Previous Page | Next Page
Its been nearly two weeks and there have been no solid clues or leads as to the disappearance of Tara Grinstead. Several volunteer search parties have been organized on multiple days and have turned up empty.
Searches have been conducted every day in various ways, including on foot, by horse, with helicopters and with all-terrain vehicles. Wednesday, cadaver dogs were used, though authorities stressed it wasn’t because they were looking for a body.
In an interview with CBS, The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm, Tara Grinstead’s sister Anita Gattis discusses her ideas of what may have happened the night that her sister went missing.
Anita Gattis, Grinstead’s sister, says police “didn’t find a lot” when they searched Grinstead’s home in Ocilla, Ga.
“The house was locked,” Gattis told The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm Friday. “Her cell phone was back in the charger. She always takes her cell phone with her everywhere she goes. Her purse and her keys were missing. The car was home but it was unlocked, which is very unusual. Tara always kept her car locked.”
Gattis says she suspects her sister left the house under her own will “and then something went very wrong after that. I don’t know if it started out to be an abduction and she was just lured out of her home, or she went with somebody and then something happened. I’m just not sure. But I really do feel like it is an abduction at this point.”
read the rest here…
November 4th, 2005 at 10:06pm
Posted by
Administrator |
Missing, Missing Adult, Tara Grinstead |
no comments
The police in Atlanta, GA now say that Maurice Lashon Wallace of Normal “is involved or has knowledge” of what happened to Olamide Adeyooye. Maurice Lashon Wallace was in custody on identity theft charges in Atlanta; however, is now being called a suspect in the disappearance of Olamide Adeyooye.
Normal police Lt. Mark Kotte said 27-year-old Maurice Lashon Wallace of Normal “is involved or has knowledge” of what happened to Olamide Adeyooye, based on interviews and evidence collected in an investigation that spans three states. Kotte declined to elaborate, saying that information could jeopardize the investigation.
No charges have been filed against Wallace in connection with the death of Adeyooye, a 21-year-old student from the Chicago suburb of Berkeley.
Fiends of Wallace and Adeyooye have made the connection that the two knew each other and that they lived in the same apartment complex.
Wallace has been in custody since a week after Adeyooye disappeared when he was picked up at an Atlanta shopping center on a warrant in an unrelated identity theft case in Normal. Kotte said the identity theft case involved multiple victims, but he declined to say if Adeyooye was one of them.
Friends say Adeyooye and Wallace knew each other and that he had been to her off-campus apartment. Kotte declined comment on any connection between the two.
Seems that Maurice Lashon Wallace has a past history of convictions.
Wallace was convicted Sept. 6, 2001, of entering a taxi and striking the driver. A memorandum in a court file indicates late in the same month, he bought a one-way ticket to Heathrow Airport in London, turned himself over to immigration officials and asked for political asylum.
Hat Tip: festa
November 4th, 2005 at 09:15pm
Posted by
Administrator |
Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Olamide Adeyooye |
no comments
Priest Willis, who was reported missing late Thursday night, was found Friday morning after spending the night with a homeless couple sleeping in a boxcar.
The man, Lyndon Thompson, said that Priest said he was lost and asked him and his girlfriend for help.
“We took care of him. We didn’t want him to get in trouble,” says Thompson’s girlfriend.
The couple is homeless. All three slept on a boxcar. This morning on the way to call for help, they were spotted. Priest’s mother rushed to the scene.
Priest was not hurt. He told police he had planned to run away to Canada with two of his friends, but his friends backed out at the last minute. He had about $2.60 in his pocket.
The couple will not face any charges.
November 4th, 2005 at 08:55pm
Posted by
Administrator |
Found Alive, Missing, Missing Children, Uncategorized |
no comments
William Rossey, 63, has been missing since Saturday, October 29, 2005. He was last seen by his wife at 7:00 pm on Saturday. William or Bill Rossy is described as white with fair skin, blue eyes and blond hair.
He was reported missing by his wife, who said he was last seen at 983 Liberty St. around 7 p.m. that day, according to the Meadville Police Department missing person report. He left to go downtown and never returned.
The 63-year-old man is described as white with fair skin, blue eyes and blond hair.
He was wearing a black ball cap with “father” written on it, a baseball-type jacket and dark blue jeans. He was also wearing blue tennis shoes with fasteners.
If anyone with information or leads on William Rossey’s whereabouts is asked to call police at 724-6100.
November 4th, 2005 at 08:26pm
Posted by
Administrator |
Missing, Missing Adult |
no comments
The remains of the missing Texas woman Sheril Susan Moore were identified and confirmed. She was found about 1/2 mile away from her vehicle in a field in Oklahoma. She was on her way to Colorado to visit with her son as she was in the process of evacuating from Hurricane Rita.
The cause of death is unknown at the time and investigators are considering it to be a homicide even though her husbands seems to think it was an accident caused by fatigue.
“We are continuing to investigate this as a homicide until we get evidence that shows us otherwise,” said Grady County Undersheriff Irene Perske.
