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Ogden police: Social media key in finding runaways

Last updated Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 6:24am

OGDEN -- Police in Ogden no longer think about placing photos on milk cartons to find juveniles who are missing or have run away.

Instead, they use social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to help determine their whereabouts, said Lt. Scott Conley, head of the Ogden Police Department's Selective Enforcement Division.

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Frenzy surrounds missing baby investigation

Eric Alder Kansas City Star

Last updated Friday, October 7, 2011 - 8:17am

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-- In the search for little Lisa Irwin, crime investigators say, every minute counts. Time is passing.

It has been three days since Jeremy Irwin and Deborah Bradley reported that their 10-month-old baby had been snatched from her crib in their Northland home.

About 300 investigators representing local police, sheriff's departments, the FBI and others have been working the scene and beyond, gathering evidence and following leads they hope will reveal Lisa's location.

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Deborah Bradley, front, stands with Jeremy Irwin while in the lobby of a Hampton Inn hotel in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. Bradley said in an interview Friday that she took a polygraph earlier this week after her baby, Lisa Irwin, disappeared from their Kansas City home. Bradley says police told her she failed the test. Lisa's father, Jeremy Irwin, said he has offered to take a lie detector test, but police said he did not have to. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Police pressure mom of missing baby: 'You did it'

Maria Sudekum Fisher The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 7, 2011 - 9:45am

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The mother of a 10-month-old girl who went missing from their Kansas City home said police told her she failed a lie detector test and accused her of being involved in her baby's disappearance.

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Missing Utah girl found in North Dakota

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 7, 2011 - 8:10am

KILLDEER, N.D. -- Authorities in western North Dakota say a 10-year-old Utah girl who had been reported missing last February has been found and reunited with her father.

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(Courtesy photo) Police are asking the public to help find missing North Ogden teen Alexis Michele Rasmussen. She was last seen Sept. 10 in North Ogden.

Police seek help finding North Ogden teen

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 8:52am

NORTH OGDEN -- Police are looking for a 16-year-old girl who disappeared in North Ogden almost two weeks ago.

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Lost Boy Scout found safe

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, August 13, 2011 - 4:39pm

MANILA — Jared Ropelato, the 12-year old Boy Scout who went missing Friday on a hike in Daggett County, was found by searchers at 8:45 a.m. today.

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Scott Davis, a sheriffs deputy in Cumberland County, Tenn., created and hosts the online series "The Missing." Hes shown, at left, with "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh, with whom he developed a NASCAR program to aid missing children. (SHNS photo courtesy Knoxville News-Sentinel)

Missing children the focus of online video series

Natalie Neysa Alund, Scripps Howard News Service Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Friday, July 1, 2011 - 2:43pm

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- When teenage runaway Lara Snyder bumped into Scott Davis in the Cumberland County Justice Center lobby, she didn't recognize him.

"You probably don't know me," Davis recalled telling the 15-year-old girl who'd been missing for months and recently returned home to her mother's Crossville, Tenn., residence.

But as Davis spoke, the teen's eyes grew big.

"I know your voice," Davis said Lara told him. "You're the guy who did the show on me on the Internet. I watched it while I was running. I didn't think anybody cared."

By day, Davis works for the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office as the sex offender registry compliance officer.

By night, he runs an international online series in an attempt to gain exposure for missing children throughout not only Tennessee, but the world. The program, "The Missing," broadcasts on the Internet via YouTube and is shared with similar sites, including Facebook.

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