Navy Capt. Michael “Scott” Speicher had been missing since January 17, 1991. He was the first casualty if the first Gulf War in Iraq, Operation Desert Storm. For 18 years Capt. Michael “Scott” Speicher was considered missing. Speicher was considered missing until an Iraqi nomad who as a child witnessed the pilot’s desert burial.
Michael “Scott” Speicher’s Status Can be Changed from Missing to Fallen Hero
Navy pilot Michael “Scott” Speicher had been missing for more than 18 years. His F/A-18 
Hornet was shot down on January 17, 1991, the very first night of the Gulf War over Iraq during “Operation Dessert Storm.”
After 18 years and so much speculation as to whether Captain Speicher was alive, dead or being held captive; Speicher’s family has finally been provided an answer and closure as to what happened to Michael “Scott” Speicher.
The remains of Michael “Scott” Speicher have been positively identified according to the Pentagon. His remains were located in a remote area of the Anbar province in Iraq. According to a witness who provided the tip, Bedouins buried Speicher’s remains following the crash.
The full story can be read at Scared Monkeys.com, The Mystery of what happened to Michael “Scott” Speicher is over.
24 year old Pfc. James Gonzalez, who has been thought to be missing has been found and arrested. Gonzalez was arrested Wednesday night after being found unharmed, according to U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Command spokesman Christopher Grey. Pfc. James Gonzalez, a soldier at Fort Hood in central Texas, failed to return to base July 13 as scheduled.
Army Pfc. James Gonzalez
There are no indications that Gonzalez was abducted, Grey said in an e-mail sent to The Associated Press. Law enforcement officials in Laredo were interviewing Gonzalez Thursday, and Grey said he’d be turned over to the Army’s custody later that day.
There were conflicting reports about the circumstances surrounding the soldier’s arrest.
Grey said it was during a traffic stop. Local law enforcement sources say it was at a house in Laredo, Texas, they’d been conducting surveillance on during the investigation.
He has since been charged with being AWOL.
It has been reported that Pfc. James Gonzalez was missing, presumed kidnapped and that a ransom had been asked for his return.
A Fort Hood-based soldier has been missing for about a week since telling family members he was heading to a Texas border town, and the FBI says the Army was told the missing private had been kidnapped, the soldier’s brother said Tuesday.
The family of Pfc. James Gonzalez, 24, last saw him July 11 at his mother’s house in Robstown, near Corpus Christi, said his older brother, J.C. Gonzalez. James Gonzalez said he was headed to Laredo that afternoon to hang out with friends before returning to base July 13, his brother said.
15 year old Alicia Cunningham and her 2 year old son Alexander Cunningham have been missing since Thursday, July 9, 2009. The two were last seen on Thursday and are believed to be in the Vacaville or Fairfield area.
Alicia & Alexander Cunningham
Alicia is described as a mixed race - African-American and white - and has red hair and brown eyes. She is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds, police said.
Alexander has long brown hair and brown eyes and is 2 feet, six inches tall and about 40 pounds.
If anyone has any information, please call Vacaville police at (707) 449-5200.
Eridania Rodriguez, a 46 year old cleaning woman went missing and appears to 
have vanished midway through her shift while working at a lower Manhattan, NY office tower just a few hundred feet from the World Trade Center reconstruction site.
Eridania Rodriguez punched in for work at 2 Rector Street around 5 p.m. and was last seen on security cameras around 7 p.m. However, the building’s cameras never recorded her leaving the high-rise. She simply vanished. One would suspect that she may still be somewhere in the building.
“She had been complaining about a guy at the building who made her kind of nervous,” he said. “And she worked on floors that had been empty.”
He said Rodriguez is married with several children. One of her brothers is Victor Martinez, a top-ranked professional bodybuilder.
Police quietly sealed off the building Wednesday morning to hunt for clues. They found no trace of the missing woman. Workers were finally allowed back in shortly before noon.
A 21 year old Connecticut man, Gregory Hillman, disappeared while being transfered to a 
North Adams, Massachusetts psychiatric facility this past Monday, June 29, 2009. Hillman is bipolar and is considered suicidal. According to family and friends, he had previously threatened to drown himself in the Atlantic, he may be headed for New York.
