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An Amber Alert has been issued for 10 year old Marissa Graham in Oklahoma. It is being reported that Marissa Graham was abducted by a white male approximately 35-40 years of age. Marissa was abducted in Texhoma, Oklahoma at about 6:30PM on Thursday.
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- white with reddish-blonde hair
- blue eyes
- about 4-feet tall
- 60 pounds
- She was last seen wearing a pink hoodie and jeans.
- Officials say the girl may be with a white man in his mid 30s to about 40-years-old. The man may be driving a white car, possibly a Chevrolet Cavalier.
The neighbor who spotted Marissa talking to the man turned away for a moment, and when he returned, the girl and the man were gone, the Texahoma Sheriff’s Department told FOX News.
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UPDATE I: Missing Oklahoma Girl Found After Amber Alert Issued
Marissa Graham has been found safe in Clovis, New Mexico
Police said Marissa was found in Clovis, N.M., and that is alive and well. She is now in police custody, they said, and there are no details yet on the kidnapping suspect. (FOX)
According to reports, Marissa Graham escaped from the back seat of her abductors vehicle while he stopped at a gas station to refill. There has been a lot to celebrate lately with missingboys in Missouri found recently and with today’s news. The presense of mind for this young girl to escape so early in her abduction.
“She took the opportunity to bolt from the car and into the convenience store and identify herself as the girl everyone was looking for and give the telephone number for the Texhoma Police Department,” said State Amber Alert coordinator Gene Thaxton.
The suspect was arrested at the store by New Mexico State Police and Clovis police, Thaxton said. His name was not immediately released.
It’s been a fantastic day,” Boring said, adding that Marissa is “extremely lucky” to have had “the sense and sensibility to get in a public place with people.”
January 19th, 2007 at 09:50am
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Joseph Edward Duncan is already serving life sentences for pleading guilty to the murder of three people, Shasta’s mother, brother and a family friend. Now with this indictment, a death sentence cannot be too far down the line. Duncan has been charged with murder, kidnapping and sexual assault of Dylan and Shasta Groene. Some people truly earn the right to be executed, Joseph Edward Duncan III is part of that select group.
The indictment against Joseph Edward Duncan III, issued by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene, will allow the government to seek the death penalty, U.S. Attorney Tom Moss said.
The indictment accuses Duncan of kidnapping Dylan Groene, 9, and his sister Shasta, then 8 years old, sexually abusing them both and later killing Dylan in Montana. (Yahoo News)
Convicted Murderer Indicted In Idaho Abductions
An indictment charged Duncan with kidnapping 9-year-old Dylan Groene near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in 2005 for the purpose of sexual assault, and for intentionally killing the boy after torturing him.
Duncan was also charged with kidnapping Shasta Groene, who was 8 at the time, for the purpose of sexually assaulting her. Shasta was rescued at a Coeur d’Alene restaurant seven weeks after her abduction.
The grand jury also charged Duncan with aggravated sexual abuse of the children and for taking them across a state line into Montana. He was also charged with making visual depictions of his sexual assaults on Dylan Groene. (KSBW8)
Federal Charges Filed Against Duncan
In charging Duncan with Kidnapping Resulting in Death, the grand jury made special findings that Duncan intentionally killed 9-year-old D.G. after substantial planning and premeditation, and that he did so in an especially heinous, cruel, and depraved manner. The grand jury also found that the child’s killing involved torture and serious physical abuse, that Duncan intentionally inflicted seriously bodily injury that resulted in death, and that he intentionally engaged in a act of violence he knew created a grave risk of death to a particularly vulnerable victim.
These special findings will allow the government to file a notice of intent to seek the death penalty, which the United States Attorney General has already authorized the government to do.
The indictment also charges Duncan with kidnapping and sexually assaulting 8-year-old S.G.
The 13-page indictment includes ten counts of criminal activity and six pages of special findings. Specifically, Count One charges Duncan with Kidnapping Resulting in Death, Count Two charges him with Kidnapping, Counts Three and Four charge him with Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor, and Count Five charges him with Sexual Exploitation of a Child Resulting in Death.
He is also charged with being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Using a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence Resulting in Death, Transportation of a Stolen Firearm, Possession of an Unregistered Firearm and Transportation of a Stolen Vehicle.
In their special findings, the grand jury also noted Duncan’s previous convictions for rape, first-degree murder and kidnapping.
January 18th, 2007 at 10:57pm
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In an effort to help in the world wide battle for missing & exploited children, First Lady Laura Bush has taken up the cause.
The missing and sexually exploited children of the world are the most vulnerable among us. There are so many countries that have little to no laws protecting child. Child pornography and trafficking have become an epidemic. It is about time that this problem is taken seriously in other countries.
