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Abducted 6-year-old boy found alive in Las Vegas
Yahoo News ^ | October 19, 2008 | KATHLEEN HENNESSEY

Posted on 10/19/2008 7:28:43 AM PDT by greyfoxx39

LAS VEGAS – A 6-year-old boy kidnapped from a Las Vegas home by alleged drug dealers posing as policemen has been found alive in a neighborhood northeast of the Las Vegas Strip, police said early Sunday.

The child was "in extremely good condition" and had been taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for examination, Las Vegas police Capt. Vincent Cannito said at a news conference.

"He is safe and in our custody," Cannito said. "It's a blessing this child has been found."

Cole Puffinburger was recovered at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday after a caller informed detectives about a child walking alone on a street in a middle-class neighborhood of tidy, modest-sized homes about 5 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas police Officer Jay Rivera said.

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Thank God this little boy is safe.
1 posted on 10/19/2008 7:28:44 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
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Wait, somebody calls police to report the 5 YO is wandering the neighborhood, but doesn’t bring him inside to safety? Police then find the boy in front of a local Methodist church.

What’s wrong with people today?


2 posted on 10/19/2008 7:32:37 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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Maybe it was a single man who was afraid he would somehow be suspected of kidnapping the child if he took him into his home for safety. That’s how our world is today.

The story is not very complete, is it? Perhaps he used a cell phone to call the police, and stayed with the child until they arrived. Who knows?


3 posted on 10/19/2008 7:37:56 AM PDT by kitkat (EX DEO LIBERTAS (From God, liberty))
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To: savedbygrace
somebody calls police to report the 5 YO is wandering the neighborhood, but doesn’t bring him inside to safety?

Because most folks are smart enough to not want to risk $10s of thousands in attorney's fees.

4 posted on 10/19/2008 7:39:22 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: savedbygrace
Wait, somebody calls police to report the 5 YO is wandering the neighborhood, but doesn’t bring him inside to safety? Police then find the boy in front of a local Methodist church. What’s wrong with people today?

Perhaps the caller was afraid that he would have been in some kind of trouble if he had done so--as sometimes happens to Good Samaritans who stop to help accident victims.

5 posted on 10/19/2008 7:39:36 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: savedbygrace
Wait, somebody calls police to report the 5 YO is wandering the neighborhood, but doesn’t bring him inside to safety? Police then find the boy in front of a local Methodist church.

Who knows? Maybe they were scared off by the thought that the kidnappers were close by.

7 posted on 10/19/2008 7:41:51 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Powell can't endorse McCain...he doesn't have a valid plumbing license..(AmericanUnited))
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To: greyfoxx39

Thank You God for hearing our prayers.
Praise You God. You are Mighty!

I look forward to seeing what you have
planned for this young man’s future.

In Jesus name!


8 posted on 10/19/2008 7:46:24 AM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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I just hope the child was not abused in any way - being kidnapped is bad enough.


9 posted on 10/19/2008 7:52:30 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: greyfoxx39

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109345/posts


10 posted on 10/19/2008 7:52:31 AM PDT by doug from upland (8 million views of .HILLARY! UNCENSORED - put some ice on it, witch)
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“Thank God this little boy is safe.”

Amen to that! Didn’t they cancel the Amber Alert yesterday? When I heard that, I was so afraid they’d received info that the child had been killed. I sat here, staring at the poor baby’s picture.....so sad.. To hear that he’s alive, after personally believing he was gone, gives the feeling of resurrection.

Now pray that the trauma of this horrible experience will fade rapidly and that he will be showered with love and care by those around him. And that ALL the monsters involved in his abduction receive true justice. The poor little guy must have been so terrified. :(

pattyjo


11 posted on 10/19/2008 7:53:51 AM PDT by pj_627
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To: greyfoxx39; Quix

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2109253/posts

Seems to be a rash of these types of things.


12 posted on 10/19/2008 7:56:06 AM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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Amen!

I honestly didn’t see this good an outome for the little fellow if stories tying his grandfather to Mexican drug lords were true. If the grandfather’s actions could put him in that severe jeopardy, I hope he is taken far from his family.


13 posted on 10/19/2008 8:01:08 AM PDT by EDINVA
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Did anyone see this little boy’s aunt being interviewed on TV? If she wasn’t a poster child for a meth-head, I don’t know who is. I’ve yet to see the mother...has anyone?


14 posted on 10/19/2008 8:07:28 AM PDT by tsmith130
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To: doug from upland
I ran searches three different times..the titles are completely different on the two articles...."Police focus on 3 in Vegas boy's abduction (KGO reporting he is found alive in L.V.!)" and "Abducted 6-year-old boy found alive in Las Vegas"...I searched on "kidnapped" and "abducted", but not "abduction".

Sorry for the duplication.

15 posted on 10/19/2008 8:07:42 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Powell can't endorse McCain...he doesn't have a valid plumbing license..(AmericanUnited))
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To: Jo Nuvark

Amen!


16 posted on 10/19/2008 8:11:04 AM PDT by GBA
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To: Wilhelm Tell
I doubt he was molested - the kidnapping looks like it was a business transaction.

Once the cost of the kidnapping outweighed its benefits, the kidnappers cut him loose and fled.

I hope his grandfather dies in prison.

17 posted on 10/19/2008 8:11:11 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who like to be called Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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I read recently the number of folks who come up utterly missing and never found again ever . . . incredible.

Which gets into the UFO thing according to many whistleblowers.


18 posted on 10/19/2008 8:12:00 AM PDT by Quix (POL LDRS GLOBALIST QUOTES: #76 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2031425/posts?page=77#77)
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...middle-class neighborhood of tidy, modest-sized homes about 5 miles from the Las Vegas Strip...

Well, the northeast might be Obama's idea of "middle-class", but the place where they found the kid probably isn't much above a ghetto. It's not surprising nobody called the police.

19 posted on 10/19/2008 8:12:43 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word." -- Robert Heinlein)
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That’s Cali-Vegas, man.


20 posted on 10/19/2008 8:12:57 AM PDT by dusttoyou (First they steal our savings, then our liberty)
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