FEBRUARY NEWS
02/28/05
Amber Alert cancelled; boy found safe. (MI)
Amber Alert boy and suspect found. (MI)
Amber Alert girl safe; suspect may be heading for Florida. (FL)
Two children in state custody following alleged abduction. (MA)
Mother found, baby son still missing. (AZ)
Lost little boy found safe. (AZ)
FBI tracks young Arizona teen runaway, 30-year-old companion to Seattle library. (WA)
Runaway teen coming home after three months. (AZ)
02/27/05
Amber Alert cancelled when baby found safe. (MI)
Toddler found safe. (NM)
Internet affair with thirteen year old leads to arrest. (TX)
Man facing charges for alleged activity with runaway teen. (WI)
Second plea in girl's murder. (CA)
02/26/05
Baby missing with grandmother. (OR)
Hospital seeks missing teen. (CA)
Four year old girl wanders away from daycare. (VA)
Missing boy found after quick search. (NV)
Stepfather returns son after search. (MI)
Missing girl returns home safe. (KY)
Teen found safely. (OH)
Have you seen these children? (NC)
FBI: Parents should know online lingo. (US)
02/25/05
Searchers hope cellphone records lead to missing teen. (TX)
Police search for missing teen. (MD)
With his boys back home, a father reacts. (TN)
Emergency crews searching for two missing boys. (TN)
Father reunited with kids four years later. (CA)
Missing girl found safe - again. (MD)
Four missing teen girls found in Utah. (UT)
Runaway teens found in Texas. (TX)
Truck drivers help with Amber Alerts. (OH)
Guilty plea in girl's disappearance, murder. (CA)
02/24/05
Amber Alert issued for siblings. (CA)
Siblings found safe. (CA)
Six-week-old Amber Alert baby found safe. (WI)
Amber Alert leads to a happy ending. (NM)
Amber Alert teen found safely. (WI)
Missing children must meet certain criteria before an Amber Alert can be issued. (TX)
Mother charged with filing false report; Amber Alert was issued. (MD)
Nine-year-old girl missing. (FL)
Man says little girl vanished from her room. (FL)
Search on for girl missing from her bedroom. (FL)
Missing child alert. (FL)
Police investigate report of child abduction. (AZ)
Mother's reaction to daughter's murder. (MI)
Man charged with girl's murder. (MI)
Police find Samantha Detzler's body. (MI)
Missing girl may have been kidnapped. (MI)
Community support for missing girl. (MI)
Search for missing twelve-year-old intensifies. (MI)
Local search for missing girl. (MI)
One of two missing girls calls home. (NJ)
Police search for missing girls. (NJ)
Reward offered for safe return of missing boys. (FL)
Ten-year-old found safe at friend's house. (IL)
Four days later, missing teen found safe. (CA)
Accused kidnapper enters new plea, gets deal. (CA)
Connecticut ten-year-old donates $4,200 to NCMEC. (CT)
02/23/05
Amber Alert issued for missing teen. (TX)
Exboyfriend charged in deaths of pregnant woman and little boy. (TX)
Man questioned in brief Amber Alert. (MD)
Amber Alert kids were never in danger. (WA)
Authorities searching for missing teen. (TX)
Officers continue to investigate kidnappings. (TX)
One father's story. (NY)
Feds accuse man of taking girl. (WA)
Man pleads guilty to abducting teen. (NY)
Samantha murder trial may be moving. (CA)
When running away is their answer. (NY)
Police looking for attempted abductor. (RI)
02/22/05
Man arrested in connection with Texas Amber Alert. (TX)
Authorities find the bodies of Amber Alert boy and his mother. (TX)
Family and police mark twentieth anniversary of girl's abduction. (PA)
Today's technology could have helped find Cherrie. (PA)
Mother of missing girl pleads for her return. (MI)
Police search for four missing teens. (OH)
Judge orders child returned to father. (CA)
02/21/05
El Paso's Amber Alert activated. (TX)
Police looking for missing brothers, Amber Alert issued. (FL)
Amber Alert boys may be in Orlando. (FL)
Amber Alert cancelled for missing Washington boys. (WA)
Amber Alert boy found safe after alleged abduction. (UT)
Family gets hopes up, only to be scammed. (TX)
Local girl missing. (MI)
Search for missing boys enters day ten. (FL)
Kids taught street smarts. (PA)
02/20/05
Amber Alert issued for little boy. (TX)
Seven year old and his pregnant mother abducted. (TX)
Troubled Bronx preteen missing. (NY)
Children welcome lifesaving junk mail. (NJ)
