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Great news from Brazil with regards to the Mykensie Martin. According to ABC News, Mykensie Martin was found safe northeastern Brazil. Family members had tears of joy 
over the news of Mykensie’s being found safe and sound.
Mykensie Martin was taken to a police station in the coastal city of Salvador, about 700 miles northeast of Brasilia, said Lt. Alexandre Silva of the federal police in Bahia state.
She was physically unharmed but appeared “stressed,” said Rodrigo Koble, an Interpol agent at the police station.
In an interview with Brazil’s Globo TV, Martin said she arrived in Salvador on Tuesday. Someone tried to rob her shortly after she arrived, but she said she was helped by a waiter, Globo reported. It said she had already contacted her host family. 
Fox News: Missing American Girl Found in Brazil A 17-year-old American exchange student missing since last weekend was found safe.
American Embassy spokesman John Wilcock said he could not immediately confirm the report. “We have no confirmation of that information, we are looking into it, if it’s true, it’s great news,” he said. Police in Salvador could not immediately be reached to comment.
KTVU; Missing U.S. Student Found Safe In Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil — An American exchange student in Brazil who has been missing since last weekend has been found safe. An Interpol agent said the 17-year-old American girl “seems stressed” but is OK.
The Interpol agent said the exchange student has been talking with the FBI by phone from a police station in the northeast city of Salvador. The agent said he has no details on how or why she ended up in the town, far from her apparent destination of Brasilia.
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November 10th, 2005 at 02:01pm
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MyKensie Martin traveling in Brazil on an exchange program is missing. The 17 
year old girl was last seen last weekend hitchhiking to the capital of Brasilia from a small city about 80 miles away.
MyKensie Martin, a senior at Summit High School in Bend, Ore., on an exchange visit to Brazil, was spotted by a witness by the side of a highway leading to Brasilia about 6 p.m. Sunday, said Unai police Detective Celso Avila Pardo.
The witness talked with Martin as she was trying to hitchhike, and the girl said she was on her way to attend an event in Brasilia sponsored by the Mormon church and did not have enough money for a bus ticket, Pardo said. The girl is a Mormon. Unai is about 500 miles north of Sao Paulo.
According to reports a witness told police that MyKensie Martin appeared nervous, but believed that was because she did not have enough money for a bus ticket. The teens parents have been notified and are arriving in Brazile Wednesday. The interesting part of this case is that the FBI already seems to be involved in the matter. 
The girl’s parents were scheduled to fly Wednesday to Brazil. The FBI was also assisting in the case, said FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele in Portland, Ore. “We’re preparing for the worst and hoping for the best,” the teen’s father, Steve Martin, told The Bulletin newspaper of Bend. “We just feel we need to get down there because we can’t effectively communicate from here and we need to be there to find out anything we can.”
American officials in Brazil are in contact with the girl’s family, said Maryann McKay, a spokeswoman for the American consulate in Rio de Janeiro, which handles cases involving Americans in the state of Minas Gerais, where Unai is located.
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KOIN News6: Oregon Exchange Student Vanishes In Brazil
We talked to Martin’s sister-in-law, Ashley, Wednesday morning. She’s been told that a couple of eye witnesses saw Martin change her ticket.
“No, we don’t have the slightest clue why she would want to go to Unai — it’s 5 hours in the other direction,” she said. Ashley says one of those witnesses was the bus driver. The driver says it was just the two of them on the bus, so there is no one else to confirm that report. And that’s not the only story.
November 10th, 2005 at 03:09am
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The body of Aaron Brooks was found Saturday morning at about 9:30 a.m. in a drainage canal was positively identified as the missing teen.
A body found Saturday morning in a Galt Park has been positively identified as that of 15-year-old Aaron Brooks, who disappeared on October 26. Police arrested a suspect in his killing late Saturday.
The body, which has lain in two-feet of water for more than a week, the body was positively identified as that of Aaron Brooks on Sunday.
According to accounts on Saturday police arrested 19 year old Salvatore Carmello Maggio of Wilton for the murder of Aaron Brooks. He was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on a single count of homicide.
Investigators said a witness told them he saw Maggio emerging from the drainage canal on October 26 at about 5:30 p.m. According to the witness, Maggio was wet, muddy and vomiting. The witness called 911, and both police and fire units responded to the scene. Galt police say Maggio told the responding officer that he had been attacked by three juveniles, who subsequently fled the area. He was treated by medics and sent on his way.
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November 7th, 2005 at 03:54am
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Amanda Bien, 16, has been missing since September 24, 2005 and her mother believes is traveling with a band of gypsies. Amanda, who will be 17 years old next March, is 5 feet 6 inches tall and approximately 110 pounds. She has hazel eyes, brown hair and a pale complexion. She has pierced ears and a pierced navel and may be traveling with her boyfriend.
A local mother is asking for help locating her 16-year-old daughter who has been missing since Sept. 24 and who she believes is traveling with a band of gypsies.
