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Hundreds of rescuers are making every effort to free the 6 miners that are still missing in the Utah mine collapse. There has been no contact with the missing miners since the mine collapse.
Hundreds of rescuers broke through walls of rock Monday in a desperate race to reach six coal miners trapped 1,500 feet below ground by a cave-in so powerful authorities initially thought it was an earthquake.
Hours after the collapse, searchers had been unable to contact the miners and could not say whether they were dead or alive. If they survived, a mine executive said, they could have enough air and water to last several days.
Crews to attempt contact with 6 trapped in Utah mine
Seismic activity has interrupted Utah mine rescue effort, executive says
Seismic activity “totally shut down” efforts to reach six miners trapped below ground, causing a cave-in that wiped out all the work done in the past day, a mine executive said.
Safety Issues Slow Mine Rescue Efforts
The miners have been described by the company and police officials only as being men in their 20s to 40s – three Hispanic and three of mixed European heritage. Their families have all clustered near the mine, and Mr. Murray said they did not want to speak to reporters.
UPDATE I: Drill Reaches Level of Trapped Utah Miners; No Sound Heard
Rescuers drilled through to a pocket in the coal mine where six miners have been trapped, but heard no sound through a microphone that was lowered into the collapsed mine.
The mine’s co-owner remained hopeful that the six men were still alive despite the silence.
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Greenville, SC police are searching for 4 year old Javeion Mayes who went missing earlier this morning. Police officials activated a Missing Child Alert into effect; an auto-call system that will alert residents within a 3 mile radius of the home that the child is missing. The police have not issued an AMBER Alert as they believe the boy just wandered off.
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August 7th, 2007 at 11:59pm
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007 represents the two years since Nita Mayo went missing. 
Tracy Mayo asked us if we could not post the following. Please help the family search for Nita Mayo …
A major search is being organized for missing Hawthorne, Nevada woman, Nita Mayo on Saturday and Sunday, August 18th and 19th. Volunteers are needed to help with this search and recovery effort.
The family of Nita Mayo is urgently asking for help from SAR dog teams that have been trained & certified, especially in Forensic Search, and are available the weekend of August 18th & 19th, 2007.
Nita Mayo has been missing since August 8, 2005 when she had breakfast with a friend before leaving Hawthorne, NV for a day trip over the Sonora Pass. She has not been seen since. NitaMayo
We feel it is absolutely imperative to get as many people as possible participating in this search. If you are available on either Saturday or Sunday, please join us in helping this family in their continued search for their Mother….your support is greatly appreciated. The search area is ~1 hour east of Sonora, CA on Hwy 108.
If you are able to help (or for more information) please contact Mike or Bridget Melson at 925.600.8084 x5 or or Tracy Mayo 701-730-4949
August 7th, 2007 at 11:07pm
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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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As investigators are still looking for answers as to the cause of the catastrophic I-35W bridge collapse, searchers continue look for the missing. Due to the severity and massive catastrophic condition of the bridge collapse, many may be trapped beneath the tons of concrete. Divers spent a third day looking for the missing to no avail. Today, the police made public a list of the eight people who continue to be missing following the bridge collapse. However, police stated that there may be others who have not yet been reported as missing.
Investigators have names that haven’t been connected to the bridge, and divers and recovery workers have found license plate numbers that don’t belong to an identified missing person or survivor, authorities said.
The Associated Press earlier identified five of the missing, who all appeared on the police list: Christine Sacorafas, 45, a recent transplant to Minnesota who was on her way to teach a Greek folk dancing class; Greg Jolstad, 45, a construction worker who was operating a skid loader on the bridge; Peter Hausmann, 47, a former missionary heading to pick up a friend; and Somali immigrant Sadiya Sahal, 23, a pregnant nursing student traveling with her 2-year-old daughter, Hanah.
The police list also included Richard Chit, Vera Peck and Scott Sathers. No information was included about them. (ABC News)
It is obviously a terribly trying time for family and friends of victims wait for the searches to bring their loved ones home.
