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Casey Anthony, mother of missing two-year-old Caylee Anthony, walked out of the Orange County jail at approximately 10:30 a.m. today. Read Casey Anthony's Bail Bond Anthony's release came about as a result of a $500,000 bond that was posted yesterday afternoon, by California Bounty Hunter Leonard Tony Padilla and his nephew, bail bondsman Tony Padilla. Prior to her release, Anthony was briefed by officials at the jail, who fitted her with an electronic monitoring bracelet. According to Anthony's attorney, José Baez, Anthony's freedom allots her the opportunity to help find her missing daughter. "She is going to help find Caylee,"...

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,...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A team of psychic detectives is assisting Orlando police in their search for missing three-year-old Florida girl Caylee Marie Anthony, according to local news reports. The group, known as "Body Hunters" and lead by psychic detective Gale St. John, is "blind driving" around Central Florida in search for the toddler who was last seen June 16, Local6.com reported. "We will not even look at street names," psychic detective Gale St. John told the TV station and its Web site on Monday. "We drive and go completely on feeling instinct, chasing down what we call a person signature."...

CHICAGO - A married woman from Illinois whose disappearance on Christmas Eve prompted a costly search returned to the area Friday evening and spoke with investigators, authorities said. Family members arranged the meeting at an undisclosed location between Anu Solanki, 24, and law enforcement officials, said Cook County sheriff's police spokesman Steve Mayberry. "As far as I'm aware her physical condition is fine," Mayberry said. "At this time she hasn't been charged with anything." Cell phone records indicated Solanki had left voluntarily with a 23-year-old male friend from California, authorities said earlier Friday. Mayberry did not know whether the friend,...

EL DORADO, Kan. | Authorities have found a body and “the description is consistent” with that of missing 18-year-old Emily Sander, Police Chief Tom Boren said this afternoon. The body was found between El Dorado and Toronto, along U.S. 54 about 50 miles east of El Dorado, Boren said. Boren said Wednesday that Mireles and his pregnant 16-year-old girlfriend could be headed for Mexico, where he has relatives. Mireles has been in the United States legally and has “resident alien” status, Boren said. Nude photos of Sander appeared on a Zoey Zane Web site before she vanished, and investigators were...

Pastor's wife back; news conference set Thursday, August 02, 2007By DAVID FERRARAStaff Reporter Mary Byrne "Beth" Smith, the small-town preacher's wife who drew attention from people around the nation while incognito for four months, has returned to Alabama. A 9 a.m. news conference has been called today at the office of Rob Stankoski, a Fairhope attorney she has hired, according to his office. Stankoski could not be reached for comment Wednesday. When she disappeared March 24 from a religious convention 500 miles from her Summerdale home, Smith left her husband, the Rev. Jason Lee Smith, and two children, ages 10...

<p>The Warren County Sheriff’s Office says its seeks the public's assistance in locating two elderly women from Warren County.</p> <p>Mary Ellen Walters, 68, and Ada Wasson, 80, were last seen last Thursday April 19th at Otterbein Retirement Living Community located at State Routes 741 and 63 in Warren County. The two women live in the Patio Homes section, which is an independent living area.</p>

Ground Search For Tara Grant Begins SaturdayPOSTED: 1:36 pm EST February 21, 2007 UPDATED: 11:19 pm EST February 23, 2007 MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. -- Investigators said Friday that they will begin a full-out search for Tara Grant on Saturday, who has been missing for two weeks. Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said a task force is being formed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Michigan State Police. Hackel said they are also in contact with authorities in Puerto Rico. The ground search will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday where search dogs, all-terrain vehicles, air-support units and riders on...

LANCASTER, Ohio — Police tried to identify a woman they pulled from an icy river by checking on her library card, but the library would not cooperate, citing a policy set by its board. The woman, who was treated for unknown injuries, was carrying her library card on a key ring but had no other identification when a passer-by found her in the Hocking River on Thursday night, police said. So a dispatcher, then an officer called the Fairfield County District Library and were told the library could not release the information without a court order. The woman later was...

