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Jackson State University Student Latasha Norman Missing Since November 13, 2007 (Update: Found Dead, Boyfriend Arrested)

20 year old Latasha Norman, a Jackson State University student has been missing since November 13, 2007. Latasha Norman was last seen at the end of an afternoon class Nov. 13. She has recently, according to reports, been the target of of attacks.

In recent weeks, Norman had been the target of attacks. Someone slashed her car tires and removed the vehicle’s license plate. Her father instructed her to file reports with the campus police, and she did. Last week, an ex-boyfriend of Norman’s was charged with hitting her last month. He has withdrawn as a student from Jackson State, university officials said Wednesday. (Washington Post)

Missing Woman Coverage a Black and White Issue?

Why does one missing woman get all the attention while another woman’s story becomes a buried headline? Jackson, Miss., Police Chief Malcolm McMillin, who has been heading a search over the past eight days for 20-year-old Latasha Norman, thinks he knows one reason why. “As far as the interest by the national media in the story, I think race probably had an impact,” the police chief said.

Family Confident Missing JSU Student Is Alive The search continues tonight for the missing Jackson state student

After one week, very few clues have turned up on the wherabouts of Latasha.   She was last seen leaving an accounting class at Jackson state around 2:30 Tuesday November 13th. Her father Danny Bolden, “It’s been seven days now we’d like to bring this to a closure, just like the chief said we don’t have any leads yet we don’t know were still investigating, were crying out for help.” During a briefing on campus, investigators said they were limited in what they could say about Latasha’s case. They say they’ve received several tips and are following up on several leads. Hinds County Sheriff and Jackson Police Chief Malcolm McMillin says, “This needs to be national news. We need the rest of the country to have the same kind of concern we have for this.”

No new leads in student’s disappearance

Police reported no new leads Friday in the disappearance of Jackson State University student Latasha Norman, and her father said he’s staying in the Jackson area to be close to the investigation. “We haven’t heard anything new,” said Danny Bolden, of Greenville. He indicated press reports on his missing daughter are helping “keep the case alive.” He said police had told him they were following up on several phone calls but that nothing concrete had come up.

UPDATE I: Mississippi Police Find Missing Student Latasha Norman’s  Body, Charge Ex-Boyfriend Stanley Dwayne Cole With Murder

The case of missing Latasha Norman has come to a sad but not surprising ending Sadlly, the body of Latasha Norman was found dead by Mississippi police after her ex-boyfrined, Stanley Dwayne Cole, lead police to the location. Stanley Dwayne Cole has been arrested and charged with Latasha Norman’s murder.

The ex-boyfriend of a missing Jackson State University student was charged with murder Thursday after leading police to her decomposed body in the woods off a quiet Jackson street, authorities said.

Norman’s ex-boyfriend, Stanley Dwayne Cole of Greenville, was charged with murder after being interviewed by detectives on Thursday, said Jackson Police Sgt. Jeffery B. Scott.

“Investigators were able to locate the body based on information developed in the course of the interview,” Scott said.

For further updates and to discuss the case, go to Scared Monkeys Missing Persons forum: Latasha Norman.  

November 24th, 2007 at 12:13am Posted by | arrested, Crime/Murder, Found Deceased, Missing, Missing College Student, Pictures | one comment

Cori Jessie Baker Missing Since November 9, 2007 in Tulsa, OK … Feared Dead, Marquis Milton Bullock Arrested

13 year old Cori Jessie Baker has been missing since Friday, November 9, 2007 in Cori Jesse BakerTulsa, OK. Marquis Milton Bullock, 18, the boyfriend of the girl’s sister, was arrested Monday night. He is being held without bail on first-degree murder and kidnapping complaints. Investigators are searching the Arkansas River for the body of Cori Baker.

TULSA — Divers looking for the body of a 13-year-old girl packed up their gear Wednesday after a full day of searching, but still no body.

