18 year old Lee Cutler has been missing since October 20, 2007 from Buffalo, IL 
when he was last seen Saturday morning when he dropped off a friend after a Friday night birthday party in his hometown.
“There was no precipitating event with family or with friends. Frankly we are all sort of flatfooted and shocked,” said family friend Daniel de Garzia, spokesman for the family.
The sheriff’s department found Cutler’s 2007 Toyota Corolla on Monday parked near a wayside on Highway 33 in the Town of Fairfield.
Investigators said that they have recovered a blanket and backpack belonging to the teen near the Baraboo River. They searched along the river on Tuesday.
Search For Ill. Teen Turns Up Pill Bottle, Letters
An empty pill bottle and letters to and from loved ones have been found by searchers looking for an Illinois teenager whose car was found parked in a highway rest area on Sunday night near the hiking country of the Baraboo bluffs.
Details about the letters were not disclosed, but Sauk County Sheriff Randy Stammen said in a news release that the bottle was for Advil PM, an over-the-counter pain reliever and sleeping aid.
Sheriff’s deputies in Sauk County, Wis., found Cutler’s 2007 Toyota Corolla off the road near a cornfield. The car was locked and unoccupied, according to police in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Cutler’s hometown some 170 miles away.
UPDATE I: Car Keys, Wallet Belonging to Missing Illinois Teen Found Near River
The items found by authorities were located about 300 yards downstream from 
where a backpack and blankets were discovered on Monday.
Wisconsin search teams found car keys and a wallet belonging to a missing Illinois teen in a pair of pants hanging from a branch in a river.
Lee Cutler, 18, of Buffalo Grove, Ill., was reported missing last weekend after attending a friend’s birthday party. Police started a search of the area near Baraboo River after his 2007 Toyota Corolla parked near a rest stop.
Search divers found a pair of tan slacks Friday with the keys belonging to the Corolla and wallet with Cutler’s identification on a partially submerged branch in the Baraboo River. A black leather belt was found on a nearby branch believed to belong to Cutler, according to a report issued by the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office.
UPDATE II: Friends start Web page as search continues for Buffalo Grove teen
A Buffalo Grove teenager missing since the weekend has a zest for life, said a family friend whose suburban home has been turned into a sort of command center for classmates monitoring the search.
“It’s not something you would lose and not go after,” said de Grazia, whose home in Long Grove has been hosting nightly gatherings of friends and peers who started a page on Facebook.com called “Let’s Find Lee.”
“These young men and women are tracking information, squashing rumors, getting information to police,” he said.
October 27th, 2007 at 07:04pm
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Justin Johnson, 27, of Elkland, MO and Christopher Victor, 24, of Schertz, TX were last seen Wednesday, October 17, 2007 in their 6 foot blue and white kayaks. Their two Seabees’ kayaks found adrift 35 miles from island on Thursday.
Rescuers suspended their search Friday afternoon for two missing Navy sailors who disappeared while kayaking near the Channel Islands. Coast Guard officials said they had exhausted all possibility of finding survivors.
Justin Johnson, 27, of Elkland, Mo., and Christopher Victor, 24, of Schertz, Texas, were last seen Wednesday in two 6-foot, blue-and-white kayaks around San Nicolas Island, authorities said.
Two kayaks matching the description were found empty Thursday night about 35 miles southeast of the island, where the pair were stationed for the last two weeks. (LA Times)
October 20th, 2007 at 08:50am
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An AMBER ALERT has been issued for 16 year old Kathleen Porter. Police believe that Porter was in contact with a 27 year old possible sex offender. She may be with this individual in the Pensacola, FL area. Kathleen Porter has been missing Saturday morning.
Description:
- 16-year-old Caucasian girl
- green eyes
- dark brown long hair
- approximately 5 feet 5 inches
- very thin and weighing about 90 to 100 pounds
If anyone has any information regarding Kathleen Porter please contact the New Orleans Police Department at 504-821-2222 or the nearest law enforcement agency.
October 6th, 2007 at 06:34pm
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According to reports, Michael Devlin will plead guilty next week in the 
kidnapping, attempted murder and and sexual assault. The case of Michael Devlin, the unassuming former Pizza manager, is an amazing story of hiding in plain sight. The blessing to this plea deal is that neither boy, William “Ben” Ownby nor Shawn Hornbeck will have to relive in a court room what happened to them and Michael Devlin will be taken out of society and away from our children for most likely life. This is probably the best outcome when we consider what is best for Shawn and Ben and their futures.