Caleb is the son of Kevin Anderson, editor in chief of the Creation Research Society Quarterly and a good friend of our ministry. Caleb is 6'2" with a slender build 160 LBS., green eyes, brown hair. It very much appears that he did not leave his home on his own free will. The house was in disarray, and ALL of his personal possessions including his glasses (that he needs in order to see or drive) were left at his home. He had no money, no cell phone, no extra clothes, no credit cards; his wallet was left at home, his...

Rescuers using small boats, a helicopter and a C-130 aircraft searched a portion of the Chesapeake Bay today for missing diplomat and publisher Philip Merrill, whose sailboat was found adrift last night, Coast Guard authorities said. Officials from the Maryland Natural Resources Police and the Coast Guard began searching overnight the area between the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the point where his boat was found, which is roughly 20 miles south of Annapolis. The search area is roughly 25 miles by 8 miles, said Coast Guard Lt. Commander Adam Mach. Rescuers using small boats, a helicopter and a C-130 aircraft...

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police say their search for a missing Cecil County teenager has become a recovery operation.“As far as the Natural Resources Police is concerned, everything points to the worst,” said Sgt. Ken Turner. So far, search efforts have failed to find the 15-year-old last seen Thursday afternoon in a canoe in the Elk River. “He was reported missing around 6:45 p.m.,” said Turner. The search covered every possibility. “We searched air, land and water until 1 a.m., then started back at 7 a.m.,” Turner said. On Friday, the search was increased with the addition of K-9...

http://www.nbc30.com/news/6155121/detail.html All day I considered losing my anonymity to post this, but it's too important to let it go. I have seen that Freepers are an extremely supportive bunch, so I knew this was a good idea. My brother has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and it is has been in the single digits/teens in CT since yesterday. My brother left home without his wallet, carrying just a backpack. He said he was going for a walk and never returned. My family and I are worried SICK. We need all the prayer we can get. Pray that my younger brother...

The Richmond police task force investigating the disappearance of Virginia Commonwealth University student Taylor Marie Behl has discovered the remains of a body in rural Mathews County. Sources close to the investigation said the body has not been identified. It was discovered in a shallow grave behind a barn on an isolated piece of private property just west of Diggs, a community along the Chesapeake Bay just south of Rigby Island. The area is about 70 miles east of Richmond. A law-enforcement source said police were led to the scene by a photograph identified by an ex-girfriend of a man...

NEW YORK - A suspect in the case of an Alabama teenager missing in Aruba admits he lied about the last time he saw her on the night she vanished, but he insists she was fine, according to a television interview. Joran van der Sloot, 18, was one of three men jailed this summer in Natalee Holloway's May 30 disappearance. He talked to a producer for "A Current Affair" in Holland, where he is attending college. The interview is scheduled to air Monday. Holloway was last seen leaving a bar with van der Sloot and two brothers, Satish and Deepak...

Richmond Police yesterday arrested an amateur photographer - one of the last people to see Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Taylor Behl before she vanished Sept. 5 - and charged him with 16 counts of possession of child pornography. Ben Fawley, 38, was arrested about 3 p.m. just as a phalanx of armed and armored police officers converged on his doorstep in the 400 block of Hancock Street. "Open the door, Ben," ordered a detective, who was filmed making the arrest by a local TV crew. Moments later, the bespectacled Fawley exited in a black T-shirt. Police said his long, dyed...

A 38-year-old amateur photographer -- one of the last people to see missing Virginia Commonwealth University student Taylor Behl -- filed a report with police claiming he had been abducted and robbed just hours after Behl was last seen on the night of Sept. 5. The photographer told Richmond police that he was walking in an alley near Franklin Street and Monument Avenue at 5 a.m. Sept. 6 when he was "robbed by an unknown number of people," according to a Richmond Police Department incident report obtained last night by The Times-Dispatch. The photographer told police that he was hit...

