Yansis Juarez now missing 4 years, Miami, Florida

Here is Yansis' Charley Project profile(http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/j/juarez_yansis.html), as well as photos showing her with differing amounts of make-up.

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: May 5, 2002
from Miami, Florida
Classification: Endangered Runaway
Date of Birth:
August 16, 1986
Age: 15 years old
Height and Weight: 4'10 - 5'0, 90 -
110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black hair, brown eyes. Juarez
has several piercings, including her ears, right eyebrow, and tongue. She is a
native of Nicaragua. Juarez speaks fluent Spanish and poor English.
Clothing
Description: A black sweater and shirt.

Details of
Disappearance
Juarez was last seen leaving her home in Miami, Florida on May
5, 2002. She carried a small backpack at the time. She said she was going to a
friend's home, but never arrived there. She left a note of farewell behind for
her family, but her relatives did not discover the note until several days after
her disappearance.
Juarez has never been heard from again. She is believed
to have left of her own accord and may still be in the Miami area. There have
been several sightings of her around Miami's Metro Rail train stations. Juarez
is affiliated with the gothic sub-culture and frequently wears all black,
gothic-type clothing. Her case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Miami Police Department
305-579-6111

You can also call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
You can print a poster of Yansis here.
About a month ago I had an idea to try to get media coverage for seemingly forgotten missing people on the yearly anniversary of their disappearance. Yansis seems to be one of those people. A while ago she was featured on Nancy Grace, and you can read the transcript at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/20/ng.01.html. I also found a couple older Spanish language articles--one three weeks after she disappeared (http://www.aciprensa.com/notic2002/mayo/notic1562.htm) and one dated May 15, 2003 Other than that, just information on missing persons websites. So, I highly encourage those of you who are reading this to try to lobby for local media coverage--and maybe national, too--of Yansis and other long-term missing people featured on this blog and elsewhere.

Brooke Wilberger: Suspect faces competency hearing

Story from http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=85787.

May 10, 2006
Joel Courtney Doesn't Want A Woman Lawyer
By Brian Barker and
KATU.com Web Staff
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Joel Courtney made a court appearance
in New Mexico on Wednesday for a hearing to determine whether he is competent to stand trial.
Courtney is facing charges surrounding the abduction and rape
of a 22-year-old University of New Mexico student.
He also faces murder
charges in Oregon in the case surrounding the disappearance of Brooke Wilberger.
Although her body has never been found, investigators have charged Courtney
with aggravated murder, kidnapping, rape and sodomy charges in the case.
During Courtney's court appearance on Wednesday, the judge was unable to
determine competency because the accused wanted a new attorney - a man instead
of a woman. There was also talk of hiring an attorney from Portland.

Courtney's attorney, Leanne Kerr, told the judge she was having problems
working with him. "I'm getting zero cooperation from my client," she said.
Is this latest move a delay tactic? The prosecutor in the case believes so.
The longer Courtney stays in New Mexico, the longer he avoids the aggravated
murder charges in the Brooke Wilberger case in Oregon.

You can read more about Brooke Wilberger in my previous post on her at http://betweenlifeanddeath.blogspot.com/2006/02/brooke-wilberger-corvallis-oregon_15.html.

Photos from the Charley Project: Brooke, Joel Courtney.

Coming up on Missing (Week of May 8-15)

Two people whom I have posted about on here are going to be featured on the new episode of Missing. This show profiles real-life missing people and airs on different stations on different days and times, so you will have to find the station nearest you at http://www.usamissing.com/findus.htm.

The two I am talking about are:

Jeromy Childress (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/childress_jeromy.html)

Missing Since: October 17, 2004 from Tillamook County, Oregon
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: September 15, 1973
Age: 31 years old
Height and Weight: 5'10, 170 - 175 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, brown eyes. Childress has
previously fractured some of the fingers on his right hand. His two upper
front
teeth are crooked and the left one is chipped. He has a tattoo of a
dolphin and
the number 14376 on his right shoulderblade and a tattoo of a
rising phoenix on
his left shoulder. He smokes Marlboro Reds cigarettes.
Childress wore a
moustache at the time of his disappearance.
Clothing
Description: A dark
brown Carhartt jacket, size 32x34 stonewashed Levi's
blue jeans, a blue Nike
baseball cap with a lighter blue swoosh on the
front, brown Copeland hiking
boots, a silver Citizen watch with an
eco-drive, and a gold wedding band with
five diamonds set at a diagonal
angle.

and Sofia Juarez (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/j/juarez_sofia.html)

Missing Since: February 4, 2003 from Kennewick, Washington
Classification:
Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: February 5, 1998
Age: 4 years old
Height and Weight: 3'0, 33 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black
hair, brown eyes. Juarez was missing her top four front teeth at the time of her
disappearance. She has a mole under her eye. Her ears are pierced.
Clothing
Description: A red long-sleeved shirt, blue overalls, violet socks, white
Converse sneakers, and gold hoop earrings

For more info on Jeromy and Sofia, go to the links by their names or see my previous posts at http://betweenlifeanddeath.blogspot.com/2006/01/missing-hunter-jeromy-childress.html and http://betweenlifeanddeath.blogspot.com/2006/02/sofia-juarez-now-missing-3-years.html, respectively.
If you have information about Jeromy, please call (503) 812-0112.
If you have information about Sofia, please call the Kennewick Police Department at either (509) 585-4208 or (509) 628-0333. You can also call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).

Other people who will be featured:
Rachel Cooke - Georgetown, Texas
Amber Hoopes - Idaho Falls, Idaho
Mario Cabral - Lawndale, California; may be in Mexico
Michelle Henri - Waynesville, Missouri; may be in Columbia, Missouri
Lawrence Gray - St. Louis County, Missouri
Maria Collazo - Lake Worth, Florida
Dawron Richardson - Arcadia, California
Erica Sanchez - Newburgh, New York
Lindsey Porter, Samuel Porter - Independence, Missouri
Christopher Pierce - Bossier City, Louisiana
Emma Giesing, Nigel Giesing - Largo, Florida
Alexis Patterson - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Samantha Bolonos Lopez, Sara Bolonos Lopez - Randolph, New Jersey; may be in Colombia
George Zelaya - Homosassa, Florida
Anna Rico-Agundiz - Waskom, Texas; may be in Longview, Texas, area
Frances Berrios Cuevas - the Bronx, New York
Melina Martin - Farnham, Quebec, Canada
Robert Vance - Detroit, Michigan
Daniel Yuen - Running Springs, California
Linda Runningbear - Elk Creek, Nebraska
Kiplyn Davis - Spanish Fork, Utah
William "Mike" Hogan - Shrewsbury, Vermont; possible sighting in Ventura, California