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MISSING: LIANA SPELLMAN
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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- DOB: Jun 26, 1990
- Sex: Female
- Missing Date: Jan 12, 2007
- Race: White
- Age Now: 16
- Height: 5’1″ (155 cm)
- Weight: 155 lbs (70 kg)
- Hair Color: Black
- Eye Color: Blue
Circumstances: Liana was last seen on January 12, 2007 in Madison, AL. She may be in the company of an adult male. They may be en route to Mexico. Liana was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, black jeans, and a black coat. She may dye her hair red.
January 19th, 2007 at 05:48pm
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In an effort to help in the world wide battle for missing & exploited children, First Lady Laura Bush has taken up the cause.
The missing and sexually exploited children of the world are the most vulnerable among us. There are so many countries that have little to no laws protecting child. Child pornography and trafficking have become an epidemic. It is about time that this problem is taken seriously in other countries.
Read the full story at Scared Monkeys.com
January 18th, 2007 at 05:21pm
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Amber Akerly (then 15) went missing on April 10, 2003. The Moorehead, MN teen has been found alive an well in Texas, some 4 years after her disappearance. She is presently 19 and has a child. A runaway story with a happy ending.
Pictures from National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, past and age progression.
Police said Amber Akerley initially was afraid to call her mother for fear she’d get in trouble for running away.
The family eventually changed their number, and when Amber did try to reach them, she couldn’t find them.
Amber is now 19 and has a child. Police Detective Mike Detloff said she’s been in contact with her family and plans to move back to Moorhead this summer. (Pioneer Press)
Over the years there have been several tips and sightings of Amber Akerly; however, she is now home safe and sound.
January 12th, 2007 at 02:07pm
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Authorities in Missouri have issued an Amber Alert for 13 year old William Ownby. It is believed that William Ownby while walking home from school after getting off a school bus was pushed into a white compact pick-up truck.
Police said William got off the school bus Monday afternoon and was walking home when a witness saw him being pushed into a white compact pickup truck. Investigators said the pickup is possibly a Nissan or Chevrolet S-10 with a camper shell. The pickup had large rust spots. The pickup truck was last seen heading eastbound on U.S. Highway 50.
Beaufort, where William was last seen, is about 40 miles west of St. Louis. (The Pittsburgh Channel)
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children poster (printable)
Description:
- William “Ben” Ownby, 13 years of age
- He was taken at Buth Lane and Wild Rose Lane in Beaufort at 3:30 P.M. yesterday
- 4 feet 11 inches tall
- white male
- brown hair
- blue eyes
- He was last seen wearing glasses, a Rams hooded windbreaker and blue jeans.
- The boy had a black backpack with him
- We have no suspect information available at this time.
- The vehicle may be a white compact truck with a camper shell possibly a Nissan or Chevrolet S-10. It was last seen headed east on U.S. Highway 50 from Beautfort.
Anyone with information please call the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department at 636-583-2560 or dial 911
UPDATE: William Ownby, Teen Kidnapped in Missouri
It was a normal school day for 13-year-old William “Ben” Ownby. At around 3:30p.m he got off his school bus and started to walk home. However, that’s when police say he was pushed into a white compact pickup truck and he hasn’t been seen since.
The vehicle is described as a Nissan or Chevrolet compact pickup with a camper shell and large rust spots on it. The truck was last seen Eastbound on Highway 50 from Beaufort, Mo.
Ben was last seen wearing a St. Louis Rams windbreaker and blue jeans. He also wears glasses. (Americas Most Wanted)
Despite hundreds of leads police and FBI still search for missing 13 year old William Ownby.
BEAUFORT, Mo. — Authorities on Wednesday were pursuing more than 220 leads in their effort to find 13-year-old Ben Ownby, two days after the boy disappeared and was feared abducted after getting of a school bus near his rural eastern Missouri home. (Kansas City Channel)
As authorities search for a white pick up truck, William Ownby’s father Ben pleads for whoever kidnapped his some to just let him go and do the right thing.
“We’d like to get our son back,” Ownby said. He asked anyone who might be holding the boy to do the right thing.
“Drop him off somewhere where he can make a phone call,” Ownby said.
Police have checked William Ownby’s computer to see if it was possible that he may have met his abductor on the internet. The results came back negative as it appeared Ownby rarely went on-line. Authorities are in the process of creating a sketch of the abductor. They are also looking in to all sex offenders registered in the area
The main focus in on locating the white pick-up that seems to have very distinctive characteristics, even though the area probably has numerous white trucks.
Toelke asked that residents in the region keep an eye out for the white pickup. It had the word “Nissan” written in black letters on the back, but authorities weren’t certain it was a Nissan.
