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  • Search underway for missing 5-year-old in Alabama who is believed to be in danger

    A search is underway in Alabama for a missing child who authorities believe is in danger.> > WATCH VIDEO OF THE SEARCH SCENE HERE:The Walker County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public to stop searching for a missing 5-year-old believed to be in danger because of explosives and booby traps found on the property in the area.Johnathan Everett Boley, 5, was last seen about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 7000 block of Highway 195 in Jasper. He was originally reported to be four years old, but the sheriff updated his age to five.Sheriff Nick Smith said the boy was living with his father, who reported him missing at about 1 p.m. The mother moved to Florida one year ago and the father is given five days each year for visitation. The child went missing during visitation, according to the sheriff.The boy weighs 50 pounds, has blond hair, blue eyes and was wearing a yellow Mickey Mouse shirt, black pants and “Paw Patrol” shoes, authorities said.Johnathan may be with the black Labrador Retriever seen in this photo. That dog is also missing.Explosives foundHis father was taken into custody after explosive devices were found on the property.Deputies were planning to execute a search warrant at the father’s home on Wednesday, but called off that search after finding what they called “unusual explosive devices” on the property.Authorities released photos of the explosives, described as pipe bombs, found on the property.The father is former military and neighbors said they have heard explosions for weeks.There was one reported Wednesday, but officials cannot confirm if that is connected to the missing child.The FBI explosives team is on the scene.The searchOfficials are still continuing the search. Agencies have been using drones and tracking dogs to search for the 5-year-old boy. A helicopter from Montgomery is also being used.Divers were brought in on Thursday to search some ponds around the house.The sheriff asked anyone with a doorbell camera or game camera to check their video to see if the child is on it.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Walker County Sheriff’s Office at 205-384-7218 or call 911.

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    A search is underway in Alabama for a missing child who authorities believe is in danger.

    > > WATCH VIDEO OF THE SEARCH SCENE HERE:

    The Walker County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public to stop searching for a missing 5-year-old believed to be in danger because of explosives and booby traps found on the property in the area.

    Johnathan Everett Boley, 5, was last seen about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 7000 block of Highway 195 in Jasper. He was originally reported to be four years old, but the sheriff updated his age to five.

    Sheriff Nick Smith said the boy was living with his father, who reported him missing at about 1 p.m. The mother moved to Florida one year ago and the father is given five days each year for visitation. The child went missing during visitation, according to the sheriff.

    The boy weighs 50 pounds, has blond hair, blue eyes and was wearing a yellow Mickey Mouse shirt, black pants and “Paw Patrol” shoes, authorities said.

    Johnathan may be with the black Labrador Retriever seen in this photo. That dog is also missing.

    Walker County Sheriff’s Office

    Explosives found

    His father was taken into custody after explosive devices were found on the property.

    Deputies were planning to execute a search warrant at the father’s home on Wednesday, but called off that search after finding what they called “unusual explosive devices” on the property.

    Authorities released photos of the explosives, described as pipe bombs, found on the property.

    The father is former military and neighbors said they have heard explosions for weeks.

    There was one reported Wednesday, but officials cannot confirm if that is connected to the missing child.

    The FBI explosives team is on the scene.

    Officials are still continuing the search. Agencies have been using drones and tracking dogs to search for the 5-year-old boy. A helicopter from Montgomery is also being used.

    Divers were brought in on Thursday to search some ponds around the house.

    The sheriff asked anyone with a doorbell camera or game camera to check their video to see if the child is on it.

    Anyone with information is asked to contact the Walker County Sheriff’s Office at 205-384-7218 or call 911.

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  • Sacramento County deputies locate missing 11-year-old boy with autism

    Sacramento County deputies locate missing 11-year-old boy with autism

    Updated: 11:18 PM PST Nov 17, 2025

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    Sacramento County deputies located an at-risk 11-year-old boy with autism hours after he was reported missing on Monday.The sheriff’s office said the boy was last seen between 4:30 and 5 p.m. in a south Sacramento neighborhood. Officials for the sheriff’s office said he was located safe just before 7:30 p.m. Officials said search and rescue crews had responded to help with the search. Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to remove identifying details of the child now that he has been found. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

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    Sacramento County deputies located an at-risk 11-year-old boy with autism hours after he was reported missing on Monday.

    The sheriff’s office said the boy was last seen between 4:30 and 5 p.m. in a south Sacramento neighborhood.

    Officials for the sheriff’s office said he was located safe just before 7:30 p.m.

    Officials said search and rescue crews had responded to help with the search.

    Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to remove identifying details of the child now that he has been found.

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  • Help needed: 11-year-old autistic boy missing in Sacramento County

    Editor’s note: Around 7:27 p.m., the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office reported that the missing child was found safe.

