Still missing a month on, 14-year-old Adelle Burns

A 14-year-old Florida girl is still missing more than a month after she disappeared from the bed she was sharing with her sister.
Adelle Burns left a note telling her mom that she would be with friend's in Mississippi, but there has been no word from her since.
Her mom Glenna Phillips told the Tallahassee Democrat that the family "just want her home."
"We want her home and we hope she is sage wherever she's at," she said. "Somebody is helping her. A 14-year-old cannot run away and survive on her own without money or anything. There are so many ifs in this situation."
The family is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to her return.
The Leon County Sheriff's Office said they did not consider Burns to be at risk, but spokesperson James McQuaig told the paper, "there's a great concern for this child's safety."

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Va. cops hunt for missing Hannah Elizabeth Graham

Cops in Charlottesville, Virginia have released new photos of missing co-ed Hannah Elizabeth Graham who vanished last Saturday.
The 18-year-old sent a text to pals around 1:20 a.m. and hasn't been heard from since. The University of Virginia student is 5’11” with a skinny build, blue eyes, light brown hair and freckles. Graham was last seen wearing a black crop top with mesh cutouts.

The new photos show Graham around 9:30 p.m. on the Friday night she disappeared. Cops say the pretty student left a party alone and then 45 minutes later texted friends that she was lost. Detectives believe she was "fairly well intoxicated."
“Hannah is a wonderful young lady. She’s the type of girl anyone would want to have as a daughter,” said Karen Blunk, a neighbor of Graham’s who watched her grow up. “I want everybody to think of the family and help us get Hannah home soon.”
 Anyone with information about Graham was asked to call Charlottesville Police Department at 434-970-3280 or CrimeStoppers at 434-977-4000.

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SLIM HOPES FOR MISSING MARYELLEN MCMILLIN

MISSING MARYELLEN

SHE left work and after going home to get changed she was supposed to be meeting friends for a drink later that night. 

But after saying goodbye to her husband and her sister, who said she seemed disorientated at the time, Maryellen McMillin never arrived. 

And although she was legally declared dead in 2004, a friend of the family revealed that until they get full proof the doubts will always linger. 

They said: "There's always that lingering doubt, until something or someone comes up, you always wonder what may have happened."    

When the physician's assistant described as "hardworking and conscientious" at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, AK, didn't show up for work and the hunt was on, after she was supposed to be meeting her pals.

But despite a huge search, neither the 37-year-old or her dark green Subaru Loyale, with Alaska License number CSY-207 was ever seen again.

At first it was feared that she may have driven into a ditch, but searches turned up nothing. 

There have also been a few possible sightings, once in Anchorage and at one point authorities thought she might be working in Wasilla. 

There was also a suspicious phone call to her work in April 1999 asking if she was still alive, but with little to go on, cops can't act. 

If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Alaska State Troopers 907-451-5326

 

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MYSTERY STILL SURROUNDS JEAN VIKEN'S SHOOTING

IN HAPPIER TIMES

SHE was a beloved mother of four young kids who was found executed in dense woods near her home.
But nearly four years after her 2008 murder a dark cloud remains over her memory as her killer's have yet to face justice for the horrific crime near Hawkins, WI.
Her sister Jane told WSAW: "We were celebrating her birthday when she didn't show up. So we were desperately worried about her.
"She was loving mom and a devoted daughter and sister. We were so scared. If anyone know's anything we'd urge them to come forward." 
Taylor County Detective Steve Bowers said that the web of clues scattered around the forest spelled out the clear message that the killing was not a random act.
He said: “Evidence we found at the scene indicated that she had been shot at least two, if not four times by a 357 revolver. She had then been transported from the scene."Her body was left in a rural location in Sawyer County and the vehicle was left at a different location."
He added: "On arrival officers noted there was a pan that appeared to have been cooking for a lengthy period of time and the purse that Jean Viken normally took with her everywhere was also in the house."
Her body was discovered by fishermen.  
At the time there were persons of interest in the case, but to date no arrests have been made
Authorities say just one tip could help in making an arrest. If you have any information please call the Taylor County Sheriff's Department at 715-748-2200.

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AMBER ELIZABETH SCHOLZ STILL A MYSTERY 30-YEARS ON

WITHOUT TRACE

IT'S been 30-years since she vanished, but cops are refusing to give up on the case of Amber Elizabeth Scholz. 

