Somer Renee Thompson #1 10/19/09 - 10/29/09

[islandmonkey]

I will check Martin Street out...

Thanks JG~I hve to get to bed since I have to be up in 5 hours

[dsntslp]

They are saying it is "Miller" not "Martin" now.

[Wyks]

For what it's worth.. here are some more comments from locals at that news site, link provided below...


Reply to - ((("This girl has a history of running away before. Maybe she is with her father. I noticed he is not mentioned. I have high hope she is just hiding after the fight with her friend (hit her with her book bag) and is safe.")))
"If she was with her father he would have something by now. I also hope she is hiding. How do you know that she has a history of running away?"


"How far is a 7 year old going to run? how long is she going to hide? If the father had her he would have notified the police by now I am sure! EVERYONE REMEMBER SHE IS 7!!!! The girl and boy across the street from me walked home from school with her, to gano/debarry then they go separte ways! She does not remember any fight with a friend! So is the sister placing blame on a friend? Was the fight really with the sister and now this has happened and she doesnt want to get in trouble? Sorry but that is how kids think! There were already two different stories given the first one is that the kids were running home and Somer got left behind and then she never showed up at home. Then here comes some arguement with a friend and she hit her and took off? or was the arguement with the sister? As the friends already went the other way, I know this because they were at my house tonight! Even if the fight was with the sister, its not the sisters fault however she needs to tell exactly what happened. i know kids lie so they dont get in to trouble, i have two of them."


(((Reply to - "How old is the sister?")))
"Elementary school! she goes to the same school so no older than the 5th grade! I did not ask and i should have while they were over here."


Regarding tomorrow's search:
"We are meeting at OPAA (next to Grove Park Elem) @ 7:30am"
(((Reply to the above - "they called it off i just call the non eme line and they said the police changed everything please tel me if yall r still going out there")))

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From the comments section at the following link.  I ended reading at 3:28a with the last post above just having been posted.  It's really hard to follow the comments over there, as some comments can be made under others.  From what the last person who posted said, seems LE has called off the morning search????   

http://www.news4jax.com/news/21342995/detail.html

[Wyks]

The following are the RSOs just for Orange Park.      

Most are within 4.1 mi - 7.35 mi of Somer's home at:

1700 Horton Dr , Orange Park, 32073 .

But there are TONSSSSSSSSSSS more than this who live closer to Somer, in Jacksonville, within 0.09 mi - 6+ mi.

http://familywatchdog.us/ShowMap.asp?frm=0

These are listed in alpha order by streets, if anyone wants to map it out.  Check out how many live near each other on same streets.   Including what looks like a next door neighbor to that William Leon Kuhn, info provided earlier.   


Gregory J Beile - 1300 Akron Oaks Dr - Orange Park - 7.43 mi
no info provided

David A Beman - 555 Ash St - Orange Park - 4.8 mi
Possession of Child Porn convicted 2006 at age 47

Emerson Casco Bascos - 2583 Ashbury Ct - Orange Park - 4.95 mi
Internet to solicit/attempt to solicit child for sex/lewdness etc convicted 2000 at age 21

Lee Edward Taylor - 8444 Barcelona Ave - Orange Park - 4.1 mi
L/L child under 16 convicted in 1997 at age 55

Stephen W Bentley - 476 Bentwood Ln Apt D - Orange Park - 4.57 mi
Possession of Child Porn convicted 2000 at age 20
Failed to notify convicted 2003 at age 23

Carlos Joseph Bethea - 460 Bentwood Ln Apt C - Orange Park - 4.6 mi
L/L battery 12-15 convicted 2000 at age 19
Failed to comply registration convicted 2002 at age 21

Casey R Day - 323 Blairmore Ct - Orange Park - 5.19 mi
L/L child under 16 convicted in 2001 at age 21

Bryan Scott Kinsey - 159 Capella Rd - Orange Park - 4.77 mi
L/L battery 12-15, Failed to comply registration convicted 2005 at age 29
 
Charles R Mack - 1721 Cinnamon Dr - Orange Park - 4.74 mi
L/L child under 16 convicted in 2006 at age 55

Paul Bryan McCorkle - 4280 Collins Rd - Orange Park - 4.23 mi
internet to solicit/attempt to solicit child for sex/lewdness etc,
convicted in 2003 at age 35

Richard McCallister - 85 Debarry Ave Apt 3093 - Orange Park - 4.25 mi
no info provided

