The parents of Jennifer Kesse, who has been missing since January, increased the reward by adding $10,000 of their own money. This is actually a separate reward from that of Crimeline. The Kesse family is desperate for tips and has created a separate phone line for tips as well. The new tip line to the Kesse family is (407) 722-2162.
The new reward is not associated with Crimeline or police, and phoned tips about the person of interest will go directly to the Kesse family.
“We are desperate,” father Drew Kesse said. “We need help as a family. Now, the best thing we can do is to try to find this person of interest.”
The family hopes the $10,000 reward and new phone line will appeal to those who may be afraid of going to the police.
“At this point, through the grapevine, I’m sure many people have to know who that person of interest is because people talk,” Joyce Kesse said.
(Local 6 via Yahoo News)
Anyone with information concerning her disappearance is urged to call (800) 423-TIPS (8477).
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March 31st, 2006 at 05:24pm
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Rachael Bowers has been missing since March 6, 2006. dropped her children off at her mother-in-law’s residence in La Jolla and left to attend a class at UCSD 
On March 6, 2006, Rachael Bowers, pictured below, dropped her children off at her mother-in-law’s residence in La Jolla and left to attend a class at UCSD.She did not attend the class and was last heard from at 7:30 p.m. that evening.
Bowers is 41 years old, 5’5” tall, weighing about 115 pounds and wearing a blue sweater and tan pants when last seen.
Bowers’ silver 2000 Ford Expedition was located on March 8, 2006 in a parking lot near the beach in Carpinteria, California, about 200 miles north of San Diego.
(Fox 6 San Diego)
Update: Rachael Bowers’ abandoned vehicle was discovered on Santa Claus Lane.
Deputies first noticed Rachael Bowers’ car on March 8 and traced it to San Diego and Bowers, 41. San Diego police asked the car not be towed. Local family members retrieved a purse and cell phone from the car on March 11. There are no signs or indications of foul play
(Coastal View)
Anyone with any information please call the San Diego Police Department at (619) 531-2277.
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La Jolla Woman Missing For Two Weeks Bowers’ Car Found 200 Miles North Of San Diego
Her car was found two days later in a parking lot near the beach in Carpinteria, 200 miles north of San Diego.
March 28th, 2006 at 05:30pm
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Jane Kling was reported missing from Vista last Monday was found deceased in Mexico. Jane Kling had been found slain in Mexico, about 45 miles south of San Felipe, with her 1997 Dodge Caravan near by.
Mexican law enforcement authorities notified the San Diego County Sheriff’s Homicide Division on Monday that Kling had been found slain in Mexico, about 45 miles south of San Felipe.
Kling’s 1997 Dodge Caravan was found in the vicinity of the area where her body was discovered.
The Public Ministry Investigative Office in Ensenada will be conducting the investigation into the cause and manner of death.
Anybody with information on Kling’s whereabouts is asked to call the San Diego Sheriff’s Department at (858) 565-5200, or her family’s phone line at (760) 917-6298.
Tippers can also contact the family — which is offering a reward for information leading to Kling’s location — by e-mail, at HelpUsFindJane@yahoo.com
March 28th, 2006 at 12:08am
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34 yr old Robin Mangrum that’s been missing since August 9, 2005 
Det. Rosser of the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office believes something bad could have happened to 34 yr old Robin Mangrum that’s been missing since August 9, 2005. Texas EquuSearch will be formulating a search plan based on any tips or leads that come in from your viewers/readers.
Please ask them to contact Texas EquuSearch at 281-309-9500 with any information.
Robin was last seen on foot at the Chevron Station located at Hwy 288 & FM 1462 in Rosharon, TX on Tuesday, August 9, 2005. He has not been seen or heard from since. Robin was last seen wearing a white t-shirt, blue jeans and brown boots. He usually shaves his beard to a goatee.
- Name: Robin Dewaine Mangrum
- Date Missing: August 9, 2005
- Missing From: Rosharon, TX
- DOB: 02/08/1971
- Age: 34 years old
- Hair Color: Brown
- Height: 5’10”
- Weight: 150lbs
- Eye Color: Blue
- Sex: Male
- Race: White
- Complexion: Fair
- Police/Sheriff: Brazoria Co Sheriff’s Office
- Officer/Deputy Name: Det Richard Rosser
- Officer’s Phone #: 281-331-9000
- Officer’s Case #: 1030812824
- TES Case #: 06-545
Texas Missing Persons Clearinghouse Online Bulletin
March 24th, 2006 at 11:43pm
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The TBI issued an Amber Alert early Thursday for the Winkler’s daughters,
Breanna, 1, Mary Alice, 6, and Patricia, 8. The alert said the girls may be with their mother, Mary Winkler.
Matthew Winkler, a 31 year old Tennessee church pastor, was found shot to death in his parsonage. His family was missing and the above amber alert was issued. There was no sign of forced entry according to reports.
We’re just really puzzled,” Selmer Police Chief Neal Burks said Thursday. “We’re concerned about the safety of the children, also.”
Church members went searching for pastor Matthew Winkler late Wednesday when he didn’t show up for an evening service at Fourth Street Church of Christ, Burks said. He said they used a key to enter the parsonage and found him dead in a bedroom.