Read the full story at Scared Monkeys.com
January 18th, 2007 at 05:21pm
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Sixty-year-old Wayne Logan was arrested in Memphis, TN for allegedly paying the mother of an 8 year old girl to have sex with the minor. Wayne Logan is Shelby County Sheriff’s Department employee and remains in jail. Think the story is bizarre? It get even more so.
Wayne Logan is engaged to Judge Joyce Broffit, General Sessions Judge.
Logan is engaged to General Sessions Judge Joyce Broffitt and records show he used her as a reference when he got his job in the Sheriff’s Department’s records and identification office. He is on paid leave from the department while the case is pending.
Police said Logan was charged with raping an eight-year-old girl after the child picked him out of a photo lineup. (My Eye Witness News)
So the suspect is not only an employee of the Sheriff’s Department, he is also involved in a relationship with a sitting judge. No conflict of interest there. Thus, because of the ties all of the General Session judges recused themselves from the case.
Wayne Logan appeared in court yesterday for his first hearing on child rape charges, but all the General Sessions court judges in Shelby County recused themselves.
Logan’s attorney, Leslie Ballin, says the General Sessions judges agreed it would be inappropriate for them to hear the case because his fiancé is a sitting General Sessions Court judge. (WMC-TV)
UPDATE: New Judge named in the Wayne Logan case.
Memphis, Tenn. (WHBQ) Former Rutherford County Judge Steven Davis has now been named to hear the case of Wayne Logan, the Shelby County worker accused of having sex with an eight-year old girl.
Shelby County Judges had asked for a visiting judge to be assigned because Logan has a relationship with Shelby County Judge Joyce Broffit.
Its is also being reported that a woman has come forward and has stated that Wayne Logan may have abused at least one more girl. However, there may be more.
The mother of the 8 year old girl is also being charged in the case and pimping her daughter to a 61 year old man.
Twenty-seven year-old Sharon Crawford is charged with accepting money in exchange for letting a man have sex with her little girl.
The story came to light when the 8 year old girl complained of pain to a teacher in school. This is just a shameful story and situation.
The police officer who arrested Crawford wrote that the 8 year-old girl first told her teacher about “pain between her legs”.
The report goes on to say “the 8 year-old victim advised the teacher that it was her mother’s friend. The victim also stated that this occurred several times and that when it does, her mother gets money. The 8 year-old victim further stated that she is made to perform oral and vaginal sex acts with her mother’s friend.” (My Eye Witness News)
January 17th, 2007 at 08:31pm
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Michael Devlin had already been charged with the kidnapping of William “Ben” Ownby. Now Michael Devlin is being charged with the armed kidnapping of Shawn Hornbeck as well. What will come next?
Washington County, Mo., prosecutor John Rupp said in a statement that Michael Devlin, 41, was charged with kidnapping and armed criminal action. The statement does not name Hornbeck, but uses the initials SCH.
A probable cause statement released by Rupp said Devlin “abducted SCH utilizing force for the purpose of terrorizing the victim. After securing SCH, Michael Devlin flourished a handgun in order to gain compliance of the minor child. Michael Devlin then transported him out of the county and concealed his whereabouts for four years and three months.” (Fox News)
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January 17th, 2007 at 06:15pm
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Charles Arlin Henderson was 11 when he disappeared in 1991. Charles Arlin Henderson went missing from his home in Moscow Mills, MO while riding his bike. Could the two abductions be connected? The scenario sounds so familiar to those of Shawn Hornbeck. The description of Charles Arlin Henderson also seem very close to the other two boys. Go here for time enhanced pictures. Although the police have yet to find any link with Devlin and the missing Arlin Henderson, we do know that pedophiles commit many acts against children before they are ever caught. When the police went into the apartment of Michael Devlin in connection with missing William “Ben”Ownby, they never thought they would find Shawn Hornbeck either.
Charles Arlin Henderson
Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday that Devlin is now the “most viable lead” in the investigation into the 1991 disappearance of Charles Arlin Henderson of Moscow Mills. Both Shawn and Charles vanished at age 11 while riding their bikes on a rural road about an hour’s drive from St. Louis. Both boys were slight, weighing about 100 pounds, and had close-cropped hair. “If you were to take a photo of Arlin Henderson and you place it next to Shawn’s picture, there is a striking resemblance,” sheriff’s Lt. Rick Harrell said. (Fox News)
(Shawn Hornbeck, time of abduction)
Mo. suspect eyed in unsolved kidnapping Michael Devlin is the “most viable lead” in the case of Charles Arlin Henderson, who was 11 when he disappeared in 1991 and has never been found, Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies said. Devlin was arrested last week after police found two kidnapped boys in his apartment in suburban Kirkwood: 13-year-old boy Ben Ownby, who was taken Jan. 8, and 15-year-old Shawn Hornbeck, who vanished 4 1/2 years ago. The long-missing boy, known as Arlin, was, like Ben and Shawn, about 100 pounds and from a rural town about an hour from St. Louis. Both Shawn and Arlin vanished at age 11 while riding their bikes. (Houston Chronicle)
UPDATE: Deborah Henderson-Griffith, Mother Of Child Missing Since 1991 Still Looking For Answers
ST. LOUIS, MO — The mother of another missing child is hoping that the rescue of Ben Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck will lead to some answers for her family. Her son, Arlin Henderson, vanished in 1991 under very similar circumstances.
