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Showing posts with label missing person. Show all posts
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Indian Nation Going Hi-Tech to Find Missing People
The Oneida Indian Nation Police Department has formalized an agreement with the A Child Is Missing Alert Program that has led to a high-tech method to search locally for missing children, elderly, college students and persons who may be mentally or physically challenged or disabled.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Age Progression Shot Released for Boy Missing 15 Years
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children recently re-released an age-progression photo of Jamel [Williams], who was reported missing 15 years ago today when he was 3. Accompanying the photographs of a blond, blue-eyed boy both as a toddler and as a teenager is a plea for information.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Missing Person "Mystery" Missing Link
The curious case of Jamie Waqa has taken a turn, with friends saying the "missing" Kings Cross man has been at home the entire time and police now labelling his family "cryptic".
Mr Waqa's family - who are in Tamworth - also reportedly spoke to him yesterday, although police say he will continue to be considered missing until they have spoken to him.
Police yesterday issued a media release saying they had "grave concerns" for Mr Waqa, 23, who was believed to be living in Kings Cross or Darlinghurst.
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Mr Waqa's family - who are in Tamworth - also reportedly spoke to him yesterday, although police say he will continue to be considered missing until they have spoken to him.
Police yesterday issued a media release saying they had "grave concerns" for Mr Waqa, 23, who was believed to be living in Kings Cross or Darlinghurst.
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Most Missing Adult Cases Unsolved
It was a warm night on June 30, 1996. Patricia Minassian finished bathing her 2-year-old son during a family vacation in Bourne.
Minassian told her in-laws she was heading to the car wash and was never seen again.
Her locked car was found a day later in the parking lot of Cahoon Hollow Beach in Wellfleet. There was no sign of the 37-year-old Hingham mother of three, no suicide note. She simply vanished. Her body has never been found. Her family doesn't know her fate.
Another family may be waiting to know the identity of the person whose bones were found last weekend in an East Falmouth cranberry bog.
Police are awaiting examination of dental records and DNA tests to determine whether the remains belong to a young East Falmouth man who was reported missing last June following a bout of depression.
But many missing person cases are never resolved. There are more than 40,000 unidentified human remains held in police and medical examiner property rooms across the United States, according to the FBI's National Crime Information Center.
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Minassian told her in-laws she was heading to the car wash and was never seen again.
Her locked car was found a day later in the parking lot of Cahoon Hollow Beach in Wellfleet. There was no sign of the 37-year-old Hingham mother of three, no suicide note. She simply vanished. Her body has never been found. Her family doesn't know her fate.
Another family may be waiting to know the identity of the person whose bones were found last weekend in an East Falmouth cranberry bog.
Police are awaiting examination of dental records and DNA tests to determine whether the remains belong to a young East Falmouth man who was reported missing last June following a bout of depression.
But many missing person cases are never resolved. There are more than 40,000 unidentified human remains held in police and medical examiner property rooms across the United States, according to the FBI's National Crime Information Center.
Read more here.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Online People Search Aids Christmas Reunion
Michael Taylor had never met his father, David, until they were reunited for the first time last week. The father and son met each other on Michael's 25th birthday, making the occasion even more special. Michael initially contacted Tracesmart in response to the company's Missing Person Campaign which has been running since March, and has helped to reunite many other families in time for Christmas.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Volunteers Search For Missing Student
A large group of volunteers, many of them UMass Dartmouth students, gathered near Chase and Town roads Saturday morning, steeling themselves for a rigorous and emotional day.
They were preparing to search for clues about a fellow UMass student, Neo Babson Maximus, who disappeared a year ago into the woods near campus.
Mr. Maximus, who changed his legal name from Charles Allen Jr., vanished on Oct. 13, 2007. The 22-year-old student was last seen allegedly trying to break into a house on College Lane Road.
The amateur searchers had attended a training session Friday evening to prepare themselves for the "line search" across four square miles of fields and woods around the university.
