Alissia Freeman Missing From Alabama

Alissia Freeman disappeared last Sunday from her Highland Home, Alabama home. That's a long time for a seventeen year old to be missing. Police are conducting searches for her, and the Crenshaw County Sheriff's phone number is on the poster, above. If you know anything about her whereabouts, or think you have seen her, please call and let them know. And please share her picture all over the internet until she's home.

Jacob And Sarah Hoggle From Maryland

Sadly, Jacob and Sarah Hoggle, ages two and three years old, are still missing. Both have been missing over a week, now, and each were last seen with their mother, Catherine Hoggle, at separate times. She was on the lam for a few days, but was arrested on Friday of last week. So far, she has refused to cooperate in any way in locating her children, and has been referred for a psychiatric evaluation. According to her family, she suffers from mental illness.

It appears to this blogger that Darnestown, Maryland is probably where most attention should be given in search efforts. Catherine's current residence is in Clarksburg, Maryland, and her parents live in Darnestown. She was visiting her parents when she was last seen with Jacob, and had borrowed her father's vehicle that day. Favored childhood spots of Catherine's would probably be appropriate places to continue the search. Catherine has another bond hearing on September 30.

Wrong Poster, Terri Horman

Terri Horman, sometime step parent of missing Kyron Horman, who disappeared at age seven from his school in Portland, Oregon, has made headlines again. Kyron went missing in 2010, and June 4 will mark the four year anniversary of this horrible event, and his former stepmother has finally put up a few posters with Kyron's picture on them. After four years. Yeah. (eye-rolley here)

There are several problems with Terri posters. First of all, she's a little late. Kyron has been missing for four years, and if he is still alive, he could not possibly resemble the seven year old in his pictures anymore. The gesture not only would have been more meaningful, but would have been more helpful, had she done it when Kyron first needed to be recognized and found. And in Roseburg, Oregon, where Terri lives, there was not anywhere near as much attention to Kyron's case as there was in Portland, from where he disappeared. For that reason, posters would actually have been informative and helpful in Roseburg.

The second problem with Terri's posters is that they mention that Kyron was seen with an "unknown man". Four years after the fact, any "unknown" persons are extemporaneous details inasmuch as the general public is concerned. If Terri Horman had any information that law enforcement lacked about any unidentified witnesses, she should have given that information to law enforcement at the moment police were first called. She should also have passed her polygraphs, given factual statements about her whereabouts that day, and communicated truthfully with Kyron's teacher, using a pen and a piece of paper, about any medical appointments Kyron may or may not have had. The purpose of a picture of a missing persons poster is photo recognition. The general public is not charged with the task of solving the crime. If it happens to look as if Terri's story, or Terri's five or six stories, are lacking in sincerity and truthful detail, she should address that with law enforcement.

The third problem with these posters preferred by Terri Horman is that they give out the wrong contact information. The best way to get the correct contact information and picture on a missing person flyer is to use the flyers and posters given out and posted by law enforcement, or use the ones produced by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

A poster with correct contact information.

Dewitt Parker Missing From Tennessee

 

Dewitt Parker, twelve, left home in Memphis Tennessee last weekend after getting into a fight with his mom, and went to school at Kate Bond Middle School on Monday, April 1, but has not been seen or heard from since. He is 4'11'', about 90 lbs, and had on black shorts and white and light blue tennis shoes. There isn't a missing persons poster for him yet, or any contact information listed, but this as child is not at school, where he belongs, my recommendation is to contact whichever law enforcement is local to where you are if you see him or know his whereabouts, and try to get him back to his family. Four days can be a long time in the life of a twelve year old.

 

Update: Dewitt has been found.