Police expected to find the remains of Cori Jessie Baker. Cori was last seen leaving Union Alternative School on Friday afternoon with Marquis Milton Bullock, her older sister’s boyfriend. Bullock, 18, has been jailed on complaints of first-degree murder and kidnapping in connection with the teen’s disappearance.

Marquis Milton Bullock has been arrested after police found a stain that tested positive as blood in his vehicle.

Marquis Milton Bullock, 18, the boyfriend of the girl’s sister, was arrested Monday night. Officers have been searching for Cori since Friday, when she was seen leaving Union Alternative School with Bullock.

According to Bullock’s arrest affidavit, police found a stain that tested positive as blood on the driver’s floor carpet of Bullock’s car. A similar process found blood on Bullock’s shoes, the document states. (News OK)

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: Cori Baker

UPDATE I: Search for missing Tulsa girl’s body suspended

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Tulsa police have called off the search for the body of a missing 13-year-old girl.

They tell 2 News that they no longer believe that the body of Cori Baker is where her alleged killer told them to look.

Baker disappeared last Friday, reportedly after leaving the Union Alternative School with her sister’s boyfriend, Marquis Bullock.

November 15th, 2007 at 12:16am Posted by | abduction, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures, Search and Rescue | 4 comments

Two Men Have been Arrested in Death of Missing 9 Year Old Missouri Girl Rowan Ford

The case if missing 9 year old Rowan Ford is disturbing on so many levels. One account that hits home and describes the the fact that there are just no words to describe such a  heinous and senseless murder of an innocent 4th grader comes from “It is the Little Things” blog. How many times must we see that our children have been failed?

Two men have been arrested; however, no names released yet.Rowan Ford

Two men have been arrested in the death of 9 year old Rowan Ford. Rowan Ford was reported missing after her mother, Colleen Spears, returned home early Nov. 3 from a night shift at a Wal-Mart. Her body was found on private land about 10 miles south of the girl’s hometown of Stella. Authorities have determined Rowan’s death to be a homicide; however, they have not provided a cause of death yet. Authorities believe that Rowan Ford was killed in Barry County.

Two men have been arrested in the death of a 9-year-old girl whose body was found Friday in a hillside cave in southwest Missouri, authorities said. Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland identified one as a 24-year-old male and the other as a man of about the same age. (YAHOO News)

In another case of do not leave your child unattended and always check on your children when you return home, we are presented with the following account from the stepfather.Rowan_Ford2 

The girl’s stepfather, David Spears, told investigators he and two male friends were with Rowan the night before until they went out around 10:45 p.m. He returned home around midnight but did not check on the girl, Copeland said.

David Spears also later told authorities that he called his mother sometime after 1 a.m. and asked to use her vehicle, Copeland has said. She took it to him about half an hour later, then stayed at his house while her son left in her vehicle for about 5 1/2 hours, Copeland has said.

Copeland also has said that Spears has not been able to explain what he did during that time. He has not been accused of a crime.

Two are in custody for kidnapping, murder of girl

Cross posted at Scared Monkeys.com

UPDATE I: Girl’s Stepdad Denies Involvement in Disappearance

The stepfather of 9-year-old Rowan Ford denies any role in her death. David Spears left her alone Friday night when he went out with friends.

Law enforcement officials have said they are bothered by inconsistencies in Spears’ account of that night and the following day.

UPDATE II: Police Arrest Stepfather David Spears for Alleged Murder of Missouri Girl

The stepfather of a 9-year-old girl whose body was found Friday in a hillside cave in southwest Missouri was arrested in her death.

Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland confirmed late Friday night that David Spears, 24, was arrested in the death of Rowan Ford.

“The stepfather was a possible suspect,” Copeland told The Associated Press. “I will confirm that he has been arrested, as well as one of his friends.”

Copeland said a 24-year-old man from Wheaton, in adjacent Barry County, was also arrested. Charges had not been filed as of Friday night.

