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| Misheloff, Ilene January 30,1989; California | |
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| Ell | May 16 2006, 08:41 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/m/misheloff_ilene.html![]() -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Walking in Ilene's Footsteps Group retraces path of missing 13-year-old from Dublin - Stacy Finz, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, January 29, 1999 DUBLIN -- More than 100 friends, relatives and total strangers gathered in Dublin last night to walk the same path that Ilene Misheloff went down 10 years ago -- the last place she was seen alive. Then they filed into St. Raymond's Catholic Church to pray for answers and for an end to her family's ordeal. Tomorrow will mark 10 years since Ilene, a shy 13-year-old with braces, disappeared without a trace. No substantial lead has emerged since then, but her family continues to hope that one day she will return safely. ``I don't know if she's alive,'' said Ilene's father, Mike Misheloff. ``But I will never give up hope.'' The family has held a vigil every year around the anniversary of her disappearance. In the dark and cold, the participants retraced much of Ilene's last known walk along Amador Valley Boulevard. They carried green flashlights and signs reading ``Bring Ilene Home,'' and occasionally a passing car honked in support. The two-mile journey through a residential and commercial area of Dublin started at Wells Middle School, where she was a student. ``It's heartwarming to see these people come year after year,'' said Ilene's mother, Maddi Misheloff. ``We have some exceptionally dear friends.'' The FBI and Dublin police believe the girl was abducted on her way home from school by a stranger. The Misheloff family said they were brokenhearted to hear that a researcher had discovered the skeletal remains of Christina Williams of Seaside earlier this month. The 13-year-old was abducted seven months ago, and her body was found just three miles from the place where investigators believe two men forced her into a car. Ilene was the third in a string of disappearances of young girls in the Bay Area in 1988 and early 1989. The first was on June 3, 1988, when 7-year-old Amber Swartz-Garcia was abducted in Pinole. Six months later, 9-year-old Michaela Garecht was kidnapped by a scruffy-looking man outside a Hayward market. About a month later, Ilene vanished while walking near her home. None of the three cases has been solved. The day Ilene vanished, the eighth-grader missed an evening ice-skating practice. Her mother said she knew something bad had happened because her daughter took ice skating seriously and rarely skipped lessons. Since the girl's disappearance, detectives have investigated several possible suspects, including James Daveggio, a 38-year-old drifter arrested for the 1997 rape and strangulation of a young Pleasanton woman. Dublin assigned three detectives to look at Daveggio in connection with Ilene's case, but have not charged him. Lieutenant Charles Farruggia, who walked with the crowd, said there have been no new leads in the case but the investigation is still open and a detective remains permanently assigned to the case. Standing in the parking lot of her daughter's former middle school, Maddi Misheloff described how excruciating the last 10 years have been. ``Some days it's hard to get out of bed, but we put our feet on the floor every day and say, `This is the day she's coming home.' '' Page A - 17 URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file.../29/MN70376.DTL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ©2006 San Francisco Chronicle |
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| Ell | Jun 25 2006, 06:29 PM Post #2 |
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Return to regular view -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anniversary Vigil For Missing Girl - Tuesday, January 30, 2001 (01-30) 04:00 PDT Dublin -- Parents of a Dublin girl who disappeared 12 years ago will hold a candlelight vigil march tonight along the route Ilene Misheloff walked the night she vanished. The march will start 7 p.m. at Wells Middle School, 6800 Penn Drive in Dublin, and proceed to St. Raymond's Church, 11555 Shannon Ave., where an ecumenical prayer service will be held. Ilene was 13 years old when she disappeared Jan. 30, 1989, while walking home from Wells. A flier from Dublin police shows a computer depiction of how Ilene would most likely look at age 25. The annual vigil, which last year brought together the Misheloffs with the family of other kidnapped Bay Area girls, has dwindled in attendance from a 1, 000 participants in the first few years to about 100. But Maddi Misheloff, Ilene's mother, said the vigil prompted calls to investigators and kept the disappearance in public memory. When she vanished, Ilene had braces, brown hair and brown eyes. A $95,000 reward is being offered. Anyone with information about Ilene's disappearance can call Dublin police at (925) 833-6670 or (800) 635-6306, or the FBI at (415) 553-7400. Page A - 16 URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file.../MNC1476622.DTL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ©2006 San Francisco Chronicle |
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| oldies4mari2004 | Dec 31 2006, 10:43 PM Post #3 |