Meanwhile, other groups of professional search-and-rescue personnel arrived from across New England to assist with the effort. About 200 people arrived at the command post Saturday morning, including volunteers from the Bristol County Sheriff's Department, the American Red Cross and four private investigation firms.
They were preparing to search for clues about a fellow UMass student, Neo Babson Maximus, who disappeared a year ago into the woods near campus.
Mr. Maximus, who changed his legal name from Charles Allen Jr., vanished on Oct. 13, 2007. The 22-year-old student was last seen allegedly trying to break into a house on College Lane Road.
The amateur searchers had attended a training session Friday evening to prepare themselves for the "line search" across four square miles of fields and woods around the university.
Meanwhile, other groups of professional search-and-rescue personnel arrived from across New England to assist with the effort. About 200 people arrived at the command post Saturday morning, including volunteers from the Bristol County Sheriff's Department, the American Red Cross and four private investigation firms.
Monday, October 6, 2008
SOMEONE KNOWS MORE, MISSING BACKPACKER'S BOYFRIEND SAYS
The boyfriend of missing Melbourne backpacker Britt Lapthorne says he believes someone is withholding information as to the circumstances surrounding her disappearance.
Ms Lapthorne, who has been missing for 19 days, was last seen in the Croatian coastal town of Dubrovnik, and her family have hired a private investigator to look into the case.
Body found
The body has been taken to the local morgue.
Speaking at a press conference today in Dubrovnik deputy chief of police Ivan Kukrika said to was not unusual to find the bodies of Albanian refugees off the coast of this medieval city.
Mr Kukrika said the body in the ocean appeared to have been there for months not weeks.
The body was found in the ocean below the road, between the hostel where she was staying and the nightclub where she was last seen.
Locals witnessed five Water Police boats off the coast where the body was found, and one boat retrieved the body and took it aboard.
Ms Lapthorne, who has been missing for 19 days, was last seen in the Croatian coastal town of Dubrovnik, and her family have hired a private investigator to look into the case.
Body found
The body has been taken to the local morgue.
Speaking at a press conference today in Dubrovnik deputy chief of police Ivan Kukrika said to was not unusual to find the bodies of Albanian refugees off the coast of this medieval city.
Mr Kukrika said the body in the ocean appeared to have been there for months not weeks.
The body was found in the ocean below the road, between the hostel where she was staying and the nightclub where she was last seen.
Locals witnessed five Water Police boats off the coast where the body was found, and one boat retrieved the body and took it aboard.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Hiker Discovers Items Linked to Missing Adventurer
A pilot involved in a renewed search for the adventurer Steve Fossett spotted what he believed to be plane wreckage Wednesday in rugged east-central California mountains. On Monday, a hiker came across items believed to belong to the missing aviator.
Preston Morrow was hiking in a rugged California area.
Officials said they would know by a news conference on Thursday morning whether it was wreckage and if so if whether it belonged to Mr. Fossett, who has been missing for 13 months.
“We’re asking for confirmation from the ground search and rescue teams” who were camping overnight in the mountains, said Erica Stuart, a spokeswoman for the Madera County sheriff. “We need to know if it is wreckage and, if it is, whose wreckage it is.”
Preston Morrow was hiking in a rugged California area.
Officials said they would know by a news conference on Thursday morning whether it was wreckage and if so if whether it belonged to Mr. Fossett, who has been missing for 13 months.
“We’re asking for confirmation from the ground search and rescue teams” who were camping overnight in the mountains, said Erica Stuart, a spokeswoman for the Madera County sheriff. “We need to know if it is wreckage and, if it is, whose wreckage it is.”
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
SON FINDS DAD 30 YEARS LATER
A nickname, a name of a ship and the longing of a son to meet the father he never knew. That was all a private investigator had to solve a 30-year-old cold case.
But last week, he closed the case when his client Richard Terwin returned from Cuba after meeting his dad.
Their reunion was the culmination of a five-year-long search by private detective Christian Botha, who began the case with very little to go on.
"All Richard had was a nickname, Babis Voreas, and a letter from a ship's captain allowing Richard's mother to board the ship while it was in harbour," said Botha.