UPDATE III: Stepfather and friend charged with murder and rape of 9-year-old

Discuss the case at the Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Forum: Rowan Ford

November 10th, 2007 at 01:25am Posted by | abduction, arrested, child welfare, Crime/Murder, Found Deceased, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Children, Pictures, Search and Rescue | one comment

Drew Peterson Named Suspect in Stacy Peterson Missing Persons Case, Kathleen Savio’s body to be Exhumed

Drew Peterson, the husband of missing Stacy Peterson, was officially named a Drew Peterson5suspect today by police. Although previously not named a suspect, it was rather obvious that all signs pointed to Drew Peterson as the most likely individual that police were focusing on in the disappearance of his wife.

His actions have been peculiar to say the least and it would appear according to reports that the pressure may be reaching a breaking point.

“I would say right now that Drew Peterson has gone from being a person of interest to clearly being a suspect,” in the disappearance of Stacy Peterson, Illinois State Police Capt. Carl Dobrich said during a news conference. “I would say this case has shifted from a missing-person case to a possible homicide case.”

Pictures of Stacy Peterson

Also today, authorities have announced that they will exhume the body of Drew Peterson’s 3rd wife, Kathleen Savio, who died in 2004.

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(Kathleen Savio)

Peterson’s third wife was Kathleen Savio. Her niece, Melissa Marie Doman, said family members support the decision by the Will County state’s attorney’s office to exhume Savio’s body.

Family members have long suspected that Savio didn’t drown accidentally in her bath tub as ruled by the coroner’s office, Doman said.

“I am all for it, along with the rest of my family, because something just was never right,” said Doman. “I can’t really say who, but someone did something. I don’t think it was an accident.”

Officials may exhume body of Drew Peterson’s 3rd wife

Cop Suspected in Wife’s DisappearanceStacy_Peterson

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Authorities probing the disappearance of a police officer’s wife said Friday he is now considered a suspect in a potential homicide investigation, and that the death of an ex-wife three years ago appeared to have been staged as an accidental drowning.

Authorities received court approval to exhume the body of an ex-wife of Bolingbrook Sgt. Drew Peterson as they continued the search for his wife, Stacy, who was last seen Oct. 28.

Illinois State Police Capt. Carl Dobrich said Peterson, 53, has moved from being a person of interest in the disappearance of his 23-year-old wife to “clearly being a suspect.” Dobrich also said the case was now a potential homicide investigation.

“We have mixed emotions right now,” said Pamela Bosco, Stacy Peterson’s adoptive stepmother. “We’re sad, but we needed to move on, and this is something we’ve needed to hear for a long time.”

Authorities: Cop is a suspect in wife’s vanishing

Stacy Peterson’s Close Friend, Pamela Bosco, Speaks Out

UPDATE I: Geraldo interviews Drew Peterson

With the media camp growing outside his Bolingbrook home, Sgt. Drew Peterson took his case to Geraldo Rivera Saturday.

Off-camera, he insisted he had nothing to do with his wife’s disappearance and complained to the Fox Network broadcaster that stress caused by media coverage has caused him to lose 25 pounds.

The interview came on a day when more than 100 volunteers — though not Peterson — scoured forest preserves and ponds looking without success for 23-year-old Stacy Peterson.

In another twist, two of Stacy Peterson’s relatives entered the couple’s home and removed the ashes of Stacy’s deceased sister, who died last year of cancer.

 

November 9th, 2007 at 10:29pm Posted by | Crime/Murder, Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, Stacy Ann Peterson | 6 comments

The Alabama Department of Public Safety Issues a Missing Child Alert for 17 Year Old Benjamin (Ben) Stanford (UPDATE: Found Deceased, Autopsy: Suicide)

A “Missing Child Alert” has been issued by the Alabama Department of Public BENJAMIN STANFORD1Safety for missing 17 year old Benjamin Stanford. Ben Stanford has been missing since November 5, 2007 when he was last seen on Monday in Anniston and his vehicle was later found in Villa Rica, GA. Stanford is a senior at the Donoho school in Anniston.   Benjamin Stanford is the grandson of Alabama State Senator Jim Preuitt. Law enforcement in both Alabama and Georgia are looking for the missing teen.