Washington County prosecutor John Rupp said Michael Devlin will plead guilty to all charges there in the 2002 kidnapping of Shawn Hornbeck and will be sentenced Tuesday.
Devlin was arrested in January after police found Shawn and Ben Ownby at Devlin’s apartment in the St. Louis County town of Kirkwood.
Loyd Bailie, Ben’s uncle, told The Associated Press on Friday that the family had been briefed by prosecutors that Devlin will plead guilty next week in all four jurisdictions where he is charged: three Missouri counties and federal court. He said he did not know whether Devlin would plead guilty to all of the more than 80 felony charges against him, several of which carry life sentences. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
The bizarre case of Michel Devlin started in the case of the kidnapping of Ben Ownby only to later learn that Devlin was also responsible for the earlier kidnapping of Shawn Hornbeck. William Ownsby was kidnapped and an AMBER ALERT was issued for the missing 13 year old boy after a witness saw the boy pushed into a white pickup truck. When the miraculous news occurred that William “Ben” Ownby was found safe and alive, no one could have imagined at the time that Shawn Hornbeck, who had been missing since 2002, would be found as well. Michael Devlin had in fact kidnapped both boys and had been charged by police with kidnapping and numerous other sexual molestation charges. The multiple sodomy charges were too numerous to list. The guilty plea will take this heinous individual off the streets and away from our children for life.
Michael Devlin Will Plead Guilty To All Charges Monday
October 6th, 2007 at 02:20pm
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An Amber Alert has been issued for missing 15 year old Alyssa Frank from Bartow, FL. Alyssa Frank is believed to be in the company of William Joe Mitchell. Law enforcement considers Mitchell a sex offender.
(Alyssa Frank)
She is 5’9″ and weighs about 200 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair.
Early indications were that she ran away from home, but after investigating authorities became concerned that Frank may be in the company of William Joe Mitchell.
William Joe Mitchell description:
- white male
- in the past has given officials two birthdays showing his age as either 46 or 47
- Height: 5’11″
- weighs about 158 pounds
- brown hair
- blue eyes
- Mitchell has several tattoos. On his left arm there is the name “Lisa” and a cross. The word “Love” is tattooed on his fingers. On his right arm he has the words “We” and “Bill” written.
- Mitchell drives a 2000 black Chevy Lumina with the tag number G02 5EL.
- His last known address is 1413 Lane Avenue North in Jacksonville.
In 2002, Mitchell was charged with lewd or lascivious battery on a victim 12-15 years-old. (NBC 2)
Alyssa Frank Description:
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15 year old white female
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5” 9″
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200 pounds
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naturally curly brown hair with blonde streaks at the top
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She was last seen wearing a pink or black Tinkerbell shirt, jeans, and black tennis shoes with gray and black checkered shoelaces
Amber Alert issued for Bartow teen
In 2002, authorities say, Mitchell was charged with lewd or lascivious battery on a victim between the ages of 12 and 15 years old. Detectives say he has no known connection with the girl’s family, but during the investigation it has been discovered that Mitchell and Alyssa have had several conversations. They now believe he traveled from Jacksonville to Polk County, and that the two are together.
UPDATE I: Missing Florida Girl Alyssa Frank Found, Suspect Still on the Loose
A teenage girl who ran away to rendezvous with a high-risk sex offender she met online was found safe at a store 400 miles from her home on Tuesday, while the search for the 46-year-old man continued, a sheriff said.
Authorities had issued an Amber Alert, blasting photographs of the two and a description of the suspect’s car across the state after the girl sneaked out of her home early Monday.
UPDATE II: Sex Offender William Joe Mitchell Arrested in Virginia
A sex offender accused of running off with a 15-year-old Florida girl has been arrested, police said Saturday. The girl was released at a Wal-Mart store earlier this week.