    (FOX40.COM) — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a missing child who has autism.
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    The missing child, 11, is described as being 5 feet 4 inches tall, 130 pounds, with black cornrow-style hair and brown eyes. According to SCSO, he was last seen on Monday around 4:30 p.m. on foot near the 4300 block of 46th Avenue in South Sacramento wearing a gray hoodie with a black cat on the front, black pants, blue Crocs, and 49ers socks. SCSO said it has put together an active search and rescue operation.

    Anyone with information on Stewart-Raney’s whereabouts can call the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office at (916) 874-5115.

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  • Docuseries on the disappearance of Relisha Rudd hopes to generate new tips on the 11-year-old case – WTOP News

    Relisha Rudd, an 8-year-old girl who went missing in D.C. in 2014, is the subject of a new docuseries by the national nonprofit organization, Black and Missing Foundation.

    Relisha Rudd at 8 years old (left), compared to a photo rendering of what she may look like now.(Courtesy Henderson Long of D.C.’s Missing Voice)

    Relisha Rudd, an 8-year-old girl who went missing in D.C. in 2014, is the subject of a new docuseries by the national nonprofit organization Black and Missing Foundation.

    The trailer for the upcoming docuseries shows Rudd in a home movie spelling her name for her grandmother. Rudd, smiling with a missing front tooth, would vanish not long after the movie was made.

    Black and Missing Foundation is hoping the docuseries will generate new leads for police. The group raises awareness for missing people of color by creating public awareness campaigns, providing resources and tools to families and educating the community on personal safety.

    “We know that by bringing awareness to Relisha’s case, we can bring about answers as to what happened to her,” Black and Missing co-founder Natalie Wilson told WTOP. “We will never stop searching for her.”

    Rudd was a second grader at Payne Elementary School when she went missing March 1, 2014. She was last seen on surveillance video at the Holiday Inn Express motel in the company of Kahlil Tatum, a janitor for a D.C. General Family Shelter where Rudd had been living with her mother, Shamika Young.

    The motel in Northeast was known for criminal activities, including drug use and prostitution.

    A month after Rudd was last seen, Tatum was found dead in a shed in Kenilworth Park in an apparent suicide.

    Though more than 11 years have passed, Wilson hopes the film will spark new interest in the investigation.

    “She’s really D.C.’s baby that’s missing. We want to know what happened to Relisha,” Wilson said. “The community deserves to know what happened to Relisha, and it takes all of us — that’s the media, law enforcement, but most importantly our community — to get involved to help find and bring our missing home.”

    Officially, Rudd’s disappearance is unsolved, but police continue to ask the public for information about the case. The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information.

    The two-part docuseries will be released on Oct. 29, Rudd’s 20th birthday.

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  • Amber Alert issued for missing 13-year-old Grapevine, Texas girl

    A Texas Amber Alert was issued for 13-year-old Kaylin Rickards, last seen about 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Grapevine Public Library at 1201 Municipal Way.

    A Texas Amber Alert was issued for 13-year-old Kaylin Rickards, last seen about 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Grapevine Public Library at 1201 Municipal Way.

    Texas Amber Alert

    A Texas Amber Alert was issued Tuesday night for a missing 13-year-old girl from Grapevine.

    Kaylin Rickards was last seen about 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the Grapevine Public Library at 1201 Municipal Way.

    Rickards is 5 feet 1 inch tall and about 130 pounds. She has black hair with blue braids, and brown eyes.

    She was last seen wearing a black hoodie with a black tank top underneath, black sweatpants and pink Crocs.

    She is believed to have been in a white Ford F-150 pickup truck with a short bed and silver grill, police said.

    Anyone with information can call 911 or the Grapevine Police Department at (817) 410-8127.

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  • Emmanuel Haro believed dead by police, parents arrested

    Police believe 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro is dead, more than a week after his mother reported the infant was abducted in California, and the baby’s parents have been arrested on suspicion of murder charges.

    Newsweek reached out to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBCSD) via email Friday night for additional comment.

    Why It Matters

    The original report by Emmanuel’s mother, Rebecca Haro, of the alleged abduction in a parking lot of a shopping center, raised immediate concerns of public safety.

    The baby’s disappearance prompted a multi‑agency investigation, execution of search warrants, seizure of evidence and community alarm across the Inland Empire, raising questions about the circumstances surrounding the boy’s last known moments and how investigators were prioritizing leads.

    What To Know

    Authorities on Friday arrested Jake Haro, 32, and Rebecca Haro, 41, at their home in Cabazon, California, on suspicion of murder charges. They were taken into custody after an armored vehicle “rammed down their front gate,” the Los Angeles Times reports.

    The SBCSD said investigators determined the reported kidnapping in Yucaipa did not occur and that the probe focused increasingly on the parents after identifying inconsistencies in the mother’s statement.

