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Missing Fort Bliss Soldier, Pfc Jeneesa Lewis Considered in Danger … Husband Clinton Lewis wanted for Questioning (Update: Found Alive)

Pfc Jeneesa Lewis has been missing since Friday, July 18, 2008 from Fort Jeneesa LewisBliss. Is it possible? Could it have happened again? Authorities are searching for 28 year old Fort Bliss Soldier, Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis and her husband Clinton Lewis. Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis is the fourth female soldier to go missing this year under suspicious circumstances. Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis is missing and considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday. Jeneesa Lewis is with the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Bliss  Also authorities found evidence of foul play inside her apartment.

Fort Bliss spokeswoman Jean Offutt said that when Jenessa Lewis didn’t report to physical training or work, soldiers from the 5-52 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 11th Brigade went to her off-post apartment to check on her. The apartment she shares with her husband was locked, prompting the call to police. When police arrived just after noon, investigators found evidence of foul play, Mears said. Mears said neither Lewis nor her husband were at the apartment. He would not discuss details of what officers found in the apartment.

Pfc Jeneesa Lewis description:

  • Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis is 28 years old
  • 5 foot 4 inches tall
  • white female
  • weighs about 125 pounds.

Clinton Lewis AP/El Paso Police Department Police say the wife of Clinton Lewis, Fort Bliss soldier Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis, is missing and considered in danger.

Police believe that Pfc Jeneesa Lewis is missing and her husband,  34 year old Clinton Lewis, may have something to do with it.  Investigators are looking for a 2001 white Dodge Dakota pickup truck with Texas tags 20ZFD7.

Police: Missing Texas soldier may be in danger UPDATE I: East Tennessee soldier missing, manhunt on

According to the Associated Press, people who know the soldier told investigators that she and her husband, who is not in the Army, have been having marital problems. Fort Bliss spokeswoman Jean Offutt told the AP that when Jeneesa Lewis didn’t report to physical training or work, soldiers from the 5-52 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 11th Brigade went to her off-post apartment to check on her. The apartment she shares with her husband was locked and neither of the Lewises were home.

UPDATE II: Sister of Missing Jeneesa Lewis’ states she was sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished.

Her sister says Army Private First Class Jeneesa Lewis sent a text message about leaving her husband two days before she vanished.

Lewis’ sister says El Paso police found the apartment was a mess and there was blood.

UPDATE III: Clinton W. Lewis, Husband of missing soldier wanted in Tennessee

Clinton W. Lewis has not been charged in the case and police have not named him a suspect. But investigators want to talk to him about the disappearance of his wife, Pfc. Jeneesa M. Lewis, a soldier stationed at Fort Bliss.

He is wanted on an outstanding warrant from Hawkins County, Tenn., where the couple lived before Jeneesa Lewis joined the Army last year. Officials with the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office did not provide details of the warrant Sunday, saying the department would issue a statement on Monday.

UPDATE IV: Missing Fort Bliss Soldier Jeneesa Lewis Found Alive … Husband Clinton W. Lewis Arrested

Finally some good news with regards to a missing persons case. Army Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis who had been adducted and kidnapped by her husband has been found safe. Although it is reported that she was hurt and had suffered stab wounds, Jeneesa Lewis is alive, safe and presently in a hospital in El Paso. Clinton Lewis has been arrested on an aggravated kidnapping charge.

The Benton Crier: Family: Missing Fort Bliss soldier found alive

Her husband, Clinton W. Lewis, has been jailed on an aggravated kidnapping charge. He was being held on $75,000 bond, according to jail records, which did not show if he had an attorney.

Delores Pigeon, Jeneesa Lewis‘ grandmother, said Jeneesa Lewis called late Sunday to say her husband abducted her from her El Paso apartment last week, drove her to Nevada and then came back to El Paso to turn himself in.

ABC News: Sister: Missing Fort Bliss soldier Jeneesa Lewis found alive, ‘tired, scared and weak’

“Clinton had seen it on the news and decided to turn himself in,” Skelton said in a phone interview from her home in Rogersville, Tenn.

“He took her into Nevada,” Pigeon said. “She said she’s in shock. She’s got two big holes in her legs and she lost of a lot of blood.”

