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Kate and Gerry McCann, the parents of missing Madeleine “Maddy” McCann say they will sue Goncalo Amaral, the former Portuguese police officer who at one time led the investigation of their daughter’s disappearance. The parents of Madeleine McCann said that they were going top sue the former police officer for defamation over claims he made that the McCann’s were involved in concealing dead body of their daughter.
Kate and Gerry McCann said on Saturday they will sue Goncalo Amaral for defamation over claims he has made that Madeleine is dead and that the McCanns were involved in concealing her body.
The McCanns won a libel case last year against a British newspaper that had made similar claims.
Amaral was removed from the case in October 2007 after he criticized British police to a Portuguese newspaper. He later retired.
3 year old Madeleine McCann as been missing since May 3, 2007 when she disappeared from the resort that her family was staying in Praia da Luz, Portugal. She has never been seen since.
May 16th, 2009 at 08:26pm
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5 year old Haleigh Cummings went missing on February 10, 2009 when she was reported as being abducted from her home when she was in the care of her Father’s then 17 year old girlfriend, now wife, Misty Croslin.
Flashforward 3 months and 5 year old Haleigh Cummings is still missing. According to all reports, no new information has been released by investigators in the past weeks. The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said it was not clear if Haleigh was abducted as the trailer had no signs of forced entry and a door was ajar. What happened to Haleigh Cummings?
DCF still investigating Cummings case
The state Department of Children and Families continues to review abuse allegations made by the mother of Haleigh Cummings regarding the status of Haleigh’s younger brother, Ronald Cummings Jr., who lives with his father.
“The investigation is still going on,” John Harrell, spokesman for the DCF in Jacksonville, said. “We have been given information and we are continuing to investigate.”
Where’s Haleigh? Leads Dwindle Nearly 3 Months Later
The Haleigh Cummings command center is no longer located at the Putnam County emergency operations center. Tips and leads have dwindled from several thousand to just a few.
“They dropped off from several hundred a day to just several a day now,” Shauland said.
Haleigh’s house is quiet. The landlord says no one has been around for days. Only pictures, prayers and words of hope are left behind.
The fact of the matter is, whether the Haleigh Cummings’ story is on every night on cable news or not, Haleigh, like all missing children, needs to be found.
May 10th, 2009 at 09:06pm
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3 year old Briant Rodriguez has been missing since May 3, 2009 in San Bernardino, CA 
since he was kidnapped by two gunman who broke into the Rodriguez home, robbed the house, and tied up his mother and four other siblings.
The men, each carrying a handgun, burst through the front door, tied up the woman and the five children, then ransacked the house and stole money and other property, sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Beavers said.
Beavers said the boy’s father was at work at the time.
The men left with Briant, telling the still-bound mother and the other children not to call police.
An Amber Alert was issued for the 3 year old about 9 hours after he was abducted.
Briant Rodriguez Description:
- 3 year old Hispanic boy
- 3 feet tall
- weighs 40 pounds
- brown eyes
- long, curly brown hair
- He was wearing a yellow shirt, blue-striped shorts and black sandals when he was taken.
$50,000 Reward Offered for help in finding Briant Rodriguez
UPDATE I: Authorities release pictures of suspects in 3 year old Briant Rodriguez’ abduction
Police in San Bernardino, California, released pictures of two suspects in the abduction of a 3-year-old boy who was taken at gunpoint from his home last weekend.
Investigators traced samples of the tape used to tie up the family to a home improvement store where they believe the suspects purchased the tape the Friday before the abduction.
The unidentified store’s surveillance camera captured two men who matched the description of the kidnappers given by Briant’s mother, purchasing tape believed to have been used in the abduction, Beavers said.
Description of suspects:
Both suspected kidnappers of 3 year old Briant Rodrigue are Hispanic males. One is 5-feet, 5 inches tall, between the ages of 18 and 20 with a thin build, unknown hair and eye color, last seen wearing a black baseball hat, blue jeans and green T-shirt. The other is 5-foot-10, around age 24 with a thin build, black boots, a black shirt and a bandanna.
PICTURE OF SUSPECT VEHICLE
The photo above shows an early 1990s dark green Ford Bronco believed to be driven by the unknown suspects. A spare tire is mounted to the back of the truck.
UPDATE II: Google Search Engine Has Joined the Hunt
Google has entered the search as well. When the user types in “Briant Rodriguez,” a “missing poster” will pop up on the right-hand side of the page with information regarding the missing child. Bob DeLeo, executive director at Google, said, “This is very, very serious. This is beyond an abduction. The more images you have out there, the more likely it is that the perpetrators will be turned in and the child will be found.”