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Ilene Beth Misheloff Upper Images and Lower Left: Misheloff, circa 1989; Lower Right: Age-progression at age 30 (circa 2005) Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance Missing Since: January 30, 1989 from Dublin, California Classification: Non-Family Abduction Date Of Birth: March 12, 1975 Age: 13 years old Height and Weight: 5'3, 115 pounds Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Misheloff wore braces on her teeth at time of her disappearance. Her ears are pierced. Misheloff has freckles on her cheeks and on the bridge of her nose, and a small lump on the inside of her left ankle. Clothing/Jewelry Description: A charcoal-gray Espirit pullover polo sweater, a pink and charcoal-gray skirt with horizontal stripes, and black low-top Keds sneakers. Details of Disappearance Misheloff was walking home in Dublin, California on January 30, 1989 at 3:00 p.m., after her classes concluded at Wells Intermediate School. Several classmates reported seeing Misheloff walking alone on Amador Valley Boulevard near Village Parkway and the Shamrock Shopping Center in the afternoon; she vanished shortly afterwards. She was taking a shortcut home, going through a wide alley behind a shopping center, a furniture store called the Sawmill, and Gallagher's Pub, then across the boulevard and through John Mape Park along a dry creek bed. Misheloff has never been seen again. She was carrying a dark blue backpack at the time of her disappearance. The backpack was later found abandoned in the creek bed in John Mape Park near where she was last seen. It was located after the area had already been searched; authorities believe someone may have placed it there after Misheloff's disappearance. Authorities announced that Timothy Bindner had a possible connection to Misheloff's case, as well as the disappearances of Michaela Garecht, Amber Swartz-Garcia, Tara Cossey and Amanda Campbell. A photo of Bindner is posted below this case summary. He maintains his innocence and successfully sued Campbell's hometown of Fairfield, California in 1997 for defamation of character. Bindner, a married sewage treatment plant worker, came to authorities' attention after he began sending birthday greetings to young girls in the East Bay area. One child's parents contacted authorities and handed over a letter Bindner had written to their daughter. The note was printed backwards and could only be deciphered by holding it up to a mirror. Bindner claimed he sent the cards as a kind gesture because the girls were "lonely." Bindner also visited the Oakmont Cemetery gravesite of Angela Bugay, a five-year-old girl girl who was abducted and murdered in Antioch, California in 1983. A photograph of Bugay is posted below this case summary. Bindner was never considered a suspect in her murder and another man has since been arrested in that case. Bindner approached many of the mothers of missing girls from the East Bay area offering his assistance, including Amber and Garecht's families. He introduced himself to Kim three days after Amber vanished. Investigators asked her to maintain a quasi-friendship with Bindner in hope of learning if he was connected to any of the girls' cases. She and authorities agreed that Bindner appeared to playing mind games with victims' loved ones and law enforcement. Many people theorize that he enjoyed taunting families into thinking that he may have been involved in the presumed abductions. He was once arrested for annoying two little girls whom he was trying to lure into his van, but the charges were later dropped. Bindner often drove around in a light blue Dodge van with a license plate that said "Lov You." Inside the van was wallpapered with many pictures of children. A photograph of the van is posted below this case summary. Bindner refers to himself as a "good Samaritan." He asked Linda Golston, a reporter for The San Jose Mercury News, to interview him at Oakmont Cemetery at 4:30 a.m. He played his favorite song on her car stereo, "Jesus, Here's Another Child To Hold." Bindner told Goldston that he thought of the missing girls as "his children." She asked him how he believed the abductions occurred and he said one child was submissive, but another fought back against her assailant. Bindner added that he was "guessing" about the girls' reactions. Bindner wrote a letter to a law enforcement agency in the late 1980s, stating that he believed the next girl who would be abducted from the area would be about nine years old. Garecht disappeared shortly thereafter; she was nine at the time of her abduction. Bindner also sent a holiday card to a profiler for the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) in 1990. The card depicted an image of a young girl holding up four fingers. Campbell vanished in 1991 at the age of four. Search dogs traced Campbell and Swartz-Garcia's scent to Bugay's grave. Authorities never had enough evidence to prove Bindner was connected to their cases, although he was known for visiting the cemetery on occasion. Bindner was given a heroism award by the California State Patrol after assisting victims in the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. He has never been charged in connection with any of the cases. James Daveggio has been considered as a possible suspect as well. He and his former girlfriend, Michelle Lyn Michaud, were charged with the 1997 abduction, rape and murder of Vanessa Lei Swanson. Swanson's remains were discovered approximately five miles from the site of Jaycee Dugard's 1991 California abduction. Photos of Daveggio and Michaud are posted below this case summary. They were also charged with additional counts of sexual assault in unrelated cases in the mid-1990s. In 2002, Michaud and Daveggio were convicted of Swanson's murder and sentenced to death. They are awaiting execution. Michaud claims that she met Daveggio in 1996 and therefore was not involved in Dugard's abduction. There are striking similarities between Michaud and the female suspect in Dugard's case, but the FBI no longer believes she and Daveggio were involved. Daveggio is