Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Site

13-year-old Jordan Kimble abducted in Saint Martin parish, LA by Trent Trahan

Jordan Kimble is missing. Police initially said that 13-year-old Jordan Kimble left willingly with 19-year-old Trent Trahan but the case is now being referred to as an abduction.

They’ve been missing since last Friday and could be traveling in a gray 2004 Ford Focus with a plate number NWB–447.

If you’ve seen Trimble and Trahan, call the number on your screen. (KATC)

If you’ve seen Jordan Kimble or have any information, call deputies 394-3071.

From The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

September 25th, 2006 at 09:24pm Posted by Administrator | abduction, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures | no comments

Sister in Law, Dorothy Torrez contacts authorities … Abigale Lynn Woods Safe … Suspect Shannon Beck Arrested in Abduction/Kidnapping

The abduction of Abigale Lynn Woods has some to a safe and happy conclusion. Abby was returned safe, unharmed and in excellent condition on Tuesday according to reports. The FBI have arrested a suspect in the brutal kidnapping. The suspects name is being reported as Shannon Beck, a woman who lived nearby the Ochsenbine residence and who was pregnant but who supposedly recently miscarried. The suspect amazingly fit the exact profile that the FBI had initially put forth.

FBI agent Roland Corvington identified the suspect as Shannon Beck, who had been pregnant recently but was believed to have had a miscarriage.

Abby was taken Friday when a home invader stabbed her mother.

Shannon Beck was passing the story that she had given birth; however, her sister-in-law became suspect of the story. The hero in this event is Shannon Beck’s sister in law, Dorothy Torrez, who confronted Beck when she noticed the strawberry birth mark on the baby’s forehead

Four days later, the case broke when Beck’s sister-in-law, Dorothy Torrez, contacted authorities.

Torrez became involved Sunday when Beck contacted her to say she had given birth, Corvington said. Torrez visited Beck on Monday and noticed what appeared to be makeup on the baby’s forehead, Corvington said. When she rubbed the forehead, a small birthmark became evident.

In publicizing the abduction, police had described Abby’s strawberry-red birthmark. Her suspicions aroused, Torrez confronted Beck, who gave her the baby, Corvington said. (Chicago Tribune)

Suspected Arrested supposed name is Shannon Beck

The woman, intially identified by police as Shannon Beck but who later claimed to have a different name, was arrested in connection with the disappearance of 11-day-old Abigale “Abby” Lynn Woods, who became known as “Baby Abby.” The woman’s age was not immediately known.

Beck miscarried a full-term fetus on Friday, the same day Abby was abducted and the baby’s mother, 21-year-old Stephanie Ochsenbine, was attacked with a knife, authorities said. Beck lived several miles away from Ochsenbine’s residence, said FBI Special Agent Roland Corvington. (Watch investigators discuss how the baby was found — 3:09) (CNN)

The suspects observant sister-in-law noticed the much publicized baby Abby’s birthmark and began to question where the suspect go the baby. Not taking no and the fabricated stories as the truth, Dorothy Torrez confronted her sister-in-law and she finally admitted what she had done.

Beck called her sister-in-law, Dorothy Torrez, on Sunday to say she had given birth, and Torrez visited Beck on Monday and Tuesday, Corvington said.

While accompanying Beck to a doctor’s appointment Tuesday, Torrez noticed makeup on the baby’s forehead, the special agent said. Police reports had indicated the baby had a birthmark on her forehead.

While Beck was inside the doctor’s office, Torrez rubbed Abigale’s forehead with her cap and the makeup came off, revealing a birthmark, Corvington said. Torrez called her own husband and Beck’s husband before confronting Beck, asking her if she had attacked the infant’s mother, the agent said.

Beck told Torrez she found the baby along a road, Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said.

The district attorney is expected to announce charges against Beck Wednesday morning, Toelke said. (CNN)

September 20th, 2006 at 08:24am Posted by Administrator | abduction, Abigale Lynn Woods, arrested, Found Alive, kidnapped | 2 comments

Black Scarf Found of Potential Kidnapper of Baby Abigale Lynn Woods … Who Takes a Child?

Authorities investigating the disappearance of  Abigale Lynn Woods have located a black scarf near the home where she was abducted. The 21 year old mother, Stephenie Ochsenbine, had told police early on that her attacker was wearing a scarf.

