Missing in 2006: Lonnett Jackson--Hazelwood, Pennsylvania

Article and picture from http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_110220930.html:

Apr 20, 2006 11:50 pm US/Eastern
City Police Search For Missing
Woman
(KDKA) PITTSBURGH Pittsburgh Police are searching for a woman missing
for over a week.
Forty-six year-old Lonnett Jackson was last seen on April 12th in Hazelwood
near her home on Chaplain Way.
Police say Jackson has threatened suicide in the past and suffers from
severe depression.She is believed to have taken an overdose of pain medication
before leaving home.
She has also been without her daily medication for the past 7 days.
Jackson is described as being an African-American female about 5' 6" tall,
192 lbs. with black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information on Jackson's whereabouts should contact the
Pittsburgh Police Missing Person Squad at 412/323-7141 or the Pittsburgh Police
Headquarters at 412/323-7800.

I have also seen her name spelled as "Lonnet Jackson".

Alicia Markovich now missing 19 years--Blairsville, Pennsylvania

After she walked out during an argument with her dad, did she intentionally run away, or did something more sinister happen? It's now been 19 years, and police do not have solid leads on the disappearance of Alicia Markovich. Read on....

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: April 26, 1987
from Blairsville, Pennsylvania
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date
Of Birth: February 20, 1972
Age: 15 years old
Height and Weight: 5'2,
120 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, blue eyes.
Markovich's ears are pierced.
Clothing Description: A white crop top with
red, yellow and blue stripes, jeans and white tennis shoes.

Details of
Disappearance
Markovich's mother had custody of her in 1987 and they resided
in Windber, Pennsylvania. Markovich was visiting her father at his home in
Blairsville, Pennsylvania on April 26, 1987. She and her father had an argument
regarding her mother's request for additional child support for Markovich at the
time. Her father told authorities that Markovich walked out of his residence
abruptly during the argument and never looked back towards the house. He called
after and told her to return home by 8:00 p.m. Markovich never arrived and has
not been heard from again. She was carrying a pair of purple sunglasses at the
time of her disappearance.
Markovich's case is classified with many law
enforcement agencies as that of an Endangered Runaway, but some investigators
believe she may have not intended to leave voluntarily for an extended period of
time and could have become a victim of foul play. There were no leads in her
disappearance until October 2000, over 13 years since Markovich was last seen.
Her father received an anonymous letter at his home which detailed his
daughter's possible murder and burial location in Pennsylvania. The letter was
postmarked from New Bedford, New Hampshire. Authorities traveled to New Bedford
and questioned the person whose name was written on the return address of the
envelope. The unidentified individual had no knowledge of Markovich's case, nor
was he or she familiar with the Blairsville, Pennsylvania area. The person is
not believed to have been the author of the letter.
Investigators searched
an area identified in the note as Markovich's burial location in late 2000.
Authorities will not specify where the search took place, but did state that the
region was along the Conemaugh River outside of Blairsville. No evidence was
discovered during the initial search, but another attempt may take place
sometime in the future. Investigators are uncertain if the letter was a hoax,
but are exploring all possibilities.
Markovich was a freshman at Windber
High School at the time of her disappearance, and was a member of the school's
track team. Her case remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Pennsylvania State Police
724-832-3288
OR
724-357-1978

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 Alicia here.

Text and photos from the Charley Project (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/markovich_alicia.html): Alicia around the time she disappearance and what she might have looked like at 31.

James Kos now missing six years--Monroeville, Pennsylvania

Have you heard of James Kos? He's been missing six years now, as you can tell from the title. Perhaps if he gets some attention, investigators can at least get some leads in his case, if not find him.
James' info and photo from the Charley Project (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/k/kos_james.html):

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: April 22, 2000
from Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Classification: Missing
Date Of Birth:
January 11, 1958
Age: 42 years old
Height and Weight: 5'7, 132 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Blond hair, hazel eyes. Kos wears
eyeglasses. His nickname is Jim.

Details of Disappearance
Kos was
last seen leaving his place of employment in Monroeville, Pennsylvania on April
22, 2000. He never returned to his residence and has not been heard from again.
Few details are available in his case.

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Monroeville Police Department
412-856-3387

You can print a poster of him at http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200300509W.

Georgina DeJesus now missing two years--Cleveland, Ohio

The following article comes from http://www.newsnet5.com/news/8425249/detail.html. I found it at the Angels Missing forum (http://www.angelsmissing.com/forum/GEORGINA-DEJESUS-MISSING-t36.html).

Sunday Marks 2 Years Since Cleveland Girl Disappeared
UPDATED: 7:03 am EDT
April 3, 2006
CLEVELAND -- Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of the
disappearance of Gina DeJesus.
DeJesus disappeared April 2, 2004, from West
105th Street and Lorain Avenue.
As part of the two-year commemoration, the
family planned to host a candlelight vigil to remember all missing Ohio children
at 5 p.m. Sunday at West 104th Street and Lorain Avenue.
There have been
several tips provided in the case, but they have not led to finding DeJesus.
DeJesus' mother hasn't given up hope that someone might recognize her
daughter's face and come forward with information.
If you have information,
call Cleveland police at (216) 623-5118.
You can also contact the Missing
Children's Task Force at (888)-660-5437.
A $25,000 reward is being offered.

An alternate number for the Cleveland police is (216)-621-1234. You can also call the Cleveland Crimestoppers at (216) 252-7463 or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678). You can also email gdjesus@assistingmissingyouth.com.

More information on Gina from the Charley Project (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/d/dejesus_georgina.html):

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: April 2, 2004 from
Cleveland, Ohio
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth:
February 13, 1990
Age: 14 years old
Height and Weight: 5'1 - 5'3, 130 -
140 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, brown eyes. DeJesus's
nicknames are Gina and Taz. She is right-handed. She has a small scar under her
chin, a light brown birthmark on her right leg, and another birthmark on the
right side of her chest. DeJesus's ears are both pierced once in the lobes, and
she has an additional piercing in the cartilage of her right ear. She is
supposed to be wearing eyeglasses, but they were left behind when she vanished.
Clothing Description: A white or tan shirt, a white or sky-blue sweater or
hooded sweatshirt, black hip-hugger stretch pants or blue jeans with flaired
bottoms, a pale blue or white hooded jacket, pale blue Phat Farm shoes, and
large silver hoop earrings. Photographs of some of the clothing are posted below
this case summary.

