Posted on 04/25/2006 9:27:30 AM PDT by tunneldiver
It is my first time starting a thread, I am trying to get the links to link.
http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060425/COUNTY07/604250361
http://dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060425/NEWS01/604250319/1002
http://www.tbi.state.tn.us/Cid/AmberAlert/AmberAlertMultiple.htm
http://wtvf.com/content/news/18777.asp
I hope I'm wrong on this, but in the past when this has happened, it's usually a case of the mother trying to cover up the fact that she killed her wee one.
Our prayers are with this child. However, I find the mother's story to be odd in that the child was wearing a blue denim dress that late at night.
That was my first thought too. She should have been in PJs.
Does the mom have a boyfriend or new husband that is not the father of the child?? If so, uh oh.
I thought the same thing. Of course, maybe she fell asleep in her clothes and the Mom just decided not to wake her. I'm just naturally cynical. However, I pray this baby is found alive and well. God Bless her.
susie
I think FoxNews just said they were calling off the alert/search?
I heard on Fox a couple of hours ago that they called it off. The police officer said they had searched everywhere in the surrounding areas, and she wasn't there, so they were calling it off. It doesn't make sense to me because that shouldn't negate the need for an Amber Alert. In fact, because she wasn't found nearby should make the Amber Alert more important, not less. Somethings up with this.
That's what I was thinking, too. I thought the Amber Alert should stay in place,too.
SMYRNA — Police have suspended the search of missing 28-month-old girl Analyce Guerra and are spending the day interviewing people that may have had contact with the family.
“Hopefully they can give us a better idea of where she might be,” said Sgt. Ken Hampton, public information officer of the Smyrna Police Department.
Detectives have interviewed the toddler’s 4-year-old sister, who said “someone came and got (Analyce) and that person was Santa Claus,” Hampton said. “It’s possible someone may have taken her and it’s possible she may have walked away.”
Analyce was last seen by her mother, Eva Guerra, around 11:30 p.m. Sunday at her Meadow Wood Apartment. The mother discovered her daughter missing when she woke up about 4 a.m. Monday and noticed the door to the apartment was unlocked.
Anyone who has seen the child or may have information is urged to call Smyrna Police at 459-6644 or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
from the lastest news:
http://dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060425/NEWS01/60425003
This child has still not been found has she?
I don't know why this child's disappearance seems to have fallen off the media's radar.
She is sooo young--makes me worry even more--much more than, dare I say it?--Natalee Holloway.
Seems like one news report said the mother had 6 kids. So I would think more than one kid saw something.
FBI joins search for missing girl
SMYRNA — Police now have the help of FBI agents from the agency’s Missing Children’s Task Force to aid them in the search for 28-month-old Analyce Guerra.
Investigators have followed several leads from callers who believe they have seen the girl, who disappeared from her family’s apartment on Nissan Drive late Sunday night or early Monday morning. One believed sighting came from the Wal-Mart SuperCenter on Enon Springs Road East, about a mile from where the girl lived, said Sgt. Ken Hampton.
Wednesday morning, investigators prevented anyone from entering the Meadow Wood Apartments property while they searched cars in the parking lot and apartment units.
A media briefing will be held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
http://dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060426/NEWS01/60426007
My young daughters and I have been going to the local businesses for the past two days, posting flyers. I am saddened by the businesses that refused to allow us to tape a flyer to their door. And a few businesses that took the flyer down after we had left.
No news, no clues and very little air time given to the child.
I just don't get it.
*for later
Many tips, but no Analyce
By MEALAND RAGLAND-HUDGINS
mragland@dnj.com
SMRYNA — FBI agents joined local and state investigators on Wednesday in hopes of solving the mysterious disappearance of Analyce Guerra.
Investigators, now numbering close to 100, have followed several leads from callers who believe they have seen the 28-month-old child, who disappeared from her family's apartment on Nissan Drive late Sunday night or early Monday morning. One sighting came from the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Enon Springs Road East, about a mile from where the girl lived, said Sgt. Ken Hampton, public information officer of the Smyrna Police Department.
"Every time (people) see a dark-haired Hispanic girl, they call. And we do go and check," he said.
Analyce's mother, Eva Guerra, has said that her daughter has, at times, unlocked the door to go outside when she heard other children playing nearby. Guerra shares the three-bedroom apartment with her six children, ranging from age 2 to 11. Analyce disappeared between 11:30 p.m. Sunday and 4 a.m. Monday.
Several psychics have contacted police to see if they can help with the case.
"There's a lot of theories people have had, but (investigators) have come up with nothing," Hampton said.
Working the case are Smyrna Police, the FBI, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and The Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Instead of monitoring cases of missing children, the FBI is now mandated to help expedite the search, Hampton said. The FBI's Missing Children's Task Force is aiding in the search.
On Wednesday morning, investigators went back to square one and searched every unit and car at Meadow Wood Apartments. No new clues were found, Hampton said.
"Where are we going to go from here? I don't know. They're brainstorming at all times," he said. "Everyone that they've wanted to interview, they've interviewed. The focus is to make sure every base has been covered.
"From a police officer's point of view, I know we're doing everything we can," Hampton added.
The TBI has contacted and interviewed the 12 registered sex offenders in Smyrna.
Police say Eva Guerra has had several boyfriends, but none of them are currently suspected in the child's disappearance.
"If so, they would have arrested (someone) by now. Sometimes we have to interview people three or four times before we get the information we need out of them," Hampton said. "We haven't focused on one person yet."
Jenefer Sullivan didn't know the Guerras before Analyce's disappearance. Even though she works two full-time jobs, she and her daughter Taylor and her mother, Mari Byers, have helped look for the girl since Monday evening.
"I felt like it was needed," Sullivan said late Wednesday morning.
Byers wants to open a reward fund with a local bank.
"They already got $1,000 from a family friend," she said.
Nehemias Guerra, Analyce's father, said the family spent most of Wednesday afternoon looking for her. When asked how the day had gone for them, "not good" was his answer.
"We've been to Wal-Mart, Kmart. Nothing nowhere," he said.
Nehemias Guerra and Eva have been separated for 18 months. He works for a construction firm in Franklin while she is a stay-at-home mother.
Last Dec. 17, Eva Guerra and her children lost all of their Christmas gifts in a duplex fire at 419 McClary Road, not far from the apartment complex in which they now live. Guerra said investigators initially blamed him for the blaze, which is listed as an arson.
"They tried to put the charges on me, but they didn't have any proof," he said.
The investigation into the fire remains open, Fire Chief Bill Culbertson said.
Anyone with information on Analyce's whereabouts is urged to call Smyrna Police at 459-6644 or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
copied from:
http://dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060427/NEWS01/604270315/1002
I hope she's ok - it sounds like her home has many struggles - doesn't mean she's not absolutely loved!
Search for missing girl turns to Stewarts Creek
By MEALAND RAGLAND-HUDGINS
mragland@dnj.com
SMYRNA — The Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Special Operations Team spent Thursday morning searching Stewarts Creek for 28-month-old Analyce Guerra.
Sgt. Ken Hampton, public information officer of the Smyrna Police Department, said there were no clues or leads that prompted the search.
“It’s just a matter of going back to make sure nobody missed anything,” he said.
Eva Guerra, Analyce’s mother, said she last saw her daughter around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Guerra said when she woke up for a drink of water at 4 a.m. Monday, her daughter was missing and the door to their apartment was unlocked.
Originally published April 27, 2006
http://dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060427/NEWS01/60427002
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