also considered a possible suspect in Swartz-Garcia and Garecht's disappearances. Neither he nor Michaud has been charged in connection with any of the cases. Misheloff remains missing and her case is unsolved. She enjoyed ice skating at the time she disappeared. Left: Bindner, circa 2001; Center: Daveggio; Right: Michaud, circa 1990s Left: Angela Bugay; Right: Bindner's van Investigating Agency If you have any information concerning this case, please contact: Dublin Police Department 925-833-6670 OR 800-635-6306 Source Information The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children California Attorney General's Office ABC News Missing: Ilene Beth Misheloff Operation Lookout Rope Burns by Robert Scott Texas Department Of Public Safety Stalemate: a Shocking True Story of Child Abduction and Murder by John Philpin Child Find Canada Updated 3 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated June 28, 2006; details of disappearance updated. Charley Project Home |
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http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyhera...news/ci_5124224 Walking vigil retraces girl's steps Dublin teen Ilene Misheloff vanished in 1989 By Eric Kurhi, MEDIANEWS STAFF Article Launched: 01/31/2007 02:38:54 AM PST , Ilene Misheloff's parents Mike and Maddi Misheloff lead the 18th anniversary candlelight vigil march for their 13-year old daughter Ilene, who disappeared in January 30, 1989. The walk begins at Wells Middle School, which Ilene attended, and ends at St. Raymond's Church. There is a currently a $100,000 reward for information leading to finding Ilene and the arrest and conviction of the abductor. (Doug Duran/Contra Costa Times) DUBLIN — Bundled against a crisp night, more than 100 people held a vigil Tuesday to remember Jan. 30, 1989, when Ilene Misheloff was snatched off the streets of Dublin as she walked to an afterschool skating lesson. Every year since, her parents have held a vigil on the same day, on the same streets, walking 21/2 miles from Wells Middle School to St. Raymond Catholic Church. It is approximately the same route Ilene, then 13, last was seen walking — westbound on Amador Valley Boulevard, heading for Dublin Iceland. Tuesday night, Maddi and Mike Misheloff were joined by friends and concerned residents of all ages, along with a police motorcycle escort. The family handed out glow-sticks before beginning the march to the church for a prayer service. The Misheloffs and their friends never have wavered in their hope that Ilene one day will return home. Dublin police Det. Nate Schmidt said it is possible that the vigil and media attention might trigger someone's memory. "Maybe it will generate three or four tips, and give us something to follow," Schmidt said. Longtime family friend Peter Cuevas said maybe Ilene could see herself on television or in the paper. "It could be that she doesn't remember, and something will jog a memory," he said. "You never know." Her mother and father publicize the case all year out of a Village Parkway office, the home of the Ilene Misheloff Recovery Effort. They send out hundreds of fliers each -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertisement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- week, which include a computer-enhanced image of what she may look like as an adult. Ilene was 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighed 115 pounds when she disappeared. She has brown eyes, and at the time of her disappearance had shoulder-length brown hair and braces. The Misheloffs ask anyone with information about Ilene to call Dublin police at (925) 833-6670 or (800) 635-6306, or the FBI at (415) 553-7400. A reward for information leading to Ilene's safe return was recently raised Ilene Misheloff's parents Mike and Maddi Misheloff lead the 18th anniversary candlelight vigil march for their 13-year old daughter Ilene, who disappeared in January 30, 1989. The walk begins at Wells Middle School, which Ilene attended, and ends at St. Raymond's Church. There is a currently a $100,000 reward for information leading to finding Ilene and the arrest and conviction of the abductor. (Doug Duran/Contra Costa Times) by $5,000, bringing the total to $100,000. Mike Misheloff said he was encouraged when two boys were found earlier this month after being kidnapped in Missouri. "The looks on those families' faces when I saw them on TV!" he said. "Their feet were flying two feet off the ground." And that's exactly what we're going to do when we get our sweetheart back," his wife softly said. Reach Eric Kurhi at ekurhi@cctimes.com or (925) 847-2184. |
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http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews...ws/16584385.htm Posted on Tue, Jan. 30, 2007 Vigil marks 18th anniversary of Misheloff disappearance By Eric Kurhi CONTRA COSTA TIMES Bundled against a crisp night, more than 100 people held a vigil Tuesday to remember Jan. 30, 1989, when Ilene Misheloff was snatched off the streets of Dublin as she walked to an afterschool ice skating lesson. Every year since, her parents have held a vigil on the same day, on the same streets, walking two and a half miles from Wells Middle School to St. Raymond Catholic Church. It is approximately the same route Ilene, then 13 years old, was last seen walking -- westbound on Amador Valley Boulevard, heading for Dublin Iceland. Tuesday night, Maddi and Mike Misheloff were joined by friends and concerned residents of all ages, along with a police motorcycle escort. The family handed out glow-sticks before beginning the march to the church for a prayer service. The Misheloffs and their friends have never wavered in their hope that Ilene will one day return home. Dublin police