Details of Disappearance
DeJesus was last seen
walking home from Wilbur Wright Middle School in Cleveland, Ohio on April 2,
2004. She was in seventh-grade special education classes at the school. She left
the school on Parkhurst Drive at about 2:30 p.m., and walked with a friend to
West 105th Street and Lorain Avenue. DeJesus gave fifty cents to her friend so
the girl could call her mother and ask if they could go to DeJesus's home
together. The mother said no, so the girls parted ways and DeJesus walked at
least one more block on Lorain Avenue before disappearing near a phone booth
(tracker dogs later lost her scent on 104th Street). She has never been heard
from again.
DeJesus was about thirty blocks from her home on West 71st
Street when she vanished. Her mother gave her $1.25 to ride the public transport
bus home, but she decided to walk home instead after giving part of the money to
her friend. When she walked home, DeJesus usually arrived by 3:35 p.m. Her
mother started looking for her at 3:45, and called police at 5:30. Police
initially investigated her disappearance as a runaway case. She was grounded for
two months days before she disappeared, after being caught smoking, and was very
upset because of his. However, her family says that is uncharacteristic of her
especially with her mother's birthday coming up on April 8. Now investigators
are saying there is no evidence that DeJesus left of her own accord; they are
investigating her case as an abduction case.
DeJesus disappeared only a few
blocks from where another teenager, Amanda Berry,
disappeared in April 2003. Berry has not been found and abduction also is
suspected in her case, but investigators have not uncovered any links between
her and DeJesus. They are investigating the possibility that a kidnapping and
rape on March 22, 2004 is connected to DeJesus's disappearance. A teenage girl
said a man abducted her when she was waiting for a bus on west 40th Street and
Denison Avenue in Cleveland. He sexually assaulted her and then released her.
That crime is unsolved and authorities are not sure if it has anything to do
with DeJesus's disappearance.
A week after DeJesus vanished, police
announced that they were seeking a Hispanic man in connection with her
disappearance. He is described as 25 to 35 years old, 5'10 and 165 to 185
pounds, with green eyes, a goatee and a pencil-thin beard. Investigators have
released a composite sketch the individual, which is posted below this case
summary. He was seen near Wilbur Wright Middle school before DeJesus vanished.
He is believed to have been driving a white or light blue car with a unique
bumper sticker; the bumper sticker may have had an image of a wolf on it.
DeJesus is described as naive, friendly and trusting and not streetwise. Her
case remains unsolved.

You can print a poster of Gina here.
Gina's website: http://www.findgeorgina.com/ Here you can download flyers, mailing labels, business cards, and an online banner with Gina's info.

Pictures: Gina (Charley Project); her coat, shirt, and pants(A.M.Y.); her shoes, sketch of possible suspect (Charley Project).

FOUND SAFE: Nicole Marnich

My previous post centered on three girls who have been recovered. You may also notice a fourth girl whose information has been removed from my blog:

Dear Poster Partner:
Nicole Marnich missing from McKees Rocks, PA, has been recovered. Please
discontinue dissemination of this poster. Your participation in this program has
made a valuable contribution to this recovery.
Please remove and discard any posters on this case that you have placed in
public view.
Thank you for your support.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Visit our web site at www.missingkids.com.

(Announcement posted at http://fromwhisperstor.6.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=8352.)
I have seen other NCMEC announcements where they specifically mentioned that a child was found deceased, so it should be safe to assume that Nicole was found alive.

Easter Miracles and Reflections

As I stood and sat in church on Easter Sunday, my thoughts drifted to my missing people. After all, Easter is one of those holidays which are celebrated all over the world. First I thought of three recently located girls whom I have started to consider my Easter miracles:

The previous week I had checked my email and found one from the From Whispers to Roars forum (where I am a member) entitled "The GREATEST News!!". I thought it could be about someone being found alive, and I opened it even though I doubted it would be one of mine. Little did I know:

Hi Everyone,
I am shouting it from the roof tops. Our member kenosp
(Joaquin Burgos) is Claudia Perez's Grandfather. He posted a wondeful message
tonight on the forum. Here's what it said:

"God Bless all of you
for your help, last night Claudia Perez walked right in my door and that was the
mirical I had asked GOD for and got, she's ok and safe thanks each and all of
you for all your great help"


YIPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I am
so thrilled at this news and had to share it with you all.

Claudia
has Officially been moved to Found/Resolved.

And I am sending this
to Grandpa so I will say from us all

WELCOME HOME
CLAUDIA!!!!!!!!!!

Claudia Perez*'s safe return appeared in many places. Several days after Easter I would find an article about it, which I may post in the future. But anyway, on that Easter Sunday I could easily imagine Claudia and her grandfather sitting in church together--maybe at the same time I thought this, since Florida and my home state of Pennsylvania are in the same time zone--while people gave thanks for her homecoming.

My second miracle is not so famous. One day I was looking over old entries and noticed that Liliana Ivette Brito's picture no longer showed up. I could no longer find her on the NCMEC website, so I started wondering if she had been found. Finally, the day after I found out about Claudia, I read this simple sentence on the National Voice for Children: "Liliana Brito missing from Carpentersville, IL, has been recovered." I have no idea how close it really was to Easter, but she is still worth mentioning.

My third Easter miracle never appeared on this blog except the index. Nevertheless, I have decided to share a note I found on From Whispers to Roars (http://fromwhisperstor.6.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=6501) about Harriett Cossell, missing since January from Uniontown, Pennsylvania:

Dear Poster Partner:

Harriett Cossell missing from Uniontown, PA, has been recovered. Please
discontinue dissemination of this poster. Your participation in this program has
made a valuable contribution to this recovery.

Please remove and discard any posters on this case that you have placed in
public view.

Thank you for your support.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

Visit our web site at http://www.missingkids.com./

I thought of Shasta Groene and Tanya Kach, whose families were probably happy to be able to celebrate Easter with them. And then there were Purvis Parker and Quadrevion Henning. These two missing boys from Milwaukee weren't "my" missing people, but I had gotten to know them through an April 14 story on The Early Show. I also saw the very next day on The Saturday Early Show that two bodies which appeared to belong to children were found in a nearby lagoon. The autopsies were scheduled for that night. Just before Easter! I didn't know that Sunday morning wheter they really were Purvis and Quadrevion**, and their families might not have known yet either, but their holiday was probably marked by pain.

Finally, there are the families whose loved ones are still missing. In particular I thought of the Holloway/Twitty family, probably since I had bought Natalee's father's book the day before, and of Georgina DeJesus, for some unknown reason. Maybe it was because she disappeared in another April, two years earlier. I did not want these and the other families to have to go through another Easter of not knowing. I know it seems a stretch that every single missing person on my index could be found within a year, but surely at least half could be. So please, won't you take another look? And whatever you do, please pray for them. Pray for all of them, that as many as possible can be found while they are still alive. But if it is too late for that, if they are dead, maybe even that would be better than the not knowing.

*In this entry I am refering to Claudia X. Perez, who had been missing from Wildwood, Florida. She is not to be confused with Claudia Veronica Perez of Houston, Texas, who is still missing.

** It was later confirmed that those bodies did belong to Purvis and Quadrevion.

Toni McNatt-Chiappetta--Clairton, Pennsylvania

Here is some proof I found on From Whispers to Roars(http://fromwhisperstor.6.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=8706) that Tanya Kach's story is giving families of long-term missing people hope. The original is available at http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/newssummary/s_439286.html.

