Have you seen Yasmine Acree?

Though police tend to believe that Yasmine may have run away, her family firmly believes that she has been abducted. Yasmine is a 5′1, 125 lb 15 year old from the Chicago IL area who has been missing since January 15th.

Through searches on the internet I’ve found reports that the visually impaired young lady left her eye-glasses behind. I wear glasses and never go anywhere without corrective lenses, so I find it odd that Yasmine has disappeared without her glasses.

If you have seen this young girl, please contact 911 immediately, she needs to be home with her family.

Have you seen Chi Yang

Chi was last seen in Milwaukee WI.  She’s assumed to be an endangered runaway.  The 15 year old is 5′o and is 120 lbs.  If you’ve seen Chi, please contact 911.

Do you know who this little girl is?

An approximately 8 month old, light complected black baby girl needs your help in finding her parents.

This little one was found in the stairwell of a plaza at the intersection of Leslie Street and Finch Avenue East in Toronto, ON Canada at 12:30 on 1/30/08 – a blisteringly cold day.

She was wearing a white snow suit and a green hat and underneath she had a pink jumper.

Police have reviewed security surveillance footage where she found, and have and image of a vehicle of interest - possibly a green Ford Escort. An unknown person was captured taking what is believed to be the unidentified baby and leaving her in the stairwell of a parking garage, then leaving the area. It is impossible to get a description of the person from the security footage.

A public plea for assistance was broadcasted to assist in identifying the baby, and to determine who abandoned the baby on January 31, 2008. To date, investigating officers have received no leads.

Information can be called in directly to Detective Moxley by contacting 33 Division Toronto Police Service at 416-808-3300.

Anonymous information can be called in to the community operated Toronto Crime Stoppers program in Toronto by calling locally tel# 416-222-TIPS (TIPS), toll free from anywhere in Canada to the national community operated Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Anonymous, encrypted, online tips can be sent from anywhere in the world by clicking on ‘SUBMIT A TIP’ at the website http://222tips.com/

8/13/08 Update: At the request of the Toronto police I have removed pictures of the baby as she is currently up for adoption and they’re trying to give her a new start at life with a loving family.  Good luck to the baby and the family that will raise her.

Paula Jean Welden, missing since December 1, 1946, Bennington Vermont

Families with missing loved ones never fully stop their search, thus is the case of missing Paula Jean Welden.

Paula went missing on December 1, 1946 from Bennington Vermont, few of us were even born then. She was 18 years old, 5’5, 122 lbs, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Distinguishing characteristics include a grayish scar on her left knee, a small scar under her left eyebrow and a vaccination scar on her right thigh. She has a cleft chin and an upturned nose.

Paula was last seen wearing a red parka with a fur-trimmed hood, blue jeans and white sneakers. She wore a small gold wristwatch with a narrow black band.

Paula was a sophomore at Bennington College, studying art. She lived with her parents in Connecticut when school wasn’t in session.

On the day Paula went missing, she worked two shifts at the dining hall and came back to her room. She spoke to her roommate for a while, then decided to go for a walk on the Long Trail near the Glastenbury Mountain. She was underdressed for the cold Vermont winter.

When Paula went missing, there was no state police force in Vermont and the local police were unable to handle a missing person, let alone a missing person who was assumed to have met her demise through foul play.

In 1949, police arrested a man for robbery and assault, that man had newspaper clippings about Paula in his pockets. Police tried to link him to Paula’s disappearance but were unable to.

Paula enjoyed the outdoors, she skated and went for bike rides, she enjoyed hiking and camping and. Her art activities included watercolors, pencil and charcoal sketching. She also enjoyed swimming, square-dancing and guitar playing in 1946. She has work experience as a waitress.

It’s doubtful that anyone reading this blog was old enough to have any knowledge of what happened to Paula, but perhaps your parents or an aunt lived in the Bennington Vermont area and might know someone. No one should go missing for 61 years, Paula’s family deserve an answer to their questions.

Anyone with information is to contact the Vermont State Police at 802-241-5355.

Update on information in the abduction of Chioma Gray

In searching for information about 15 year old Chioma, I’ve come across some errors in my original post (the information had come from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children).

• Andrew Joshua Tafoya, the man who has abducted Chioma, is Hispanic, not white
• Tafoya is 5′9″, not 6′0″
• Tafoya weights 165 lbs, not 195
• The vehicle (white Acura TSX) Tafoya and Chioma are in was seen entering Mexico on 12/13/07 (the day of the abduction
• Tafoya stole that vehicle
• Tafoya is a convicted felon having served time for ‘Unlawful Sex with a Minor”

Chioma is described as 15 years old, black, black hair, brown eyes, 5′4″, 115 lbs. Her family misses her very much, if you have any information, please, use one of the phone numbers below.

Chioma:

Tafoya:

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)

Ventura Police Department (California)
1-805-650-8010

Original Post
New information from The Wichita NAACP Blog

Anonymous Letter Received in Jaliek Rainwalker case

An anonymous letter, postmarked “Westchester, NY” and sent to the media is taking responsibility for the disappearance of 12-year-old Jaliek Rainwalker.

The Post-Star received the typewritten letter on Wednesday, as did at least two Albany television stations. Police are checking the letters for fingerprints and DNA, along with other evidence. The letter had no return address (surprise surprise)

“Jaliek still alive

Needed a foot soldier for this war on drugs

Picked him up Rt 40 Post 30

He’s ok

No fake

He says asks his Mama and Papa

Who are the macaroni family?