Deborah Henderson-Griffith says there have been few leads that point to where her son might be or what happened to him. She is now praying the ongoing investigation into Michael Devlin’s past will at least begin to provide some answers. (First Coast News)
January 17th, 2007 at 05:06pm
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January 17th, 2007 at 04:46pm
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It had been speculated for quite some time that the individual in custody on an unrelated charge, Justin Thurber, was the main suspect in the murder of Jodi Sanderholm. Today the Kansas AG has charged Justin Thurber with the rape and murder of Jodi Leann Sanderholm.
Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison and Cowley County Attorney Christopher Smith today filed charges against Justin Eugene Thurber for the murder of Jodi Leann Sanderholm. Thurber has been charged with Capital Murder, Rape and Aggravated Kidnapping.
Authorities believe Thurber kidnapped Sanderholm following her dance practice on Friday, January 5th. According to police, he then drove her to a rural part of southeast Cowley County where she was raped and murdered. Police also allege that Thurber then disposed of Sanderholm’s car in the Cowley County State Fishing Lake. (KWCH)
Charges announced in Jodi Sanderholm case
The evidence shows Sanderholm was kidnapped at midday Jan. 5, raped and strangled within about three hours, Morrison said.
Authorities had said last week they were preparing charges against a suspect already in the Cowley County Jail on unrelated charges.
Thurber was taken into custody the weekend Sanderholm disappeared. (Kansas City.com)
Justin Thurber seems to have quite the frequent issue when it comes to breaking the law.
On Jan. 1, Thurber was charged with false impersonation and disorderly conduct. Thurber has also been charged with burglary, forgery, theft and drug possession.
Two women have also accused Thurber of stalking and have filed protection petitions in Winfield and Arkansas City.
January 17th, 2007 at 02:10pm
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Larry Charles, a 49 year old defense attorney was arrested Monday after being found naked in a Court House conference room with a 14 year old girl. Charles had his law license suspended in the past for tampering with public records. Now its time to take it away for good.
Larry Charles, 49, has been charged with solicitation, attempted statutory sexual assault and related counts, said Lt. Dan Bagnell of the police department’s Special Victims Unit.
A sheriff’s deputy making his rounds in the Criminal Justice Center on Monday afternoon looked into a lawyers’ conference room on the third floor and discovered Charles and the girl, Bagnell said.
“He had asked for sex. But there was no physical contact we’re aware of” by the time the deputy arrived on the scene, Bagnell said. (Fox News)
January 16th, 2007 at 10:06pm
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22 year old Joseph Zahornacky, a student at Manhattanville College, is missing. His car was found submerged in Brookfield, CT’s Lake Lillinonah Tuesday morning. To date there has been no sign of Joseph Zahornacky.
Description:
- 6 feet tall
- about 190 pounds
- blond hair
- blue eyes.
Police found 22-year-old Joseph Zahornacky’s car submerged in Brookfield’s Lake Lillinonah Tuesday morning, but there is no sign of him.
Zahornakcy’s family told NBC 30 they last spoke to him Monday night on his way to school at Manhattanville College in Westchester County, N.Y.
They said he had returned from a trip to California and had just left LaGuardia Airport. (NBC30)
UPDATE I: Police say body found in lake is missing student
HARTFORD, Conn. — Divers searching a lake in rural western Connecticut on Wednesday found the body of a college student missing since Monday, police said.
Divers found Zahornacky’s body after two days of searching in frigid water. Family members identified him at the scene and his body was taken to the chief state medical examiner’s office for an autopsy, which was scheduled for Thursday.
State Police Lt. J. Paul Vance said authorities have labeled his death suspicious but are not releasing any details about how he died. They are asking anyone with information to contact them.
Surveillance video from Monday night showed Zahornacky talking with a petite redhead at a convenience store in Greenwich. Family members did not recognize her.
Records show Zahornacky also bought gas at a station in the town, which is not far from the New York border. A family friend said it would not have been unusual for Zahornacky to stop in Greenwich on his way back to school.
Zahornacky’s family and state troopers said there was no apparent reason for him to be in Bridgewater. (The Advocate)
UPDATE II: Death Of Missing Student, Joseph Zahornacky, Ruled A Suicide
A missing college student whose body was found in a lake in rural western Connecticut drowned himself, police said Thursday.
An autopsy was conducted Thursday on the body of Joseph Zahornacky, 22, of Shelton (Hartford Courant)
January 16th, 2007 at 06:21pm
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