Winkler, 31, had been shot, and his family was gone, Burks said.
The chief declined to say if Winkler’s wife was considered a suspect. Investigators also weren’t sure if she had the children or if any outsiders were involved in shooting and disappearance, he said.
(Yahoo News)
AMBER ALERT ISSUED
A Statewide AMBER Alert has been issued by the Selmer Police Department for Breanna Winkler a 1-year-old, white female, Mary Alice Winkler a 6-year-old, white, female 3’0″ tall and weighs approximately 40lbs with dark brown hair and dark eyes, Patricia Winkler, a 8-year-old, white female, with dark brown hair and is 4’0″ tall and weighs approximately 60lbs.
They are possibly with their mother, Mary Winkler, she is a 32-year-old, white female, 5’3″ tall and weighs 120-125lbs.
They are believed to be traveling in a 2006 Toyota Sienna Van, dark gray or slate blue in color, with Tennessee License Plate NDX288.
Father dead, Tenn. family missing; alert issued
Now authorities are trying to find his wife Mary and their three daughters: Breanna, 1, Mary Alice, 6, and Patricia, 8. According to this Amber Alert, they may be in the family’s “dark gray or slate blue” Toyota Sienna van, Tenn. license plate NDX288. That Amber Alert has also contact information for authorities.
(USA Today)
If you have seen the vehicle, the mother or the children please contact the Selmer Police Department at 731-645-7906 or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND
UPDATE: Missing Family of Slain Minister Found Safe
In late breaking news, the wife and family of the slain Tennessee pastor were found this evening in Alabama.
Thursday night, the woman and the girls were found in Orange Beach, in southern Alabama, when a police office spotted their van parked on the side of the road and pulled over to help.
All were in good physical condition, Johnson said, and no one else was with them.
Johnson said investigators had learned about 1 1/2 hours before the family members were found that they might be in southern Alabama or the Florida Panhandle.
Mary Winkler “hasn’t been arrested,” Johnson said. “We want to talk to her and find out what she knows” about the slaying of her husband.
(FOX News)
Wife a Suspect in Killing of Minister
A popular and charismatic Tennessee minister was found shot to death in his parsonage, and authorities labled his wife a suspect after she and the couple’s three young daughters were found in Alabama on Thursday after a daylong search.
“We’ve known from the beginning that she was either a suspect or a victim,” said Jennifer Johnson, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations.
(AP via Yahoo News)
March 23rd, 2006 at 04:19pm
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Jennifer Kesse has been missing for nearly eight weeks. Orlando detectives are now investigating if there is a connection between a carjacking that took place in Rosemont last week and the disappearance of the missing Jennifer Kesse.
The victim was attacked in her driveway and pushed into her car. The single mother jumped out of the moving car after she heard one of the gunmen say he was going to kill her.
(WFTV)
March 21st, 2006 at 06:47pm
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Dr. Maurice Godwin, President of Godwin Forensic Consultancy will be in Ocilla, GA March 9th — 12th to investigate the Tara Grinstead missing person case.
The following is a rather interesting statement from Dr Godwin regarding the Tara Grinstead disappearance.
Released 3.19.06: Dr. Maurice Godwin has provided the following statement after his recent visit. A complete report will be posted soon. Please check back.
“Tara was attacked and abducted between 11:05 PM Sat. night and 5:00 AM Sunday morning. The perpetrator returned to Tara’s home sometime Monday morning after 12:15 am and dropped the latex glove. This suggests that the perpetrator was very comfortable with being in the area and his vehicle would not stand out for being at Tara’s house. HD did phone Faye Grinstead around 12:15 am Monday morning sitting in front of Tara’s home and Faye in turn phoned Mrs. Portier to see if she had seen Tara.”
(Find Tara.com)
March 20th, 2006 at 10:59pm
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After the uncalled for and insensitive remarks of the CEO of Carnival Cruise; the family of missing Honeymoon groom, George Smith, demanded an apology and his resignation. Last week the CEO of Carnival Cruise, Robert Dickinson, called the incident of the disappearance of George Smith aboard a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship a “nonevent.”
Relatives of George Smith the fourth say they are upset that Carnival Corporation Chief Executive Robert Dickinson called the incident a “nonevent” at a cruise shipping convention on Tuesday.
Smith’s family sent a letter to Carnival today, objecting to Dickinson’s comments.
Dickinson issued a statement saying his comments were part of a larger discussion on cruise industry issues and were not meant to minimize the tragedy of Smith’s disappearance. He said he regrets any pain he may have caused the family.
(WTNH)
The statement made by Robert Dickinson was not only callous but one of the more stupid PR blunders in a recent slew of PR nightmares for the cruise ship industry. While attending a cruise industry convention last Tuesday Dickinson let everyone know exactly what his company thinks of its paying passengers. If anything were to unfortunately happen to any of the millions that frequent Carnival Cruise every year, it would be a nonevent. This is in essence what the CEO is saying about the patrons of his company. The comments that he made at the conference were as follows:
According to the letter, Dickinson said cable news networks were looking for another high-profile crime to cover after the Scott Peterson murder case and the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
“And so now comes the Smith case. But I mean, it’s a nonevent. It’s more entertainment than anything else,” Dickinson said, according to the family’s letter.