Remains discovered in a rural area near Amber have been identified as that of a missing Hurricane Rita evacuee from Houston, who was headed to her son’s Colorado home, Grady County officials said Thursday.
Search crews discovered the remains of Sheril Susan Moore, 59, on Tuesday in a pasture less than one mile from where the woman’s sport-utility vehicle was found last week, Grady County Undersheriff Irene Perske said. She had been missing for a month.
On Friday, authorities resumed their search for the woman after a farmer found her car abandoned in a pasture near Amber. The 2001 Ford Explorer was about 300 yards from the road sitting along a creek bed.
The Equusearch team was the first to find the remains, McMullen said.
Grady County Sheriff’s deputies and Equusearch, a search and rescue team out of Houston, Texas, began searching the farmland Tuesday morning following fruitless searches both Thursday night and Friday to find a woman missing from Texas.
Sheriff Kieran McMullen said the Equus team was in the southwest corner and Layton had a group in the southeast corner when the two groups decided to start toward each other.
The Equusearch team was the first to find the remains, McMullen said.
By noon, volunteers from across the county had assembled to aid in the search for remains. McMullen said besides Equusearch and the deputies, volunteers from the Grady County Volunteer Fire Departments, Rush Springs Fire Department, Oklahoma State Troopers, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Amber Police and Grady County reserves deputies showed up to assist in the search.
Moore’s husband, Barry Moore of Houston, said he believes his wife was suffering from fatigue and stress from being on the road for about 48 hours and that she became lost and disoriented.
November 4th, 2005 at 08:19pm
Posted by
Administrator |
Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Texas Equusearch |
no comments
Aaron Brooks has been missing since October 26, 2005 when he was last seen at Galt Community Park.
The Galt Area Crimestoppers has offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of Aaron Brooks, a 15-year-old Galt High freshman who was reported missing Oct. 27.
Family members and friends have been searching for Brooks since he was last seen on Oct. 26. Police report that he was seen the following day in the east parking lot of Galt Supermarket, 814 A St.
Anyone with information may call 888-393-8477 (TIPS).
Family, friends concerned about disappearance of Galt High student
A crowd of at least 50 parents and students gathered Monday evening to mark the fourth day since Galt High freshman Aaron Brooks was reported missing.
His family is concerned about his safety, but Galt police say Brooks’ disappearance may have been voluntary.
“At this point, we can’t categorize this as an abduction,” said Galt police Officer Chris Sanford. “All indications at this point (are) that he is missing voluntarily.”
Anyone with information on the case may call Galt police at 366-7000.
From KCRA 3; Volunteers Search For Missing Galt Teen
Volunteers from the area took part in a search for Aaron Brooks in the last known location that he was seen.
A group of volunteers took part in a search for a missing Galt teen Friday morning. Aaron Brooks, 15, was last seen at Galt Community Park on Oct. 26, and that’s where Friday’s search was centered.
“We don’t know if foul play is involved, but we’re very concerned about his welfare. At this point we just don’t know,” Galt Police Department spokesman Ken Erickson said.
“I’m just frustrated in general that there have no calls, no leads, no sightings … it’s just a very grave situation when some things don’t happen,” the missing teen’s father, Bernie Brooks, said.
November 4th, 2005 at 08:17pm
Posted by
Administrator |
Aaron Brooks, Missing, Missing Teen |
one comment
Mario Garcia was arraigned Tuesday on one count of murder and possession of a deadly weapon, in the death of Christie Wilson of Sacramento. Investigators previously stated that DNA evidence found in Garcia’s car matched that of the missing Christie Wilson
Additionally, a prior felony strike was alleged for a 1981 felony conviction in Alameda County, California. The felony complaint was filed by the Placer County District Attorney’s Office.
Garcia is suspected in the murder of Christie Wilson. In a video security tape, Garcia is seen exiting a local casino with Wilson on October 5 at 1:13 AM. Wilson has not been seen or heard from since that time and Garcia is the last known person to have been with Wilson.
Investigators say forensic evidence recovered from Garcia’s car is a DNA match to Wilson. Garcia is being held at the Placer County Jail.
Auburn Journal; Murder charge filed in Wilson case
Mario Flavio Garcia, 53, pleaded not guilty to murder charges to killing Christie Wilson, the women he had met and was caught on camera seeing leaving the Thunder Valley Casino.
The Auburn man accused of killing a woman he met at a Lincoln-area casino pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and possession of a deadly weapon in Placer County Superior Court.
On Tuesday, Placer County authorities were attempting to build a circumstantial murder case without the body of 27-year-old Christie Wilson as defense attorneys sought more evidence in the case.
Garcia’s attorneys accused the Placer County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney’s Office of withholding evidence. They filed a complaint with the court to demanding to see all the evidence against their client.
(full story)
Update: $35K offered for Wilson tip
The reward has been increased by Placer County Crime Stoppers to $35,000 for any information, tips or leads leading to the whereabouts of Christie Wilson.
Mario Flavio Garcia has been charged with her murder, but her whereabouts remains unknown. Garcia is being held without bail at the Placer County Jail.
