When I read this article about three little girls who were kidnapped by their father in 2007, I was struck by the uncanny similarities to The Year of Fog, particularly regarding the girls’ eventual recovery. The girls, who were abducted from their mother, Christine Bedford, during a custody visit with their father, David Matusiewicz, were [...]
November 19 of this year marks 21 years since Michaela Joy Garecht was kidnapped from a parking lot in Hayward, California. She was nine years old. Her friend saw a man grab Michaela and force her into a car. Michaela’s mother, Sharon Murch, has never stopped searching, and Jaycee Dugard’s recovery 18 years after her [...]
Kate and Gerry McCann appeared on Oprah this week to remind the world that they are still seaching for their daughter, Madeleine McCann, who disappeared two years ago from a resort in Praia da Luze, Portugal. They showed an age-progressed sketch of Madeleine, whose sixth birthday is this month. “We’re looking for a six-year-old-girl,” Gerry [...]
Luis Meza Valdiva took his 22-month-old daughter, Yosseline, by gunpoint from her mother on East 14th Street in San Leandro this morning. I could not find this listed on the Amber Alert website. My information comes from the Chronicle:
Valdiva is described as a Latino man with brown hair and brown eyes, about 5 feet 8 [...]
Sandra Cantu’s murder has tragically brought the plight of missing children into the spotlight once again. Although no Amber Alert was issued after Sandra’s disappearance, the Amber Alert is, in many cases, a very important part of the search for the child. The longer a child is missing, the less likely it is he or [...]
update, via KCRA3:
Police have not named any suspects in the case and Sgt. Tony Sheneman insisted Tuesday that Lawless “is not at the center of the investigation and never was.” He added that he was dismayed to hear media reports that the pastor was a main suspect.
“He has been interviewed as have hundreds of [...]
Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the kidnapping of Michaela Joy Garecht, who was abducted on November 19, 1988, at the age of nine. Read Michaela’s story on the myspace page maintained by her mother, Sharon Murch, here.
Michaela was kidnapped when she and a friend went three blocks to our neighborhood market one sunny [...]
June 24th will mark the 27th birthday of Jason Jolkowski, who disappeared at the age of 19 from his family’s driveway in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 13, 2001. He has not been seen or heard from since. His cell phone has never been used, and his bank account has never been accessed. He simply disappeared [...]
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