Alex Garcia - 153 Dover Bluff Dr - Orange Park - 5.46 mi
Unlawful Sexual Activity with Certain Minors 16/17 yrs old convicted in 2001 at age 32

Craig Lee Oliver - 247 Dover Bluff Dr - Orange Park - 5.75 mi
Kidnap, Comm. or Fac. Felony, Sexual Battery/Inj not likely convicted in 1998 at age 29

Terry Green - 635 English Meadows Ct - Orange Park - 6.6 mi
Sexual Battery child under 12 - convicted in 2002 at age 38

Adrian Lamar Tarver - 289 Gano Ave - Orange Park - 5.41 mi
L/L child under 16 convicted in 1996 at age 24

William Leon Kuhn - 286 Gano Ave - Orange Park - 5.44 mi
Sexual Battery/Coerce child convicted in 2002 at age 40

Ronald Eugene Adams - 1105 Grove Park Dr S - Orange Park - 4.98 mi
L/L conduct child under 16 convicted in 2004 at age 48

Stephen Joseph Loisel - 385 Gwinnet Rd - Orange Park - 5 mi
L/L child under 16, sexual battery/coerce by adult convicted in 1999 at age 42

Andric Diaz - 150 Hercules Dr E - Orange Park - 5 mi
no info provided

William Barrell - 129 Hollis Dr N - Orange Park - 4.39 mi
Sex Bat child under 12 convicted in 2005 at age 40

Edwin Richard Andino - 413 Janell Dr - Orange Park - 5.35 mi
L/L battery child 12-15 convicted in 2003 at age 38
Failure to comply registration convicted in 2006 at age 41

David Scott Robertson - 417 Janell Dr - Orange Park - 5.35 mi
L/L exhibition child under 16 convicted in 2002 at age 37

Tamar Ranardo Brown - 475 Lombard St Apt B - Orange Park - 4.68 mi
no info provided

Marvin Carl Erlandson - 960 Misty Maple Ct - Orange Park - 7.35 mi
L/L Battery child 12-15 convicted in 2002 at age 24

Jeremy Ryan Jones - 296 Mercury Dr - Orange Park - 4.6 mi
L/L mol 12-15 offender 18+ convicted 2006 at age 23 

John Howard Morris - 8470 Navarra Ave - Orange Park - 4.18 mi
L/L child under 16, sexual battery, convicted in 1995 at age 39

John Steven Burgess - 8467 New York Ave - Orange Park - 4.28 mi
no info provided

Antwan Eugene Robinson - 335 Noel Rd - Orange Park - 4.45 mi
L/L bat 12-15 yrs convicted 2003 at age 19

Curtis Paul Grant - 278 Noel Rd - Orange Park - 4.52 mi
L/L child under 16 convicted 2000 at age 21

Roy Scott IV - 141 Old Orange Park Rd Apt 233 - Orange Park - 4.61 mi
Sex Offense US Military Indecent Assault convicted 2001 at age 22

Thomas Albert Saavedra - 195 Orion St - Orange Park - 4.69 mi
Sex Bat/Coerces By Threat, Kidnap, Comm. or Fac.Felony convicted 1988 at age 34

Ishmir J Northrup - 1687 Pecan Ct - Orange Park - 5.06 mi
L/L battery sex with child 12-15 convicted in 2008 at age 26

Vernon Ronald Wolske - 1544 Raft Ct - Orange Park - 5.18 mi
L/L mol child under 12 convicted in 2005 at age 62

Jose Arturo Harrison - 1527 Saint Francis Dr - Orange Park - 5.23 mi
Sexual Battery injury not likely convicted in 2000 at age 26

Frank Joseph Spillar - 461 Sigsbee Ct - Orange Park - 5.29 mi
L/L child under 16 convicted in 1992 at age 41

Tyler Louis Davis - 451 Sigsbee Ct - Orange Park - 5.3 mi
L/L exhibition child under 16 convicted in 2005 at age 19
L/L battery sex with child 12-15 convicted in 2008 at age 22

Tony O Thrasher - 366 Sonora Dr - Orange Park - 5.18 mi
Internet to solicit/attempt to solicit child for sex/lewdness convicted in 2003 at age 32

Michael Jeffrey Mattox - 155 Ursa St - Orange Park - 4.76 mi
no info provided

Joseph Luvon Worley - 139 Venus Ln - Orange Park - 4.85 mi
L/L child under 16 convicted 1995 at age 52

Bennie Hester - 1745 Wells Rd Apt 1104 - Orange Park - 4.28 mi
L/L child under 16 convicted in 2000 at age 37