On November 8, 1981 the gorgeous 21-year-old had been partying with pals and was dropped of by a friend at her Rock Spring, WY apartment. 

She was never seen again. 

Scholz's father called the police when he was unable to reach his daughter later that day, but when officers called round, there was no sign of forced entry or a struggle. 

A police source said: "It's a genuine mystery. There was nothing out of the ordinary about her home and her friends said she seemed fine when they dropped her off.
"We'll not let this case go though. It will always remain open and we want to solve it, as much as anything to find out what happened."

Oddly however, while they found her wallet and an uncashed paycheck her car, a 1971 Oldsmobile two-door couple with WY plates, 4-93AW was gone. 

It has never been recovered.

 At the time she was involved in a custody battle over her son with her ex-husband, but there was never any suggestion that he was involved in her death.

Anyone with information on this case, please contact the Rock Springs Police Department on 307 352 1575.

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COPS REFUSE TO GIVE UP ON PAIGE RENKOSKI COLD CASE

VANISHED

SUSPECT

IT'S 21years since Paige Renkoski vanished but cops are still determined to find out why she mysteriously disappeared.

Back in 1990 the 30-year-old was last seen on the Interstate near her DeWitt Township, MI, home talking to a man.

But while cops found her unlocked 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass in the same location, with the engine running and the headlights on.
Her shoes and purse were still inside the vehicle, but since then there has been no sign of the substitute teacher.  But a cold case team is refusing to give up and have now developed three new suspect sketches in the hope that they will jolt someone's memory and help them unlock the case. 

SUSPECT

Team member Mike Frayer told the Detroit Free Press: "Somebody out there knows something."
The first is based on a tip from a now-retired Michigan State Police intelligence officer is considered "extremely credible" and a second sketch based on a tip from a woman resembles a former truck driver serving time in New York for four murders.
Investigators are hoping to compare the truck driver's palm print, which was taken after his arrest, with palm prints found on Paige Renkoski's vehicle.
Described by Frayer as "spookier," Frayer said, explaining how a saleswoman who worked for a photographer accepted a ride from a Hispanic trucker after her vehicle broke down on the same part of the Interstate 96 about six months before Renkoski went missing.
She told officers that once she got into the cab of the semi, the trucker told her: "This is the biggest mistake you ever made."
But Frayer explained:  "She thought fast on her feet. She clutched her purse and told him that she traveled a lot and she carried a firearm in her purse. He kicked her out. That may have saved her life."
The third tip comes from a male accountant he told police he  noticed a black male with an "old, beaten car" flashing a police badge at him in an attempt to get him to stop on the expressway, investigators said.
"We feel guardedly optimistic," Frayer said about the investigation thus far. "We're establishing more of a foundation." If you have information for the cold-case team, call the Sheriff's Department at (517) 546-2440.

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FREEZER BODY MAY BE MISSING KITTY WARDWELL: COPS

KILLER?

THE body of a Maine woman missing for almost 30 years may have been found in a freezer belonging to her ex-boyfriend, cops say. 
Kitty Wardwell was reported missing by her on-again, off again boyfriend, Frank Julian, back in July 1983 and was never seen again. 
But after he died earlier this month, aged 80, relatives were clearing out his storage unit when they came across human remains in an unplugged freezer at a storage unit registered to him. 
Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland told the Bangor Daily News: “Remains have been found, but we don’t know whose body this is definitively at this time.
“We have put both families in the loop about the discovery and we have interviewed a number of members of both families, but the final determination will be made by the medical examiner.”
He added: "Our investigation now looks to the Medical Examiner's Office for answers. DNA may need to be used to make a positive identification."
Wardwell was reported missing by a close pal, but when they questioned the novelty salesman at the time, he told cops that that he had dropped the then the then 29-year-old woman off at a Salem, NH, motel after a fight and had traveled back to his Lewiston ME home without her.
A later investigation revealed cops suspected she may have been the victim of foul play. 

