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7 Year Old Foster Child Eduardo Rivera Kidnapped from Bus Stop in Riverside, CA on 01/09/09 (UPDATE: Found Safe)

A 7 year old foster child, Eduardo Rivera, was kidnapped from his school bus stop in Riverside, CA on Friday January 9, 2009 by two Hispanic men. The two Hispanic men snatched Eduardo Rivera, put him into a car waiting nearby and drove off.

Eduardo Rivera description:Eduardo Rivera

  •  a foster child whose mother is in jail
  • 3’6″ tall
  • 65 pounds
  • brown eyes and hair.

Officers later located the abandoned vehicle after witnesses to the kidnapping called in a description.

“Police … learned that the victim and suspects transferred to a second vehicle … identified as a newer Cadillac Escalade with possible out-of- state plates,” Baitx told the station.

A third man was at the wheel of the getaway car. No description was released of any of the three suspects.

Anyone with any information is asked to call Riverside police at (951) 353-7137.

UPDATE I:  7-Year-Old Kidnapped Boy Found Safe In Vegas

Las Vegas police followed a pair of suspected kidnappers on a 100-mile drive through the Nevada desert, and then safely recovered a 7-year-old boy who was snatched off the streets of Riverside, they said Saturday.

Eduardo Rivera was not in the stopped van, but the men inside it gave police the address of a home in east Las Vegas police raided at 5 a.m. and found the boy asleep. Several other children and a woman were also found there, and the woman is being questioned about Rivera’s presence there, police said.

January 10th, 2009 at 01:35pm Posted by | abduction, Found Alive, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Children, Pictures | no comments

AMBER ALERT Issued for Hayes and Haley Heatwole after a triple homicide in Buncombe County, NC (Update: Children Found Safe)

An AMBER ALERT has been issued for two children, 10 year old Haley Heatwole and Hayes Heatwole is a 6-year, after a triple homicide in Buncombe County, NC. The homicide happened at a home on Old Highway 19-23. The two children are believe to be with 45 year old Richard Doughlas Heatwole. He is considered armed and dangerous.

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Hayes Heatwole (left) & Haley Heatwole (right)

Deputies said they arrived to the home after someone called 911. They found the bodies of two people inside the home. While investigating the case, deputies said they found a third person’s body inside an adjacent residence.

Deputies said neither the names of the victims nor how they were killed will be released until their families are notified.

Investigators believe the two children were taken following the homicides. The descriptions of the missing children and the suspect as as follows:

Hayes Heatwole is a 6-year-old White male, approximately 3 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 45 pounds.  He has blond, long, shaggy hair, and blue eyes. 

Haley Heatwole is a 10-year-old White female, approximately 4 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 62 pounds.  She has brown-shoulder length hair, and hazel eyes.  Scar on her forehead that extends to the bridge of her nose.

Richard Doughlas Heatwole

Suspect 45 year old Richard Doughlas Heatwole

Allegedly, there is 1 abductor: Richard Doughlas Heatwole.  Richard Doughlas Heatwole is described as 45 years old, white, male, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 165 pounds.  He has brown hair and hazel eyes.  Officials say Richard Heawole is armed and dangerous.

Authorities believe the suspect and children are traveling to St. Petersburg, Fl.  The vehicle is a White 1986 Toyota Truck Extended Cab with NC license tag number YNS-8257.

If any one has any information regarding this abduction, call the Buncombe County Sheriff`s Office immediately at (828) 250-6670, NA or call 911 or *HP.

To discuss the case and provide your opinion, go to Scared Monkeys.net: Missing Persons Forum.

UPDATE I: Three killed, two children missing

A Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman says deputies went to a home looking for the children’s mother, Angela Heatwole, after a family member reported her missing around 3 a.m. Thursday morning. Police found Angela and another person dead inside a Candler home after they spotted her car parked outside.

UPDATE II: Kidnapped Kids, Triple Murder Suspect May Be Traveling Through Georgia

UPDATE III: Amber Alert canceled for kids of suspected killer

Authorities have canceled the Amber Alert for Haley Heatwole and Hayes Heatwole as they no longer believe that the two children are with 45 year old Richard Doughlas Heatwole. However, Richard Doughlas Heatwoleremains on the run.

UPDATE III: Suspect in North Carolina Killings Shoots Self During Standoff

A police standoff with a man suspected of killing three people and kidnapping two of his children in western North Carolina ended Friday when the man turned a gun on himself, authorities said.

