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Texas EquuSearch in Ohio Searching for Tony Luzio, Part 3
Tim Miller and volunteers from Texas EquuSearch meet with law enforcement in Ohio to help in the search for missing Tony Luzio. Tony Luzio has been missing since July 4, 2005.
Tim Miller prepared to map out potential search areas from the air with Tony Luzio Sr. in an effort to determine possible search areas.
Tim Miller and TES Search for Missing Tony Luzio Jr. in Ohio, Part 2
Tim Miller and volunteers from Texas EquuSearch have been working diligently in efforts to try and fins missing Tony Luzio Jr. in Ohio this week end. TES has met with law enforcement, members of Crime Stoppers and the family in order to put together a plan of action to search for Tony Luzio. Tony Luzio has been missing since July 4, 2005.
Tim Miller meets with local law enforcement
(Tim Miller meets with Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, Kevin Miles)
Texas EquuSearch on the Road to Ohio, Efforts to Search for Missing Tony Luzio and Brian Shaffer (Updates: Image found on Sonar)
As reported earlier, Tim Miller and volunteers from Texas EquuSearch are off to Ohio to help search for missing Tony Luzio Jr and Ohio State student Brian Shaffer. The two boys from Ohio went missing in rather close proximity to each other; however, there is no connection considered in their two cases.
(Tim Miller and TES Volunteer John White prepare to head to Ohio)
Brian Shaffer missing since April 2, 2006
Tony Luzio Jr. missing since July 5, 2005.
For more details and updates to the cases of missing Tony Luzio and Brian Shaffer and in the search efforts of Texas Equusearch, go to MissingExploited.com.
UPDATE I: Exclusive, Divers called in by TES to search for missing Tony Luzio
Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch will be bringing in divers tomorrow morning to search the Alum River in Delaware County, OH. Today TES picked up an image on their side scanner sonar that appears to be a vehicle while searching the Alum River in Ohio for missing Tony Luzio. According to Tim Miller, divers will be in the water at 8am tomorrow. This area had previously been cleared; however, TES has found an image with the sonar that could be Tony Luzio’s vehicle. Updates to follow.
Texas EquuSearch Plans Search for Missing Tony Luzio; Missing Since July 4, 2005
Tony Luzio has been missing since July 4, 2005. Texas EquuSearch is making plans to go 
to Ohio to help search for Tony Luzio.
- Sex Male
- Race White
- Age at Disappearance 25
- Age Now 27
- Height 6′3”
- Weight 200 lbs.
- Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair) Brown
- Eyes (Color and Correction) Brown
MySpace account for Tony Luzio
Tony Luzio, age 25, was last seen at a friends home near Rutherford Rd off Sawmill Parkway in Delaware County in Columbus, Ohio, on July 4, 2005 around 4:00 a.m. and has not been seen or heard from since. Tony was driving a silver 4 dr 2004 Honda Civic, license plate DCA 5615. (TES)
As per a recent conversation with Tim Miller, founder of Texas EquuSearch, Tim and case manager Cindy Wisdom are currently in Columbus, OH making plans to search for Tony Luzio.
What happened to Tony Luzio? Tony Luzio Jr vanishes after attending a party.
On the evening of July 3rd Tony had gone to a friend’s house to play some cards. Afterward Tony stopped at a local hangout to meet up with some more friends. At approximately 2:30 a.m. the group went to a party less than one mile from Tony’s parents.
Witnesses say they saw Tony leaving the party at around 4 a.m. They assumed he was heading to his apartment though he had given the key to one of his friends. That was the last time that anyone saw Tony.
Tim Miller & Texas EquuSearch Attend the 21st Annual meeting of Parents of Murdered Children (Family of Kenny Ebarb)
Kenny Ebarb has been missing since July 17, 2005 in the vicinity of the 21000 block of Countryside Rd. near FM 1960 East. The next day, July 16, 2005, Ebarb’s truck was found, abandoned and burned, about 23 miles away, in Huffman, TX. For two years, Ebarb’s family has dealt with Kenny’s disappearance with a range of emotions from hope to despair, frustration to anger, grief to loneliness not knowing what happened or having recovered his body. The case was deemed a homicide without a body.