To provide tip information, call Placer County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-923-8191. All tips may remain strictly anonymous.
November 3rd, 2005 at 06:06pm
Posted by
Administrator |
Christie Wilson, Mario Flabio Garcia, Missing, Missing Adult |
no comments
According to authorities the body found in LaGrange County has been positively identified as the missing 79 year old Rosemary Reinel. She had been missing for approximately five weeks.
A missing person investigation has now turned into a homicide investigation after police positively identify a body found in rural LaGrange County.
Police suspected the body was that of 79-year-old Rosemary Reinel of Sturgis, Michigan. Using dental records, police confirmed the body was Reinel.
Investigators say they are still trying to determine when and how Reinel was killed.
Police say they are looking at 53-year-old Dannie Gayheart as a person of interest in the case.
Update: WNDU 16; Missing person case turns into homicide investigation
A body that was found in rural LaGrange County has been positively identified as a missing Sturgis woman, 79-year-old Rosemary Reinel. Reinel disappeared in September.
On Tuesday, Reinel’s body was found just three miles away from her home by LaGrange County farmers working on their crops.
Body confirmed to be missing Sturgis woman
A coroner has confirmed that a body found in an Indiana farm field is that of a Sturgis woman last seen leaving her apartment on September 19th.
The coroner made the identification based on dental records. An autopsy could determine exactly how and when 79-year-old Rosemary Reinel died.
Body buried in corn field identified as missing Michigan woman, Rosemary Reinel
A body found buried in a corn field near the Michigan state line has been identified as a Michigan woman missing since September.
Police said Thursday they are conducting a homicide investigation into the death of Rosemary Reinel, 79, of Sturgis. She was reported missing Sept. 22 and was last seen leaving her Sturgis apartment two days earlier, according to Sturgis police.
Reinel’s car was found last month in Sarasota, Fla. Gayheart was arrested there on charges that he violated his parole from Michigan.
Evidence in the car pointed to foul play, police said.
Previous Posts:
Rosemary Reinel, 79 years old, still Missing
November 3rd, 2005 at 03:14pm
Posted by
Administrator |
Found Deceased, Missing, Missing Adult, Rosemary Reinel |
no comments
As per The Detroit Free Press, Police search for missing Novi woman.
Police are searching for a 33-year-old Novi woman who was reported missing by her husband about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Her minivan was found less than an hour later on the Ambassador Bridge, Novi Police Sgt. Matt Conquest said today. Police said they do not know whether she jumped off the bridge or walked away, and would not comment on why she might have left home.
November 3rd, 2005 at 02:21pm
Posted by
Administrator |
Missing, Missing Adult |
no comments
Sophia Alanizm is missing and family fears that maybe she has been abducted by previous acquaintance.
More than 24 hours after Sophia Alaniz’s disappearance, her family passed out 500 missing person posters around Plainview and Lubbock. Barbara Croswell did not think she would be passing out information about her missing cousin.
“I know she left him a couple of weeks ago and was staying with a good friend. He found out where she was,” said Barbara.
Marcus Barrios dated Sophia for six months. She left him when she found out his sorted past. “The last run-in was a stalking charge. He had a history of assaults against ex-girlfriends,” said Constable Mark Mull.
Hale County Crime stoppers is offering a reward up to $1,000 for information leading to Barrio’s arrest. The two were last seen driving away in a 2002 Chevy Malibu like this one with the license plate number H17-ZRJ .
The car also has a Longhorn sticker on the back window. If you have any information, call the Texas Rangers at (806) 296-2724. Because of Barrios’s history of violence and gang relations, Hale County called the Texas Rangers and the U.S. Marshals to assist.
Update: Lubbock Police Find Missing Plainview Woman
A Plainview woman is safe and her accused kidnapper behind bars. Lubbock Police found Sophia Anne Alaniz and Marcus Edward Barrios at a Central Lubbock apartment complex, early Wednesday morning.
Hale County authorities had been searching for the two since Monday when Barrios allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend from a home in Plainview.
Update: Lubbock PD arrests kidnapping suspect
Police arrested suspected kidnapper Marcos Edward Barrios Tuesday night after leads led officials to his Lubbock apartment.
Lubbock police found Barrios and 35-year-old Sophia Anne Alaniz, who Barrios allegedly kidnapped Tuesday morning in Plainview, at about 11 p.m. Tuesday outside of the Hickory Tree Apartments located at 1629 16th St.
Barrios, who police named as a suspect in the abduction following tips from witnesses, was arrested on a misdemeanor warrant.
Witnesses claimed Barrios lured Alaniz from a house located in the 200 block of southeast Sixth Street, just outside Plainview city limits, at about 1:15 a.m. Tuesday, Hale County Sheriff’s deputies said.
Barrios allegedly forced Alaniz into a gray 2000 Chevrolet Malibu and drove east on Texas 194, Lubbock police said.
November 3rd, 2005 at 02:06pm
Posted by
Administrator |
abduction, Found Alive, Missing, Missing Adult |
no comments
Previous Page | Next Page
