Three year old British toddler, Madeleine McCann, disappeared from the resort that her 
family was staying in Praia da Luz, Portugal. Police have initially speculated that she was abducted by a pedophile. Time is of the essence and the clock is running to save this child from a sexual predator.
Police searching for a British toddler abducted during a family holiday in Portugal, fear she has been taken by a paedophile.
Three year old Madeleine McCann disappeared from a tourist resort in Praia da Luz on Thursday evening, while her parents were dining nearby.
The couple has released new photographs of her to help with the search. (Sky News)
VIDEO of search and story
Pedophile seized British toddler, say Portuguese police
Police searching for a British toddler abducted while on holiday in Portugal fear she has been snatched by a pedophile.
Madeleine vanished between 9pm and 10pm on Thursday night from her room at a holiday complex in Praia da Luz, a fishing village on the Algarve, as she slept between her twin brother and sister, aged two. (Sydney Morning Herald)
(missing 3 year old Madeleine McCann)
Police believe that Madeleine is still alive and being held 2-3 miles from where she was abducted.
Madeleine was taken from the ground-floor apartment at the Mark Warner Ocean Club holiday village between 9:30pm and 10pm. Mrs McCann found that the outside shutter and window to Madeleine’s room had been opened and her daughter was missing shortly before 10pm local time.
Detectives searching for Madeleine have said they are convinced the child is still alive, that they know the “prime suspect” and that she is being held close to the resort. Police also said they had an artist’s impression of the suspect, which they were not releasing for fear of endangering Madeleine’s life. (The Scotsman)
There are numerous media reports of the police drawing heavy criticism for the manner in how this case was initially handled.
UPDATE I: Portuguese police under fire over missing UK girl, 3
But there were recriminations in the Portugese media over the police’s handling of the investigation in the first few hours after Madeleine’s disappearance.
The Portugese daily newspaper, Diario de Noticias, claimed that border police were not told that a child had been kidnapped until about midday on Friday, more than 12 hours after Madeleine was reported missing.
As a member of the EU, Portugal has no border controls with Spain, and motorists can cross from one country to the other unchecked.
The newspaper claimed that proper procedure would have been for Portugal’s Judicial Police – the local equivalent of CID – to have tipped off the country’s Borders and Aliens Service as soon as they knew that a child had been kidnapped.
Another paper, Correio de Manha, said the main border crossing from the Portuguese Algarve to Spain had no special controls in place whatsoever until Saturday afternoon. (NZ Herald)
UPDATE II: UK girl’s parents pray for her return
VIDEO of parents plea for safe return
Gerry and Kate McCann attended church in the Praia da Luz holiday village, where their daughter Madeleine disappeared on Thursday night from the family’s villa apartment.
“Please continue to pray for Madeleine,” Kate McCann said as she and her husband left the church in a statement to reporters waiting outside.
“From today’s service the thing we are going to take from this is strength and courage and hope, we continue to hope for the best possible outcome from this for us and for Madeleine,” her husband added.
UPDATE III: Balding man seen dragging blonde girl towards marina
Portuguese police investigating the abduction of Madeleine McCann are hunting for a balding man who is believed to have been seen dragging a girl to a marina in a town close to where she disappeared.
Detectives have not identified the man but have said that he is a suspect in the kidnapping of Madeleine from a holiday apartment on the Algarve on Thursday night
A police artist’s impression of a balding man who was seen with a blonde girl similar to Madeleine shows just the back of his head. He is described as being white, 5ft 11in and is understood to have been wearing white trousers. The man is believed to have been seen dragging the girl on a road leading to a marina in the town of Lagos, about 5 miles (8km) from Praia da Luz. Another witness is reported to have seen a girl struggling in the back of a car on a road leading from Praia da Luz. (Times on Line)
May 6th, 2007 at 10:01pm
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Search and rescue workers continue to look for missing persons and possible survivors 
in Greensburg, KS after severe weather and tornadoes desimated the town on Friday and over the weekend. At least 8 people have died in the Greensburg area from the violent weather; however, authorities are still optimistic that they will find survivors and continue to call it a “search and rescue” mission.
GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Searchers went back to work Sunday looking for anyone who might have been trapped since a tornado wiped most of this south-central Kansas town off the map. “At this point, it’s still a search and rescue mission,” Kansas state trooper Ronald Knoefel said. “We don’t want to give up hope.”
Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the state’s adjutant general, said officials did not know how many people are missing.
