CUE Center's 2008 On the Road to Remember Tour update

Among the many missing persons (and a few homicide victims) who are being included in the tour are a few that have been posted on this blog: Audrey May Herron (from Catskill, New York), Audrey Lyn Nerenberg (from Brooklyn, New York), William "Billy" Smolinski, Jr. (Waterbury, Connecticut), Cynthia Day (East Saint Louis, Illinois), and Jason Jolkowski (Omaha, Nebraska). In total there are 110 missing people and six murder victims featured.

So far there are stops planned in the states of North Carolina, West Virginia, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Tennessee.

For a complete list of both stops and featured people, as well as some background information on the event, see http://www.angelsthatcare.org/OTRT__List_and_Info.doc.

Note: Locations for missing people are according to those given in the document, so they may different from what is stated elsewhere on this blog.

Gina DeJesus: New age progression

Earlier this year, the FBI had released to the media an age progression of how Gina might look now, in case that would help someone recognize her. Now the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has an age progression featured on Gina's poster, but it looks quite different than the FBI's.

Endangered Missing
GEORGINA DEJESUS
DOB: Feb 13,1990
Missing: Apr 2, 2004
Age Now: 17
Sex: Female
Race: Hispanic
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
Weight: 135 lbs (61 kg)
Missing From:
CLEVELAND
OH
United States
Age Progressed
Georgina's photo is shown
age-progressed to 17 years. She was last seen on April 2, 2004. Georgina may
still be in the local area. Her ears are pierced and she has a second piercing
in the cartilage of her right ear. Georgina has a birthmark on her right leg and
a birthmark on the right side of her chest. She may go by the nickname Gina.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Cleveland Police Department (Ohio) 1-216-621-1234

You can print your own poster of Gina here.

Here is the FBI's age progression of Gina, from http://www.newsnet5.com/news/10989551/detail.html; hopefully one of the age progressions will be close enough to Gina's actual appearance:

Gina's website: http://www.findgeorgina.com/

Guestbook for messages to Gina's family: http://www.findgeorgina.com/gb/guestbook.php

You can "adopt" Gina through Project Jason's Adopt a Missing Person program. For more information, visit http://www.projectjason.org/adopt.html.

Georgina DeJesus: Photo and AP to be shown during NBA finals!

It sounds like this must have happened this week. I do not know if people watching the game at home were also able to see this information. Either way, hopefully this helped provide leads to help find Gina and Mandy!

Article from http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=69609&provider=gnews. 2004 photo (left) from newsnet5.com. Age progression (right) from the Cleveland Free Times.

NBA and Cavaliers with the assist for two Cleveland families
Paul Thomas
Created: 6/13/2007
11:20:39 PM
Updated:6/14/2007 12:01:50 AM
CLEVELAND -- All eyes are on
Cleveland for the NBA Finals.
And the families of two missing girls hope
more eyes will help in the search for their loved ones. 14-year-old Gina Dejesus
disappeared while walking home from school three years ago. Amanda Berry
vanished after leaving her job in 2003.
Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena, the photos of both girls, along with
age progression pictures of how they may look currently, will be played on the
Cavaliers scoreboard.
"I thanked them from the bottom of my heart," said Nancy Ruiz, mother of
Gina Dejesus. "They've given me this chance, this hope."
The photos will be shown before the game and at halftime. And fliers with
the girls' information will be taped to the arena's doors.
A friend of both families wrote a letter to the Cavaliers asking for
permission to post Amanda's and Gina's photos. The Cavaliers and NBA officals
gave their approval.
"You never know," Ruiz said. "If somebody just sees these girls or saw my
baby, to call and help me bring my baby home. Both of them."

If you know anything about the disappearances of Georgina Lynn DeJesus or Amanda Marie Berry, please call the Cleveland Police Department at (216) 621-1234, the Cleveland Crimestoppers at (612) 252-7463, the FBI Missing Children's Task Force at 1-888-660-5437, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).

You can print a poster of Gina DeJesus here (does not include age progression) and a poster of Amanda Berry (includes age progression) here.

Gina's website: http://www.findgeorgina.com/
guestbook: http://www.findgeorgina.com/gb/guestbook.php
Amanda's website: http://www.amandaberry.net/
guestbook: http://www.amandaberry.net/cgi-bin/guestbook.cgi

Both Amanda and Gina are available for you to "adopt" through Project Jason's Adopt a Missing Person program. For more information, visit http://www.projectjason.org/adopt.html.

