Missing Child: Recent News Reports on Missing Children - Page 23

Oct 15, 2009 4:15 PM CDT

Search On for Balloon's Missing Box

No sign of boy; adventurous family was on Wife Swap

(Newser) - A troubling twist in the search for 6-year-old Falcon Heene, thought to have floated away in his father's homemade balloon near Denver: He may have crawled into a box attached to the bottom of the balloon before it accidentally lifted off from his family's back yard. That box wasn't attached...

Calif. Girl Abducted in 1991 Reappears

UPDATED

Aug 27, 2009 2:06 PM CDT

Calif. Girl Abducted in 1991 Reappears

Cops arrest alleged kidnappers of Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29

(Newser) - A woman missing since she was abducted in 1991 at age 11 stunned authorities and her family yesterday when she walked into a northern California police station, the Contra Costa Times reports. Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged kidnappers, a married couple, have been arrested and charged with kidnapping and other offenses;...

Hunt for Maddy
Shifts to Australia

Aug 6, 2009 3:23 AM CDT

Hunt for Maddy Shifts to Australia

(Newser) - The search for Madeleine McCann has moved to Australia, two British tabloids and the Australian report. Private detectives working for the missing toddler's parents turned up a woman with an Australian accent who was spotted in Barcelona 3 days after Maddy went missing in Portugal in May 2007.

DNA Shows Mich. Man
Is Not Long-Missing NY Boy

Jun 18, 2009 4:16 PM CDT

DNA Shows Mich. Man Is Not Long-Missing NY Boy

(Newser) - The FBI says DNA testing confirms that a 54-year-old Michigan man is not a toddler kidnapped in Long Island in 1955. John Barnes is not Stephen Damman, who disappeared at age 2 from outside an East Meadow bakery while his mother shopped. Barnes says he has long suspected the couple...

Maddy Parents Demand
Pedophile Come Clean

May 24, 2009 6:15 AM CDT

Maddy Parents Demand Pedophile Come Clean

Family believes sex offender has info on toddler's disappearance

(Newser) - Madeleine McCann's parents are demanding a brutal British pedophile come forward with any information he has about the disappearance of their daughter, reports the Independent. Raymond Hewlett, who has served time for assaulting young girls, was staying at a campsite near the Portugal resort where Maddy McCann vanished two years...

30 Years Later, Case of 1st Boy on Milk Carton
Still a Mystery

May 13, 2009 3:36 PM CDT

30 Years Later, Case of 1st Boy on Milk Carton Still a Mystery

Spawned missing children's movement

(Newser) - Almost 30 years after he walked himself the few blocks to the bus stop for the very first time, the case of Etan Patz is unresolved. The boy, then 6, became the first missing child to grace a milk carton, and the New York case sparked a nationwide missing-children's movement,...

'Missing' Tot's Mom Busted
in His Death

May 12, 2009 7:35 AM CDT

'Missing' Tot's Mom Busted in His Death

She, boyfriend charged in torture killing of 2-year-old Calif. boy

(Newser) - A mother who reported her toddler son missing over the weekend has been charged with his death after his body was found in a shallow grave in San Bernadino County, the Los Angeles Times reports. The boy's mother has been booked on suspicion of child abuse and being an accessory...

Private Maddy Probe Yields Sketch of Suspect

May 7, 2009 11:19 AM CDT

Private Maddy Probe Yields Sketch of Suspect

Man watched family for days: witnesses

(Newser) - Madeleine McCann's parents say they hope a new artist's sketch of a pockmarked, frail man seen lurking around their Portugal apartment before the child disappeared will yield fresh clues. Detectives the couple hired interviewed witnesses and combed police files to produce the image, People reports. Gerry and Kate McCann will...

'Tough' Toddler
Survives 2 Days
in Mo. Woods

May 7, 2009 8:11 AM CDT

'Tough' Toddler Survives 2 Days in Mo. Woods

He was 4 miles from home—starved, naked, and grinning

(Newser) - By the time his bare bottom was spotted in the woods yesterday, rescue crews were doubtful they would find Joshua Childers alive. But the 3-year-old sprang up and grinned when a volunteer called out to him. He had wandered into the Missouri woods Monday morning and survived 50 hours barely...