Tanya Kach's story resonates with those with missing family
By Jill King
Greenwood
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, April 2, 2006
Leah Keeney's heart stopped when she heard the
story of Tanya Kach.
"It hit way too close to home," said Keeney, whose
little sister, Toni McNatt-Chiapetta, vanished from a Clairton intersection in
1981.
Like Kach, Toni was 14 years old when she disappeared.
But unlike
Kach, who resurfaced March 21 after 10 years -- during which she said she was
held captive in a McKeesport bedroom -- Toni is still missing.
"The first
thing I thought was that this might be what happened to Toni," said Keeney, 46,
who now lives in McKeesport. "I bet she's out there still. My sister didn't just
fall off the face of the earth. Someone knows something."
Kach's story
resonates with relatives of missing children and gives them reason to hope, said
Joann Donnellan, spokeswoman for the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children. Donnellan said families have called the center after hearing about
Kach's re-emergence and wondered whether their children might be in similar
situations.
Donnellan said most runaways, as Kach was, return home within a
few months or, at most, three years. She said the center knows of 14 cases of
children who remained missing for 10 years before resurfacing. Those cases were
classified as runaways or non-family abductions, Donnellan said.
"It is rare
for this to happen, but it does happen," she said. "We never give up hope here.
Our motto is 'Never Forgotten' and a case is never closed here until the child
is found, one way or the other. This Tanya Kach case shows that very
unbelievable things can happen. You have to keep hope alive."
Elizabeth
Smart, the Utah teen who vanished from her Salt Lake City bedroom in June 2002,
is perhaps the best-known example of a child who resurfaced after a lengthy
disappearance. Smart was found alive in March 2003 in the company of a homeless
street preacher who had done work in Smart's home.
Smart, then 14, traveled
to different states with the man, Brian David Mitchell, and his wife, Wanda
Eileen Barzee. Mitchell was wanted for questioning in Smart's disappearance and
someone called police after spotting him with two females in a Salt Lake City
parking lot.
When police questioned the three, Smart wouldn't reveal her
identity. Experts later theorized she was under Mitchell's control and that's
why she didn't try to escape.
When Kach, a troubled teen and frequent
runaway, disappeared, police questioned teachers and staff at Cornell Middle
School, where Kach was an eighth-grader. They interviewed dozens of people. The
FBI got involved.
She was gone, but not far.
For the better part of 10
years, Kach said, she was kept locked in an upstairs bedroom of a Soles Street
home, held captive and sexually exploited by Thomas John Hose, 48, who was a
security guard at what is now Cornell Intermediate School.
Hose was charged
with child sex crimes and faces a preliminary hearing Thursday along with Judith
Sokol, 57, a former McKeesport beautician accused of helping Kach and Hose
conceal their relationship.
Gwen Elliot, a former commander with the
Pittsburgh police who oversaw the family crisis and sex assault unit,
investigated missing persons cases for years. She wasn't involved in the Kach
investigation, but said it seems like police did everything they could to try to
find her.
"If you hide someone well enough, even the police might not be
able to find them," Elliot said.
Keeney said Tanya Kach has given her new
hope that her sister -- who now would be 38 -- is alive somewhere.
"There's
a chance that someone took her, hid her, controlled her and brainwashed her so
bad that she doesn't even know who she really is," Keeney said. "She could be
living somewhere thinking she's someone else and not know that there are people
out there still looking for her, still wanting her to come home. I have to
believe that."

Toni's Charley Project profile
(http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/mcnatt-chiapetta_toni.html):

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: November 5, 1981
from Clairton, Pennsylvania
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: May 31, 1967
Age: 14 years old
Height and Weight: 5'2, 105 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Blonde hair, hazel eyes. McNatt-Chiappetta
has a mole on the left side of her neck. Some agencies refer to
McNatt-Chiappetta as Toni Lynn McNatt.
Clothing Description: A black jacket
with Clairton Band imprinted on the back and Toni imprinted on the front and
orange trim around the waist and cuffs.

Details of Disappearance
McNatt-Chiappetta left her family's residence in Clairton,
Pennsylvania on November 5, 1981. She was headed to an evening rally at her high
school, which was located about two blocks from her home. McNatt-Chiappetta was
last seen walking on Miller Avenue and Mitchell Avenue at approximately 7:15
p.m. She never arrived at the rally and has not been seen again.
Authorities
planned to question Dean Maksin, a former friend and neighbor of
McNatt-Chiappetta's family, in August 2001 regarding her disappearance. Maksin
was charged with sexually assaulting another woman in the area in 2001.
Investigators interviewed Maksin after Chiappetta vanished in 1981, but he was
not considered a possible suspect until after his arrest for the unrelated
charge 20 years later. McNatt-Chiappetta's family said that she would have
trusted Maksin at the time of her presumed abduction. There have been no arrests
in Chiappetta's case.

Investigating Agency If you have any information
concerning this case, please contact: Pennsylvania State Police 412-929-6262

You can print a poster of Toni here. (Before printing, be sure to change your page setup to "landscape", or part of her age progression photo will be cut off.)

Photos from The Charley Project: Toni around the time she disappeared, what she might have looked like at age 37.

Lonene Rogers - Hayfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Lonene's info and photo from the Charley Project (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/rogers_lonene.html):

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: January 7, 1981 from
Hayfield Township, Pennsylvania
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date
of Birth: October 18, 1951
Age: 29 years old
Height and Weight: 5'5, 140
pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Sandy brown hair, gray eyes. Rogers
has a freckled complexion and pierced ears. She has had her tonsils removed.
Clothing Description: Possibly a navy blue peacoat, blue jeans and high
brown boots.
Medical Conditions: Rogers is almost totally deaf and cannot
speak fluently as a result.

Details of Disappearance
Rogers was last
seen at her home in the Littles Corners area of Hatfield Township, Pennsylvania,
ten miles northwest of Meadville, on the evening of January 7, 1981. She got
into an argument with her husband that evening. Later that night, he woke up and
realized Rogers was not in bed with him. He assumed he was asleep on the couch.
When Rogers's husband woke up the following morning, however, he realized she
was not in the house at all.
Rogers left behind her hearing aids, car, and
other personal items. She also left her two young children. The evening she
disappeared, there was a severe snowstorm. Her husband initially assumed she
left of her own accord and would eventually return, but she never did and has
never been heard from again.
Rogers's husband, who is also deaf, cooperated
with the police investigation and is not considered a suspect in her case.
Little evidence is available in her disappearance; it remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case,
please contact: Pennsylvania State Police 814-332-6911

You can also call the Crawford County Crime Stoppers at (814) 337-1111.