Georgina DeJesus now missing 3 years, Cleveland, Ohio

Again, I do not believe in psychics. Anyway, the woman has a 50-50 chance of being right: Either Gina knew her kidnapper or she didn't. And it is definitely possible that she did know him/her.
The image on the left is from the same article and shows Gina around 2004. The picture on the right is from The Cleveland Free Times and shows how Gina might look now if she is still alive.
From http://www.newsnet5.com/news/11491977/detail.html:

Psychic Says Gina DeJesus Knew Her Kidnapper
Gina Disappeared 3 Years
Ago
POSTED: 7:33 am EDT April 2, 2007
CLEVELAND -- A psychic was called in
to help find a missing Cleveland teenager.
Gina DeJesus vanished three years
ago today while walking home on the city's west side. She went missing April 2,
2004, from West 105th Street and Lorain Avenue.
Gale St. John from northwest
Ohio believes Gina knew her kidnapper and felt comfortable with the person.
She said it's up to everyone to help with the search.
"We are hoping to
get more and more community involved in cases like this to help. We need to find
the missing people across the U.S.," St. John said.
Images:
Missing Persons
The psychic is also helping out with the search for other
northeast Ohioans who are missing.
There have been several tips provided in
the case, but they have not led to finding Gina.
Her 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.

A more recent update from http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=68090&provider=gnews:

Home videos may help find missing girls
Caitlin Kollar
Created: 5/20/2007
10:48:47 PM
Updated:5/21/2007 6:37:43 AM
CLEVELAND -- Their names are
Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus. One was coming home from work, the other from
school, but neither made it.
You've seen their posters and know their names,
but now a never before look into the lives of two girls who vanished without a
trace.
Until now these home videos were just private family memories. Now
investigators hope they will be the missing link they need to solve these cases.
Chances are you've seen the pictures of Amanda Berry and Gina Dejesus on
your TV more have than once. Now there is home video of Amanda and video of Gina
too.
Both families provided us with a copy of their precious moments.
Gina's family and her sister hope the tapes might get someone watching to
remember something.
Gina vanished April 2, 2004. Amanda disappeared a year before on April 21,
2003. Both girls were last seen walking across the street from this parking lot.
The years have been tough on the families and on investigators too who
think home video like this might help.
Any information on the cases is much appreciated. What is not appreciated
is intentional wrong information which has come in and slowed down the
investigations.
Now the hope is this home video will make someone remember something they
weren't sure about in the past and force someone to do the right thing.
With the anguish and frustration of living without Gina and Amanda, both
families trust investigators are doing all they can.
May 25, marks the 25th National Missing Children's Day.

There is also a much longer article at http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/1/whatever-happened-to-gina-mandy that gives more background information on the two girls, along with a psychic's story on what happened to Amanda Berry and a map showing the routes both she and Gina took on the days they vanished.

You can print a poster of Gina DeJesus here (does not include age progression) and a poster of Amanda Berry (includes age progression) here.

Gina's website: http://www.findgeorgina.com/
guestbook: http://www.findgeorgina.com/gb/guestbook.php
Amanda's website: http://www.amandaberry.net/
guestbook: http://www.amandaberry.net/cgi-bin/guestbook.cgi
Both Amanda and Gina are available for you to "adopt" through Project Jason's Adopt a Missing Person program. For more information, visit http://www.projectjason.org/adopt.html.

Jeanne Scrima now missing 27 years, Erie, Pennsylvania

Note: Am currently having problems with blockquote featured, so quoted information appears in purple text between dotted lines.

(Jeanne Marie Scrima was living near Knox, New York, when she disappeared, but she was last confirmed to be in Erie, Pennsylvania.)

Photo and information from the Charley Project:

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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: Caucasian female. Dark brown hair, hazel eyes.
Clothing/Jewelry 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

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You can also submit tips online by emailing crimetip@troopers.state.ny.us.

I have yet to find an actual poster of Jeanne, but her New York State Police page seems concise enough for that function. You can print it off at http://www.troopers.state.ny.us/Wanted_and_Missing/Missing/view.cfm?ID=227160bb-5ee9-4db2-a5b7-a073a35d5370

Georgina DeJesus: New age progression

Personally, I do not see much difference between the age-progressed photo (at right) and the photo of Gina in 2004 (at left). Hopefully, though, if she is still alive, the new photo will help the right person to recognize her.

Story and age progression from http://www.newsnet5.com/news/10989551/detail.html#/index.html. 2004 photo from the Charley Project:

Officials Release Age-Progressed Photo Of Missing Teen
POSTED: 12:09 pm EST
February 12, 2007
UPDATED: 12:27 pm EST February 12, 2007
CLEVELAND -- The
local FBI has released a new picture of a missing teen.
Officials released a
photo of what she may look like with age progression.
Gina DeJesus
disappeared from Cleveland's west side as she was walking home April 2, 2004.
If you can help find her or know any information, call the FBI.