More than 400 people including the Ebarb family and Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch attended The 21st annual meeting of Parents of Murdered Children. So many times we forget about the pain and anguish that family members go through after their loved one’s body is found. It can be even worse psychologically for those left behind when a body is never found. They are just left to wonder and anguish over what happened. Tim Miller of Texas EquuSearch said during the conference:
The couple were joined in the hotel lobby by Tim Miller, founder of Texas Equusearch. Miller said cases of missing young men are “often overlooked or ignored” by the media, which “tends to focus on cases of missing women, or children.”
Miller was the luncheon speaker at the convention. Still, he took time to sit with the Ebarbs, gently advising them to attend one of the many workshops held for parents, relatives and siblings of murder victims.
“Everybody in this room thinks they’ve gone through the worst possible thing - losing a child,” Miller said. “I can tell them they have not. The worst possible thing is what you two are going through - not knowing. Not having that closure that allows you to fully grieve.” (Houston Chronicle)
The families of murdered and missing loved ones are a breed apart and have special issues and problems that none of us could even begin to relate to. Please remember that even after their family members are found. That although their missing loved one has been returned home, their grieving process goes on for years.
Texas EquuSearch Volunteers Help Search for Missing 5 Year Old Alondra Diaz-Garcia
5 year old Alondra Diaz-Garcia has been missing since June 1, 2007 when she was reportedly kidnapped by her non-custodial father, Reynaldo Diaz. She has not been seen since.
- Alondra weighs about 38 pounds
- brown eyes
- brown hair
- nearly 4-feet tall
- was last wearing denim pants and a orange and yellow shirt
Texas EquuSearch volunteers are searching for the girl near Kendleton.
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, a warrant was issued for Diaz, 38, on July 2.
Mother frantic to find missing daughter last seen with her father
The girl’s mother says she and Diaz were divorced and he was scheduled to visit the girl June 1. The mother dropped her off with her father at a McDonald’s on Gessner and Bissonnet and hasn’t been seen since.
“I believe he is in Kendleton. He has a ranch there with his brothers and I am certain he has taken my daughter there,” said the girl’s mother Dorotea Garcia. (ABC 13)
UPDATE I: Local search for girl called off
A search for a missing Houston girl has been called off in an area in Kendleton and searchers will start looking elsewhere, an official with Texas EquuSearch said this morning.
No trace of Diaz-Garcia has been found, said Frank Black, search coordinator for Texas EquuSearch. He said searchers did not want to say exactly where they would look next as they did not want to potentially tip their hand to Diaz.
UPDATE II: Mother belived that ex-husband Reynaldo Diaz kidnapped Alondra Diaz-Garcia
She believes her ex-husband may have taken the girl to California or Mexico.
“He is a hot-tempered man. His reactions are very strong. He just did this probably on revenge,” Doroeta Garcia said.
She said he may have quit his job and taken $30,000 out of the bank before disappearing.
“Sometimes it’s a very dangerous situation, and sometimes it’s a situation where the parent may not be abiding by orders and hiding the child, and maybe not being physically harmed but some sort of emotional harm,” Harris Co. Assistant D.A. Jane Waters said.
In the case of Diaz-Garcia, a custody agreement had been in place since the divorce in 2005.
Texas EquuSearch Headed to California to Help Search for Donna Jou
According to Texas EquuSearch, they are planing to go to California this Wednesday, August 1, 2007 to help search for the missing 19 year old Donna Jou. Donna has not been heard from since June 23, 2007 when she attended a party. The family of Donna Jou contacted TES in hopes that they may be able to help find Donna Jou.
Texas EquuSearch stated that they look forward working with law enforcement to help aide in the process of bringing the missing Donna Jou home to her family. Its Texas EquuSearch’s motto, “You are not Alone,” and TES hopes that between the family, law enforcement and themselves, they can bring a resolution to this missing persons case and Donna Jou home to her family.
Recently 35-year-old John Burgess was arrested in Florida on separate charges; however, he remains a prime suspect in Donna Jou’s disappearance.
