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20 year old Latasha Norman, a Jackson State University student has been 
missing since November 13, 2007. Latasha Norman was last seen at the end of an afternoon class Nov. 13. She has recently, according to reports, been the target of of attacks.
In recent weeks, Norman had been the target of attacks. Someone slashed her car tires and removed the vehicle’s license plate. Her father instructed her to file reports with the campus police, and she did. Last week, an ex-boyfriend of Norman’s was charged with hitting her last month. He has withdrawn as a student from Jackson State, university officials said Wednesday. (Washington Post)
Missing Woman Coverage a Black and White Issue?
Why does one missing woman get all the attention while another woman’s story becomes a buried headline? Jackson, Miss., Police Chief Malcolm McMillin, who has been heading a search over the past eight days for 20-year-old Latasha Norman, thinks he knows one reason why. “As far as the interest by the national media in the story, I think race probably had an impact,” the police chief said.
Family Confident Missing JSU Student Is Alive The search continues tonight for the missing Jackson state student
After one week, very few clues have turned up on the wherabouts of Latasha. She was last seen leaving an accounting class at Jackson state around 2:30 Tuesday November 13th. Her father Danny Bolden, “It’s been seven days now we’d like to bring this to a closure, just like the chief said we don’t have any leads yet we don’t know were still investigating, were crying out for help.” During a briefing on campus, investigators said they were limited in what they could say about Latasha’s case. They say they’ve received several tips and are following up on several leads. Hinds County Sheriff and Jackson Police Chief Malcolm McMillin says, “This needs to be national news. We need the rest of the country to have the same kind of concern we have for this.”
No new leads in student’s disappearance
Police reported no new leads Friday in the disappearance of Jackson State University student Latasha Norman, and her father said he’s staying in the Jackson area to be close to the investigation. “We haven’t heard anything new,” said Danny Bolden, of Greenville. He indicated press reports on his missing daughter are helping “keep the case alive.” He said police had told him they were following up on several phone calls but that nothing concrete had come up.
UPDATE I: Mississippi Police Find Missing Student Latasha Norman’s Body, Charge Ex-Boyfriend Stanley Dwayne Cole With Murder
The case of missing Latasha Norman has come to a sad but not surprising ending Sadlly, the body of Latasha Norman was found dead by Mississippi police after her ex-boyfrined, Stanley Dwayne Cole, lead police to the location. Stanley Dwayne Cole has been arrested and charged with Latasha Norman’s murder.
The ex-boyfriend of a missing Jackson State University student was charged with murder Thursday after leading police to her decomposed body in the woods off a quiet Jackson street, authorities said.
Norman’s ex-boyfriend, Stanley Dwayne Cole of Greenville, was charged with murder after being interviewed by detectives on Thursday, said Jackson Police Sgt. Jeffery B. Scott.
“Investigators were able to locate the body based on information developed in the course of the interview,” Scott said.
For further updates and to discuss the case, go to Scared Monkeys Missing Persons forum: Latasha Norman.
November 24th, 2007 at 12:13am
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BYU student, Camille Cleverley, had been missing for nearly a week and was last seen 
riding her bike on August 30, 2007. Her bike had been taken by two teens who stated they theought it had been abandoned earlier this week. Now the unfortunate news comes that the body of Camille Cleverley was found at the base of a cliff approximately 1,000 yards from Bridal Veil Falls on Sunday afternoon.
Another sad and tragic end, rest in piece Camille.
Cleverley’s body was discovered at the base of a cliff approximately 1,000 yards from Bridal Veil Falls on Sunday afternoon. Officials say clothing on the body confirmed that it was Camille, and that it appears she died on the mountain. Exactly what kind of injuries she sustained were not made clear, but investigators say it looks as though she fell from the cliff above.
Authorities are conducting an investigation to determine exactly what happened and they have not yet ruled out the possibility of foul play — even though there were no initial indicators of a homicide or suicide.
The area where Cleverley’s body was found is dense with thick brush and trees and is a spot where many hikers have encountered trouble in the past, officials said.
Camille’s body found
The search for missing Brigham Young University student Camille Cleverley has ended. Her body was located at the base of a cliff near the falls this afternoon.
Search and rescue crews discovered Cleverley’s body at 3:31 p.m. in some brush and trees near a rock-strewn field at the base of a 200-foot cliff about a quarter-mile east of the falls, said Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy.