UPDATE V: Husband of Fort Bliss Soldier Stabbed, Raped Her

The police affidavit said Lewis was waiting inside the soldier’s apartment and kicked her in the face as she walked through the door. The private first class was stabbed with a kitchen knife, threatened with death, then raped, investigators allege.

To get more updates and discuss the case of missing Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis, go to Scared Monkeys.net Missing Persons forum.

If Anyone has information on the case your being asked to call El Paso Crime Stoppers at 566 TIPS.

July 19th, 2008 at 03:22pm Posted by | abduction, arrested, Endangered Persons Alert, Found Alive, Jeneesa Lewis, Missing, Missing Adult, Missing Military, Pictures, Rape, Search and Rescue, sexual assault | 5 comments

Charred Body of Missing Holley Wimunc Discovered Near Camp Lejune … Marine Cpl. John Wimunc Charged with First Degree Murder and Arson

The charred body that was earlier reported having been found near Camp Lejeune was confirmed to ne that of missing 24 year old Army 2nd Lt. Holley Lynn Wimunc. When the human charred remains were discovered near Camp Lejeune, the Marine base where Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc was stationed, it was not difficult to put the pieces together his involvement in his terrible crime and  to figure out that his arrest was imminent.

23 year old Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc has been charged with first degree murder of his estranged wife, Holly Wimunc.

John Wimunc

Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc, 23, a Camp Lejeune Marine, was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder, first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit first-degree arson

Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc, 23, a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, was arrested around 4:30 p.m. Sunday and initially charged with arson for a fire that burned through Lt. Holley Wimunc’s Fayetteville, N.C., apartment on Thursday, the day she went missing.

Dead Army nurse’s husband charged with murder

23 year old Marine Cpl. John Wimunc has been charged with first degree murder and arson in the death of Holley Wimunc. Authorities have also charged 22 year old Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Alden with first-degree arson, conspiracy to commit arson and accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. Both John Wimunc and Kyle Alden were arrested at Camp Lejeune.

Marine Cpl. John Wimunc, 23, was also charged with first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson in the death of his wife, Army 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc, of Dubuque, Iowa. Her body was found Sunday, three days after a suspicious fire at her Fayetteville apartment.

In May, Wimunc secured a temporary restraining order against her husband. She told authorities he got drunk and held a loaded handgun to her head and his. At the time of her death, the couple was going through a divorce.

“You start with people who are closest to the spouse and you work your way out from that,” Fayetteville Detective Jeff Locklear said of the investigation.

UPDATE I: Remains confirmed to be Wimunc

July 14th, 2008 at 10:16pm Posted by | abduction, arrested, Crime/Murder, Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures | 2 comments

Mother of Missing Rice University Junior Matthew Wilson Comes to Bay Area to Search for Son

Matthew J. Wilson, a junior at Rice University in Houston has been missing since December 15, 2007.  Wilson’s car was recently found on June 10, 2008 in the 1200 block of Allston Way in Berkeley, CA.

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Matthew Wilson Description:

  • a 20 year old Caucasian male
  • 5 feet, 7 inches tall
  • weighs 135 pounds
  • red hair
  • green eyes
  • wears glasses
  • He had a full beard when his roommate last saw him.

Cathy Wilson, the mother of missing Matthew Wilson has flown to the Bay Area from Oklahoma and joined the search for her son.

His mother, Cathy Wilson, recently flew to the Bay Area from Oklahoma and joined the search for her son Saturday afternoon, according to Bridget Melson, co-founder of Trinity Search and Recovery.

“People really dig back into memory when they see her,” Melson said. ‘She looks so much like her son.”

The group will resume the search at about 2 p.m. today and plans on making stops at University of California-Berkeley as well as Bay Area Rapid Transit stations in Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland and Walnut Creek.

Melson said there have been more than 10 reported sightings of Matt Wilson in the Bay Area, including several in Walnut Creek within the last week.

Trinity Search and Recovery has handed out fliers to businesses in the area of some of the sightings, and employees reported seeing a man who fit Matt Wilson’s description, Melson said.

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Cathy Wilson walks through People’s Park in Berkeley asking people if they have seen her missing son, Matthew. His car was found abandoned in Berkeley last month.

