Jorelys Rivera, 7, was outside playing with her friends on Friday, Dec. 2 when she vanished. Police say Jorelys was on the playground at the River Ridge at Canton Apartment complex when someone abducted, beat, sexually assaulted and murdered the child. An intense search took place throughout the weekend, but there were no clues that led to Jorelys.
On Monday, Dec. 5, authorities removed a trash dumpster on the property and hauled it to a nearby open field. They sifted through the garbage until they reached the bottom of the container. It was there that Jorelys body was discovered.
A press conference later today will determine her official cause of death. Authorities continue to set up road blocks in the area, stopping every car that enters and exits the complex. They’ve also been going from door-to-door interviewing residents. The River Ridge At Canton has 356 apartments on site and it’s possible someone saw something last Friday. Jorelys was last seen around 5 p.m. Grief counselors remain on site at her elementary school to help classmates deal with this tragic loss.
Investigators say Holly Bobo, 20, was abducted from her home in Parsons, TN last week, and she hasn’t been seen since. Hundreds of volunteers from her community joined forces with police over the weekend to comb the wooded areas and roadways throughout her town. Authorities say Holly was outside her house on Swan Johnson Road April 13, between 7:40 – 8 a.m. when an unknown man approached her. Holly’s brother told police the suspect looked similar to her boyfriend from behind and he was not worried until he walked outside and noticed blood. That’s when he contacted police. Authorities say Holly’s brother and boyfriend are not suspects.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations confirms they found Holly’s lunch bag a few miles away from where she went missing. Sunday, TBI announced they want the community to take notice of anyone who’s whereabouts were unaccounted for Wednesday morning and also to pay attention to changes in behavior since last week. It’s also possible the suspect may have missed appointments or canceled them unexpectedly. Police say he may also have cleaned, sold or reported his car or ATV stolen.
UPDATE:Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christensen confirms the body found today in a Central California canal is 4-year-old Juliani Cardenas… Suspect has not been located. Story developing…
BACKGROUND: Police say Juliani Cardenas, 4, was abducted from his grandmothers arms on January 18. Juliani’s grandmother, Amparo Cardenas, told police Jose Esteban Rodriguez abducted her grandson and took off. Rodriguez is the child’s ex-boyfriend.
The official Amber Alert indicated Juliani was taken from Patterson, California and the suspect was last seen traveling in a silver Toyota Corolla with CA license plate: 6HBW445.
The vehicle is known to have oversized aluminum wheels. One of the left wheels is a spare wheel and is smaller than the others.
Investigators say Morgan Harrington was only 20-years-old when she vanished from a concert outside the John Paul Jones arena in Charlottesville, VA on October 17, 2009. She was separated from friends around 8:30 p.m. when she walked out of the front entrance of the Metallica concert. Authorities say Morgan called her friends inside and told them she was finding a ride home, and that they shouldn’t wait for her. State police officials report Morgan was last seen by the ticket office on the University Hall side of the building and witnesses report seeing her hitchhicking close to the arena exit road.
In January 2010, three months after she vanished, Morgan’s body was found on a farm in Albemarle County, Virginia. Investigators told me her body could have been on the farm as many as 100 days.
Norma Lopez MISSING (photo of the shirt she was wearing the day she vanished)
Time is ticking on and one month has passed since teenager Norma Lopez was abducted and killed in Moreno Valley, California. Since then, regular classes have resumed at Valley View High and the hunt to find her killer is still active. Police told me Norma left her summer school classes at Valley View and was supposed to meet her sister, but she never made it to the location. Investigators believe she may have taken a short cut from Dracaea Avenue leading out to an area on Cottonwood Avenue, but somewhere in between authorities believe she was kidnapped. In fact, some of her personal belongings were found in a field, and there were signs of a struggle. Investigators believe she was taken against her will and may have been thrown into a newer model green SUV. That vehicle was seen fleeing from the area at a high rate of speed. Deputy Nieburger told me that that vehicle may not necessarily be connected to the murder, but the driver may have seen something. The area where Norma’s body was found is about three miles away from where she went missing, and her remains were in an open field on top of the ground.