Cleverley appears to have died from injuries sustained from a fall, said Tracy. Tracy said he could not yet rule out foul play pending a full investigation. Two detectives and a medical examiner were on the scene as of 4:30 p.m. (Salt Lake City Tribune)
September 9th, 2007 at 08:11pm
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Convicted sex offender, John Steven Burgess, was in a California court to face charges for 
failing to register as a sex offender while he was living in Los Angeles, CA. According to authorities, Burgess is refusing to talk. Why would he? Does anyone think he is going to confess to a murder when all they have him on is drug possession and failing to report as a sex offender? What do police officials think Burgess is going to say, “Oh yea officer, by the way I am guilty of murder as well?” While we are on the subject, LAPD, who is searching for Donna Joe?
While Burgess has not been charged in the disappearance of Donna Jou, 19, a prosecutor said he is considered a suspect in the case. He has also refused to talk to investigators, according to authorities.
Burgess was arrested late last month in Jacksonville, Fla., after police there say they spotted him trying to dispose of a bag of crack cocaine outside a Motel 6. He pleaded guilty to a third-degree felony charge for possession of crack in Florida and waived extradition to California last week, said George Bird Jr., his attorney. (NBC San Diego)
(Missing Donna Jou)
Burgess named suspect in student’s disappearance
August 22nd, 2007 at 12:40am
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Kelly Gorham has been missing since Thursday, August 7, 2007 when she failed to show up at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME. Police are calling Kelly Gorham’s disappearance suspicious. 
Description:
- Gorham is 5 feet, 2 inches tall
- 140 pounds
- blonde hair
- blue eyes
- Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Michael Zabarsky at 657-3030.
Kelly Gorham, missing Alfred woman.A 30-year-old nursing student from Alfred who was last seen eight days ago was responsible and conscientious, making her sudden disappearance particularly alarming, Maine State Police said Wednesday. Kelly Gorham, who lived by herself in an apartment over a garage on Water Street, was last seen by her landlord and another neighbor at about 11 p.m. on Aug. 7, said state police Lt. Brian McDonough. When she didn’t show up for her job as an intern at Maine Medical Center in Portland at 1 p.m. the next day, a co-worker called state police. (Portland Press Herald)
UPDATE I Searchers find ‘evidence,’ but not woman
Search teams on foot and in the air fanned out over 268 square miles Saturday during a full-day search for Kelly Gorham, a nursing student missing for nearly two weeks. But the intensive hunt turned up no sign of Gorham and no immediate breakthrough in the case. Searchers found some undisclosed items in the woods in the vicinity of Gorham’s apartment, but officials downplayed their significance. “We found evidence. They’ll make assessments about what value they’ll have in the investigation,” said Lt. Pat Dorian of the Maine Warden Service. “Obviously, we did not find Kelly and that’s what we were hoping for.”
UPDATE II: Searchers find evidence but student remains missing
Wardens downplayed the significance of items found Saturday in woods in the vicinity of Kelly Gorham’s apartment. The items will be analyzed by detectives. “We found evidence. They’ll make assessments about what value they’ll have in the investigation,” said Lt. Pat Dorian of the Maine Warden Service. So far, state police detectives have conducted about 75 interviews and processed several cars in connection with the case. Investigators believe someone knows about her location, said Maine State Police Lt. Brian McDonough. On Friday, Gorham’s mother and authorities appealed for help. “All of you people, please, dig down deep to that goodness and if you know anything, pick up the phone. Help us find our Kelly,” Pauline Gorham said.
UPDATE III: Kelly Gorham Found Deceased in Northern New Hampshire
The body of Kelly Gorham was found in Stewartstown, NH. She was buried on land that belonged to her ex-fiance’s family in northern New Hampshire. Ex-fiance, Jason Twardus had denied any involvement in Kelly Gorham’s disappearance; however, all signs point to the obvious.
Carlson said Jason Twardus has been questioned by police since the disappearance, which came two months after the couple broke off their engagement. He said Twardus denies any involvement in Gorham’s death.
The day after they raided the Twardus home in Rochester, investigators headed to Stewartstown. “The father told them where he had a piece of land, and that’s where they found the body,” Carlson said.
