Saturday, November 17, 2012

Friday, November 16, 2012


LOCATED SAFE ON 11/15/2012

Elissa Grace Levy (16) missing from LEBANON, MISSOURI since 11/14/2012 has been LOCATED SAFE according to her family. To assist with future Amber Alerts and other missing person cases through flyer and picture sharing on Facebook please like Seeking TheLost: http://facebook.com/seeking.thelost.news



11/14/2012: Made threats of committing suicide to family: Please share to find Elissa Grace Levy (16) missing from LEBANON, MISSOURI since 11/14/2012. She ran away from her mother's house this morning from Lebanon, Missouri (LaClede Co.) She's 5'2" and about 100 pounds. Her name is Elissa Grace Levy. She is probably wearing back clothing, a black, belted, hip-length wool coat, glasses with blue frames, a "tattoo" plastic choker necklace, and has a flannel plaid backpack that is red and grey and her black and white checkered wallet with her. She left out her bedroom window and said she was going to kill herself or hitch hike to St. Louis. However, we think that might be a ruse to head us in the wrong direction. She is suicidal and without her medication. PLEASE HELP! Please contact the LaClede Co. Sheriff's Department at (417) 532-2311. NOTE: I just learned she left a note saying she was going to drown herself in the Gasconade River or travel to St. Louis.
LOCATED SAFE ON 11/15/2012

Elissa Grace Levy (16) missing from LEBANON, MISSOURI since 11/14/2012 has been LOCATED SAFE according to her family. To assist with
 future Amber Alerts and other missing person cases through flyer and picture sharing on Facebook please like Seeking TheLost: http://facebook.com/seeking.thelost.news



11/14/2012: Made threats of committing suicide to family: Please share to find Elissa Grace Levy (16) missing from LEBANON, MISSOURI since 11/14/2012. She ran away from her mother's house this morning from Lebanon, Missouri (LaClede Co.) She's 5'2" and about 100 pounds. Her name is Elissa Grace Levy. She is probably wearing back clothing, a black, belted, hip-length wool coat, glasses with blue frames, a "tattoo" plastic choker necklace, and has a flannel plaid backpack that is red and grey and her black and white checkered wallet with her. She left out her bedroom window and said she was going to kill herself or hitch hike to St. Louis. However, we think that might be a ruse to head us in the wrong direction. She is suicidal and without her medication. PLEASE HELP! Please contact the LaClede Co. Sheriff's Department at (417) 532-2311. NOTE: I just learned she left a note saying she was going to drown herself in the Gasconade River or travel to St. Louis.

UPDATE FOUND SAFE: Jory Leigh Hansen, the 16-year-old girl sought by the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office is now safe at home.

Hansen was last seen Wednesday around 3 p.m. leaving Lugoff-Elgin High School after she missed her school bus. She was found at a Richland County Walmart.

Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says investigators from the Kershaw County Sheriff's Department is going to interview Hanson to figure out what happened.

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SOURCE: http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=825916#.UKVM5Gd5F8E
UPDATE FOUND SAFE: Jory Leigh Hansen, the 16-year-old girl sought by the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office is now safe at home.

Hansen was last seen Wednesday ar
ound 3 p.m. leaving Lugoff-Elgin High School after she missed her school bus. She was found at a Richland County Walmart.

Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says investigators from the Kershaw County Sheriff's Department is going to interview Hanson to figure out what happened.

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Please help us locate Shiana Smith, age 15. Shiana was reported by her mother as a runaway, and has been missing since Monday evening, November 12th. She was last seen leaving the Lansing Mall Cinema at 6:40pm, and was alone when she left. It is unknown if she met anyone near the movie theater. If you have any information that could help us locate Shiana, please call (517)372-8217.
Please help us locate Shiana Smith, age 15. Shiana was reported by her mother as a runaway, and has been missing since Monday evening, November 12th. She was la
st seen leaving the Lansing Mall Cinema at 6:40pm, and was alone when she left. It is unknown if she met anyone near the movie theater. If you have any information that could help us locate Shiana, please call (517)372-8217.


