Posts Tagged ‘anniversary’

WHO KILLED NORMA LOPEZ?

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Norma Lopez MISSING (photo of the shirt she was wearing the day she vanished)
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.

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KRISTI CORNWELL, ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF ABDUCTION (new letter details)

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

MISSING: Kristi Cornwell

MISSING: Kristi Cornwell

Hard to believe it’s been one year since Kristi Cornwell was abducted in Georgia. Kristi’s mom, Jo Ann Cornwell, told me over the phone on Tuesday, “I am not giving up hope, I have not been given any reason to believe she is not alive… it hurts my heart.”

The last anyone heard from Kristi was one year ago today when she was exercising in Blairsville.  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 the arrest/conviction of 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.  More than 80,000 post cards have been purchased and distributed with Kristi’s face on them.  “Somebody out there has got to know something, or someone has seen something and doesn’t think it’s important yet,” said Jo Ann. 

Where is missing mom Susan Powell?

Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Susan Powell Missing

Susan Powell Missing

A candlelight vigil is scheduled tonight for missing mom Susan Powell.  Her family, friends, and anyone from the public is welcome to attend the vigil held at the Ridgecrest building in Puyallup, Washington at 7 p.m.  Tomorrow marks the two week anniversary since Susan Powell went missing.  I cannot help to take notice just how much this case reminds me of two mom’s who are still missing in Illinois, and both of their husbands are “persons of interest.”  Lisa Stebic went missing on April 30, 2007 from Plainfield, Illinois.  She worked in a local elementary school, and her husband was the last person to see her.  Lisa’s family has done an amazing job at keeping her story and picture in the public.  Her husband Craig Stebic is named a “person of interest” in her disappearance.  Stacy Peterson was only 23-years-old went she went missing on October 28, 2007.  Her husband, Drew Peterson, who was a police officer at the time, and claims he heard from his wife last the Sunday before she went missing around 9 p.m.  Since that time, Drew Peterson has been named a “person of interest” in her disappearance as well.  Drew Peterton’s third wife, Kathleen Savio, died in 2004.  Soon after Stacy disappeared, Kathleen’s body was exhumed from the ground, and her initial death ruling was changed from “accidental” to “homicide.”   Lisa and Stacy are still missing, just like Susan.  Although Susan’s husband, Josh Powell, is considered a “person of interest” – I hope her case doesn’t grow cold like the other two mom’s.  Please keep in mind, a “person of interest” can mean that a person could graduate to becoming a suspect, or ruled out completely as an investigation moves forward. I hope and pray all three families are giving answers to where their loved one may be.  

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