Free Republic

PHOENIX — A 5-year-old girl abducted by a man as she played outside her Phoenix home Friday was rescued hours later after police chased down the suspect's pickup and found her "alive and well" inside, officials said. Natalie Flores was located around 9 p.m. after a patrol officer spotted the truck of the man accused of kidnapping her, Sgt. Andy Hill said. "We have had our Christmas miracle," Hill said. "She is alive and well."

Morgan Harrington was seen hitchhiking for a ride on the Copeley Road Bridge on the night of her disappearance, according to a police brief released Nov. 13. “After the 9:30 (p.m.) timeframe, we can’t seem to establish any other sightings of her,” said Corinne Geller, spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police. It was also released in the brief that she was wearing a Swarovski Crystal necklace on that night. Harrington might have received a ride or approached someone to borrow a cell phone, Geller said. “She was wearing it that night,” Geller said. “She dropped her purse and her cell...

/begin my excerpts [Weekly Chosun] Sino-N. Korean 'Intel War' /snip In October, 2006, when N. Korea did their first nuclear test, there were spies who sneaked in from Chinese fishing boat off the shore of Hwa-dae(near the test site.) They wanted to install GPS system in Hwa-dae and tried to obtain samples from N. Korea's nuclear test, but N. Korean State Security got them. N. Korea made no announcement to the outside about this incident. They nabbed the entire team and executed them without trial. According to a N. Korean defector, he was told by a security agent, "We found...

KNOXVILLE - A jury this afternoon convicted Lemaricus Davidson of first-degree murder in the January 2007 torture slayings of a Knox County couple. Davidson, 26, faces a potential death sentence for the deaths of University of Tennessee student Channon Christian, 21, and her boyfriend Christopher Newsom, 23. Jurors will consider his punishment in a separate proceeding that will begin Thursday. The jurors also could choose life without parole or life in prison, a mandatory 51-year sentence.

[most likely MILF, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, or Abu Sayaff] From ABS-CBN: Philippine authorities and church officials on Sunday launched fresh appeals for the safety of an elderly Irish priest they fear may be in dire need of medical attention eight days after he was abducted by unknown gunmen. Thousands of flyers were being handed out in coastal communities on the troubled southern island of Mindanao seeking help to get medicines delivered to Father Michael Sinnott, 79. Flyers being distributed in Mindanao "We appeal to your kind heart that the medicines will be delivered to Father Sinnott who currently has...

ALIEN ABDUCTEE FROM AUSTRIA WEARING A THOUGHT SCREEN HELMET SHE MADE FROM DIRECTIONS ON THIS WEB SITE. "I have been abducted by aliens for years and found stopabductions.com by a happy coincidence. The Thought Screen Helmet, invented by an expert, has stopped the unwelcome visitations and has raised me and my family`s quality of life. Therefore I highly recommend it." IF YOU ARE ABDUCTED BY ALIENS THE HELMET WILL WORK FOR YOU

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A woman charged in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping who was court-ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment will have a competency review hearing next month. A Utah district court calendar shows Wanda Eileen Barzee will appear before Judge Judith Atherton on Oct. 23. It will be the first time Barzee has appeared in court since doctors at the Utah State Hospital began to forcibly medicate her in May 2008 in an effort to make her competent. If Barzee remains incompetent for trial, the state could seek to have her civilly committed.

It begins so normally, on a June morning two years ago. The breakfast scramble, the packing of lunches, and driving their kids to school...At the wheel of the jeep is Eduardo Garcia Valseca, the son of a Mexican newspaper baron. Beside him is his wife, the former Jayne Rager, whom Eduardo met Bethesda, near where he lived at the time... ...now here they are settled into life on a ranch outside the picturesque Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende. In back are Nayah, 6, and bubbly Emiliano, 7; big brother Fernando, 12, is ahead on his four-wheeler. They pull...

A Pennsylvania woman who called 911 to report that she and her daughter had been abducted was charged with making a false report and identity theft after police found the pair at a Disney resort in Florida, authorities said Wednesday. Bonnie Sweeten, 38, told authorities Tuesday afternoon that she and 9-year-old Julia Rakoczy were kidnapped after two men in a Cadillac rear-ended her sport-utility vehicle in Upper Southampton, north of Philadelphia. They were being held in the trunk of the Cadillac, she claimed. Sweeten was arrested late Wednesday at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort in Orlando, Florida, said Michelle Henry, district...

