"Missing in Maine" 100 reported missing over 30 years - never found...
Nut44x4:
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
February 7, 2011 Monday
Missing Mainer focus of TV show;
Jeremy Alex vanished in 2004 in Northport
Editor's Note: This article is part of a feature called Follow-up in which BDN staff update stories from the past to inform readers of the status of subjects covered in initial reports and any new developments.
NORTHPORT - Almost seven years ago, Jeremy Alex disappeared in the woods of Northport under mysterious circumstances.
Despite a $20,000 reward for information on his whereabouts, his family is still left with many questions, no answers - and no Jeremy.
They hope that a television program about him that airs Monday night on the Investigation Discovery channel's series "Disappeared" will change that.
"There's not too many things left to do that will spark an interest again," his father, Ted Alex, said Friday from Portsmouth, N.H., where he lives. "We're optimistic ... Hopefully, somebody will call and give us some information."
Jeremy, a landscaper who was in the process of moving to Northport from Islesboro, was 28 when he last was seen running into the woods off Pound Hill Road the evening of April 24, 2004. Although the disappearance was treated initially as a missing-person case, his family believes that the man they describe as kind and a free spirit may have been murdered.
Over the course of the investigation, authorities found that Jeremy had used cocaine and heroin on the day he disappeared.
"My personal opinion is that Jeremy was the victim of foul play," Alex said. "He got himself in over his head. I think that was the result."
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Anyone with information about Jeremy Alex should call Trundy at the Waldo County Sheriff's Office at 338-2040.
For more information, visit www.jeremyalex.com.
The Jeremy Alex episode of "Disappeared" will air at 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, on the Investigation Discovery channel, 104 for Time Warner Cable subscribers, 285 for those with DirectTV, 192 for those with the DISH Network.
http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=100020825&docId=l:1354629021&start=1
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MISSING CHILDREN
Posted: February 5, 2012
Still 6 missing cases unresolved in Maine
275 of 283 children reported in Maine have been recovered
There are six unsolved missing children cases in Maine dating back to the early 1970s, according to the national organization charged with tracking the cases.
• Douglas Charles Chapman of Alfred was 3 when he was reported missing June 2, 1971. Today he would be 43.
• Cathy Marie Moulton of Portland was 16 when she was reported missing Sept. 24, 1971. Today she would be 56.
• Kurt Ronald Newton of Manchester was 4 when he was reported missing Sept. 1, 1975. Today he would be 40.
• Bernard Ross of Ashland was 18 when he was reported missing May 12, 1977. Today he would be 53. (According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, a federal provision allows the center to classify missing persons between 18 and 21 as missing children, if requested by the parents or police.)
• Kimberly Ann Moreau of Jay was 17 when she was reported missing May 11, 1986. Today, she would be 43.
SNIP (and now Ayla )
Of the eight reported cases that remain, six children are still missing and the other cases were closed because they were unfounded.
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In a 2002 study, the U.S. Department of Justice estimated that about 800,000 children were reported missing during a one-year period — an average of about 2,000 children per day.
The report estimates that 340,500 of those children were reported missing for “benign” reasons, and 357,600 children either ran away or were kicked out of their homes. Almost 62,000 of the cases involved children who were lost or injured and unable to come home when they were expected.
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The remaining cases involved abductions, which are broken into two categories: family and nonfamily ones. The study estimates that 56,500 children were abducted by family members and 12,100 were abducted by non-family members.
According to the study, a small minority of missing-child cases are because of so-called stereotypical kidnappings. Those kidnappings involve “someone the child does not know or a slight acquaintance who holds the child overnight, transports the child 50 miles or more, kills the child, demands ransom or intends to keep the child permanently,” according to the study.
Abducted children in those cases were 115 out of nearly 800,000, or about 0.01 percent.
The same study offers a breakdown of ages for the 800,000 children who were reported missing:
• 12 percent were younger than 5 years old
• 14 percent were 6-11
• 30 percent were 12-14
• 44 percent were 15-17
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“The policy of the National Center is we will not close a case until the child has been physically found, regardless of the circumstances,” he said.
Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said the Maine cases remain open. “As new information comes in, detectives are assigned to follow that information up,” he said.
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http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/Still-6-missing-cases-unresolved-in-Maine.html
Sister:
More than 2,000 children a day go missing . . .
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Nut44x4:
1 found today, possibly
Posted:Today
Updated: 12:41 AM
Man's body found during search for Ayla
WATERVILLE – The body of man missing since 2004 was found Saturday during a search for Ayla Reynolds, but searchers did not find any clues that would lead them to the toddler.
Volunteer searchers found the skeletal remains of a man whom investigators believe to be Steven C. Brandon, a Waterville resident who has been missing since February 2004. Police do not believe foul play was involved in his death, according to Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland.
The remains, found by volunteer searchers on the banks of Messalonskee Stream, will be sent to the state Medical Examiner's Office to confirm the identity and cause of death.
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http://www.pressherald.com/news/mans-remains-found-during-search-for-ayla_2012-03-25.html
Nut44x4:
Since 1971, seven Maine children reported missing have not been found
Posted May 17, 2013, at 7:53 p.m.
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“Missing children [who aren’t soon located], and there are only a handful, go back 40 years,” McCausland said.
Six children in addition to Cable have been reported missing in Maine since 1971 and have not yet been found, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and media reports.
Aside from Cable, the most recent case of a child missing for a significant length of time is Ayla Reynolds, who was last seen 18 months ago.
Reynolds was 20 months old when she was reported missing from her father’s Waterville home on Dec. 17, 2011. McCausland said on Friday there have been no new developments in the case. Police continue to investigate her disappearance, although they have stated they do not think she will be found alive.
Ayla Reynolds’ disappearance is not the only open missing child case in Maine.
Douglas Charles Chapman, then 3, of Alfred was reported missing June 2, 1971; Cathy Marie Moulton, 16, of Portland was reported missing Sept. 24, 1971; Kurt Ronald Newton, 4, of Manchester was reported missing Sept. 1, 1975; Bernard Ross, 18, of Ashland was reported missing May 12, 1977; and Kimberly Ann Moreau, 17, of Jay was reported missing May 11, 1986.
Chapman was last seen playing by a sandpile about 25 yards from his home in Alfred while his mother was inside on the phone and his father was at work, according to a Maine State Police website dedicated to missing Mainers.
Moulton was last seen in downtown Portland, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s website.
Newton wandered away from his family’s campsite at the Chain of Ponds Public Reserve Land near Coburn Gore on the Quebec border, according to media reports. He was last seen riding his tricycle at the campsite while his mother was out of sight washing muddy shoes.
Moreau was last seen in the company of an individual she met earlier in the day and foul play is suspected, the state police website states.
Two older Maine teenagers who disappeared years ago also remain unaccounted for.
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http://bangordailynews.com/2013/05/17/news/state/cases-of-children-missing-for-more-than-a-few-days-are-rare-in-maine/?ref=relatedSidebar
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