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21 year old Jesse Ross has been missing in Chicago, IL since early Tuesday November 21, 2006. The University of Missouri at Kansas City student was last seen at the Sheraton Hotel. The school group noticed he was missing when they were ready to leave Chicago.
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- 5 feet 10 inches tall
- weighing 140 pounds
- has bright red hair and freckles
- He was last seen wearing a green warm-up jacket and blue jeans. (CBS 2 Chicago)
Police divers were searching the Chicago river near the Sheraton Hotel where Jesse Ross had attended a party the night before.
Jesse Ross, of Belton, Mo., was last seen early Tuesday at a party at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, 301 E. North Water St.
A student at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Ross had been participating in a student United Nations conference at the hotel.
He never returned to his room at the Four Points Sheraton, 630 N. Rush St. He is believed to have disappeared about 2 a.m. (Chicago Tribune)
Anyone with information please call Chicago police at 312-744-8266.
November 27th, 2006 at 06:40pm
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The FBI are now involved in the search for missing Bonney Eagle High School student Coreen Wiese. She has been missing since November 8, 2006. The FBI has set up a command post and a tipline in an effort to help find missing Coreen Wiese.
Morelli said 10 to 15 FBI agents are working on the case. At 2:15 p.m. Friday, there were 16 cars with Massachusetts license plates in the parking lot at the Buxton Police Department as well as one car from Rhode Island and two from New Hampshire. (Keep ME Current)
There had been initial reports that Coreen Wiese may have committed suicide for evidence found; however, that may not be the case. The FBI may have new evidence.
Police originally thought the 15-year-old killed herself because of suicide markings they found on rocks near a river.
Now the FBI has joined the investigation with new information that the girl might actually be staying with relatives in Massachusetts.
“We bring some resources and some things to the table that the local agencies in Maine we feel could use and they asked us for them,” said Mark Morelli of the FBI.
For now, the federal investigators will only say Wiese may have faked her suicide because of personal problems. (CBS 4)
Anyone with information regarding Coreen Wiese please call the FBI Tipline 1.800.225.5324.
Flyover of river comes up empty
FBI agents appealed Friday for the public’s help in finding a 15-year-old Buxton girl, and a break in the weather allowed the Maine Warden Service to fly search planes over the Saco River.
Andy Bertin, a janitor at Bonny Eagle, walked along the river near sunset Friday. For the past two days, he said, he has gone to that spot after work to continue the search for a girl he didn’t know well but recalled as being quiet and polite. Bertin said FBI agents had gone to Bonny Eagle on Friday to conduct interviews, and rumors were flying around the school regarding Wiese’s disappearance.
“Nobody knows what’s going on,” he said. “It doesn’t make any sense.”
Wiese’s parents, Wesley and Cindy of Buxton, declined to speak about the search for their daughter Friday. (Portland Press Herald)
FBI, Buxton police establish command post
FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz said FBI agents met Thursday night with officers from several Maine agencies investigating the case. Marcinkiewicz said the FBI is doing all “logical things,” adding that the Buxton police are still the lead agency in the investigation.
Mark Morelli, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston division, was in Buxton today (Nov. 17) and said the agency has established a special toll-free number for residents to call with any information regarding Wiese’s disappearance. The number is 800-225-5324 (800-CALL FBI). (Keep ME Current)
November 18th, 2006 at 11:10am
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15 year old high school sophomore, Coreen Wiese, has been missing since Wednesday. 
Coreen Wiese attended school at Bonny Eagle High School on Wednesday, but never returned home that night. Coreen is 5 foot 3 inches tall, weighs 115 pounds, and has long brown hair and brown eyes. She also has epilepsy and is believed to be without her medication.
Police and others launched a massive search of a wooded area around the high school Thursday involving dogs, boats and aircraft. Searchers changed their focus Friday after discovering evidence near a rest area where Route 25 crosses the Saco River in Limington and said a witness reported seeing a girl resembling the missing teenager at the rest area at about 11:30 Wednesday morning.
“We have recovered some items,” Buxton police Officer Michael Grovo said Saturday. He said the evidence was being held by the Maine Warden Service and he did not release any details.
The evidence was found near an area known as the “Limington Rapids,” Grovo said. “The kids hang out there sometimes.” (
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If anyone has any information as to her whereabouts please call Police at 207– 929-6612.