Det. Nate Schmidt said it is possible that the vigil and media attention might trigger someone's memory. "Maybe it will generate three or four tips, and give us something to follow," Schmidt said. And longtime family friend Peter Cuevas said maybe Ilene could see herself on television or in the paper. "It could be that she doesn't remember, and something will jog a memory," he said. "You never know." Her mother and father publicize the case all year out of a Village Parkway office, the home of the Ilene Misheloff Recovery Effort. They send out hundreds of fliers each week, which include a computer-enhanced image of what she may look like as an adult. Ilene was 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighed 115 pounds when she disappeared. She has brown eyes, and at the time of her disappearance had shoulder-length brown hair and braces. The Misheloffs ask anyone with information about Ilene to call Dublin police at 925-833-6670 or 800-635-6306, or the FBI at 415-553-7400. A reward for information leading to Ilene's safe return was recently raised by another $5,000, bringing the total to $100,000. Mike Misheloff said he was encouraged when two boys were found earlier this month after being kidnapped in Missouri. "The looks on those families' faces when I saw them on TV!" he said. "Their feet were flying two feet off the ground." "And that's exactly what we're going to do when we get our sweetheart back," his wife softly said. |
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DUBLIN: Relatives, friends gather annually to remind public of teen who went missing in 1989 By Sophia Kazmi CONTRA COSTA TIMES Posted on Fri, Jan. 26, 2007A candlelight vigil and prayer service for Ilene Misheloff, kidnapped from the streets of Dublin 18 years ago, will be held Tuesday evening. Since her disappearance on Jan. 30, 1989, her family, friends and Dublin residents have gathered each year on the anniversary to remind the public that Ilene is still missing. Ilene, 13, was last seen leaving Wells Middle School. She was heading to an ice skating lesson at Dublin Iceland and has not been heard from since. The Misheloffs have not given up on finding their daughter. They publicize Ilene's case all year. From an office on Village Parkway, the family runs the Ilene Misheloff Recovery Effort. They send out hundreds of fliers each week about Ilene, the facts of her disappearance and a computer enhanced picture of what she may look like as an adult. Ilene Misheloff was 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighed 115 pounds at the time of her disappearance. She has brown eyes, wore her brown hair shoulder length and had braces on her teeth. The day she disappeared, she was wearing a charcoal gray pullover polo sweater, a horizontally striped pink and gray skirt, black low-top Keds and carried a dark blue back pack. more at link:http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/...s/16551453.htm __________________ image.php?u=2978&type=sigpic&...ine=1208034154 |
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Lauran "If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth." The late, great Roberto Clemente. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research and educational purposes only. | |
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| monkalup | Jan 29 2009, 02:11 PM Post #12 |
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?.../MNFU15ITKM.DTL Parents still hoping, 20 years after abduction Kevin Fagan, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, January 29, 2009 (01-28) 22:11 PST Dublin -- The pain is never far away. But neither is the hope. When Maddi Misheloff speaks of her daughter, Ilene, the girl with the frizzy black hair and shy smile is always in the present tense. About to walk through the door. The fact that Ilene vanished exactly 20 years ago this Friday at the age of 13 while walking home from school matters less to Maddi Misheloff than her belief that Ilene is still out there somewhere. Kidnapped, but alive. Waiting for a chance to return. Misheloff, 59, sat in her living room with husband Michael this week, talked of the annual candlelight march for Ilene that they will lead tonight in their hometown of Dublin, and recalled the horror of Jan. 30, 1989, when they discovered their daughter was missing. It was a horror shared by millions around the Bay Area back then, as Ilene's poster went up all over the nation and news outlets carried innumerable stories about the hunt for her. Her abduction culminated a string of mysterious snatchings of young local girls - kidnappings that left parents around the Bay Area in a hyper-protective state. The anguished days that followed the 1989 abduction and the unfilled promise of relief in the years since showed in Misheloff's face as she spoke this week - but then she opened up a photo album of Ilene's b'nai mitzvah (Jewish coming-of-age ceremony) with her twin brother, Brian. And Misheloff's entire being changed. Her eyes suddenly shone again. Her shoulders perked up. As she paged through pictures of Ilene posing with relatives and standing tall and proud in a white dress, Misheloff seemed suddenly ... happy. When she got to the last photo, a shot of the twins grinning at the camera, tears came to the corners of Misheloff's eyes. She kissed a finger and tenderly touched Ilene's picture. "Love you, baby," she whispered. Before Ilene vanished, Maddi Misheloff recalled, the Misheloffs "were just your basic nondescript family, running the kids all over town. Ilene was ice skating, the boys (Ilene's twin and older brother Rob) were in soccer and Little League. We were pretty busy." Ilene was a scholarly middle-schooler who wanted to be a pediatrician. She was also a promising figure skater, competing against future Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi and winning first-place ribbons all over the Bay Area. Then she was snatched - and not only were the Misheloff's lives thrown into chaos, the Bay Area went practically berserk with worry. 