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MISSING BENITA RODRIGUEZ IN 'HOUSE OF HORRORS'

EVIL

MISSING

THE MYSTERY surrounding the Philadelphia house of horrors deepened yesterday when a missing Florida teen was found with the group. 
Benita Rodriguez, 15, disappeared from her West Palm Beach home in July, but according to authorities, she was not kept in the squalid basement, but with the three suspects in the case. 
In the extraordinary twist on the story, it emerged she had become friends with one of the suspects sons, Gregory Thomas, when the group lived until earlier this month.    
Her mom, who did not wish to be identified said: "The same day that my daughter came up missing, the next day when we went there, they were gone."
Details surrounding her connection to the case are sketchy and police are not yet sure how much she knew about the 'house of horrors'.
In the meantime two more victims have identified themselves along with Herbert Knowles, which our sister site Crime Scene USA revealed yesterday. 
Tamara Breeden, was 29, when she vanished six-years ago and with no sign of her Philly cops closed the case last year. 
She told KYW  that she had been beaten by her accused captors, Linda Ann Weston, 51, Thomas Gregory, 47, and Eddie Wright, 49, who cops believe held them captive so they could cash their disability checks.
While another victim Derwin McLemire, 41, another victim, had a more direct message for them, saying: "That was real dirty of you. That was wrong."
He added that when he tried and failed to escaped from Weston's home: "they got me."
Mr McLemire had forgotten what day it was after being held captive for so long saying: "I got a birthday coming up Friday and I didn’t even know it was coming up."
All three victims, who are believed to have a mental age of 10, are now being looked after in a supervised care home.    
Their captors meanwhile are holed up in the big house, charged with criminal conspiracy, aggravated assault, kidnapping, criminal trespass, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and related offenses.

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REED JEPPSON DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR IN 1964

ON OCT. 11, 1964 after church Reed Jeppson took his two German short hair pointers for a walk--and was never seen again. There was never anything to indicate foul play or that he had run away. Reed Jeppson was simply gone. At the time of his disappearance, he was 15, 5'6", 130 lbs, blonde hair and blue eyes. He wore braces at the time and was wearing Levis, a white shirt and a pullover. If you have any information contact Salt Lake City Police Det. Cody Lougy at 1-801-799-3454.

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STILL NO SIGN OF MISSING JENNIFER LYNN PENTILLA

PENTILLA

A MISSING missionary who was on her way to Mexico when she vanished continues to baffle authorities almost 20-years since she vanished. 

Dedicated Jennifer Lynn Pentilla, was just 18-years-old when she decided to meet a missionary group in Las Cruces, NM and help the poor, before heading south of the border. 

Armed with a backpack and a couple of bibles, she planned to ride down on her mountain bike from San Diego and called in with mom eight times to report her progress. 

But on October 17, she changed her plans, telling her mother that she'd heard that a woman traveling alone in Mexico could be dangerous and she'd decided to go and meet a pal in Minnesota instead.  

Her mom offered to pay for her transport there after she made more concrete plans, and Pentilla agreed to call her back that evening. 

But she never called back, never arrived at the friend's home and has not been heard from again. 

About a year later, on September 4, 1992, two dove hunters found Pentilla's camping equipment and journal under a tarp in a remote area between Hatch and Deming off of State Road 26, about 46 miles northeast of Deming.

But despite a large investigation by the Missoula Police Department and a large amount of national news coverage no information has surfaced.

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HUBBY EYED IN 1994 CECILIA NEWBALL DISAPPEARANCE

On September 20, 1994, Cecilia Newball, 32, was 9-months pregnant and looking forward to giving birth. But on that day, Cecilia and her son Rene Perez, 6, vanished  from their Chatsworth area apartment in the Los Angeles area under  suspicious circumstances.  Cecilia took none of her personal belongings, including her prenatal medicines.  Neither Cecilia nor Rene Perez have been seen since that date. The investigation determined that her rat husband was having an extra-martial affair  at the time of her disappearance.  LA County homicide detectives consider him a person of interest. Investigators are seeking the public’s assistance, and asking anyone with information on the disappearance of the victims to contact Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau.