Gary J Moore - 406 Woodside Dr - Orange Park - 5.06 mi
Sexual Battery child under 12 convicted in 1995 at age 40

William E Ogle - 406 Woodside Dr - Orange Park - 5.06 mi
L/L child under 16 convicted in 1994 at age 34

Moses Frost Jr - 2787 Wood Stork Trl - Orange Park - 6.12 mi
L/L child under 16 - convicted in 1991 at age 43

[luvmyboys]

Good morning ev everyone any news on somer. I am out takeing. My boys to school. And it is only 45 out here. How cold is it in florida? I hope not to bad

[Elaine]

http://www.news4jax.com/news/21342995/detail.html
Deputies Continue Search For Missing Girl
Clay County Deputies Say Girl Never Came Home From School


UPDATED: 7:21 am EDT October 20, 2009


Somer Renee Thompson
CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- Clay County sheriff's deputies are stepping up their search of an Orange Park neighborhood for a girl who they said has been missing since Monday afternoon.

Deputies said 7-year-old Somer Renee Thompson was last seen in the Grove Park neighborhood. They said the girl's mother called police and said her daughter never returned home from school.

Somer is described as 3 feet, 5 inches tall and 65 pounds with brown hair in a pony tail. She was last seen wearing a cranberry-colored jumpsuit with pink striped sleeves. She also had a black, pink and white colored backpack with a skull and hearts.

Early Tuesday morning, Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said the search encompassed a one-mile radius around the girl's school, Grove Park Elementary. As daylight breaks, he said the search will be expanded farther.

Beseler said deputies had been out all night using infrared cameras and dog teams to search the wooded areas. Beseler said they have also finished interviewing all the registered sex offenders in the area. Tuesday morning, teams were continuing to search the wooded areas within the one-mile radius.

Beseler added that 10 days ago, the Orange Park Police Department received a call about some people in a blue Nissan driving within a one-block area of where Somer went missing. He said there were two Hispanic men and one Hispanic woman who tried to lure a child into their car. The sheriff did not expand further on that incident. Channel 4 is trying to gather more information on that incident from Orange Park Police.

Beseler is asking residents in the Grove Park area to look through their yards, parked cars and adjacent properties. He asked if you see anything unusual, then please call police.

Deputies and detectives from every branch of the Clay County Sheriff's Office, approximately 100 personnel, are looking for Somer Thompson. Additional support is also being provided by the agencies surrounding Clay County, such as St. Johns and the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has also assigned a member to assist Clay County, along with staff from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).

The Clay County Sheriff's Office has utilized reverse 911 as well as the school system's automated phone message system to get information about Somer to as many households as possible as quickly as possible.

[trimmonthelake]

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-10-20/story/authorities_search_for_missing_orange_park_girl
Authorities search for missing Orange Park girl

    * By John Leacock
    * Story updated at 8:06 AM on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
The Clay County Sheriff's Office is still searching for a missing 7-year-old girl in the Grove Park neighborhood of Orange Park. Deputies, joined by several FBI agents, members of other law enforcement agencies, as well as area residents combed the neighborhood in the cold and dark, but found no sign of the girl, authorities said.

Sheriff Rick Beseler said investigators were focusing on a possible lead involving a near-abduction of another child days ago.

The girl now missing, Somer Renee Thompson, was last seen wearing a cranberry colored jumpsuit with pink-striped sleeves.  She is 3-foot-5, weighs 65 pounds abd has brown hair in a pony tail.

She was walking home from Grove Park Elementary near West Gano Avenue and Debarry Avenue with her sister and friends but separated from them about 2:45 p.m. The child lives about a mile from the school. Her mother reported her missing to deputies a few hours later.

Beseler said in a news conference near the school this morning that approximately 10 days ago "the Orange Park Police Department within a one-block area of where Somer was last seen had a report of a blue Nissan Sentra occupied by two Hispanic males and one Hispanic female try to lure a small girl into the car." Beseler said it was unclear whether there is a connection to the missing girl, but he asked that anyone who had any information concerning that incident to contact police.
Beseler said authorities are searching an approximately three-mile radius. There are about 53 sexual predators in that area, and the sheriff said all were interviewed and their residences searched.

Beseler said earlier that before she went missing on Monday, Somer might have hit another child with her backpack during an argument and run off. He had said it's possible she might have run to a friend's house because she was afraid of getting in trouble.

"The longer she's out there unaccounted for, it becomes more disconcerting that it might not just be a childish prank," Beseler said.

