AMBER ALERT OHIO

Cleveland Radio Station WTAM 1100 ^ | 11/05/02 | Bekki4Bush

[Bekki4Bush]

OHIO AMBER Alert: Two boys ages 5, Robert Aaron, and 7, Matthew, missing from Knox County. Last seen 11/04, Columbus Ohio. Blonde hair, Blue eyes, possible abductor violent father. His name John, 5" 11", 165 lbs., brown hair, blue eyes. BOLO 2002 Dodge stratus, 4 Door Blue, Ohio Plate BEU 9315. Boys in blue sweats. Sorry I did not catch last name.......something like Strausser, DO NOT APPROACH IF SPOTTED. SUSPECT CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. ALERT ISSUED 2:10 PM TUES NOV.5, 740-397-3333, Knox County Sheriff Nothing Follows

[Vic3O3]

amber alert ping--ohio based

[exnavy]

Noticed, prayed, eyes out, bumped.

[Faith]

Heavenly Father,

Please surround these little ones with Your mighty angels and return them safely home. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

[tutstar]

bttt

[Bekki4Bush]

Update from channel 3 News, Cleveland:
Children still missing: suspected to be with father who is forbidden contact due to past documented physical abuse and hospitalization of 7 year old 2 years ago for multiple fractures. Unclear if father was criminally charged at that time....reporter did not say :-/

[tiki]

Praying

[pubmom]

Prayers being sent.

[homeschool mama]

Thank you for posting this, Bekki. Prayers heavenward for the little boys...dear Lord. Please ping me when you hear more news, if you don't mind. HSM

[Bekki4Bush]

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/stories/20021106/localnews/312595.html

Still missing, look at those faces. God please protect these beautiful boys

[homeschool mama]

[homeschool mama]

[Alamo-Girl]

I'm joining you in praying for their protection and safe return!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Please, Jesus, bring those precious babies home, safe and sound.

[homeschool mama]

bump

[ohioWfan]

Thanks for the pictures, homeschool.

Any word on where they might be, or any news at all, Bekki? I haven't heard anything local about them.

Still praying for their safe return.

[Bekki4Bush]

Amber Alert update: Father may have switched cars
By Russ Kent
News Journal

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MOUNT VERNON -- Authorities have received information the man who abducted two children last week is still in the area but may have switched vehicles.

John Wesley Strauser, 30, is believed to have abducted his 5-year-old son and his 4-year-old son. Robert Aaron Strauser and Matthew Howard Strauser were not returned to their mother last week after a supervised visitation with their father in Columbus.

According to a spokesman at the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Strauser is believed to be driving a brown 1989 Chevrolet van with two racing stripes. The van has two large tinted windows on the driver’s side and a tinted window on the passenger’s side. The license plate number on the van is CV06SH.
Knox County Sheriff Dave Barber feels the kids are in “imminent danger."

Anyone with information on the children or their father is urged to call 911 immediately.

The boys and their father last were seen Monday in the Columbus area wearing blue sweatsuits. At the time they were in a 2002 dark-blue Dodge Stratus with Ohio license plates BEU 9315.

Robert Aaron Strauser, is 3 feet 4 inches tall weighs about 40 pounds. He has blond hair and blue eyes. Matthew Howard Strauser is 4 feet tall, weighs about 50 pounds and has blond hair and blue eyes.

Their father, John Wesley Strauser, 30, is 5 feet 11 inches tall and has brown hair and blue eyes.
No one has been in contact with the boys nor their father since Monday. Prior to that John Strauser had conversed with family members and authorities had hoped for a quick conclusion to the abduction.

The abduction is the cause of the first activitation of the North Central Ohio Amber Alert system. The system covers Richland, Ashland, Morrow, Marion, Knox, Crawford and Wyandot counties.

Although not usually activated in custody disputes, the Amber Alert system may be activated when authorities believe victims are in danger. Barber opted to activitate the system when contact with the father ceased.

[Faith]

Holy Father,

Please have mercy on these little ones. We pray that not one hair on their precious heads would be harmed. We commit them to You and pray that their father's heart would be convicted to return them safely. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

[snippy_about_it]

Good News-Prayers answered

Missing Ohio Boys Found In New Mexico
Police Arrest John Strawser

POSTED: 11:36 a.m. EST January 3, 2003
UPDATED: 11:40 a.m. EST January 3, 2003

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two Centerburg, Ohio, boys reported missing Nov. 1 were found Thursday near Albuquerque, N.M.

Knox County Sheriff David Barber said Robert Aaron Strawser, 5, and his brother, Matthew Howard, 7 (pictured, left), were located with their father, John, at a woman's home in Moriarty, N.M.

Police said the boys were healthy and unharmed. They were located after information was received by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Knox County Detective Robert Durbin contacted the New Mexico State Police, who located the boys and arrested John Strawser.

The 30-year-old father (pictured, right) is being held on failure to appear for trial charges and will be returned to Knox County.

The children are in the care of Children Services authorities in New Mexico until they can be returned to Knox County.

[homeschool mama]

Thank God these sweet boys were found. I cannot imagine what they or their mother went through. Bless their hearts.

Thank you for the update, snippy. :o) Wonderful.

[Unknown Freeper]

I have a question. If a visit is supervised, doesn't that mean someone else was there? I don't understand how someone didn't know where they were initially and how someone else couldn't make sure they were returned. Perhaps I just don't understand the process. Who is the supervisor in a supervised visit?