On the fifth day of the investigation, Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke was hoping the drawing, as well as a picture of a black scarf that was recovered near the home on Saturday, would generate new clues.

The drawing shows a woman with dark hair wearing a baseball cap, and Ochsenbine told authorities the woman also was wearing a scarf. Toelke said she is believed to be between 5-foot-4 and 5-foot-8 and is heavy, perhaps about 200 pounds.

He called the scarf a “pretty significant piece of evidence” that he would like the public to see. (FOX News)

The question has arose as to what type of individual would take a child in such a violent manner. The mother, Stephenie Ochsenbine, was stabbed several times including having her throat slashed. During the violent altercation to take baby Abigale, the other younger child was left behind unharmed. What motivates someone to perform this crime?

The recent kidnapping of Abigale “Abby” Lynn Woods has dominated the local news and reached the national media because of the urgency to find the newborn. Statistics show there have been roughly 200 baby abductions in the U.S. in the last two decades.

Bausman said even with a small, statistical sample, there is a pattern in the cases.

“I would not be surprised if this woman was unable to have children but maybe is using a child to shore up a relationship or maybe she recently experienced a still birth or miscarriage and felt this incredible void and she saw a way to fill that.”

Bausman doubts birth announcements on yard signs instigated this or most other abductions.

“We don’t need to be reacting to this in a closed mouth fashion of don’t put yard signs up, don’t announce to the world I’ve had a baby because these people tend to do their homework before they commit such crimes,” said Bausman. (KSDK)

Experts: Baby abductors driven by need, mental trouble

What drives a stranger to snatch a mother’s newborn?

Experts theorize it could be desperation, mental illness or lack of conscience.

But a retired FBI special agent who led a study of 120 baby abductions in the U.S. over 10 years said most women who steal infants are driven by the belief a child will resolve a problem in their lives. And that problem primarily is a desperate need to preserve a relationship with a man.

“Typically, they come from a subculture where their worth is intrinsically tied to bearing children,” said Ken Lanning, who spent 20 years in the FBI’s Behavior Science Unit at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va.

They figure that once they come up with a child – and they devise elaborate plans to achieve that – “they’ll live happily ever after,” he said. (Belleville News Democrat)

September 19th, 2006 at 02:08pm Posted by Administrator | abduction, Abigale Lynn Woods, Amber Alert, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Children, Pictures | one comment

Abigale Lynn Woods: Tips & Leads come in, Knike Found and Sketch of Suspect

The search continues for new born, Abigale Lynn Woods. Stephanie Ochsenbine, 21, was released from St. John’s Mercy Medical Center on Sunday after receiving knife wounds from the attacker who abducted 10 day old Abigale Lynn Woods. Ochsenbine has been working with sketch artists to come up with a composite drawing of her attacker.

VIDEO

Authorities said they will rely on tips and interviews, hoping the break in the case will come from the public.

Ochsenbine helped police artists with a composite drawing of the kidnapper after leaving the hospital. The picture was expected to be released Monday, Toelke said.

The attacker was described as a white woman with black hair, 5-feet-8 and 200 pounds. Ochsenbine is not a suspect, Toelke said. (Houston Chronicle)

(CNN)

Also a knife was found during the search for Abigale Lynn Woods. There has been no comment as to whether it was the same knife used in the abduction.

100 members of the Missouri National Guard ended their grid search of the area near the home Sunday. Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said authorities found a knife and other evidence near the home, but would not give details.

Description of the attacker.

The attacker was described as a white woman with black hair, 5-feet-8 and 200 pounds. She was believed to be armed.

White Female 30-40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 200 lbs., dark hair, unknown eyes,.
Additional information: sunglasses and black scarf around neck and female mustache
Clothing description: dark or black hair pulled up under ball cap with worn bill gray or brown t-shirt and blue jean shorts

http://www.missouriamberalert.com/

Tips and Leads Continue to come in.

Investigators were hoping the break in the case will come from the public.

“We are still getting leads and still moving forward and still asking people to call in if they have any suspicions, give us a call so we can check it out,” Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke told Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen.

His office has a hotline for telephone-call tips, 1-888-265-8639, and tips also can be e-mail to stlouis@ic.fbi.gov. A Missouri Amber Alert has been posted. (CBS)

Sketch Released of Attack

UNION, Missouri (CNN) — Police released a composite sketch Monday of a suspect in the kidnapping of a newborn baby from her rural Missouri home.

