Sex Offender Charged in Girl’s Disappearance
Maryland authorities are searching Christmas Eve for an 11-year-old girl last seen wearing red fuzzy Christmas pajamas, and they say a registered child sex offender has been charged in her disappearance. Sarah Haley Foxwell went missing from her home on Maryland’s Eastern Shore late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis said family [...]
Police Searching for Four-Year-Old New York Boy
Upstate New York police officers are reinforcing their search for a four-year-old boy who wandered away from the family’s apartment. Police say Marc Anthony Bookal vanished from the Newburgh apartment Monday. They’ve been using dogs and dive teams have been checking the nearby Hudson River but on Thursday reported no new information in the case. [...]
Police Handling Missing Utah Mom as a Criminal Case
Authorities are treating their investigation of the disappearance of a mother in Utah as a criminal case, and say that her husband’s lack of cooperation has made them suspicious of him. “Every lead we’ve been offered so far would leave us to believe this is out of character (for Susan) and thus suspect foul play [...]
Missing Girl’s Mother Faces Court Appearance
The mother of a missing North Carolina girl is expected to appear in court. She has been accused of offering her five-year-old daughter for prostitution. Authorities are continuing their search for Shaniya Davis, who was reported missing by her mother on Tuesday. Police arrested twenty-five-year-old Antoinette Davis on Saturday on charges of human trafficking, felony [...]
Florida Girl to be Laid to Rest
The slain girl in Northern Florida will be buried privately after a funeral. Funeral services for Somer Thompson, who was seven, have been scheduled for Tuesday. They will be held at the First Baptist Church of Orange Park. Mourners will release thousands of purple balloons into the air after the service. Somer will be buried [...]
Investigators Think Landfill Body is Missing Fla. Girl
Authorities currently believe that a body discovered in a Georgia landfill is that of seven-year-old Somer Thompson, who went missing as she walked home from school. Rick Beseler, the sheriff in charge of her case, said on Thursday that the identification was based on her clothing and a birthmark that matched Somer’s. Detectives said they [...]
Missing Florida Girl Baffles Investigators
Investigators are still at a loss three days after the disappearance of a seven-year-old girl in Northern Florida. Somer Thompson’s mother went on all three network national morning news shows on Tuesday with an emotional appeal for the child’s return. She said she assumes that her daughter was kidnapped. Sheriff Rick Beseler appeared with the [...]