“In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother who loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen.” Simon and Schuster has just released A Stolen Life, a memoir by Jaycee Dugard. A portion of the proceeds from…Continue reading A Stolen Life: Jaycee Dugard’s story
Category: Missing
Life imitates fiction: Fog spoiler alert!
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…Continue reading Life imitates fiction: Fog spoiler alert!
Jaycee Dugard’s case gives hope to mother of missing girl
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…Continue reading Jaycee Dugard’s case gives hope to mother of missing girl
Still Searching for Madeleine McCann
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…Continue reading Still Searching for Madeleine McCann
Amber Alert in Alameda, CA, for Toddler
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…Continue reading Amber Alert in Alameda, CA, for Toddler