Family web site: FindMattWilson.org

Mom comes to Bay Area to look for missing son

After the car was found on June 10, dirty and abandoned, on Allston Way in central Berkeley, a Pleasanton group that helps families search for missing loved ones got involved. The organization, called Trinity Search & Recovery, created a Web site with photos of Matthew and set up a telephone number for tips. A $25,000 reward is being offered by his mother, Rice University and Crime Stoppers of Houston.

Police in Berkeley and at Rice University have said they do not suspect foul play in Matthew’s disappearance. The book on identity theft suggests that Matthew may have considered changing his name, his mother said, but if that’s the case, it seems unlikely he would keep his flaming red hair and beard.

July 13th, 2008 at 10:47pm Posted by | Matthew Wilson, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, Search and Rescue | 3 comments

Brooke Bennett Funeral and Landfill Search in Texas for Raymond Gagnon’s Laptop and Hard Drive

As Randolph, VT lay 12 year old Brooke Bennett to rest there are further investigations into the death of Brooke. Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 9, 2008 as the small town in Vermont paid their respects to 12 year old Brooke Bennett and tried to make sense out of the senseless.

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Brooke Bennett, Rest in Peace

Thousands of miles away in Texas, Federal authorities were searching a landfill in San Antonio where they believe a laptop or hard drive owned by Brooke’s former step-father Raymond Gagnon containing evidence related to Brooke Bennett’s disappearance and death last month may be located. Raymond Gagnon has already facing obstruction of justice charges in the Brooke Bennett case and separate charges of child porn in AL.

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Raymond Gagnon, sketch

Erik Vasys, a spokesman for the FBI’s regional office in San Antonio, Texas, said Friday that authorities are searching through trash and other waste at the Allied Waste Services Landfill off of Interstate 10 East.

That San Antonio landfill may be the dumping site for trash from a local apartment rented by Raymond Gagnon, Bennett’s former stepfather who is facing charges in Alabama for possession of child pornography.

The 40-year-old Gagnon allegedly instructed his landlord last month to throw away a safe containing a computer stored at his apartment that police say contained volumes of child pornography, including sexual photos of an underage female witness involved in Bennett’s disappearance.

“We are working to locate a hard drive or laptop computer that was disposed of at the instruction of Mr. Gagnon,” Vasys said early Friday afternoon. “Based on information we have received, this landfill is the dumping site for trash from his apartment.”

FBI Searches Texas Landfill For Safe That May Contain Child Porn

Gagnon rented a room in San Antonio from Kevin Grosenheider, who according to an affidavit told authorities he threw the safe into an apartment complex garbage bin near his home at Gagnon’s request.

Grosenheider is quoted in an affidavit as saying he didn’t know what was in the safe “but assumed it was child pornography.”

Federal prosecutors said Gagnon tried to access his ex-stepdaughter’s MySpace account “on or about” June 26 from a library computer in Cullman, Vt.

Authorities search landfill for safe

An FBI spokesman says investigators have searched for the safe over the past week.

Gagnon rented a room in San Antonio from Kevin Grosenheider, who according to an affidavit told authorities he threw the safe into an apartment complex garbage bin near his home at Gagnon’s request.

Grosenheider is quoted in an affidavit as saying he didn’t know what was in the safe “but assumed it was child pornography.”

 

July 13th, 2008 at 12:10am Posted by | abduction, arrested, Brooke Bennett, child welfare, Crime/Murder, Found Deceased, kidnapped, Landfill search, Missing, Missing Children, My Space.com, Pictures | one comment

24 Year Old Second Lt. Holley Wimunc Missing Since 7/10/08 from Womack Army Hospital at Ft Bragg, NC … Arson at her Apartment … Divorce … Restraining Order (Update: Charred Remains Found?)

24 year old Holley Wimunc was reported missing Thursday morning, July 10, 2008 when she failed to show up for work at Womack Army Hospital at Ft. Bragg. Fayetteville police were dispatched to Wimunc’s apartment home on Thursday morning at the Morganton Place Apartments on Morganton Road near Bonaza Drive to find her apartment smoldering and a strong odor of gasoline. Holley Wimunc was not found at the scene and is considered a missing person.

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Missing Lt. Holley Wimunc

When officers arrived on the scene it was determined that there was evidence of an arson,” Fayetteville Police Lt. David Sportsman said.
Investigators say two bedrooms were burned and a back window was broken out. Wimunc was missing, but her car was still in the parking lot.