The girl’s mother, 21-year-old Stephanie Ochsenbine, “was with the suspect for a substantial period of time, and was able to give us a good description,” Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said.

The search continued for the baby allegedly taken from her home Friday by a woman who slashed the mother’s throat before taking the child, investigators said.

A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for 10-day-old Abigale Lynn Woods.

Police said they had received about 160 tips in the case and had followed up 60 percent of those. They said they were checking tapes from surveillance cameras at local businesses. (Watch grandparents plea for baby’s safe return — 3:14)

September 18th, 2006 at 11:01am Posted by Administrator | abduction, Abigale Lynn Woods, Amber Alert, kidnapped, Missing Children, Search and Rescue | 2 comments

Joliette Serrano Abducted by Biological Mother Maria Cedano Ayala

Five months old Joliette Serrano was abducted by her biological mother on September 11, 2006. Joliette Serrano was last seen wearing a red/white shirt and blue jean overalls. She child has black eyes.

Last Seen: September 11, 2006 – 2:30 PM
Last Location: Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California 
Date of birth: April 17, 2006 Height:   1′ 11″
Hair Color:   Black Weight:   10 lbs.
Eye Color:   Other (see below) Gender:   Female
Race:   Hispanic

Picture of mother Maria Cedano Ayala accused of abduction

For more information go to Beyond Missing.com

September 12th, 2006 at 09:30pm Posted by Administrator | abduction, kidnapped, Missing Children | no comments

Natascha Kampusch Held Captive for 8 Years Gives First Interviews to Media

The details of one of Austria’s most notorious crimes have kept the nation spellbound since Natascha escaped from her abductor, Wolfgang Priklopil. She discusses her story for the first time.

The story of Natascha Kampusch has sparked a media and human interest frenzy the like that has not been seen in Austria. Natascha Kampusch’s tale of being held captive by her abductor Wolfgang Priklopil for 8 years has enticed the curiosity of all. Natascha showed her face for the first time since her escape from her 8 year long captive hell. Natascha dreamed of escaping and fleeing her captivity although she had not planned to the day that she finally did.

The eighteen-year-old said her escape hadn’t been planned that day and that it was a flight of opportunity. She thought about fleeing many times but knew that if her attempt failed she would never come out of the windowless dungeon she was kept in for eight years.

Also, Natascha Kampusch admits that there were several times she dreamed of killing her captor. Is it any wonder with the torment she went through that she did not carry out her thoughts.

“I also had nasty thoughts… Sometimes I dreamt of chopping his head off, if I had an axe,” the teenager told the magazine, but added that the man’s suicide was “a waste” as no one should resort to suicide.

(Sofia News Agency)

Natascha Kampusch would ask herself according to reports why of all people did this happen to her? During her eight year ordeal all she could do was dream of escaping.

Kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch has said all she could think of during her eight-year ordeal was how to escape and despaired when she learned that people believed she was dead.

“I asked myself again and again ‘why among all the million people did this happen to me?’,” Natascha told News magazine.

Priklopil had locked Natascha in the windowless cell in his house in Strasshoff, some 15 miles outside the capital, after abducting her on her way to school in 1998.

“I felt like a chicken in a hen battery,” she said.

“I promised myself that I would never lose the thought of escape.”

(UK Telegraph)

I tried to ask for help using my eyes, says kidnapped girl

The Austrian girl who was held captive in an underground cell for eight years has told how she tried in vain to signal for help with her eyes when she met people during occasional outings with her captor.

Last night, Feurstein said: “There were moments in the interview that really gave me the creeps. She told me she made eye contact with people time and again, and wanted to signal them, ‘Please help me’. And nobody reacted.”

(UK Telegraph)

Kampusch Interview “Gave Journalist the Creeps”

Christoph Feurstein, the ORF journalist who landed a career-deciding interview with Austrian abduction escapee Natascha Kampusch said to the BBC that talking to her gave him the creeps.

Kampusch claimed she had made eye-contact with people trying to ask them for help, but no one got her signals. This and other moments in the interview shocked the journalist, and the effect of Kampusch’s words was increased by the fact that she was not disguised or hidden in any way.

(Sofia News Agency)

Natascha Kampusch’s open letter, This must is a must read.