William Joe Mitchell, 46, was arrested by Virginia State Police at a gas station in Winchester, Va., according the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in central Florida. (ABC News)
October 2nd, 2007 at 06:53am
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33 year old Tanya Rider had been missing for 8 days. She had been last seen leaving for work on September 19, 2007. Rider was found alive at the 
bottom of a ravine in her SUV on Thursday afternoon. Her vehicle was found about 20 feet down the ravine and lay buried below heavy brush and bushes. Searches located the missing Tanya Rider by her cell phone signal.
Tanya Rider, 33, responded to her name when her SUV was found along a highway in suburban Seattle, State Patrol Sgt. Dave Divis said.
King County sheriff’s investigators used a cell phone signal to recheck a segment of the highway, State Patrol spokesman Jeff Merrill said. On Thursday afternoon, they noticed some matted brush, and below it they found her Honda Element, smashed on its side.
“She looks very pale, very dehydrated. She didn’t have a lot of cuts but had difficulty breathing,” Merrill said. (CNN)
Missing Wash. Woman Found Alive in Car
Missing woman, rescued from car, is in critical condition
Tom Rider, her husband, was at the Sheriff’s Office taking a polygraph test when he heard the news that his wife had been found, and he joined her at the hospital. He said that his wife was suffering from kidney failure and sores from being trapped in the same position for a week but that she was conscious.
“Pretty much she’s fighting for her life,” he said.
Doctors are concerned that as they rehydrate her, the sores could swell and cause more injuries, he added.
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Eight Boy Scouts and three adults from Troop 217 are missing in the in the Great Smoky Mountains near Cruso, N.C. in Haywood County. They failed to return from their weekend trip.
Rescue teams headed into the mountains of North Carolina on Monday in search of eight Boy Scouts and their leaders who failed to return from a camping trip over the weekend.
Several of the troop members had cell phones, but the cell phone service in the area is spotty. Lisa Logan, the mother of one missing Scout, said she suspected the group simply got off scheduled and decided to camp out for one more night.
The search is a precaution, said Charity Sharp, spokeswoman for the Cruso Fire Department.
“There’s eight children up there, so we want to make sure everyone’s OK. There’s a possibility they could be hurt,” she said. Three adults were with the group. (Fox News)
Search Under Way for Missing Raleigh Boy Scout Troop
Lisa Logan, another mother whose son and husband are missing, said the scouts left their planned route through the forest and that she believes the group was running behind and set up camp along the route when it started getting dark.
“I think, more likely than not, they got behind in their schedule, saw they weren’t going to get out by dark, decided it was probably safer for all the boys to just stop, camp and just come out in the morning,” she said. “I feel like that is what they are doing.”
UPDATE: Searchers find missing Boy Scouts
September 24th, 2007 at 07:39am
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Nailah Franklin, a 28 year old pharmaceutical representative for Eli Lilly & Co has 
been missing since September 18, 2007. Several items are missing from her home including two computers. Why would someone take her computers unless they had some form of communication on-line?
Description:
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Franklin is African-American
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about 5 feet 2 inches tall
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weighing 110 pounds
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brown hair
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brown eyes
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She drives a company-owned gray 2005 Chevrolet sedan with Illinois license plate 1957855
MySpace page.
Police are looking into a lead of a man who was supposedly threatening Nailah Franklin.
Police said they were interested in a man Franklin told friends was threatening her last week, Elgas reported. Franklin was so scared, her friends added, that she did not want to sleep in her home, and she also filed a police report. Police did not comment much on that man, but said they were interested in talking to him.
“I do believe that she is alive and we just have to find her,” said Lehia Franklin Cox, Nailah’s sister. “I do think she is in distress.”
Police visited Franklin’s University Village apartment in the 1500 block of South Sangamon Street. Thursday night, Elgas reported, and Franklin Cox said several personal items were missing.
“The two computers are missing,” she said. “Both her work-issued laptop and her personal laptop.”(NBC5)
Anyone with information is asked to call (312) 746-9259.
Discuss more in the Missing Persons forum: Nailah Franklin
UPDATE I: Seems there is a pic of Nailah Franklin on this MySpace account
Are all 3 pics below the same person?
Left and Right pics are of Nailah Franklin
Center photo is taken from from this picture and from HERE off the slide show on his MySpace account.
UPDATE II: Family Fears Missing Woman Was Harmed
(CBS) CHICAGO A massive effort is underway to find a missing woman who disappeared apparently without a trace. Nailah Franklin’s family and friends, along with police, are scrambling to get the word out.
