missing and now deceased Esme Kenney. Police have made an arrest.
Cincinnati Police Lt. Mark Briede says police found a man in the area who told police enough to make them consider him a “person of interest” in a homicide.
“Around 11:30 pm (Saturday) we came across this person of interest because of what we learned from that person,” said Briede. “We had the helicopter come out from the county, we called out for additional officers, we called for canine units, we began searching the heavily wooded area, 5900 Winton Road, and a little after 3:00 am one of the canine units discovered a body.”
Police are awaiting autopsy results to learn exactly how Kenney died.
In addition to the body police found a man they are now calling a person of interest in the death.
Police have arrested 40 year old Anthony Kirkland in connection with Kenney’s death.
A Morgan Nick Amber Alert was issued late Tuesday (02/10/09) for 3 year old Dominick Wesley Arceneaux in Arkansas. The Ouachita County Sheriff Department are considering three possibilities: the boy fell in the lake, he wandered off and got lost in the woods, or he was kidnapped. However, authorities are leaning toward the possibility that Dominick Wesley Arceneaux was kidnapped from his Chidester home Tuesday afternoon.
Dominick Wesley Arceneaux Description:
For nearly six hours Wednesday, the Game and Fish dive team searched the shoreline of White Oak Lake. Arceneaux was last seen behind his family’s mobile home, which is only 50 feet away from the lake.
Sheriff David Norwood say he was playing with the family dog and his wheelbarrow around two o’clock Tuesday afternoon. He went inside to remove his shoes and five minutes later, his mother and aunt, who were inside the home, heard silence. They went outside and discovered the boy had vanished.
If anyone has any information regarding missing Dominick Wesley Arceneaux, please contact the Ouachita County Sheriff’s Department at (870) 837-2200.
To discuss the case of missing Dominick Wesley Arceneaux, get updates or to provide your own thoughts and opinions, go to Scared Monkeys.net Missing Persons Forum.
UPDATE I: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children get involved in missing 3 year old Arkansas Boy case.
UPDATE II: Search Intensifies for Missing 3-Year-Old Arkansas Boy
Local, state and federal agents, along with members of the National Guard and volunteers, have joined the hunt for the boy — but without success.
Sheriff David Norwood said Friday afternoon there was still no hint of what may have happened to the toddler.
“We’re following anything we can,” Norwood said. “It would be different if we knew he’d been kidnapped, where you can take your efforts away from searching the lake, searching the woods. You could focus on finding a car or whatever other clues were available.”
The Arkansas National Guard has designed a grid search of 60 soldiers to blanket the area, Norwood said.
UPDATE III: Arkansas National Guard Search while FBI agents questioning every sex offender in a 40-mile radius
The issue may not be so much that the bar was closed at the time Dominick Arceneaux went missing, but the individuals who may have previously frequented the bar and previously saw the 3 year old boy.
Dominick’s grandmother, Martha Cortez, who drove in from Louisiana earlier this week, said she is suspicious of the bar near the family’s trailer. The Wild Horse Saloon is owned by her sister and brother-in-law. The bar gave her a bad feeling.
“I just feel like – something right there – at that barroom,” Cortez said without finishing her thought.
Jack Mitchell, who owns the bar, said earlier this week that it was closed Monday and Tuesday.
UPDATE IV: Sad Conclusion, Body found identified as missing Dominick Arceneaux
Searchers on Wednesday found the body of a 3-year-old Chidester boy missing for more than a week, only a few hundred feet down the shoreline from where his mother kept an anxious vigil on White Oak Lake.
Ouachita County Sheriff David Norwood told The Associated Press that rescuers found the body of Dominick Arceneaux, barefoot and clad in blue jean shorts, floating in the water around 11:45 a.m. Dominick’s body rested on the water only 10 feet from the shore, Norwood said.
Dominick’s body was taken to the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock for an autopsy.
31 year old Shawn Waters has been missing since Sunday evening, November 23, 
2008 when he went fishing in a ganoe, a canoe with an outboard motor, near Merritt Island on Sunday evening. Waters’ truck was found near the entrance to the Pine Island conservation area on Merritt Island and Waters’ boat was found Monday afternoon at Manatee Cove, which is nearly a mile south of Pine Island. The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing Brevard County fisherman, Shawn Waters. It is reported that Waters was wearing a life jacket.
Waters’ truck was found near the entrance to the Pine Island conservation area on Merritt Island where he usually parks for fishing trips.
Deputies said Waters’ boat was found Monday afternoon at Manatee Cove, which is nearly a mile south of Pine Island. A resident found the overturned boat, and called authorities after watching Eyewitness News at 11, Tuesday night.
The Coast Guard had been using a helicopter and two boats to conduct the search. A helicopter from Patrick Air Force Base and members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and deputies from the Brevard County Sheriff’s office also helped.
“It is always a tough decision to suspend a search,” said Capt. Paul Thomas of the Coast Guard. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.”
Boater finds missing angler’s watercraft
Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Linda Moros said authorities concentrated their search on the area where the boat was found capsized with nothing in it just north of Manatee Cove, about 110 yards off an island in the Pine Island Conservation Area on Merritt Island.
Waters went fishing there Sunday in his flat-bottomed, light-blue “Gheenoe” and failed to return.
A Gheenoe is a flat-bottomed boat similar to a canoe that is equipped with an outboard motor.
The Gheenoe was found overturned by a fisherman around 4 p.m. Monday. The fisherman said he realized the boat he found and took home might belong to Waters after he saw reports about efforts to locate the missing boater on television news, Moros said.
EquuSearch To Help Search For Missing Boater
Officials with Texas EquuSearch said the search and recovery group planned to help look for missing boater Sean Waters in Brevard County Sunday.
Waters went fishing last weekend in Pine Island Conservation Area, and has not been seen since.
Crews spent hours searching the area in the last week looking for Waters, and found his boat overturned and abandoned.
UPDATE I: Body discovered in Manatee Cove identified
The body discovered near Manatee Cove has been identified as Jonathan Shawn Evans Waters, the boater who was reported missing more than a week ago in the Indian River in Merritt Island.
Water’s body was found near a camp where he had been before he went missing. He was found at 1 p.m. today floating face down and 10 feet away from the shoreline.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the incident as a boating accident. There are no signs of foul play.
