Black And Missing
LaToya Galloway : Mother of 4 Mysteriously Vanishes After Phone Call To Family
LaToya Galloway, of Upper Marlboro, MD, has been missing since Sept. 20th, 2014.
Update: LaToya Galloway has been found safe
LaToya Galloway
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Case Type: Endangered
Date of Birth: March 11, 1989
Missing Date: September 20, 2014
Age Now: 25
Missing City: Upper Marlboro
Missing State: Maryland
Case Number: 14-266-1648
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Complexion: Dark
Height: 5’1″
Weight: 150
Hair Color: Black
Hair Length: Shoulder Length
Eye Color: Brown
Wear Glasses or Contacts: No
Location Last Seen: At the Wawa on Crain Highway. Her vehicle is a white 4-door 2005 Hyundai with Virginia plates: VAC8660.
Last Seen Wearing: Unknown.
Identifying Marks or Characteristics: Tattoos: “Kenny” on wrist; “Princess” lower back.
LaToya Galloway, of Upper Marlboro, MD, has been missing since Sept. 20th, 2014.
According to her mother, Valarie Bowden, of Fredericksburg, Va., the last time she heard from her daughter was on the afternoon of Saturday, Sept. 20th, after she had been away from home for a couple of days.
Bowden said her daughter told another relative Thursday evening that she would be home Friday after spending the night out with friends.
Friday came and went and Galloway didn’t show up to pick up a relative.
The family had tried earlier and unsuccessfully to file a missing persons report, but were told they had to file in the proper jurisdiction. Bowden says she was recovering from a recent hospitalization and illness and her children didn’t want to worry her.
And then came the call Saturday from a blocked number.
Newsone reports:
“She didn’t sound like herself. She’s normally chipper and outgoing, but she sounded sluggish and scared,” Bowden told NewsOne in an interview. “She said she would be home the next day, but it didn’t sound like how she normally sounds. It sounded like someone was telling her what to say.”
When it became clear that her daughter wasn’t coming home, Bowden began going through her cell phone calls and texts since they share a phone plan. She called some of the last numbers listed and found a man who says he last saw Galloway at the Wawa on Thursday, Sept. 18th.
The man claims he had given Galloway money for gas but that he left when he noticed two men approach Galloway whom appeared to know her.
“He thought they were friends of hers so he says he just left,” said Bowden who says she doesn’t know why her daughter, who worked for a contractor in Fairfax, Va., was in Upper Marlboro.
Bowden says her daughter normally calls if she’s going to stay out overnight with friends and she certainly wouldn’t leave her 4-year-old daughter behind whom she doted on. Her boyfriend is also baffled by her disappearance.
“She would have called and said, ‘I’m not coming home. Here’s the number where I’m at.’ She didn’t do any of that,” said Bowden. “She was very responsible with her daughter.”
LaToya Galloway was missing at the family’s weekly Sunday dinner gathering. “The heartbreak her family is feeling is insurmountable. I can’t take pleasure in anything in my life. Every bite of food, every drink of water, I’m thinking, Does she have these things,” said Bowden.
But she is trying to stay strong for her 4-year-old granddaughter who keeps asking when her mother will return. So far, the family has just told the girl that her mother is out and will be back the next day. But they know that can only work for so long.
“Every night she’s asking for her mother. Now, she’s started singing songs about her mother. She knows something is wrong,” said Bowden.
Bowden says her daughter, the youngest of three girls, grew up as a military brat and may be used to the more insular atmosphere on military bases.
“Sometimes she can be too trusting of others. The world is not like the closed environment on a military base. My fear is she may have trusted the wrong individuals,” Bowden said.
Bowden is doing all she can to help find her daughter. The family recently went to Upper Marlboro to post missing persons fliers and talk to people in the area for clues. Bowden has also turned the cell phone records and other information over to Prince George’s County Police who are investigating the case.
So far, there aren’t many leads. There’s been no activity on Galloway’s bank card or social media accounts. Her phone now just goes to voice mail.
“With each hour she is missing my fears increase for her safety. I feel helpless and powerless,” said Bowden. “If anyone has her, please let her come home. She is a good girl with a family that loves her. If they have any compassion in their heart, they will let her come home and be a Mother to her daughter.”
Black And Missing
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.
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!”
Black And Missing
Baltimore police searching for kidnapped 4-year-old
4-year-old Kaimir Rodgers was reportedly kidnapped in front of his West Baltimore home.
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.
Black And Missing
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.
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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