missing children
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Louisiana Teen Quawan Charles Laid to Rest as Family Questions Police Decision-Making: 'They Could’ve Done More'
Quawan “Bobby” Charles, a Black 15-year-old boy who died under “suspicious” circumstances earlier this month, was honored with a funeral service on Saturday, as his family still searches for answers regarding his death. “You slowly have brought our family together to support one another, express our true feelings and connect on a more intimate level,”…
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NYPD Investigating Bronx 'Kidnapping' of 16-Year-Old Girl as Hoax [Updated]
Updated Tuesday, 12/17/19 at 7:25 PM ET: Just hours after soliciting the public for information about the disappearance of 16-year-old Karol Sanchez, the NYPD is now investigating the alleged kidnapping as a hoax. Disturbing footage taken Monday night showed Karol and her mother approached by a car as they were walking in the Bronx. Suddenly,…
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Surveillance Video Captures New Clue in Weeklong Disappearance of 3-Year-Old Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney
Police in Alabama say they’re now on the lookout for another “person of interest” in the race to find Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney, the 3-year-old child abducted while playing with other children at an outdoor birthday party. Kamille went missing last Saturday, Oct. 12, on the grounds of a housing complex in Birmingham, Ala. As the CBS Evening…
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‘I Ain’t No Killer, Bro’: Derion Vence Proclaims Innocence in Death of Maleah Davis During Jailhouse Interview With Houston Reporter
The man jailed in connection to the death of 4-year-old Maleah Davis is protesting his innocence from the confines of his Texas jail cell. “I ain’t no killer, bro,” Derion Vence told KTRK ABC 13. “[…] I loved Maleah so much. I did for her more than her own parents. … I would never do…
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Medical Examiner Confirms Remains Found in Arkansas Are Those of 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis
Decomposed remains found in Arkansas late last week have been confirmed to be those of 4-year-old Maleah Davis, the Houston child reported missing from Texas in early May by her mother’s then-fiance, who was subsequently arrested in connection to the case. As KTRK ABC 13 reports, police in Fulton, Ark., Friday said a road crew…
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Derion Vence Allegedly Confesses to Dumping Body of Maleah Davis; Police Find Human Remains [Corrected]
Houston-based activist Quanell X, leader of the New Black Panther Nation, claims in a report by KHOU that while visiting Derion Vence in jail Friday morning, Vence allegedly confessed to dumping five-year-old Maleah Davis’ body on the side of a road about 20 miles outside of Hope, Ark. Police later found human remains in the…
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Mom Terrified as Search Continues for Missing 4-Year-Old Maleah Davis of Houston
As a desperate search continues for 4-year-old Maleah Davis, her mother says she’s terrified for her child, who recently underwent brain surgery and requires medical care. “My spirit is broken. I feel so lost,” the girl’s mother, Brittany Bowens, told KTRK. “I can’t concentrate. I can’t focus. It’s just … it’s so overwhelming for me.…
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Is the Trump Administration Running a Child-Trafficking Ring or Nah? Follow Me Down the Rabbit Hole
Donald Trump has been the conspiracy whisperer throughout his entire public life. Even before he was president, he was convinced that the Central Park Five were guilty (they weren’t). He spent years claiming that former President Barack Obama was born in Kenya (he wasn’t). He suggested that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death may have…
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Police Have Found Missing Teen With Special Needs in Las Vegas
Updated Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, 11:55 a.m. EDT: Selina Brandon has been found and is back home safely with her parents. Thanks and praises. Earlier: Fourteen-year-old Selina Brandon has been missing since Friday morning in Las Vegas. Selina has special needs and requires medication that she has been without for two days. Her family is…
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Young Black Men Are Missing in DC, Too, and They’re Not Coming Home as Quickly
Weeks ago, as social media alerts from Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department ignited an outcry about the number of missing black girls in the District, we witnessed the synergism of our community at work. We retweeted, reposted and reshared their photos and information. Folks discussed and debated the prevalence of contributing social factors. Celebrities, politicians…