“The facts of the case, the story of the husband and wife, the bride and groom, and it’s just absolutely bizarre, but it has nothing to do with safety on cruise ships. And the fact that we have to get up here and defend our safety record is absurd,” Dickinson said, according to the letter.
(Newsday)
The family of George Smith was obviously outraged.
Smith’s family called the comments “despicable.”
“The lack of compassion illustrated by Mr. Dickinson in calling George’s murder a ‘nonevent’ is beyond belief,” Smith’s family wrote. “His view that George’s murder is a ‘nonevent’ is definitely not shared by George’s family and friends whose lives have been devastated by his murder and the subsequent cover-up by Royal Caribbean.”
Robert Dickinson, Carnival Cruise CEO, realizing the PR blunder and the nightmare and firestorm this had created offered a delayed letter of explanation as to his comments.
“My comments were within a larger discussion on cruise industry issues and were not meant to minimize the tragedy of George Smith’s disappearance,” Dickinson said. “I regret any pain my comments may have caused his family.”
With the spot light of the media, individuals and Congress taking a close look at the cruise ship industry due to a perceived lack of safety aboard ships and alleged cover ups of crimes, this was about the last thing a cruise ship official needed to say.
Nonevent article
Carnival president Bob Dickinson is blaming the media for making the public believe there is an increase in crime on board cruise ships. He calls Smith’s disappearance a “non-issue” that was hyped by cable news.
“It’s a non-event,” he said. “It’s more entertainment than anything else. The facts of the case, the story of a husband and wife, the bride and groom. It’s just so absolutely bizarre.”
Dickinson told an assembled crowd that he has had to defend cruise safety because of the Smith case. He called that absurd.
March 16th, 2006 at 11:52pm
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Authorities are completely baffled over the disappearance of the entire Stivers family. They were headed to the coast on March 4 in their motor home and have not been 
heard from.
Police in Oregon are baffled by the disappearance of an entire family. Peter Stivers, his wife Marlo, their two children and his parents have been missing for 12 days. The family left Ashland, Ore., on March 4, headed for the coast in a motor home, and hasn’t been heard from since.
The family was only supposed to have been gone for one day. They have not been heard from and there has been no activity on the families band accounts.
Hill reported the family missing on March 8, three days after they had been expected home and says that so far, the police are stumped. “They know nothing,” she told Syler. “We all think it’s just bizarre. It’s just like they vanished. We have no information since their disappearance.”
One important piece of information is that there has been no activity in the family’s bank accounts, which leads police to think this is not a case of foul play. “They are concentrating on a search and rescue at this point,” said Mock.
(CBS News)
If anyone with information about the case to call the Ashland Police Department at (541) 482-5211.
(35-foot, brown and white Dolphin motorhome with Arizona plates.)
Police searching for missing Ashland family
Six members of a family are more than a week late returning from a trip to the coast, and Ashland police say the circumstances are suspicious.
Peter Stivers and Marlo Hill-Stivers left March 4 for what was expected to be an overnight trip. They brought along their two children and Peter Stivers’ visiting parents.
Sgt. Robert Smith said the couple’s ATM card hasn’t been used and calls to Hill-Stivers’ cell phone go directly to her voice mail.
(Seattle Times)
Aerial search fails to find missing Ashland family
An aerial search has failed to find an Ashland family of four and two in-laws from Arizona who have been missing since March 4.
(KATU2)
March 16th, 2006 at 07:57pm
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NASCAR and the Evernham Motorsports Dodge team should be given a big thumbs 
up for their help and efforts to provide national exposure to the case of the missing Jennifer Kesse.
This weekend during Sunday’s NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Jeremy Mayfield’s No. 19 Evernham Motorsports Dodge will have a picture of Jennifer on the car.
Evernham Motorsports joins effort to find missing Orlando, Fla., woman Jennifer Kesse last seen Jan. 23
STATESVILLE, N.C. (March 13, 2006) – Evernham Motorsports president and CEO Ray Evernham announced today that the decklid of Jeremy Mayfield’s No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger will feature a photograph of 24-year-old Jennifer Kesse, missing from the Orlando, Fla., area since Jan. 24, during Sunday’s NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
The decklid of Jeremy Mayfield’s No. 19 Evernham Motorsports Dodge will feature a photograph of Jennifer Kesse during Sunday’s Nextel Cup race in Atlanta, according to Local 6 News partner Florida Today.
Evernham Motorsports President and CEO Ray Evernham attended high school with Kesse’s mother, Joyce, Florida Today’s Mark DeCotis said in his column Tuesday.
(Monkey Wrench, Official Mascot of The Atlanta Motor Speedway)
Anyone with information concerning her disappearance is urged to call (800) 423-TIPS (8477).
What a great gesture as the thousands in attendance will see the picture of Jennifer Kesse and be made aware of her disappearance, let alone the millions watching the race.
March 14th, 2006 at 06:04pm
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