Missing child

Missing Wendover teen returns after meeting man online

WENDOVER -- A missing Wendover teen has returned home to her family but her brief disappearance remains under investigation.

Missing S. Jordan girl may be in Reno

RENO, Nev. -- Law officers investigating the case of a missing Utah girl say the 6-year-old may be in northern Nevada with her biological mother and mother's boyfriend.

This photo released by the Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office shows Angel Garcia, 55, of Draper, after he was booked Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013  on suspicion of child kidnapping, harboring a runaway, obstructing justice and endangering a child.  Garcia insists he's innocent and has told police that Brooklyn Gittins ran away from her home in suburban Herriman and he picked her up after she called him. Gittins' disappearance last week prompted authorities and about 1,000 volunteers to conduct a two-day search. The teen crawled out of her bedroom window and left on her own accord on Jan. 8 but was thought to be without her shoes or a coat in chilly weather. (AP Photo/Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office)

Draper man arrested in alleged kidnapping of Herriman teen

SALT LAKE CITY -- A 55-year-old Utah man has been arrested in the disappearance of a teenage girl last week that set off a massive search involving 1,000 volunteers in freezing temperatures.

Police believe casino worker killed 10-year-old Vegas girl

LAS VEGAS  -- Police suspect that a casino worker killed a 10-year-girl before going to a Las Vegas resort and allegedly slashing the face of a co-worker with razor blades.

In this hospital surveillance photo released by the Phoenix Police Department on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, a woman is seen with her 11-year-old daughter, a leukemia patient who had her arm amputated and a heart catheter inserted due to an infection. Authorities say the woman inexplicably took the girl from the hospital last week. Police say that if the catheter is left in too long it could lead to a deadly infection. The family’s identity is being withheld but they are calling the girl Emily. (AP Photo/Phoenix Police Department)

Parents remove sick child from hospital

PHOENIX  -- Authorities are looking for an 11-year-old girl with leukemia and a heart catheter who they say could die in a matter of days if she isn’t brought back to a hospital after her parents inexplicably took her out of the facility last week.

Autistic Bountiful boy found OK in Murray

BOUNTIFUL — A 6-year-old boy with autism was found at 9:14 a.m. Thursday in the Murray area and is now in the custody of child protective services, said Bountiful Police Lt. Gary Koehn.

Riley Martin was found with his mother, Heather Lee Martin. Both were asleep in a home.

Missing autistic Bountiful boy found safe

 

BOUNTIFUL — A 6-year-old boy with autism was found at 9:14 a.m. Thursday morning in the Murray area and is now in child protective services, said Bountiful Police Lt. Gary Koehn.

Anita Saunders, mother of two teenage brothers, Dante Robinson, 17, and Justin Robinson 15, who are charged in the murder of Autumn Pasquale, 12, walks out of her home Thursday, October 24, 2012, in Clayton,. N.J., with her husband Richard Saunders. According to Gloucester County prosecutor Sean Dalton, the boys' mother played a part in cracking the case involving Autumn Pasquale. She came forward with information about a posting on a son's Facebook account, leading police to the boys, Dalton said. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Slain 12-year-old girl exchanged messages with suspected killer

CLAYTON, N.J. — Relatives of a slain 12-year-old girl from southern New Jersey said Thursday they want to avoid jeopardizing the criminal case and will not comment on the revelation that three days before she disappeared, she may have exchanged online messages with one of the teenagers accused of killing her.

This booking photo released by the Westminster, Colo., Police Department shows Austin Reed Sigg. Police in this Denver suburb announced Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, that Sigg, 17, has been arrested in the abduction and killing of a 10-year-old girl and the attempted kidnapping of a runner. Police say they arrested Sigg at his Westminster home Tuesday night, about five miles from the home of Jessica Ridgeway, who disappeared Oct. 5. Her body was found five days later in a field at a park. The break comes two days after police said Jessica's abduction was linked to the attempted abduction in May of a 22-year-old runner at another park. (AP PhotoWestminster Police Department)

Prosecutors: Teen confesses in death of Colo. girl

GOLDEN, Colo. — Prosecutors said Thursday a Colorado teenager confessed to killing a 10-year-old girl who lived less than a mile from his home — a crime that authorities previously said was probably committed by someone known to the small community of Westminster.

This booking photo released by the Westminster, Colo., Police Department shows Austin Reed Sigg. Police in this Denver suburb announced Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, that Sigg, 17, has been arrested in the abduction and killing of a 10-year-old girl and the attempted kidnapping of a runner. Police say they arrested Sigg at his Westminster home Tuesday night, about five miles from the home of Jessica Ridgeway, who disappeared Oct. 5. Her body was found five days later in a field at a park. The break comes two days after police said Jessica's abduction was linked to the attempted abduction in May of a 22-year-old runner at another park. (AP Photo/Westminster Police Department)

Teen arrested in killing of 10-year-old Colo. girl

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — A teenage boy who lived just a mile from a 10-year-old Colorado girl who was abducted and killed earlier this month has been arrested in her death, along with a May attack on a runner, authorities said Wednesday.

A teen who declined to be identified is overcome with grief after visiting the crime scene on Clayton Avenue in Clayton NJ on Tuesday Oct. 23, 2012, after the discovery of a girl's body in a home's recycling bin. Gloucester County prosecutors say a body believed to be that of Autumn Pasquale was found around 10 p.m. Monday in the bin just blocks from her house. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)

Body of missing girl found in recycle bin

CLAYTON, N.J. — Authorities in New Jersey say they don’t have any suspects in the killing of a 12-year-old girl, whose body was found in a home’s recycling bin two days after she was reported missing.

Dismembered body is that of missing Colo. girl

 

 

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — A body found in a suburban Denver park was identified Friday as that of a missing 10-year-old girl, as anxious parents kept close watch over their children because of the potential presence of a predator in their midst, authorities said.

Colo. parents on edge as police search for child abductor

 

 

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Anxious parents kept close and protective watch over their children on Friday after the FBI warned them that a 10-year-old girl who vanished one week earlier may have been abducted by someone they know.

The family of Jessica Ridgeway gathers at the Westminster Police Department in Westminster, Colo., on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, to talk about Jessica and ask for her safe return. Jessica went missing Friday while on her way to school. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Kathryn Scott Osler, Pool)

Colo. missing girl case takes new path after body found

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Authorities have shifted their focus from searching for a missing 10-year-old girl to appealing for help in tracking down her apparent kidnapper, as concern mounts in a Denver suburb where the girl disappeared a week ago and a body was found.

Sierra Newbold (Courtesy photo)

New info to come in probe of W. Jordan 6-year-old’s death

 

 

 

WEST JORDAN — Authorities plan to release new details in their probe of the death and sexual assault of a 6-year-old West Jordan girl.

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