Missing girl, 14, may be headed to Austin

05:25 PM CST on Thursday, February 5, 2009
 The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Thursday said a 14-year-old girl who was last seen February 2 could be on her way to Austin, and the group is asking for the public's help to find her.

Deborah Fourzan is believed to be traveling with James Reimer, 40, for the Ikkicon anime convention at the Austin Hilton Hotel, which begins February 6.

Fourzan is from Tecumseh, OK. She was last seen when she was dropped off for school Monday morning, but she did not get off the bus that afternoon.

"We're very concerned for her safety," said Major Bill Crow, Tecumseh police. "It's a 40-year-old man and a 14-year-old teenage girl. The parent is very upset over it, especially since this involves a very close family friend that they thought they could trust."

Detectives say Reimer was a friend of the family and apparently sending Fourzan sexually-explicit text messages.

Fourzan's mother became aware of those messages and turned them over to investigators in Pottawamie County -- they issued a warrant for his arrest.

KVUE's affiliate in Oklahoma City talked to the girl's mother.

"The messages just kept coming in and coming in and coming in," said Crystal Vanbuskirk, missing teen's mom. "There were 30-plus messages of him calling her his lover. 'I love you. How come you're not calling me back?' He did not know she was grounded from her phone this time."

 Investigators say students at Fourzan's high school say she and Reimer were heading to various anime conventions en-route to California.

Tecumseh authorities say $6,000 was stolen Monday from the grocery store where Reimer worked. They believe he stole the money, and then took off with Fourzan.

Investigators say he is not a registered sex offender.

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Fourzan's ears are pierced, she may dye her hair black and she has a birthmark on the back of her arm. She may go by her middle name, Kalai.

Reimer may shave his beard, and his nickname is Jim.

If you see the couple you're advised not to approach them, but rather, call the Austin Police Department.

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Police continue search for missing Tecumseh teen, 40-year-old
Mother says ex-family friend sent explicit messages to the girl

February 7, 2009
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Police continue search for missing Tecumseh teen, 40-year-old
Mother says ex-family friend sent explicit messages to the girl

Published: February 7, 2009
TECUMSEH — The mother of a missing Tecumseh teenager said her daughter may have been lured into leaving home with promises of attending an anime convention.

Deborah Kalai Fourzan, 14, has been missing since Monday. Authorities think she is with 40-year-old James Joseph Reimer, a former family friend.

Fourzan’s mother, Crystal Vanbuskirk, said Fourzan has never been in trouble and leaving home is out of her character.

"She may have gone willingly with him, but as far as I’m concerned she’s been kidnapped,” Vanbuskirk said.

Deborah’s parents recently discovered Reimer had been sending Fourzan sexually explicit text messages. They notified police and warned Reimer to stay away from her.

Vanbuskirk said police questioned Reimer, but nothing was done until her daughter turned up missing. Reimer was charged Tuesday in Pottawatomie County District Court in connection with the text messages.

Crow said that through interviews with people who know Reimer, they’ve found he has a history of violence against women.

Fourzan’s friends told authorities she left school Monday morning with plans to travel to an anime convention in California.

Reimer and Fourzan share an interest in the Japanese animation, and Fourzan left home that morning with a black backpack filled with anime costumes, Vanbuskirk said.

Authorities are checking anime conventions across the United States, including one this weekend in Austin, Texas, Tecumseh police spokesman Billy Crow said.

Vanbuskirk said she and her husband have known Reimer for about five years. She said he had been like an uncle to their daughter.

Crow said Reimer is the chief suspect in a burglary Sunday at a convenience store where he worked. Several thousand dollars were stolen, he said.

Tecumseh police Let. J.R. Kidney said he believes the pair is driving a ’90s white Mercury Cougar with front-end damage.

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'America's Most Wanted' Segment Generates Tips on Missing Oklahoma Girl, 14
Thursday, March 05, 2009 


Print ShareThisA television program that featured a missing Oklahoma girl believed to have run off with a 40-year-old man has generated several tips to police.

Detective J.R. Kidney says phone lines lit up after "America's Most Wanted" aired the story about 14-year-old Deborah Fourzan.

Police believe Deborah left with James Reimer, 40. Several of the tips led officers to the Austin, Texas, area.

Deborah and Reimer share an interest in anime — a form of Japanese animation. Friends of the girl say she planned to travel to an anime convention, and one was held in Austin the weekend after she disappeared Feb. 2.

Pottawatomie County prosecutors have charged Reimer with soliciting sexual conduct or communications with a minor through telephone text messaging.

Investigators say the charge stems from sexually explicit messages sent to the girl's cell phone.

Reimer has been charged with a felony and an arrest warrant with a $100,000 bond, according to News-Star.com.

Police believe Deborah went with Reimer willingly, but feel she may be in danger because of her age.

Kidney said there were many sightings near Austin, Texas, that led police to apartments and stores, according to NEWSOK.com.

"Nothing panned out, but we got some strong leads, and we’re confident that the whole nation is looking," Kidney said.

The missing girl's father, Michael Fourzan, 38, said that Deborah had lived with him until last summer, NEWSOK.com reported.

He suspected Reimer of being a threat to his daughter when she returned home from a visit to her mother with clothing and toys the man had bought her. Reimer called Deborah's Texas home when she was 13, asking her father if he could speak to her.

"I did what any father would," Fourzan said. "I made it clear that he was to stay away from her."

Fourzan said he wouldn't have allowed his daughter to move to Tecumseh to live with her mother if he had known Reimer was still involved with the family.

Deborah Fourzan's mother, Crystal Vanbuskirk, said the man had been a family friend and was like an uncle to her daughter.

She said that she tried to terminate their connections when she found the sexually explicit texts from him her daughter's cell phone. The parents took the cell phone away from their daughter, but Reimer gave her a new one so that he could continue to communicate with her, FOX23.com reported.

Deborah has not contacted her family.

"I’ve been a total wreck ever since she’s been gone," Michael Fourzan said. "I can’t think about anything other than getting her home safe."

Deborah has been listed as a missing person on the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Web site.

She is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs about 120 pounds. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, and was last seen wearing her favorite leather trench coat with faux fur on the ends of the sleeves and collar.

Reimer is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 280 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes. Police have reported that he could be driving a white Mercury Cougar XR7 with a license plate of VRW-932.

Any sighting of the pair should be reported to local police in that area by calling 911.

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