All signs in this case point to a terrible situation. A missing 24 year old woman, a burned apartment of which the cause was arson, a messy divorce, reports of domestic violence and a retraining order in which according to documents claim that Holley Wiminc’s husband threatened her and threatened to commit suicide.

In a court filing for a protective order, Wimunc said that in May her husband had knocked her down, held a loaded gun to her head and then threatened to commit suicide, WRAL reported. 

The court documents indicate that John Wimunc is a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, the station reported.

According to court documents, Lt. Holley Wimunc was going through a divorce with her husband, Marine Corporal John Wimunc. Holley Wimnuc previously had taken out a restraining order against him. documents report that on occasion, Corporal John Wimunc held a gun to his wife’s head and threatened to killer her.

The Fayetteville Police Department identified 24-year-old Holley Wimunc, a second lieutenant at the Womack Army Hospital at Fort Bragg, as missing and endangered Friday. A smoldering blaze was found Thursday morning at her apartment by a concerned colleague after Wimunc failed to show up for her nursing job in the military hospital’s maternity ward.

Authorities quickly ruled that the fire had been intentionally set with the help of an accelerant, Lt. David Sportsman, spokesman for the Fayetteville Police Department, told ABC News in an interview Friday. Investigators spent Thursday contacting Wimunc’s family and friends, hoping she’d intentionally taken off. Wimunc was nowhere to be found, and authorities identified her Friday so the public could possibly help in the investigation. (ABC News)

Soldier Missing After Apartment Fire

Wimunc was gone, but her car was still in the parking lot, police said. They towed the car — a white Dodge — to a site where it could be examined.

Houp said taking the car was a precautionary measure.

“We don’t want to leave any stone unturned,” he said.

Investigators with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies waited at a police command post outside the building most of the day for warrants to search the apartment. They entered the apartment about 7:15 p.m.

Another Fort Bragg soldier is under investigation, as her apartment is found destroyed by an allegedly set fire, and she is nowhere to be found.

Missing soldier’s children are safe

Americas Most Wanted: Ft. Bragg, North Carolina Soldier Holley Wimunc Missing

John Wimunc_ex-husband

Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc

UPDATE I: Marine’s parents of Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc: Claims of violence against wife ‘unfounded’

  • Full statement from parents can be read HERE

UPDATE II: Charred human remains found in Onslow on the south end of Camp Lejeune

Authorities are reporting a grisly discovery in what they suspect may be the body of missing Army 2nd Lt. Holley Lynn Wimunc. The remains discovered appear to have been burned and mutilated.

SNEADS FERRY, NC (WTVD) — Onslow Sheriff’s investigators and military authorities are investigating charred human remains found near Camp Lejeune.

Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown said the human remains were found Sunday in a shallow grave off Old Folkstone Road in Sneads Ferry. Sneads Ferry is on the south end of Camp Lejeune.

Investigators believe someone set a fire in the area in an attempt to cover up a crime.

Neither the Onslow County Sheriff’s Officer or military authorities have confirmed whether this is connected to the disappearance of Fort Bragg soldier Holley Wimunc.

Charred remains found near Camp Lejeune

“We did in fact find human remains in what appeared to be a shallow grave. (The remains) are being guarded now by law enforcement officers. The crime scene will be processed first thing tomorrow morning,” Hudson said.

Remains found near Lejeune may be missing soldier

“There was physical evidence that indicated the body had been there for a substantial period of time,” Hudson said.

The body had been burned prior to the brush fire, Hudson said. There is reason to suspect it is Holley Wimunc, Hudson said, but he would not specify why. He said investigators left the body in place under guard Sunday night and plan to examine it closer today.

He would not discuss whether investigators have a suspect or suspects.

The Jacksonville Daily News, citing unnamed sources, reported Sunday that investigators found “bladed weapons” near the body and that it was mutilated.