Toelke said the pickup had dents and rust and lacked hubcaps. The camper shell had one continuous window along the sides, with what appeared to be a ladder rack on top. (The Kansas City Channel)
January 9th, 2007 at 01:36pm
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17 month old Tyler and Holly Needham kidnapped by their biological mother, Allison Lee Quets during a Christmas visitation are now believed to to in Canada. According to investigators Allison Lee Quets crossed the Canadian border with the twins on December 23, 2006.
Holly Ann Needham
The biological mother, Allison Lee Quets, 49, had visitation rights as part of a custody agreement, authorities said.
The custody order allowed her to take the children from their adoptive home for a brief visit Dec. 22-24, but authorities say she never returned them.
An investigation indicated that Quets had crossed the Canadian border with the twins on Dec. 23, the FBI said in a written statement Thursday.
Quets now faces federal charges of international parental kidnapping. A warrant was issued Wednesday, according to the statement. (Toronto Star)
Tyler Lee Needham
The 17 month old twins, Tyler Lee Needham and Holly Ann Needham, were originally taken by their biological mother, 49 year old Allison Lee Quets.
The twins may be in a white Plymouth van with North Carolina plates LRJ-6644 or Florida plates E377HZ. (News 14)
Allison Lee Quets
FBI joins search for missing N.C. twins
America’s Most Wanted
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HOLLY LEE NEEDHAM
TYLER LEE NEEDHAM
ALLISON QUETS
December 29th, 2006 at 10:36am
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15 year old Jeanett Mae Hill has been missing since September 8, 2006. Jeanett was last seen leaving her home in Louisville, TN.
If you have any information, please call
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST).
Description:
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DOB: Dec 18, 1990
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Sex: Female
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Race: White
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Height: 4’5″ (135 cm)
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Weight: 140 lbs (64 kg)
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Hair Color: Brown
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Eye Color: Brown
Circumstances: Jeanett was last seen at her home in Louisville, Tennessee, on September 8, 2006. She may be in the company of an adult male. They may still be in the local area. They may be traveling in a grey Chevrolet Corsica. (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
November 5th, 2006 at 06:29pm
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The search continues for the missing 2 year old Leesburg, FL boy Trenton Duckett. 
Authorities in the first time in the case mentioned that “Trenton Duckett is alive and close by.”
Police Capt. Steve Rockefeller wouldn’t say Friday why investigators are encouraged about the fate of the 2-year-old boy, who was reported taken from his bedroom through a window. Despite numerous searches, no body has been found.
“We have no evidence to indicate that he is dead,” Rockefeller said. “This [investigation] is not fruitless.”
Rockefeller said investigators are also looking at all possible answers for the toddler’s abduction — including his parents’ rocky past. Police records released Friday show that the months leading up to Trenton’s disappearance were filled with allegations of abuse and threats of violence.
Poster for Trenton Duckett
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The search goes on with the efforts of The project Adam team. The questions remain is whether the parents extremely rocky past and history of alleged abuse allegations and mis-treatment have anything to do with the Trenton’s disappearance?
The couple lived in Bushnell and moved to Leesburg last year. Bushnell officers said they responded last year to several of the couple’s arguments and an allegation of Melinda Duckett neglecting her son.
The accusation was determined to be unfounded, a report said.
Last year, police took Melinda Duckett into custody under the state’s Baker Act, which allows authorities to hold people for a mental evaluation if they show evidence of being a danger to themselves or others.
The specifics of the incident that prompted her being held were unclear. Bushnell police would not release their report Friday. They said it was a medical record not subject to the state’s public-records laws.
(Orlando Sentinel)
Police are working with state and federal agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the FBI.
On Wednesday, law-enforcement officers were questioning neighbors in the Windemere Villas apartment complex where Trenton lives and interviewing nearby registered sex offenders.
Andrew Vita, a member of Team Adam, a unit of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, said his organization was helping to circulate fliers and talking with Trenton’s relatives and parents, Joshua and Melinda Duckett, both 21.
“It’s a very intense investigative effort,” Vita said. “They [officers] are working all night long. Some people have been here for several days.”
(Orlando Sentinel)
September 3rd, 2006 at 12:25pm
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The following is an example of when the tragic and bizarre becomes beyond cruel and unusual. 
You may not remember the name Johhny Gosch; however, he was one of the very first missing children to ever be placed on a milk carton in the 1980’s.
Johnny’s disappearance triggered nationwide fears of child abductions. He was one of the first faces of missing or abducted children to appear on milk cartons across the country.
Two photographs were left at the door of Noreen Gosch of her son, Johnny Gosch, who was abducted and has been missing for 24 years. The pictures were of Johnny Grosh, 12, and two other boys who were gaged and had their hands bound.