The two children were safe in police custody, Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Ross Dillingham said.

UPDATE IV: 2 abducted kids safe, father reported dead

Two children of a slain North Carolina woman were found safe Friday after being abducted by their father, who reportedly killed himself, police said.

Haley and Hayes Heatwole, 10 and 6, respectively, were found in a house in Taylorsville, N.C., with their father, a suspect in a triple homicide that included his ex-wife, who was the children’s mother, 60 miles away in Asheville, N.C., CNN said. The bodies were found on New Year’s Day.

 

 

January 1st, 2009 at 10:16pm Posted by | abduction, Amber Alert, child welfare, Crime/Murder, Found Alive, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Adult, Missing Children, Pictures | 2 comments

Florida Endangered Missing Child Alert Issued for 6 Months Old Riley Buchness, Missing in Miami, FL (UPDATE: Missing Child a Hoax)

A Florida Endangered Missing Child Alert has been issued by authorities for missing 6 month old Riley Buchness from Miami. Riley Buchness was last seen on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 where he disappeared from the 5000 block of Northwest 7th Street in Miami, FL. The FDLE believes that Riley Buchness may be with a 20 to 30 year old woman named “Camille.”

Riley Buchness  description:Riley Buchness

  • 6 months old
  • wearing a white onesie with blue jeans
  • brown hair – hair is in a mohawk style
  • green eyes
  • has one tooth, and a fake tattoo of an anchor on his left arm

Suspect description:

  • The FDLE believes Riley may be with a 20 to 30-year-old woman named “Camille.” Camille
  • described as a white woman, about 5’5, weighing 130 pounds with long brown hair and a gap in her teeth.
  • They may be traveling in a red Acura, possibly with a Massachusetts tag

They may be traveling in a red Acura, possibly with a Massachusetts tag.

If anyone has any information or has  seen Riley Buchness, or know where he is, please call the Miami Police Department at 305-579-3449

UPDATE I: Police Search For Missing Miami Baby

UPDATE II: Mother Arrested After Allegedly Reporting Missing Baby Hoax

As it turns out not only was 6 month old Riley Burchness never missing, he never existed. McCormic was arrested Friday morning on charges of giving false information to police officers.

A woman named Megan McCormic told police that a baby sitter never returned her 6-month-old on Dec. 23 from his home at the 5000 block of Northwest 7th Street in Miami.

Police canceled the search for the baby, whom the mother said was named Riley Buchness.

“Every question was just another lie covering up another lie until she just couldn’t hold it anymore,” Detective Freddy Ponze of the Miami Police Department said.

Police said on Friday that McCormic was lying and used the fake existence of the baby, with photographs she took from the Internet, to lure a former boyfriend, John Buchness, from Boston, who had traveled to Miami to meet his supposed son. McCormic fooled her former boyfriend into thinking she gave birth to his son, police said.

Report: Miami woman made up story about baby son disappearing

December 25th, 2008 at 05:29pm Posted by | abduction, Endangered Persons Alert, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Children, Pictures | no comments

Laura Garza Missing Last Seen Leaving the Marquee Manhattan Nightclub at 4 AM Wednesday 12/3/08

25 year old Laura Garza has been missing since Wednesday Laura_garza2morning, December 3, 2008. Laura Garza from Bay Ridge was last seen leaving a Manhattan nightclub, The Marquee, at 4 am with two men. Police fear that she may have been harmed by a convicted sex offender. Police described Garza as 5-feet-2 and 120 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

“We suspect foul play and are concerned for her safety,” NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said yesterday.

Police last night were questioning one of the two men, a 25-year-old once convicted of a sex crime, after going to his home in Wallkill, in upstate Orange County.

Investigators did not find Garza at the house, but they found a piece of carpet mysteriously cut out from its place on the floor, a police source said. Blood stains were also found in the house.

Laura Garza was captured on club video tape reported leaving the night club with two men willingly. However, did Laura Garza know who or what she was leaving the club with?

At some point, Garza split up from her friend and was captured on video leaving the location with her dancing partner and another man.

She appeared to have left with them willingly, and didn’t look intoxicated, police sources said.

Sources said the men drove with her upstate. At some point, one got out and went home.

Witnesses at the club told cops that the men with whom Garza was spotted leaving were “regulars,” and were able to identify them. This led cops to the upstate home of the sex offender, sources said.

Investigators believe that whatever happened to Garza occurred upstate, and the New York State Police are now leading the investigation.