Donald Smatlak: NCMA poster

I found out today on From Whispers to Roars(http://fromwhisperstor.6.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=8685) that there is now a poster of Donald available from the National Center for Missing Adults:

Endangered Missing Adult
If you believe you have any information regarding
this case that will be helpful in this investigation please contact: North Versailles Police Department at (412) 823-1111

Name: Donald David Smatlack
Classification: Endangered Missing Adult
Alias / Nickname: Donny
Date of Birth: 1980-07-15
Date Missing: 2006-01-28
From City/State:
North Versailles, PA 15137
Missing From (Country): USA
Age at Time of
Disappearance: 25
Gender: Male
Race: White
Height: 73 inches
Weight: 230 pounds
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Complexion: Light
Identifying Characteristics: Pierced ears, very small
scar on lower left side of lip, tattoo of a Chinese symbol in the center of his
back in black ink, tattoo of his name in Chinese on the middle of his chest in
black ink, tattoo of a Chinese symbol on his right shin in black ink, wears a
goatee, small gap in top teeth, previously broken finger and toe (unknown
which).
Clothing: Usually wears oversized shirts or sweaters, baggy jeans
with a belt, tan boots, suede jacket.
Jewelry: Diamond studs in both ears,
gold chain, gold bracelet on left wrist.
Circumstances of Disappearance:
Unknown. Donald last had contact with family via phone at approximatley 4:00pm
at his residence in the 1000 block of Logan Rd. in North Versailles, PA. He
informed family he was going to visit a friend in Delmont, PA and never made it.
His vehicle, described as a silver four door 2003 Mazda 3, was later found at
Meyran Ave. and Louisa St. in Oakland, PA. He has a medical condition and may
need medication.
Investigative Agency: North Versailles Police Department
Phone: (412) 823-1111
Alternate Phone: (412) 473-3000
Investigative
Case #: 2006-00977
NCIC #: M-645469494

You can print your own at http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200604104S.
Donald's website: http://www.writesolutionsinc.com/index1.html (On there his name is spelled "Smatlak", so I am leaving that spelling in the title of this post.)

Audrey May Herron's story in psychic series

For quite a while now, Project Jason's Voice for the Missing blog has been featuring stories on psychic involvement in missing persons cases. Some of them featured guest writers talking about their own experiences, and the most recent one was Audrey May Herron's best friend, Marie Parker. She talked about the experience she had on the Montel Williams show during an episode with notorious psychic Sylvia Browne. Read her post at http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/33106-pmp-sylvia-and-friends-part-ii.html. It includes a link to to video of the episode from their website.
For more info on Audrey, see my previous post on her at http://betweenlifeanddeath.blogspot.com/2006/03/audrey-may-herron-florida-story-false.html. The photo accompanying this post comes from the Charley Project, which features a complete profile of Audrey at http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/herron_audrey.html.

All posts in the series are prefaced by the initials "PMP" for your reference. All of them are written by Kelly Jolkowski, mother of missing Nebraska man Jason Jolkowski and founder of Project Jason, unless otherwise noted. A complete list of the ones so far:
1. intro (also includes a list of all the posts in the series): http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/30606-pmp-introduction-to-psychics-and.html
2. http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/3706-pmp-laying-groundwork-vulnerable.html
3. a guide to terminology used by psychics: http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/30806-pmp-laying-groundwork-primer.html
4. Psychics trying to "help" find Jason Jolkowski: http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/31106-pmp-first-of-many-part-i.html
5. continuation: http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/31306-pmp-first-of-many-part-ii.html
6. another psychic trying to "help" in Jason's case http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/31506-pmp-guarantee.html
7. guest written by Catherine a member of the James Randi Foundation, which investigates psychics http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/31606-pmp-personal-journey-from.html
8. guest written by Janice Smolinski, mother of missing Connecticut man William "Billy" Smolinski, Jr. http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/31706-pmp-business-of-preying.html
9. yet another psychic trying to help find Jason Jolkowski: http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/32006-pmp-shovel-lady.html
10. and still another...: http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/32106-pmp-not-psychic-part-i.html
11. continuation: http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/32206-pmp-not-psychic-part-ii.html
12. guest written by Luke T., another member of the James Randi Education Foundation http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/32306-pmp-but-news-said-psychics-are.html
13. guest written by Dana Ames, co-founder of United Response Search and Rescue Team; first one on Sylvia Browne: http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/2006/03/33006-pmp-sylvia-and-friends-part-i.html

Please note the disclaimer featured in the posts:

We understand that many people believe that psychics are effective in
solving crimes and finding missing people. Please keep in mind that the goal of
this series is to help families understand techniques used by persons making
these claims and make better decisions about the use of psychics. Project Jason
and its volunteers cannot act as a clearinghouse for persons claiming success in
using paranormal means to locate missing persons. We will be unable to respond
to emails or other correspondence sent to us from persons making these claims or
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Tanya Kach: Both suspects out on bail

A week after she was miraculously found (yes, it is a miracle even if it was she herself who came forward), developments in Tanya Kach's case continued to make headlines.
For instance, a hairdresser was being sought as an accomplice, and I was happy to see that she turned herself in (http://kdka.com/topstories/local_story_086143911.html):

Hairdresser In Kach Case Turns Herself In
Judy Sokol charged as an
accomplice in the sexual assault
Lynne
Hayes-FreelandReporting

(KDKA) North Versailles A hairdresser was
arrested Monday on sex charges for her role in allegedly helping a middle-school
student run away with a school security guard accused of having sex with the
girl.Judy Sokol, 57, of Duquesne, was arraigned on charges of statutory sexual
assault and three counts of involuntary deviate sexual assault. She was being
held at the Allegheny County Jail on $10,000 bail.Sokol had been wanted in
connection with the case of Tanya Nicole Kach, who ran away from home in 1996
and said she went to live with Thomas Hose, who was 24 years older than her.
Kach resurfaced last week after telling a deli owner that she had been living
with Hose for the past decade against her will.In arrest warrants issued last
week, authorities said Sokol cut and dyed Kach's hair to help conceal her
identity in 1996. Sokol told authorities she allowed Hose and Kach to use her
home, where they had sex for the first time, according to her arrest
affidavit."The affidavit does not allege that she was involved in sexual
behavior with a minor," Sokol's attorney, Angela Carsia, told reporters after
the woman's arraignment.Under questioning from detectives, however, Sokol said
she knew Hose was involved in an "inappropriate" relationship with Kach,
according to court documents.A preliminary hearing for Sokol was scheduled for
April 3.Earlier Monday, a judge increased bail for Hose, 48, of McKeesport. Hose
can leave jail only if he posts $10,000 bail, up from $2,000, wears an
electronic monitor and stays away from Kach , the judge ruled.Kach told police
last week that she had been living with Hose for a decade. Hose was charged with
statutory sexual assault and three counts of involuntary deviate sexual
intercourse.Kach's parents reported her missing on Feb. 10, 1996 - the same day
she allegedly moved in to a house owned by Hose's parents.Stay with KDKA for
more information on this case.