A look at some of the people missing in Wednesday’s bridge collapse in Minneapolis
Police ID 8 still missing after Minnesota bridge collapse
As investigators probed what caused an interstate bridge packed with rush-hour traffic to collapse into the Mississippi River this week, Minneapolis police Saturday night issued a statement naming the eight people — including a 2-year-old girl — still missing in the murky waters.
UPDATE I: 9th body found at Minnesota bridge site
MINNEAPOLIS – Divers found another body in the Mississippi River on Sunday, 11 days after a highway bridge collapsed into the fast-flowing water, raising the official death toll to nine.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the body as 20-year-old Richard Chit of St. Anthony. His mother, 50-year-old Vera Peck of Bloomington, is still missing.
The other three people known to be missing are Christine Sacorafas, 45, of White Bear Lake; Greg Jolstad, 45, of Mora; and Scott Sathers, 29, of Maple Grove.
August 4th, 2007 at 10:03pm
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Authorities are investigating a possible sighting of a girl resembling four-year-old missing 
Madeleine McCann. The sighting of Madeleine McCann took place in a restaurant in the Dutch-speaking town of Tongeren, near the Dutch border east of Brussels. She was reportedly with a man and a woman who were acting suspiciously. Authorities will be doing DNA testing on a bottle taken from the restaurant.
DNA test results are expected next week on a bottle taken from a restaurant where a girl resembling four-year-old Madeleine was seen drinking, local prosecutor Katja Van Doren said.
A child psychologist reported seeing the girl with a man and woman in the restaurant in the Dutch-speaking town of Tongeren, near the Dutch border east of Brussels.
The three people drove away in a black Volvo with Belgian plates, local police said, stressing that the number plate could be false.
The couple were said to have been acting in a suspicious manner.
Belgian police have issued an identikit picture of the man involved, said to be in his 40s with black hair and stubble on his prominent chin.
He was said to speak with a Dutch accent, while the woman, who also had dark hair, spoke to him in English.
Madeleine McCann sighting treated seriously
- Police release computer image of suspect
- Couple fled cafe before challenged
- Girl turned around at “Madeleine” call
An artist’s impression, released by Belgian police Aug. 3, 2007, shows a man who had been seen with a small girl sitting at the terrace of the roadside cafe “De Pauze” in the eastern town of Tongeren near the Dutch border.
Madeleine sighting puts Belgium on alert
Officers have taken a fruit milkshake bottle the child had been seen drinking from away for analysis but there are as yet no results, a police spokeswoman said yesterday.
Jolien Houbrech: Served suspects
Jolien Houbrechts, a waitress in “De Pauze” bar, described how she was approached by the witness on Saturday afternoon.
“The woman said to me that the couple looked strange and the girl looked like Maddie. I told her to call the police,” she said.
Madeleine McCann Scared Monkeys Forum Discussion
August 4th, 2007 at 12:34am
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5 year old Alondra Diaz-Garcia has been missing since June 1, 2007 when she was reportedly kidnapped by her non-custodial father, Reynaldo Diaz. She has not been seen since.
- Alondra weighs about 38 pounds
- brown eyes
- brown hair
- nearly 4-feet tall
- was last wearing denim pants and a orange and yellow shirt
Texas EquuSearch volunteers are searching for the girl near Kendleton.
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a warrant was issued for Diaz, 38, on July 2.
Mother frantic to find missing daughter last seen with her father
The girl’s mother says she and Diaz were divorced and he was scheduled to visit the girl June 1. The mother dropped her off with her father at a McDonald’s on Gessner and Bissonnet and hasn’t been seen since.
“I believe he is in Kendleton. He has a ranch there with his brothers and I am certain he has taken my daughter there,” said the girl’s mother Dorotea Garcia. (ABC 13)
UPDATE I: Local search for girl called off
A search for a missing Houston girl has been called off in an area in Kendleton and searchers will start looking elsewhere, an official with Texas EquuSearch said this morning.
