Portland Police are working to identify a male who allegedly assaulted a 27-year-old student on the Portland State University Campus. Investigators say around 3:20 p.m. a suspect followed the victim into the restroom, exposing himself before sexually assaulting the woman. The female was heard screaming and the man fled on foot.
He’s described as a lighter skinned male in his 30’s around 5’8” – 5’9”, tall to medium build. The video shows the man not only in the hallways of the school but also on a public transit bus.
If you have any information, please contact the Portland Police.
An Amber Alert is still active for 4-month-old Katherine Phillips. She was last seen on June 29 with a man who is believed to be her father, Sean Phillips. Mason County prosecutors charged Phillips with kidnapping and held him on a $500,000 bond. At this point, he will not say where Katherine, also known as “Baby Kate’s” location. Over the weekend, numerous searches took place, but none have led to the Katherine.
Baby Kate is only 2 feet tall, 12 pounds with blue eyes and light hair. She was last seen wearing pink shorts and a pink tank top with black and pink flowers.
Investigators would also like to speak with anyone who saw Sean Michael Phillips during the hours of 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Phillips may have been at the Wendy’s near the Birch Lake Apartments during those hours.
Morgan Harrington was last seen at a concert outside the John Paul Jones arena in Charlottesville, VA. It was October 17, 2009. Police say Morgan separated from friends around 8:30 p.m. when she walked out of the front entrance of a Metallic concert. Morgan never returned, and it was the last time she was seen alive. Investigators say Morgan called her friends inside and told them she was finding a ride home.
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 hitchhiking close to the arena exit road. An intense search of the area yielded no new clues until three months later.
In January 2010, Morgan’s body was found on a farm in Albemarle County, Virginia. Investigators said her decomposed body could have been on the land as many as 100 days.
It has been one week since Lauren Spierer disappeared as she walked home from a night out with friends. Lauren was last seen at 4:30 a.m. She was heading back to her apartment complex, but never made it. Lauren was last seen in Bloomington, Indiana near the corner of 11th Street and College Avenue and investigators feel she is a victim of foul play.
Lauren is a fashion student at Indiana University and was scheduled to start an internship this summer at a Manhattan Anthropologie. Large groups and volunteers have come together in recent days to help with organized search efforts, but so far, there’s been no sign of Lauren.
Lauren’s roommate, Blair Wallach told us that they’ve known one another since they were 9-years-old. Blair and Lauren met at summer camp in Pennsylvania and have been fast friends ever since. The pair, along with two other girls, were living in the Smallwood Apartment complex over the last year and they just signed another lease for the upcoming semesters. Blair says she left to go home to New Jersey and Lauren stayed to take summer courses for a few weeks. Lauren has had a boyfriend for two years, but he was not out with her the night she went missing. Blair said the guy she was with last week, prior to her disappearance, is not someone she had ever met. She thinks Lauren and the unknown male met during summer semester.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation re-launched a search this week to find missing Harris Middle School teacher Shelley Mook. Authorities targeted a rural area about 50 miles south of Nashville, in Chapel Hill. TBI investigators were on the ground all day Wednesday searching the land and water. They say the area is significant because it may be a place Shelley made contact with someone before she disappeared.
Shelley was last seen on February 28 when she dropped off her daughter at her ex-husbands house. The plan was for her to leave that location and head to her new apartment to meet a maintenance worker. Unfortunately, Shelley did not make it to her apartment, and a short time later her vehicle was found burned out in Bedford County. Investigators do consider her ex-husband a person of interest, but no one has been officially charged in this case.
If you have any information, please call the Bedford County Sheriff’s Department at 931-684-3232
The search to find missing nursing student Holly Bobo, 20, will continues. Investigators say Holly was abducted from her home in Parsons, TN on April 13. Tuesday, Holly’s family released a statement as the reward to find her has grown to $80,000:
“We could never thank everyone enough for all the kindness shown to our family during this difficult time,” the family said in a written statement to the media. “Thanks for your search efforts, donations and especially your prayers for Holly and our family.