Domestic violence is a vicious cycle, a cycle that many victims cannot pull themselves out of because of children, their safety, or just plain fear of being alone. It appears Venus Stewart was pulling herself out of a violent relationship. She packed up her children and moved to Michigan to get away from her husband, and now she is missing. Lt. Risko with the Michigan State Police says Venus was snatched from the front yard of her parents’ home on April 26, 2010 as she went to mail a letter.
UPDATE: Great news this holiday, authorities say Officer Mike Burns spotted the abductors vehicle and chased the driver down. The officer alerted his department that he was onto the suspect, and spike strips were put across the roadway. When the suspect drove over the strips, his tires went flat. He bailed out of his truck and ran on foot. Officers caught up to him about a block away, arrested the man, and he’s being held on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault on a police officer, and felony pursuit. Natalie was found alive, and well, and returned to her family this holiday. Normally in stranger abduction cases, you don’t see this kind of happy ending — and it’s even better that this miracle occurred on Christmas. Great work Officer Burns — Thank you for all you’ve done.
Investigators say Jean Paul Lacombe was abducted by his non-custodial father, Jean Philippe Lacombe, on October 15, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas. Lacombe allegedly gave the court invalid Mexican Documents to overturn the case, and the judge gave him custody. Lacombe was supposed to show back up for a court hearing on Monday, October 19, 2009, but instead he fled with his son.
HISTORY OF CUSTODY:
Cliff Herberg with the Bexar District Attorney’s office in Texas says there are 1,400 pages pertaining to this case that have accumulated over the years in Mexican court. He has not had a chance to review every single page, but Mr. Herberg was able to provide a timeline and background of custody between the parents.
I spoke with Jean Paul’s mother Berenice Diaz early on, and she says her son likes to go by the name Paul only. He loves to play soccer, and he’s a very good student in school. When Paul grows up, he wants to be a pastry chef. Paul speaks English, Spanish and French, and was last seen with his father, Jean Paul Lacombe. Prior to October, it had been nearly two years since Paul lastsaw his father. Berenice says her son did not want to talk toor see his father, and he told her he would let her know when he was ready.
On December 20, 2009, Kristi Cornwell’s friends and family are planning a candlelight vigil to celebrate Kristi’s 39th birthday. The community is gathering at Meeks Park, Highway 515, in Blairsville, Georgia. If you cannot attend, the family is requesting the public to stop to pray at 7 p.m. for her safe return. Along with Kristi’s birthday, the holidays are here too. This is an extremely difficult time for those close to her to spend this holiday season without their loved one. My thoughts and prayers to Kristi’s family and friends, and I hope she is found very soon.
BACKGROUND:
The last anyone heard from Kristi Cornwell was on August 11, 2009. Now, investigators say she may have been abducted by the same man who tried to abduct a woman in North Carolina a few days before. Today, investigators released a sketch of a man they are looking for, and a possible vehicle he could be driving.
The last anyone heard from Kristi Cornwell was on August 11, 2009. Now, investigators say she may have been abducted by the same man who tried to abduct a woman in North Carolina a few days before. Today, investigators released a sketch of a man they are looking for, and a possible vehicle he could be driving.
Authorities say Kristi Cornwell was exercising in Blairsville, Georgia down Jones Creek Road when she was allegedly abducted. Investigators say around 9:00 p.m., Kristi was on the phone with her boyfriend, who was in Atlanta at the time, when a car approached her, there was a struggle, and she was never seen again. A reward of $50,000 is offered for information leading to the safe return of Kristi, or arrest/conviction to the person responsible for her disappearance. Kristi’s family is extremely proactive in this case. They started a website, they have frequent, sometimes daily searches of the area where she went missing, and they even auctioned off the family’s lake house property over the weekend to raise money to help find this missing mother.
Michelle Sigona is a crime fighting, victims advocate extraordinaire, but for Michelle -- the good fight doesn't stop there. In her spare time, she is a volunteer firefighter -- and now, she is tackling the issues and cases that mean the most to her....