Linda Bien said her daughter, Amanda Bien, is with her 15-year-old boyfriend who she says is one member of a family of scam artists from Salisbury, Mass. Linda said she wants to get her daughter home before the gypsy family leaves for Florida.
“I have to get my daughter out of there,” said Linda. “I feel like she’s in a cult … and they have no respect for anyone or anything.”
It appears that Amanda Bien has a history of runaways; however, the concern is the potential danger that she may get herself in, let alone she is presently considered a minor.
Police Chief Larry Streeter said Amanda has had 15 contacts with police, mostly with runaway issues and a variety of delinquency issues.
“She has been a repeated runaway, and it’s a result of a relationship with a male companion,” said Streeter. “We do not believe her disappearance was combative or hostile, but that doesn’t take away from any possible endangerment she could face.”
Any information regarding her whereabouts should be reported immediately to the Newton Police Department at 382-6774, or the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) at (800) 843-5678.
November 4th, 2005 at 11:08pm
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Aaron Brooks has been missing since October 26, 2005 when he was last seen at Galt Community Park.
The Galt Area Crimestoppers has offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Aaron Brooks, a 15-year-old Galt High freshman who was reported missing Oct. 27.
Family members and friends have been searching for Brooks since he was last seen on Oct. 26. Police report that he was seen the following day in the east parking lot of Galt Supermarket, 814 A St.
Anyone with information may call 888-393-8477 (TIPS).
Family, friends concerned about disappearance of Galt High student
A crowd of at least 50 parents and students gathered Monday evening to mark the fourth day since Galt High freshman Aaron Brooks was reported missing.
His family is concerned about his safety, but Galt police say Brooks’ disappearance may have been voluntary.
“At this point, we can’t categorize this as an abduction,” said Galt police Officer Chris Sanford. “All indications at this point (are) that he is missing voluntarily.”
Anyone with information on the case may call Galt police at 366-7000.
From KCRA 3; Volunteers Search For Missing Galt Teen
Volunteers from the area took part in a search for Aaron Brooks in the last known location that he was seen.
A group of volunteers took part in a search for a missing Galt teen Friday morning. Aaron Brooks, 15, was last seen at Galt Community Park on Oct. 26, and that’s where Friday’s search was centered.
“We don’t know if foul play is involved, but we’re very concerned about his welfare. At this point we just don’t know,” Galt Police Department spokesman Ken Erickson said.
“I’m just frustrated in general that there have no calls, no leads, no sightings … it’s just a very grave situation when some things don’t happen,” the missing teen’s father, Bernie Brooks, said.
November 4th, 2005 at 08:17pm
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JESSE WAYNE STEEL, Jr had been missing since 10/26/05 in Texas. He is a 15 year old special needs teen who was last seen at home. Enter Texas Equusearch and the many inspired volunteers to help in the search for Jesse Wayne Steel, Jr.
The great news is that Scared Monkeys received an email from Joe Huston notifying us that Jessee was found safe and sound Saturday. We also received more information from one of the volunteers who took time out of her life to help find Jesse. If you ever want to know what one can do to help the many families in need who are missing their loved ones? Volunteer to help. No words can describe the thanks that families have and the rewarding feeling it provides to all when one sacrifices for people that have never met. The following is a story from one of out Scared Monkey members describing her first search ever. Congratulations Sunny in TX, we are all proud of your sacrifice to help others. Hear her story in her own words.
I sent in my volunteer membership application to TES a couple months ago. On Friday I was called to assist in a search for a missing 15 year old boy. He had been missing since just after school on Wednesday. He is 15 and has some learning disabilities. I had no idea what to expect so ….. I dressed in jeans, sneakers, a tee shirt and a long sleeve jeans shirt ….. took my water bottles and headed out at 7:30 Saturday morning.
I arrived and much to my surprise Joe Huston was the person in charge of this search/rescue operation…..a man we all know and have great respect for. And my respect has risen even higher after having worked with him. He is a kind, sincere, friendly, warm and a very focused and dedicated man.
All the TES people … (all volunteers) are fantastic. You immediately feel you are part of a very loving family. Each of them were warm, friendly caring and FOCUSED people.
After filling out my paper work .. ( this is done with each search you assist in) and meeting the other volunteers… we wait for instructions. Joe and others were looking at aerial maps, consulting with family members and plotting the search.