“I know everyone’s daily life, routines and work must go on, but ours never will until Holly is back with us. Please continue to pray for Holly’s safe return, keep your eyes and ears open and search your own property. Please pray for Holly’s strength and everyone who is still searching for our precious Holly.”
During the first couple of weeks, hundreds of volunteers from Holly’s community joined forces with police to comb the wooded areas and roadways throughout Parsons and surrounding counties. Some personal items have been recovered, like her lunch bag, but none of the evidence has led to her whereabouts.
The search to find more victims and evidence in the Long Island serial killer investigation turned up new crime scenes and bones Monday. Authorities confirm they discovered two separate sets of bones, but they are not sure if the bones are connected to the same body or if they are in fact human. The first discovery appears to be a human skull, located one mile west of the Tobay Beach entrance (north side Ocean Parkway) about 100 feet into the brush. The second discovery was made by New York State Police. Investigators on the ground came across bones, possibly wrapped in plastic about 40 feet into the brush.
Investigators also confirm they have sent the discoveries to the Nassau County Medical Examiner’s office for further investigation. About 150 investigators from Nassau County, New York State and Park police combed a 4.5 mile stretch. The weather will depend what areas and what time they will resume search efforts Tuesday.
The FBI needs your help tracking down Adam Yahive Gadhn who investigators believe may have major ties to Al Queda. Gadhn was indicted in the Centeral District of California for material support to Al Qaeda and treason. The FBI said, “The charges are related to Gadahn’s alleged involvement in a number of terrorists activities, including providing aid and comfort to Al Qaeda and services for Al Qaeda.”
Authorites say Gadhn is known to have scars on his chest and right forearm, he speaks Arabic and English, known to use a string of aliases:
Abu Suhayb Al-Amriki, Abu Suhail Al-Amriki, Abu Suhayb, Yihya Majadin Adams, Adam Pearlman, Yayah, Azzam the American, Azzam Al-Amriki
The Rewards for Justice program is offering a $1 millon for information leading investigators to Gadahn. Please contact the FBI if you have any information.
The search for Kyron Horman was back on today as dozens of professional searchers and volunteers combed Sauvie Island for the child. This is a place investigators focused on for weeks after he went missing on June 4.
Desiree Young spoke out yesterday at the Kyron Horman Wall of Hope begging the public to raise the reward to find her son. Terri feels that her son is being held against his will and a boost in reward funds may prompt the right person to call with information. Currently the reward sits at $50,000.
More fundraisers are underway to help find Kyron and add to that reward. On October 9 and 10, 50 percent of all nursery sales at the Sleepy Ridge Farms in Mulino will go toward the Kyron Horman Foundation fund. Kyron was last seen by his step-mother Terri Moulton-Horman at the Skyline Elementary School in Portland, Oregon. Although no suspects or persons of interest have been named in the case have been announced, Kyron’s step-mother Terri Horman continues to be in the spotlight. She was the last person to see Kyron that morning.
The abduction of an elderly woman has one small Vermont community on edge. The FBI says Pat O’Hagan, 78, may have been abducted six days ago from her home in Sheffield, and sadly there’s been no sign of her. As investigators begin to piece this mystery together, they’ve learned she most likely went missing last Friday. A friend filed a missing persons report on Saturday when she stopped by Pat’s home to pick her up for her weekly rug-hooking meeting only to discover she wasn’t there.
Pat is extremely active. The grandmother of nine was known to kayak, go camping, help out in her community and be active in her church. Police and the FBI have scoured all nearby areas including abandoned buildings. The Vermont National Air Guard has even flown over the area to see if they can spot any sign of the missing woman.
Authorities aren’t saying what leads them to believe that Pat did not walk off on her own, but they are devoting a lot of resources to tracking leads and information that may find her.
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....