Voreas had come to East London as a mechanical engineer on board a ship, just over 30 years ago. While in the coastal town, he met Terwin's mother. A romance blossomed and she fell pregnant.
But there was a problem.
"He had promised to marry someone in Greece, I think it was sort of an arranged marriage," Terwin said.
Terwin's father left East London but he wrote letters to his mother until his son was 2 years old.
At age 18, Terwin began searching for his father, and in 2003 he asked for a professional's help.
Right from the start, Botha hit dead ends: "I found out that the shipping company no longer existed, and the ship was scrapped about 15 years ago."
The years went by and Botha's luck didn't change.
Then about a year ago Botha got a lead. "A Greek friend of mine told me that Babis is short for Charalampos. I found a phone listing for a Charalampos Voreas in the Greek resort town of Kranidi."
But the phone number no longer worked.
Botha fired off hundreds of e-mails to people living in the town. He got lucky. "Out of the blue I get this e-mail, which said he knew Babis and that he was in Cuba."
Botha got a cellphone number for Voreas and dialled it. "I asked 'Are you Babis Voreas and did you have a son called Richard?'. He said yes, then started crying. He didn't want to put the phone down."
Terwin made contact with his father, and a year later made the trip to Cuba.
But last week, he closed the case when his client Richard Terwin returned from Cuba after meeting his dad.
Their reunion was the culmination of a five-year-long search by private detective Christian Botha, who began the case with very little to go on.
"All Richard had was a nickname, Babis Voreas, and a letter from a ship's captain allowing Richard's mother to board the ship while it was in harbour," said Botha.
Voreas had come to East London as a mechanical engineer on board a ship, just over 30 years ago. While in the coastal town, he met Terwin's mother. A romance blossomed and she fell pregnant.
But there was a problem.
"He had promised to marry someone in Greece, I think it was sort of an arranged marriage," Terwin said.
Terwin's father left East London but he wrote letters to his mother until his son was 2 years old.
At age 18, Terwin began searching for his father, and in 2003 he asked for a professional's help.
Right from the start, Botha hit dead ends: "I found out that the shipping company no longer existed, and the ship was scrapped about 15 years ago."
The years went by and Botha's luck didn't change.
Then about a year ago Botha got a lead. "A Greek friend of mine told me that Babis is short for Charalampos. I found a phone listing for a Charalampos Voreas in the Greek resort town of Kranidi."
But the phone number no longer worked.
Botha fired off hundreds of e-mails to people living in the town. He got lucky. "Out of the blue I get this e-mail, which said he knew Babis and that he was in Cuba."
Botha got a cellphone number for Voreas and dialled it. "I asked 'Are you Babis Voreas and did you have a son called Richard?'. He said yes, then started crying. He didn't want to put the phone down."
Terwin made contact with his father, and a year later made the trip to Cuba.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
HIT AND RUN UNSOLVED DESPITE RUMORS
September will be 20 years since Ray Dennis left his home in Erwin for the Mule Days Festival in Benson. He and a friend went every year but in 1988, Dennis never came home. He was 25.
A man found his body in the road; it was an apparent hit-and-run. Dennis had been drinking and he and his girlfriend left Benson in the early morning hours of Sept. 25. They weren’t driving long before Dennis’s car broke down and after an unsuccessful search for a ride and then an argument, the two parted ways.
Theories of the crime ran the gamut – was he beaten to death and thrown in the road to make it look like a hit-and-run? If it was a hit and run, was it an accident or on purpose?
Former State Trooper Dean Hewitt, who responded to the scene that morning, remembers it as an unusual crime scene – no debris in the road, no skid marks, and the appearance that Dennis had been dragged a number of feet.
“After looking over the scene, the accident scene did not appear to be a standard motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian,” Hewitt said, noting the lack of debris on the road.