UPDATE III: Father of Fort Bragg nurse: Our daughter is dead

To discuss the case and get updates go to Scared Monkeys.net Missing Persons Forum: 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc, 24, missing Fort Bragg

July 12th, 2008 at 12:07pm Posted by | Endangered Persons Alert, Found Deceased, Missing Adult, Pictures | 3 comments

New Zealand: 14 Year Old Julie Davis Missing Since 7/4/08 … Reportedly With 41 Year Old Craig Howard

14 year old Julie Davis, a Mount Maunganui College student has been missingJulie Davis_NZ since Wednesday,  July 4, 20008 in New Zealand. Julie Davis is reportedly thought to have run of with 41 year old Craig Howard from Waingaro. Julie Davis went missing on July 4 after friends saw her walking along Topaz Drive in Papamoa at 3.45pm.

Missing Mount Maunganui schoolgirl Julie Davis was spotted at the Miranda Hot Springs near Thames on Wednesday with Waikato man Craig Howard. But police have not been able to track them since.

Detective Peter Sweeney, of Tauranga Police, said he had two phone calls overnight reporting possible sightings. But after a week, police had still not located Julie, 14, a Mount Maunganui College pupil, and Mr Howard, 41, from Waingaro.

Julie Davis was last seen wearing her school’s a red top and grey skirt. Mr Howard is understood to be driving a grey 1989 Subaru Legacy station wagon, registration UE 4661.

Man on the run with teen a ‘loner’

Mr Howard was the father of about seven children, some the same age as Miss Davis, and was believed to have been from Huntly, Mrs Singh said.

The couple were reluctant to comment on Mr Howard’s predicament. “We’re not his employers, we cannot give him advice.”

Other Waingaro residents said Mr Howard was a bit of a loner. Police say Mr Howard is a 41-year-old Maori, 175cm tall, of medium build with a slight lisp. He drives a grey 1989 Subaru Legacy station wagon, registration UE4661.

Police say the teenager’s family are concerned for her safety and have urged her or Mr Howard to contact police.

Missing girl may be with man, 41

Craig Howard, also known as Andrew Kara, is Maori, 175cm tall and of medium build. He is believed to speak with a slight lisp and is known to drive a grey 1989 Subaru Legacy station wagon, registration UE4661. He is believed to be in the Coromandel, Waikato or Bay of Plenty area.

UPDATE I: Fears grow for missing teen schoolgirl who disappeared with a 41yearold man 10 days ago

July 11th, 2008 at 11:25pm Posted by | Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures | 3 comments

Missing and Endangered 14 Year Old Rachel Green from Salem, Wisconsin Thought to be in NY with 23 year old Kyle DeWolf (Update Found Safe)

Rachel Green, a 14 year old girl from Salem, WI is considered missing and endangered and thought to be in New York. She is believed to be with 23 year old Kyle DeWolf of of Binghamton, New York. Where else would a 14 year old and 23 year old meet in today’s society? The internet and MySpace of course.

  • 5 foot 3, and 125 pounds.
  • She was last seen Monday, June 30 in her hometown of Salem, Wisconsin.
  • DeWolf could be driving a 1998 Oldsmobile with New York plates EAH 1663

Rachel green_kyle Dewolf

Rachel Green 14, of Salem, Wisconsin went missing on Monday June 30th. She is thought to be with 23 year old Kyle DeWolf of Binghamton, New York. Kyle was just released from the army in Ft. Stewart, Georgia after completing a 21 month tour in Iraq.

The two met over the Internet on myspace. Rachel was last seen Monday but never showed up for summer school. There is a strong belief they are in New York as they were spotted in Pennsylvania on Tuesday and Kyle has family in Ulster, PA and Endicott, NY.

Kyle is thought to be operating a green, 4 door, Oldsmobile with NYS Registration EAH1663.

UPDATE I: Mother Of Missing Girl Speaks Out

Hansen is overcome with worry, concern and fear of where her 14-year-old daughter may be.
Investigators believe Green met 23-year-old Kyle DeWolf through MySpace.

“I had no idea who this person was. None didn’t even know he existed and then all the sudden MySpace comes up again. This guy Kyle and she’s gone. She’s just gone,” Hansen said.

DeWolf was recently discharged from the army and was living in Georgia. Authorities tell the family the two may be headed toward New York where he has family.

TODAY’S TMJ4’s Melanie Stout: “You said she’s just your average teenage girl?”

“Yes who trusted someone she shouldn’t have,” Hansen said.

UPDATE II:  23 year old man suspected in the disappearance of a 14 year old Kenosha County girl has been arrested in New York

She had been reported missing by her mother Monday. Authorities say text messages on Green’s cell phone showed she was communicating with DeWolf about the time of her disappearance.