The issue: Four years since the terrorist attacks Our view: Part of the 9/11 healing process is bringing bin Laden to justice. Four years ago, our nation was changed forever on this day. This year, for the first time since those horrific terrorist attacks, we feel as if the nation is finally starting to heal - events and activities are scheduled for this day without nearly the anxiety felt in 2002, 2003 and even 2004. But even though it's important to heal - and to focus on a more recent human tragedy in the Gulf - we can't ever forget...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Investigators are trying to determine whether skeletal remains discovered Thursday in a field near a reservoir are that of a woman who has been missing for three weeks, police said. The Franklin County coroner and an anthropologist were dispatched to the scene, said Sgt. Brent Mull, a Columbus police spokesman. It was expected to take several days for investigators to identify the victim, including gender, Mull said. Clothes on the remains were badly decomposed, he said. Police have been investigating the disappearance of Julie Popovich, 20, of suburban Reynoldsburg, who was last seen Aug. 11 at a...

Music Producer Disappears After Bizarre Phone Call Missing Man Says He Was Being Chased By People With Dogs LOS ANGELES -- Detectives in Topanga said they are searching for a missing music producer who called a friend early Sunday to say he was being chased by people with dogs. Christian Julian Irwin, 48, was last seen near the 500 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Authorities said the case has signs of foul play. Irwin, a producer with three Grammy nominations, was chased from his house and through a ravine, according to police. Authorities said he lost his glasses and shoes...

Police Question Father of Dutch Teen Arrested in Case of Missing Teenager in ArubaBy Peter Prengaman Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 19, 2005 ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Aruban police questioned the father of a Dutch teenager held in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, hoping the island justice official may know something to help solve the mystery of what happened to the Alabama honors student, officials said Sunday. Paul van der Sloot was questioned Saturday night, said Police Superintendent Jan van der Straaten. "He was questioned as a witness, no more or no less," van der Straaten told The Associated Press....

BRYAN, Texas (AP) - A Texas A&M University student who had been feared murdered after disappearing nearly seven years ago has been found alive and working in Kentucky, according to authorities. Brandi Stahr went missing in October 1998, and police spent hours searching for her body in wooded areas. They questioned a serial rapist and murderer about her just hours before he was executed last year. But a telephone tip led investigators to Florence, Ky., where Stahr has been working for the last five years at a Sam's Club, said Texas Ranger Frank Malinak. "We thought we were dealing with...

Anyone who listens to KVI know Kiel Mortgage is a HUGE sponsor. Laura Kiel was just on the air with John Carlson and said her nephew was missing. He left her business 25 hours ago, taking a package from Kent, WA to Sultan, WA. He never showed up. He was last heard from when the office called in at 2:58 p.m. yesterday and he answered his cellphone. Completely uneventful conversation. His name is JefWhitiger (sp?). He is described as 41-years-old, 5'11", bald and over 300 pounds. He was driving a white 1998 Cadillac Caterra (sp?) with a license plate of...

A Columbia College student took this photo of reputed mob boss Joseph "the Clown" Lombardo-- without knowing who he was--for a school project just over a year ago. The dapper old man on the bicycle looked pretty classy, so Columbia College student Val Carpenter pulled over and asked if she could take his photograph for her class project. "He said sure, he struck a pose--he actually posed," Carpenter, 42, said Tuesday, shortly after she realized the photo she took along Grand Avenue about a year ago was apparently reputed Chicago mob boss Joey "the Clown" Lombardo. The feds wish...

Buffalo Grove IL USA--Police and family members need your help locating a 20 year old missing Girl. Police in Buffalo Grove and family members are searching for 20 year old Laurie Boncimino.Boncimino is 5-foot-4, weighs 115 pounds and has long blond hair. Police believe she may be driving a black Jeep Cherokee with an Illinois license plate of 6897531she was last seen on thursday and family members or very concerned and Family believes she may have met foul play. Team Amber Alert news ask that if you have any information on this missing girl you are asked to contact...