... Williams said he attempted to use the man’s cell phone signal to locate him, but the man was behind on his phone bill and the Verizon operator refused to connect the signal unless the sheriff’s department agreed to pay the overdue bill. After some disagreement, Williams agreed to pay $20 on the phone bill in order to find the man. But deputies discovered the man just as Williams was preparing to make arrangements for the payment. ... “I was more concerned for the person’s life,” Williams said. “It would have been nice if Verizon would have turned on his...

Etan Patz, the first missing child pictured on a milk carton, has been gone for 30 long years but has not been forgotten. Six year old Etan Patz went missing on May 25, 1979. It was the Friday before Memorial Day. He disappeared from his Soho, New York neighborhood while on his way to school. He insisted on being able to walk to the bus stop by himself just like all the other kids. Etan's parents were not keen on the idea. But, after arguing the point with Etan, his parents finally relented, and let him walk alone to the...

(04-11) 07:59 PDT TRACY -- A Sunday school teacher was booked early today on suspicion of murder and kidnapping in the slaying of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, whose body was found in a suitcase in an irrigation pond. Melissa Huckaby, 28, was arrested at 11:55 p.m. Friday after she drove to the Tracy Police Department to be interviewed. She was booked at 3:25 a.m. today at San Joaquin County Jail in French Camp, where she is being held without bail. "She revealed enough information that we had probable cause to arrest her for both kidnapping and murder," Tracy police Sgt. Tony...

(04-06) 21:03 PDT Tracy -- Police in Tracy announced tonight that they found the remains of a child who went missing 10 days ago inside a black suitcase that was discovered earlier today floating in an irrigation pond. Sandra Cantu vanished March 27 after telling her mother she was going to a friend's home to play. The suitcase was found by farm workers at about 10 a.m. as they were draining the pond at a dairy farm on Bacchetti Road in Tracy. The location is about two miles from Cantu's home. Witnesses told investigators the suitcase was not there when...

Chinese Hunger for Sons Fuels Boys’ Abductions By ANDREW JACOBS SHENZHEN, China — The thieves often strike at dusk, when children are playing outside and their parents are distracted by exhaustion. Deng Huidong lost her 9-month-old son in the blink of an eye as a man yanked him from the grip of his 7-year-old sister near the doorway of their home. The car did not even stop as a pair of arms reached out the window and grabbed the boy. Sun Zuo, a gregarious 3 1/2-year-old, was lured off by someone with a slice of mango and a toy car,...

For years, John Bunting lived in south San Jose, homeschooling his pretty girl and handsome boy, living his townhouse life as a model citizen. This week, San Jose police knocked on his Banff Springs Court townhouse door and quickly confirmed that John Bunting was neither a model citizen, nor was he John Bunting. The friendly retired car salesman admitted to them that he was actually 73-year-old John Maple, a fugitive wanted for kidnapping his two grandchildren 20 years ago from their parents in central Tennessee. The grandchildren, Christi and Bobby Baskin, now 28 and 27 years old respectively, are known...

The Israeli security forces recently detained a young Arab-Israeli woman from Ramleh who was in contact with Fatah/Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade operatives from the Gaza Strip. They asked her to help carry out an abduction and a suicide bombing attack in Israel.

Metro Police are looking for the grandfather of 6-year-old Cole Puffinburger, who was kidnapped Wednesday morning from his home in Las Vegas. During this news conference, police identified Clemens Fred Tinnemeyer, 51, as a person of interest in the case. Drug activity within the family has been linked to Cole’s abduction. Police said Tinnemeyer owns a sightseeing motorhome service and left the Las Vegas area on a sightseeing tour on May 21. He contacted a family member on Aug. 22 to say he was in Tennessee, but hasn’t been heard from since and might be still using the motorhome.He also...

Thursday 11am - A UFO witness from Brinkhill, Louth says he is worried about being abducted by aliens after repeatedly seeing triangle-shaped aircraft near his home He said: "I have been watching these space ships for six weeks now, and saw eight together on September 25 and more again last night. It was really spooky and I can say for sure that any explanation these are just Chinese lanterns is ridiculous."

