Article: Missing children in U.S. nearly always make it home alive
Anxiety over two cases of missing children in the news this week – New York’s Etan Patz and Arizona’s Isabel Mercedes Celis – masks an encouraging development in the search for U.S. boys and girls who disappear: More than 99 percent now return home alive. The likelihood of finding an abducted child has sharply increased in recent years due to technological advances in the way searches are conducted and a greater awareness that fast action saves lives, said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. That has boosted the recovery...
Read MoreMissing Mondays: Latasha Nevitt (Chicago)
Latasha Nevitt, a 30 year old mother of three, was last seen walking to a convenience store five blocks from her home near 107th and Loomis in South Side Chicago. She never returned. Her husband Isaac is the last person believed to have seen her before she disappeared. Police found no sign of foul play in the couple’s home. Latasha’s family does not believe that she would just walk away from her life and children. Latasha was dental hygienist student at Everest University before she was reported missing October 14th. Her mother, Brenda Morgan, is not giving up hope. “I do believe...
Read MoreSix More Deaths Linked to Grim Sleeper Serial Killer (Los Angeles)
Police have linked Lonnie Franklin Jr., the man charged with 10 murders in the “Grim Sleeper” serial killings, to several other deaths, according an Associated Press source. The source did not specify how many deaths police had connected to Franklin, but the Los Angeles Times reported the number as six. The new victims were linked to the Grim Sleeper through DNA evidence, ballistics and a 911 voice recording of the accused serial killer, the reports said. In two of the cases, ballistic evidence showed that the bullets used to kill the women were fired from a gun Franklin is...
Read MoreMissing Mondays: 5 months pregnant Cheri Dawson is missing!
When Laci Peterson went missing, the world seemed to stop. The 7 and a half months missing pregnant woman became a household name everywhere, grabbing the hearts of Americans. “Who would take a pregnant woman!” was probably the thought that was on the minds of men and women alike. But despite the ongoing and national attention she received, her case was under fire when Latoyia Figueroa, another missing pregnant woman, went missing a few years later. The subject was “media bias in the reporting of missing women” and it was causing uproar across the nation. Figueroa, who was Hispanic...
Read MoreJahessye Shockley’s mother claims media attention is endangering family
A vigil was held Saturday evening for 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley who has been missing now for 11 days from her Glendale apartment. But moments prior to the vigil, Jahessye Shockley’s mother made some angry statements that seemed to contradict their prior attempts to get more media attention to the case. “You put all this negative media out there. I was trying to get away from my ex-husband. Now he knows exactly where to find me. I hope you’re happy,” Jerice Hunter lashed out as we attempted to ask her about her daughter. She would not clairfy or elaborate further...
Read MoreBianca Chanel Green (Michigan)
Bianca Chanel Green was last seen March 25, 2011 from Romulus, Michigan. She left behind a son and was never seen or heard from again. Bianca may have been suicidal and pregnant at the time of her disappearance. Her last possible location was Atlanta, Georgia. Bianca is a 24 year old African American female with shoulder length brown hair and brown eyes. She is between 130-150 pounds and stands at 4’8-4’11. Her nickname is “Be-Be” and she has a tattoo on her lower back. It is uncharateristic for Bianca to leave for long periods of time. If you have any information...
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