DeWolf is already charged with transferring obscene material to a minor and crossing state lines to have sex with a minor.

July 3rd, 2008 at 11:26pm Posted by | arrested, Endangered Persons Alert, Found Alive, Missing, Missing Teen, My Space.com, Pictures, Runaway | no comments

77 Year Old John J. MacDonald Missing in Bristol, CT Since Morning of July 3, 2008

77 year old John J. MacDonald has been missing since the morning of July 3, 2008 in Bristol, CT. He left his home at 10 am and has not been seen or heard from since. MacDonald lives with his daughter and she says it is very unusual that he did not return home. According to Police, MacDonald is described as being in good physical condition with no known medical problems

Description and circumstances of missing John J. MacDonaldJohn MacDonald

  • He is a 77 year old white man
  • 155 pounds, 5-foot-10
  • hazel eyes
  • gray hair
  • He was wearing navy blue pants and a plaid shirt
  • MacDonald was driving a gray 2003 Chevrolet Malibu with Connecticut plates AB7712.

John J. MacDonald left his home around 10 a.m. Wednesday and hasn’t returned, police said. He has no health problems, and no history of staying away from his home, according to what his daughter told police.

After the family reported MacDonald missing, police supervisors notified patrol officers to keep watch for him. They’re asking that anyone who sees him call 860-584-3011.

 

July 3rd, 2008 at 11:05pm Posted by | Missing, Missing Adult, Missing Elderly, Pictures | no comments

AMBER ALERT Issued for 9 Year old Ryan Ramos Abducted By His Father Lonnie Ramos

An AMBER ALERT has been issued for a 9 year old, Lake Forest boy, Ryan Ramos in Orange County, CA. Authorities say a man, Lonnie Ramos, who allegedly shot his estranged wife and abducted their 9-year-old son may be driving a rented RV. Lonnie Ramos abducted Ryan on July 2, 2008.

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Ryan Ramos, 9 year old abducted

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: Amber Alert

Circumstances: Ryan was abducted by his father, Lonnie Ramos, on July 2, 2008. A felony warrant for Kidnapping was issued for the abductor on July 2, 2008. They may be traveling in a red Porsche with license plates 4BWU827 or a white Chevrolet Suburban with license plates 5LTC712 or a 2005 Fleetwood Providence RV with California license plates 5EGW556 similar to the one pictured above. CAUTION IS ADVISED.

Description of father Lonnie Ramos:

  • 46 year old white manLonnie_Ramos
  • about 6 feet 3 inches
  • 180 pounds.
  • He is believed to have rented a 39-foot 2005 Fleetwood Providence purple and gold motor home Wednesday with California license plate No. 5EGW556, Brotheim said.

A man who allegedly shot his estranged wife in the face and fled with his 9-year-old son may have switched his car for a motor home, authorities said Thursday.

An Amber Alert was in effect throughout California for Lonnie Ramos, 46. He was believed to be driving a rented 39-foot purple-and-gold Fleetwood Providence motor home with the license plate number 5EGW556, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said.

Ramos was possibly in the San Diego area and Border Patrol agents were notified in case he tried to head for Mexico, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.

Amormino said Ramos was considered “armed and extremely dangerous.”

Ramos apparently jumped out from behind a car or bushes and shot his estranged wife in the face with a semiautomatic weapon about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when she drove to his home in the Portola Hills area to pick up their son, Ryan, for a custody exchange, Amormino said. (Fox News)

Police ask that anyone who has information on the shooting and abduction of Ryan Ramos please contact the Orange County Sheriff’s Office at 714-628-7170 or dial 911

UPDATE I: Lake Forest man accused of kidnapping son and shooting estranged wife had financial and personal problems

UPDATE II: Amber Alert issued for child who could be in Utah

Ramos was seen with his son trying to buy plane tickets out of John Wayne Airport after the incident occurred. Ramos has family in Texas and Washington, D.C. Police say he may also have ties to Utah, although they haven’t specified what those ties may be.

UPDATE III: Orange County authorities expected to make the announcement at a press conference later Saturday morning.

They think Ramos may have rented a purple and gold Fleetwood Providence motor home with license plate 5EGW556.