Issue Time: 9:28PM CDT, Thursday Oct 9, 2008 Valid Until: 12:30AM CDT, Friday Oct 10, 2008 Back to summary Bulletin - Eas Activation Requested Child Abduction Emergency Mississippi Highway Patrol Relayed By National Weather Service Jackson MS 928 PM CDT Thu Oct 9 2008 The Following Message Is Transmitted At The Request Of The Mississippi Highway Patrol. The Mississippi Highway Patrol Has Issued An Amber Alert. An Abduction Of 2 Children Occurred At 730 PM From Mccomb Mississippi. Authorities Are Asking You To Be On The Look Out For A Black 1997 Ford Explorer Or Expedition. The Vehicle Has Chrome...

KHYBER AGENCY: The abducted Afghan ambassador designate to Pakistan, Abdul Khaliq Farahi Monday reached Peshawar after being released, official sources said. Earlier, the Afghan Embassy had also confirmed his release. The Afghan envoy was kidnapped on September 22 from Hayatabad area in Peshawar. His driver was killed by the kidnappers.

How The West Was Won The rapid and unexpected decline of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq was officially recognized this week, when Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding the Marine Expeditionary Force, turned operational control of Anbar Province over to the Iraqi army and police. Anbar, a vast expanse of desert the size of North Carolina, had been the stronghold of the Sunni insurgency. For years, foreign fighters loyal to al-Qaida had sneaked across Iraq's northwestern border with Syria, into Anbar and down a "rat line" of safe houses in Haditha, Ramadi and Hit. From Fallujah, the arch terrorist Zarqawi...

ROME (Reuters) - A group of foreigners, including five Italians, was kidnapped in Egypt. This was announced by the Foreign Ministry, without giving other details on the exact place where the abduction took place. "The foreign minister, Franco Frattini, in flight to the United States, follows closely with the crisis unit of the Ministry of kidnapping cases in Egypt by a group of foreigners, among whom there are five Italians," you law in a note. "The minister - continues the note - has provisions to enable the full cooperation between the countries concerned, and the foreign ministry at this...

via translation - ALERT - An Afghan consul kidnapped in Pakistan, his driver killed PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - The Consul General of Afghanistan in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, was kidnapped Monday by unidentified attackers who killed his driver in an ambush, announced the Afghan consulate.

NKorea, eying next Japan PM, delays kidnap probe 4 hours ago TOKYO (AFP) — North Korea will delay a long-awaited probe into abductions of Japanese citizens, officials said Friday, as dovish Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's sudden resignation set back moves to ease tension. North Korea told Japan through diplomatic channels that it was holding off on launching an investigation into the fate of Japanese abducted in the 1970s and 1980s to train the regime's spies, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said. "This is very disappointing," Komura told a news conference. He said North Korea confirmed it planned to hold the probe...

Two teenage twins have been missing from their Southern California home since Sunday, and their parents fear their daughters met someone on the Internet and could be in danger. Mary and Morgan Corrodi, 16, were last seen outside their Malibu home getting into a car occupied by two women. Jack Corrodi said his daughters, who have IQs of 70 and attend special education classes at Malibu High School, recently spent "many hours" on the Internet and received multiple calls from unknown persons. "[A neighbor] saw the girls standing there, just kind of hanging around like they were waiting for somebody,...

Karl Hindle has been working tirelessly for five years and spent more than four hundred thousand dollars investigating his daughter's illegal abduction to the U.S. What he has uncovered is deplorable. The paper trail shows the United States government is in the business of illegal baby snatching and harboring criminals. Emily would not have suffered the loss of her father for the last five years, or the vision in her right eye, if it weren't for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA.) And people like Barbara Grieg of the U.S. State Department who see it as an excuse for misandry...

Kosovo/Albania: Investigate Postwar Abductions, Transfers to Albania Official Dismissals Premature (New York, May 5, 2008) – Additional information has emerged that bolsters allegations of abductions and cross-border transfers from Kosovo to Albania after the 1998-1999 Kosovo war, Human Rights Watch said today. The Kosovar and Albanian governments should open independent and transparent investigations to help resolve the fate of approximately 400 Serbs who went missing after the war. "Serious and credible allegations have emerged about horrible abuses in Kosovo and Albania after the war," said Fred Abrahams, senior emergencies researcher at Human Rights Watch, who investigated human rights violations in...