Days later, however, something not so happy--both of them managed to raise $10,000 each for bail (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06088/677609-55.stm):

Suspected captor of teen girl released to house arrest
Wednesday, March
29, 2006
By Jonathan D. Silver and Steve Levin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tony Tye, Post-GazetteThomas Hose walks past reporters
outside the Allegheny County Jail.Click photo for larger image.
Thomas J.
Hose left jail yesterday, stepped into his attorney's car and was chauffeured to
his parents' home in McKeesport, where he will remain under house arrest until a
hearing on charges that he molested a teenage runaway.
Earlier in the day,
Mr. Hose's accuser, Tanya Kach, was reunited with the McKeesport convenience
store owner in whom she confided her true identity and secret history last week.
Miss Kach, 24, told Joseph Sparico of JJ's Deli Mart that she was
masquerading as Nikki Allen and had been held in captivity for a decade by Mr.
Hose, a onetime security guard at Cornell Middle School.
Mr. Hose, 48, is
charged with statutory sexual assault and three counts of involuntary deviate
sexual intercourse. Police said he had carried on a sexual relationship with
Miss Kach since she was 14. A hairdresser named Judith Sokol, 57, has been
charged as Mr. Hose's accomplice.
Police have charged that Miss Kach
arranged in 1996 with Ms. Sokol to run away from home and stay at Ms. Sokol's
home before joining Mr. Hose at his house.
Investigators also charge that
Ms. Sokol cut and dyed Miss Kach's hair to change her appearance and allowed Mr.
Hose and Miss Kach to use her house to have sex.
Ms. Sokol posted her
$10,000 bond last night and was released from the Allegheny County Jail, her
attorney said.
Ms. Sokol, who surrendered to police Monday, was charged with
three counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and one count each of
statutory sexual assault, which applies to a person younger than 16; indecent
assault; endangering the welfare of children; and corruption of minors.
Although Mr. Hose has not been charged with imprisoning Miss Kach,
investigators accused him of keeping her as a psychological captive in the home
he shares with his parents and his son.
On Monday, Mr. Hose's bond was set
at $10,000 straight. The bond was posted that afternoon, and the pretrial
electronic monitoring that was a condition of bail was ready to go yesterday.
"I saw him this morning around 9:30, and he was very anxious to get out, as
you would be," defense attorney James Ecker said upon arriving at the Allegheny
County Jail. "He's looking forward to getting home with his mother and dad, who
are elderly and sick."
Mr. Hose walked out of jail around 1:30 p.m., looked
straight ahead and ignored reporters' questions.
A half-hour later, Mr.
Ecker pulled up in his black 2006 Cadillac at 1002 Soles St., the home of Howard
and Eleanor Hose. Neither attorney nor client spoke as they entered the house.
A few minutes later, Mr. Ecker emerged from the house and spoke briefly.
"He's home. He's very happy to be home," the attorney said, adding that Mr.
Hose embraced his parents upon entering the house.
A woman who answered the
phone at the home declined comment.
Mr. Hose's preliminary hearing is set
for April 6.
"It's pretty obvious there's two sides to every story," Mr.
Ecker said.
So far, Mr. Hose's side of the story has not been told, and Mr.
Ecker has declined to provide any details.
Wayne Washowich, president of the
McKeesport Area school board, described Mr. Hose as a popular employee.
"They liked him over there. They thought he was one of the greatest guys
around. My understanding was the kids all loved him, and the teachers all liked
him," Mr. Washowich said. "He was very polite. It's very confusing to
understand."
Parents of students at Cornell Middle School in McKeesport said
yesterday their children mentioned Mr. Hose by name to them even before his
alleged role in Miss Kach's disappearance and detention became public.
The
mother of an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Cornell, who asked not to be
identified, said her son told her Mr. Hose made a point of showing students that
he had money.
The son said Mr. Hose liked to flash a 3-inch-thick wad of
bills in front of students. He occasionally bought students lunches and seemed
to hover around the girls, the sixth-grader said.
"He was always tapping
them" on the shoulder, the boy said. "He would just tap them and then he walked
away."
The student also said sometimes the boys would be talking among
themselves when Mr. Hose would suddenly appear.
"You could be talking about
something and he'd come behind you and butt in," the student said. "He always
used to brag about his wife and his girlfriend and his son. He would say he buys
a lot of things."

I remember thinking back when his bail was only $2,000 (hey, it was just this week or last) that they really needed to succeed in raising it. Let's face it: most people have at least $2,000 sitting in the bank, and, if not, they could easily come up with it. Apparently it was about as easy for Mr. Hose to raise $10,000. We have yet to see whether wearing a tracking device and keeping his distance will really be enough.

Natalee Holloway: New search, other developments

In the past week or two, the investigation into what really happened to Natalee Holloway has been generating headlines again.
First and foremost, police are going to conduct another search of the sand dunes in northern Aruba (story here):

Sources: Search Resuming For Natalee
March 29, 2006
(CBS) CBS News has learned that authorities in
Aruba are resuming the search Wednesday for missing Alabama teenager Natalee
Holloway. The lead investigator in the case calls this the "critical last phase"
of the search. Holloway vanished nearly 10 months ago while on a high school
graduation trip. 48 Hours Mystery correspondent Troy Roberts told The Early Show
co-anchor Julie Chen Wednesday that Aruba's Deputy Police Chief, Gerald Dompig,
is hoping new clues help authorities find her. "They're bringing in cadaver dogs
from Holland to search the dunes, and also the beach area near the Marriott
hotel, where the prime suspect, Joran van der Sloot, said he last saw Natalee," Roberts said (video). "They're also bringing in
ground radar equipment that was used to try to find mass graves in Bosnia. And,
finally, they're comparing satellite images of this area taken before Natalee
disappeared last May and photos taken (more recently) to see if there's, like, a
shift or something peculiar, changes in the landscape, to help pinpoint a burial
location." This is costing lots of money, Roberts pointed out, adding: "They've
looked at this area before, but what they're doing is acting on a tip that they
received a couple of months ago from an anonymous tipster, they believe from
outside of Aruba, either Colombia or Venezuela. This person was privy to details
about the circumstances surrounding Natalee's disappearance that had not yet
been made public. "They're using that information along with new clues developed
by the FBI and the Dutch forensic institute." The tipster may have been an
eyewitness to Natalee's burial, Roberts says. Dompig informed
Roberts that, "The information this person gave was too specific to just be
a story that was just made up by somebody." Roberts says Dompig told him this is
the "critical last phase" of the search. "So," Roberts said, "I think they're
just gonna go for it." Officials tell Roberts the renewed search should take
three or four days, but Roberts says that may be ambitious because, "This area
is the size of like six to eight football fields." Dompig has described the task
before searchers as "worse than looking for a needle in a haystack." Also, the
strong winds by the dunes could make it much more difficult for the dogs to pick
up any scents, Roberts said.