UPDATE IV: Utah Amber Alert no longer in effect for Ryan Ramos

UPDATE V: Father (Lonnie Ramos) who took boy (Ryan Ramos) likely in Mexico, say police

The Amber Alert went out to Utah late Friday because Ramos has a girlfriend in Draper, police said. It was canceled at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday. A Wednesday sighting of the motor home in Utah was likely mistaken, Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Jim Amormino said. 

Police are planning to search the motor home, a 2005 Fleetwood Providence, for possible clues and then work with Mexican authorities to pursue Ramos, Amormino said. 

Mexican law prevents its citizens from being extradited to the United States for death penalty charges, but Ramos is neither a Mexican citizen nor a death

UPDATE VI: Ryan Ramos Found Safe in Mexico

Ryan Romas has been found safe in a church in Juarez Mexico. His father is still a fugative.

Authorities on Sunday announced that Ryan Ramos, allegedly kidnapped by his father last week, has been found safe in Mexico.

Lonnie Ramos, the boy’s father, allegedly shot his estranged wife and then kidnapped Ryan, according to Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

Officials said that the boy will be reunited with his family shortly. His mother, Gynnae Ramos is recovering from the shooting.

Lonnie Ramos has not been found, according to authorities.

Kidnapped 9-year-old found in Mexican church

A 9-year-old boy missing from Southern California has been found at a church in Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas.

Ryan Ramos was found alone but safe in Juarez Sunday afternoon and is now with U.S. officials there. He’s said to be in “excellent condition”.

UPDATE VII: Fugitive Dad Killed By Bus

A desperate five-day search for a 9-year-old boy abducted by his father in Southern California ended in Mexico, where the man died after being hit by a bus and the boy was found safe in a Mormon church building, authorities said Monday.

Ryan Ramos was found alone Sunday in a Mormon church building in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and arrived in Orange County early Monday, where he was reunited with his family, sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino said.

 

To further discuss the case or get updates go to Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Forum: Amber Alert Issued for 9 Year Old Ryan Ramos

July 3rd, 2008 at 09:59pm Posted by | abduction, Amber Alert, child welfare, Found Alive, kidnapped, Mexico, Missing, Missing Adult, Missing Children, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Pictures | no comments

19 Year Old Brandon Swanson Missing Since May 14, 2008 in southwestern Minnesota

19 year old Brandon Swanson has been missing since May 14, 2008. Brandon Swanson has not been heard from since he was talking with his father Brian Swanson of Marshall early in the morning on May 14, when he abruptly lost cell phone contact. Brandon had called to say his car was in a ditch. His car went into the ditch along the Lincoln and Lyon County line near Taunton.

Brandon Swanson

Brandon Swanson

Still no sign of missing Marshall man

Another weekend search has ended with no sign of a missing 19-year-old Marshall man.

About 100 searchers gathered in Taunton over the weekend to look for Brandon Swanson. Authorities say he was last heard from in a cell phone call to his parents on May 14. His car was found in a ditch near Taunton.

Fathers, David Francis and Brian Swanson Share a Heartache Searching for Missing Sons … Jon Francis and Brandon Swanson Missing

Foundation to help in Swanson search

The search continues for missing Brandon Swanson with no results. However, the family of Brandon Swanson could not be more thankful for all of the help that they have received from volunteers.

On Saturday, volunteer crews will continue to look for the missing teen. They plan to expand their search and concentrate on the Yellow Medicine River. Brandon’s dad Brian says that every weekend dozens of people volunteered their time and he couldn’t be more thankful.

“In our society, you know, just sometimes it seems everybody is out for number one, but this has proven to me that people care about others and they’ll do anything for you,” said Brian. The Swansons welcome volunteers to join their search this weekend.

The Search for Brandon Swanson

UPDATE I: Missing Marshall man probably drowned, sheriff says

The Lincoln County sheriff says a missing Marshall man probably died accidentally in the Yellow Medicine River.

After weeks of searching, Sheriff Jack Vizecky says he’s convinced 19-year-old Brandon Swanson’s body is in the river. There was no evidence of foul play.

To discuss the case and get further updates, go to Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Forum; Brandon Swanson, 19, MN Missing 5/14/08

June 28th, 2008 at 08:51pm Posted by | Blog, Brandon Swanson, Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures | 2 comments

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