Defense Seeks
to Relocate
Casey Trial

May 4, 2009 3:55 AM CDT

Defense Seeks to Relocate Casey Trial

Request is no surprise in high-profile case

(Newser) - The defense team for accused daughter killer Casey Anthony will file a motion today seeking to move her murder case out of central Florida, reports WKMG-Channel 6. Prosecutors had anticipated the move. The search for Anthony's missing toddler, 2-year-old Caylee, and discovery of her remains near her mother's home spurred...

Autistic Boy, 13, Drives Solo to Airport, Flies Across US

Apr 29, 2009 4:08 PM CDT

Autistic Boy, 13, Drives Solo to Airport, Flies Across US

Autistic boy is fascinated with flying, parents say

(Newser) - A 13-year-old Florida boy with autism was found in San Jose, Calif., last night after driving himself to the airport and, apparently without identification or a credit card, getting on a cross-country flight, the Palm Beach Post reports. Kenton Weaver—who had never before driven—has Asperger’s Syndrome and...

Calif. Sunday School Teacher Held in Child's Death

Apr 11, 2009 7:48 AM CDT

Calif. Sunday School Teacher Held in Child's Death

(Newser) - A Tracy, Calif., Sunday school teacher was arrested last last night on suspicion of kidnapping and killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, whose body was found in a suitcase in an irrigation pond Monday. Melissa Huckaby, 28, was arrested about 5 hours after she drove herself to the local police station at...

Caylee's
Grandparents
Defend Casey

Apr 10, 2009 4:38 PM CDT

Caylee's Grandparents Defend Casey

Parents angrily defend their daughter in depositions

(Newser) - Caylee Anthony’s grandparents angrily defended their daughter yesterday while giving depositions in a civil suit related to the 2-year-old’s disappearance, People reports. Cindy and George Anthony repeatedly threatened to walk out on the lawyers taking the depositions. "Until this day, I still believe that she's protecting Caylee...

Missing
Girl's Body
Found in
Suitcase

Apr 7, 2009 2:41 AM CDT

Missing Girl's Body Found in Suitcase

Trunk in irrigation pond on California dairy farm

(Newser) - The body of a missing 8-year-old Northern California girl has been found stuffed in a suitcase in an irrigation pond on a dairy farm, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Second-grader Sandra Cantu vanished after leaving home last month to visit a friend. FBI officials have joined an investigation by Tracy...

Prison Crew Helps
Toddler Lost on Highway

Mar 28, 2009 7:20 PM CDT

Prison Crew Helps Toddler Lost on Highway

(Newser) - Inmates in a Maryland road crew helped care for a toddler who wandered down a freeway yesterday when his family forgot about him, the Frederick News-Post reports. A trucking company owner first spotted the 2 1/2-year-old boy running on the center lines of Route 550 as gravel trucks drove by....

Grandmother: Casey Stole $45K From Anthonys

Mar 20, 2009 2:36 PM CDT

Grandmother: Casey Stole $45K From Anthonys

(Newser) - Casey Anthony’s grandmother alleges that the murder suspect may have stolen up to $45,000 from her parents, the Orlando Sentinel reports. “I don’t think she blowed it all at once, but what was she doing all this time?” Shirley Plesea told investigators in August, according to...

Anthony Trial Set for Oct. 12

Mar 3, 2009 2:35 PM CST

Anthony Trial Set for Oct. 12

(Newser) - The judge tentatively set Oct. 12 as the date for Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Today’s court appearance also featured wrangling among lawyers over the release of Anthony’s online photos, and a video that shows her reacting emotionally to the news that daughter Caylee’...

Runaway
Mass. Teacher, Student Found
in W. Va. Hotel

Feb 24, 2009 12:45 PM CST

Runaway Mass. Teacher, Student Found in W. Va. Hotel

24-year-old charged with enticing 8th-grader

(Newser) - Police today found the 8th-grade teacher who ran off with a 15-year-old student, WWLP-TV reports. Massachusetts police tracked a financial trail to find the pair at a hotel in West Virginia. They alerted the local cops, who arrested 24-year-old Lisa Lavoie this morning on charges of enticing a minor. She...

No Fingerprints Found
on Caylee's Duct Tape

Feb 18, 2009 9:38 PM CST

No Fingerprints Found on Caylee's Duct Tape

(Newser) - No bombshells have surfaced in the newly released evidence in the Caylee Anthony case, but police say they are more certain than ever that Casey Anthony is guilty, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Police say they found the same type of duct tape used to cover Caylee's mouth at her mother's...

Florida Police Hunt for Missing 5-Year-Old

Feb 11, 2009 3:42 PM CST