Archive for January, 2009

Edna and Jadeah Culbert and Maurice Ward missing four years

Today is the fourth anniversary of the disappearance of Edna and Jadeah Culbert and Maurice Ward. They were abducted by their non-custodial father, John Culbert, from a supervised visitation in Jamaica, New York. They may be in Virginia, New Jersey, Tennesee, Georgia, or California.

Edna Culbert

Jadeah Culbert

Maurice Ward

Above are pictures of Edna, Jadeah, and Maurice. If you have any information as to their whereabouts, please contact either the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST or the New York City Police Department at 212-694-7781.

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Alexander Chacon missing four years

Today is the fourth anniversary of the disappearance of Alexander Chacon. He was abducted by his non-custodial mother from Buena Park, California.

Alexander Chacon

Alexander Chacon age-progression

Above is a picture of Alexander in 2005 and an age-progressed image to seven years. If you have any information as to his whereabouts, please contact either the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST or the Orange County District Attorney’s Office at 714-347-8557.

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Tatunm Flint missing two years

Today is the second anniversary of the disappearance of Tatunm Chibi Flint. He was abducted by his non-custodial mother from Pasadena, California. They may be in Japan.

Tatunm Flint

Above is a picture of Tatunm. If you have any information as to his whereabouts, please contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Altadena Station, at 626-798-1131.

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Angelo, Santino, Selena, and Walter Leo missing three years

Today is the three year anniversary of the disappearance of
Angelo, Santino, Selena, and Walter Leo. They were abducted from Santa Ana, California by a non-custodial female relative, who has since been located. They remain missing, however.

Angelo Leo

Santino Leo

Selena Leo

Walter Leo

Above are pictures of the Leo children. If you have any information as to their whereabouts, please contact either the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST or the Orange County District Attorney’s Office at 714-245-8600.

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Middle Eastern abductions: our site, the reality

On the For the Lost web page is the excellent essay by Meaghan Good, The Middle Eastern Abduction Myth. It is still unfortunate that the myth that most parental abductors are Middle Eastern males persists. I was curious how this applied to our site specifically. What percentage of cases possibly involve the Middle East, and do the gender ratios seem unbalanced?

For this I looked at all 375 cases on the site. The only ones included in this sample were ones taken or possibly in the following countries: Egypt, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Qatar, Kuwait, Yemen, Oman, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. While Iran is technically a Persian nation and not a Middle Eastern one it is considered as such by most of the population and thus it has been included. Turkey was excluded for being considered a European nation and both Afghanistan and Pakistan were excluded for being Asian nations. Twenty three cases met this criteria. Of those, seventeen involved fathers and six involved mothers. So while it appears that fathers are more common abductors amongst children taken to Middle Eastern countries, the total of children taken to them is a small amount compared to the whole picture.

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Arlene Robles missing thirteen years

Today is the thirteenth anniversary of the disapperance of Angela Arlene Robles. She ran away from her Calexico, California home.

Arlene Robles

Above is a picture of Arlene. If you can, please go to the link above and print out her poster. If you have any information as to her whereabouts please contact the Calexico Police Department at 760-768-2190.

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Scott Almaguer missing eight years

Today is the eighth anniversary of the disappearance of Scott Alamaguer. He was abducted by his non-custodial mother, Maria Isabel Ramirez, from Houston, Texas. They are believed to be in the Tampico Tamaulipas area of Mexico.

Scott Almaguer

Scott Almaguer age-progression

Maria Ramirez

Above is a picture of Scott in 2001, an age-progressed image to fourteen years, and a picture of his mother. Help bring him home to his father – if you have any information as to his whereabouts, please contact either the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST or the Houston Police Department at 713-731-5223.

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Kevin Fleischmann missing ten years

Today is the tenth anniversary of the disappearance of Kevin Fleischmann. He was last seen in El Paso, Texas and may be in Germany with his father’s relatives.

Kevin Fleischmann

Above is a picture of Kevin. If you have any information as to his whereabouts, please contact the Texas Department of Public Safety at 800-346-3243.

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Michael Masaoay missing twenty years

Today is the twentieth anniversary of the disapperance of Michael Omas Masaoay. He was last seen leaving for school in San Francisco, California.

Michael Masaoay

Michael Masaoay age-progression

Above is a picture of Michael in 1989 and an age-progressed image to thirty-two years. If you have any information as to his whereabouts, please e-mail his For the Lost case manager in the address in the link above, or contact either the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST or the San Francisco Police Department at 415-558-5515.

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Robin Reed missing sixteen years

Today is the sixteenth anniversary of the disappearance of Robin Reed. He was last seen at school in Petaluma, California. He may have committed suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.

Robin Reed

Above is a picture of Robin. If you can, please go to the link above and print out his poster. If you have any information as to his whereabouts please contact the Petaluma Police Department at 707-778-4332.

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