Two Men questioned in the case of missing Laura Garza

On Friday night, the police were questioning two people they suspected were involved in Ms. Garza’s disappearance, said Paul J. Browne, the chief police spokesman.

“We suspect foul play and are concerned for her safety,” he said. “Detectives identified two men who were seen leaving the club with her and determined that both of them reside outside the city in upstate New York.”

To further discuss the case, get updates and provide your own opinions, go to Scared Monkeys.net Missing Persons Forum: Laura Garza.

UPDATE I: ‘BLOODY SUV’ IN CLUB-GAL HUNT PERV’S CALL TO PAL EYED IN LAURA GARZA ‘MURDER’

Cops hunting a woman who disappeared from a Manhattan nightclub towed a bloodstained SUV from their prime suspect’s upstate family home today – hours after the sexual deviant called a pal begging him not to speak to police, sources said.

Investigators searched lakes and a wooded area near Michael Mele’s family’s Middletown house for Laura Garza, 25, whose case is being treated as a homicide.

Another police source said bloodstains were found in the SUV.

Cops also said they found a piece of carpet mysteriously cut out in an apartment Mele maintains near the family home. More blood was allegedly found in the house.

Neighbors said landscapers working on the property discovered a knife, which they turned over to police.

UPDATE II: Man seen with missing NYC woman jailed in Rockland

The Rockland County Sheriff’s Department says 23-year-old Michael Mele, a registered sex offender, is being held on $50,000 bail.

Detective Lt. William Barbera says Mele violated the terms of his probation by consuming alcohol and by failing to report to his probation officer. Mele’s attorney did not return a message seeking comment.

Mele and another man were seen leaving a Manhattan nightclub early Wednesday with 25-year-old Laura Garza.

UPDATE III: Police divers now searching east side of Echo Lake for Garza

State police divers are now searching the east side of Echo Lake in their continued search for clues about the disappearance of Brooklynite Laura Garza.

Seven divers have been at the lake since this morning, working in bitterly-cold water and under the 5-inch-thick ice.

They’s been working by feel in the water that’s obscured by mud and silt. The lake is split by Echo Lake Road in the Town of Wawayanda. Having finished a search of the west side of the lake, divers turned their attention Thursday afternoon to the east side.

Police divers were last at Echo Lake on Dec. 23, 2008.

UPDATE IV: Laura Garza’s family puts missing-person poster on front door of Michael Mele’s parents’ house

December 7th, 2008 at 03:30pm Posted by | arrested, Laura Garza, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, sex offender | 4 comments

31 Year Old Shawn Waters Missing in Central Florida (Merritt Island) Since 11/23/08 (Update: Body Recovered)

31 year old Shawn Waters has been missing since Sunday evening, November 23, Sean_Waters2008 when he went fishing in a ganoe, a canoe with an outboard motor, near Merritt Island on Sunday evening. Waters’ truck was found near the entrance to the Pine Island conservation area on Merritt Island and Waters’ boat was found Monday afternoon at Manatee Cove, which is nearly a mile south of Pine Island. The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a missing Brevard County fisherman, Shawn Waters. It is reported that Waters was wearing a life jacket.

Waters’ truck was found near the entrance to the Pine Island conservation area on Merritt Island where he usually parks for fishing trips.

Deputies said Waters’ boat was found Monday afternoon at Manatee Cove, which is nearly a mile south of Pine Island. A resident found the overturned boat, and called authorities after watching Eyewitness News at 11, Tuesday night.

The Coast Guard had been using a helicopter and two boats to conduct the search. A helicopter from Patrick Air Force Base and members of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and deputies from the Brevard County Sheriff’s office also helped.

“It is always a tough decision to suspend a search,” said Capt. Paul Thomas of the Coast Guard. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.”

Boater finds missing angler’s watercraft

Brevard County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Linda Moros said authorities concentrated their search on the area where the boat was found capsized with nothing in it just north of Manatee Cove, about 110 yards off an island in the Pine Island Conservation Area on Merritt Island.

Waters went fishing there Sunday in his flat-bottomed, light-blue “Gheenoe” and failed to return.

A Gheenoe is a flat-bottomed boat similar to a canoe that is equipped with an outboard motor.

The Gheenoe was found overturned by a fisherman around 4 p.m. Monday. The fisherman said he realized the boat he found and took home might belong to Waters after he saw reports about efforts to locate the missing boater on television news, Moros said. 

EquuSearch To Help Search For Missing Boater

Officials with Texas EquuSearch said the search and recovery group planned to help look for missing boater Sean Waters in Brevard County Sunday.