Searchers Scale back search and adjust to new evidence
The Maine Warden Service scaled down the search for a missing Bonny Eagle High School sophomore Friday after searchers found evidence that led them to believe the girl is not lost in the woods.
Police are still looking for 15-year-old Coreen Wiese of Buxton, who has been missing since Wednesday. But the evidence discovered at a rest area where Route 25 crosses the Saco River in Limington made the Warden Service conclude that Wiese is not in a wooded area, said Warden Chris Cloutier.
Cloutier would not say what the searchers found, but he said a witness reported that Wiese had been at the rest area at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
November 12th, 2006 at 09:18pm
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It is no surprise that law enforcement probably considered Melinda Duckett a suspect from
the out set of the disappearance of Trenton Duckett. Melinda would have been the last one to have put Trenton to bed and the first one to have noticed he was missing. The disappearance also took place under Melinda’s roof. However, now we are learning some more details to the original searches performed by the police upon gaining the initial search warrants.
Police asked to search her apartment on Aug. 27 — the night she reported Trenton missing. Investigators went to court to get a search warrant, and they searched her home early Monday morning.
“There were two search warrants served. One on the original night of the disappearance, or I guess that would actually be the following morning, early in the morning hours, and that was as the case wore on and it became apparent after interviewing the parents that the child had indeed disappeared,” said Capt. Steve Rockefeller of the Leesburg Police Department.
Upon searching the home the police found some interesting items:
Law enforcement officials told the WESH 2 I-Team that police found freshly painted walls in some places, and in the back, trash that was allegedly thrown out by Duckett was filled with Trenton’s toys.
But what grabbed investigators’ attention were the pictures, officials said. They said a lot of pictures of Trenton, including the sonogram printout from when Duckett was pregnant, were all thrown away in the trash.
Learning such details it becomes all that much more tragic that Melinda Duckett committed suicide. Authorities being able to question her in whatever manner might have shed some light on all of this as to “Where is Trenton Duckett”? Authorities have been searching at Ocalla National Forest and have turned up the following so far.
1. This past Sunday, divers in Farles Lake in the Ocala National Forest found a white garbage bag.
On the bag, investigators discovered a substance that some believed was blood and holes that appeared to be from alligator bites. The bag was sent to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement lab in Jacksonville for analysis, and forensic tests showed that the substance on that bag is not blood.
2. Law enforcement officials also said divers found a large piece of asphalt about 10 feet away from the bag. The lake is in a remote woodland where there are no paved roads.
3. The search in the Ocala National Forest has also turned up what could be a child’s shoe. Forensics experts are examining the shoe. (WESH)
The family is trying to work out the details to offer a $5000.00 reward.
The Eubanks’ church fund is in addition to the reward offered by Crimeline. In order to get that reward, tipsters need to call 800-423-TIPS. Police are also urging anyone with information to call the main investigative number at 800-CALL-FBI.
September 19th, 2006 at 05:27pm
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The search continues for new born, Abigale Lynn Woods. Stephanie Ochsenbine, 21, was
released from St. John’s Mercy Medical Center on Sunday after receiving knife wounds from the attacker who abducted 10 day old Abigale Lynn Woods. Ochsenbine has been working with sketch artists to come up with a composite drawing of her attacker.
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Authorities said they will rely on tips and interviews, hoping the break in the case will come from the public.
Ochsenbine helped police artists with a composite drawing of the kidnapper after leaving the hospital. The picture was expected to be released Monday, Toelke said.
The attacker was described as a white woman with black hair, 5-feet-8 and 200 pounds. Ochsenbine is not a suspect, Toelke said. (Houston Chronicle)
(CNN)
Also a knife was found during the search for Abigale Lynn Woods. There has been no comment as to whether it was the same knife used in the abduction.
100 members of the Missouri National Guard ended their grid search of the area near the home Sunday. Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said authorities found a knife and other evidence near the home, but would not give details.
Description of the attacker.
The attacker was described as a white woman with black hair, 5-feet-8 and 200 pounds. She was believed to be armed.
White Female 30-40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 200 lbs., dark hair, unknown eyes,.
Additional information: sunglasses and black scarf around neck and female mustache
Clothing description: dark or black hair pulled up under ball cap with worn bill gray or brown t-shirt and blue jean shorts
http://www.missouriamberalert.com/
Tips and Leads Continue to come in.