3 girls in 7 months Ilene was the third girl in seven months to be abducted, after 7-year-old Amber Swartz-Garcia in Pinole and 9-year-old Michaela Garecht in Hayward. Combined with other high-profile kidnappings in a handful of years before that, most notably that of 10-year-old Kevin Collins in San Francisco in 1984, it seemed like a serial child-snatcher was on the loose. Parental comfort was never quite the same again. "It definitely changed the whole approach of that generation of parents," said Melissa Paredes Scampini, head of the Vanished Children's Alliance, a national nonprofit founded in 1980 and based in San Jose. "There were suddenly these great fears, and then a light went on in all our heads that parents really need help." Missing children's groups began to sprout, and though many of them have since folded, some - such as the KlaasKids Foundation, created by the father of 12-year-old Polly Klaas, who was abducted and murdered in 1993 - remain. They pushed for parents to store children's fingerprints with police in case they're needed for searches, lobbied for faster police response to abductions, pushed for Megan's List, which shows where registered sex offenders live, and advised parents to always keep a watchful eye on their kids. As a result, two decades later, parents are far more reluctant to let young children walk alone to school or play out front with no supervision. Still, more than 50 California children are typically abducted each year by strangers, according to the state Department of Justice. Some local cases in the next few years after Ilene's disappearance got solved, most notably that of Polly Klaas. But that wave of East Bay girls' abductions was not. More than 3,000 tips about Ilene's case came in to FBI and Dublin investigators in the first year, and similar torrents came for the others. A priest in the Sierra Nevada was suspected, along with a utility worker in Oakland and a drifter in Texas. These tips were dry holes, as were the tips from psychics, amateur sleuths and just plain creepy people who said they knew where Ilene was because they had a gut feeling. "There is no way to know if her kidnapping was related to the other girls' or not," said Ilene's 64-year-old father, Michael. "It is just a total mystery." Police still working The case will never be closed until it is solved, said Dublin Police Sgt. Nate Schmidt. "We continue to get leads here and there, especially with the age of the Internet, and follow them through," he said. "Hopefully someday, somebody will come forward and give us that tip that will finally give us answers." Michael Misheloff, an engineer, and Maddi Misheloff, a human resources coordinator, don't delude themselves. Federal statistics show just 1 percent of abducted children are returned home after 10 years. But they say no other attitude than hope is acceptable. The couple still rents a search office in Dublin, spending up to $20,000 a year of their own money on it and the nationwide mailing of 10,000 flyers offering a return reward of $100,000. And they know exactly what they'd say right now to Ilene if they had the chance. "If you are reading this or hear this or watch TV, we love you, princess," Maddi Misheloff said quietly. "We want you home. Now. Enough is enough." She grabbed her husband's hand, and the two sat silently for a long moment. Thinking. Hoping. Ilene's case Help: Anyone with information about Ilene Misheloff's disappearance is urged to call the Dublin Police Department at (800) 635-6306. Candlelight march: It will begin at 7 p.m. today at Wells Middle School, 6800 Penn Drive, Dublin. E-mail Kevin Fagan at kfagan@sfchronicle.com. This article appeared on page A - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle
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high-profile Bay Area missing children's cases BAY AREA NEWS GROUP Posted: 04/07/2009 09:46:06 PM PDT Other high-profile missing children's cases Name Location Status Angela Bugay Antioch Murdered On Nov. 26, 1983, the body of 5-year-old Angela was found in a shallow grave in Antioch several miles from the apartment complex where she was reported missing a week earlier. Larry Christopher Graham was found guilty following his arrested in 1996 when DNA evidence linked him to the murder. Kevin Collins San Francisco Missing In one of the first highly visible child disappearance cases in the Bay Area in recent years, 10-year-old Kevin vanished without a trace after basketball practice at St. Agnes School in San Francisco on Feb. 10, 1984. The case remains unsolved. Amber Swartz-Garcia Pinole Missing Amber, 7, was last seen June 3, 1988, in her front yard in Pinole. The case remains unsolved. Michaela Joy Garecht Hayward Missing Michaela, 9, was abducted in plain view Nov. 19, 1988, by an unidentified man with long, blond hair in the parking lot of a convenience store two blocks from her home. Witnesses said the man grabbed her and forced her into his car. Neither have been spotted since, and the case remains unsolved. Ilene Misheloff Dublin Missing Ilene, 13, vanished while walking to an after-school ice-skating lesson Jan. 30, 1989. The case remains unsolved. Her family holds a vigil in her honor every year on the anniversary of her -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advertisement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- disappearance. Polly Klaas Petaluma Murdered In one of the most well-known child disappearance cases of the past two decades, Polly, 