Closing the 'Tory Jo' Loophole. (KS)
Missing girl found at teacher's home. (CA)
02/19/05
Search continues for young boy. (NY)
Parents lead search for missing middle school boys. (FL)
Once missing boy had locked himself in car trunk. (FL)
Little boy found safe after four years. (MD)
Girls taken in 2003 reuinted with their father. (TX)
Man charged in disabled girl's abduction. (MT)
Police seek help finding child killer from the 1970's. (MI)
02/18/05
Hawaii is the last state to implement an Amber Alert system. (HI)
Family searches for missing toddler. (IL)
Police seek help finding three-year-old. (IL)
Bus driver finds missing toddler. (IL)
Police recover car possibly used in child abduction. (CT)
Family continues monthlong search for teen. (TX)
Deputies still trying to ID victim. (MI)
The Leticia case still haunts me. (CA)
Attorney wants murder charges dropped. (IL)
Man pleads guilty to kidnapping two teeangers. (OH)
Once missing teen went from San Antonio to Mexico. (TX)
Missing boy found safely. (CA)
Officers honored for their efforts during search for missing girl. (PA)
02/17/05
Amber Alert website worries authorities. (TX)
Alert aims at helping children. (HI)
Oregon man accused of abducting teen. (OR)
Missing teen. (VA)
Teen home, suspect nabbed. (NY)
Authorities find three missing children quickly. (NC)
Twelve hours after he disappeared, missing boy shows up at school. (CA)
Missing teen found safe across the country. (MD)
New York teenager found safe in Texas. (TX)
Students flee school, claiming abuse. (MS)
Baby found, fugitive arrested. (NC)
Abducted boy reunited with his father fifteen months later. (HI)
02/16/05
Man arrested in Amber Alert abduction. (OR)
Missing toddler found safe, asleep in her bed. (IN)
Jacob Goldschmidt back home with his dad. (HI)
Three year old found safe after taking late night walk with dog. (IA)
Missing teenager shows up at her grandmother's house. (MI)
Judge reluctantly gives woman charged with abduction probation (OH)
02/15/05
Twelve week old baby missing; father suspected. (VA)
Police searching for missing ten year old. (IL)
Accused killer's baby found safe. (NC)
Missing child found safe. (FL)
Missing ten year olds found safe. (IA)
Murdered teen had endured multiple beatings. (FL)
Suspect ordered to stand trial in girl's rape and murder. (PA)
Man sent to prison for abduction and assault of little girl. (IL)
02/14/05
Amber Alert cancelled after little girl found safely. (MI)
Siblings missing since February 6th. (CA)
Missing girl's backpack found. (NC)
Search halted for possible drowning victims. (VA)
Abducted baby found safely. (NY)
Services held for murdered teen. (TX)
Police find toddler taking an evening stroll. (OH)
Police use alert system to find wandering boy's parents. (NC)
Father arrested for child abduction. (LA)
NCMEC benefits from snowmobiler's efforts. (NY)
'A Child is Missing' sends out alerts quickly. (OH)
Program started to help bring autistic children home safely. (MI)
'Child Find' marks twenty fifth anniversary. (NY)
02/13/05
Alert police officer spots Amber Alert teen. (MI)
Michigan behaves like a parent towards missing foster care kids. (MI)
Woman who tried to abduct unborn baby signaled trouble. (CO)
02/12/05
Questions arise about efficiency of local Amber Alerts. (TN)
Amber Alert was false alarm. (OH)
Siblings missing after heading outside to play. (FL)
Private investigator searches for children snatched from CPS. (AZ)
Police searching for missing teen. (DC)
Deputies seek information on missing teen. (VA)
Police seek answers after teen's murder. (FL)
Mother of slain teen says police failed her. (FL)
Missing teen found murdered. (FL)
Canadian mother thanks those who found her sons in Louisiana. (LA)
Missing children found safe. (PA)
Alleged abductor caught; children found safe. (OK)
Pregnant woman kills attacker. (CO)
Suspected abductors just wanted a chair. (MT)
02/11/05
Little boy stolen along with truck found safe. (TX)
Three children taken from school by their noncustodial mother, stepfather. (CO)
Mother accused of murder and abduction arrested. (GA)
Accused murderer refuses to say where her daughter is. (NC)
Girls' murderer sentenced to prison. (NY)
Missing teenager found dead in Florida. (PA)
02/10/05