No trace of Diaz-Garcia has been found, said Frank Black, search coordinator for Texas EquuSearch. He said searchers did not want to say exactly where they would look next as they did not want to potentially tip their hand to Diaz.
UPDATE II: Mother belived that ex-husband Reynaldo Diaz kidnapped Alondra Diaz-Garcia
She believes her ex-husband may have taken the girl to California or Mexico.
“He is a hot-tempered man. His reactions are very strong. He just did this probably on revenge,” Doroeta Garcia said.
She said he may have quit his job and taken $30,000 out of the bank before disappearing.
“Sometimes it’s a very dangerous situation, and sometimes it’s a situation where the parent may not be abiding by orders and hiding the child, and maybe not being physically harmed but some sort of emotional harm,” Harris Co. Assistant D.A. Jane Waters said.
In the case of Diaz-Garcia, a custody agreement had been in place since the divorce in 2005.
July 31st, 2007 at 06:58am
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According to Texas EquuSearch, they are planing to go to California this Wednesday, August 1, 2007 to help search for the missing 19 year old Donna Jou. Donna has not been heard from since June 23, 2007 when she attended a party. The family of Donna Jou contacted TES in hopes that they may be able to help find Donna Jou.
Texas EquuSearch stated that they look forward working with law enforcement to help aide in the process of bringing the missing Donna Jou home to her family. Its Texas EquuSearch’s motto, “You are not Alone,” and TES hopes that between the family, law enforcement and themselves, they can bring a resolution to this missing persons case and Donna Jou home to her family.
Recently 35-year-old John Burgess was arrested in Florida on separate charges; however, he remains a prime suspect in Donna Jou’s disappearance.
Sex offender arrested in coed’s disappearance
A registered sex offender sought in connection with the disappearance of 19-year-old Donna Jou of Rancho Santa Margarita was in custody in Florida today, but her whereabouts remain unknown.
John Burgess, 35, who calls himself SinJin Stevens and has his mother and other relatives in Florida, was arrested Tuesday in Jacksonville after he was seen on a bicycle near a motel dropping a clear plastic bag that officials said contained rock cocaine.
Missing teen’s father, Reza Jou, begs for help
Anguishing about his daughter’s disappearance more than a month ago, Reza Jou asked Monday for the governors of California and Florida to expedite the extradition of a convicted sex offender who could know the teen’s whereabouts.
Meanwhile, Burgess isn’t cooperating with Orange County investigators from California who interviewed him in Florida about Jou’s disappearance.
Jou’s father wants Burgess taken to Los Angeles for questioning. Reza Jou asked attorneys general, governors and Burgess’ mother to intervene.
“He is in jail in Jacksonville, Fla., using his constitutional right not to speak about my daughter’s whereabouts,” Jou said. “This is a very urgent matter. My child’s life is in danger.”
Jou said he’d received no response to his urgent plea, but The Daily News contacted California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office for comment.
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July 30th, 2007 at 04:36pm
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30 year old Mary Byrne Smith was last seen on March 24, 2007 when she attended a women’s religious conference. Following the conference she was never seen not heard from since. Beth Byrne Smith is married to the Reverend Jason Lee Smith, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Summerdale, AL.
However, there is now an update in this missing persons case that is rather peculiar. Mary Byrne Smith is reported as being on video tape at a pawn shop in Bossier City, LA, the day she disappeared hawking her wedding ring. It would seem that Mary Byrne Smith wants to be missing.
The wife of an Alabama minister missing since March sold her wedding ring at a pawnshop on the day she disappeared, police said Thursday.
Mary Byrne “Beth” Smith, 30, is seen on surveillance video from a Bossier City, La., pawnshop hocking her wedding ring the morning she was reported missing, Bossier City police said.