Early Elián Gonzalez raid was planned BY WILFREDO CANCIO ISLA Before the forced removal of Elián González from his relatives' home in Little Havana eight years ago, federal agents had another plan to return the child to his father in Cuba. But an order from Washington canceled it at the last minute. According to statements by James Goldman, then head of operations for the U.S. immigration agency in Miami, federal agents had been instructed to seize Elián during a meeting in Miami Beach with his grandmothers at the home of Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin, then-president of Barry University, in January 2000....

ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) - - The Albany Police Department has activated the New York State AMBER Alert and is investigating a confirmed child abduction that occurred at 41 North Allen Street , in Albany, NY at about 3:00 PM on 4/7/2008. The CHILD, Jose Estrada is a Hispanic male , approximately 6 years old with brown hair and brown eyes . He is approximately 3 feet 1 inch tall and weighs about 48 pounds. Jose was last seen wearing blue jeans, a mustard colored shirt and/or a plaid button down shirt, an orange jacket with blue sleeves, and black sneakers....

Excerpt - Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan has gone missing before he was due to cross into Afghanistan from Pakistan. Sources have told the BBC that the ambassador, Tariq Azizuddin, was kidnapped in the Khyber tribal agency close to the Afghan border. The Pakistani embassy in Kabul says contact was lost with Mr Azizuddin at around 1045 local time (0645 GMT). Many areas in the border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan are strongholds of pro-Taleban militants. Dangerous region Mr Azizuddin was going to Kabul from Peshawar by road when he disappeared. The BBC's Alastair Leithead in Afghanistan says that police in...

Austin, TX -- The search is on for four suspects accused of snatching a 5-year-old boy out of his family's car while his mother and sister sat inches away in Northeast Austin about 7:45 a.m. Thursday. Adrian Jaimes has black hair and brown eyes. He is about 4 feet tall and weighs 50 pounds. He was kidnapped from the driveway of his home in the 11800 block of Shropshire Blvd. Adrian was sitting in the car with his mom and his sister, ready to head off to school when he was abducted. Police said two Hispanic men, possibly in their...

BALAD, Iraq, Dec. 27, 2007 – Iraqi police and U.S. special operations forces seized two suspected extremists believed to be complicit in the kidnapping of three U.S. soldiers in early May, U.S. military officials said today. The suspects were detained during Dec. 24-25 operations in Ramadi, officials said. The raids were prompted by intelligence reports linking the two individuals to the May 12 abduction of three U.S. 10th Mountain Division soldiers after an insurgent ambush near Mahmudiyah in which four U.S. soldiers were killed. Reports indicate the two detainees are linked to al Qaeda in Iraq. One of the suspected...

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT: Portsmouth Police Department at 1-888-562-5887 or Virginia State Police at 1-800-822-4453. MISSING: Matashia L'Faith Holder-Ricks Gender : female Race : black Date of Birth : 11/13/2007 Height : 3 feet 00 inches Weight : 8.1 Lbs Hair: black Eyes: brown Date and Time of Abduction: Dec 19, 2007 07:30 hours Circumstances: Child was last seen at 174 Allard Rd, Portsmouth, Virginia. Child was last seen wearing a leopard shirt, leopard pants, piink fury snow suit. Additional Significant Identifiers or Conditions of Child: She has sinus problems that are causing her to weeze. She is lactos...

Sheriff: Men confess to crime By Debbie Robinson news@joplinglobe.com STELLA, Mo. — Both defendants in the brutal rape and murder of 9-year-old Rowan Ford have confessed to the crime, the Newton County sheriff said Sunday. David Spears, 25, of Stella, and Chris Collings, 32, of Wheaton, are charged with one count each of first-degree murder, forcible rape and statutory rape in the girl’s death. Spears is Rowan’s stepfather. Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland said investigators allege that Rowan was abducted early Nov. 3 from her home in Stella in Newton County, murdered in Barry County, and her body dumped in...