“A lot of people have gone to other places and it’s difficult to track them down,” he said.
At least 10 people were known dead from weekend storms. Eight of them were in the Greensburg area and two others died elsewhere in Kansas – one during the Friday night storms that hammered Greensburg and one in a second round of storms late Saturday, state officials said.
The storms in Kansas were parts of a weekend of violent weather, with tornadoes also dashing across other parts of the Plains states late Saturday. And on Sunday, the National Weather Service posted a new tornado warning for south-central Kansas, saying a funnel cloud was spotted near Corwin, 65 miles southeast of Greensburg.
The Greensburg, KS area has just been destroyed as almost every thing in the town was destroyed. The town has literally been wiped off the map. Check out the video of the damage and devastation caused by the tornado.
Hewitt estimated 95 percent of the town of 1,500 was destroyed and predicted rescue efforts could take days as survivors could be trapped in basements and under rubble.
“This is one of the most devastating tornadoes we have had in Kansas,” said U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran.
At a shelter in neighboring Haviland, Cheryll Behm said her home in Greensburg is probably repairable, unlike the rest of the town.
“I am concerned Greensburg never will be built,” said Behm, a nurse’s aide at the Greensburg hospital. “There is no place to go back to work to. All of Main Street is gone.”
Go to Post Chronicle.com for many more links to video footage.
May 6th, 2007 at 01:22pm
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Its has been a little over a year since 3 year old Kendrick Jackson went missing. 
There are still no answers as to what happened to Kendrick Jackson. Some one out there has to have seen something. If so, please contact the police.
Even though Kendrick’s family is holding out hope that the boy is alive, Houston police homicide investigator Edward Gonzalez said today the investigation has been classified as a homicide, because foul play is considered likely.
Gonzalez urged anyone with information about the year-old case to come forward. Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest.
“There is someone out there who saw something,” Gonzalez said. “Maybe they fear retaliation, and that’s why they didn’t come forward.”
Kendrick was staying at the west Houston apartment of his father, Roderick Fountain, when he disappeared April 7, 2006. His father said the boy walked out of the apartment as he was doing laundry.
Thousands of volunteers searched for the boy. Houston police homicide investigator Roger Chappell said Fountain became a suspect because of “red flags” in his statements. (Houston Chronicle)
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.
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3 year old Isaiah Vargas from Mesa, AZ has been kidnapped from the parking lot of his apartment complex near McKellips Road and Mesa Drive on Thursday around 9:45 p.m. Three African-American men are believed to be involved in the kidnapping. The suspects got out of a green VW Jetta.
No Amber Alert has been issued by the police as they claim that this case does not meet all the requirements. This is something that we will never understand why children are put at risk and exclusions are put on Ambers. One would think this is about the safety of children. Police are stating that the boy is missing and in danger.
(Isaiah Vargas & Suspect rendering)
The parents of a 3-year-old boy kidnapped from the parking lot of his apartment complex made a tearful plea Friday.
“I just want him to come home, that’s it,” said Tyrece Young, Isaiah Vargas’s father. (KPKO)
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Description:
- Isaiah is 3 feet tall
- weighs 29 pounds
- He has brown hair, brown eyes and a slight scar on his right forehead
- He was last seen wearing blue jeans a red jersey with an unknown number on the front and “FUBU” on the back.
Police searching for kidnapped 3-year-old
His father told police a dark green Volkswagon Jetta pulled into the parking lot. Two men got out. They starting hitting one of Isaiah’s family members and then took the boy.
Arizona Police Search for 3-Year-Old Abducted Boy
Isaiah’s father told police that a family acquaintance had just arrived at the complex with his son inside the vehicle when a dark green Volkswagen Jetta pulled up next to it.
The father said two black males assaulted the family acquaintance, grabbed Isaiah and took off n the Jetta, which was driven by a third person. Police said in a press release that the gender and physical description of the driver is unknown. The Jetta drove off in an unknown direction. (Fox News)
Anyone with any information is urged to call the Mesa Police Department at 480-644-2211.
UPDATE I: Mesa boy found dead; father’s fiancée admits role
A 3-year-old boy missing since Thursday night was found dead early today along a north Mesa canal, and his father’s fiancée admitted a role in the murder, Mesa police said.
Isaiah Vargas’ body was found near Stapley and McKellips roads three days after he was reported kidnapped from the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex by his father’s fiancée, Heather Miller.