Almost 100 deputies including SWAT and K-9 officers are helping in the search. Helicopters joined the search early this morning.

Beseler said the search will continue today, and will include FBI members, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and surrounding law enforcement agencies.

Overnight, authorities asked neighbors and members of the public to bring flashlights and join the search. Many answered the call, donning coats and spending hours searching the area, their flashlights dotting the dark night. Organized searches by members of the public will continue, the sheriff said, but he  also encouraged residents to also search outside their homes today.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or (904) 264-6512. 

[Heart]

Police received reports of an attempted abduction ten days prior of a blue Nissan-Sentra with two Hispanic males and a female one block from where Somer lives. They do not know if there may be a connection, as yet. An Amber Alert may be issued.
If you see her, or have info, please call 911 or the Clay County Sheriff's Office at 904-264-6512.

http://thelostnmissing.blogspot.com/2009/10/urgent-somer-renee-thompson-7-missing.html

[klaasend]

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=146917&catid=3

Search for Somer Moves Into Cold Tuesday Morning
 Taren Reed  Josey Crews  Erich Spivey     1 hr ago

ORANGE PARK, FL -- Investigators have thoroughly searched a 1-mile radius around Somer Thompson's elementary school, but there's still no sign of the missing girl.

Sheriff Rick Beseler says this is the longest a kid has been missing in Clay County in 22 years. The Clay County Sheriff's Office says it is asking for information about a blue sedan seen in the neighborhood 10 days ago. Authorirties say the occupants, two men and a woman, tried to lure a young girl into the car.

Sheriff Beseler would not elaborate any further, except the incident happened within a block of where Somer was last seen Monday afternoon.

The Orange Park Police Department handled the case and will provide an incident report later today.

Deputies with the Clay County Sheriff's Office want people to search everywhere around their homes for the missing girl. In fact, they say several groups organized on their own and are expected to help with the search Tuesday.

Sheriff Beseler says individuals can also come help with the search. They are preparing flyers that they will distribute across the county.

The little girl hasn't been seen since Monday afternoon.  The girl's mother notified the sheriff's office around 5 p.m. that her daughter had not returned home from school.

"Her mother began looking for her, and after about two hours, [she] flagged down a patrol car and reported that Somer did not come home this afternoon," said Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler.

Thompson is a second-grader at Grove Park Elementary. Police say she is a white female, 3 feet 5 inches tall and about 65 pounds.  She has brown hair and was last seen wearing a cranberry colored jumpsuit with pink striped sleeves.

The sheriff says Grove Park is open Tuesday.

She was last seen at 2:45 p.m. walking home from school near West Gano Avenue and Debarry Avenue. [Map it]

She was with her brother and friends, but separated from them, running ahead towards her home.

The sheriff says they have checked with immediate family members, including the girl's father, who lives in North Carolina.

An Amber Alert has not been issued because investigators don't have a vehicle description. But Sheriff Beseler says they may issue one later Tuesday.

"We would ask that the public assist us in providing any information that anyone may have about this little girls whereabouts...she has been missing for about seven hours now," said Beseler.

He added, "We're hoping that Somer has gone maybe to a friend's house or something like that, but we're leaving no stone unturned. We're diligently looking right now and we need help from the public."

Stay with First Coast News and firstcoastnews.com for the latest.

Anyone with information on Thompson is asked to call 911, or the CCSO non-emergency line at (904) 264-6512.  You can also call First Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS. You will remain anonymous and could receive a cash reward of up to $1,000.

[luvmyboys]

Oh my. I could not even imagine what that family is going through. My little boy will be 7 in december he only weighs 38 pounds he is itty bitty. I do not think I would be able to handle anything happening to my baby. But then again I know that you never know how you would handle a situation like this. And I pray to god I never ever will. I myself don't think and really never thought that little somer was hideing outside so she would not get in trouble. Or for that matter I don't believe that she would be hanging out at a friends house that late last night when I first saw the story. I believe that somer would be to scared to stay outside that late. And I think that the police where flaged down to late. I would have never waited that long. Jmo

[cookie]

snip from article that Klaas provided ^^^^

She was with her brother and friends, but separated from them, running ahead towards her home.


every other article that I have read said sister...it it brother now or a mistake in the article?
I agree that the mom should have called 911 right away while searching...7 is too young to be unaccounted for for even a few minutes in my opinion...that being said, hoping and praying that this little girl is found safe! it is a scary world out there...no neighborhood is safe it appears..which is totally sad...

oh, and Good morning monkey friends!

