Family`s For The Missing

Thursday, January 16, 2014

MISSING FOR 6 YEARS... Yasmin Acree Endangered Missing 1/15/08 Chicago IL http://www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMC/1088268 I ask that you please share Yasmin's story. Will you please share? One tip...that's all it takes. Thank You! Yasmin was last seen at her family's Chicago IL home on January 15, 2008. That day she went to the North Lawndale YMCA, where she was involved in sports and other activities. After she came home, she did a load of laundry and went to bed. She was gone by the next morning. There were indications of a break-in at their residence; two locks on an outside fence and a lock on the basement door had been cut. Yasmin's bedroom was in the basement. Her room appeared untouched and nothing was taken, not even Yasmin's eyeglasses. Yasmin was a freshman at Austin Polytech Academy at the time of her disappearance, and was about to start a new job. She has no history of runaway behavior. Her family has criticized the police investigation in her case, claiming investigators assumed she was a runaway and failed to look into other possible causes of her disappearance. Authorities admitted they made serious errors at the onset of the investigation by not immediately dusting for fingerprints and not taking the broken lock from the basement door. Yasmin, who was born in Kentucky, had a troubled past. Her mother, who is now deceased, was a drug addict. Yasmin, and her older brother, Demarcus, were removed from the home when they were toddlers. Yasmin spent several years in the Kentucky foster care system, where she was sexually abused and developed severe emotional and behavioral problems. In 2001, Yasmin and Demarcus went to live with Rose Mae Starnes, their aunt by marriage, and she adopted them in 2006. Starnes stated she loved Yasmin but had trouble dealing with her behavior problems, and occasionally disciplined her by whipping her with a belt or locking her in the basement. In 2007, when Demarcus was 16, Starnes asked him to leave her home. Yasmin was the only child living at the residence at the time of her disappearance. She had been an excellent student in middle school, but when she started high school she got poor grades. Jimmie Terrell Smith and his father lived in the second-floor apartment in Yasmin's building at the time of her disappearance. His father was friends with Starnes. Smith moved into the building in 2005, after he was paroled from prison where he had been serving a sentence for attempted murder. Following his release he was arrested six times and he admits he was always armed and sold drugs near Yasmin's apartment. He reportedly took an interest in Yasmin, and she mentioned him twice in her diary. Starnes didn't tell the police that Smith was living in her building until 2009, when he was arrested for raping five females, including two 14-year-old girls he allegedly kidnapped. In a press interview from jail, Smith said he knew what happened to Yasmin and he was responsible for four murders he hadn't been charged with. This information hasn't been confirmed. Yasmin's case remains unsolved and foul play is suspected. If you have any information concerning Yasmin's case, please contact: Chicago Police Department 312-746-8365 Sharing generates awareness, Awareness generates support, Support generates HOPE. The Charley Project http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/a/acree_yasmine.html Missing Loved Ones of Illinois http://mloillinois.blogspot.com/ NamUs MP#2708 https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/2708/29/

Day 99. Abigail Hernandez, 15, disappeared from North Conway, NH on October 9, 2013. Last seen leaving Kennett High School, on foot. Today, Zenya sent out a video message to her daughter, hoping that Abby will see it. She wants Abby to know how much she misses and loves her. How worried she is. That she is working every single day to find her and bring her home. We NEED this video shared to as many people as possible! The more pages it's on, the more chances of Abby seeing it. PLEASE SHARE!!! ‪#‎bringabbyhome‬ Link to video... http://bit.ly/LeluGM

http://www.azfamily.com/news/Tucson-police-seek-new-information-on-abduction-240368131.html http://www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMC/1193092

UPDATE!!!!! TUSON POLICE SEEK NEW INFORMATION ON ABDUCTION (January 15, 2014) Dozens of police officers knocked on doors in a Tucson neighborhood Wednesday in hopes of finding new information in an investigation of a 6-year-old girl who was abducted more than 18 months ago. The door-to-door effort by about 50 officers in Isabel Mercedes Celis' neighborhood wasn't prompted by new leads. Instead, it was intended to seek out information that might not have been revealed when investigators first flooded the area after the child's April 2012 disappearance, police spokesman Sgt. Pete Dugan said. "It's a reconnect to see if there is anything new out there," Dugan said. Authorities have been searching for the girl since her father reported her missing. Family members have said they last saw her in her bedroom the night before. A window was later found open with the screen pushed aside. A neighbor said she heard her dogs barking and male voices outside her bedroom window around 6:30 a.m. on the day the girl was reported missing. The neighbor said there were no sounds that indicated a struggle. The girl's mother, Rebecca Celis, said she was pleased that police were still investigating her daughter's disappearance. "We are happy they are trying to get new eyes on the case," the mother said. Police have declined to say whether they have a suspect in the case or whether the child is believed to still be alive. No arrests have been made. They believe the girl was abducted but haven't concluded whether it was done by a stranger or someone known to the family. Still, police say whoever is responsible for the abduction had knowledge of the home's layout. About a month after the child's disappearance, police revealed that her father, Sergio Celis, had been barred from having contact with the girl's two older brothers, but they did not say why. Police spokesman Sgt. Chris Widmer said he didn't know whether Celis' father is still forbidden from having contact with his sons. The state's child welfare agency declined to comment on the case. Sergio Celis didn't immediately return calls seeking comment late Wednesday afternoon. In the weeks after the disappearance, authorities had searched for the child in a 3-square-mile area around her home, including ponds, dry streambeds and empty houses. They also searched her house, but records of that search have been sealed by a judge. The latest police canvass of Celis' neighborhood began at midday Wednesday and will probably continue through Saturday. "This has been an investigation that has never stopped," Dugan said. http://www.azfamily.com/news/Tucson-police-seek-new-information-on-abduction-240368131.html http://www.missingkids.com/poster/NCMC/1193092

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There are at least 85,000 active missing persons cases in this country and 37,000 of them are children under the age of 18. “Don’t assume it couldn’t happen to you.” -John Wlash

MISSING FOR 27 YEARS... Joseph Helt 1/16/87 Ellenville NY

MISSING FOR 27 YEARS... Joseph Helt 1/16/87 Ellenville NY http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/helt_joseph.html I ask that you please share Joe's story. Will you please share? One tip...that's all it takes. Thank You! Joseph was last seen near Sam's Point ice caves in Ellenville NY on January 16, 1987. He and three friends, John LaForge, Wade Marks and Kelly Diaz, were staying at the Mount Cathalia Lodge when they decided to go for a late-night drive in LaForge's Subaru. Joseph was driving when their car got stuck in the snow at approximately 3:30 a.m. The four young men were unable to push the car out and Joseph left the car and went to get help at the village five miles downhill. Diaz and Marks also abandoned the car a short time later, then LaForge left as well, separately from the others. The three other boys made it to safety, but Joseph has never been heard from again. The others assumed he had gone home and didn't realize he was missing until the next day, when LaForge went back to retrieve his car. An extensive search turned up no sign of Joseph. The inclement weather seriously hampered the search efforts; there was a great deal of snow and high winds, and most of the roads on the mountain were impassible. At the time of his disappearance, Joseph worked alongside his mother at the Auction Barn in Napanoch NY. He was interested in rock music, particularly the band KISS. Both of his parents have died in the years since his disappearance, but his aunt and his friends hope he may yet be located. If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: New York State Police Ellenville Office 845-626-2800 In Support of Joe Helt http://www.facebook.com/groups/insupportofjoehelt/?fref=ts Sharing generates awareness, Awareness generates support, Support generates HOPE. NamUs MP#7041 https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/7041/0/