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.
The award to find Kayleah Wilson is up to $20,000. Investigators haven’t given up hope, but there have not been any signs of the missing teen. Dave Joly with the Denver FBI told me two credible witnesses reported seeing Kayleah around 4:15 p.m. on March 28, 2010. That was the last time she was ever seen.
Since then, the FBI has scaled back their efforts and 52 volunteer searchers showed up over the weekend to comb the blocks Kayleah was last seen walking in. Unfortunately, the rain hindered their plans to continue searching.
Early on, Joly says agents did a search of Kayleah’s mother’s home.“We did a forensic search of the house, went into the home with the consent of the homeowner – we collected DNA samples we felt were Kayleah’s and collected DNA samples from everyone in the residence.” Kayleah was walking to a birthday party around 3:40 p.m. when she vanished. Although the walk was fairly short, only 10 blocks, she never made it. Kayleah was missing over Easter weekend, but investigators still gave their heart and soul and worked through the holiday and into the coming weeks.
Reports coming in at this hout that Sheneka Cole has been found… We will update you with the latest as we receive it from investigators.
Sheneka Cole vanished last night from a park in Chicago. Police say she was last seen in the 510 block of East 60th Street. She is only 6-years-old and was last seen wearing a lime green Rocawear shirt, and pink jeans. When I spoke to investigators this morning at the Special Victims Unit, they say the cameras in the sky of Chicago show her walking away from the park, but they do not know where exactly she went off to. Sheneka could be lost, and very lonely, and she needs to be reunited with her family. If you have any information, please contact: (312) 747-8274
The CUE Center for Missing Persons announced they are joining the effort to find Morgan Harrington. CUE has assisted in more than 8,700 cases nationwide to help families during their most difficult times. In addition to these efforts, this Saturday, January 16, 2009 at the Hat Factory in Richmond, Virginia, a benefit concert is being held to raise funds to help find Morgan. Tickets are $15.00 a person, and the money will go to directly to the fund. Metallica the band is graciously offering a $50,000 reward in this case.
BACKGROUND:
Investigators say Morgan vanished on October 17, 2009 while attending a Metallica concert outside the John Paul Jones arena in Virginia. State police officials report Morgan was last seen by the ticket office on the University Hall side of the building. On the weekend of November 6, 2009, The Laura Recovery center helped to organized a three day search for Morgan, volunteers from all over assisted with this amazing effort.
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....