Investigators were hoping the break in the case will come from the public.
“We are still getting leads and still moving forward and still asking people to call in if they have any suspicions, give us a call so we can check it out,” Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke told Early Show co-anchor Julie Chen.
His office has a hotline for telephone-call tips, 1-888-265-8639, and tips also can be e-mail to stlouis@ic.fbi.gov. A Missouri Amber Alert has been posted. (CBS)
Sketch Released of Attack
UNION, Missouri (CNN) — Police released a composite sketch Monday of a suspect in the kidnapping of a newborn baby from her rural Missouri home.
The girl’s mother, 21-year-old Stephanie Ochsenbine, “was with the suspect for a substantial period of time, and was able to give us a good description,” Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said.
The search continued for the baby allegedly taken from her home Friday by a woman who slashed the mother’s throat before taking the child, investigators said.
A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for 10-day-old Abigale Lynn Woods.
Police said they had received about 160 tips in the case and had followed up 60 percent of those. They said they were checking tapes from surveillance cameras at local businesses. (Watch grandparents plea for baby’s safe return — 3:14)
September 18th, 2006 at 11:01am
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Searchers, dogs, boats, ATV’s, horses and helicopter all searched areas on Saturday of 
the Ocala National Forest to try and locate 2 year old Trenton Duckett. To date, the Forest searches have been unsuccessful in finding the missing boy.
The officers and volunteers will search again on Sunday, but as of this point they have found nothing.
“We have found really nothing to indicate that Trenton is here,” Leesburg police Capt. Steve Rockefeller said.
This area is being searched based on a tip that was reported last week by a man that thought he saw a woman resembling Melinda Duckett.
Saturday’s nine-hour hunt was based on a tip police received late last week: A man told investigators he spoke with a woman who looked like Trenton’s mother, Melinda Duckett, in the forest before Trenton’s reported abduction three weeks ago.
“It’s a possible sighting,” Rockefeller said, adding that investigators have received several other tips about the forest since officials first searched the area Thursday afternoon. It is the only place investigators are actively looking for the boy.
Dive teams from Lake and Marion counties will return to Farles Lake today to continue searching near the shore and several hundred yards into the water.
“That still is in many ways searching a needle in a haystack,” Rockefeller said.
(Orlando Sentinel)
September 17th, 2006 at 10:32am
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The investigation continues into the disappearance of 2 year old Trenton Duckett. With the 
recent events of Melinda Duckett’s suicide, the investigation has certainly been thrown for a loop. The national media exposure created by the Nancy Grace Show has created some new leads according to police.
Police in Leesburg say last night’s national TV exposure of the Trenton Duckett case is again drumming up new leads.
TV host and legal analyst Nancy Grace featured Trenton on her show again Monday night. Police say the broadcast generated new and credible leads that they are following up on today.
(Central Florida News 13)
Of course the spot light of appearing on Nancy Grace also seems to have created a set back in the case of missing Trenton Duckett in that Melinda Duckett committed suicide shortly after her interview for the program. However, the fact remains and should be focussed on the fact that there is a 2 year old missing child out there and his name is Trenton Duckett.
Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch was interviewed last evening on Nancy Grace and had this to say with regards to searching for Trenton Duckett and offering help to the search.
To Tim Miller with Texas Equusearch, also a crime victim himself. What`s your best 
advice to help the police? They`re doing everything they`ve got. You`ve conducted more searches than any of us put together, Tim.
TIM MILLER, TEXAS EQUUSEARCH: Thank you, Nancy. Thanks for having me on.
You know, No. 1, this is just a tremendous tragedy for everybody involved. And you know, we`ve had so much success with finding victims out there and the problem being is that Trenton`s been gone a long time now. Just two weeks ago, we found a lady on the 19th day of her disappearance, and it took 10 days to even get her identified.
GRACE: What`s your advice to the police?
MILLER: You know, right now, I think the search needs to go on. We`re certainly offering our resources to come out there. The sooner Trenton`s found, let`s hope he`s alive. Let`s hold on to that miracle. But if he`s not, we need to find him, determine that cause of death.