You can reach the FBI at 1-888-660-5437. You can also call the Cleveland Crimestoppers at (216) 252-7463, the Cleveland Police Department at (216) 621-1234, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).

You can print a poster of Gina here.

Gina's website: http://www.findgeorgina.com/

Guestbook for messages to Gina's family: http://www.findgeorgina.com/gb/guestbook.php

"Missouri miracle" gives other families hope

**This post discusses Georgina DeJesus (Ohio), Jason Jolkowski (Nebraska), Cherrie Ann Mahan (Pennsylvania), and Tanya Kach (Pennsylvania), as well as Shawn Hornbeck and Ben Ownby (Missouri).**

If you've paid even a little bit of attention to the news this past week, you have heard the story of the miraculous recovery of Ben Ownby, who disappeared while getting off the school bus earlier this month, and the even more miraculous recovery of Shawn Hornbeck, who went missing while riding his bike in October 2002. But if by some chance you haven't, you can easily find the information online. One good post on it, although it focuses more on Shawn, is at http://findcarrie.blogspot.com/2007/01/discovery-of-shawn-hornbeck.html.

Anyway, logically, this news causes other people with missing loved ones to hope that maybe their family member can be found safe, too. I am posting here a few articles on just that, the renewed hope, which relate to people I have previously posted on this blog.
The first is from http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=61675&provider=gnews:

Finding missing children gives a Cleveland family renewed hope
Kristin Anderson
Created: 1/13/2007 5:31:06 PM
Updated:1/14/2007 5:46:45 AM
CLEVELAND -- The
Missouri case is bringing hope to many families with missing children, including
one on the West side of Cleveland.
Felix and Nancy have been glued to their
t-v for a week --- hoping, and praying for the missing boys and their families
in Missouri.
Watching them reunite is bringing a roller coaster of emotions.
"It's a miracle that they found these two young boys, I cried almost all
night," said Gina's Father, Felix.
"That gives us all, other parents, hope to stand up stronger and never give
up that hope because you never know, like now, you never know," said Gina's
Mother, Nancy.
In April of 2004, their youngest daughter, 14-year old Gina DeJesus
disappeared while walking home from her school, Wilbur Wright in Cleveland.An
intense search turned up nothing.
A year later the FBI released a sketch of a possible suspect, while the
community showed their support by building a mound of stuffed animals outside
Gina's window.
Her parents have never given up hope of finding their little girl alive,
just like the parents in Missouri.
"Amazing, it's hard right now for me to find the exact words I want to say,
my feelings, I know someday I know I'll go through it," said Nancy.
Gina's bedroom is now filled with angels, and candles that have been
burning since she disappeared.
Her dad is still wearing his special t-shirt that says in Spanish, "Go with
God."
As with the Missouri case -- Gina's parents encourage the community to call
in any tips that they might remember from April of 2004.
"Think, because anything that comes back to your mind may open this case
and break it open, that way we can bring my child home," said Felix.
Gina's parents say the FBI is still getting tips about her
whereabouts.
If you have any information about this case you can call the FBI or
Cleveland Police.
Gina's parents also say they're going to fight to keep sexual predators
locked up -- so they don't have the opportunity to strike again.

The next is from http://www.ketv.com/family/10754128/detail.html:

Missouri Boys' Discovery Fuels Hope For Omaha Mother
Kelly Jolkowsi Watches
Boys' Reunion With Interest
POSTED: 3:36 pm CST January 15, 2007
UPDATED:
5:16 pm CST January 15, 2007
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OMAHA, Neb. -- A local mother said Monday that the discovery of two
boys in Missouri gives her hope that she'll find her own son.
Jason
Jolkowski disappeared more than five years ago at age 19. His mother, Kelly, has
been tracking the case of Shawn Hornbeck in Missouri for years.
On Friday,
police found Hornbeck and Ben Ownby, 13, another missing boy, in the home of
41-year-old Michael Devlin. Shawn was 11 when he disappeared in 2002.
Devlin
has been arrested and jailed on $1 million bond. He was awaiting arraignment on
one charge of kidnapping but more charges are likely, authorities said.
"I
was shocked. I thought it sounded too good to be true," Kelly Jolkowski said on
Monday. "I did think that Shawn was most likely dead because of his age, and it
sounded like he was abducted, and it had been so long."
Jolkowski monitors
hundreds of missing persons cases through ProjectJason, the organization she founded that helps families
of the missing.
"You can't help but picture the possibility of your own
reunion in your mind, too," Jolkowski said.
Despite hefty reward offers and
all of her resources, Jolkowski and police still don't have a clue in Jason's
disappearance.
"It just seems to be the most clueless case I know of. A lot
of cases they have some indication of this happened versus that happened. But we
have no indication whatsoever," she said.
Jolkowski counsels people to be
aware of their surroundings.
"Look at the faces of the missing. You never
know if you might see them somewhere," she said. "When we hear about these
stories we know that just because they've been missing for awhile, even though
most people think the odds are against them, we still have hope."
Project
Jason helps families of the missing all over the United States, but Jolkowski
said that despite the number of missing people in the Omaha area, she rarely
gets calls from families in Omaha.