The cause of death was not released, and police said it does not appear Isaiah’s family was involved. (AZ Central)
March 31st, 2007 at 12:08pm
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Jesus Andrav attended class at Brinton Elementary School on Friday, March 30, 2007 and has not been seen from since.
Description:
- Jesus is described as Hispanic
- 4-feet-6-inches tall
- 80 pounds
- with black hair and brown eyes
- He was last seen wearing red sweat pants, a white shirt and black shoes.
Jesus’ family has been looking for the boy since 2:45 p.m., checking the homes of friends and other places where he might hang out. They reported him missing to authorities about 6:30 p.m.
The boy’s home is within a mile of the elementary school near Southern Avenue and Meridian Road, which is in a county island.
“This is not common (for him),” Chagolla said. “He has not been missing before.” (AZ Central)
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AMBER ALERT was issued in Washington State for 2 year old Lars Baugher and 4 year old Remi Baugher. They were taken by their father, John Baugher. Authorities fear for the children’s safety due to the fathers mental health.
(John Baugher, father)
Mental problems had plagued him, and after his divorce, he lost custody.
During his marriage, police say they were called to the Baugher home for domestic problems, but he’d just been granted limited custody by the courts.
Now the family hopes the man they once called a good father will seek help.
“I believe in my heart that if he knew the damage he was doing to their emotional state that he wouldn’t be doing it, but he doesn’t realize that at this point,” said Pierre Remillard, the children’s great uncle and their mother’s uncle. (KNDO)
John Baugher, 34, is 5 feet 7 inches tall and 140 pounds with brown hair and green eyes.
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Name: John Baugher
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DOB: 0000-00-00
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Age: 34
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Race: White
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Gender/Sex: M
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Hair Color: Brown
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Eye Color: Green
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Height: 5′ 7″
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Weight: 140
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Clothing: 03-27-2007 @ 2000 hrs; Believed to be wearing GREEN ARMY COLORED BUTTON UP SHIRT, GRAY SWEATSHIRT TYPE JACKET AND PANTS.
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Other: Has 3-4 days growth of beard, quite heavy and black.
(Lars Baugher)
Lars Baugher, 2, is about 2 feet 7 inches tall and 29 pounds with blond hair and green eyes. He was last seen wearing a brown or green jacket, jeans and black Converse shoes.
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Name: Lars Baugher
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DOB: 2004-05-30
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Age: 2
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Race: White
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Gender/Sex: M
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Hair Color: Blonde
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Eye Color: Green
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Height: 2′ 7″
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Weight: 29
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Clothing: Brown or green jacket, blue jeans, black Converse shoes. 03-27-2007 @ 2000 hrs; Believed to be wearing POWDER BLUE SWEATSHIRT JACKET, GREEN & WHITE SHIRT, GRASS GREEN PANTS, AND BLUE TENNIS SHOES
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Other: Hair has been cut shorter and darkened but is still blonde.
(Remi Baugher)
Remi Baugher, 4, is 3 feet 1 inch tall and 37 pounds with blond hair and hazel eyes. She was wearing a pink jacket with a yellow jacket on top, jeans and Strawberry Shortcake shoes.
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Name: Remi Baugher
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DOB: 2002-05-19
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Age: 4
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Race: white
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Gender/Sex: F
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Hair Color: Blonde
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Eye Color: Hazel
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Height: 3′ 1″
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Weight: 37
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Clothing: Pink jacket w/heavier yellow jacket over the top, blue jeans, Strawberry Shortcake shoes. 03-27-2007 @ 2000 hrs; believed to be wearing SPORTS LOGO JACKET-POSSIBLY REVERSABLE, JEANS, NAVY OR BLACK TENNIS SHOES.
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Other: Hair cut shorter (poorly) and darkened, but still blonde.
The car, a 1978 two-toned brown Volkswagon Transporter Van, was found abandoned. (KOIN)
UPDATE I: Empty van found; children still missing
A van connected to a Washington State Patrol Amber Alert was found in Stevens County on Monday, but authorities were still looking for the two missing children – 2-year-old Lars Baugher and 4-year-old Remi Baugher – and their father, John Baugher.
UPDATE II: Police: Confirmed sighting of missing kids in Missoula, Montana
Investigators announced Tuesday evening that two children and their father, sought as part of an Amber Alert, were spotted in the Missoula, Montana.