He said he spoke to Jason Twardus around 3 p.m. Wednesday and he maintained his innocence. “I said, ‘Everything is pointing to you.’ He said, ‘I know it is and I’m scared to death.’ ” (Portland Press Herald)
Missing Maine Nurse Found in N.H. Grave
Police Do Not Know the Cause of Kelly Gorham’s Death, but Ruled It a Homicide
August 19th, 2007 at 10:36am
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Kenny Ebarb has been missing since July 17, 2005 in the vicinity of the 21000 block of Countryside Rd. near FM 1960 East. The next day, July 16, 2005, Ebarb’s truck was found, abandoned and burned, about 23 miles away, in Huffman, TX. For two years, Ebarb’s family has dealt with Kenny’s disappearance with a range of emotions from hope to despair, frustration to anger, grief to loneliness not knowing what happened or having recovered his body. The case was deemed a homicide without a body.
More than 400 people including the Ebarb family and Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch attended The 21st annual meeting of Parents of Murdered Children. So many times we forget about the pain and anguish that family members go through after their loved one’s body is found. It can be even worse psychologically for those left behind when a body is never found. They are just left to wonder and anguish over what happened. Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch said during the conference:
The couple were joined in the hotel lobby by Tim Miller, founder of Texas Equusearch. Miller said cases of missing young men are “often overlooked or ignored” by the media, which “tends to focus on cases of missing women, or children.”
Miller was the luncheon speaker at the convention. Still, he took time to sit with the Ebarbs, gently advising them to attend one of the many workshops held for parents, relatives and siblings of murder victims.
“Everybody in this room thinks they’ve gone through the worst possible thing - losing a child,” Miller said. “I can tell them they have not. The worst possible thing is what you two are going through - not knowing. Not having that closure that allows you to fully grieve.” (Houston Chronicle)
The families of murdered and missing loved ones are a breed apart and have special issues and problems that none of us could even begin to relate to. Please remember that even after their family members are found. That although their missing loved one has been returned home, their grieving process goes on for years.
August 5th, 2007 at 12:54pm
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21 year old Mahalia Xiong, a University of WI - Green Bay student has been missing since 
2:00 AM, the morning of Friday, July 13, 2007. Mahalia Xiong was reported missing when she did not return from a night of bowling and drinking at Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Xiong and her friends left the bowling alley about 2 a.m. Friday morning. Xiong took her own route home, heading for Green Bay and calling her boyfriend at about 2:30, but not leaving a message. No one has heard from her since.
Xiong is an officer in the university’s Southeast Asian Student Union. Her brother, Tou Lee, says his sister is a responsible, outgoing leader.
She was driving a four-door, 1996 Mercury Sable.
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Green Bay Police Search For Missing Student
21-year-old Mahalia Xiong was last seen Friday around 2:30am - in a car traveling north on South Oneida Street.
- Xiong has a medium build
- about 5′ tall
- weighs 105 pounds
- She was last seen wearing black high heels, blue jeans and a long sleeve white shirt
- The vehicle is described as a white 1996 4-door Mercury Sable with Wisconsin plates of TFD-715.
If anyone has any information regarding the missing Mahalia Xiong please contact the Green Bay Police Department at 920-448-3208.
Another Wis. College Student Missing
Xiong and her friends left the bar and returned to Ashwaubenon so she could pick up her car about two Friday morning. She took a different route and headed back to Green Bay.
She called her boyfriend about 2:30 a.m. but didn’t leave a message. No one has heard from her since. Xiong was physically seen driving her car around the same time.
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay web site
UPADTE I: Female Body Found in Car of Missing Wisconsin Student
A female body was found in the car that a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Green Bay student was last seen driving before she vanished two weeks ago. The car was pulled from the Fox River near downtown Green Bay Thursday, authorities said.
Green Bay Police Chief Jim Arts said a female body was in the vehicle and an autopsy would be conducted Friday to identify it and determine a cause of death.
The Mercury Sable was found in deep waters with “zero visibility” so divers could not immediately identify it or read the license plate, said Lt. Dave Wesely.
Wesely said the tracks were found near an industrial park and they went right into the river. (FOX)
How Police Recovered the Sunken Car
July 17th, 2007 at 07:19am
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22 year old, University of WI - Whitewater student, Kelly Nolan, of Waunakee has been missing since June 23, 2007. She was last seen partying with friends on Madison’s State Street in Madison, WI the night before her disappearance. The family of Kelly Nolan has announced that the reward for Kelly has been raised to $10,000.
The family of a missing University of Wisconsin Whitewater student announced a total of $10,000 in reward money for her safe return. The money comes in the form of two $5,000 reward funds.