According to a report prepared by a private investigation firm hired by Dennis’s mother, there were claims by some that in search of a ride or by coincidence, Giggio made contact with an ex-boyfriend that night and there was an argument between Mary and Ray about whether to accept a ride from him and his friend. At that point, details get hazy but the story ends the same: Ray is hit by the car and left dead in the middle of the road.
Blood and hair were found on the undercarriage of the car, but after extensive testing, the hair and blood were not a match. Still, Johnson harbors suspicions and is waiting for an apology or, at the very least, an explanation of what happened that night.
Efforts to reach Bradshaw, Gautier and Giggio for comment were unsuccessful. NC Wanted contacted Bradshaw's father, Arthur Allen, who the vehicle was registerd to, but he refused to comment, explaining that he had been advised by his lawyer not to discuss the case.
A man found his body in the road; it was an apparent hit-and-run. Dennis had been drinking and he and his girlfriend left Benson in the early morning hours of Sept. 25. They weren’t driving long before Dennis’s car broke down and after an unsuccessful search for a ride and then an argument, the two parted ways.
Theories of the crime ran the gamut – was he beaten to death and thrown in the road to make it look like a hit-and-run? If it was a hit and run, was it an accident or on purpose?
Former State Trooper Dean Hewitt, who responded to the scene that morning, remembers it as an unusual crime scene – no debris in the road, no skid marks, and the appearance that Dennis had been dragged a number of feet.
“After looking over the scene, the accident scene did not appear to be a standard motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian,” Hewitt said, noting the lack of debris on the road.
According to a report prepared by a private investigation firm hired by Dennis’s mother, there were claims by some that in search of a ride or by coincidence, Giggio made contact with an ex-boyfriend that night and there was an argument between Mary and Ray about whether to accept a ride from him and his friend. At that point, details get hazy but the story ends the same: Ray is hit by the car and left dead in the middle of the road.
Blood and hair were found on the undercarriage of the car, but after extensive testing, the hair and blood were not a match. Still, Johnson harbors suspicions and is waiting for an apology or, at the very least, an explanation of what happened that night.
Efforts to reach Bradshaw, Gautier and Giggio for comment were unsuccessful. NC Wanted contacted Bradshaw's father, Arthur Allen, who the vehicle was registerd to, but he refused to comment, explaining that he had been advised by his lawyer not to discuss the case.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Cards could help uncover cold case clues
While inmates in jails across New York pass the time by playing card games -- poker, gin rummy and solitaire -- they may also be helping crack cold cases.
The idea is simple: Each of the 52 playing cards contains information about a murder, a missing person or another unsolved crime.
Inmates know information law enforcement agents don't, and as corrections officers can attest, inmates love to talk as long as it's not about their own crimes.
Most of the cases featured on the New York cards deal with missing persons, but some show unsolved murders, some dating back to the 1980s.
Inmates can provide information by calling a hotline. They're not required to provide their names.
"Sooner or later, someone will hear, someone talks, it always happens whether it's two days from now or five years from now."
Even inmates think the cards are a good idea.
The idea is simple: Each of the 52 playing cards contains information about a murder, a missing person or another unsolved crime.
Inmates know information law enforcement agents don't, and as corrections officers can attest, inmates love to talk as long as it's not about their own crimes.
Most of the cases featured on the New York cards deal with missing persons, but some show unsolved murders, some dating back to the 1980s.
Inmates can provide information by calling a hotline. They're not required to provide their names.
"Sooner or later, someone will hear, someone talks, it always happens whether it's two days from now or five years from now."
Even inmates think the cards are a good idea.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Ohio Launches New Missing Adult Alert
Law enforcement officials across Ohio are preparing to launch a new plan that creates a statewide emergency alert program to aid in the identification and location of missing adults who are endangered and age 65 or older or have a mental impairment.
Alerting the public about a missing child (the Amber Alert) is something Ohio has championed since its inception, according to Ohio Emergency Management Agency officials.