    “It is believed Emmanuel is deceased and the search to recover his remains is ongoing,” the sheriff’s department said in a statement. “While these arrests mark a significant development, our focus remains on finding Emmanuel,” deputies later added.

    According to CBS News, citing deputies, there are no other suspects. Deputies also told the outlet that they were conducting an operation at the family’s home earlier Friday, and law enforcement could be seen outside the house, per CBS.

    The Haro family home was served with search warrants, deputies said in an update earlier this week. News station KTLA also reported that the vehicle belonging to Jake Haro “was previously seized to be processed for evidence,” citing the sheriff’s department.

    In an interview with KTLA, Rebecca Haro originally said that an abduction occurred outside Big 5 Sporting Goods on the night of August 14, where she went to buy a mouth guard for her older son’s football practice. The mother said she brought Emmanuel with her and noticed he needed a diaper change.

    Jake Haro’s history with law enforcement was also previously reported by The Orange County Register, noting that he had been convicted of felony willful child cruelty in June 2023.

    Baby Emmanuel Haro, who remains missing this week.

    San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department

    What People Are Saying

    Vincent Hughes, defense attorney representing Jake Haro, previously commenting on the father’s past, according to CBS News: “There was a conviction for child cruelty, which Jake is not running from. He’s not hiding from his record; it’s publicly available information.”

    Sheriff Shannon Dicus, in a news release on Friday: “The circumstances surrounding this investigation are tragic and we will continue to search for Emmanuel. I want to thank members of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the community, and media for bringing attention to this case. I trust our justice system will hold the parents accountable.”

    What Happens Next

    Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division at 909‑890‑4904 or submit anonymous tips to We‑Tip at 1-800-78-CRIME.

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  • Elijah Vue’s mother and her boyfriend face new charges in 3-year-old Wisconsin boy’s death

    Elijah Vue’s mother and her boyfriend face new charges in 3-year-old Wisconsin boy’s death

    TWO RIVERS, Wis. — Authorities in Wisconsin have announced new charges Thursday against the mother of 3-year-old Elijah Vue in the boy’s death, along with more charges against the mother’s boyfriend.

    Skeletal remains found by a hunter in October were confirmed to be the toddler’s, who had been missing since February.

    Manitowoc County District Attorney Jacalyn LaBre said at a news conference that Vue’s mother, Katrina Baur, faces charges of chronic neglect of a child, as well as obstructing an officer. Her boyfriend, Jesse Vang faces charges of physical abuse of a child, repeated acts toward causing death, hiding a corpse and obstructing an officer. Both faced prior charges of child neglect.

    “This is an incredibly tragic situation that has shaken our community. My thoughts and deepest condolences go out to Elijah’s family, who are enduring unimaginable pain,” LaBre said.

    Vue went missing on Feb. 20. In March, his blanket was found about 3.7 miles from where he was last seen. Law officers, private teams and other search and rescue operations had searched the area several times, but nothing turned up throughout different seasons and in different conditions, up until last month’s discovery.

    The remains — confirmed to be a skull and bones — were taken to the Wisconsin Crime Lab for DNA testing, Meinnert said. As soon as they were identified, Elijah’s family was notified, Meinnert earlier said.

    CBS affiliate WDJT-TV in Milwaukee reported that local authorities said that Baur handed Elijah over to Vang for “discipline.” The Vue family told the station that they don’t know how Baur knew Vang, who served six years in prison for the distribution of methamphetamine. It was Vang’s apartment from which Elijah disappeared, police said, and Vang who reported him missing.

    A bail hearing has been scheduled for Friday afternoon.

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  • Police: Missing Lakewood girl, 12, last seen getting into truck with unknown man

    Police: Missing Lakewood girl, 12, last seen getting into truck with unknown man

    LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The Lakewood Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 12-year-old girl who was last seen overnight Monday.

    Samantha Mora, who also goes by Gia, was last seen leaving the 6100 block of West 13th Avenue around 12:41 a.m. Monday. Surveillance video shows the girl getting into a pickup truck with an unknown man.

    Lakewood Police Department

    Lakewood PD described the truck as an older model two-door GMC pickup truck with an unknown temporary license plate. The hood and bed of the truck are light blue while the cab is white. There are also large red decals on the rear windshield that read “In Loving Memory” above an unknown name, according to police.

    Samantha is 5 feet 4 inches tall and 160 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a white Batman t-shirt, black sweatpants and white Nike shoes. She was also carrying a small black purse.

    Lakewood PD said the girl does not have a cell phone or any other way of communicating with her family.

    Anyone with information about Samantha’s whereabouts or the truck is asked to call 911 immediately.

