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Suleski, Alexandria C. October 26,1989; Kentucky 5 YO
Topic Started: Aug 18 2006, 08:29 PM (851 Views)
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Alexandria Christine Suleski


Above: Alexandria, circa 1989


Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: October 26, 1989 from Radcliff, Kentucky
Classification: Non-Family Abduction
Date Of Birth: November 26, 1983
Age: 5 years old
Height and Weight: 2'9, 40 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Black hair, brown eyes. Alexandria has a blue discoloration on the base of her spine. Her nickname is Alex.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A blue denim skirt, a white blouse, and white tennis shoes.


Details of Disappearance

Alexandria was last seen playing outside of her family's residence in Radcliff, Kentucky on October 23, 1989. She has never been seen again. A missing child report was filed by her family on October 26, three days later.
Alexandria's father and stepmother, Thomas and Roxanne Suleski, moved to Los Angeles, California after her disappearance. In 1993, they were arrested. They were initially charged only with making false statements about Alexandria's disappearance, but they were later charged with abusing, kidnapping and murdering the child.

Alexandria's teenage stepsister testified that Alexandria was regularly abused by Roxanne prior to her 1989 disappearance. Her stepsister also stated that she witnessed Roxanne place Alexandria inside of two large plastic trash bags and made her stay there all day as punishment for her soiling herself on October 23, 1989, three days before the family filed a missing person report on the child. Roxanne then began to abuse another of her stepchildren while Alexandria was confined. Roxanne discovered that Alexandria was deceased the following morning, October 24, 1989. She tried to revive the child using medical resuscitation techniques and failed. Thomas allegedly buried Alexandria's body in Otter Creek Park in Meade County, Kentucky. Alexandria's stepsister stated Thomas told her he later dug up the body and destroyed it.

Thomas and Roxanne maintained their innocence, but were convicted of all charges in 1994 and sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 25 years. They could have gotten the death penalty. The Suleskis' defense attorneys petitioned the court to set their sentences aside in early 2001, but the requests were denied.

Alexandria has never been located. Her case continues to be listed as a Non-Family Abduction with most missing children's agencies.



Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Radcliff Police Department
502-351-5147



Source Information
Child Protection Education Of America
The Kentucky Post
The Lexington Herald-Leader
The Doe Network
Angelizd's Place



Updated 2 times since October 12, 2004.

Last updated January 20, 2006; details of disappearance updated.

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LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER

Sunday, November 26, 1989




THE STORIES OF THREE ABDUCTED CHILDREN


Herald-Leader staff report

Ann Gotlib


Many police and social service agencies say the disappearance of Ann Gotlib was the spark that started Kentucky's missing-child search efforts.

Police and the FBI think that Ann was kidnapped from Louisville's Bashford Manor Mall on June 1, 1983. The only trace that was ever found was her red- and-white bicycle, which was propped up outside a department store.
Ann, a Russian Jewish immigrant, was 12 years old then. She would be 18 now. She has red hair and gray eyes.

Her case has been one of the most widely publicized disappearances in the country. Ann's picture has appeared on milk cartons, billboards, bulletin boards at truck stops and several TV shows about missing children.

Police also have issued a computer-enhanced rendition of Ann as she would look now.

Her parents, Anatoly and Lyudmila Gotlib, who left the Soviet Union in 1980, also have appeared on TV to talk about Ann's disappearance and the handling of missing children across the country. They still live in Louisville.

One of the last concentrated efforts in Ann's search was in October 1983 after her photo appeared in the telecast of an NBC movie about Adam Walsh. Adam was a 6-year-old Florida boy who was abducted from a shopping center and killed in 1981.

The FBI then began looking in the Somerset-Monticello area for Ann. A flyer with her picture was distributed to newspapers in the area after a woman said she spotted a girl believed to be Ann in a store in Wayne County.

Anyone with information about Ann is asked to call the Louisville police, (502) 588-3560.

Alexandria Suleski

Alexandria Christine Suleski has only been missing a month, but police are already considering her one of Kentucky's three long-term abductions.

She will be remembered at 7 p.m. today in a candlelight vigil in the Wal- Mart parking lot in Radcliff. Today is her sixth birthday.

"Alex," who is Asian-American, was last seen by her stepmother about 2 p.m. on Oct. 26 outside their Duvall Mobile Home Park trailer.

She is about 2 feet 9 inches tall, has brown eyes and shoulder-length black hair and weighs about 40 pounds. When she disappeared, Alex was wearing a white shirt, blue-jean skirt and cream-colored sneakers.

Police stopped searching with dogs five days after Alex was reported missing. "Our feelings at this point are strong that she has been abducted or kidnapped," said Greg Mayfield, Radcliff police public affairs officer.

Her case has been widely publicized, and Hardin County volunteers have set up an organization to help find her called The Friends of Alex Suleski.

The group recently set up a reward fund and distributed blue ribbons in Radcliff to "keep the memory fresh," said volunteer Teri Chapman.

Police have received about 25 calls from people who said they saw Alex, Mayfield said. Most of the possible sightings have been in the Louisville- Jefferson County area, but they have not turned up any leads.

Anyone with information about Alex is asked to call Radcliff police, (502) 583-3941.
Kelly Hollon Jr.

The case of Kelly Hollon Jr. is the oldest missing-child case in Kentucky. And state police believe even his mother has given up looking for him.

"I've tried to get in touch with her for two years," said Lt. Danny Webb of the Kentucky State Police in Hazard. "She used to come in here every day and ask us if we had found Kelly. I think she's in Florida now."

On Feb. 12, 1982, Judy Moore fixed breakfast for Kelly, 6. They lived in Larks Lane in Pine Tree Hollow in Knott County, about five miles east of Hindman.

School had been canceled because of heavy snow, and Kelly went outside to play in the front yard about 11 a.m. His mother said she watched him several times as he played, the last at 4 p.m.

About 6 p.m., Moore looked outside for Kelly. She couldn't find him, so she decided to eat supper and wait for him to return.

The rescue squad was called about midnight when Kelly had not returned.

At 1:51 a.m., the Knott County Rescue Squad called state police in Hazard. State police did not arrive until 3 a.m.

Police searched for several days, thinking the child may have wandered off and frozen to death. There also are several abandoned mines in the area.

"Anything could have happened to him," Webb said. "But everything that we could get into, we searched."

There were never any sightings of Kelly, who has brown hair, blue eyes and a speech disorder. State police kept track of school records to see if a child resembling Kelly was ever enrolled in a school.

Kelly's father, who lived in Madison County, was checked to see if he had taken custody. He had not seen Kelly.

"There weren't even any anonymous rumors or calls," Webb said. "It was like he just vanished."

Kelly's 14th birthday was Nov. 17.

Anyone with information about Kelly is asked to call the state police in Hazard, (606) 439-2343.












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