Benjamin Stanford Description:

  •  weight 140 pounds
  • brown hair
  • green eyes
  • He was last seen wearing a white ball cap, rust colored jeans and a long-sleeved fleece shirt that was dark gray and purple.
  • Another report states that he was wearing rust colored Carhartt jeans, a long sleeve dark gray and purple shirt and a white Polo ball cap.

MISSING & EXPLOITED CHILDREN

ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — Law enforcement in Alabama and Georgia are searching for the 17-year-old grandson of an Alabama state senator.

The Alabama Department of Public Safety issued a missing child alert Wednesday for Benjamin Stanford, who was last seen Monday morning in Anniston. His vehicle, a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee, was later found on Interstate 20 in Villa Rica, Ga., police said.Benjamin Stanford

Stanford is a senior at Donoho School in Anniston and is the grandson of state Sen. Jim Preuitt, D-Talladega.

If anyone has any information regarding Ben Stanford’s disappearance, please call the Lincoln Police Department at 205-763-7777.

UPDATE I: Reward offered as 2-state search continues for missing Lincoln teen

ERA King Real Estate, where his mother, Lynne Stanford, works, has announced a $20,000 reward for valid information “leading to Ben’s safe return,” according to a mass e-mail that went out Thursday evening.

UPDATE II: Call for Volunteers in Search for Missing St. Senator’s Grandson, TES to help search for missing Ben Sanford

UPDATE III: Body Fitting Description Of Ben Stanford Found

Authorities have recovered a body fitting the description of the grandson of Senator Jim Preuitt.

The body was located about one mile away from his vehicle in the woods near Interstate 20 in Villa Rica, Ga.

Authorities are waiting on the Medical Examiner to release the identity of the body.

UPDATE IV: Body of Alabama senator’s grandson identified

The body of the teenage grandson of an Alabama state senator has been found about 1,000 feet from where his vehicle was located last week along Interstate 20, the senator said Tuesday.

State Sen. Jim Preuitt said Alabama state trooper officials have notified him that the body found Tuesday was that of his 17-year-old grandson, Benjamin Stanford.

“Bless his heart. He was the apple of my eye. He was just so lovable. We can’t believe it has happened,” Preuitt told The Associated Press.

UPDATE V: Report: Autopsy Rules Stanford Death Suicide

WSFA 12 News has learned through published reports that the Carroll County, Georgia coroner and Georgia Bureau of Investigation have concluded an autopsy of Benjamin Stanford’s remains.

The report indicates Stanford died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

For more updates and discussion regarding missing Ben Stanford, go to Scared Monkeys Missing Person forum.

November 9th, 2007 at 08:11am Posted by | Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures, Texas Equusearch | 9 comments

Texas EquuSearch Joins the Search for Missing Stacy Peterson in Bolingbrook, IL … They Need Your Help

TES and the Family of Stacy Peterson needs your HelpStacy Peterson

Tim Miller and the volunteers of Texas EquuSearch have joined the search to help find missing Stacy Peterson. The family of Stacy Peterson contacted TES, the non-profit search organization,  in an effort to help find their missing loved one. Stacy Ann Peterson has been missing since 10/28/07.

Speaking with Tim Miller this evening he asked that anyone in the Bolingbrook, IL come out and help search and also take part in helping out with the Command Center located at the Westbrook Christian Church in Bolingbrook.

The command center for the Texas EquuSearch team will be the Westbrook Christian Church at 1175 Lily Cache Lane in Bolingbrook. All search volunteers for tomorrow need to be there at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow

 Stacy Peterson – search update 11/05/07

Cassandra Cales, Stacy’s sister, contacted EquuSearch and asked for the national organization’s help, said Cindy Wisdom, case manager for the not-for-profit group founded in 2000 to help authorities find missing people.