12, was kidnapped from her bedroom during a sleepover party Oct. 1, 1993. Her body was found two months later near U.S. Highway 101, 35 miles from her home. Richard Allen Davis was convicted and sentenced to death for her murder. LeZhan Williams Vallejo Abducted and returned her home, which had been set on fire. Latasha Ann Brown was convicted of murdering Boyden and kidnapping LeZhan. Brown raised LeZhan as her own for six years until her arrest in 2002. Christina Williams Seaside Murdered Christina, 13, disappeared June 12, 1998, while walking her dog at the former Fort Ord army base, where her family lived. Her skeletal remains were discovered seven months later at a secluded spot on the former base. The case remains unsolved. Lisa Norrell Pittsburg Murdered The body of 15-year-old Lisa Norrell of Pittsburg was found Nov. 6, 1998, eight days after she abruptly left a girlfriend's quinceañera practice in Antioch in a huff. Her body was found near a landscaping business along the Pittsburg-Antioch Highway. Her death certificate says she died of asphyxiation. Her killer has never been captured. Xiana Fairchild Vallejo Murdered Xiana, 7, was kidnapped while on her way to school in downtown Vallejo on Dec. 9, 1999. Her fate was unknown until her skull was discovered more than a year later in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Her killer was later determined to be Curtis Dean Anderson, who by that time was already in prison for another high profile case: The 2000 kidnapping of Midsi Sanchez. He died in prison in 2007. Midsi Sanchez Vallejo Escaped from abductor A rare happy ending to a child disappearance happened for 8-year-old Midsi, who was abducted Aug. 10, 2000, by convicted child killer Curtis Dean Anderson. She escaped after spending two days chained inside his car. Anderson, who died in prison in 2007, was sentenced to more than 200 years in prison for the Sanchez case and for his involvement in another high-profile Bay Area child killing — the 1999 kidnapping and murder of Xiana Fairchild of Vallejo. — Jeanine Benca and Robert Jordan, staff writers, and Camille Donaldson, research librarian Source: MediaNews archives and research; The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci...?nclick_check=1 |
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| monkalup | Aug 31 2009, 11:04 AM Post #14 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...sing-girls.html Jaycee Lee Dugard: 'Death dogs' search Philip Garrido's home for missing girls Police have brought in "death dogs" to search the home of Philip Garrido for the bodies of three missing schoolgirls amid fears they could be dealing with a serial killer. By Nick Allen in Antioch Published: 7:00AM BST 31 Aug 2009 Jaycee Lee Dugard and her captor Phillip Garrido The cadaver dogs are trained to sniff out human remains and were called in as detectives investigate if Garrido is linked to the disappearance of the girls two decades ago. They all vanished within three years of the abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard and went missing within 40 miles of Garrido's home in Antioch, California. No trace of them has been found. Related Articles Jaycee's daughters did not know of abduction Police search neighbouring house Jaycee Lee Dugard: Police cordon off second property Jaycee Lee Dugard: the books that tell of her kidnapper's psychotic obsession Schoolboy stabbed to death becomes 32nd teenage murder victim Nicaraguan artist in 'canine death' rowOne of the girls, Michaela Garecht, aged nine, bore a striking resemblance to Miss Dugard. Both girls had blonde hair and blue eyes. Garrido was paroled in August 1988 after serving 11 years of a 50-year sentence for raping and kidnapping a Las Vegas casino croupier. Three months later, on Nov 19, 1988, Michaela was thrown into a car by an abductor in a supermarket car park in the town of Hayward, 30 miles from Antioch. On Jan 30, 1989 Ilene Misheloff, 13, disappeared on her way to an ice skating lesson in nearby Dublin. Amanda "Nikki" Campbell, four, vanished in Fairfield, 40 miles from Antioch, on Dec 27, 1991. Her bicycle was found lying opposite a friend's house. Miss Dugard disappeared on June 10, 1991 when she was 11. Garrido and his wife Nancy are alleged to have held her captive for 18 years in tents and sheds in their ramshackle back garden. During that period Garrido fathered two daughters with Miss Dugard who are now aged 15 and 11. Police wearing masks have used chainsaws and shovels to dig up parts of the yard where Miss Dugard was held. They are also searching a house and garden next door which Garrido looked after as a caretaker until 2006. He spent periods living in a shed on that property. Damon Robinson, who moved in to the next door house in 2006, said that when he arrived all the locks were "backward" so that people could be locked in but not out. Police believe Garrido could have kept his secret family locked up in the second house. Jimmy Lee, a spokesman for Contra Costa County sheriff's office, stressed that Mr Robinson had done nothing wrong and was fully cooperating with police. Detectives are also looking for links between Garrido and the unsolved killings of 10 women whose bodies were found in and around Antioch over the last two decades. The unsolved murders include that of schoolgirl Lisa Norrell, 15, who was abducted and strangled as she walked home from a party in Nov 1998. In the following two months three prostitutes - Valerie Schultz, 27, Rachael Cruise, 32 and Jessica Frederick, 24 - were also murdered. Other victims of unsolved murders include prostitutes Sharon Mattos and Andrea Ingersoll whose bodies were discovered in nearby Pittsburg in 1992. |
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| Ell | Sep 17 2009, 08:17 PM Post #15 |