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MO. COPS REOPEN KATIE SEEFELDT '02 DISAPPEARANCE

KATIE SEEFELDT was just 12 when she vanished from Jackson County, Missouri. Cops investigating at the time believed she had run away from home but now, nine years later a new effort is underway to find out what happened to her.
Her mom Sholly told a local TV station: "She was very outgoing and loving." But she added that her daughter was also pushing the boundaries."I wanted her not to be the wild child that I was, which she kind of resented me for that. In October
2002, Katie was grounded. They were living in a neighborhood near 18th Street and Highway 24 in Independence. Early one Sunday, about 1 a.m., the phone rang and Katie answered it."(She) said, 'You guys know I can't have phone calls this late, and if you continue to call me, my mom is going to keep me grounded longer,'" Sholly Seefeldt said. She said when she woke up the next morning, her daughter and a lot of her new clothes were gone. "I had a bad feeling in my gut," she said. "There was nothing really bad between us. That's why I'm having, that's where my hard time is."
In 2007, the Center for Missing and Exploited Children made an age-progression photo of Katie Seefeldt, showing what she might look like at 16. It generated no tips. Answers about Katie, now 21, remain elusive. They said they're reopening the cold case because nine years have passed. Anyone who knows anything about her whereabouts is asked to call the Jackson County Sheriff's Office at 816-524-4302 or the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS.

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ARE REMAINS MISSING UTAH MOM SUSAN COX POWELL?

COPS have made a shocking discovery in the deserts of Utah: unidentified human remains they fear are those of missing mom Susan Cox Powell. Her father told FOX NEWS that cops told him the remains were in a shallow grave. West Valley City Sgt. Mike Powell said: "It's a game of patience at this point. We need to slow down a little bit and identify what it is we found."
Powell, 28, vanished on Dec. 7, 2009 after not showing up for her job as a stockbroker. She had last been seen the previous day. Since her disappearance a staggering array of lurid details have emerged--including from her father-in-law who claims he had a sexual affair with her. Her husband, Josh Powell, has ludicrously claimed that Susan went winter
camping--in a blizzard. He is the only person of interest in the case.

Authorities have been searching since in the area near Topaz Mountain in Juab County. The site is about 135 miles southwest of the location where Susan Powell was last seen in West Valley City.
 Last month, the nearly 2-year-old case turned salacious as family members on both sides sparred over truth and fiction, and accusations of sex and lies. Josh Powell's family claims Susan Powell was sexually promiscuous, emotionally unstable and suicidal. He has deniend killing her.

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MARY FRIEND, MOM MAXINE STALNAKER LIKELY DEAD

NOTHING. NADA. ZIP. That is precisely what cops in West Virginia have in the bizarre disappearances of Mary Friend and her mom Marcus Maxine Stalnaker. The pair were last seen at their house near Jane Lew on December 1, 1999. Mary's hubby was working in Maryland and when he arrived home two days later he reported both women missing. Mary's car, a 1987 gray Chev Celebrity found abandoned Dec. 6, 1999. There was no sign of foul play and no evidence was recovered. But Maxine's

new Doberman was found dead under their house.  A fisherman found a purse in Stonewall Jackson Lake in 2002, that contained articles belonging to both women. An extensive search found nothing in the lake. Apparently cops have persons of interest in the case and it's believed both women are dead.
If you have any information contact the FBI or your local authorities.

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LETTER REOPENS 1983 JO-ANNE PEDERSON MYSTERY

MYSTERY


SHE was last seen in a phonebox outside the Penny Pincher store in Chilliwack BC, trying to call her mother and stepfather.  A man, who had messy or wavy hair, was seen helping Jo-Anne Pederson but then the 10-year-old vanished without trace, never to be seen again.
Despite huge searches, a massive police operation and numerous TV appeals, for 28-years her disappearance has haunted the small Canadian community.
But now RCMP officers are hopeful they might get break, after a mystery letter arrived in their offices, which apperently might hold the key to unlocking the mystery. According to the Vancouver Sun Police believe the writer may have witnessed what happened to Jo-Anne before she disappeared on Feb. 19, 1983.
A source said: "Obviously we don't want to build up our hopes too much, but after so long it's great to finally get a break in the case.
"It's vital however that the person who wrote this letter, contacts us."
In 2008, police appealed to him to come forward, posting this re-enactment of that night You Tube to help jog his memory.
Anyone with information is asked to call Const. Justine Hayward of the Chilliwack RCMP Serious Crime Unit at 604-792-4611 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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JENNIFER LYNN MORRIS 20-YEAR MYSTERY: BODY FOUND