Waters went fishing last weekend in Pine Island Conservation Area, and has not been seen since.

Crews spent hours searching the area in the last week looking for Waters, and found his boat overturned and abandoned.

UPDATE I: Body discovered in Manatee Cove identified

The body discovered near Manatee Cove has been identified as Jonathan Shawn Evans Waters, the boater who was reported missing more than a week ago in the Indian River in Merritt Island.

Water’s body was found near a camp where he had been before he went missing. He was found at 1 p.m. today floating face down and 10 feet away from the shoreline.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the incident as a boating accident. There are no signs of foul play.

November 30th, 2008 at 03:32pm Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, Texas Equusearch | 2 comments

Reno Nevada Police Arrest Suspect James Biela in Brianna Denison Murder … Serial Rapist?

The police in Reno, NV have arrested 27 year old James Biela in connection with the murder of 19 year old college student Brianna Denison. James Biela was booked at the Washoe County Jail and charged with murder, first-degree kidnapping and sexual assault.  James Biela was arrested at the Stepping Stones Children’s Center where he was dropping off his son. Reno police have taken DNA evidence from Biela and stated that it would take 12 hours to process.

James Biela

James Biela

James Biela was booked into the Washoe County Jail on charges of murder, kidnapping in the first degree and sexual assault, but could not confirm he is the suspect in the Denison case.

Biela was arrested at the Stepping Stones Children’s Center, where officials said he was dropping off his son. Reno police took a DNA sample from the suspect and said it would take 12 hours to process.

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Brianna Denison

Police spokesman Steve Frady issued a one-sentence news release announcing a news conference at 10:30 a.m. today. He would not say whether the suspect was arrested in Reno or elsewhere.

19 year old Brianna Denison disappeared January 20, 2008 and whose body was later found in a field in South Reno on February 15, 2008. At the time of the recovery police stated they had found DNA evidence at the scene of the crime that they say links the suspect to other sexual assaults near the UNR campus.

Police said they recovered DNA evidence at the scene that would link a suspect to the crime. The DNA samples also linked Denison’s killer to three other sexually related attacks on women at or near UNR from October to December 2007.

Could police have finally found a serial rapist that has been connected to at least 3 reported assualts in the Reno area?

November 26th, 2008 at 01:21pm Posted by | abduction, Brianna Denison, Found Deceased, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures, Rape, sex offender, sexual assault | no comments

Sue Ellen Elizabeth Kreuser, 45, Missing in Scottsdale, AZ Since 11/13/08 (UPDATE: Found Safe)

45 year old Sue Ellen Elizabeth Kreuser has been missing in Scottsdale, AZ since Thursday afternoon November 13, 2008. According to police Sue Ellen Elizabeth Kreuser left her home on E. Palm Lane Thursday afternoon. Kreuser suffers from schizophrenia and she is a diabetic and it is reported that she does not have her medication with her.Sue Ellen Elizabeth Kreuser

Description:

  • She is described as 5 foot 3 inches tall
  • weighs 240 pounds
  • brown shoulder length hair
  • brown eyes
  • Police believe she was wearing a wear long sleeve shirt with green markings on the sleeve and Green bay Packers sweat pants.

PD: Scottsdale woman missing, disappeared without meds.

Police are searching for a Scottsdale woman who walked away from her home Thursday without medicines she needs.
 
Sue Ellen Kreuser, 45, was last seen at about 4:30 p.m. at her home near McDowell Road and 77th Street.

Anyone with information regarding Sue Ellen Elizabeth Kreuser is asked to contact the Scottsdale Police Department at 480-312-5000.

UPDATE I: Sue Ellen Elizabeth Kreuser Returns Home Safe

On Saturday morning at about 8:00 AM Sue Kreuser returned home safely after being brought home by a cab. The family called on Sunday to let us know that Sue had been wandering around the area of 83rd Avenue and the I10 freeway when she had asked a convenience store clerk in the area to call her a cab.

November 16th, 2008 at 02:13pm Posted by | Found Alive, Mentally Disabled, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, schizophrenia | no comments

AMBER ALERT Issues for 3 Year Old Chesney Anne Gaskin in North Carolina

An AMBER ALERT has been issued for 3 year old Chesney Anne Gaskin after the 3 year olds mother, Danielle Star Simpson. abducted her from the grandparents home on East Darden Road in Faison, North Carolina. The grandparents have full custody of  Chesney Anne Gaskin.