The FBI has moved the Briant Rodriguez case to the top of their Facebook page.
UPDATE III: Investigators likely found Briant Rodriguez alive in Mexico
A 3-year-old San Bernardino boy who was kidnapped by armed men two weeks ago has likely been found in Mexico, officials said.
Investigators received a call on Friday from officials in Mexicali that a child matching Briant Rodriguez’s description had been dropped off at a building there. FBI agents, sheriff’s detectives and the boy’s mother, Rosana Millan, immediately flew to Mexicali.
Although Mexican officials have not yet allowed them to see the boy, investigators said they believe it is him.
“It sounds very positive,” said sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Beavers.
UPDATE IV: Abducted California boy, 3, found in Mexico
UPDATE V: Abducted California Boy Back at Home
To discuss the case of missing and abducted Briant Rodriguez and to get more updates, go to Scared Monkeys Missing Persons Forum: Briant Rodriguez.
May 10th, 2009 at 07:44pm
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43 year old, University of Wyoming professor Craig Arnold had been missing in Japan since 
April 26, 2009 as he was exploring the Japanese island Kuchino-erabu for a book he planned to write on the world’s active volcanos. It was initially though that Arnold might be injured, but still alive. However, that hope soon died once a search team announced that a trail discovered the previous day showed signs that Arnold suffered a leg injury, then fell from a steep cliff to his death soon afterward.
Award-winning poet Craig Arnold, who went missing in Japan in late April, is presumed to have died after a fall, his employer, the University of Wyoming, announced Friday. The university had established a fund to try to find Arnold after Japanese authorities ended their search.
Japanese End Search for Craig Arnold; Poet’s Trail Down Volcano Found Next to Steep Drop, But No Body Found
Arnold’s footprints were found going up the path to the mouth of the inactive volcano, and in the last few days, rescue teams found his tracks near a steep incline, where he may have fallen.
The island is remotely populated by only a few hundred residents and is densely wooded with deciduous trees and bamboo.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:24pm
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15 year old Chawntel Smith of Bartow, FL and her 4 week old daughter Asariela Garcia-Smith were reported missing by her mother at around 8:40 p.m. on Friday. Chawntel Smith and her daughter Asariela Garcia-Smith were last seen at a friend’s home in Haines City, FL on Friday afternoon.
Chawntel Smith Description:
- brown eyes
- brown hair with lighter ends that is longer than her shoulders
- 5-foot-4
- weighs about 140 pounds
- was last seen wearing a long, red skirt and red shirt
According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Asariela Garcia-Smith her four week old daughter flew to Mexico City, Mexico on Friday, May 1 on a 5:00 p.m on an Aero Mexico flight out of Orlando International Airport
Detectives have confirmed with U.S. federal agencies that 15-year-old Chawntel B. Smith and her four week old daughter, Asariela Garcia-Smith, flew to Mexico City, Mexico yesterday, Friday, May 1 on a 5:00 p.m. They flew an Aero Mexico flight out of Orlando International Airport. She was traveling using her own passport and officials confirm she had an infant traveling with her. It is unclear why she traveled to Mexico.
Polk Detectives are working with Mexican authorities in an attempt to locate Chawntel and her daughter, who are still missing. Detectives are still investigating the circumstances leading up to her leaving the country, including who, if anyone, helped her with travel arrangements.
Chawntel and Asariela were reported missing by her mother at around 8:40 p.m. on Friday. Detectives say Chawntel took her daughter to a friend’s home in Haines City, but later left that home, located at 1424 Wood Avenue, with an unknown woman who friends say had picked her up before. The woman was driving a red SUV, officials said.
No one has heard from her since Chawntel spoke to another resident at that Haines City home just after 4 pm.
Both live at 3466 3rd Ave Bartow, FL with Chawntel’s mother, Lorraine Ketchum.
Detectives are working the Mexican officials to find the girl and her baby.
Chawntel had talked about visiting Guatemala to visit a man who she says is the father of her baby, Chawntel’s mother said.
Anyone with information should call the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at (863) 534-6200 or 1-800-226-0344.
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:20pm
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19 year old Megan Maxwell has been missing Sunday, April 26, 2009. She was last heard from 
at approximately 4:30 am Sunday at her father’s house. Megan Maxwell’s car, a red 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse, was found burnt on East Highway 25/70 in Cocke County, TN.
The Newport teenager was last seen at her father’s house early Sunday morning.
Authorities found her car empty, and on fire, just a few hours later near the part of the river they’re now searching.
Family and friends, who looked on from picnic tables all day Tuesday, have about as many answers to this mystery as they had three days ago when it all began.