As CBS 2′s Suzanne Le Mignot reports, the Little Gym in University Village served Friday as the gathering point for Franklin’s family and friends. There was a continuous flow of well wishers stopping by, picking up fliers that they’re passing out in the community. Both the police and Franklin’s family say they’re not giving up hope she’ll be found.
UPDATE III: Car of Missing Nailah Franklin Found in Hammond, Indiana
The car of missing 28 year old Nailah Franklin has been found across state lines in Hammond, Indiana.
Divers searched a pond at River Oaks Golf Course near the Bishop Ford Freeway and 159th Street in Calumet City Saturday morning as part of their efforts to find Nailah Franklin, a drug company pharmaceutical sales representative, after police located her car a short distance away in Hammond, Indiana, on Friday night.
Monique Bond, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Police Department, said some of Franklin’s personal items have been recovered from the vehicle.
Map: Car Found in Hammond, Indiana
Nailah Franklin lived in University Village apartment in the 1500 block of South Sangamon Street in Chicago, IL. Her car found Hammond, Indiana approximately 27 miles away.
UPDATE IV: Cops: Missing woman had complained of calls
Nailah Franklin spent last weekend visiting her boyfriend in Milwaukee and attending a wedding in Lake Geneva before returning to Chicago Sunday night.
Her boyfriend, Andre Wright, said she arrived back home at 8 p.m. and they spoke twice that night. On Monday evening, Wright said, Franklin, 28, was relaxing at home as they chatted on the telephone about their day.
UPDATE V:Benjamin has changed his photo on Myspace
UPDATE VI: Woman Found Near Riverbank Cause Of Death Known
Hopefully this is not Nailah Franklin
UPDATE VII: Reports Claim that Body of Nailah Franklin was Found Deceased
A body found Thursday near a suburban Chicago forest preserve is that of a 28-year-old pharmaceutical sales representative missing for more than a week, a family member and spokesman said.
Nailah Franklin’s uncle, Jon Merrill, and family friend and spokesman, Andrew Holmes, told WFLD-TV that authorities have confirmed the body is Franklin’s.
Family: Missing Lilly rep’s body found near Chicago
UPDATE VIII: Body found but answers still missing
Her naked body was found before dawn Thursday in a densely wooded area partially buried behind a vacant building, within miles of where police found her car Saturday in nearby Hammond. A pair of earphones dangling in a tree led two police officers to her body.
An autopsy performed Friday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office did not reveal a cause of death. Chicago police, who have not ruled the case a homicide, remain the lead investigators because authorities don’t know where she died.
Her body, badly decomposed after being exposed to rain and heat, had to be identified through dental records Friday morning. But a law enforcement source said she was not shot or stabbed.
Police said they are pursuing leads in Franklin’s death. They are testing forensic evidence from her body and vehicle and reviewing surveillance video taken from across the street where Franklin’s body was found. (
Chicago Tribune)
September 22nd, 2007 at 12:01am
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An AMBER ALERT has been issued for 11 day old Israel Bell in Detroit, MI. Baby 
Israel is described as African-American, 20 inches long, weighing about 8 pounds, and has brown eyes. It is suspected that Israel Bell was taken by a 17 year old knew only as Jasmine.
A woman told investigators she discovered her niece, Israel Bell, was missing when she awoke at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Detroit Police said. The aunt was babysitting Israel, police said.
Also gone was a 17-year-old girl. The aunt suspects the girl took the baby. The aunt only knew the girl as Jasmin, police said.
Anyone with information should call 911 or Detroit Police Northeast District at (313) 596-1100.
Israel Bell Description
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African-American baby
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20 inches long
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weighing 7 pounds, 11 ounces
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brown eyes was last seen wearing a pink, white and purple-striped outfit with matching hat
Description of Jasmin
- Jasmin is a black female
- 5 feet 2 and about 100 pounds
- She was last seen wearing a red jacket, red shirt and blue jeans.
UPDATE I: Missing Michigan Newborn Girl Found Alive in South Carolina
Israel Bell is now safe and in the hands of authorities. Police say they found her with her suspected abductor Marquesta Nelson, near Duncan South Carolina.
September 15th, 2007 at 10:19am
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