Alerting the public about a missing child (the Amber Alert) is something Ohio has championed since its inception, according to Ohio Emergency Management Agency officials.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Use a Reverse Address Search to Find Someone You´ve Lost Contact With
Wouldn´t it be wonderful to be able to reunite with that long lost friend or family member, even if you haven´t got a clue what their telephone number is? In fact, as long as there are a few details of personal information that you know about this "missing person", it is possible for you to use a reverse address search site online to find their current information, including their telephone number, location on a map, and even sometimes driving directions as well.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Missing Soldier 'May Be in Hawaii'
An Australian army team is in Vietnam following leads in the search for the remains of Private David Fisher, one of three Australian servicemen still missing from the Vietnam war.
One rumor being investigated is that he might have been taken alive by enemy forces.
One rumor being investigated is that he might have been taken alive by enemy forces.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Person of Interest in Missing Investor Case Leaves State
A motivational speaker named as a person of interest in the disappearance of his business partner after a boat trip last month has left California to attend a bikers' week in Florida, "to look for the missing man," authorities said Friday.
Sheriff's Department officials said they cannot keep Gary A. Shawkey, 44, of Virginia from leaving Orange County while they continue to hunt for his investment partner, Robert Vendrick, a 71-year-old diabetic from Phoenix. Vendrick has been missing since Feb. 16, a day after he arrived in Southern California to meet with Shawkey and "highly placed government officials" to receive a $1.2 million return on his software programming investment.
Sheriff's Department officials said they cannot keep Gary A. Shawkey, 44, of Virginia from leaving Orange County while they continue to hunt for his investment partner, Robert Vendrick, a 71-year-old diabetic from Phoenix. Vendrick has been missing since Feb. 16, a day after he arrived in Southern California to meet with Shawkey and "highly placed government officials" to receive a $1.2 million return on his software programming investment.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Vehicle Found in River, One Person Missing
Police are preparing to retrieve a vehicle from a swollen Grey River and believe it may contain a body.
Acting West Coast police area commander Senior Sergeant John Price said today it appeared the vehicle left the road after failing to take a bend north of Taylorville, 12km northeast of Greymouth, last night, plunged through bush and into the Grey River.
Acting West Coast police area commander Senior Sergeant John Price said today it appeared the vehicle left the road after failing to take a bend north of Taylorville, 12km northeast of Greymouth, last night, plunged through bush and into the Grey River.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Oakland Cops Admit Erring on Missing Man
The bizarre case of a missing man whose body lay undetected inside a van seized by San Francisco police took another turn Wednesday when Oakland police admitted that they did not immediately notify San Francisco investigators about reports he was last seen there.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Body Found in Missing Gran Search
POLICE searching for missing grandmother Fran Rosser today found a body.
Officers believe the body, found on a patch of woodland off an industrial estate in Pontyclun, is the 60-year-old beautician although the identity has not been confirmed.
The missing persons inquiry has now become a murder hunt and a man is being held in custody on suspicion of murder.
Officers believe the body, found on a patch of woodland off an industrial estate in Pontyclun, is the 60-year-old beautician although the identity has not been confirmed.
The missing persons inquiry has now become a murder hunt and a man is being held in custody on suspicion of murder.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Photo Helps Solve Missing Persons
A simple black-and-white photo helped solve a mystery on Long Island more than 15 years in the making.
State police in Somers, N.Y., tried for years to identify a man found dead in the Titicus Reservoir on June 13, 1993, carrying 38 pounds of rocks in his backpack. He left no clues to his name and matched no local missing-persons reports.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Recently Solved Cold Cases Heating up Other Decades Old Investigations
Cold cases in Marshall County appear to be heating up.
After 22 long years, we finally know what happened to 26-year-old Wanda Mays, who disappeared May 1986 after spending the night with relatives in Guntersville.
This week Sheriff Scott Walls revealed she had a panic attack, ran into the woods and fell off a 150-foot cliff.
After 22 long years, we finally know what happened to 26-year-old Wanda Mays, who disappeared May 1986 after spending the night with relatives in Guntersville.
This week Sheriff Scott Walls revealed she had a panic attack, ran into the woods and fell off a 150-foot cliff.
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