Amber Alert cancelled after disabled teen found safe. (MI)
Abducted toddler found safe. (TX)
Eight year old girls found safe. (AZ)
Sheriff's office investigating case of runaway teens. (GA)
02/09/05
Businesses offer Amber Alert assistance. (ID)
One year old baby goes missing. (CA)
Two eight year old's missing. (AZ)
Teen runaways may be en route to Texas. (GA)
Parents still seeking missing college student. (NH)
Teen girl still missing with man she met online. (NY)
Missing family found safe. (AK)
"I cried. I screamed." says five year old boy left on school bus. (KS)
Father charged in abduction hoax. (AL)
Missing children in Bradley County. (TN)
Private detectives donate expertise to cold cases. (MA)
Woman given two months jail time for abducting her son to the United States. (US/CANADA)
Two nations hunt together for sex abuser. (US/CANADA)
Father foils abduction attempt at Wal-Mart. (FL)
Missing child at YMCA sparks security concerns. (FL)
Oakland resident helps reunite toddler and family. (CA)
Toddler found safe; homeless teen held. (CA)
Ident-A-Kid program helps parents and police. (TX)
Victims testify for Aimee's Law. (WI)
Reward offered in Carmichael case. (CA)
02/08/05
Amber Alert for Detroit children cancelled. (MI)
Amber Alert girl facing charges herself. (GA)
Officials question strict Amber Alert guidelines. (FL)
Father suspected in disappearance of three children. (NY)
Missing toddler found safe. (CA)
Prosecution rests in abduction/homicide case. (PA)
Bradley County joins program to help find missing children and adults. (TN)
02/07/05
Oakland police looking for toddler, teenaged babysitter. (CA)
Police seek baby last seen with teenaged babysitter. (CA)
Child ID's. (GA)
Lawmakers seek to stop fake Amber Alerts. (OK)
Imprisoned child molester ordered to pay Etan's family two million dollars. (NY)
Stranger Danger: is the message getting through? (FL)
Court rules that uncle can be charged. (CT)
Illinois woman fights for granddaughter. (IL)
Reward offered in case of murdered teenager. (MN)
02/06/05
Toddler missing along parade route. (LA)
Baby found safely after ride in stolen car. (VA)
Scars remain thirty years after parental abduction. (IA)
Police search for teen last seen boarding bus. (TX)
Suspected teen murderers appear in court. (IA)
Teen still missing. (CA)
Police search for children, teenaged babysitter. (FL)
Unidentified toddler's body found on beach. (NY)
Eight days stuck in her car; teen shares her survival story. (OR)
Child disappeared while his uncle played XBox. (GUAM)
02/05/05
Father convicted again in deaths of sons. (FL)
02/04/05
Police believe Amber Alert was a mistake. (TX)
Little girl may have been abducted by noncustodial parents. (TX)
Mother and daughter still missing, four years later. (NH)
Girl's disappearance goes unnoticed (VT)
Search on for missing baby who might need medical attention. (OH)
A mother's anguish. (MI)
Missing girl found in Dallas hotel. (LA)
Another search unlikely for boy presumed murdered. (SD)
Wal-Mart program focuses on child safety. (US)
02/03/05
Teens found Tuesday. (TX)
DeKalb police track runaways. (IL)
Amber Alert system's strength is the public. (NH)
Experts provide tips that help find missing kids. (LA)
Police search for man, infant daughter. (OH)
02/02/05
Mother reunited with missing baby. (TN)
Police searching for mentally disabled teenager. (UT)
Mentally disabled teen still missing. (UT)
Missing mentally disabled teen found safe. (UT)
Teenaged babysitter takes children on joyride. (MI)
Teen calls home, says she's in danger. (LA)
Missing ten-year-old found sleeping in car. (IN)
Convicted pedophile charged with abducting, raping young girl. (NY)
Two young children found safely. (GA)
Man charged with kidnapping a young boy who had found lots of money. (TX)
Teen could be with man she met online. (LA)
Another kidnap attempt reported. (IN)
02/01/05
Community still remembers long term missing girl. (CA)
Girl tells family that she's being held hostage. (LA)
Diabetic teen, his sister, and another teen missing. (TN)
Police assist FBI in locating four missing children. (ID)
Search continues for missing boy. (CA)
Man charged with sexually assaulting two young girls. (IN)
What you don't know could hurt kids. (US)