About 9AM we were gathered together and explained the initial search would begin in the WOODS! Oh my!! I had been looking at the woods thinking I am sure not gonna be going in there! All the sudden …. this voice screamed in my soul …. OH YES YOU ARE! I thought I had been possessed by a demon!! Let me briefly explain…I am deathly afraid of snakes…even the rubber kind……terrified…can’t even look at the on the TV…. It is explained we will be walking a grid type pattern, each searcher about 10 feet apart from the person on the right and left of you..once we reach our destination ( a creek) we would pivot around the point person on the far left of us and then walk back to the road. We would continue to do this until this area was cleared unless we found ‘something’. I am thinking no way can I walk into those woods…just no way…why would I even want to walk in these woods?? Suddenly one of the volunteer’s says, “well at least we shouldn’t have to worry TOO MUCH about SNAKES as it was a very cool morning and they SHOULD not be out.” I was praying, Oh I hope to God the snakes know that bit of information!!! At that point I didn’t think I could go on. I was going to have to tell them I couldn’t do it …. suddenly it became very clear…. there was a lost child……perhaps hurt, in those woods…..no food, water or warm clothing…..that demon was changed into an angel with that thought… something inside me clicked and I knew I WAS going to walk into those woods!!
We took our places and began walking….keeping our lines as straight as possible…right into the woods…..within 10 feet it was so dense it was nearly impossible to see the person on your right or left…..one of the instructions we were given was to make sure you could see or at the very least hear them at all times….the safety of the searchers are paramont…..the spiny, thorny vines were tearing into our faces, tearing into our arms and right through our jeans..sticking in our hair and heads……but we kept on going….deeper and deeper….one of the experienced TES volunteers brought a machete and she walked ahead of us trying to cut a path….finally we reach the creek…..a head check is done there and several times throughout the search and we begin the pivot turn.
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As per the Burlington Free Press, police resumed their search for missing teen Brianna Maitland on Friday and plan to continue looking with trained dogs and dozens of officers and volunteers today.
The two-day search in Berkshire and Montgomery has long been planned and wasn’t organized as the result of new information gathered by investigators, said Vermont State Police Lt. Brian Miller.
Police wanted to comb the forested region before snow cover set in, he said.
State Police Lt. Jocelyn Stohl, who commands the Rockingham barracks and is a leader of the search, said 44 people and 17 dogs would be deployed during daylight hours to look for remains or other evidence.
Brianna Maitland, 17, was last seen leaving her nighttime job as a dishwasher at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery on March 19, 2004. Her abandoned car was found the next day.
Contact Ed Shamy at 660-1862 or eshamy@bfp.burlingtonfreepress.com Reward, more
information Brianna Maitland’s family offers a $10,000 reward for the accurate description of where she can be found and an additional $10,000 reward for her safe return or for information that leads to the conviction of those responsible for her disappearance. They maintain a Web site at www.bringbrihome.org
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October 29th, 2005 at 08:32pm
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An unfortunate ending came as the skeletal remains were found and was identified from dental records as being missing teen, Lourin Peralta. Her parents reported her missing in July, after she allegedly ran away from home.
Dona Ana County sheriff’s investigators are interviewing friends and family of 17-year-old Lourin Peralta, after her skeletal remains were found in the Rio Grande, near the Picacho bridge.
On Thursday, investigators confirmed Peralta’s dental records matched the skeletal remains found.
According to The El Paso Times, dental records identified a skull found Sunday in the river near the Picacho Avenue bridge as Peralta’s, he said. About 40 other bones have been found.
October 28th, 2005 at 09:19pm
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Several families met with Joe Mammana, the man who offered his help in their time of 
need. Joe Mammana has come to the aide of many missing persons families by offering large rewards in hopes that it may lead to some form of information being brought forward to solve the investigations.
Those families met Joe Mammana, a Philadelphia man who first made headlines by posting a $100,000 reward in the Natalee Holloway case, where the college student was reported missing in Aruba.
Since then, Mammana has made the same generous offer in local cases,
including the disappearances of Julie Popovich, Tony Luzio Jr., Michelle Hadsell and Carla Losey. Now, he’s offered an increased reward in the 1996 disappearance of Rob Mohney.
Joe Mammana is in town as a keynote speaker for the annual Crime Stoppers breakfast, which will be held Wednesday morning.
In wanting to make a difference Joe Mammana has offered what he feels is his best way to make a difference in missing person’s cases. It has brought together many unlikely people including Beth Twitty, the families of several missing persons and Joe Mammana.
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October 26th, 2005 at 07:42pm
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The burned body recently discovered in a burned out chicken coop in Mississippi have been positively identified as the missing Illinois State University student Olamide 
Adeyooye.
Authorities say the body of a woman found in a burned out chicken coop in Mississippi has been positively identified as missing ISU student Olamide Adeyooye.
The 21-year old student was last seen almost two weeks ago at the Family Video near her off campus apartment.
Adeyooye’s body was found Friday in central Mississippi as workers cleaned up the chicken house where firefighters had put out a blaze four days after Adeyooye’s disappearance.
Burned body ID’d as ISU student (Chicago Sun Times)
A body found in a burned-out chicken house in Mississippi is that of missing Illinois State University senior Olamide Adeyooye, authorities in Downstate Normal said Wednesday.
Dental records were used to identify the badly burned body, although police did not release a cause of death.
The grim and tragic discovery of the Olamide Adeyooye occurred after owner of the chicken house who was cleaning up after a blaze there four days earlier.
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October 26th, 2005 at 06:47pm
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