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Police searching for the remains of two girls abducted in the 1980s have found bones at the property where Phillip Garrido allegedly kept Jaycee Lee Dugard prisoner for 18 years. Dogs trained to find human remains were brought in after forensic science officers used diggers to take down sheds in the back yard of the house in Antioch, California. Police will also use ground-penetrating radar and search a neighbouring house to which Garrido, 58, had access for a number of years. A police spokesman said it was too early to tell if the bones were human. A bone fragment found on the adjacent property last week was said by police to be “probably human”. Garrido, a convicted rapist, and his wife Nancy face 29 counts of kidnapping, rape and false imprisonment in the Dugard case. They have pleaded not guilty. Related Links Clues to lost girls sought at Jaycee prison Dugard kidnap suspect speaks from prison Detectives are looking for evidence linking Garrido to the disappearance of Michaela Garecht, 9, who was snatched outside a grocery store in 1988, and Ilene Misheloff, 13, who vanished in 1989. Sharon Murch, the mother of Michaela Garecht, has said that the reappearance of Ms Dugard has given her hope that her daughter might be found alive. On a visit to the house with detectives, she said she had never given up looking for her daughter, snatched by a man from outside a grocery store in nearby Hayward in 1988. Police say Michaela bore a striking resemblance to Jaycee and and that a sketch of the suspect had been likened to Mr Garrido. "The investigators have told me that Philip Garrido was a hoarder, that they don't think he's thrown away anything he ever owned, so that gives them some hope that if he ever had something related to Michaela, it still might be there," Mrs Murch said. Ilene Misheloff vanished on January 30, 1989, from nearby Dublin and a car found on the Garrido property appears to fit the description of a sedan she was seen getting into on the day she disappeared. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle6839245.ece |
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| mimi | Jan 22 2010, 06:50 PM Post #16 |
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Missing Person January 30, 1989 Dublin, California ILENE BETH MISHELOFF DESCRIPTION Date of Birth: March 12, 1975 Place of Birth: Lincoln, Nebraska Sex: Female Hair: Brown Height: 5'3" (at the time of her disappearance) Eyes: Brown Weight: 115 pounds (at the time of her disappearance) Race: White THE DETAILS Ilene Beth Misheloff was last seen on January 30, 1989. She was walking home from school in Dublin, California, at approximately 3pm when she disappeared. Witnesses recall seeing her walking alone on Amador Valley Boulevard near Village Parkway that afternoon, but she was not seen again after that time. Ilene's key fob was later found near the entrance to John Mape Park (Shown Below), which was along the route she typically took to her home. REMARKS At the time of her disappearance, Misheloff was wearing braces on her teeth. She had pierced ears, freckles on her cheeks and the bridge of her nose, and a small lump on the inside of her left ankle. She was last seen wearing a charcoal gray pullover "Esprit" polo sweater, a pink and charcoal gray skirt with horizontal stripes, and black low-top "Keds" sneakers. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This photo shows the entrance to John Mape Park, which was on Ilene's typical route home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Individuals with information concerning this case should take no action themselves, but instead immediately contact the nearest FBI Office or local law enforcement agency. For any possible sighting outside the United States, contact the nearest United States Embassy or Consulate. | San Francisco Field Office | Kidnapping and Missing Persons Investigations | | FBI Home Page | FBI Field Offices | |
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| monkalup | Jan 29 2012, 10:37 AM Post #17 |
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Monday night vigil will honor Dublin girl abducted in 1989 Ilene Misheloff was 13 when she disappeared Bookmark and Share A candlelight vigil and ecumenical prayer service will be held Monday night to mark the 23rd anniversary of the disappearance of Ilene Misheloff in Dublin. Ilene was 13 years old when she disappeared more than two decades ago, but her family continues to search for their daughter. On the day she disappeared, Ilene had left school early after being excused from a physical education class, according to her family. She walked home alone, and witnesses who saw Ilene at several points along the walk say that she was last seen at the intersection of San Ramon Road and Amador Valley Boulevard. Monday's vigil will retrace her steps along that route, beginning at Wells Middle School at 6800 Penn Drive. Mike and Maddi Misheloff, along with Ilene's twin brother, Brian, will lead the walk as they have done every year since Ilene went missing. The vigil will begin at 7 p.m. and will conclude with a short prayer service at St. Raymond Catholic Church at 11555 Shannon Ave. in Dublin. The Misheloffs say they are hoping someone has information and will come forward. A picture of what Ilene would look like today can be found on the website www.find-ilene.org along with information about rewards and tips for preventing child abductions. http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=8601 |
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| monkalup | Jan 29 2012, 07:42 PM Post #18 |
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The Old Heifer! An oxymoron, of course.