(NBC5, WMAQ Chicago)
The old photos appear to show 12-year-old Johnny Gosch with his mouth gagged and his hands and feet tied. The boy is wearing the same sweatpants Johnny was wearing when he disappeared while delivering newspapers on the morning of Sept. 5, 1982, his mother said.
For someone to abduct a 12 year old boy is sick. For someone to send a picture of the missing abducted boy some 24 years later to the boy’s mother boards on cruel and twisted vile insanity.
Gosch said investigators confirmed the photos were authentic and likely taken within “hours or days” of the abduction. She said they were checking for fingerprints that could lead them to the source and possibly a breakthrough in a case that has long baffled authorities. The other boys in the photo were unidentified.
Meanwhile, others connected to the case have reported receiving the photographs through anonymous deliveries and the Internet.
(The Kansas City Channel)
Noreen Gosch had believed that her son was taken by child pornographers.
Gosch believes her son was taken by child pornographers. She told authorities he briefly contacted her in 1997 but feared for his life and declined to give details about where he was. She believes his abductors got him involved in crimes, which is why he is hiding his identity.
(CNN)
AGE PROGRESSION, 12 TO 35
Johnny Gosch Wiki
In 1984, Gosch’s photograph appeared alongside that of Juanita Rafela Estavez on milk cartons across America; they were the first two abducted children to have their plights publicized in this way.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Poster with age progression.
John David Gosch in Iowa Missing Persons database
Reported pictures of Johnny Gosch under scrutiny
State crime lab to examine possible Gosch photos
Police said today that state crime experts were examining photographs to determine if they are of a newspaper delivery boy who disappeared 24 years ago.
The photos were left Sunday at the front door of Noreen Gosch, the mother of Johnny Gosch, who disappeared on Sept. 5, 1982, while delivering newspapers in West Des Moines.
Lt. Jeff Miller, a spokesman for the West Des Moines Police Department, said the photos were given to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation’s computer crime task force.
September 1st, 2006 at 05:55pm
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Leaman Mosby, 15, has been missing sinceJuly 27, 2006. Below is a picture of the transformation of 15 year old Leaman Mosby in a little over a year.
LEAMAN MOSBY … seen at left in a picture taken more than a year ago. The picture at right was taken two days before she disappeared from her father’s house in Horry County July 27.
Leaman Mosby, daughter of Kathy Petit, has been missing since July 27 when she ran away from her father’s Horry County home, taking only a few personal belongings with her.
“It is such a relief to know that there might be sightings of Leaman,” said Petit on word that her daughter might be in the Greenwood area.
It is believed that Leaman Mosby was heavy into internet chatting and may have left with someone she met on-line.
Mosby had become heavily involved in Internet chat rooms over the past few years, Petit said, and family members believe the teen might have left her father’s home with a person she met online.
(The Index Journal)
From The National Center of Missing & Exploited Children
LEAMAN MOSBY - Poster
- DOB: Jan 31, 1991
- Missing: Jul 27, 2006
- Height: 5’6″ (168 cm)
- Eyes: Blue
- Race: White
- Age Now: 15
- Sex: Female
- Weight: 135 lbs (61 kg)
- Hair: Black
- Missing From: MYRTLE BEACH, SC United States
- Leaman was last seen on July 27, 2006. She may still be in the local area, or she may have traveled to North Carolina. Leaman’s ears are double pierced. She has several scars on her arms.
Anyone with information about Mosby’s whereabouts is asked to call the center at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678), or the Greenwood County Sheriff’s Office at 942-8600 or 942-8632 during night or weekend hours.
August 19th, 2006 at 11:45pm
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Overland Park August 16, 2006 The National Sexual Predator Information Center, today announces a press conference will be held at the Wyandotte County Courthouse on Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 10:00 am. The National Sexual Predator Information Center’s mission is to bring absconders of the State and National Sex Offender Registry into compliance, provide pro-active strategies to reduce future sexually related crimes and supply training and education to the public concerning sexual predators.
The National Sexual Predator Information Center will serve as a clearinghouse of information about convicted sex offenders who fail to register as well as provide technical and financial assistance to law-enforcement agencies in the prevention, investigation, prosecution and treatment of cases involving sex offenders. Future features of the National Center will include:
- The operation of a CyberTipline that the public may use to report absconders
- Provide grant funding for local law enforcement agencies for overtime, in order to monitor registered offenders
- Training programs for law-enforcement, educators and social-service professionals
- Distribution of photographs and descriptions of sex offender absconders nationwide
- Coordination of child-protection efforts within the public and private sector
- Networking with nonprofit service providers and state clearing-houses regarding repeat offenders
- Supplying information about effective state legislation to help further ensure the protection of children
The National Sexual Predator Information Center is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. For further information call 1-866-755-1133.
August 16th, 2006 at 11:42pm
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