Chesney Anne Gaskin

Chesney Anne Gaskin

An AMBER Alert has been issued in North Carolina after investigators say a mother abducted her three-year old daughter from her grandparents.

Chesney Anne Gaskin is missing according to the Sampson County, NC Sheriff’s Office. Chesney is described as a white girl, 2’6” tall, weighs 30 pounds and has shoulder-length, straight red hair. Chesney has blue eyes and was last seen wearing yellow pajamas.

The alleged suspect, Danielle Star Simpson is described as white, 5’5” and weighs 135 pounds. She was wearing a white shirt, blue jeans and an army jacket. Simpson  is driving a gold 2001 Chevy Malibu with Washington license tag number 113 YAE. Also, weapons are believed to be in the vehicle.

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Chesney Anne Gaskin, 3, and mother Danielle Star Simpson, 24

UPDATE I: Angry Mom Abducted 3 Year Old Chesney Anne Gaskin

A deputy who called the mother’s cell phone shortly after the abduction said the woman was very angry and not in the right state of mind, officials said.

If you have any information regarding this abduction, call the Sampson County Sheriff`s Office immediately at (910) 592-4141, or call 911 or *HP.

UPDATE I: Danielle Star Simpson Found in Aiken.

Danielle Star Simpson 24 is the abductor and has been taken into custody.
 

November 14th, 2008 at 12:50pm Posted by | abduction, Amber Alert, child welfare, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Children, Pictures | 2 comments

27 Year Old Alisha Sidie Missing in Hatfield, WI Since 11/7/08 (UPDATE: Deceased Body Found)

27 year old Alisha Sidie has been missing since Friday night, November 7, 2008 in the Hatfield area of Jackson County, WI. According to reports, Alisha left her Hatfield home Friday night after an argument with her ex-husband, Doug Sidie. Her ex-husband said she left on foot. She has never been seen or heard from since.

Alisha Sidie3

Alisha left her Hatfield home Friday night after an arguement with her husband, Doug Sidie. Now officials are beginning to piece together a timeline of Alisha’s whereabouts that night, including the last people she had spoke with.

Sheriff Waldera says, “We are looking into the whereabouts and who had last contact, doesn’t matter if it was the husband or even friends she was with, but yes, we have investigators looking at all that information including the husband, what was going on and the details of the event that was told to us.”

Alisha Sidie Description:Alisha Sidie1

  •  5’4″ tall
  • 125 pounds
  • brown hair
  • brown eyes
  • She has a tattoo of a Taurus on her middle upper back and a cherry tattoo on her lower stomach.
  • Family says Alisha was wearing light blue scrubs and a long-sleeved white t-shirt.

UPDATE I: About 150 People Search for Missing Wisconsin Mother

Family, friends and law enforcement officers planned to regroup Tuesday to resume the search. About 150 people combed the Hatfield area on Monday. Searchers called in a tracking dog, helicopter and dive team as they looked for the mother of two.

“There’s so many dozens of ways that this could have happened,” Sidie’s friend Molly Hoffman told FOX News on Tuesday. “We all hope that she’s being a brat and she’s out there somewhere, but we also have thought about the worst and the more we look, it’s hard to say what actually happened when we have no news at all.”

Sidie’s ex-husband, Doug, says his wife left home about 9 p.m. Friday and never returned.

UPDATE II: Volunteers come up empty-handed on second day of search

Jordann Ojanpa says, “This has been the biggest challenge in the search efforts. Hatfield is completly covered in wooded areas. In over three hours, 160 volunteers could only cover 3 1/2 miles of woods.”

Searches now face the daunting task of sifting through brush and miles of wooded ares, hoping for any signs of Alisha.

Volunteer Amy Appel says, “We’re looking for items of clothing, really anything that looks remotely new that might be in relation, might give us some help.”

Alisha left her Hatfield home Friday night after an argument with her husband, Doug Sidie. Now officials are beginning to piece together a timeline of Alisha’s whereabouts that night, including the last people she had spoke with.

Three Days of Searching and No Sign of Alisha Sidie

Search for missing woman will resume today

UPDATE III: Ex-Husband Named Person of Interest in Disappearance of Alisha Sidie

It was only a matter of time before Doug Sidie, the ex-husband of missing Alisha Sidie was named a person of interest. Doug Sidie has the 3 most common attributes involved in being a person of interest and they are “ex-husband”, argument and last person to claim to have seen her. how many times have we seen this same MO play out in the disappearance of a person?