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  • Boy kidnapped from California park in 1951 at age 6 found alive on East Coast:

    Boy kidnapped from California park in 1951 at age 6 found alive on East Coast:

    Luis Armando Albino was 6 years old in 1951 when he was abducted while playing at an Oakland, California park. Now, more than seven decades later, Albino has been found thanks to help from an online ancestry test, old photos and newspaper clippings.

    The Bay Area News Group reported Friday that Albino’s niece in Oakland — with assistance from police, the FBI and the Justice Department — located her uncle living on the East Coast.

    Albino, a father and grandfather, is a retired firefighter and Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam, according to his niece, 63-year-old Alida Alequin. She found Albino and reunited him with his California family in June.

    On Feb. 21, 1951, a woman lured the 6-year-old Albino from the West Oakland park where he had been playing with his older brother and promised the Puerto Rico-born boy in Spanish that she would buy him candy.

    Instead, the woman kidnapped the child, flying him to the East Coast where he ended up with a couple who raised him as if he were their own son, the news group reported. Officials and family members didn’t say where on the East Coast he lives.

    For more than 70 years Albino remained missing, but he was always in the hearts of his family and his photo hung at relatives’ houses, his niece said. His mother died in 2005 but never gave up hope that her son was alive.

    Oakland police acknowledged that Alequin’s efforts “played an integral role in finding her uncle” and that “the outcome of this story is what we strive for,” the Mercury News reported.

    In an interview with the news group, she said her uncle “hugged me and said, ‘Thank you for finding me’ and gave me a kiss on the cheek.”

    Oakland Tribune articles from the time reported police, soldiers from a local army base, the Coast Guard and other city employees joined a massive search for the missing boy. San Francisco Bay and other waterways were also searched, according to the articles. His brother, Roger Albino, was interrogated several times by investigators but stood by his story about a woman with a bandana around her head taking his brother.

    The first notion that her uncle might be still alive came in 2020 when, “just for fun,” Alequin said, she took an online DNA test. It showed a 22% match with a man who eventually turned out to be her uncle. A further search at the time yielded no answers or any response from him, she said.

    In early 2024, she and her daughters began searching again. On a visit to the Oakland Public Library, she looked at microfilm of Tribune articles, including one that had a picture of Luis and Roger, which convinced her that she was on the right track. She went to the Oakland police the same day.

    Investigators eventually agreed the new lead was substantial, and a new missing persons case was opened. Oakland police said last week that the missing persons case is closed, but they and the FBI consider the kidnapping a still-open investigation.

    Luis was located on the East Coast and provided a DNA sample, as did his sister, Alequin’s mom.

    On June 20, investigators went to her mother’s home, Alequin said, and told them both that her uncle had been found.

    “In my heart I knew it was him, and when I got the confirmation, I let out a big ‘YES!’” she said, according to the Mercury News.

    “We didn’t start crying until after the investigators left,” Alequin said. “I grabbed my mom’s hands and said, ‘We found him.’ I was ecstatic.”

    On June 24, with the assistance of the FBI, Luis came to Oakland with members of his family and met with Alequin, her mother and other relatives. The next day Alequin drove her mother and her newfound uncle to Roger’s home in Stanislaus County, California.

    “They grabbed each other and had a really tight, long hug. They sat down and just talked,” she said, discussing the day of the kidnapping, their military service and more.

    Luis returned to the East Coast but came back again in July for a three-week visit. It was the last time he saw Roger, who died in August.

    “I think he died happily,” she said, according to the Mercury News. “He was at peace with himself, knowing that his brother was found. I was just so happy I was able to do this for him and bring him closure and peace.”

    Alequin said her uncle did not want to talk to the media. She said he had some memories of being kidnapped and being taken across the U.S., but the adults in his life never explained what happened, the Mercury News reported.

    “I was always determined to find him, and who knows, with my story out there, it could help other families going through the same thing,” Alequin said. “I would say, don’t give up.”

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  • Missing girl, 3, last seen outside a Target in Minneapolis, BCA says

    Missing girl, 3, last seen outside a Target in Minneapolis, BCA says

    WCCO digital update: Afternoon of Sept. 22, 2024


    WCCO digital update: Afternoon of Sept. 22, 2024

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    MINNEAPOLIS — A missing person alert has been issued for a 3-year-old girl last seen outside a Target in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis Sunday.

    According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, at around noon, Alliyah Evans was left by her mother outside a Target located at 2500 Lake St. E. The mother left the child with a homeless female acquaintance while she went inside, the BCA said.

    The BCA says the acquaintance left with the child without the mother’s permission. The acquaintance’s name and whereabouts are unknown. They are described by officials as a 32-year-old woman last seen wearing a tie-dye shirt with gray leggings.

    Evans is described as 3 feet 5 inches tall and 35 pounds with brown hair, brown eyes, a white T-shirt and black jeans.   