Brian Wilson has issued a desperate plea for any information on the whereabouts of Markus Sandlund, a cellist from the Stockholm Strings & Horns who played on his recently released recreation of the lost Beach Boys album "SMiLE." Sandlund was vacationing in Thailand when the area was battered by a tsunami following a Dec. 26 earthquake in the Indian Ocean and has not been heard from since. "I have been devastated since I heard the news that Markus is missing in Thailand," Wilson says in a statement. "We have sent an agent to see what we can find out, but...

Officials have released a few details about Dina Alkahteeb's description: White 5 feet 9 inches 195 pounds Brown hair Brown eyes Wears glasses

Election violence surfaces in South Florida Published Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by Sean Salai Election-related violence is on the rise this week in South Florida as impassioned Republicans and Democrats duke it out at rallies and the polls. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans and Independents in Palm Beach County, where voters last week began casting early ballots for the Nov. 2 general election, and strained feelings are already leading to hostility. In Boca Raton this weekend, county Republicans filled out police reports for shattered car windows at a Friday rally and a vandalism incident Sunday night at their headquarters. “I’ve never...

Forensics tests are being done to determine the identity of a dead woman found early this afternoon. Her body was found at around 1:30 Friday afternoon in an orchard off of Bradford and Hart Raods about 5 miles east of Delano. Delano Police are investigating, along with the Sheriff's Department to determine if the body may be that of a missing 21 year old Delano woman. Maggie Bermudez has been missing since Monday.

One of our sales reps has gone missing. He has missed two appointments, which is totally antithetical to his behavior, say what you will about sales guys. He was traveling through Oregon with his wife and that's the last we've heard. State police are searching the route he was traveling. I pray for his safe return and that of his wife and that no harm has befallen them, in Jesus name. Thank you and thank God for this forum.

John O'Neill hasn't shown up for his scheduled appearance on Savge Nation.

A special news conference is upcoming at 2 p.m.

Missing Woman Sought Clues Point to Burglary at Victim's Shop CUMMING -- Forsyth County law enforcement authorities said Friday they suspect foul play is involved in the disappearance of a hair dresser who disappeared a day earlier from her salon along with money from the cash register and the wallet from her purse. Patrice Tamber Endres, 38, runs the Tamber's Trim-N-Tan hair salon, where she was last seen helping a customer at about 11:35 a.m. Thursday. Her co-workers reported her missing 10 minutes later...... go to: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/3011383/detail.html for rest of story..... Folks, even though Atlanta has crept closer and closer...

MISSING SINCE 11/18/03 Phil Sheridan, age 54. From Portland, Oregon. Phil has been missing since November 18th. At the time he disappeared, he had pneumonia and might not be himself (he left his medication behind). He stands 5-foot-10-inches tall, weighs 155, has brown hair with a touch of gray, has a goatee/moustache, and usually wears glasses and a ball-cap. His wife, children and friends are worried about him and want him back. A missing persons report, #03-16391, is on file with the Gresham Police Department. *NEW INFORMATION: Phil Sheridan's car, a 1987 tan Toyota Carolla, license SYZ-153, was found buried...

Steve Davis was let out of his car, which his wife was driving, on the Hwy 71 near Joplin, NO. His daughter was driving her car behind them, and was supposed to pick him up. Instead of doing so, she whizzed right on by him. The wife got home and realized that Steve was not with them. Steve has not been heard from since being dropped off the Hwy 71 early this morning in the Joplin, Missouri area. Can any you Joplin, MO freepers help to find him? The Mother is wanting to hear from him!

Dear Freepers... A young 21-year-old woman from Maryland has been missing since October 7th. I offered to post this information online in the hopes of finding Naomi, and to ask your prayer support for her and her family. As a long-time mostly lurker, FR came to mind, as I have been greatly heartened by the prayer threads. I hope and pray this posting will be an instrument of grace for Naomi and her family. A temporary website with info and email can be found here. In a day or two, I understand there will be a permanent website: Find Naomi...