Police said the three were seen at a fast food restaurant and that they appear different from photos released when the alert was first issued. (KOMO-TV)
Reports: Father, Missing Kids Seen In Montana
According to tips authorities have received from the public, two young Washington state children who are the subjects of an Amber Alert and their father were reportedly seen in Missoula, Montana, Monday at a fast food restaurant.
KHQ-TV of Spokane reports that the FBI told the Missoula County sheriff’s office that an ATM card belonging to the father, John Baugher, was used at an ATM near the Missoula airport. (KIRO-TV)
UPDATE III: Reports: Father, 2 Missing Kids Reportedly Seen in Montana
According to reports the children appear to have shorter hair than they did when they initially disappeared. An obvious attempt by John Baugher to conceal the children’s identities. The positive sign is that the children are still alive and unharmed.
The children, Remi Baugher, 4, and 2-year-old Lars Baugher, both reportedly had shorter hair than when they disappeared, according to the tips. The man with them had several days’ growth of beard.
Baugher, 34, was charged Monday in Walla Walla County, Wash., Superior Court with two counts of first-degree custodial interference, accused of failing to return his children to their mother, who has custody, after a visit, Walla Walla police said. A warrant was issued for his arrest, with bail set at $100,000. (Fox News)
UPDATE IV: KXLY tip aids in Amber Alert arrest , Family overjoyed Lars and Remi Baugher are safe
SPOKANE — Acting on a tip from a KXLY4 reporter, authorities in Idaho Springs, Colorado have arrested John Baugher, the subject of a regional Amber Alert after he failed to return his two children to his ex-wife over the weekend.
The children, Lars and Remi Baugher, were taken to the local police station in Idaho Springs. Baugher was arrested without incident and taken to the Clear Creek County Jail where he has already been scheduled for his first court appearance Friday morning.
March 28th, 2007 at 12:54pm
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14 year old Jameesha Terry has been missing since Monday when she got off her school bus at 3:30pm and has not been seen from since.
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Description:
- 5’4” tall
- weighs between 90-100 lbs
- She was last seen wearing a red shirt and blue jeans.
Her family thinks that foul play is involved in her disappearance for a couple of reasons:
- Earlier this month, Terry was badly beaten up at school and her family has since pressed charges against her attackers.
- Since then, Terry has been bullied at school and on several occasions, harassed on her way home.
- On Monday, her family’s home was broken into and vandalized. The letters CWI were spray painted all over the exterior of the home.
If anyone has any information please call the California City Police Department at 760-373-8606.
UPDATE I: Authorities Search Home Of Missing Girl’s Uncle. Body Of Young Woman Found In Adjacent Field
The FBI and California City Police searched the home Monday of a man who is the uncle of a missing teenager, according to the FBI. A young girl’s body was found Sunday near the uncle’s residence. Authorities have not positively identified the body.
UPDATE II: California City Body Identified As Missing Girl
The body of a female found in a dirt field in California City last week has been identified as Jamesha Terry, 14, who has been missing for several weeks.
The coroner’s office is calling it a suspicious death, but need to complete further analysis before they can rule her death a homicide.
FBI agents and Kern County coroner’s officials used dental records to identify the body that was badly decomposed.
Terry was found before 6 p.m. Sunday in a field on the 21000 block of Neuralia Road.
Authorities searched Terry’s uncle’s apartment, which is 100 yards away from the field, and questioned him Monday, although he is not considered a suspect at this point. (KERO-23)
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AMBER ALERT issued for 7 year old Debra Ingram.
There’s an amber alert out for a seven-year-old girl missing from the Detroit area. Debrea Ingram is a black female, 3-feet tall and she weighs 69 pounds. Debrea has green eyes, brown hair and was wearing a white sweater, jeans, black shoes and a black jacket.
She was last with 21-year-old Toria Bradley. Bradley was seen driving a 80′s model Ford T-Bird. If you see either one, you’re asked to call 911 right away. (WLNS)
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Michael Auberry, a 12 year old Boy Scout from Troop 230 of Greensboro, NC was reported missing in Doughton State Park located near Stone Mountain State Park. At the time the Boy Scout went missing he was wearing pants, a shirt and a coat.
MISSING BOY’S DESCRIPTION
- White male, 12
- 5 feet 4 and 110 pounds
- Reddish-brown curly hair
- Wearing blue jeans, red jacket with reflective tape, dark blue hat
- wearing a pair of wire-rim eye glasses.
TRAPHILL, N.C. — Search teams combed mountain terrain Sunday for a 12-year-
old Boy Scout who disappeared during an outing.