    “Evans is not believed to be in danger, but her mother is concerned for her welfare & would like Evans returned,” the BCA said in the alert.

    Anyone with information is asked to call 911.  

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  • ‘We will carry Fawzan in our hearts’: Community mourns 6-year-old boy found dead in Gaithersburg park pond – WTOP News

    ‘We will carry Fawzan in our hearts’: Community mourns 6-year-old boy found dead in Gaithersburg park pond – WTOP News

    First responders have recovered the body of a missing nonverbal, autistic 6-year-old from a pond in the Gaithersburg, Maryland, park where he was last seen.

    First responders have recovered the body of a missing nonverbal, autistic 6-year-old from a pond in the Gaithersburg, Maryland, park where he was last seen.

    Montgomery County, Maryland, community members comfort one another after discovering that 6-year-old Fawzan Hassan died on July 28, 2024. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)

    Fawzan Hassan, had last been seen at an Ethiopian community picnic held at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg around 3 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release.

    At a news conference, Montgomery County police confirmed the body of Hassan surfaced in a pond near Bohrer Park at approximately 5:25 p.m. Sunday, where a local group of volunteers had sighted him and alerted police.

    The pond had previously been searched by authorities, but diving efforts were ruled out due to the presence of snapping turtles in the water, according to police.

    WTOP’s Dick Uliano reports on the moment two park visitors spotted the boy’s body and called Montgomery County police.

    Hassan’s reported death sent shockwaves through the community for more than a day.

    “With the recovery of a body from the pond near Bohrer Park this afternoon, we have reached a tragic end to the search for 6-year-old Fawzan Hassan. My heart goes out to Fawzan’s family in their time of grief,” County Executive Marc Elrich said in a statement Sunday.

    WTOP’s Dick Uliano, reporting live from the scene, said Montgomery County police pulled the body from the small pond, which was less than 50 yards away from the playground where Hassan was last seen. Numerous people gathered at the site were “weeping” as the body was recovered, Uliano said.

    Gaithersburg, Maryland, community members spent more than a day searching for the 6-year-old whose body was found at Bohrer Park on July 28, 2024.

    “A really sad ending to this search. Thoughts are and will remain with the Hassan family,” Earl Stoddard, the county’s assistant chief administrator, said in a post on X. “I cannot imagine their anguish.”

    Gaithersburg Mayor Jud Ashman thanked the families and community members who assisted in the search after “an unspeakable tragedy for the Hassan family and the community.”

    “We will carry Fawzan in our hearts,” Ashman said.

    Lieutenant Kristina Hedgepeth with Montgomery County’s Special Victims Bureau said that, moving forward, the case will be transferred to the Major Crimes Division per usual. There is no indication of foul play at this time.

    “We are grateful for the tireless efforts of our search teams … and the many volunteers and community members who assisted in the search. Their commitment to helping locate Hassan has been invaluable,” said Hedgepeth. “We ask that the community respect the family’s privacy as they mourn the loss of their child.”

    The body of the young boy has been transferred to the office of the county medical examiner, who will determine cause of death in the next few days, according to police spokesperson Sheira Goff.

    Community spends hours searching for Hassan

    The Ethiopian Silt’e community group hosting a picnic at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland, offered a $10,000 reward as family, friends and concerned citizens looked for 6-year-old Fawzan Hassan. His body was discovered in the park’s pond on July 28, 2024.

    After more than 24 hours searching the area, police asked the community during a 3:30 p.m. news conference for help in finding Hassan.

    Hassan had last been seen wearing blue and white sneakers.

    At Sunday afternoon’s news conference, police said they had completed their search of the park and much of the surrounding area. The department also asked the local community to continue assistance in finding the child.

    Among other requests, police asked residents keep an eye out for Hassan in public areas, as well as checking their backyards and other places he may have sought shelter around their properties.

    Ousman Seid, a leader with the Ethiopian Silt’e community group hosting the picnic, said the group had been helping in the search for the child and had offered their own $10,000 reward.

    “This was our event, we think we are responsible and we didn’t have any sleep,” Seid said. “We felt we have to do this, and the money really didn’t matter,” he added.

    Search teams worked overnight Saturday into Sunday searching for Hassan, using drones with the assistance of Maryland National Capital Police in Montgomery County, as well as canines from the Mid Atlantic Dogs search teams.

    Before the end of the news conference, Hedgepeth addressed the parents in the community, many of whom had been a part of the search.

    “As a parent myself, your head’s got to be on a swivel. You have to constantly be watching. And it’s even harder when you have a child with special needs,” said Hedgepeth. “Keep watching those children, keep your eyes and focus on them as much as you can. But unfortunately, you know things like this do happen. Tragedies do happen.”

    WTOP’s Dick Uliano contributed to this report.