MURDERED

THEY thought she may have gone missing and 20-years it was hoped she may return.
But two weeks ago the skeletal remains of Jennifer Lynn Morris were found down a heavily overgrown ravine and wooded area in Del Monte, CA.
And cops are hoping that with advances in DNA technology, they will finally be able to solve the mystery which has baffled them for more than two decades.  
Morris was last seen in January 1983 shopping at the now gone, Saks Fifth Avenue, but after huge search, all they found was her 1977 Ford Pinto in the shopping center car park.  
Monterey police Lt. Leslie Sonni told KTVU: "It was a case of someone vanishing without a trace."
She added that even though there was no evidence of foul play, the mysterious circumstances behind the part time student's disappearance led detectives to suspect that she was a victim of foul play.
Now the case is being reclassified as a homicide and investigators will backtrack on the case and apply new technology to recover any evidence that could lead to the identity of the suspect.
Sonni said Morris' father took a leave of absence from work to help find her and became so distraught he could not return to work.
Both he and Morris' mother have since passed away. Police have contacted Morris' two elder brothers after finding her remains.
"They were pretty shocked and are trying to come to grips with it," Sonni said.
Anyone with information about the case was asked to call Detective Mike Bruno at (831) 646-3812 or a confidential tip line at (831) 646-3840.

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LAUREN'S MOM: 'SOMEONE KNOWS WHERE SHE IS'

THE PARENTS of missing Indiana University co-ed Lauren Spierer are increasingly frustrated at the lack of cooperation her so-called friends are giving cops. That means you, Jay 'Better Lawyer Up' Rosenbaum. Lauren disappeared June 3 after a wild night of fun and frrolic where she got quite wrecked. Her mom Charlene said: "Someone knows exactly where she is."
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MISSING SABRINA LONG'S FAMILY: 'WE WON'T GIVE UP'

LONG GONE

HER disappearance more than two decades ago is a complete mystery, but Sabrina Long's family are refusing to give up hope that someone will come forward with information about what happened. Back in August 1991, the gorgeous 19-year-old vanished from her stepfather's home in Bloomfield, AZ, never to be seen again after working a late shift. Her last words to her mother were: "I love you" 
Long's aunt, Janice Dowling, who last month started this Facebook page in memory of her niece.
She told WMAZ: "Until you find a body, or somebody says something, there's always hope. Realistically, no, we don't think she's still alive."
But she added that the responses they'd received still gave them hope that someone would come forward.
She said: "It gives us hope that somebody who knows something may come forward after all these years."
A Georgia Bureau of Investigation case on the missing woman's disappearance has gone cold, Special Agent Jerri Lynn Coody said. Though they are still actively investigating, she said, there have been no leads or clues in a "substantial" amount of time, and that's what makes the case cold.
If you have any information about Sabrina Long's case, you can contact the GBI at 478-987-4545.

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MISSING: MARIO ANDRES OLGUIN-BOCANGEL

On July 29, 2011 Mario Andres Olguin-Bocangel was abducted by his father Mario Olguin in Fairfax, Virginia. The 4-year-old who turns 5 on September 18 is a male, Hispanic who stands 3'6", is 38 lbs. and has black hair and brown eyes. A felony warrant for Kidnapping was issued for Mario on August 1, 2011. They may travel to Mexico. The child has a scar on his right forearm and a mole on his forehead. If you have any information contact the FBI or your local enforcement agency.

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WALLER CASE EERIE REMINDER FOR AMANDA JONES KIN

AS THE SEARCH for missing Missouri mom Jacque Sue Waller appears to have hit a wall, the haunting image of another missing mom is casting a long shadow. Waller--a mother of triplets--disappeared June 1 and her estranged hubby Clay is considered a person of interest. Meanwhile, the disappearance of Amanda Jones just has hit the six year mark.  Jones was 26 when she disappeared Aug. 14, 2005 just a few days before she was to give birth to a baby boy. Her car was found abandoned that day at the Jefferson Clounty Fairgrounds in Hillsboro. Her keys and cell phone were never found. Brian Westall, the man Jones said was the unborn baby's father, is still the last person known to have seen her.
Her devastated mom Berth Propst said of a drugstore video of Amanda: "A
bottle of soda, a key chain, and a can of hair spray. She always had to have her hair spray. Individuals don't remember she still hasn't been found. We still need their help; any little thing that they might have seen or heard, something minute to them, might be what it's going to take to solve this case."
Jones' family has prayed for Jacque Sue Waller's parents during their ordeal: "When I first heard about it, I thought, 'Oh my God, not another one, another family having to go through this'. I don't wish that on anybody." MORE ON AMANDA JONES

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