11/14/2012: JONATHAN BEAL CAPTURED IN LOUISIANA:  Authorities have arrested Jonathan Beal, the suspect in 19-year-old Justine Jackson's murder. Beal was picked up in Marrero, Louisiana by Federal Marshals at approximately 6:45 am Wednesday, 11/14/2012. Marshals said he was picked up on the 800 Block of Avenue F.  Marrero is a suburb of New Orleans. The arrest was related to Sunday's discovery of human remains. State Police identified the remains as missing Somerset County teen Justine Jackson (right). Jackson was last seen in September near Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. Authorities confirm Jackson was strangled, then buried in a shallow grave near a hiking trail. 

A criminal complaint states Beal made numerous statements to people that he killed and buried Jackson near the trail.  It also states that he has a violent history toward women.  The relationship between Beal and the victim was not released, but family members said Justine told them she was pregnant with his child. 

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SOURCE: http://wearecentralpa.com/fulltext?nxd_id=413902&fb_source=message

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11/13/2012: PLEASE SHARE! Justice for Justine! Together we can find this creep! Jonathan "Johnny" William Beal (23) of Scratch Hill Road, Meyersdale, Pennsylvania is wanted for the September 14, 2012 murder of his beautiful girlfriend Justine Jackson (right). If you have any information regarding his whereabouts contact Pennsylvania State Police at 1.800.4PA.TIPS. If you see Jonathan Beal please call 911 immediately. 

Article dated 11/12/2012: Police search for man accused of killing Meyersdale girl: SOMERSET COUNTY, Pennsylvania: The search is on for a man accused of killing his girlfriend and burying her body in a shallow grave in Somerset county.

Police said Jonathan Beal strangled Justine Jackson and buried her underneath a viaduct along the Great Allegheny Passage near Meyersdale. Jackson had been missing since Sept. 14. Police said Beal was the last person to see her.

Jackson's body was discovered Sunday. Authorities filed charges against Beal Tuesday morning but said now, he's disappeared and they're not sure where he is.

According to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday, a friend of Jackson's not only notified police Jackson had been missing, but she told them she believed Jackson has been killed by her boyfriend, Beal. 

Well before Jackson's remains were discovered, a criminal complaint says Beal told several people around Meyersdale that he had killed her and buried her near the bike trail. On Tuesday, one of Beals' friends told us he heard something similar directly from Beal.

"My last interaction with Jonathan Beal was he came to my house and told me that Justine Jackson stole off him," said a friend of Beal's who did not want to be identified." (He said) for that she had to pay severe consequences."

But police said there were several rumors being passed around the small town, most they say were not true and that disrupted their investigation.

"Social media and the information that is gleaned from it is not fact," said Somerset County district attorney Lisa Lazzari-Strasiser. 

"Trying to track down the legitimacy of where this statement comes from is almost impossible," said state police Trooper Stephen Limani. 

State police were notified of Jackson's disappearance near the end of October and immediately started conducting interviews, even searched Beal's home. A neighbor told 6 News of a time police showed up with guns drawn.

"Several policemen some came out of their vehicle with their guns drawn," said Kathy White. "They were in and out several times, even managed to carry some clothes out of the trailer."

After Jackson's body was discovered over the weekend, police filed homicide charges against Beal. But friends told 6 News he's long left the area.

"He told me that he was going to Florida because I owed him some money and he was desperate to get outta here."

Police said it's still an active investigation. They do not know have a motive, but according to the criminal complaint and friends of Jacksons, she was pregnant. Police would not confirm or deny the report. 

Anyone with information on Beals whereabouts should immediately call state police in Somerset.