The reward has several conditions. It will go to anyone who provides “information resulting in the safe return of Kelly Nolan or the arrest and conviction of a perpetrator involved in a violent crime or homicide,” said Kelly’s mother, Mary Jane Nolan.
Campus Vanishing: Where Is Kelly Nolan?
A more detailed picture emerges in the Nolan case
One seriously has to wonder why discussing one’s past and trying to possibly tarnish a missing person past has anything to do with finding them. If a person is troubled or has gone through traumatic experiences, is that supposed to make them any less worthy to be found? Kelly Nolan is missing PERIOD!!! She needs to be found.
UPDATE I: Body is likely missing college student, investigators say
Investigators think a body found in a field Monday is a college student who vanished last month in Madison, where the woman was last seen after a night out at the bars.
Police searching an area about 10 miles south of Madison found the body on private property in a wooded area dotted with homes.
Dane County coroner said the body was tentatively identified as 22-year-old Kelly Nolan, while Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain said detectives were investigating the death as a homicide. (CNN)
Kelly Nolan Body Found? ID Could Take Days, Homicide Investigation
Breaking News In Kelly Nolan Case - Police have discovered a body that may be that of Kelly Nolan, and forensic teams are working to ID the body.
Police brought canine units to Schneider Rd., just north of the village of Oregon, Wisconsin, approximately 17 miles from where Kelly Nolan disappeared, where they were conducting a new and sudden search.
Police have not yet revealed whether the body is male or female, and are treating the scene and investigation as a homicide. Police are now saying that they are assembling a forensic team to work with the coroner in an effort to ID the body, which was found at 8:45 Monday morning. It may take up to several days to process the scene. (Post Chronicle)
UPDATE II: Body Is Missing University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Senior Kelly Nolan, Coroner Confirms
A decomposed body found in a densely wooded area is that of a college student who vanished last month, a coroner confirmed late Tuesday.
The body found Monday morning was identified as Kelly Nolan, a 22-year-old University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student, Dane County Coroner John Stanley said in a statement. (FOX News)
July 8th, 2007 at 01:53pm
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Kelly Nolan, a 23 year old, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater coed has been missing since midnight on Saturday, June 23, in downtown Madison, WI. From the University of WI-Whitewater website.
Slide show pictures of Missing Kelly Nolan
Kelly Nolan Description:
- 5 feet 6 inches tall
- weighs about 125 pounds
- brown eyes
- brown hair
- She was wearing a green, sleeveless top with a scoop neck, a light pair of jeans, sandals with a heel and carrying a slate gray purse
If anyone has any information on Kelly Nolan’s whereabouts please call Crime Stoppers at 608-266-6014
After missing for nearly a week, Kelly Nolan’s family plea for her return.
After six days without contact, Nolan’s family is now pleading with the public for help in bringing her home safe. On Thursday afternoon, her family and friends began blanketing the downtown with fliers featuring her photo and information in hopes of new leads, WISC-TV reported. On Thursday night, loved ones held a candlelight vigil on Library Mall.
“We just want her back very, very badly,” said Erin Delaney, Kelly Nolan’s cousin. “Our heart goes out to all the law enforcement that are taking their time, but anything, any information would greatly be appreciated.”. (Channel 3000)
UPDATE I: Search For 22-Year-Old Gets Local, National Boost
The Madison Police Department sent information about Nolan to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Friday, which will help distribute information about her disappearance.
And Nolan’s picture will be seen Friday by drivers on their evening commute. Adams Outdoor Advertising created a notice on their digital board near John Nolan Drive.
UPDATE II: Cops Look at Bar’s Surveillance Video in Wisconsin College Student’s Disappearance
The footage was recorded between 11 p.m. on Saturday, June 23, and 1 a.m. on Sunday, June 24, at State Street Brats, the tavern where Nolan was out with a group of friends until she left them at around 11:30 p.m. She hasn’t been seen since. The bar is said to have been holding several hundred people.
Nolan’s younger sister said the two women had a phone conversation early Saturday morning, and that was the last anyone had heard from her, said Joel DeSpain, public relations officer for the Madison Police Department.
The family said they knew something was wrong when she wasn’t in touch for so long, DeSpain said, saying that the sisters rarely went a day without talking on the phone. (Fox News)
UPDATE III: Vigil Held for Missing UW-Whitewater Student
Family And Friends Pray For Missing Woman’s Safe Return
More discussion from the Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Forum
UPDATE IV: Video
UPDATE V: Missing Wis. Student Had DUI Convictions
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 22-year-old college student missing for the last two weeks has been dealing with the recent deaths of her father and stepmother, and had two convictions for drunken driving.