Description: Megan Maxwell,
- 5 feet, 6 inches tall
- 115 pounds
- She was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt and blue jeans with holes in the fabric
- had been driving a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse that was found burning Sunday morning on U.S. Highway 25/70 by a passing off-duty Newport officer
According to her best friend Holly Lane, Megan said that she was coming home. Megan Maxwell never arrived.
“She told me she was coming home, and she didn’t,” Maxwell’s best friend, Holly Lane, said. Lane was the last person to hear from Maxwell during a phone call around 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
“I just don’t know what to do,” Lane said.
If anyone has any information regarding missing Megan Maxwell, please call the Newport Police Department at 423-623-5556.
UPDATE I: Police have a person of interest in the case of missing Megan Maxwell
Authorities have a person of interest in the disappearance of a 19-year-old woman whose burned-out car was found early Sunday morning in Cocke County, according to Newport Police Department Maurice Shults.
Shults declined to release any further information or confirm whether the suspect is in custody, citing the integrity of the ongoing investigation.
UPDATE II: The police chief will only say their “person of interest” is a male acquaintance of Megan Maxwell.
UPDATE III: $10K Reward Offered for any tips in the case of missing Megan Maxwell
UPDATE IV: Family searches for missing Cocke County teen
Family and friends of a missing Cocke County teen are helping police with the search.
19 year-old Megan Maxwell was last heard from early Sunday morning.
Her burned out car was found hours later along highway 25/70 in Newport, but no sign of the missing teen.
A big group gathered this morning to scour the woods on foot to find some clue that might lead them to their beloved Megan.Prayers brought everyone together this morning.
Jon Walton says, “You know how much we care. You know how much we love Megan.”
April 29th, 2009 at 10:12pm
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Carolyn Bossany and her two children, 7 year old son George and her 10 year old daughter Claire, have been missing since Wednesday morning, April 29, 2009. Carolyn Bossany was bringing her children to school; however, they never arrived and she never returned home.
Police in suburban Downers Grove are looking for a mother and her two children who have been missing since Wednesday morning.
Carolyn Bossany left home Wednesday morning to drive her 7-year old son George and her 10-year-old daughter Claire to school. She did not return home and the children did not arrive at school. They were last seen riding in a gray 2005 Nissan Altima with Illinois license plates LBR1834.
According to reports from the police, Carolyn Bossany has exhibited some erratic behavior over the last few days where the safety of her and the children are a concern.
Description of Missing Persons:
Carolyn Bossany is 38 years old, 5-foot-10, 150 pounds and has blond hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a T-shirt, blue jeans and a light blue coat.
Claire Bossany stands 4 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 80 pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen clad in a T-shirt and blue jeans.
George Bossany stands 4 feet tall, weighs 50 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a T-shirt, blue jeans and a dark, hooded sweatshirt.
Carolyn Bossany was driving a gray 2005 Nissan Altima with an Illinois license plate of LBR1834.
If anyone has seen the family or who has any other information concerning the case, please call the Downers Grove police at 630-434-4600.
April 29th, 2009 at 09:32pm
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17 year old Jermaine Taylor has been missing since April 9, 2009 from his home in Riviera Beach, FL. Taylor has a history of running away; however, usually returns within a few days. There is additional concern that it is believed Taylor might be suicidal because of the length of time that he has been missing.
Jermaine Taylor Description:
- 5’08” tall
- weighs 150 lbs
- brown eyes
- short black hair
- dark complexion and gold teeth
- He was last seen wearing black pants, white t-shirt and black shoes
If anyone has any information regarding Jermaine Taylor please contact Riviera Beach Police Detective Sgt. P. Galligan at 561 629-6032 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-458-TIPS.
April 19th, 2009 at 11:50am
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A 16 year old Helena girl Deanna Niven was been missing since Sunday evening, April 12, 2009 in Alabaster, AL. Deanna Niven was last seen at the Alabaster Walmart where she left at approximately 6:30 pm. When DeAnna did not return home and her parents could not contact her, they began searching for their daughter. When they arrived at the Walmart her family discovered Deanna’s van with her cell phone inside.
Police are currently looking for a vehicle in connection with the disappearance of 
Deanna Niven. There is reason to believe Deanna could have left in an older model silver Dodge Caravan.
Through images captured on surveillance video it is believed that Deanna Niven possibly willingly entered a van of another individual in the parking lot. The man in the vehicle appeared to be a man in his 20’s.