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SOURCE: http://www.wjactv.com/news/news/police-search-man-accused-killing-meyersdale-girl/nS5yx/
‎11/14/2012: JONATHAN BEAL CAPTURED IN LOUISIANA: Authorities have arrested Jonathan Beal, the suspect in 19-year-old Justine Jackson's murder. Beal was picked
 up in Marrero, Louisiana by Federal Marshals at approximately 6:45 am Wednesday, 11/14/2012. Marshals said he was picked up on the 800 Block of Avenue F. Marrero is a suburb of New Orleans. The arrest was related to Sunday's discovery of human remains. State Police identified the remains as missing Somerset County teen Justine Jackson (right). Jackson was last seen in September near Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. Authorities confirm Jackson was strangled, then buried in a shallow grave near a hiking trail.

A criminal complaint states Beal made numerous statements to people that he killed and buried Jackson near the trail. It also states that he has a violent history toward women. The relationship between Beal and the victim was not released, but family members said Justine told them she was pregnant with his child.

To assist with future Amber Alerts and other missing person cases through flyer and picture sharing on Facebook please like Seeking TheLost:http://facebook.com/seeking.thelost.news
Amber Alert
Amber Alert logo
Missing From: Unknown, MT
Missing Date:  Mountain
Issued for:  Montana: Statewide
Contact:If you have information, please contact Montana Department of Justice, 877-262-3768 or 911
Circumstances: Amber alert being posted in conjunction with British Columbia. Child was abducted by biological father in Elk Valley British Columbia. Vehicle was shown crossing the border in Eureka, Montana at approximately 3:15 this afternoon. Child is believed to be in imminent danger. Do not approach.
Missing Child 
Name: Alvin Barnett
Alias: 
Hair Color: BrownEye Color: Brown
Skin Color: WhiteAge: 3
Height: 3'9Weight: 33
Gender: Male 
Description: Wearing red shirt and blue jeans
Suspect 
Name: Robert Barnett
Alias: 
Hair Color: OtherEye Color: Green
Skin Color: WhiteAge: 
Height: 5'5Weight: 
Gender: Male 
Description: Has scar about right eyebrow. Wearing dark sweater, blue jeans and runners.

Vehicle Information
Make: SubaruModel: Outback
Color: BlueInterior Color: 
License State: License Text: 347SBL
Vehicle Description:Model year is 2002. Plate is a British Columbia plate.

Wisconsin: The Forest County Sheriff's Department is asking for help locating a missing Crandon man, Christopher Leach, age 44, who has been missing since Monday, November 12, 2012. 

The Sheriff's Department says family is very concerned. A photo of Leach and his vehicle are to the left. It's believed Leach is driving a 4-door silver Nissan Frontier truck with a roof rack and black wheels. The license plate number is AK 1756. 

If you see Leach or his vehicle, call the Forest County Sheriff's Department at 715-478-3331. 

Please share his flyer with your friends. A online flyer is a excellent way to get the word out about a missing person. With todays technology it can be viewed literally anywhere. You can also tag your friends to the flyer which is another good way to spread the word quickly about a missing person, (you must “Like” the page it's uploaded on before it will let you tag it).

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SOURCE: http://www.wbay.com/story/20106914/2012/11/15/crandon-man-goes-missing-family-concerned
Wisconsin: The Forest County Sheriff's Department is asking for help locating a missing Crandon man, Christopher Leach, age 44, who has been missing since Monda
y, November 12, 2012.

The Sheriff's Department says family is very concerned. A photo of Leach and his vehicle are to the left. It's believed Leach is driving a 4-door silver Nissan Frontier truck with a roof rack and black wheels. The license plate number is AK 1756.

If you see Leach or his vehicle, call the Forest County Sheriff's Department at 715-478-3331.

Please share his flyer with your friends. A online flyer is a excellent way to get the word out about a missing person. With todays technology it can be viewed literally anywhere. You can also tag your friends to the flyer which is another good way to spread the word quickly about a missing person, (you must “Like” the page it's uploaded on before it will let you tag it).

