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40-year-old Kentucky abduction case closed as missing woman found alive, mother charged​

A Kentucky family has been reunited with their daughter 40 years after her abduction.

Michelle Newton disappeared from Louisville in 1983 when she was only three years old after allegedly being abducted by her noncustodial mother, Debra Newton.

The case had gone cold for decades, until a Crime Stoppers tip provided the breakthrough investigators needed.

According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, a Crime Stoppers tip from Marion County, Florida, “identified a possible match for a 66-year-old woman using a different name.”

The sheriff’s office said a recent photo was compared with a 1983 photo of Debra Newton and “confirmed their resemblance.” Investigators reportedly tested Newton’s sister’s DNA, and the results came back as a 99.99% match to the suspect in Florida.

Debra was subsequently arrested at the end of November 2025 and charged with custodial interference.

Michelle was found alive, in another state, living under a different name. She told investigators she had no idea she was a victim until she realized all that she’d missed.

“This is the kind of case you see once in a law enforcement career,” Chief Deputy Col. Steve Healey said in a news release. “Detectives refused to let the trail go cold. Their work — and the courage of a Crime Stoppers tipster — brought a daughter home to her family after four decades.”
Oh wow!!! Her family waiting 40 years. But it was a good outcome. Unfortunately you don't see very many. Hopefully she will have a happy life.I💖
 
Oh wow!!! Her family waiting 40 years. But it was a good outcome. Unfortunately you don't see very many. Hopefully she will have a happy life.I💖
I wonder though why she disappeared with her daughter. what is the story behind the dad.. how did she grow up.. was she safe...... so many questions.
 
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After being missing for 42 years, Michelle Newton's truth is finally being revealed

Michelle and her mom moved away from home when she was three, leaving everyone behind and then her mom changed their identities. 66-year-old Debra Newton was arrested in Florida on November 24th. In a now viral video, a neighbor can be heard teasing “Sharon” that the police are coming for her.
 

1990 'Lover's Lane' cold case: Suspect arrested, charged with capital murder​

After almost 36 years, an arrest has been made in the 1990 "Lover's Lane" murders of a young man and woman in Houston.

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare announced 64-year-old Floyd William Parrott has been charged with capital murder for the deaths of Cheryl Henry, 22, and Andy Atkinson, 21.

According to officials, Parrot was arrested in Lincoln, Nebraska on Wednesday by Houston Police Department officers and the FBI.

Henry and Atkinson were found dead in a wooded area near Enclave Parkway on August 23, 1990.

Police say they had both been stabbed in the throat. Atkinson was found tied to a tree about 100 yards away from Henry, who officials report had been sexually assaulted.

They had last been seen the night before when Henry and her sister met Atkinson at a nightclub on Westheimer Road near South Gessner.

A missing person’s report was filed the next day when no one had seen Henry or Atkinson.


"One of Houston’s most haunting and infamous cold cases has weighed on the Henry and Atkinson families, as well as our community for more than three decades," District Attorney Sean Teare said. "Our prosecutors, working with the HPD and FBI, have pursued this investigation with relentless and dogged determination. They have worked hundreds of leads, facing dead ends and plenty of frustration. But, they never gave up on Cheryl and Andy. Thank you to all investigators who have touched this case. Your perseverance has delivered something two families long deserved: progress and hope. Today is a good day."
 

1990 'Lover's Lane' cold case: Suspect arrested, charged with capital murder​

After almost 36 years, an arrest has been made in the 1990 "Lover's Lane" murders of a young man and woman in Houston.

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare announced 64-year-old Floyd William Parrott has been charged with capital murder for the deaths of Cheryl Henry, 22, and Andy Atkinson, 21.

According to officials, Parrot was arrested in Lincoln, Nebraska on Wednesday by Houston Police Department officers and the FBI.

Henry and Atkinson were found dead in a wooded area near Enclave Parkway on August 23, 1990.

Police say they had both been stabbed in the throat. Atkinson was found tied to a tree about 100 yards away from Henry, who officials report had been sexually assaulted.

They had last been seen the night before when Henry and her sister met Atkinson at a nightclub on Westheimer Road near South Gessner.

A missing person’s report was filed the next day when no one had seen Henry or Atkinson.


"One of Houston’s most haunting and infamous cold cases has weighed on the Henry and Atkinson families, as well as our community for more than three decades," District Attorney Sean Teare said. "Our prosecutors, working with the HPD and FBI, have pursued this investigation with relentless and dogged determination. They have worked hundreds of leads, facing dead ends and plenty of frustration. But, they never gave up on Cheryl and Andy. Thank you to all investigators who have touched this case. Your perseverance has delivered something two families long deserved: progress and hope. Today is a good day."
I wonder if he’d known them?
 
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Girl who disappeared in Arizona over 30 years ago has been found alive​

A person who was reported missing as a 13-year-old in 1994 has been found alive, according to the Gila County Sheriff's Office.

Christina Plante vanished without a trace from the community of Star Valley, located east of Payson, in May 1994 when she left on foot to go to a horse stable and wasn't seen again. The sheriff's office conducted ground searches and interviews, but no viable leads were developed to find the missing girl.

On April 1, the sheriff's office announced that its cold case unit had reviewed the case and developed new leads that led to locating Plante alive as an adult.

"Investigators have confirmed her identity and her status as a missing person has been officially resolved," the sheriff's office wrote in a statement.
 
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Girl who disappeared in Arizona over 30 years ago has been found alive​

A person who was reported missing as a 13-year-old in 1994 has been found alive, according to the Gila County Sheriff's Office.

Christina Plante vanished without a trace from the community of Star Valley, located east of Payson, in May 1994 when she left on foot to go to a horse stable and wasn't seen again. The sheriff's office conducted ground searches and interviews, but no viable leads were developed to find the missing girl.

On April 1, the sheriff's office announced that its cold case unit had reviewed the case and developed new leads that led to locating Plante alive as an adult.

"Investigators have confirmed her identity and her status as a missing person has been officially resolved," the sheriff's office wrote in a statement.
Don’t we get to know what happened?
 
Don’t we get to know what happened?
Right? She was 13! That's just crazy to me. Did she "run away to start a new life" that young??

The Gila County Sheriff’s Office said it will not provide any further details out of respect for Plante’s privacy and well-being.
 
Right? She was 13! That's just crazy to me. Did she "run away to start a new life" that young??

The Gila County Sheriff’s Office said it will not provide any further details out of respect for Plante’s privacy and well-being.
Were tax dollars used to try and find her all these years? If the answer is yes, I think the public deserves to know a little bit about the situation.
 

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