The case of a missing Jackson county woman takes a new turn.  Investigators are now calling the ex-husband of Alisha Sidie a person of interest. 

Investigators are also searching the Sidie home again for any clues.

“Now that we’re coming up short with our ground searches and any other information, it leads us back to the beginning.  So we’re kind of backing up and saying, well let’s focus back at the residence and try to gather additional information,” said Jackson County Sherifff Duane Waldera.

On Saturday, Alisha’s ex-husband, Doug Sidie, told investigators he and Alisha got into an argument on Friday night.  He told them Alisha walked off and hadn’t been seen since.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department at (715) 284-5357

UPDATE IV: No Trace of Missing Wisconsin Woman in Latest Searches With Divers, Dogs

Search efforts that included dive teams and underwater sonar to probe a canal came up empty Friday in the hunt for a 27-year-old Jackson County woman who has been missing for a week.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Pat LaBarbera said search dogs were also used in the effort to locate Alisha Sidie of Hatfield, the mother of twin 2-year-old boys.

UPDATE V: Alisha Sidie’s body found; ex-husband arrested

After a week-long search involving hundreds of volunteers, the body of 27-year-old Alisha Sidie of Hatfield was found Saturday night, and her 39-year-old ex-husband, Douglas Sidie, was arrested, Jackson County Sheriff Duane Waldera said.

No other details were offered on how Alisha Sidie’s body was found or what led to the arrest of Douglas Sidie. Alisha Sidie’s body has been sent to the state Crime Lab.

To discuss the case and provide your opinion and insight, go to Scared Monkeys.net Missing Persons Forum: Alisha Sidie.

November 13th, 2008 at 01:04am Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, Search and Rescue | 3 comments

40 Year Old Sheila Kathleen McBroom Missing Since 10/27/08 in Alaska

40 year old Sheila Kathleen McBroom has been missing since October 27, 2008 Sheila Kathleen McBroomwhen she was last seen at approximately 8:30 pm about six miles south of Girdwood, AK by a state trooper. According to the report from the Alaskan State trooper, McBroom  had pulled over on the side of the Seward Highway to take a nap as she was too tired to drive. However, when the trooper came back to check on Sheila Kathleen McBroom her pickup was still there but she was not. Sheila Kathleen McBroom has never been heard from or seen since.

Sheila Kathleen McBroom, 40, was last seen about six miles south of Girdwood, where Alaska State Troopers contacted her along the road Oct. 27 at about 8:30 p.m., police said.

McBroom told troopers she was too tired to drive and had pulled over to nap in her vehicle, police Lt. Dave Parker said. When troopers returned later for a welfare check, McBroom’s pickup was still there and her possessions were inside but she was nowhere to be found, he said.

Sheila Kathleen McBroom Description:

  • 5 feet 5 inches tall
  • 200 pounds
  • brown hair
  • blue eyes
  • She was wearing a white, hooded jacket.

If anyone has any information regarding the whereabouts of Sheila Kathleen McBroom, please call police at 786-8900.

UPDATE I: Alaska Community Fears Fate of Missing Mom; Friend: ‘I’ve Got This Gut Feeling That Something Bad Has Happened’

Along the Seward Highway, between the towering cliffs of exposed rock and the fast-icing waters of Turnagain Arm, an abandoned pickup found last month looked to be a promising lead in the search for a woman who vanished on her way to work.

But inside the green 1996 GMC, found some six miles below McHugh Creek on Oct. 31, the belongings of Sheila Kathleen McBroom, 40, remained untouched. There were no signs of foul play, nothing wrong with the car suggesting mechanical malfunction, no suicide note.

UPDATE II: Disappearance of woman baffles family, friends

In the days before she disappeared, one of McBroom’s teenage daughters returned after spending more than a year out of state, and McBroom appeared to be thrilled about the reunion in a personal blog entry dated Oct. 26.

“was sweet to hug my girl again,” she wrote. “really nice to have everybody home at home right now. was so strange (good) to have all of us around the dinner table last night. the small and simple things matter more.”

But McBroom was also stressing about her job with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Elmendorf Air Force Base, said Bishop Lance Nelson, who supervises McBroom’s ward at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

McBroom had gotten renewed interest in the church in recent years and had taught primary school there, Nelson said. He called her a loving mother and said her abrupt disappearance has shocked those who knew her, especially her family.

November 12th, 2008 at 11:42pm Posted by | Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures | 2 comments

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