9-year-old Stella girl missing By Jeff Lehr jlehr@joplinglobe.com STELLA, Mo. — Law officers and volunteers spent several hours Sunday searching in vain for a 9-year-old girl who disappeared from her home in Stella late Friday or early Saturday. Rowan Ford was last seen inside her home at 777 Grove St. about 10:45 p.m. Friday, Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland said. She is the daughter of Colleen Spears and stepdaughter of David Spears, and is a fourth-grader at Stella Elementary School, Copeland said. Investigators found no signs of a crime scene at the Spears residence, and no charges had been filed...

Zina Linnik was last seen around 9:45 p.m. on July 4, Tacoma police said. Witnesses reported hearing a scream and seeing an Asian male get into an older, gray van and drive away. Linnik is described as a blonde, 4-foot-11-inch-tall Ukrainian girl. She weighs 80 pounds and was reportedly wearing a pink T-shirt, capri pants and red flip-flop sandals at the time of her disappearance.

The three-year-old daughter of a British expatriate worker has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta, Nigerian police have said. The child, Margaret Hill, was seized from a car on her way to school in the oil city of Port Harcourt. The kidnapping follows that of five oil workers on Wednesday, the first since the main militant group in the area called off a month-long ceasefire. The UK's Foreign Office called for the "immediate safe release" of the girl. A spokesman said: "We do not know who took her. We are in contact with her parents and are...

Hamas' purported rescue operation today in which kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston was freed from captivity really was a "movie" staged by Hamas to endear itself to the international community and demonstrate it is capable of imposing order in Gaza, a senior Palestinian Authority official charged. "We're watching a movie where the thieves in Gaza fall out and one of them claims to be honest and brave, and the other is the bad guy. This Hamas game fools no one," said Yasser Abed Rabbo, chief aid to PA President and Hamas rival Mahmoud Abbas. Rabbo charged Hamas was in "cahoots"...

AMBER ALERT 06/23/2007 CHLD (2): WHT ML, 10 YRS, 4’8” 80 LBS, BLND HR, BLU EYES; WHT FEM, 8 YRS, 4’4” 60 LBS, BLND HR BLU EYES, SUSP: DARREL STULL, WHT ML, 36 YRS, 5’11” 150 LBS BLND HR, BLU EYES, WEARING BLUE T-SHRT AND BLUE JEANS. IF SEEN CALL 911 The Pennsylvania State Police has issued an Amber Child Abduction Alert on behalf of the Pennsylvania State Police, Corry Station, Crawford County. The Corry Station of the Pennsylvania State Police is searching for two children who were taken on June 22nd, 2007 from 22410 Little Cooley Road, Union City,...

AMBER ALERT 06/18/2007 CHILD: ALYSSA VOLTZ 15 MO. WHT FEMALE, BLONDE HR, BLUE EYES, NO CLOTHING, SUSPECT: ERIC VOLTZ, 26 YR OLD BLK MALE, SHORT BLK HAIR, WEARING WHT SHIRT, WHT SHORTS. VEH: GOLD DODGE NEON PA TAG WR78206. IF SEEN CALL 911 The Pennsylvania State Police has issued an Amber Child Abduction Alert on behalf of the Munhall Police Department, Allegheny County. The Munhall Police Department is searching for Alyssa Voltz, a 15-month-old white female child with blonde hair and blue eyes, possibly clothed in only a diaper. She was reported abducted on June 18th at approximately 4:30 pm...

6/9/2007 3:40:21 PM On Saturday, Palestinian gunmen broke through Israel's heavily fortified Gaza border and battled troops inside Israel for about two hours in a failed attempt to abduct an Israeli soldier. One of the raiders was killed. It was the first cross-border incursion since militants killed two soldiers and abducted a third a year ago. The Israel military said troops shot dead one of the raiders. Palestinians said another three militants escaped back to Gaza unharmed. The Islamic Jihad group said it carried out Saturday's attack, near the Kissufim crossing between Gaza and Israel, along with the Al...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the safe return of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith, who was forced into her car at a Target store on Saturday. "Every indication is, it’s been an abduction," Overland Park Police Chief John Douglas told FOX News on Tuesday. "So far, our best information is coming from the surveillance video." Police viewed the footage Monday. The video shows Smith, of Overland Park, Kan., leaving the store around 7:10 p.m. She had put pac

Excerpt - BAGHDAD, May 29 (Reuters) - Gunmen wearing police uniforms kidnapped at least three Western lecturers and several of their bodyguards from a Finance Ministry building in central Baghdad on Tuesday, a witness told Reuters. Police said the lecturers were German and they were seized from their cars outside the ministry building. The lecturers had been advising ministry personnel on organising electronic contracts, said the witness, who did not want to be identified. The gunmen entered the lecture room led by a man wearing a police major's uniform. "Where are the foreigners, where are the foreigners?", the gunmen shouted,...