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  • Montgomery Co. police enlist community to search for 6-year-old nonverbal boy missing from Gaithersburg park – WTOP News

    Montgomery Co. police enlist community to search for 6-year-old nonverbal boy missing from Gaithersburg park – WTOP News

    After more than 24 hours searching the area, police in Montgomery County are asking for community help in finding a six-year-old autistic boy who went missing yesterday.

    After more than 24 hours searching the area, police in Montgomery County, Maryland, are asking for community help in finding a six-year-old nonverbal, autistic boy who went missing yesterday.

    Fawzan Hassan, was last seen at an Ethiopian community picnic held at Bohrer Park in Gaithersburg around 3 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release.

    Fawzan Hassan, 6, has been missing from a Montgomery County park since Saturday afternoon. (Courtesy Montgomery County police)

    Hassan was last seen wearing blue and white sneakers.

    At a news conference on Sunday afternoon, police said they had completed their search of the park and much of the surrounding area, and asked the local community to continue assistance in finding the child.

    Among other requests, police asked residents keep an eye out for Hassan in public areas, as well as checking their backyards and other places he may have sought shelter around their properties.

    “We’re asking them to search where they live, work and shop, and check those areas that they are familiar with,” police said. “Check the cars in their parking lot, ones that are open, that are unlocked, and take a look inside and see if there’s anyone in there. Because he (Hassan) is also attracted to vehicles.”

    Ousman Seid, a leader with the Ethiopian Silt’e community group hosting the picnic, said the group has been helping in the search for the child and are offering their own $10,000 reward.

    “This was our event, we think we are responsible and we didn’t have any sleep,” Seid said. “We felt we have to do this, and the money really didn’t matter,” he added.

    Because Hassan is nonverbal, authorities recommend that, if you see Hassan, to keep a distance to avoid scaring him away. They ask anyone who sees the boy to contact police immediately and share his location.

    Search teams worked overnight Saturday into Sunday searching for Hassan and are using drones with the assistance of Maryland National Capital Police in Montgomery County.

    Volunteers from the Mid Atlantic Dogs search teams have also been part of the area sweep.

    Montgomery County Fire and Rescue is assisting the Montgomery County police in searching local bodies of water and ponds.

    People who live in the area are asked to check around their property for signs of Hassan and to review any home surveillance videos.

    Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Hassan is asked to call 911 for assistance. If engaging with Hassan, police advise residents to approach him calmly and slowly, avoid making sudden movements or loud noises and wait for police to arrive.

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  • 4-year-old with autism missing in Sutton

    4-year-old with autism missing in Sutton

    Police are searching for a missing 4-year-old with autism in Sutton, Massachusetts, Thursday afternoon.

    Eva was last seen near Peachtree Drive. There is a heavy police presence in the area as they search for her. Anyone with information is asked to call 911.

    More details were not immediately available.

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  • Sacramento Police Department searching for missing 14-year-old girl

    Sacramento Police Department searching for missing 14-year-old girl

    (FOX40.COM) — The Sacramento Police Department is seeking the community’s help in finding 14-year-old Mariana Belarmino, who is considered at-risk due to her age.

    Police said around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday that Belarmino was last seen near Modell Way near the West Del Paso Heights area in a dark gray Honda Civic.

    In images posted to social media by police, she is described as a white female with brown hair and pink and blue highlights.

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  • Missing toddler found in canal in Stanislaus County

    Missing toddler found in canal in Stanislaus County

    (FOX40.COM) — A 2-year-old child who was reported missing by family was found in a canal bank on Monday, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office.

    SCSO investigators said the child was found in a canal bank in the 4300 block of Swanson Road in Denair and was taken a local hospital in critical condition.

    This is a developing story. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.

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  • Police searching for missing child; last seen near Meadowview neighborhood

    Police searching for missing child; last seen near Meadowview neighborhood

    (FOX40.COM) — The Sacramento Police Department said it is trying to find a 12-year-old boy who was reported missing on Sunday evening.

    Police said around 7:30 p.m. that David Parker, 12, was last seen near the 7900 block of Deer Lake Drive, which is near the Meadowview neighborhood in south Sacramento.

    Police said Parker was last seen wearing a grey sweatshirt and blue jeans. Sacramento police added that he is considered “at-risk” due to his age.

    Parker is described by police as a male, around 4’7 with short hair, hazel eyes and a “thin build.”

    Anyone with information on Parker’s whereabouts is encouraged to call the Sacramento Police Department at 916-808-5471.

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  • Body found by hunter in Missouri in 1978 identified as missing Iowa girl

    Body found by hunter in Missouri in 1978 identified as missing Iowa girl

    A decades-old cold case has been solved after detectives were able to identify a body found in 1978 as that of a missing Iowa teenager. 