[klaasend]

http://www.news4jax.com/news/21346658/detail.html

Amber Alert Issued For Missing Girl
Clay County Deputies Say 7-Year-Old Never Came Home From School

POSTED: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
UPDATED: 9:17 am EDT October 20, 2009

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- About 16 hours after a 7-year-old girl was reported missing in an Orange Park neighborhood, the Clay County Sheriff's Office issued an Amber Alert for the child.

After spending the night searching the Grove Park neighborhood where Somer Renee Thompson was last seen walking home from school with friends Monday afternoon, county officials met with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and issued the statewide alert for missing children.

Somer is described as 3 feet, 5 inches tall and 65 pounds with brown hair in a pony tail. She was last seen wearing a cranberry-colored jumpsuit with pink striped sleeves. She also had a black, pink and white colored backpack with a skull and hearts.

Deputies said the Somer was last seen at 2:45 p.m. walking home from Grove Park Elementary School near West Gano Avenue and Debarry Avenue with her twin brother and her sister. They were told she ran ahead of them after an argument and ran toward her home.

Map Missing Orange Park Girl

When Somer didn't arrive home, he mother searched on her own at first, then called police about 5 p.m.

Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said deputies were out all night using infrared cameras and dog teams to search the wooded areas. Beseler said they have also finished interviewing the 58 registered sex offenders in the area. Tuesday morning, teams were continuing to search the wooded areas within the one-mile radius. At daylight, the search area was to expand.

(snipped)

[klaasend]

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/actionbreaking/story/Missing-7-year-old-Vehicle-description-released/OU0_etHQUUazn2kB7pGFbA.cspx


Missing 7 year-old: Vehicle description released
   Reported by: Catherine Varnum
Email: cvarnum@ActionNewsJax.com
Last Update: 8:48 am

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- Deputies are searching for a Clay County girl who didn't come home from school Monday afternoon. The Sheriff now says that they are looking for a vehicle that could be involved in her disappearance.

In a news conference this morning, the Sheriff announced that a blue Nissan Sentra was seen in the area about 10 days ago, 1 block from where the little girl disappeared, with two hispanic males and 1 hispanic female inside trying to lure another child into their vehicle. A police report was filed with the Orange Park police department in that incident.

The Sheriff does not know if this is related to the case, but would like people to be on the lookout for that vehicle.

Somer Renee Thompson was last seen around 2:45 p.m. Monday walking near West Gano and DeBarry Avenues. She never came home from school.

Somer is three feet, five inches tall, about 65 pounds, and was wearing a cranberry colored jumpsuit with pink sleeves.

The Clay County Sheriff's Office says Somer was walking home from school with her sister and some other girls when she got into an altercation. She then ran ahead of them to head home.

There are more than 100 deputies searching with canines. The Clay County Sheriff's Office Swat Team and the FBI are all investigating. Action News is told they will continue searching until summer is found.

The Sheriff will give another update after meeting with other agencies searching in the area at 11:30 a.m. You can watch that news conference live on ActionNewsJax.com.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Somer Thompson, call the Clay County Sheriff's Office at 904-264-6512.

[luvmyboys]

Does anyone know where @ in north carolina the dad lives at. I am in north carolina myself just curious. And do we know if he was in north carolina at the time she went missing yesterday. Not accuseing anyone just asking if anyone knows?

[luvmyboys]

Does anyone know why they are just now sending out an aber alert. I do not understand can someone please explain that to me?

[FormerFLGirl]

I think there is certain criteria that has to be met before they are authorized to release an amber alert.
Perhaps they had to make sure she didnt wonder off or needed to make sure they had enough information to lead them into believe that she was taken and not just hiding or at a friends house.

[dsntslp]

Luvmyboys,

It appears the reason for not issuing the Ambert Alert was because they had no vehicle description.
The DOJ makes the rules.
IMO, they need to be changed.
I plan on looking into it.
Why not light up the signs if they are not being used at that very moment anyway?

Yes, I am beyond frustrated with that system and it's requirements.
I am sure others have tried to change it before me but I am going to see how to go about it anyway.

Maybe a monkey with experience in an area such as this can tell me where to start?

[Heart]

Amber Alert: Somer Thompson

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/5480320.php

[klaasend]

[Wyks]

In the comment section of one of last nights first articles, there are locals posting. 

They are saying that Somer was walking home with her sister and brother, both older. 

http://www.news4jax.com/news/21342995/detail.html