We are very deeply saddened to break through with this breaking news information. The remains found Monday in A Grant County Well, have been 100% verified to be that of Mr Johnson's. Mr. Johnson went missing August 6th 2012. We ARE VERY SAD to break through with this update, that it has been confirmed Daniel Ash Johnson's Body has been found & recovered by Local Police, #PRAYERS.
http://pbcommercial.com/sections/news/police-and-fire/medical-examiner-identifies-remains-well-jefferson-county-man.html

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We are very deeply saddened to break through with this breaking news information. The remains found Monday in A Grant County Well, have been 100% verified to be
 that of Mr Johnson's. Mr. Johnson went missing August 6th 2012. We ARE VERY SAD to break through with this update, that it has been confirmed Daniel Ash Johnson's Body has been found & recovered by Local Police, #PRAYERS.
http://pbcommercial.com/sections/news/police-and-fire/medical-examiner-identifies-remains-well-jefferson-county-man.html
 

UPDATE FOUND SAFE: PARKER'S BEEN LOCATED!!! THANK GOD!!! Please respect the family at this time and give them some space. Thank you all for your efforts!

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SOURCE: @[467418646643953:274:Find Parker Hale - Missing 11/13/12]
UPDATE FOUND SAFE: PARKER'S BEEN LOCATED!!! THANK GOD!!! Please respect the family at this time and give them some space. Thank you all for your efforts!

Great
 news! Glad he was found quickly. If you'd like to help in other cases please “Like” my Missing page at: http://www.facebook.com/missingcases

SOURCE: Find Parker Hale - Missing 11/13/12

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Thursday, November 15, 2012


  • Wilmington, N. C ~ Alma Lawson, 86, has not been seen in almost two weeks. She was last seen walking in the Love Grove community, not far from her home. Detectives said Thursday that the rain hampered the dogs' ability to pick up a scent. They hope to take the dogs back out Friday. Her son reported her missing 12 days ago after she didn't return home from a friend's house.
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  • We still need volunteers to print flyers and post them around town! Lets find her alive!!!!



11/15/2012: Please share to help @[222558184447365:274:Seeking TheLost] find Austin Deaton (17) missing from Hazard, Kentucky since 11/11/2012 for his family. Article:  A Leslie County High School student was reported missing this week after visiting with family in Hazard over the weekend. Austin Deaton, 17, was last seen Sunday, Nov. 11 in the Backwoods area of Hazard, according to his aunt, Sarah Collins, also of Leslie County. Collins has custody of Deaton, and said her nephew was visiting his mother near Memorial Gym in Hazard when he told a family member that he was going to walk to his father’s house in Walkertown. No one has seen him since then.

Collins said so far she has had few answers about her nephew’s whereabouts. The Hazard Police Department is working the case and, according to Collins, talked to several people in the area, none of whom recall seeing him.

He was last seen wearing a pair of green cargo shorts and a maroon Leslie County T-shirt with the sleeves cut off. He is 5 feet 6 inches tall with blond hair, blue eyes, and weighs around 150 pounds.

Collins has reached out to many of Deaton’s friends via Facebook, and none reported hearing from him or knowing where he might have been.

“They were all kind of shocked,” said Collins. “They didn’t think he would run away. He never gave them any indication of anything like that.”

Deaton will turn 18 in two weeks, and Collins said this is another reason why she has a hard time believing he would have run away since it is so close to his birthday when he would be considered an adult.

If you have any information about where Deaton may be or have seen him, you are urged to call the Hazard Police Department at (606) 436-2222.

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If your child is missing call the police immediately. Once you have a case number call 1 800 THE LOST to get them listed on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's web site. As soon as they are listed send me a PM with the link to their poster and I will feature them. 

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SOURCE: http://hazard-herald.com/view/full_story/20835098/article-17-year-old-reported-missing--last-seen-in-Hazard
‎11/15/2012: Please share to help Seeking TheLost find Austin Deaton (17) missing from Hazard, Kentucky since 11/11/2012 for his family. Article: A Leslie Coun
ty High School student was reported missing this week after visiting with family in Hazard over the weekend. Austin Deaton, 17, was last seen Sunday, Nov. 11 in the Backwoods area of Hazard, according to his aunt, Sarah Collins, also of Leslie County. Collins has custody of Deaton, and said her nephew was visiting his mother near Memorial Gym in Hazard when he told a family member that he was going to walk to his father’s house in Walkertown. No one has seen him since then.