Sex offender arrested in coed’s disappearance
A registered sex offender sought in connection with the disappearance of 19-year-old Donna Jou of Rancho Santa Margarita was in custody in Florida today, but her whereabouts remain unknown.
John Burgess, 35, who calls himself SinJin Stevens and has his mother and other relatives in Florida, was arrested Tuesday in Jacksonville after he was seen on a bicycle near a motel dropping a clear plastic bag that officials said contained rock cocaine.
Missing teen’s father, Reza Jou, begs for help
Anguishing about his daughter’s disappearance more than a month ago, Reza Jou asked Monday for the governors of California and Florida to expedite the extradition of a convicted sex offender who could know the teen’s whereabouts.
Meanwhile, Burgess isn’t cooperating with Orange County investigators from California who interviewed him in Florida about Jou’s disappearance.
Jou’s father wants Burgess taken to Los Angeles for questioning. Reza Jou asked attorneys general, governors and Burgess’ mother to intervene.
“He is in jail in Jacksonville, Fla., using his constitutional right not to speak about my daughter’s whereabouts,” Jou said. “This is a very urgent matter. My child’s life is in danger.”
Jou said he’d received no response to his urgent plea, but The Daily News contacted California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office for comment.
Read more at the Scared Monkeys Forum: Donna Jou
15 year old Kirsten Covey Missing Since July 5, 2007 in Texas (Update: Found Safe)
15 year old Kirsten Covey has been missing since Thursday, July 5, 2007. She was last seen in the 9000 block of state Highway 6 North at about 7:45 p.m. on Thursday. It is reported that Kirsten Covey may have got into a very old primer gray van with painted windows with two men inside.
(Kirsten Covey)
Kirsten is white, 5 feet 3 inches tall and 100 pounds. She has long brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue tank top and black soccer shorts with white stripes on the side.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Texas EquuSearch at 281-309-9500.
Tim Miller & Texas EquuSearch Helping Search for Stepha Henry in Florida
Just in to Missing & Exploited, Tim Miller and Texas EquuSearch is in Florida helping in 
the search for missing 22 year old Stepha Henry. Stepha Henry is a graduate of criminal justice who has been missing since May 29, 2007 in Fort Lauderdale, FL when she attended a club. Stepha Henry checked her voice mail at 4:13 am but was never seen or heard from again.
According to Tim Miller, founder of Texas Equusearch, they are going to use several resources to aid in Stepha’s search. They will be using side scanner sonar and search the many water areas in the vicinity where she went missing.
Tim Miller also stated that they are trying to locate the vehicle that Stepha Henry was given a ride in to the club. Tim agrees with the police that the car could hold keys to the mystery of missing Stepha Henry.
Where is that Acura Integra? The man who drove it that night says he borrowed it from a friend of a friend. Police think if they can find the car, maybe they’ll get some answers. Is it abandoned somewhere? Or innocently being driven by its owner? Any answer would help. (AMW)
Tim Miller stated that the family of Stepha Miller asked us if we could not help bring their daughter home. Tim stated, “that law enforcement has been extremely cooperative in mapping a plan of action to search for Stepha”. We just want to bring Stepha home to her family, said Tim Miller”.
UPDATE I: Search for Missing Stepha Henry continues with aide of TES
The Henrys have also hired a high-profile search and rescue team, Texas EquuSearch, to help find Stepha. The nonprofit organization conducts searches by foot, water (diving and boats), air (using helicopters and planes), and dog teams (air scent and corpse.)
{{{SM Editors note: The Broward Times in this article stated that the family hired Texas Equusearch. That is not correct. The editors at this news paper need a understand that non-profits are not hired. The family asked for TES’s help, they did not hire them. We will make this correction of the misspoken word, if The Broward Times does not.}}}
EquuSearch director Tim Miller said the group was involved in the recovery of pregnant murder victim Jessie Davis’ body in Ohio. The company also helped in the search for murder victim Kelsey Smith, and for Natalee Holloway, a partying teen who is still listed as missing in Aruba.
“The Henrys contacted us in Texas and we wanted to get involved with the search,” he said. “We’ve brought sonar equipment to search underwater.” (Broward Times)
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