You can read the full 48 Hours story by clicking the link labeled "informed Roberts".
The statement on Texas Equusearch's website suggests it is prepared in case this turns out to be yet another dead end:

Dave Holloway wanted Texas EquuSearch to express the family's appreciation to
those that continue to support the search for their beloved Natalee. He wanted
you to know that we are currently on standby as we await Aruba PD's search of
the sand dune areas. After that area is cleared, TES will be returning to Aruba
to finish the search of the ocean. Dave feels this case will be resolved and
that no one intends to give up until Natalee is brought home

Second and more recently, police have a new plan to generate leads: A re-enactment of Natalee's last hours will be aired on Dutch television (http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060330/aruba.shtml):

Aruba seeks clues in Holloway case with re-enactment show
By Margaret Wever
Associated Press Writer
ORANJESTAD, Aruba — Police have been dispatched from
the Netherlands to assist in the search for missing American teenager Natalee
Holloway, including a televised re-enactment of her last known hours on the
island, officials said Wednesday.
The Dutch television program, to air on
April 11 in Aruba and the Netherlands, will trace her movements on the Dutch
Caribbean island and offer a toll-free, multi-lingual hot line for people to
call with tips, the Aruba Public Prosecutor's Office said.
Holloway of
Mountain Brook was last seen on May 30, the final night of her high school
graduation trip to the island.
Investigators believe there are people on the
island who have important information about the case but have not yet come
forward, the prosecutor's office said in a statement.
The program,
"Opsporing Verzocht," which translates as "Arrest Requested," has helped
authorities solve 30 percent of cases it has featured over the past 22 years,
the prosecutor's office said.
Dutch police spokesman Ed Kraszewski confirmed
that a group of police officers went to Aruba from the Netherlands to help in
the Holloway case, but wouldn't give details.
Dutch Marines, the FBI and
hundreds of volunteers have previously searched for Holloway, who was 18 when
she disappeared.
Aruban Deputy Police Chief Gerald Dompig said on Friday
that searches for Holloway's body were ongoing and would continue through the
coming weeks in sand dunes along the island's northern tip and a salt pond near
the hotel where she stayed.
Holloway was last seen leaving a bar with three
young men, who were arrested in June and later released after a court ruled
there was insufficient evidence to hold them.

Remember, if you have any additional information on Natalee's disappearance, you call 1-866-SOS-LOST (1-866-767-5678).

Natalee's website: http://www.natalee-holloway.com
You can sign Natalee's guestbook at http://www.nataleeholloway.com/guestbook/addentry.php .
Blogs related to Natalee: http://blogsfornatalee.com
http://joranvandersloot.blogspot.com
Natalee's forum on Websleuths: http://websleuths.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=-1&f=78
Also, wristbands are still on sale to help pay for searches. (I do not know if this includes the police one, but it probably will include the Equusearch one if it becomes necessary.) You can view and order them at http://www.bandsonhand.com/products.php?cat=61.

The photo accompanying this post comes from cbsnews.com. It aired on 48 Hours after the FBI discovered it on a classmate's camera. It is a close-up from the last known photo of Natalee, taken at Carlos 'n Charlie's the night she disappeared.

Another Cherrie Ann Mahan age progression

You will notice that the post prior to this one was about a girl named Tanya Kach who was miraculously found alive near Pittsburgh, PA, after being missing for ten years. Cherrie is from the same area and has been missing longer, but Tanya's story reminds me that there is hope for long term missing people. Cherrie is already considered abducted, whereas we did not know Tanya was being held against her will until she was found yesterday. This week I saw on the Crimeshots forum that there is a different age progression of what Cherrie might look like. (This one is of her at 22, whereas the other was at 27, but to me this one looks more realistic. Still, I will post both progressions here, because, as we learned from Tanya, it is not easy to predict what someone will look like after all these years.)
Here is the info from Cherrie's poster at Findmissingkids.com. (Click here to print your own to put up.)

Case Type: Non Family Abduction

DOB: Aug 14,
1976
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Feb 22,
1985
Race: White
Age Now: 27
Height: 4'2" (127
cm)
Missing City: PITTSBURGH
Weight: 68 lbs (31 kg)
Missing
State : PA
Hair Color: Brown
Missing Country: United
States
Eye Color: Hazel
Case
Number: NCMC601805
Circumstances: Cherie's photo is shown
age-progressed to 22 years. She was last seen getting off the school bus about
100 yards from home. A bright blue 1976 Dodge van with a mural of a mountain and
a skier may be involved in her disappearance. She has pierced ears. She was last
seen wearing a gray coat, blue denim skirt, blue leg warmers and beige
boots.
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pennsylvania State Police - Missing Persons Unit - 1-412-284-8100

For more info on Cherrie, visit my previous post on her at http://betweenlifeanddeath.blogspot.com/2006/02/cherrie-mahan-now-missing-21-years.html

From findmissingkids.com: what Cherrie might have looked like at 22 (top)
From the NCMEC: what Cherrie might have looked like at 27 (middle); Cherrie around the time she disappeared (bottom)

TANYA KACH FOUND SAFE AFTER 10 YEARS

Miracles still happen, folks! This proves that, like Mr. Kach, we should never give up because people can still be found no matter how much time goes by.
Just imagine, I looked at Missing People board at Courttv.com, and right there, near the top, is "Tanya Kach, 14, missing 1996 - Found Safe". The post only had a little bit of the story, and when I went to the link I learned just how miraculous it was:

Girl Missing For 10 Years Shows Up Near Pittsburgh
Kach Was 14 When Last
Seen In McKeesport
POSTED: 11:39 am EST March 22, 2006
UPDATED: 5:24 pm
EST March 22, 2006
MCKEESPORT, Pa. -- McKeesport police said a woman who has
been missing for 10 years -- since she was 14 years old -- has been found safe.
Officials said Tanya Nicole Kach, now 24, was found Tuesday in
McKeesport.
Kach was reported missing on Feb. 10, 1996.
McKeesport police Officer
Joseph Pero said Kach was initially listed as a runaway, but her disappearance
turned into a missing person case.
Kach was reported to be in good condition
and is with family members in Pittsburgh.
Kach told Channel 11 news reporter
Karen Welles that she was held captive by a 37-year-old man.
The suspect
turned himself into police on Wednesday.
Kach said, "I thought I found
someone who loved me and he said he'd take care of me."
Kach said she was
held in a bedroom for 10 years. Kach insisted she wasn't physically or sexually
abused, but she said there was verbal and mental abuse.
"There were times
when I would threaten to leave and there were times he threatened to kill me,"
said Kach.
Kach said after four years of never leaving the bedroom, she was
finally allowed to go out once in a while, but she thinks she was brainwashed
into thinking her parents wouldn't want her back.
"I didn't want to be on
the streets because that's where I thought I'd be. I didn't think I had a home.
That was my home, that was my life," said Kach. "I didn't think anybody cared
because he would tell me, 'Your case is dead, it's cold.'"
Her father, Jerry
Kach, never gave up hope of finding her.
Jerry Kach said, "It was exactly 10
years, one month and 11 days and there wasn't a day that went by that I didn't
think of her."
Officials said the investigation is continuing, but would not
comment further.
Watch Channel 11 News and refresh this page for updates on
this story.