    Police said the body of “Lincoln County Jane Doe” was found in 1978. The remains were found in the Mississippi River, near Elsberry, Missouri, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. An autopsy determined that the body was that of a White woman, believed to be between 30 and 40 years old, who had died by drowning. It was determined that the remains had been in the river for about four months, the sheriff’s office said. 

    Only a few details could be determined about the remains. The body found was wearing a cat’s eye ring and had a tattoo that appeared to say “Dee,” police said, but attempts to identify the remains at the time failed. The remains were buried under a headstone that read “Lincoln County Jane Doe,” police said. 

    In 2009, details of the case were uploaded into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. 

    It wasn’t until 2023 that officials made a “pivotal breakthrough,” police said. The buried remains were exhumed, and analyses by anthropology faculty and students from Southeast Missouri State University determined that the body was that of a teenager, not a middle-aged woman as initially estimated. The university participants sent samples from the remains to Othram, a private DNA laboratory, for DNA extraction. The company was able to use forensic-grade genome sequencing, which allows a DNA profile to be formed from just a small sample. 

    The genome sequencing allowed Othram’s genealogy team to “generate new leads” with a “comprehensive genealogical profile,” police said. The Lincoln County Coroner’s Office contacted an individual who said they had a close family member who matched the Jane Doe’s description, who had disappeared in 1977. A familial reference sample was collected. 

    Testing confirmed a match between the remains and the family member, allowing officials to identify “Lincoln County Jane Doe” as Helen Renee Groomes, a 15-year-old who was last seen in her hometown of Ottumwa, Iowa. 

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    Helen Renee Groomes.

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    Kevin Groomes told local NBC News affiliate KSDK that he was “overwhelmed with joy” that his sister’s remains had been identified. The exhumed remains have since been cremated. 

    He said that his sister’s tattoo read “Del” and told KSDK that he had put it there. It was the name of her boyfriend at the time, he said. 

    “We are profoundly grateful to the teams at SEMO, Othram, and the Lincoln County Coroner’s Office for their invaluable contributions, which proved to be instrumental in finally solving this decades-old mystery and bringing closure to a grieving family,” said Lincoln County Sheriff Rick Harrell.

    An investigation into Groomes’ disappearance and death is ongoing, the sheriff’s office said. 

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  • FOUND: AMBER Alert: Police searching for missing 3-year-old Ethan Stately

    FOUND: AMBER Alert: Police searching for missing 3-year-old Ethan Stately

    MINNEAPOLIS — Update: The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal apprehension has confirmed that Ethan Stately has been found and Jennifer Stately has been taken into custody. 

    Previous Reporting: 

    The Red Lake Tribal Police Department is searching for missing 3-year-old Ethan Stately. Authorities describe Ethan as a Native American boy with brown eyes and brown hair. 

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    Police believe 36-year-old Jennifer Marie Stately, abducted him. She was last seen driving a 2012 Black Chevrolet Equinox with a Red Lake tribal license on it. 

    Police say that Jennifer Stately is about 5 feet, 6 inches tall and has brown eyes and brown hair. 

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    If anyone has seen or knows where Jennifer Stately is they are encouraged to call the Red Lake Tribal Police Department at 218-679-3313. Police say that if you see her, please don’t take action but contact police as soon as possible. 

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    Chloe is a journalist at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis and has worked in numerous positions at the station, including Assignment Editor, Digital Line Producer and Web Producer. She started her career at WCCO in 2015.

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  • Body of missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham found in Trinity River

    Body of missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham found in Trinity River

    POLK COUNTY, Texas – The body of missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, the Livingston girl at the center of an AMBER Alert, was found in Trinity River on Tuesday, according to KPRC 2 sources and a family friend of the girl.

    During Tuesday’s news conference, Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons confirmed investigators found Audrii’s body at the Trinity River Boat Ramp off U.S. 59 after lowering water levels. The AMBER Alert has officially been discontinued.

    Audrii’s body will be transported to the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine what happened to her and the cause of death.

    A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety said this case has now turned into a criminal investigation.

    Several emergency vehicles were at the scene Tuesday morning, including officials from Liberty County, The Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas EquuSearch, and a dive unit from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

    Caution tape was placed around the area and media was kept far away from the scene.

    Lyons said they were able to locate Audrii’s body with the substantial amount of evidence provided by witnesses’ cellphone video, several points of interest provided by the person of interest and surveillance videos.

    He said investigators also used evidence collected from cellphone analysis and information they received from 42-year-old Don Steven McDougal.

    “We start talking about how we link in evidence to McDougal and linking evidence to this case. We want to be very careful of how we do that and will feel safe to say there is substantial evidence through the evidence that we’ve gathered,” Lyons said. “And so that evidence was even gathered by the wonderful witnesses and wonderful folks out there in the social media who sent those videos, who sent those pictures. So that even that evidence helped us to be able to come up with these locations, as well as the evidence from cellphone videos.”