Collins said so far she has had few answers about her nephew’s whereabouts. The Hazard Police Department is working the case and, according to Collins, talked to several people in the area, none of whom recall seeing him.

He was last seen wearing a pair of green cargo shorts and a maroon Leslie County T-shirt with the sleeves cut off. He is 5 feet 6 inches tall with blond hair, blue eyes, and weighs around 150 pounds.

Collins has reached out to many of Deaton’s friends via Facebook, and none reported hearing from him or knowing where he might have been.

“They were all kind of shocked,” said Collins. “They didn’t think he would run away. He never gave them any indication of anything like that.”

Deaton will turn 18 in two weeks, and Collins said this is another reason why she has a hard time believing he would have run away since it is so close to his birthday when he would be considered an adult.

If you have any information about where Deaton may be or have seen him, you are urged to call the Hazard Police Department at (606) 436-2222.

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If your child is missing call the police immediately. Once you have a case number call 1 800 THE LOST to get them listed on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's web site. As soon as they are listed send me a PM with the link to their poster and I will feature them. 



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ok just so everyone know facebook is messing up bad today and not just for me

ELIZABETH "LIZ" STONGER * AGE 27 * LIVES IN LOWELL, NC * LAST SEEN IN BELMONT, NC * 10/14/12
It’s been 17 days since Liz Stonger was last seen driving her burgundy Chevrolet Lumina away from the parking lot at Walmart in Belmont where she worked.
 
The 27-year-old single mother left the store Oct 14 at 1:15 p.m. on her lunch break, waved to a few people, drove away from the store alone and vanished. Her family hasn’t had any communication with her since and says it’s unlike her to just pull up stakes and leave.
 
Police are baffled by Stonger’s whereabouts and hope someone steps forward with the key that will lead to some answers.
 
“At this point we don’t have any idea where she’s at,” said Belmont Police Chief Charlie Franklin, who doesn’t suspect foul play in the case at this time.
 
On the evening she disappeared, her cell phone was used in McDowell County. Since then, there’s been no activity on the phone. Police say she’s conducted no banking business, used no financial cards or any social media including her Facebook account.
 
‘A real homebody’
 Elizabeth “Liz” Stonger of Lowell is originally from the Syracuse, N.Y., area. She lives with her 2-year-old son and her mother, Deb Grover.
 
She spoke alongside Liz Stonger’s sister, Amy Stonger, at a press conference at Belmont Police Department on Tuesday afternoon. They said it is uncharacteristic of Liz to drive far away and leave her son behind.
 
Amy Stonger has left messages for her sister on her Facebook page and is taking the search effort into her own hands, driving around McDowell County hoping to see her or her 1998 Chevrolet.
 
Grover describes her daughter as “a real homebody.” Amy Stonger said her sister doesn’t go out often and doesn’t have many friends. They said Liz Stonger has faced hardships including unsatisfying wages and the foreclosure of Grover’s home. 
 
Grover said her daughter doesn’t have a boyfriend or any friends in the area of western North Carolina where the phone activity was detected. The family drove through McDowell County over the summer on a camping trip but didn’t stop there.
 
“I can’t even see her driving up there,” Amy Stonger said. She can’t believe her sister won’t be around on Halloween to be with her 2-year-old son and says that’s uncharacteristic of her. She didn’t pack a bag in preparation to leave and as cold weather moves in, police say they don’t know if she has shelter.
 
“It doesn’t look like she prepared to go away. We have no reason to believe that she would,” Grover said.
Concerns about safety
Chief Franklin said the department is working with authorities in the McDowell County area in a collaborative effort to find Stonger. He hopes someone will see her or her Chevrolet and that will help pinpoint her location.
 
She is 5 foot 3 inches tall, weighs 180 pounds, and has red hair and hazel eyes. Her family said she also has a lot of tattoos.
 