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http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Ilene...-138288449.html Ilene Misheloff's Family Goes 23 Years With No Answers Dublin family enters 24th year without daughter this week. Sunday, Jan 29, 2012 | Updated 4:28 PM PST View Comments (0) | | Misheloff Family Goes 23 Years With No Answers Her family will never forget. advertisement Ilene Misheloff was 13 years old when she disappeared in Dublin more than two decades ago, but her family continues to search for their daughter. A candlelight vigil and ecumenical prayer service to be held Monday night will mark the 23rd anniversary of Ilene's disappearance. On the day she disappeared, Ilene had left school early after being excused from a physical education class, according to her family. She walked home alone, and was last seen at the intersection of San Ramon Road and Amador Valley Boulevard. Monday's vigil will retrace her steps along that route, beginning at Wells Middle School at 6800 Penn Drive. Mike and Maddi Misheloff, along with Ilene's twin brother, Brian, will lead the walk as they have done every year since Ilene went missing. The vigil will begin at 7 p.m. and will conclude with a short prayer service at St. Raymond Catholic Church at 11555 Shannon Ave. in Dublin. The Misheloffs say they are hoping someone has information and will come forward. A picture of what Ilene would look like today can be found on the website www.find-ilene.org along with information about rewards and tips for preventing child abductions. Bay City News |
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| monkalup | Jan 31 2012, 11:28 PM Post #19 |
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http://pleasanton.patch.com/articles/annua...ed-23-years-ago Community Gathers for Annual Vigil for Ilene Misheloff Residents gathered in Dublin for a candlelight vigil and prayer service Monday night. * By Autumn Johnson Members of the Dublin community gathered for a candlelight vigil and walk Monday evening to mark the 23rd anniversary of Ilene Misheloff's disappearance. Mike and Maddi Misheloff led the procession of the more than 100 people who came to show their support and walk more than a mile and a half from Wells Middle School on Penn Drive to Saint Raymond’s Church on Shannon Avenue. Ilene Misheloff was 13 years old when she was abducted around 3 p.m. on Jan 30, 1989 while walking home from Wells Middle School in Dublin. She was last seen by classmates near the area of Shamrock Shopping Center on the corner of Amador Valley Boulevard and Village Parkway. Carrying signs and glow sticks, residents made their way along the same route Ilene took the day she disappeared. Neighbors along the route stood outside their homes, while some passing drivers honked their horns in support. The Misheloffs hold out hope that Ilene will return and said they appreciate that the annual vigil helps remind the community that she is still missing. “If Jaycee [Dugard] can come back, so can she [Ilene],” said Maddi. Scott Greenberg, a San Carlos resident, has attended the vigil at least 10 times over the years. Greenberg went to high school with Mike Misheloff and remembers how things changed after Ilene’s disappearance. “We were all really affected. The effect [of Ilene’s abduction] lingers on,” commented Greenberg. “Mike once told me it is like a bad dream you can never wake up from.” Greenberg’s wife, Penelope, said after the abduction, they no longer allowed their daughters — who were close to Ilene’s age — to walk alone past the five houses down the street to wait for the bus. Penelope said “After that [the abduction] we kept our girls on a short leash. We drove them to the bus stop and waited with them.” Beverly Boas, a former Dublin resident, has attended the vigil and walks every year. She has a daughter who was a year behind Ilene in school. She still remembers when her daughter came home from school and told her Ilene was missing. “When it happens in your community, you can’t even imagine. We haven’t given up hope,” said Boas. Mayor Tim Sbranti, Dublin Councilman Eric Swalwell, Dublin Police Chief Tom McCarthy and Dublin Police administrators also attended the vigil. Saint Raymond’s Church held a service after the walk. Suspicions have lingered that Ilene’s disappearance might be linked to two other female child abductions in the Bay Area. According to Dublin Police Lt. Herb Walters, when Dugard was found, Dublin Police, in conjunction with Hayward Police Department (who were handling the Michaela Garecht case), obtained a search warrant for the Garrido residence. Although no evidence linking Garrido to Misheloff’s disappearance was found during the search, Lt Walter's said Garrido has not been ruled out as a suspect. There is a $95,000 reward for information about Ilene's disappearance. Ilene is listed on the Center for Missing and Exploited Children Website. Her family created a website with information about Ilene. |
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