Fellow Freepers, A good friend has an associate whose son recently disappeared in the St. Louis area. Could be anywhere in the country now. Don't have many facts. You can see one of the flyers Here. It is an Adobe PDF file. Thanks!!

After months of negotiations, CBS has given the go-ahead to a TV movie about Elizabeth Smart and is set to announce a deal that would bring the story of the Salt Lake girl's kidnapping and eventual rescue to a nationwide audience. CBS is targeting the telefilm for the November sweeps period — close to the scheduled late October release date of the family's book, "Bringing Elizabeth Home: A Journey of Faith and Hope." Both the book and movie will tell the story of Elizabeth's kidnapping and safe return through the experiences of her parents, Ed and Lois Smart. "The focus...

<p>It was a cruel hoax, police said today, that renewed a Boone County family's hope that a daughter missing for 17 years was about to come home.</p> <p>A Kansas woman is charged with identity deception and false reporting, police said at a press conference this afternoon. Donna Walker, 35, Topeka, is not in custody and police asked for help in locating her.</p>

URGENT - MISSING PERSON - BRAD MCCAMMON, missing in the Lewiston - Moscow Idaho to Clarkston - Pullman Washington Area. He was last seen early Thursday 6/5/03 morning. He was riding a yellow mountain bike with a backpack. He is 29, slim build, 5 ft. 8 inches, short dark hair and a goatee. Anyone with information, please contact police. His picture can be seen at www.klewtv.com

Missing Person/Possible runaway: Jennifer Nicole Gay Age:16 Height:5'3" Weight:120 Last seen in phoenix Arizona at Pizza Hut Saturday april 5th. She has 2 tattoos One heart shaped tattoo on her right thumb and one scrolly type X on her right ankle. If you see her or know anything please called the Phoenix Police Department. She is 16 and is with a known drug dealer and pot head. She is suppose to be trying to pick up her check today April 7th, This is our last hope of getting her back. The last we heard they are thinking of leaving the...

<p>Modesto police said Wednesday that they believe Laci Peterson was the victim of a homicide. "As the investigation has progressed, we have increasingly come to believe that Laci Peterson is the victim of a violent crime," said Detective Craig Grogan, lead investigator.</p>

Police & Task Force Searching For Missing LSU Graduate Student Baton Rouge Police and the serial killer task force are searching for missing 26 year old Carrie Yoder, who was last seen Monday evening. Yoder is a Graduate Assistant at LSU and is majoring in Plant Biology. Yoder's home at 4250 Dodson is just south of the LSU Gates. Police have roped off the home with crime scene tape and canvassed the neighborhood for any clues surrounding Yoder's disappearance. Yoder's white Chevy Cavalier was towed away to be combed for evidence. However, no information was being released on what was...

This is the official thread for the afternoon news conference by Laci Peterson's Family. (prepared in advance)

MODBEE.COMAlameda County personnel return from the search on San Francisco Bay near the Berkeley Marina on Thursday. A Christmas tree lies discarded in front of the Peterson house in Modesto's La Loma area Thursday. AL GOLUB/THE BEE Object spied in bay January 10, 2003 Posted: 04:55:08 AM PST By PATRICK GIBLIN and JOHN COTÉ The Laci Peterson investigation turned grim Thursday with the discovery of one body and possibly another in San Francisco Bay. Authorities pulled only one body from the water, and it was not Peterson's, Modesto police quickly determined. Then, at 6:30 p.m., police announced that a sonar...

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<p>The search for Laci Peterson continued Saturday as Modesto police officers and equestrian units combed areas along the Stanislaus River.</p> <p>Police pushed 10 miles west of Modesto, to 4,000 acres of wetlands along the Stanislaus, Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers, in the search for Laci Peterson, the 27-year-old expectant mother who disappeared Christmas Eve.</p>