Today is the twentieth anniversary of the disappearance of Jennifer Lynn Fay. She was last seen at a friend’s residence in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Above is a picture of Jennifer in 1989 and an age-progressed image of her to thirty-two years. If you have any information as to her whereabouts, please e-mail her For the Lost case manager in the address in the link above, or contact either the the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST or the Brockton police Department at 508-941-0200.

Today is the fourth anniversary of the disappearance of Marrieonna Charyl Tanice Valentine. She was abducted by her non-custodial grandmother from Gardena, California.

Above is a picture of Marrieonna. If you have any information as to her whereabouts, please contact either the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST or the Los Angeles Police Department at 213-928-8223.

Today is the sixteenth anniversary of the disappearance of Tiffany Susan Westford. She was abducted by her non-custodial mother, Marie Catherine Dominique, from Amityville, New York.

Above are pictures of Tiffany and her mother in 1993, an age-progressed image of Tiffany to eighteen years. Help bring her home to her father – if you have any information as to her whereabouts please contact either the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST or the Suffolk County Police Department Missing Persons Unit at 631-852-6194.

Child abducted to China by father

In New York, he had been an absent father and abusive husband who worked erratically at makeshift jobs. But his calls and e-mail messages from China, where he had gone in the fall of 2007 to teach English, promised his estranged wife that everything had changed. Their little girl deserved the chance to grow up in a two-parent family, he told her, and he sent them airline tickets to join him.

The day after they arrived in Beijing in January of this year, said the wife, Olivia Karolys, the husband, Rodrigo Karolys, took them shopping in a mall far from their hotel, and told her to get her hair done. She watched his reflection in the salon mirror as he held Lenora, then 2 ½.

Then suddenly they were gone.

This is a very long article, but worth reading. I’m glad to see Lenora back home from a place that typically does not extradite. I know of a few cases where children are abducted to China, and perhaps this is a good omen. (I’ll say the abductor keeping an online journal where he bragged about such things was an act of extreme stupidity, however.) Someone on a forum I belong to stated after reading this story it was all done because the dad had kidnapped the child. The implication, of course, is that is the only situation where the law will act. To an extent this is true. I have not seen as many cases where mom reports the kids abducted and the police claim to have their hands tied as is the case where the genders are reversed. Also, as I have said before, people tend to assume mom abducted for a good reason. In both circumstances, however, there are many cases where law enforcement acts right away and starts to look for the child and kidnapper. The biggest problem is the minimization of the effects of parental kidnapping. This effects law enforcement and the public equally. I hope that this article, along with high profile cases that are currently in the news, can bring some desperately needed light to the issue.

Today is the seventh anniversary of the disappearance of Lukas Sebastian Pokorny. He was abducted by his non-custodial mother, Jeidy Aictza Rubiano, from Oakland, California. They may be in Mexico.

Above are pictures of Lukas and his mother in 2002, and an age-progressed image of Lukas to three years. 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 Alameda County Sheriff’s Office at 510-667-7721.

Today is the eleventh anniversary of the disappearance of Keila Brianne Critchfield. She was abducted by her non-custodial mother, Laura Jean Kielland, from Auburn, Washington. They are believed to be in Costa Rica.

Above are pictures of Kelia and her mother in 1998, a picture of Kelia from 2000, and an age-progression of Kelia to thirteen years. Help bring her home to her father – if you have any information as to her whereabouts please contact either the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST or the King County Police Department at 206-296-7692.

Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the disappearances of David William Maddot, Kent Lionel Munro, and Omar Kahil Shearer. They were involved in a fishing accident with one other man off the coast of Marco Island, Florida. They may have drowned, but little evidence is available.

Above are pictures of David, Kent, and Omar. Unfortunately their case has been closed, although they remain missing. If you have any information as to their whereabouts, please e-mail For the Lost through our website or e-mail Vanished at info@vanished.org. If you can, please contact the Tampa FBI at 813-253-1000 and ask them to re-open this case.

I can’t tell whether it’s good or bad that I regularly get updates from a variety of left-behind parents who want to keep me informed about their case.

I can’t tell whether it’s good or bad that my entire facebook account is devoted to missing people, and I can tell you who every parent I’ve friended is looking for and details about their case.

I can’t tell whether it’s good or bad that when someone’s friend has their grandchild abducted, the friend who belongs to the same message board I do immediately messages me and asks for advice.

I can’t tell whether it’s good or bad that when any news story references a past parental kidnapping, I can usually tell who it is and what happened even if no details are given.

I do know, though, that it’s bad even with all the work I try to do, I still feel I’m running in place to keep up with the problem of parental kidnapping.

Today is the twenty-ninth anniversary of the disappearance of Donna Lee Fowler. She was last seen in Trinity, California at 2:30 p.m.near the Joss House Historical Museum downtown.

Above is a picture of Donna. 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 County Sheriffs Department at 530-623-2611.

A new case has been added to the Adam Haseeb Memorial Pages, that of Tiffany Warrington. Please check out the link and help find this missing child.