The next is from the Anderson Cooper 360 blog:

Monday, January 15, 2007
Have you seen Cherrie Mahan?
Their stories
are eerily similar, but only one, so far, has a happy ending.When Ben Ownby
disappeared in Missouri last week, Janice McKinney, a Pennsylvania woman, shed
some tears at the thought of what he and his family must have been going
through. Janice, after all, can relate. Her daughter, then 8-year-old Cherrie
Mahan, was kidnapped more than two decades ago after getting off her school bus,
just like Ben Ownby.Cherrie, who now would be 30 years old, hasn't been seen
since.Like in Ben's case, there was a witness who saw a vehicle. A student from
Cherrie's bus described a blue van with a snowcapped mountain and a skier
painted on the side of it. Investigators never found the van. Janice McKinney
lives with terrible guilt. It was the first time she hadn't picked up her
daughter at the bus stop. She had given her permission to walk the 300 feet from
the bus to her driveway.Next month marks the 22nd anniversary of Cherrie's
disappearance. She's happy that William Ben Ownby and another young boy, Shawn
Hornbeck, were found. Janice told me it gives her hope that one day she'll have
her little girl back too. "Twenty-two years later, I'm still searching for any
kind of answer," she said.As it turns out, Cherrie was the little girl who
helped put a real face on missing kids. Hers was the first to appear on those
"Have you seen me?" fliers you get in your mailbox.
Click
here for pictures of Cherrie
Posted By Randi Kaye, CNN Correspondent:
3:39 PM ET

So far 18 people have commented on that post--some with well wishes for Cherrie's family, others who have gone through similar experiences.

And finally, some of you may have already thought of Tanya Kach's story when you heard this wonderful news. She had been missing for 10 years until she disclosed her identity to a store clerk last March. Her perspective on the situation, as a former missing child herself, can be read at http://kdka.com/local/local_story_015151847.html.

All photos from the Charley Project (http://www.charleyproject.org/)

Gina DeJesus to be spotlighted during race

I need to mention that while the article below is exciting because of the exposure that the two girls are getting, it did make a few minor errors. First, Amanda's name is usually spelled as "Amanda Berry". Second, Georgina, or "Gina" as she is sometimes called, was 14 when she went missing and would be 16 now. I should also note that Amanda was actually 16 when she was last seen, but it was the day before her 17th birthday.

AUTO RACING NOTEBOOK
Team to spotlight missing children
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Mark Znidar
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Getting to the finish line first usually is the most important thing in drag racing.
But aiding families who have missing children will be just as important as winning a race for Wilkes Motorsports when the Jeg’s Northern Sportsnationals begins today at National Trail Raceway in Kirkersville.
In conjunction with the Missing Children’s Racing Network, Wilkes Motorsports of Zanesville, Ohio, will display images of missing children Georgina DeJesus and Amanda Marie Barry on the hoods of its cars. Both girls are from Cleveland.
DeJesus was 16 when she was reported missing April 2, 2004. She was last seen walking home from school. Barry was 17 when she was reported missing April 21, 2003 after working her shift at a fast-food restaurant.
"We’re going to have Nancy Ruiz representing her daughter, Georgina, and Amanda at the track," said Martin Gray, program director of the Missing Children’s Racing Network. "She’ll be available to answer questions from fans and to talk about the growing problem of child abduction.
"This program with the race cars works. We’ve recovered three children recently. What we do is increase the public’s awareness of this problem."

The article is longer, but the other half is on a different subject. The full article is available at http://www.dispatch.com/autos/autos.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/27/20060727-F7-03.html.

If you have information about either of these girls, please call the Cleveland Police Department at (216) 621-1234, the Cleveland Crimestoppers at (216) 252-7463, the FBI at 1-888-660-5437, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678).
You can print Gina's poster here and Amanda's poster here.
Gina's website: http://www.findgeorgina.com/
Amanda's website: http://www.amandaberry.net/
Both Amanda and Gina are available for you to "adopt" through Project Jason's Adopt a Missing Person program. For more information, visit http://www.projectjason.org/adopt.html.

Photos of Gina and Amanda from their websites.

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).

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.