A transcript of the letter by Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian teenager who was held captive for eight years, as it was read to the media by her psychiatrist, Dr Max Friedrich

(The Austrialian News)

September 6th, 2006 at 02:57pm Posted by Administrator | Exploitation, Exploited, Found Alive, Hostage, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Teen, molestation, Natascha Kampusch, Pictures, sexual assault | 2 comments

Missing 2 year old Trenton Duckett, Police need help to Verify Parent’s Alibis

There is still no sign of two year old Trenton Duckett who has literally vanished. According to reports he was last seen in his room on Sunday at 7:00 pm EDT. His parents noticed him missing at 9:00 pm. Police are trying to confirm the alibis of the parents, even though it seems that Trenton’s father Josh Duckett had passed a lie detector test. Authorities are also searching a wooded area on a tip.

VIDEO

“Investigators are asking the public to help verify the whereabouts of the Duckett family the day before Trenton vanished,” Local 6′s Mike DeForest said.

“We have reports of where Trenton was,” Leesburg police Captain Steve Rockefeller said. “We want to get confirmation of where Trenton was. That is the need for the reconstruction.”

The boy’s father, Josh Duckett, was videotaped standing behind police at Tuesday’s news conference.

“I’ve given my whole story,” Duckett said. “I’ve cooperated. Everything that I’ve been doing, and so far they are satisfied with what they found.”

Duckett said he performed well on a lie detector test about the case.

(Local 6)

September 5th, 2006 at 09:38pm Posted by Administrator | abduction, Amber Alert, child welfare, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Children, Trenton Duckett | no comments

Noreen Gosch , the Mother receives pictures of her son, Johnny Gosch, 24 years after he was Abducted

The following is an example of when the tragic and bizarre becomes beyond cruel and unusual. You may not remember the name Johhny Gosch; however, he was one of the very first missing children to ever be placed on a milk carton in the 1980’s.

Johnny’s disappearance triggered nationwide fears of child abductions. He was one of the first faces of missing or abducted children to appear on milk cartons across the country.

Two photographs were left at the door of  Noreen Gosch of her son, Johnny Gosch, who was abducted and has been missing for 24 years. The pictures were of Johnny Grosh, 12, and two other boys who were gaged and had their hands bound.

(NBC5, WMAQ Chicago)

The old photos appear to show 12-year-old Johnny Gosch with his mouth gagged and his hands and feet tied. The boy is wearing the same sweatpants Johnny was wearing when he disappeared while delivering newspapers on the morning of Sept. 5, 1982, his mother said.

For someone to abduct a 12 year old boy is sick. For someone to send a picture of the missing abducted boy some 24 years later to the boy’s mother boards on cruel and twisted vile insanity.

Gosch said investigators confirmed the photos were authentic and likely taken within “hours or days” of the abduction. She said they were checking for fingerprints that could lead them to the source and possibly a breakthrough in a case that has long baffled authorities. The other boys in the photo were unidentified.

Meanwhile, others connected to the case have reported receiving the photographs through anonymous deliveries and the Internet.

(The Kansas City Channel)

Noreen Gosch had believed that her son was taken by child pornographers.

Gosch believes her son was taken by child pornographers. She told authorities he briefly contacted her in 1997 but feared for his life and declined to give details about where he was. She believes his abductors got him involved in crimes, which is why he is hiding his identity.

(CNN)

AGE PROGRESSION, 12 TO 35

 

Johnny Gosch Wiki

In 1984, Gosch’s photograph appeared alongside that of Juanita Rafela Estavez on milk cartons across America; they were the first two abducted children to have their plights publicized in this way.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Poster with age progression.

John David Gosch in Iowa Missing Persons database

Reported pictures of Johnny Gosch under scrutiny

State crime lab to examine possible Gosch photos

Police said today that state crime experts were examining photographs to determine if they are of a newspaper delivery boy who disappeared 24 years ago.

The photos were left Sunday at the front door of Noreen Gosch, the mother of Johnny Gosch, who disappeared on Sept. 5, 1982, while delivering newspapers in West Des Moines.

Lt. Jeff Miller, a spokesman for the West Des Moines Police Department, said the photos were given to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation’s computer crime task force.

September 1st, 2006 at 05:55pm Posted by Administrator | abduction, Internet, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Adult, Missing Children, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, sex offender | 13 comments

Search Continues for Trenton Duckett, Local Sex Offenders Questioned

The search continues for 2 year old Trenton Duckett who has been missing since Sunday night. Police authorities in Leesburg, FL are questioning sex offenders and neighbors in an effort to find a missing boy.