“My gut tells me that she’s going to come home and I’m going to beat her up when she gets here,” Grover said.
 
Amy Stonger said she constantly wonders where her sister went, if she’s safe and if she needs help.
 
The North Carolina license plate on Liz Stonger’s burgundy Chevy is ABC-6609. The paint on the sedan is faded and a “happy bunny” sticker is on the fuel door. There is also a sticker on the rear windshield of a stick figure family that resembles a woman and child skeleton.
 
Anyone with information on Stonger’s whereabouts is asked to call the Belmont Police Department at 704-825-3792. The investigating officer on the case is Detective A. Buchanon.
http://www.gastongazette.com/news/local/police-search-for-missing-local-woman-1.33910
ELIZABETH "LIZ" STONGER * AGE 27 * LIVES IN LOWELL, NC * LAST SEEN IN BELMONT, NC * 10/14/12
It’s been 17 days since Liz Stonger was last seen driving her burgu
ndy Chevrolet Lumina away from the parking lot at Walmart in Belmont where she worked.

The 27-year-old single mother left the store Oct 14 at 1:15 p.m. on her lunch break, waved to a few people, drove away from the store alone and vanished. Her family hasn’t had any communication with her since and says it’s unlike her to just pull up stakes and leave.

Police are baffled by Stonger’s whereabouts and hope someone steps forward with the key that will lead to some answers.

“At this point we don’t have any idea where she’s at,” said Belmont Police Chief Charlie Franklin, who doesn’t suspect foul play in the case at this time.

On the evening she disappeared, her cell phone was used in McDowell County. Since then, there’s been no activity on the phone. Police say she’s conducted no banking business, used no financial cards or any social media including her Facebook account.

‘A real homebody’
Elizabeth “Liz” Stonger of Lowell is originally from the Syracuse, N.Y., area. She lives with her 2-year-old son and her mother, Deb Grover.

She spoke alongside Liz Stonger’s sister, Amy Stonger, at a press conference at Belmont Police Department on Tuesday afternoon. They said it is uncharacteristic of Liz to drive far away and leave her son behind.

Amy Stonger has left messages for her sister on her Facebook page and is taking the search effort into her own hands, driving around McDowell County hoping to see her or her 1998 Chevrolet.

Grover describes her daughter as “a real homebody.” Amy Stonger said her sister doesn’t go out often and doesn’t have many friends. They said Liz Stonger has faced hardships including unsatisfying wages and the foreclosure of Grover’s home.

Grover said her daughter doesn’t have a boyfriend or any friends in the area of western North Carolina where the phone activity was detected. The family drove through McDowell County over the summer on a camping trip but didn’t stop there.

“I can’t even see her driving up there,” Amy Stonger said. She can’t believe her sister won’t be around on Halloween to be with her 2-year-old son and says that’s uncharacteristic of her. She didn’t pack a bag in preparation to leave and as cold weather moves in, police say they don’t know if she has shelter.

“It doesn’t look like she prepared to go away. We have no reason to believe that she would,” Grover said.
Concerns about safety
Chief Franklin said the department is working with authorities in the McDowell County area in a collaborative effort to find Stonger. He hopes someone will see her or her Chevrolet and that will help pinpoint her location.

She is 5 foot 3 inches tall, weighs 180 pounds, and has red hair and hazel eyes. Her family said she also has a lot of tattoos.

“My gut tells me that she’s going to come home and I’m going to beat her up when she gets here,” Grover said.

Amy Stonger said she constantly wonders where her sister went, if she’s safe and if she needs help.

The North Carolina license plate on Liz Stonger’s burgundy Chevy is ABC-6609. The paint on the sedan is faded and a “happy bunny” sticker is on the fuel door. There is also a sticker on the rear windshield of a stick figure family that resembles a woman and child skeleton.

Anyone with information on Stonger’s whereabouts is asked to call the Belmont Police Department at 704-825-3792. The investigating officer on the case is Detective A. Buchanon.
http://www.gastongazette.com/news/local/police-search-for-missing-local-woman-1.33910