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Do Lisa Irwin's parents appear guilty to you?
1-year-old Lisa Irwin has been missing since October 4th, almost two months ago now. Leads have dried up in the case, and Kansas City police have shut down the command post where investigators had been working exclusively on finding the girl, citing a need to focus on other cases and victims. Lisa’s parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, claim their daughter was kidnapped, and a “mystery man” was allegedly seen with an infant the night Lisa disappeared, but police haven’t fingered anyone for the crime. They did, however, discover a dead body smell in Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin’s bedroom, but the couple have not been charged with any involvement in the baby’s disappearance.
Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin’s guilt regarding the disappearance of their daughter seems to be coming more and more into question, however, at least in the media. The mother of Jeremy Irwin’s eldest son has petitioned for custody of the child, and Gather reports that a custody hearing has been rescheduled for December 7th, since Jeremy Irwin missed the initial hearing on Tuesday. Additionally, the Huffington Post noted today that “the missing baby’s parents requested that supporters stop demonstrating on their lawn.”
Ouch. Continue reading »
Strollerderby reported yesterday on the case of Sky Metalwala, a 2-year-old from Bellevue, Washington, who disappeared from his mother’s car when she left him alone to buy gas. Sadly, this story may be taking an even more ominous turn.
Julia Biryukova left Sky in her unlocked car, walking with her other child one mile to a gas station after she says the car ran out of gas. She told police that when she returned an hour later Sky was gone. Yet her husband, Solomon Metalwala, isn’t buying it.
In an interview with KCPQ-TV, Metalwala said Julia is playing “some kind of game” with regard to her son’s disappearance, and he wonders whether she has something to do with it. He explained that she has mental health problems and alleges that she has even had dreams of killing her children.
Jahessye Shockley's grandmother fights for attention for her missing grandchild.
You know life in America is screwed up when a headline like that sounds like it’s from The Onion, but it’s totally real. Jezebel noted late on Friday that Jahessye Shockley, a 5-year-old black girl from Phoenix, has been missing since October 11, and her grandmother has been pleading for investigators and the media to pay more attention to her case.
It’s especially disconcerting that Shockley’s disappearance has been ignored when viewed in comparison with the coverage of missing baby, Lisa Irwin. Even if you haven’t followed our posts on Irwin’s story, chances are you saw her face while getting groceries or gas this weekend, since “What Happened to Baby Lisa?” is the headline blaring on the front of this week’s People magazine underneath a photo of the 10-month-old. Continue reading »
Family dog believed to have kept toddler alive.
A 22-month-old boy recently wandered off from his South Carolina house wearing only a diaper and a t-shirt. He would spend an entire night in the woods near his house on a night when the temperature dipped into the 40s.
Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews assumed the worst. ”I was with one of my officers talking to the helicopter crew when we got the call, ‘They found him.’ And I was like, ‘Is he alive?’ We worried there was no way, because of the coldness and because he had been out there all night.
“When they said, ‘He’s fine,’ I’m thinking, Wow. How did that happen?” The only thing Kershaw could come up with was the family dog.
Isabella Oleschuk
Police in Orange, CT announced this morning that a missing 13-year-old girl, Isabella Oleschuk, has been found safe. According to officials, Oleschuk was “with a friend and she is okay.” The partially deaf girl had been missing since Sunday. Her parents are about to release a statement on the ordeal. Continue reading »
Isabella Olschuk was last seen on Saturday night at her parent's home in Connecticut
A partially deaf 12-year-old girl in Orange, Conn., has gone missing and the FBI have joined local police in searching for her.
Isabella Oleschuk was last seen on Saturday night at home. Her hearing aid was left behind, which has left those looking for her concerned that she might not be able to hear rescuers calling out her name as they comb the woods with dogs, knock on doors and search by air.
Isabella was reported missing early Sunday morning by her parents. A Silver Alert has been issued, which indicates authorities are characterizing her disappearance as “mysterious,” but not necessarily a kidnapping. (Amber Alerts are issued when an abduction is suspected.) Fliers posted around her hometown say she is an “endangered runaway.” However, some connected to the family say they feel she has been taken.
Those “Have You Seen Me” missing children flyers have been a fixture in our mailboxes for nigh on 25 years now. They were started after Vincent Giuliano, who worked at advertising company Advo, saw a TV movie about Adam Walsh, a high-profile 1980s kidnap, and later murder, victim. He was so affected by the story that he wanted to do something, and he and some coworkers came up with the idea of including flyers with pictures of missing children in their weekly ad packets.
The first child to be featured on those flyers was Cherrie Mahan, an 8-year-old girl who disappeared from her school bus stop near her western Pennsylvania home 25 years ago yesterday. Continue reading »
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