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Glendale police have set a date to launch a landfill search for the body of Jhessye Shockley

Glendale police have set a date to launch a landfill search for the body of Jhessye Shockley, the 5-year-old who disappeared in early October.

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Police Search for Missing Arizona Girl Jhessye Shockley

Glendale police have set a date to launch a landfill search for the body of Jhessye Shockley, the 5-year-old who disappeared in early October.

Glendale police search details

Crews plan to start the operation at the Butterfield Station Landfill in Mobile on Monday, Feb. 6. While the planning and preparation continues, the Glendale Police Department has identified the people who will be involved and the equipment they will use.

Final preparations for the massive search include scheduling, training and medical screenings for the personnel who will be doing the heavy lifting.

According to Sgt. Brent Coombs of the Glendale Police Department, there will be more than 40 people on site every day of the search, which could go on for several weeks. Sworn officers, detectives, FBI agents and members of the Child Abduction Response Team (CART) will be involved.

Coombs said analysis and research have led investigators to narrow down the search area to a specific area that’s about 1800 feet by 200 feet. This area is more than 20 feet deep and contains about 6,000 tons of trash. According to Coombs, that’s the equivalent of one days’ waste.

The area has been secured and the heavy equipment necessary for the searched will be arriving within the next several days.

The Glendale Police Department announced its decision to search the landfill in early January. The launch date for the search comes nearly a month after that announcement.

She went missing

Jhessye was last seen at her family’s Glendale apartment on Oct. 11, but investigators believe she was killed and her body place in a Tempe trash bin before that. Trash from that area ends up at Butterfield Station.

Officers arrested the little girl’s mother, Jerice Hunter, on Nov. 21, but later released her when the County Attorney’s Office decided it needed more evidence to move forward with any potential prosecution. So far, she has not been charged in connection with her daughter’s disappearance and presumed death.

Hunter, who spent time in prison in California for child abuse, has steadfastly denied any involvement in her daughter’s disappearance, but has not agreed to take a polygraph test.

Her lawyer, Scott Maasen, has repeatedly stated that the police do not have any evidence against his client.

Since Hunter’s arrest, police have said that she is the focus of their investigation.

While police believe they will find Jhessye’s body in the landfill, they have not released any information about what led them there. They also have not said exactly when they believe the little girl was killed.

If investigators are correct in their time line, it’s possible that Jhessye has been in the landfill, which is about an house southwest of Phoenix, for more than four months.

Source – AZ Family


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Marine from Massachusetts goes missing off coast in Puerto Rico

A family is holding out hope after U.S. Marine Samuel Muturi Wanjiru went missing on March 27 off the coast in Puerto Rico.

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Natasha Castillo-Vargas and Corporal Samuel Muturi Wanjiru (Photo Source: GoFundMe)

A family is holding out hope after U.S. Marine Samuel Muturi Wanjiru went missing on March 27 off the coast in Puerto Rico.

Missing details for Marine Samuel Muturi Wanjiru

Corporal Samuel Wanjiru, 26, of Worcester, Mass., was swept away by ocean currents while being in the water at La Pared beach in Luquillo.

The Coast Guard launched helicopters and aircraft to look for Wanjiru, but those search efforts were unsuccessful. The active search was called off on April 1.

At the time of his disappearance, Wanjiru was vacationing with his partner of five years, Natasha Castillo-Vargas.

Castillo-Vargas, her father, and Wanjiru’s mother are still in Puerto Rico, returning to the beach daily where Wanjiru went missing, continuing to look for him.

GoFundMe

She has since started a GoFundMe campaign to help the family with expenses and search efforts while they remain in Puerto Rico.

“Samuel’s mother and I are trying to get as much resources and help as we can because we will not give up hope in finding our Samuel. Please, anything anyone can help with would be most appreciated.”

In addition to donations, the family asks the public for prayers and love during this “devastating and heart aching time.”

“We are firm believers in God as Samuel is too and we have faith that he will be found. Thank you for your support!”


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Baltimore police searching for kidnapped 4-year-old

4-year-old Kaimir Rodgers was reportedly kidnapped in front of his West Baltimore home.

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Kaimir Rodgers (Photo Source: Baltimore Police)

Update: The search for 4-year-old Kaimir Rodgers has been called off. Baltimore police say he was found safe and unharmed at a family member’s home in Baltimore County.

Detectives are still investigating it as a kidnapping.

Authorities in Baltimore are seeking the public’s help in finding 4-year-old Kaimir Rodgers.

4-year-old Kaimir Rodgers is missing

According to police, Kaimir was taken from his family’s home in the 1900 block of Ruxton Avenue in West Baltimore on Tuesday. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt.

Police shared a video of the child being carried away by a person wearing light gray sweatpants, a dark gray hoodie and pink sneakers.

The person is seen accompanied by two other people, according to police. One is dressed in all black and the other is seen wearing a light gray sweatshirt, dark gray pants and a black ski mask.

Information on his disappearance

If you have any information on Kaimir’s whereabouts and the identities of those who took him, call 911 or Baltimore detectives at 410-396-2477.


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FBI offers $15K reward in search for missing 12-year-old girl

The FBI is seeking the public’s help in locating 12-year-old Lori Paige.

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Lori Paige

The FBI is seeking the public’s help in locating 12-year-old Lori Paige.

Missing details

Lori went missing from Tallahassee, Floria on June 3, 2023.

Authorities is offering $15k on any information on Lori’s disappearance.

“The FBI will stop at nothing to protect kids, and we are fully committed to helping our partners at Tallahassee Police Department exhaust every investigative resource in the search for Lori Paige,” FBI Jacksonville Acting Special Agent in Charge Mark Dargis told WTXL news station.

“We encourage everyone to keep an eye out for this young lady, and help us bring her home.”

According to the FBI, Lori has ties to or may visit Tallahassee, Florida; Tampa, Florida; Thomasville, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee.

Authorities are taking the missing case seriously, statimh in a media advisory on Feb. 1 that TPD’s Special Victims Unit is continuing to “tirelessly explore every lead and resource to locate [Lori Paige].”

“The length of time that has passed and her young age only heightens our concerns for her well-being,” the statement said.

“Despite our persistent efforts, Lori remains out of contact with her family and friends. However, we remain committed to bringing her home safely.

About Lori Paige

The 12-year-old was a student at Griffin Middle School.

She was last seen on June 3, 2023 in the 1200 block of Continental Ct in Tallahassee.

She is described as a dark-skinned Black female with shoulder length locs, black hair, brown eyes and weighs about 120 pounds.

Police said that it is unknown what she was wearing when she was last seen, but she may have had a multicolored backpack.

Police are asking anyone with information that could lead to Lori’s recovery to contact TPD at 850-891-4200.


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