The store security camera shows Smith wearing a purple shirt and exiting the shop at 11:36 a.m. on March 24, the same day she disappeared from Living Proof Live, a women’s conference she was attending with her friend Jenny Gipson at the Bossier City CenturyTel Center. (FOX News)
Minister’s missing wife pawned wedding ring
UPDATE I: Missing Mary Byrne Smith Found Safe Working Under Alias in New York
It appears that the wife of an Alabama minister, Mary Byrne Smith, wanted to be missing afterall. Mary Byrne Smith was located safe and working in a fast food restaurant in New York state under an alias.
Louisiana police located Mary Byrne Smith alive and well in New York state on Friday. The 30-year-old kindergarten teacher had been working under an assumed name at a fast-food restaurant.
“We know it’s her,” Bossier City Police Chief Mike Halphen said at a press conference Monday. “She did not want us to disclose the reasons why she left, and she did not want us to disclose where she is living.”
She does not face criminal charges, he said.
“People have their reasons for wanting to start a new life and that was her choosing,” Halphen said. “And again, we encouraged her very, very hard to contact her family and at least talk with her children and we believe that she will.” (Fox News)
UPDATE II: Missing Minister’s Wife Returns to Alabama From New York
Who says you can’t go home again? Missing for four months and located in New York state, Mary Byrne Smith, the wife of an Alabama minister returns home.
A minister’s wife who disappeared from a religious conference in Louisiana, only to be located four months later living in New York, knows she made a “serious mistake” by leaving and has returned home to Alabama to be with her two children, her lawyer said Thursday.
July 27th, 2007 at 07:26am
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19 year old Donna Jou has been missing since June 23, 2007. Now it appears that there may be a break in the case. Police in Florida have arrested sec offender, John Stevens Burgess. Jacksonville police spotted John Stevens Burgess trying to dispose of a bag of crack cocaine outside a Motel 6. Burgess is also a person of interest in the disappearance of Donna Jou.
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Police in Jacksonville, Fla., arrested John Steven Burgess, 35, who also goes by the name Sinjin Stevens, on a drug charge Tuesday, Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office in Orange County, Calif., confirmed to ABC News.
Burgess, a convicted sex offender, is a person of interest in the disappearance of Donna Jou, a 19-year-old who had just finished her freshman year at San Diego State University and who met Burgess on the Web site Craig’s List. (ABC)
Man arrested in Florida in case of Orange County missing student
Amormino said homicide investigators from Orange County were in Florida, where Burgess is currently being held on a drug charge and for failing to register as a sex offender.
Burgess has not been charged in connection with Jou’s disappearance, but authorities remain suspicious.
“This is another very suspicious act,” Amormino said. “He is clear across the country and he chose not to speak with investigators.”
Missing Persons Forum: Donna Jou
UPDATE I: Truck Found In Florida In Case Of Missing OC Woman
Police have found the missing truck of a man arrested in Florida. He is wanted for questioning in the disappearance of a 19-year-old San Diego State coed.
Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino says extensive media coverage of Burgess’ arrest led an anonymous tipster to call police with the location of the man’s 1998 blue Ford Ranger truck. Amormino says the truck was found in the Jacksonville area and is being processed by forensic investigators.
Truck is located in hunt for O.C. teen
“Forensic personnel are going through that truck with a fine-tooth comb in an attempt to locate any type of evidence which may lead us to [Jou's] whereabouts or what might have happened to her,” Amormino said.
Jou and Burgess apparently met on Craigslist.com. She was last seen June 23, when Burgess allegedly picked her up for a date at her mother’s Rancho Santa Margarita home and took her to a party at his rented West Los Angeles home, authorities said.
On July 8, the license plate of a pickup truck and a motorcycle helmet belonging to Burgess were found – along with rope, rubber gloves and a scrubbing brush – near railroad tracks about 1 1/2 miles from his house. (LA Times)
July 26th, 2007 at 10:20pm
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