On Wednesday, investigators said they were questioning people in the boy’s neighborhood and registered sex offenders in the area.

“In the 21 years I’ve been here, we have never been looking at anything like a potential abduction-type case where it may be a stranger,” Leesburg police Capt. Steve Rockefeller said. “We have had parent involvement, parent interference and other domestic-type situations. Obviously we are looking at all angles in this case, and we just want to get Trenton home.”

The case certainly has its share of oddities. In one of the more strange connections, Trenton’s grandfather, James Duckett, is awaiting lethal injection on Florida’s death row for the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl

VIDEO

Nearly 20 years ago, the Mascotte police officer was convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl.

Prosecutors said they found the girl’s fingerprints on the hood of Duckett’s patrol car and that his tire tracks were near the lake where the girl was drowned.

Duckett has maintained his innocence.

(Local 6)

Trenton Duckett is described as follows: (Have you seen this boy?)

• Asian-Caucasian
• 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall
• weighing 30 to 40 pounds
• brown low-cut hair
• He was last seen wearing a blue-and-green striped shirt (or no shirt) with blue denim shorts and no shoes.

UPDATE (9/1/06): Tip Sparks Search Of Central Fla. Woods In Missing Boy Case

A new tip in the case of a Leesburg toddler who vanished from his bedroom Sunday night sparked a Friday night search of a wooded area near his grandmother’s house, Local 6 News has learned.

Local 6 News reported that federal agents, officers and search dogs were combing through some undeveloped land in Lady Lake just blocks from a gated community where his grandmother lives.

All police would say Friday was that a tip led them to the location, Local 6 reporter Mike DeForest said.

(Local 6)

August 31st, 2006 at 09:47pm Posted by Administrator | abduction, Amber Alert, child welfare, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Children, Pictures, Search and Rescue, sex offender, Trenton Duckett | 2 comments

Amber Alert issued for missing 2-year-old Trenton Duckett in Florida

A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a missing two year old Leesburg child, Trenton Ducket. Trenton Duckett was discovered missing from his bedroom at Windemere Apartments on Griffin Road on Sunday at about 9:00 pm.

Trenton is described as follows:

• Asian-Caucasian
• 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall
• weighing 30 to 40 pounds
• brown low-cut hair
• He was last seen wearing a blue-and-green striped shirt (or no shirt) with blue denim shorts and no shoes.

Amber Alert Post Flyer

Authorities believe that Trenton Duckett is in danger. It is believed that Trenton was taken through his bedroom window.

Investigators said they’re very concerned, and the FBI has been called in to help search for the boy.

Detectives said they think Trenton was taken through his bedroom window. Investigators said they also found signs of forced entry into the apartment.

“When we were checking out the area, it was discovered that at least one entry point of the apartment has some signs of tampering. I can’t really go into too many details about that, but that did lead us to be extremely cautious regarding foul play or something of that nature in this case,” Leesburg Police Department Capt. Steve Rockefeller said.

(WESH)

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or 88-FL-MISSING.

UPDATE I: (8/29/06) Police still hunt for missing boy

LEESBURG — Police were still searching late Monday for a 2-year-old boy reportedly abducted from his bedroom during the weekend.

The boy is the grandson of James Duckett, the former Mascotte police officer who is on death row for raping, strangling and drowning an 11-year-old girl, according to Jeanne Bragg, a longtime family friend. That crime occurred in 1987, and he was convicted in 1988. The Florida Supreme Court upheld the conviction in October.

Family members said the boy’s parents, Melinda and Joshua Duckett, both 21 years old, had been fighting for custody of the child. The couple filed for divorce in June and live in separate cities, according to court records.

Last month, Melinda Duckett requested a restraining order against her estranged husband.

In her petition for injunction, she said she received an e-mail from Joshua Duckett in July, threatening to hurt her and Trenton, court records said. Her petition stated “Joshua would hunt my son and I [Melinda] down and that he will bury my son with me.”

(Orlando Sentinel)

VIDEO for missing Trenton Ducket

August 28th, 2006 at 11:41pm Posted by Administrator | abduction, Amber Alert, child welfare, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Adult, Missing Children, Pictures, Trenton Duckett | 95 comments