NATIONAL SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY ACT OF 2004 (S. 2154) Why this bill is important: This bipartisan bill seeks to fill a gaping hole...
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By Akilah Johnson Staff Writer September 27 2005 The 10-day search for a missing 15-year-old Port St. Lucie girl ended Monday when she walked into the Opa-locka police station, officials said. Erin Nembhard turned herself in to authorities at about 12:30 p.m. Monday. “She appeared to be in good health,” said Officer Robert...
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By KATE SHEEHY and ED ROBINSON July 26, 2005 — An eagle-eyed tipster recognized a boy in a missing-person promo on TV’s “Without a Trace” ‹ finally solving a 2-year-old abduction case by leading authorities to the child and his younger sister in a Westchester apartment yesterday. Nicholas Candela, 8, and his sister,...
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SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES Monday, May 16, 2005 Washington state police agencies failed to report at least 76 missing children to the FBI from 2000 through 2004, despite a federal law requiring such reports, according to data from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. But Washington did better than...
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Dozens of departments aren’t following federal law, investigation shows Monday, May 16, 2005 By THOMAS HARGROVE SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Fifteen-year-old Bryona Williams had been missing for four days before the Detroit Police Department reported her disappearance to state and federal authorities. Her half-naked, raped, strangled and decomposing body was found two weeks...
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Suspect Allegedly Met Girl Through Internet Chat Rooms March 15, 2005 ONEONTA, Ala. – The FBI has released more information about the abduction of a 14-year-old Blount County girl and the arrest of her alleged kidnapper. The case led authorities to issue an Amber Alert early Tuesday morning. According to Carmen Adams, special...
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EAST CHICAGO: Girl’s family reports she flew home Sunday BY ELIZABETH EAKEN EAST CHICAGO – Lilia Gonzalez, the East Chicago teen reportedly abducted and taken to Mexico on Nov. 15 by a 19-year-old who wanted to date her, is home in Indiana. Gonzalez, 15, arrived by plane at 12:40 a.m. Sunday at O’Hare...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) – A 12-year-old Las Vegas boy returned home Sunday – 18 months after he vanished with his father. Jonathan Mystery, who was found in the Philippines earlier this month, attended a news conference in Las Vegas with his mother. Shante Mystery was reunited with her son there last week after...
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