Patricia Schafer, 38, and her children, Hanover NJ 1/8/009(FOUND SAFE)

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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/search_under_way_for_mother_an.html


Patricia Schafer, 38


Jessica, 3, and John, 13, were last seen at the family's home Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m.

Authorities search for missing East Hanover mother, two young children
Posted by jlockwoo January 09, 2009 13:19PM

Authorities in Morris County are searching today for an East Hanover mother and her two children who have been reported missing.

Patricia Schafer, 38, and her children, Jessica, 3, and John, 13, were last seen at the family's home Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. by her husband, Douglas Schafer, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.

A search is under way by authorities in several locations throughout the state.

The 5-foot-tall mother is thin, weighing about 85 pounds, investigators in the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said.

She is believed to be driving a silver 2003 Saturn Wagon, with New Jersey license plates PFZ-77A.

Anyone with information is asked to call East Hanover police at (973) 887-0432 or the Morris County Prosecutor's Office at (973) 285-6200.

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Woman With Cancer, Her 2 Kids Missing Since Thursday
updated 25 minutes ago


Officials in New Jersey are trying to find a missing woman and her two children.

Patricia Schafer, her 13-year-old son John and her 3-year-old daughter Jessica were last seen Thursday morning leaving their East Hanover home.

Neighbors said Schafer has cancer, so they have trouble believing she just ran off.

Her husband, Douglas Schafer, was seen leaving their home Friday night with several police officers. He refused to answer questions from reporters.

Investigators said Patricia Schafer is only 5 feet tall and weights just 85 pounds. She might be driving a silver 2003 Saturn wagon with New Jersey license plate PFZ 77A.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28590892

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Good news for a change:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479768,00.html

Missing New Jersey Mother, 2 Children Found Safe in Baltimore
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

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EAST HANOVER, N.J. —  A 38-year-old East Hanover mother and her two children were found unharmed in Baltimore on Sunday, just days after they disappeared from their home.

Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said Patricia Schafer, her 13-year-old son, John, and three-year-old daughter, Jessica, were in a vehicle that was leaving the Towson Town Center Mall when it was stopped by Baltimore County police at 6:25 p.m.

Patricia Schafer will be charged with interfering with the custody of the children and will remain jailed in Maryland pending an extradition hearing this week. It was not immediately clear if she had retained an attorney.

Bianchi said East Hanover Police and county authorities determined Schafer was in the mall complex, so mall security and the Baltimore County police were notified. Mall security then followed Schafer's vehicle until the county police arrived.

"The children are in good health and their father is on his way to pick them up and bring them home," Bianchi said in a statement issued Sunday night.

Schafer and the children were last seen by her husband in their home on Thursday morning.