This is a general discussion thread for cold cases, cold case innovations, or possibly to break out into a thread, if the interest goes that way.
This is a general discussion thread for cold cases, cold case innovations, or possibly to break out into a thread, if the interest goes that way.
Mel70
I miss you Oreo.
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
Miccistella
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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.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
Mel70
I miss you Oreo.
Mel70
I miss you Oreo.
She didn't have custody. Must have been a good reason.
Miccistella
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Miccistella
Well-known member
I still would like to know...... it is crazy to find out after 40 years that you are not who you think you ae
Mel70
I miss you Oreo.
She was 3. Her mother changed their identity and moved to Kentucky.
ima.grandma
Believer of Miracles
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.
Missing woman Michelle Newton's truth revealed after 42 years
What if you found out that you aren’t who you think you are... and you’ve been missing for 42 years?! That’s what happened to Michelle Newton. She’d always felt
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1990 'Lover's Lane' cold case: Suspect arrested, charged with capital murder
After almost 36 years, an arrest has been made and charges filed in connection to the 1990 “Lover's Lane" murders of a young man and woman in Houston.
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?1990 'Lover's Lane' cold case: Suspect arrested, charged with capital murder
After almost 36 years, an arrest has been made and charges filed in connection to the 1990 “Lover's Lane" murders of a young man and woman in Houston.www.fox26houston.com
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."
Girl who disappeared in Arizona over 30 years ago has been found alive
The 13-year-old reported missing in 1994 has been found alive decades later, the Gila County Sheriff's Office said.
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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?
Girl who disappeared in Arizona over 30 years ago has been found alive
The 13-year-old reported missing in 1994 has been found alive decades later, the Gila County Sheriff's Office said.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.
Right? She was 13! That's just crazy to me. Did she "run away to start a new life" that young??
Missing 13-year-old found alive after 30 years
A woman who went missing more than 30 years ago when she was 13 has been found alive.
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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.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.Missing 13-year-old found alive after 30 years
A woman who went missing more than 30 years ago when she was 13 has been found alive.
A bit more.
www.nbcnews.com
Christina Marie Plante, now 44 and living under a different name, told a cold case investigator from the Gila County Sheriff's Office that family members helped her leave.
"This was information we had not been aware of before we located her," Chief Deputy James Lahti told NBC News on Friday. "Up until then, we didn't know where she was and we were under the impression she had been kidnapped."
But Terry Hudgens, a former Gila County sheriff’s deputy who initially investigated the disappearance of the young teenager who went by "Tina," said in an interview Thursday that he was mystified by all the sudden interest in this case — because, he said, it was resolved shortly after the girl was reported missing.
Hudgens said Plante's father had custody of her but that she wanted to live with her mother. So they arranged to meet while Plante was walking to a nearby stable to tend to her horse, he said. The mother and daughter then drove to the airport in Phoenix and flew out of state — “and maybe out of the country,” he said.
Hudgens said they dropped their investigation after determining that Plante was safe. "It was a custody battle," he said.
Lahti confirmed Hudgens led the initial search for Plante but said the case was never officially closed. He also confirmed that Plante told them certain family members helped her disappear, but offered no further details.
On Thursday, the sheriff's deputy who located Plante revealed that she had left voluntarily with help from of family members with whom she had remained in touch.
“I was dumbfounded,” Capt. Jamie Garrett told NewsNation’s “Jesse Weber Live” show Thursday. “I guess she wasn’t happy with where she was living and who she was living with, and she ran away.”
Garrett said she told Plante that investigators had been “under the impression that somebody kidnapped you. It was deemed a criminal offense.’”
At the time, Plante was living with an aunt and uncle who put up a $10,000 reward for information on her whereabouts. Her name was entered into national databases for missing children and Lahti said investigators would revisit her case periodically as the years passed and the trail grew cold.
Garrett did not say during the interview how they finally located Plante, but she said she had not wanted to be found.
“She said that was a long time ago, that was an old life,” Garrett said. “She’s in her adult life. She has her family now. That’s not something she even thinks about.”
