MISSING & KIDNAPPED
Help Us Break These Cases
11/22/06
At a time of year when families traditionally
gather to give thanks for what they have,
keep in mind that seats at some tables will
be empty this holiday season. Across the
country, investigations continue in scores
of kidnapping and missing persons cases.
About 797,500 kids are reported missing each
year, although most are found safe. Missing
adults, too, account for a fair number of
kidnapping and missing persons cases.
As
recently as November 8, Coreen
Faye Wiese, 15, of Buxton, Maine went
missing. She hasn’t been seen or heard
from since. Seven months earlier, on April
23, Analyce
Guerra, 2, disappeared from her Smyrna,
Tennessee home in the middle of the night.
On April 15, 2005, Ray
Frank Gricar,
61, called his girlfriend and told her he
was going to go for a drive along state Route
192 in Penns Valley, Pennsylvania. He was
reported missing when he didn’t return.
His car turned up in a parking lot a day
later but he has not been seen since his
disappearance. Nita
Mayo,
65, left her home in Hawthorne, Nevada, for
a one-day shopping trip on August 8, 2005;
she never returned and hasn’t been
seen since.
Their circumstances are all different, but
their stories share a common theme—a
day like any other, followed by their sudden
disappearance. Take a moment to look at their
pictures and read their stories. You may
have seen one of them or you may have been
in the area when they disappeared. If you
recognize any of them, contact your local
FBI office. You may unknowingly
hold the clue that will give investigators
the break they need.
- Kidnapping
and Missing Persons Investigations
- Parental
Kidnappings
- National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Related
Links :
FBI
Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Teams | Crimes
Against Children Stories | FBI’s
Crimes Against Children page