“We don’t enter a case unless family or law enforcement contacts us, and we don’t move forward with a case unless law enforcement agrees to work with us,” Wisdom said, adding the group has opened cases on more than 800 missing people and found 300—and the remains of 76 others. “The idea is to bring home missing persons, dead or alive.” (Chicago Tribune)

Texas search team to help in Peterson case

Meanwhile, representatives from The Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team, an all-volunteer group with resources that include divers, helicopters, dog teams, horses and foot teams, were set to help in the search.

Family friend Bruce Zidarich said Peterson’s relatives had reached out to the group last week, and they had agreed to help.

For more updates and information go to MissingExploited.com.

To discuss the case and for updated go to Scared Monkey Forum: Stacy Ann Peterson 23, Bolingbrook IL – Missing 10/28/07

 

November 6th, 2007 at 12:34am Posted by | Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, Stacy Ann Peterson, Texas Equusearch | 2 comments

AMBER ALERT Issued for 15 Year Old Jacqueline Mendoza in Minnesota (Update: Amber Canceled Found Safe, Couple Arrested)

An AMBER ALERT has been issued for 15 year old Jacqueline Mendoza in St Jacequeline MendozaPaul, Minnesota who was assaulted and forced into the suspect vehicle.

Authorities said Jacqueline Mendoza of St. Paul was assaulted by an unidentified 30-year-old Hispanic female and forced into a light blue four-door Chevy, from the 1990s, with license plate number MTH 303 or 303 MTH. The car was last seen traveling east on Concord Street in St. Paul toward Highway 52. (FOX News)

Description: Jacqueline Mendoza:

  • Hispanic female
  • Age: 15
  • Height: 5-foot tall
  • Weight: 110 pounds
  • brown eyes
  • long black hair
  • a scar below her left eye
  • She was wearing last seen wearing a brown sweater, yellow Capri pants and black tennis shoes.

Suspect Description: David Guzman

  • 18 year old Hispanic male
  • Height: 5’10
  • black hair
  • brown eyes
  • weighing 180 pounds
  • He was last seen wearing a dark blue nylon “Los Angeles” jacket with white lettering, checkered light blue shirt. Police say the suspect has a history of handguns and long guns

Second Suspect Description:

  • an unknown Hispanic female
  • approximately 30 years old
  • Height: 5′ 11″
  • brown eyes
  • black hair
  • a heavy build
  • She was last seen wearing gray sweat pants and black “Los Angeles” jacket with white lettering.
  • The suspect vehicle is a 1990′s light blue 4-door Chevy with Minnesota tag MTH 303 or 303 MTH.

If anyone has any information regarding this case please call Jim Gray at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension at 651-266-3659 or 651-291-1111 or dial 911.

Amber Alert issued for abducted St. Paul girl, 15

UPDATE I: Amber Alert Canceled for 15 year old Minnesota Girl.

The Minnesota Crime Alert Network and the St. Paul Police Department canceled the Amber Alert Tuesday morning after the girl was found safe and a suspect taken into custody.

UPDATE I: Man charged in St. Paul Amber Alert case

A woman who was with a man when he allegedly grabbed his 15-year-old girlfriend off a St. Paul street later helped police find the couple, according to a criminal complaint filed today.

The Ramsey County attorney’s office charged David Guzman, 18, with false imprisonment in the case that triggered an Amber Alert. The girl, Jacqueline Mendoza, was found safely.

Police arrested Elizabeth Garcia, 28, on suspicion of kidnapping. She was released from the Ramsey County jail Tuesday pending further investigation.

 

November 5th, 2007 at 11:57pm Posted by | abduction, Amber Alert, Found Alive, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures | one comment

Kelsey Peterson Arrested in Mexico, 13 Year Old Boy Fernando Rodriguez Released, but May Not be Allowed to Re-Enter US

Another case of a teacher-student inappropriate relationship with a a twist, throw in illegal immigration to the mix.