They`ll have a crime scene and then they can be really put a case together. So, again, we`re willing to offer anything we can do, but you know what? This search needs to continue. We`ve done a lot of research on this. We know there`s a lot of water around there; there`s a lot of areas. And we will — we`re willing to help any way that they can help.
GRACE: And of course, you know everyone, Tim Miller has volunteered to do searches all over the world, including in Aruba for Natalee Holloway.
(Full Nancy Grace Transcript 9/11/06)
We had the opportunity to speak to Tim Miller this afternoon regarding Texas EquuSearch’s involvement in the case of missing Trenton Duckett. Tim Miller said, “he is offering the Leesburg Police TES as a search resource”. Tim Miller also went on to say, “that if Trenton is not found soon, TES could be involved in the case as soon as Thursday or Friday of this week.” Tim Miller said “there is a lot of water in the area so they could bring in boats and the aerial plane to scout potential areas”. Tim Miller will play it by ear and wait for the police’s request for their help.
We can all hope that Trenton Duckett is found sooner rather than later.
September 12th, 2006 at 06:17pm
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The search continues for 2 year old Trenton Duckett who has been missing since Sunday 
night. Police authorities in Leesburg, FL are questioning sex offenders and neighbors in an effort to find a missing boy.
On Wednesday, investigators said they were questioning people in the boy’s neighborhood and registered sex offenders in the area.
“In the 21 years I’ve been here, we have never been looking at anything like a potential abduction-type case where it may be a stranger,” Leesburg police Capt. Steve Rockefeller said. “We have had parent involvement, parent interference and other domestic-type situations. Obviously we are looking at all angles in this case, and we just want to get Trenton home.”
The case certainly has its share of oddities. In one of the more strange connections, Trenton’s grandfather, James Duckett, is awaiting lethal injection on Florida’s death row for the rape and murder of an 11 year old girl
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Nearly 20 years ago, the Mascotte police officer was convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl.
Prosecutors said they found the girl’s fingerprints on the hood of Duckett’s patrol car and that his tire tracks were near the lake where the girl was drowned.
Duckett has maintained his innocence.
(Local 6)
Trenton Duckett is described as follows: (Have you seen this boy?)
- Asian-Caucasian
- 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall
- weighing 30 to 40 pounds
- brown low-cut hair
- He was last seen wearing a blue-and-green striped shirt (or no shirt) with blue denim shorts and no shoes.
UPDATE (9/1/06): Tip Sparks Search Of Central Fla. Woods In Missing Boy Case
A new tip in the case of a Leesburg toddler who vanished from his bedroom Sunday night sparked a Friday night search of a wooded area near his grandmother’s house, Local 6 News has learned.
Local 6 News reported that federal agents, officers and search dogs were combing through some undeveloped land in Lady Lake just blocks from a gated community where his grandmother lives.
All police would say Friday was that a tip led them to the location, Local 6 reporter Mike DeForest said.
(Local 6)
August 31st, 2006 at 09:47pm
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Jon Francis, 24, has been missing since July 15 when he left left a Bible camp to hike the 10,000-foot Grand Mogul, but never returned. A search party may have found possible items belonging to Jon Francis during a search of Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains.
Family members said they doubt the connection because the items don’t match a photograph of Francis taken the day he disappeared.
“At this point, it’s a recovery search, unless a miracle happens and he’s still alive,” Francis’ oldest sister, Robin Francis said. “We want to find out what happened and find him.”
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August 28th, 2006 at 11:31pm
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As the search continues for Gloria Ryan, two people have been arrested in her disappearance. One of the two arrested was Gloria Ryan’s son, Corderral Smith. According to previous reports, Gloria Ryan, age 50, was last seen by her son at her home located in the 1200 block of Truman in Cleveland, TX on Sunday, August 6th, 2006.
Tim Miller and Texas EquuSearch continue to search for Gloria Ryan.
CLEVELAND, Texas — Two people have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a Cleveland woman, officials told KPRC Local 2.
Gloria Ryan, 51, was last seen alive at her home on Aug. 6.
Cleveland police said one of the people arrested is Ryan’s son.
(Houston Chronicle)
With an arrest in the case and the search for Gloria Ryan changed to a more specific area one can assume that someone is talking. According to credible sources Corderra Smith may have stated the location of where Gloria Ryan may be located. Searchers are optimistic that she will be found.
August 24th, 2006 at 06:00pm
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