Kelly Nolan, a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater senior, went missing after a late night of partying June 22.
Nolan was convicted of drunken driving twice in the last three years. Her driver’s license is currently suspended. This spring, Nolan served 14 days in the Walworth County Jail after pleading guilty to driving under the influence as a second offense, jail officials reported.
June 30th, 2007 at 06:32pm
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Scared Monkeys is proud to sponsor this special Texas EquuSearch T-shirt offer. 100% of all proceeds go to TES to help fund searches for missing children, teens and adults. Each shirt costs $25.00, and for your donation you will receive a personally autographed Tim Miller t-shirt, a picture and an update of one of the recent TES searches. Do not forget to add the name you want Tim to sign the t-shirt to.
TES is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit so each donation is tax deductible.
Make all payments, checks or money orders payable to: Texas EquuSearch.
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Recently, at the Texas EquuSearch fund raiser - “Hogs & Horses“, an autographed Tim Miller, TES t-shirt would have been auctioned off for well over $100.00. We can certainly order more than one and they would make a great gift. Let everyone know that you support TES and the fine work the TES volunteers do.
We are making this available to you through the above order form; please use this form when ordering. Either print it and send your request in the mail or contact TES directly, credit cards are accepted.
Do you want to know just how busy TES is these days? Since May 7, 2007 Texas EquuSearch has participated in 15 searches for the following individuals:
Franco Maldonado, Jose David Leon, Danielle Hooks, Hilario Cano, Harold Sissom, Randle Terry, Harvey Rawls, Cristina Ortega, Kelsey Smith, Jared Newkirk, Kenneth Cummings, Stepha Henry, Joshua Dorchak, Joseph Cronin and Alicia Minton.
TES always needs our help so that they can help others. Help be a part of the caring process that helps people find their missing loved ones. Help support TES.
June 17th, 2007 at 11:52pm
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Two Paul Smith College students, Sean Cornell, 20, of Manchester Center, Vt., and Lee Walker, 18, of Enosburg Falls, Vt., are missing after two canoes and a power boat capsized in Lower St Regis Lake in the Adirondacks.
The missing students from Paul Smith’s College were among six thrown into Lower St. Regis Lake just off shore from campus late Friday on the last day of classes before exams, college spokesman Kenneth Aaron said.
Four students got out of the water safely.
A state police helicopter, divers and rescuers from local fire departments were on the scene Saturday.
Aaron said state police were investigating why the boats capsized. The powerboat was not near the canoes when it overturned, he said.
The two missing students were in one of the canoes. They were identified as Sean Cornell, 20, of Manchester Center, Vt., and Lee Walker, 18, of Enosburg Falls, Vt. (AP)
UPDATE I: Body of Missing Paul Smith student, Lee Walker, Recovered from Lake
The body of one of the missing Paul Smith’s students has been recovered from Lower ST. Regis Lake.
Officials said a New York State Police scuba team recovered the body of 18-year-old Lee Walker late Saturday afternoon.
Walker was part of a group of six students whose two canoes capsized on the lake. Another student, 20-year-old Sean Cornell remains missing. Divers plan to resume their search this morning. (News Watch 50)
One student’s body found, another missing after boats capsize
The body of Lee Walker, 18, of Enosburg Falls, Vt., was recovered by State Police divers late Saturday afternoon, Aaron said. Sean Cornell, 20, of Manchester Center, Vt., remains missing. The search was suspended for the night and was to resume Sunday morning.
A community gathering was planned at the college Sunday morning.
“Our entire community is deeply saddened by this tragic event,” college president John Mills said in a prepared statement. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of both these young men.”
Paul Smith’s enrolls about 850 students and offers degrees in natural resources, forestry, hospitality, recreation, business and biology, according to its Web site. The school is located 124 miles north of Albany. (WCAX-TV3)
Updates from Paul Smith College
UPDATE II: Second body found, Identified as Sean Cornell
New York State Police said they have found a second body in Lower St. Regis Lake, and have tentitively identified it as Sean Cornell, 20,of Manchester Center, Vt.
Police found the body just gefore noon Sunday.
May 6th, 2007 at 08:33am
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