It started out as police hunted for a 25 year old teacher and her former student who were last seen on October 35, 2007. The parents of Fernando Rodriguez reported their son missing Saturday after he was last seen late Thursday.

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Kelsey Peterson, a 25 year old sixth-grade math teacher and basketball coach at Lexington Middle School, was arrested in Mexico after fleeing  with a 13 year old boy. Kelsey Peterson and the 13 year old boy are suspected of having a sexual relationship. An arrest warrant ad been issued Monday charging Peterson with kidnapping, child abuse, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Following the two being located,  the 13-year-old boy, Fernando Rodriguez, was reported to be in the care of relatives in Mexico.

A female teacher was in FBI custody yesterday as federal and local prosecutors sought to determine how they would handle charges alleging that she ran away with a 13-year-old boy, taking him across the border into Mexico.

read the rest here…

November 4th, 2007 at 05:38pm Posted by | arrested, child welfare, Exploited, Found Alive, kidnapped, Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures, sex offender, Teacher-Student | no comments

23 Year Old Stacy Ann Peterson Missing Since 10/28/07 in Bolingbrook, IL (UPDATES)

23 year old Stacy Ann Peterson, the wife of Bolingbrook police Sgt. Drew Peterson, is missing. Stacy Ann Peterson was last heard from at 10 AM Sunday when she called a friend and made plans to meet him. Drew Peterson has not been named a suspect or a person of interest. He has been cooperating with police; however, some of his behavior has been a little on the strange side.

Stacy Peterson

(Stacy Ann Peterson)

Description:

  • She was last seen in Bolingbrook wearing a red jogging suit
  • Height: 5-foot-2 
  • Weight: 100 pounds
  • brown hair
  • brown eyes
  • Peterson has a tattoo of a blue and yellow carnation on the small of her back and a scar across her stomach.

Go to the Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Forum, read and leave your comments UPDATE I: Stacy Ann Peterson Vanishes, Americas Most Wanted

Sgt. Peterson says he received a phone call from Stacy on Sunday at 9 pm.  But, no one else heard from her after a Sunday morning phone call with relatives. Now, Stacy’s family has asked the Illinois State Police to look into her disappearance since her husband is a cop with the local police.

UPDATE II: One Wife Dead & One Wife Gone

Three years ago, Bolingbrook Police Sgt. Drew Peterson’s ex-wife was found dead in her bathtub. It was, police said at the time, an accidental drowning.

But now, prosecutors plan to take a fresh look at Kathleen Savio’s death, as police investigate the disappearance of Peterson’s current wife, Stacy Ann Peterson.

UPDATE III: Missing wife wanted to get a divorce

Two days before she disappeared, the wife of a Bolingbrook police sergeant told her husband she wanted a divorce, the missing woman’s aunt said Thursday.

A day later, on Saturday, Stacy Peterson told her sister she feared for her life, said Suzan Robison, Stacy’s paternal aunt.

Sgt. Drew Peterson, Stacy’s husband, “was a very jealous, very controlling person,” Robison said. “He followed her. He tracked her with GPS on her cell phone, called her constantly.”

UPDATE IV: POLICE SEIZE EVIDENCE FROM PETERSON HOME

UPDATE V: Divers Search Pond Near Home of Suburban Chicago Cop in Missing Wife Probe

Divers were searching a retention pond Friday near the the home of a missing mother of two married to a Chicago police sergeant.

Police executed a search warrant Thursday and seized two vehicles from the Bolingbrook, Ill., home of Drew and Stacy Peterson in what is still being described as a missing persons case.

 UPDATE VI: Husband of missing woman wears mask, glasses and hat as cops search residence

The bizarre behavior by the husband of missing Stacy Peterson makes one scratch their head. Seen here trying to disguise himself and remain anonymous from the media, yet he granted some media outlets in his home.