Arizona girl missing since 1994 wasn't kidnapped and didn't want to be found, official says
Christina Marie Plante, who was 13 when she vanished, told the deputy who tracked her down "that was an old life."
www.nbcnews.com
"This was information we had not been aware of before we located her," Chief Deputy James Lahti told NBC News on Friday. "Up until then, we didn't know where she was and we were under the impression she had been kidnapped."
But Terry Hudgens, a former Gila County sheriff’s deputy who initially investigated the disappearance of the young teenager who went by "Tina," said in an interview Thursday that he was mystified by all the sudden interest in this case — because, he said, it was resolved shortly after the girl was reported missing.
Hudgens said Plante's father had custody of her but that she wanted to live with her mother. So they arranged to meet while Plante was walking to a nearby stable to tend to her horse, he said. The mother and daughter then drove to the airport in Phoenix and flew out of state — “and maybe out of the country,” he said.
Hudgens said they dropped their investigation after determining that Plante was safe. "It was a custody battle," he said.
Lahti confirmed Hudgens led the initial search for Plante but said the case was never officially closed. He also confirmed that Plante told them certain family members helped her disappear, but offered no further details.
On Thursday, the sheriff's deputy who located Plante revealed that she had left voluntarily with help from of family members with whom she had remained in touch.
“I was dumbfounded,” Capt. Jamie Garrett told NewsNation’s “Jesse Weber Live” show Thursday. “I guess she wasn’t happy with where she was living and who she was living with, and she ran away.”
Garrett said she told Plante that investigators had been “under the impression that somebody kidnapped you. It was deemed a criminal offense.’”
At the time, Plante was living with an aunt and uncle who put up a $10,000 reward for information on her whereabouts. Her name was entered into national databases for missing children and Lahti said investigators would revisit her case periodically as the years passed and the trail grew cold.
Garrett did not say during the interview how they finally located Plante, but she said she had not wanted to be found.
“She said that was a long time ago, that was an old life,” Garrett said. “She’s in her adult life. She has her family now. That’s not something she even thinks about.”
Well, for crying out loud. Sounds like it was a lack of communication within law-enforcementA bit more.
Christina Marie Plante, now 44 and living under a different name, told a cold case investigator from the Gila County Sheriff's Office that family members helped her leave.Arizona girl missing since 1994 wasn't kidnapped and didn't want to be found, official says
Christina Marie Plante, who was 13 when she vanished, told the deputy who tracked her down "that was an old life."
"This was information we had not been aware of before we located her," Chief Deputy James Lahti told NBC News on Friday. "Up until then, we didn't know where she was and we were under the impression she had been kidnapped."
But Terry Hudgens, a former Gila County sheriff’s deputy who initially investigated the disappearance of the young teenager who went by "Tina," said in an interview Thursday that he was mystified by all the sudden interest in this case — because, he said, it was resolved shortly after the girl was reported missing.
Hudgens said Plante's father had custody of her but that she wanted to live with her mother. So they arranged to meet while Plante was walking to a nearby stable to tend to her horse, he said. The mother and daughter then drove to the airport in Phoenix and flew out of state — “and maybe out of the country,” he said.
Hudgens said they dropped their investigation after determining that Plante was safe. "It was a custody battle," he said.
Lahti confirmed Hudgens led the initial search for Plante but said the case was never officially closed. He also confirmed that Plante told them certain family members helped her disappear, but offered no further details.
On Thursday, the sheriff's deputy who located Plante revealed that she had left voluntarily with help from of family members with whom she had remained in touch.
“I was dumbfounded,” Capt. Jamie Garrett told NewsNation’s “Jesse Weber Live” show Thursday. “I guess she wasn’t happy with where she was living and who she was living with, and she ran away.”
Garrett said she told Plante that investigators had been “under the impression that somebody kidnapped you. It was deemed a criminal offense.’”
At the time, Plante was living with an aunt and uncle who put up a $10,000 reward for information on her whereabouts. Her name was entered into national databases for missing children and Lahti said investigators would revisit her case periodically as the years passed and the trail grew cold.
Garrett did not say during the interview how they finally located Plante, but she said she had not wanted to be found.
“She said that was a long time ago, that was an old life,” Garrett said. “She’s in her adult life. She has her family now. That’s not something she even thinks about.”