My cat name diamond?

Why does Franti yell fire?

Don’t try to look we are not there.”

Have you seen Jaylin Marie Talamantes

3-year-old toddler, Jaylin Talamantes was was kidnapped yesterday (Wednesday) evening from her home where she lives with her stepmother and biological father. The apartment is located in the Kennedy Brothers Memorial Apartments in the Lower Valley in El Paso Tx. Jaylin was last seen shortly before 5 PM, the little girl was home with her stepmother when the girl was forcibly taken by a man and woman, police said.

Jaylin has blue eyes, light brown hair, she is of Hispanic decent and has a light complexion. She was last seen wearing pink pants, a beige shirt with purple flowers and purple slippers.

The altercation took place in Jaylin’s home, the apartment was broken into and Jaylin’s stepmother was assaulted before they abducted the child.  In a press statement, the biological mother was identified as the woman who took part in the abduction, 24 year old Monica Iglesias (see picture below).  The male involved has also been identified as Daniel Escobar, 25 (see picture below).  Escobar is described as 6′2″, 230 lbs and of dark complexion.  He wore a blue sweater with white stripes across the chest.  The couple were driving a charcoal gray four-door Ford F-150 pickup truck.  Iglesias and Escobar are believed to reside inBorger Texas near Amarillo.

“Due to the violence involved, it’s a concern for us and we requested the Amber Alert,” Detective Sambrano said during a live interview. “Our concern is that Jaylin is ok”.Sambrano said a statewide Amber alert was requested, but denied by state officials because the case did not meet the criteria for state Amber Alerts.

Anyone with information may call Police Communications at 915-832-4400 or 911.

 

Update: Brianna Denison, age 19 missing from Reno, NV

Police are saying that the disappearance of Brianna is connected to a December sexual assault against another student. The connection has been made by a positive DNA link.

A news conference hosted by the Reno police commander, Ron Holladay, Sunday afternoon revealed that investigators think the same unidentified white male in his 30s is responsible for the kidnapping of Brianna. “Our chances of capturing the suspect are exponentially increased now because of the DNA,” Holladay said. “He probably lives in the area. It’s still my hope that Brianna is alive, and we’re expending every resource possible to get her back safely.”

Holladay said the match between DNA samples from the scenes of Denison’s disappearance and the December assault allowed investigators to make a major breakthrough in the case. (He did not, however, specify where the samples in the Denison case came from.) He said the victim of the earlier case was interviewed again after the match was made and a more detailed description of the suspect was developed.

That victim, a UNR student, was kidnapped outside her home on Dec. 16 and sexually assaulted. She also was the victim of a Jan. 19 attempted burglary at her home that may be connected to the same suspect, Holladay said.

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Missing from Reno, Brianna Denison

Brianna Denison spent Sunday, January 20^th participating in SWAT 72 college snowboarding at Squaw Valley. She’s a 19 year old woman studying psychology at Santa Barbara City College in California, and she was home for winter break.

Brianna was last seen falling asleep on her friend, K.T. Hunter’s couch around 4a.m. The couch is located in K.T.’s bedroom. When K.T. woke the next morning, she found drops of blood on the pillow that Brianna used and a glass door next to the couch unlocked, and no Brianna.

Brianna hasn’t been heard from since, she hasn’t called her mom, her friend or her boyfriend.

Investigators are wanting to talk to a man, described as a 45-year-old white man, driving a beige or light brown Chevrolet or GMC Suburban, who dropped another friend of that night, he is not considered a suspect. This friend had approached the man wanting for questioning at the Sands Hotel and Casino and asked him for a ride. It’s been reported that he did not enter the home.

Brianna left behind her purse, cell phone, the outfit she was wearing and her shoes. She was last seen wearing sleeping attire, either light pink or blue sweat pants and a thin sleeveless white shirt. She is described as being 5 feet tall and 98 pounds. She has long dark brown hair and blue eyes.

Investigators believe that Brianna was kidnapped. If you see Brianna or know the whereabouts of her, please contact 911 or the Reno Police Department at (775)334-2121

Missing from Tulsa, Keyonna Jenkins age 27

Keyonna Jenkins is a student at Tulsa’s Community Care College. She was lastseen by her family on December 16, and seemed content with her life. According to Keyonna’s stepmother, there is no reason the family can think of for her to run off, she “seemed happy”.

Paulette said “It’s as if she vanished off the face of the earth”. Keyonna’s keys were found by her father, perched on the doorknob. Keyonna’s family searched the house looking for clues, but have found very little to go on.

“We found a gentleman who said he put her up in a hotel one night on the 16th of December,” said Paulette. “He said she came to him and said she had nowhere to go, so he took her to a Super 8 on I-44 and left her there.”

The man told Paulette that he briefly worked with Keyonna years ago and that Keyonna had come to him saying she had no where to go and she asked to stay with him. The coworker put her up in a hotel instead. As Paulette points out, this makes no sense… “And none of that makes any sense, because she had a house, and she had paid every bill she had on the 5th or the 6th, and she had family members everywhere”.

Hotel staff said whoever was in that room checked out at 8:37 a.m. Dec. 17.

Keyonna was last seen wearing a gray pullover sweatshirt and jeans. She is a Black woman of 27, described as5′6″ and 150 pounds.

Police ask anyone with information regarding her whereabouts to call Detective Bob Hickey at 918-596-1221 or the Richardson family at 918-425-5034 or 918-857-8219.