Story from http://www.wpxi.com/news/8186371/detail.html.
The story had a link to info about Tanya on the Charley Project, but I am not including it because I doubt that page will be up very long.
Another story I later found on From Whispers to Roars gives the details of how Tanya was found. (See the original at http://cbs3.com/pennsylvaniawire/PA--MissingGirlFound-dn/resources_news_html):

Suburban Pittsburgh woman found after running away 10 years ago
Wednesday
March 22, 2006
MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) A woman who has been missing for 10
years, since she was 14, was found safe after she revealed her true identity to
a convenience store owner, police said Wednesday.
Tanya Nicole Kach, now 24,
was found Tuesday in McKeesport, where she went missing on Feb. 10, 1996, city
Police Chief Joseph Pero said.
``She was initially listed as a runaway. It
turned from there into a missing person case,'' Pero said.
Joseph Sparico
said Kach had shopped at his convenience store for several months before she
told him Tuesday that her name wasn't Nikki Evans the name Sparico knew her by
and that she was unhappy with her living situation. Sparico's son is a retired
McKeesport police officer and recognized Kach's name.
Sparico notified
authorities, who reunited the girl with her family.
``She's in good
condition. She's with family members in the Pittsburgh area,'' Pero
said.
McKeesport and Allegheny County police were investigating the girl's
disappearance, but they didn't immediately offer other details.

Please, go back and look at the people I have posted on here, and at the many more on my index. At least half of them have not been missing as long as Tanya was, which means there is still hope! Also, please visit sites like the NCMEC, NCMA, and Charley Project (I have links posted to them) to see if there are missing people in your area that I have not listed.
Also, always try to observe their photos carefully, because the resemblance between Tanya and her age progression was not very obvious.

Photo of Tanya today from the WPXI article.
Photos from the Charley Project: Tanya around the time she disappeared; age progression that was done to show what she could look like today.

Georgina DeJesus--Cleveland, Ohio

Found this article today on the angelsmissing.com forum (http://www.angelsmissing.com/forum/GEORGINA-DEJESUS-MISSING-t36.html). The original is at http://www.newsnet5.com/news/8162717/detail.html?rss=nn5&psp=news.

Web Site Launched To Help Find Local Missing Teens
UPDATED: 3:41 pm EST March
21, 2006
CLEVELAND -- The FBI announced in a news release that a new Web site
will be used to help report and find missing children in the Cleveland area.
The Web site is http://www.assistingmissingyouth.com/.
The organization, AMY, will help locate Greater Cleveland children who have
been abducted or missing under suspicious circumstances, apprehend and prosecute
child offenders, and educate the public about stranger abductions.
The Web
site allows the public to contact law enforcement confidentially over the
Internet with information about missing children.
A reward for $25,000 is
currently being offered in the three cases involving Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus
and Amy Mihaljevic.
Tips and information can also be provided by calling
(216) 522-1400.

Here is the AMY profile of Gina
(http://www.assistingmissingyouth.com/caseinfo-georgina.htm):

Georgina Lynn DeJesus
Page Updated: March 03, 2006
Any
information
contact gdejesus@assistingmissingyouth.com
Georgina
Lynn DeJesus was last seen on April 2, 2004, 3:00 PM in the
area of West 105th
and Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. She may still be in
the local
area. Georgina's ears are pierced and she has a second piercing in
the
cartilage of her right ear. She has a birthmark on her right leg and a
birthmark on the right side of her chest. Georgina may go by the nickname
of Gina.
DOBFeb 13, 1990

Sex Female
Missing Date Apr 2,
2004

Race White/Hispanic
Age Now 14

Height 5'1"
(155
cm)
Missing City Cleveland, Ohio

Weight 135 lbs (61
kg)
Missing Country USA

Hair Color Brown

Eye Color
Brown
Case Number NCMC985783



Below are items
of clothing that
Gina was last seen wearing.
Any information, please contact
law
enforcement at 216-522-1400 or
Missing Children's Task Force
P.O. Box
94221
Cleveland, OH 44101

You can also call the Cleveland police at (216) 621-1234, the Cleveland Crimestoppers at (216)252-7463, or the toll-free FBI hotline at 1-888-660-5437.
Additional info from the Charley Project (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/d/dejesus_georgina.html):

DeJesus disappeared only a few blocks from where another teenager, Amanda Berry,
disappeared in April 2003. Berry has not been found and abduction also is
suspected in her case, but investigators have not uncovered any links
between
her and DeJesus. They are investigating the possibility that a
kidnapping and
rape on March 22, 2004 is connected to DeJesus's
disappearance. A teenage girl
said a man abducted her when she was waiting
for a bus on west 40th Street and
Denison Avenue in Cleveland. He sexually
assaulted her and then released her.
That crime is unsolved and authorities
are not sure if it has anything to do
with DeJesus's disappearance.
A
week after DeJesus vanished, police
announced that they were seeking a
Hispanic man in connection with her
disappearance. He is described as 25 to
35 years old, 5'10 and 165 to 185
pounds, with green eyes, which are
uncommon in Hispanics. Investigators have
released a composite sketch the
individual, which is posted below this case
summary.
DeJesus is
described as a naive person who is not streetwise, but
who is friendly and
trusting. Her case remains unsolved.

Gina's website: http://www.findgeorgina.com
You can print a poster of Gina here.

Photos from A.M.Y.: Georgina; clothing she was wearing: her jacket, her sweater, her pants, her shoes.
Composite sketch from the Charley Project.

Jeanne Scrima now missing 26 years, Erie, Pennsylvania

Info and photo from the Charley Project (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/s/scrima_jeanne.html):

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: March 19, 1980 from Knox, New York
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: October 15, 1935
Age: 44 years old
Height and Weight: 5'3, 118 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Dark brown hair, hazel eyes.
Clothing Description: A gold heart-shaped cocktail ring with diamonds on the outside.

Details of Disappearance
Jeanne resided in a farmhouse near Knox-Gallupville Road in Knox, New York. She met her second husband, John Scrima, while she was employed as a restaurant in the New York City borough of the Bronx. Their marriage was troubled by February 1980 and Jeanne planned to file for divorce. She met John Sidney around the same time and the two began having an affair. Sidney's marriage was ending and Jeanne told him that she was divorced from her husband. Sidney resided in Schoharie County, New York and was employed as a General Electric plant designer in Schenectady, New York.
Jeanne and Sidney drove to Erie, Pennsylvania on March 17, 1980. They stayed at the Hilton hotel while Sidney attended to company business. Jeanne told John that she was visiting loved ones in the area. She learned that her husband realized she was having an affair during a phone conversation with her sister on March 18. Jeanne told Sidney that she was still married and needed to return to Knox the following morning. She promised her four children that she would be home by the time they returned from school in the afternoon.
Jeanne departed from Erie during the morning hours of March 19. She was driving her light blue 1977 Lincoln Continental at the time. The car had New York license plates numbered 458LXS. Authorities believe that she arrived at her family's residence in the early afternoon, but her whereabouts after that time period are unknown. Jeanne has never been heard from again.
John failed to report his wife's disappearance to authorities. Her attorney filed a missing person's report after he was unable to contact her by May 4, 1980. Sidney cooperated with the investigation and was eliminated as a possible suspect after passing a polygraph exam. John refused to speak with authorities and retained a lawyer shortly after Jeanne's disappearance was reported. He sold the family's farmhouse and relocated to Esperance, New York in 1981.
Jeanne's vehicle was spotted in Fultonville, New York several weeks after she was reported missing. Investigators determined that the car passed through several owners in Ohio before it was discovered abandoned in Michigan on October 5, 1980. No evidence related to Jeanne's case was found inside the vehicle.
Authorities said that Jeanne told John about her plans to open a restaurant in Ducenesburg, New York with the money she would receive from the sale of their property after their divorce. Investigators said that they wanted to question John about his wife's case, but all attempts have been unsuccessful. There have not been any arrests in connection with Jeanne's disappearance, which remains unsolved. Foul play is suspected in her case.

Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: New York State Police Troop G New Scotland Station 518-768-8162 OR 518-477-9333

Even though Jeanne had been cheating on her husband, she still matters as much as any other missing person. Please call if you know anything that could help police find her.

You can print a poster of Jeanne at http://www.troopers.state.ny.us/Wanted%5Fand%5FMissing/Missing/view.cfm?ID=29&printer.

Audrey May Herron: Florida story false, possible sighting

The good news: Someone might have seen Audrey outside the state of New York. Because the police are not saying which state, I strongly encourage all Amerians to keep on the lookout.
The bad news: The story about a truck driver saying he drove her to Florida--which I just posted yesterday--turns out to be false. I will leave that post up, but I will add an update to it.
Below is the portion of the Albany Times-Union's "Law Beat" which relates to Audrey:

New lead emerges in disappearance of nurse
By CAROL DeMARE, Staff writer
Click byline for more stories by writer.
First published: Thursday, March 16, 2006
State Police are
investigating a new lead -- a possible out-of-state sighting -- in the case of
missing Catskill nurse Audrey May Herron.
Herron, a licensed practical
nurse, was 31 when she vanished 3 years ago after finishing her shift at 11 p.m.
at the Columbia-Greene Long Term Health Care Facility. She said goodbye to
co-workers in the parking lot and drove off in her 1994 black Jeep Grand
Cherokee, heading for home in Freehold, Greene County, about 12 miles away.
Neither she nor her vehicle have been seen since that night of Aug. 29, 2002.
Investigators have pursued numerous leads. Searches by police, family and
friends and local residents shortly after her disappearance turned up nothing.
Police have treated the case as a homicide since her disappearance.
Now
there's something new to look into.
"We're working an out-of-state lead, and
we are speaking to an individual who saw a woman who may look similar to
Audrey," State Police Capt. Wayne Olson said. "We don't have any credible
evidence at all that this is Audrey."
Olson, who heads the Troop F Bureau of
Criminal Investigation, based in Middletown, said the new information "is one of
hundreds of leads that we've followed on this case up to this point, and this is
a lead that is dealt with just like all those others."
He declined to name
the state where the lead originated. Investigators debunked media accounts over
the past couple of days, saying there was no truth to a report that a truck
driver told police recently that he picked up Herron that night and drove her to
Florida.
A year ago this month, investigators looked into yet another lead
that involved contacting Canadian authorities in an attempt to trace the sender
of an e-mail to the Herron Web site from a person purporting to be the missing
mother of three. It proved fruitless.
Those close to Herron have made
efforts to keep her name in the public eye. A $20,000 reward has been
posted.

If you have seen Audrey, call the New York State Police at (518) 622-8600.
Audrey's website: http://audreymayherron.expage.com
Print a poster of Audrey at http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/gallery/ncmaprofile_all.php?A200300201S.

Photo of Audrey from The Charley Project (http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/h/herron_audrey.html). Visit the site for a complete profile and more photos, especially if you think she looks even slightly familiar.
Jeep photo from Audrey's poster.

Nicole Bryner now missing 24 years--Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pictures: Nicole around the time she disappeared; two different possibilities of what she might have looked like at age 26.
Nicole's Charley Project profile and photos:

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: March 11, 1982 from
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of
Birth: February 20, 1979
Age: 3 years old
Height and Weight: 2'6, 35
pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair, brown eyes. Some agencies
may spell Bryner's middle name "Lynne."

Details of
Disappearance
Bryner's mother, Melody Thomas Childs, told authorities that
her daughter was abducted from a shopping cart on March 9, 1982. Childs claimed
that Bryner was sitting inside a cart at a Giant Eagle supermarket store on the
south side of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She stated that when she turned around
for a moment, Bryner disappeared. An extensive search yielded little evidence at
the time and Bryner's case became cold.
Childs's former boyfriend, Timothy
W. Widman, confessed to Bryner's murder four years later in May 1986. He was
imprisoned on burglary charges at the time of his claims. Widman said that he
hit the child and she died as a result of her injuries in March 1982. He claimed
that he and Childs buried her body in a wooded area along Timberland Road in
Brookline, Pennsylvania. A search was conducted in the region for Bryner's
remains, but nothing was located.
Widman was charged with Bryner's homicide
shortly after his confession, but the charges were dropped in 1987. Prosecutors
stated that there was not enough evidence against Widman to support a murder
charge. Childs was arrested in June 1986 and charged with hindering prosecution
and providing false reports to the authorities in connection with her daughter's
disappearance.
The missing child's report date is listed as March 11, 1982,
although Childs claimed Bryner was abducted on March 9. Her case remains
unsolved and continues to be listed as a Non-Family Abduction.

Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case,
please contact: Pittsburgh Police Department 412-255-2888

You can print a poster of Nicole here. (Note: The poster features the shopping cart story and the second age progression.)

Stefanie Mills now missing 4 years, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Photos from the Charley Project: Stefanie around the time she disappeared; what she might have looked like at age 19
Stefanie's Charley Project profile:

Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance
Missing Since: March
7, 2002 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Classification: Endangered Runaway
Date Of Birth: February 24, 1986
Age: 16 years old
Height and
Weight: 5'6, 110 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Black hair, brown
eyes. Mills has a scar on her right forearm. Her ears pierced. Her nickname is
Stef.

Details of Disappearance
Mills was last seen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 7, 2002.
She has never been heard from again. She is believed to have left of her own
accord. Mills may be in the Colorado Springs, Colorado area. Few details are
available in her case.

Investigating Agency If you have any information
concerning this case, please contact: Pittsburgh Police Department 412-665-4000

You can also call the NCMEC at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
You can print a poster of Stefanie here.

Website for Donald D. Smatlak

Donald's family and friends have set up a website for him: http://www.writesolutionsinc.com/index1.html. He has been missing from North Versailles, Pennsylvania since January 28. My previous post on him is available at http://betweenlifeanddeath.blogspot.com/2006/02/missing-in-2006-donald-d-smatlak-north.html.

Photo from his article on PittsburghLive.com.