UPDATE VII: Search for Stacy Peterson November 3, 2007

 

 UPDATE VIII: Wife’s e-mail shows troubled marriage

Friends and family of missing Bolingbrook mother Stacy Peterson vowed to continue their search today through a heavily wooded area near her home, while a recently uncovered e-mail sent by Peterson sheds new light on the troubled relationship between her and her cop husband in the days before her disappearance.

 UPDATE IX: Coroner: Death of Illinois Officer’s 3rd Wife Should Have Been Ruled ‘Undetermined’

The death of the third wife of a police sergeant whose new spouse has been missing for more than a week should have been ruled “undetermined,” a county coroner said on Wednesday.

No charges were filed after a coroner’s jury ruled as accidental the death of Drew Peterson’s former wife, Kathleen Savio, whose body was found in a bathtub in March 2004. Savio’s death is being reviewed since Peterson’s current wife, Stacy, went missing Oct. 29.

 Stacy Peterson – family of Kathleen Savio Speaks Out

 

UPDATE X: Search for Missing Stacy Peterson to Focus on Water

November 2nd, 2007 at 07:30am Posted by | Missing, Missing Adult, Pictures, Search and Rescue, Stacy Ann Peterson | 15 comments

Lee Cutler Missing since 10/20/07 from Buffalo Grove, IL

18 year old Lee Cutler has been missing since October 20, 2007 from Buffalo, IL Lee_Cutlerwhen he was last seen Saturday morning when he dropped off a friend after a Friday night birthday party in his hometown.

“There was no precipitating event with family or with friends. Frankly we are all sort of flatfooted and shocked,” said family friend Daniel de Garzia, spokesman for the family.

The sheriff’s department found Cutler’s 2007 Toyota Corolla on Monday parked near a wayside on Highway 33 in the Town of Fairfield.

Investigators said that they have recovered a blanket and backpack belonging to the teen near the Baraboo River. They searched along the river on Tuesday.

Search For Ill. Teen Turns Up Pill Bottle, Letters

An empty pill bottle and letters to and from loved ones have been found by searchers looking for an Illinois teenager whose car was found parked in a highway rest area on Sunday night near the hiking country of the Baraboo bluffs.

Details about the letters were not disclosed, but Sauk County Sheriff Randy Stammen said in a news release that the bottle was for Advil PM, an over-the-counter pain reliever and sleeping aid.

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Sheriff’s deputies in Sauk County, Wis., found Cutler’s 2007 Toyota Corolla off the road near a cornfield. The car was locked and unoccupied, according to police in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Cutler’s hometown some 170 miles away. 

UPDATE I: Car Keys, Wallet Belonging to Missing Illinois Teen Found Near River

The items found by authorities were located about 300 yards downstream from Lee_Cutler3where a backpack and blankets were discovered on Monday.

Wisconsin search teams found car keys and a wallet belonging to a missing Illinois teen in a pair of pants hanging from a branch in a river.

Lee Cutler, 18, of Buffalo Grove, Ill., was reported missing last weekend after attending a friend’s birthday party. Police started a search of the area near Baraboo River after his 2007 Toyota Corolla parked near a rest stop.

Search divers found a pair of tan slacks Friday with the keys belonging to the Corolla and wallet with Cutler’s identification on a partially submerged branch in the Baraboo River. A black leather belt was found on a nearby branch believed to belong to Cutler, according to a report issued by the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office.

UPDATE II:  Friends start Web page as search continues for Buffalo Grove teen

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A Buffalo Grove teenager missing since the weekend has a zest for life, said a family friend whose suburban home has been turned into a sort of command center for classmates monitoring the search.

“It’s not something you would lose and not go after,” said de Grazia, whose home in Long Grove has been hosting nightly gatherings of friends and peers who started a page on Facebook.com called “Let’s Find Lee.”

“These young men and women are tracking information, squashing rumors, getting information to police,” he said.

October 27th, 2007 at 07:04pm Posted by | Missing, Missing Teen, Pictures | 7 comments

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