He left notes telling his family he loved them but could not go on and planned to end his life by walking into the ocean.
Since he disappeared Monday in Massachusetts, search teams have scoured the area where he was - but his family thinks he might come to the city, where an ex-girlfriend lives.
Gregory Hillman Description:
If anyone has any information regarding missing Gregory Hillman, please call North Adams Police Department (413) 664-4944.
UPDATE I: Officials ID body pulled from river, Medical examiners say the body is 20-year-old Gregory Hillman of Darien, CT
A part of the roof has collapsed at the ConAgra Food Inc plant in Garner, NC after a major explosion occurred. It is being reported that there are three employees missing.
“They’ve had a major explosion,” a local WRAL reporter said. There is a partial collapse of the roof at the front, middle and back of the facility creating a HazMat situation, CNN said. The cause of the explosion was undetermined, and the incident was “not totally contained,” according to a police spokesman cited by CNN.
At least 20 people were sent to area hospitals. One employee cited by CNN said a number of his co-workers sustained burns
UPDATE I: Two employees have been killed and one is missing after an explosion at ConAgra.
Shortly after 6 p.m. authorities announced they located the body of one of the three missing employees inside the building. Then around 9 p.m. they announced they found a second body.
Garner Police Sgt. Joe Binns did not say how the bodies were found inside the plant, but he did say they were found in the same general area.
A 52 year old pastor in central Pennsylvania, Reverend Jose Rosa, has been reported 
missing. The well known Hispanic pastor was last seen headed out for a walk. Rev. Rosa was reported missing Sunday, May 24, 2009; however he may have been missing since Thursday.
That’s when witnesses saw him walking through a housing development in Lewisburg, wearing shorts, sneakers and a backpack.
Rosa is pastor of Congregacion Menonita Shalom in New Columbia.
Rosa and his wife, Maggie, are both pastors. They moved to the area about seven years ago to open their church.
According to reports, Rev. Rosa was last seen at approximately 11am on Thursday, May 21, 2009.
About 11 a.m. that day, a neighbor saw Rosa — wearing shorts, sneakers and backpack — walking toward Lewisburg Penitentiary through a new housing development northeast of Kelly Elementary School.
That is the last he has been seen by family or friends, police reported.
Police are asking anyone with information about Rosa’s whereabouts to call (570) 524-2662.
More Evidence Discovered …
It is being reported that more evidence was found Saturday from the Des Plaines River near Channahan, Ill where sources are saying it is related to a body found on the river bank on Wednesday.
The additional evidence was found Saturday afternoon. State police would not confirm what was found Saturday or if the items were related to the remains found earlier. According to media sources, the evidence found might have been a leg bone.
Chemical plant worker Jeff Triplett says he escorted state police and two workers from the Will County Coroner’s office through a brush and back into the woods along the bank of the Des Plaines River…
Tera Williams: What did they find…
Jeff Triplett: They found a human leg bone… they said they found it on the side of the river…
They had their forensics kit and they all had their laptops and they were bagging it up.
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Authorities have issued an AMBER ALERT for 23 month old Emanuel Guzman who is believed to be endangered. Police say that the boy was burned by his parents. Police are looking for Emanuel Guzman and his parents, Benito Guzman and Carmen Aguilera, both of whom did not show up in court on Thursday.
Colorado Springs Police are looking for Emanuel Guzman and his parents Benito Guzman and Carmen Aguilera. Both parents didn’t appear in court on Thursday and custody of their son was transferred to the Department of Human Services.
Police say the parents may be trying to take Emanuel to Mexico.
They are facing charges relating to the alleged child abuse and burning of the boy.
Emanuel is considered endangered because he requires medical care for the severe burns he suffered in April. He has scars on his hands from the burns.
Police say they could be in two different vehicles: a tan 2004 Ford pickup with license plate number 491-SKZ or a brown 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee with Colorado license plate number 781-SLH.
AMBER Alert Issued for 2 Year Old Colorado Boy
Emanuel Guzman Description:
Description of Parents:
Anyone with information is asked to call the Colorado Springs Police Department at 719-444-7000 or dial 911