About 10 scouts and the adult leaders of Troop 230, from Greensboro, noticed that Michael Auberry was missing between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday in Stone Mountain State Park, officials said.
The troop had gone on a hike earlier Saturday, and the boy and an adult stayed behind, said David Bauer, a ranger with the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was not immediately clear why they stayed behind.
After the troop returned and ate lunch with Michael and the adult, the troop noticed the boy was missing from camp. Searchers found part of his mess kit less than a mile away late Saturday, Bauer said. (Houston Chronicle)
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Searchers find missing Boy Scout’s mess kit, footprints
WILKESBORO, North Carolina (CNN) — Authorities searching for a 12-year-old Boy Scout missing since Saturday found his mess kit near where he had been camping with members of his troop near the Blue Ridge Parkway, officials told CNN Sunday.
The missing boy, Michael Auberry, of Greensboro, North Carolina, had remained with an adult at the campsite while other scouts went for a hike, said Dave Bauer of the Blue Ridge Parkway National Park Service.
When the other scouts returned, they ate lunch with Michael who later disappeared from the camp, Bauer said.
UPDATE I: Day Two In Search For Missing Boy Scout
UPDATE II: Search continues for missing Scout
Brent Pennington, a district ranger with the Blue Ridge Parkway, said that crews are spending the day searching intensively in small areas and moving on to others if they don’t find anything.
“Right now we’re still very optimistic,” Pennington said.
Last night, a dive team from Alleghany County searched in the water below a dam in Doughton Park. Auberry’s parents, Kent Auberry and Debbie Hayes, said they were very relieved when the water search turned up nothing. (Journal Now)
UPDATE III: Family Asks for Prayers as Search Continues for Missing Boy Scout in North Carolina
MCGRADY, N.C. — The family of a missing Boy Scout asked for prayers Monday as the search for the 12-year-old continued in a heavily wooded mountain area in western North Carolina.
“We’re doing our best to provide moral support to the family, to the leaders of the troop,” said John Meeks, Scout Executive of the Greensboro-based Old North State Council, which governs the troop and others in the region. “They’re asking for prayers. As you can imagine, they’re concerned.”
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Chopper and tactical tracking teams were being used Monday, and searchers were also going to check out drainage ditches. They were to focus their search in the area from where Auberry’s mess kit was found and outward.
“The most probable thing is that he walked away, went out in the woods and went to investigate,” said David Bauer, a ranger with the parkway. (Fox News)
UPDATE IV: AMBER ALERT Issued for 12 year old Michael Auberry
Springfield, IL, March 19, 2007 –(PR.COM)– Michael Auberry has been missing since Saturday March 17th. He was camping in Doughton State Park near Wilkesboro, N.C.
Michael was dressed for the weather, with a heavy red coat with an inner fleece coat, and he had gloves and a hat in a pocket. He was wearing a dark blue University of North Carolina Tar Heels baseball cap.
Michael went missing around lunch time. Search parties and volunteers continue to scour the area in hopes of finding the missing scout.
UPDATE V: Missing 12 year old Boy Scout Michael Auberry Found Alive
Tremendous news out of North carolina. Park ranger reports have confirmed that Michael Auberry has been found alive.
Missing Boy Scout Found Alive
MCGRADY, N.C. (AP) – Rescue teams found 12-year-old Michael Auberry alive shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday after almost three full days of searching. Reports indicate Auberry was weak but in good condition, although he was to be transported by ambulance to a local hospital as a precaution.
According to park ranger Tina White, Auberry was physically able to walk out under his own power, but would be transported by vehicle along the park’s trails.
No details were immediately available about the location where the boy was found
March 18th, 2007 at 08:17pm
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The body of Christopher Barrios has been found on the side of the road a couple of miles from his home. The Enfield Family and Donald Dale were involved with the murder and will be charged with murder.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the poor boys family and friends.
Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering confirms that searchers have found the body of six-year-old Christopher Barrios Jr.
The body was found covered near the side of a road about two miles from Christopher’s neighborhood.
Chief Doering says the four suspects in the case, George, David and Peggy Edenfield and family friend Donald Dale were involved and will be charged with murder.
The body was discovered by a ranger from the Department of Natural Resources helping with the search for Christopher.
Forensic teams are now examining the body.
Christopher had been missing since last Thursday. via First Coast news
March 15th, 2007 at 05:23pm
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