Some of England's wealthiest celebs are shelling out a fortune to help fund the search for a 4-year-old British girl who has gone missing in Portugal. This gives new meaning to the term "giving back." Harry Potter authoress J.K. Rowling, Virgin titan Sir Richard Branson and "Idol" judge Simon Cowell have all ponied up to help find Madeleine McCann, who has been missing since May 2. According to the News of the World, Rowling donated in excess of $495,000, while Branson and Cowell chipped in $198,000 and $99,000, respectively. Rowling's fortune has been estimated at $1 billion, Branson's at a...

The Dallas Police Department and the National Basketball Association have cancelled the Amber Alert issued Thursday night, May3, for Dirk Nowitzki. Dirk had last been seen in the final 3 minutes of Game 5 on Tuesday May 1, and had apparently disappeared or fallen victim to an abduction prior to Thursday night's game 6 in the playoff series between the Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors. Nowitzki was found Sunday making plans for a month-long vacation, preparing his MVP acceptance speech, and making plans to join the German National Team for the European Championship Tournament in September. With the...

U.S. will not remove N. Korea from list of terror-sponsoring states: official WASHINGTON, April 26 (Yonhap) -- The United States will not remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism until progress is made on the North's kidnapping of Japanese citizens decades ago, a White House official said Thursday. Dennis Wilder, a senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council, said President George W. Bush will reaffirm such a position while meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week. The Japanese prime minister arrived here early Thursday for a two-day visit, his first trip...

AMBER ALERT 04-16-07, SUSPECT: WHT FEM 41 YRS, BLNDE HAIR, 5 FT 100 LBS; CHILD: WHT FEM 4 YRS, SHORT DYED BLACK HAIR, VEHICLE: WHITE 1993 BUICK SDN PA TAG GKK-4359, IF SEEN CALL 911. The Pennsylvania State Police has issued an Amber Child Abduction Alert for the Pennsylvania State Police, Embreeville Station, Chester County. The Pennsylvania State Police is searching for Alexis Roadside, a 4 year old white female child, approximately 3 feet tall and thirty five pounds. Her hair was recently cropped and dyed black. She was reported abducted by Veronica Roadside, a 41 year old white female...

LONDON - Iranian naval vessels seized 15 British sailors who had boarded a ship suspected of smuggling cars in the Persian Gulf off the Iraqi coast on Friday, officials said. The British government demanded "the immediate and safe return of our people and equipment." The British Navy personnel were "engaged in routine boarding operations of merchant shipping in Iraqi territorial waters," and had completed a ship inspection when they were accosted by Iranian vessels, Britain's Defense Ministry said. "We are urgently pursuing this matter with the Iranian authorities at the highest level and ... the Iranian ambassador has been summoned...

Abduction of boys and girls by Islamists in northern state increasingly common. Victor Udo Usen SOKOTO, Nigeria, March 14 (Compass Direct News) – Beginning in November of last year, 13-year-old Victor Udo Usen, a member of the Christ Apostolic Church in this northern Nigeria city, went missing. On February 20, news that young Victor was spotted in a Muslim neighbor’s house jolted his family. A young Christian girl had raced to the Usens’ home in the Mabera area of Sokoto city with the news. Victor’s mother, Esther Udo Usen, told Compass that she ran to the house where her son...

Father and Daughter Killed in Plane Crash in Lawrence County March 5, 2007 05:14 PM BEDFORD, Ind. - A single engine plane crashed into a house in Lawrence County about a mile from Grissom Memorial Airport in Bedford around 10:45 a.m. The pilot of the plane was 47-year-old Eric Johnson of Bedford and the passenger his 8-year-old daughter Emily; both were killed. Johnson rented a Cessna 150M Monday morning and shortly after taking off the plane crashed into the home of Vivian Pace, Johnson's estranged wife's mother. No calls for help were made. Pace was in the living room of...