It’s believed that other individual is a man in his 20′s. Surveillance video shows what is believed to be either a silver 1996 to 2000 Plymouth Voyager or a 1995 to 2008 Chrysler Town and Country or Dodge Caravan. There are still a lot of unanswered questions, but Lt. Anthony says police are focusing on just one right now, “what’s most important right now is we find her and make sure that she is safe.”
UPDATE I: Missing girl found; admits to running away
April 13th, 2009 at 10:53pm
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8 year old Victoria Stafford has been missing since Wednesday, April 8, 2009 in Ontario, Canada. Victoria Stafford was last seen Wednesday afternoon leaving Oliver Stephens Public School, where she was a Grade 3 student.
Tori’s Description:
- four-feet, five inches (134 centimeters) tall
- weighing 62 pounds (28 kilograms).
- blue eyes
- blonde hair cut just below her ears
- She was last seen after she left Oliver Stephens public school about 3:30 p.m.
- Reportedly wearing a green shirt, a denim skirt, black and white shoes, and a black Hannah Montana jacket with white fur-lined hood.
- She may have been carrying a purple and pink Bratz purse
Facebook that has been set up to help find missing Victoria “Tori” Stafford. Family makes Facebook plea for missing 8 year old.
The 3rd grade student, known as Tori, was last seem on a surveillance video walking with an unidentified woman as she left school Wednesday afternoon in the city of 35,000 east of London
VIDEO (woman walking with Tori at the 1:40 minute mark)
VIDEO can also be viewed here.
Investigators, who call the woman a “person of interest,” are checking dozens of tips from the public about her identity, and are now working with a profiler to try to find out more about her.
“All police have to go on is that grainy surveillance video,” the CBC’s Christine Birak reported.
“Even the police and Victoria’s parents have said it’s strange because Victoria is not leaving against her will. It almost seems as if she knows who this woman is.”
Description of woman in the video:
- Woman between 19 and 25 years old
- between 120 and 125 pounds
- straight long black hair in a ponytail
- She was wearing a white coat and black jeans
There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to her daughter’s safe return.
Anyone with information can call police at (519) 537-2323 or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS.
UPDATE I: Where’s little Tori? The Oxford Community Police are requesting the assistance of the public (pdf)
“I want my daughter home,” birth father Rodney Stafford said in Southside Park Saturday afternoon. “I want her home.”
Code Amber News Service (CANS) issued a missing endangered person alert on Saturday.
Dozens of police from Oxford, Waterloo Region and London, including dog search teams and trained London search and rescue volunteers, joined the search today. A large-scale search effort involving neighbouring police forces and hundreds of volunteers has scoured numerous lakes, ponds, wooded areas, brushes and properties .
Police say they don’t have enough evidence to even declare her disappearance a result of foul play. They’ve had hundreds of tips from the public.
“Everybody in Canada has Victoria in their hearts right now,” said Woodstock Community Police Const. Laurie-Anne Maitland.
UPDATE II: Hundreds attend vigil for missing Ont. girl
UPDATE III: Ground Search Ends for Missing Tori Stafford
Authorities said Monday they had ended their ground search for a missing 8-year-old Canadian girl a video shows walking off with an unknown woman.
Police keep insisting that Tori walked off willingly with the unknown female from the video; however, how do we know that the person did not lie to the young girl in order to gain her trust? What, like an abductor has never told a victim a lie to get them to go with them?
UPDATE IV: ‘America’s Most Wanted’ reaching out to help in Victoria Stafford case
UPDATE V: Missing Tori Stafford Case Now Considered an Abduction
The case of missing eight-year-old schoolgirl Victoria “Tori” Stafford has now been declared an abduction by the OPP veteran investigator taking over the case.
As was reported in Friday’s edition of The London Free Press, Det.-Insp Bill Renton made that announcement at a morning press during which Oxford police Chief Ron Fraser said Renton was taking over as “case manager” from a local officer.
UPDATE VI: New Searches for Missing Tori Stafford and Family Realeases Video
On Friday, the Ontario Provincial Police took the lead on the investigation from the Oxford Community Police, a move that made Tara McDonald “very, very happy.”
Her daughter Victoria Stafford did not come home after school on April 8. The third-grade student was last seen on surveillance video walking with an unknown woman.
Though the Oxford Community Police canvassed the neighbourhood and performed an extensive ground search, the OPP was knocking on doors once again over the weekend.
The Under Water Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) scoured waterways in Woodstock, using a sonar device on a pond close to Victoria’s school and other small bodies of water. So far, they haven’t found anything.
“I feel confident. Not that I didn’t before, you know, but I feel better that there’s fresh eyes,” McDonald added
April 12th, 2009 at 11:29pm
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