    What happened

    Audrii was reported missing on Thursday, Feb. 15, and investigators said Don Steven McDougal was likely the last person who saw her alive that day.

    McDougal was named as the main person of interest in Audrii’s disappearance, although investigators said they haven’t ruled anyone out as a suspect. He is currently in the Polk County Jail on an unrelated charge.

    Investigators said McDougal admitted to leaving the house with Audrii last Thursday morning, but he hasn’t said whether or not she made it to her school bus. But the sheriff said he provided some clues that led to them finding her body.

    “He agreed to work with us and has taken us to certain locations,” Lyons said.

    McDougal lived in a camper behind Audrii’s father and grandmother’s home and sometimes took her to the bus stop or school if she missed it.

    “He was a friend of the family, a friend of the father, and he was allowed to live there in a trailer behind the house,” the sheriff said.

    McDougal, who has a lengthy criminal history, was previously convicted of enticing a child in Brazoria County, records obtained by KPRC 2 show.

    In March 2007, McDougal allegedly attempted to engage in sexual contact with a girl under the age of 17.

    According to a grand jury indictment, McDougal removed another female from the bed where the victim was sleeping before he got in the bed with the victim and “(pulled) her pajama bottoms and panties down.”

    A Brazoria County grand jury indicted him in July 2007 and his bond was set at $25,000 at the time.

    Charges in the case of Audrii’s disappearance have not been filed at this time.

    What’s next?

    Polk County District Attorney Shelly Sitton said that based on the evidence that has been gathered, they are preparing an arrest warrant for McDougal.

    Capital murder charges against McDougal are pending as the District Attorney’s Office waits on the medical examiner’s office results.

    “Based on all the evidence that law enforcement has collected, they are in the process of preparing the appropriate arrest warrants for Don Steven McDougal at this time,” Sitton said. “We believe the appropriate arrest warrant is going to be for capital murder in the death of Audrey Cunningham. He is currently still in jail under an unrelated felony charge here. I understand that this is a very difficult time for Audrey’s family and for our community.”

    This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

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  • Investigators looking for SUV as search continues for missing Livingston 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham

    Investigators looking for SUV as search continues for missing Livingston 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham

    LIVINGSTON, Texas – Investigators are looking for a vehicle in connection to the disappearance of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, of Livingston, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

    The vehicle is a 2003 dark blue Chevrolet Suburban. Several persons of interest are also being investigated after an Amber Alert was issued for the girl.

    During a news conference Friday afternoon, DPS officials said the Lake Livingston dam is the location of interest for their search and will be secured from the public as investigators patrol the area. The public is being asked to stay away from the area.

    Deputies will be protecting the location overnight as investigators leave the scene Friday night and will be back Saturday.

    Additional resources will be provided during Saturday’s search for Audrii.

    All agencies, including the FBI and Texas Rangers, have joined the Livingston Police Department in the search for Audrii who was last seen at her home in the 100 block of Lakeside Drive in Livingston on Feb. 15 at 7 a.m.

    On Friday, a search was launched in San Jacinto County near the Lake Livingston dam. Investigators would not give details on why they are searching in this specific area but says they are actively following leads in this case.

    The location of the dam is several miles away from where Audrii was last seen.

    DPS, local officials search dam in San Jacinto for missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham. (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)

    Audrii was reportedly wearing a black hoodie, with white lettering, Hello Kitty backpack, black pants, and black high-top tennis shoes. She has blue eyes, blonde hair and is 4′1″ tall.

    Deputies said Audrii was supposed to have caught the school bus but did not. She also did not report to school.

    At 5:30 p.m., her parents alerted the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and DPS and an Amber Alert was issued.

    KPRC 2 reached out to Audrii’s school to see if an alert system is in place to notify parents when a child does not attend homeroom first thing in the morning.

    According to Creekside Elementary, school officials have a parent notification system and a message was sent.

    Neighbors join search for Audrii

    Neighbors spoke with KPRC 2 Reporter Rilwan Balogun and said nearly 200 people searched the area Thursday night.

    Nearly 200 neighbors joined search for missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham on Feb. 15, 2024. (Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston – All rights reserved.)

    Persons of interest and leads being investigated

    During Friday’s news conference, DPS said they have several persons of interest being investigated. They are also following leads in this case.

    Officials are working with Crime Stoppers to get an reward issued.

    DPS officials said there are no ongoing threats to the community.

    FBI Dallas also confirmed their CARD (Child Abduction Rapid Deployment) team has been deployed to assist in the investigation.

    Anyone with information in this case is asked to call Polk County Sheriff’s Office at 936-327-6810.

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