This was written by member of Angels That Care in answer to what I wrote. Amber AlertS set wheels in motion
I know someone that tried to put out an Amber Alert on her 12 y/o daughter when in fact the 12 y/O was at the Grandparents house after being threatened and kicked out of the house by the mother the night before. Apparently the mother (MOM) was drunk, had blacked out and "forgot" where her child was. At this point Child Services were called and the other child that was 13 was also removed from the home.
This was an acquaintance I had met first moving here.....a neighbor of my friend and our kids went to school together. I watched this woman slowly deteriorate into drugs and alcohol. When she got caught driving drunk....she lost her license. My friend would call me every day telling me things about this woman and I would get so mad and tell her to call the police or report it. I called one time and they did go investigate but the complaint was not substantiated. However, the police and DCS kept a close eye.
One day...my daughter saw the 12 y/O and her mom in the principle's office. Passing in the hallway my daughter asked out of concern what was wrong and made a statement that she hoped her mother didn't drive. This led to many harassing phone calls from the mother saying my daughter was a liar and harassing her daughter at school.... which was not true; they were friends. One evening after taking my friends daughter home after one of my sons baseball games, this woman came out of her house so drunk screaming at me. I tried to talk to her but she insisted on calling me names and doing anything to goad me into getting mad. I told her she was drunk and to go in her house and go to bed........her daughters had come over to my friends house at this time. She started screaming at the top of her lungs that I was a fat b*tch and my daughter was nothing but a "nasty nigger half-breed piece of sh*t."
Please know that ALMOST all tact and moral integrity almost went out of the window.....I felt like a lioness at that very moment wanting to protect her cub....even though, THANK GOD my daughter she was talking about wasn't there at the time to hear those horrible words. I wanted to shred that woman to pieces! I kept my cool but she ran inside her house.....her mother had driven over at that point and I was literally yelling at her to stop enabling her daughter and to protect those kids! The police were called by MOM....I was crying to the officers that this woman had in fact been harassing me....she was a danger to herself, her kids and anyone else on the road. She frequently drove drunk and I was told she smoked crack. They told me it was hear-say but that they were familiar with her and were watching her.....
After that it wasn't a week when the kids were removed. The kids are thriving at their grandparents and I see them frequently as I take them to our church. MOM has been arrested for driving w/o a license...been in jail and has failed many urine tests. She for some reason has said she doesn't claim the youngest of her daughters but has weekly visits w/the oldest daughter.
It breaks my heart because I know that these kids have seen things they should never see.......many one-night stands and strange men in the house after a long night of partying by MOM , drugs, alcohol.....they were forced to make her drinks, clean up her puke and take care of her when she was incapcitated.
You don't have to hit a child to abuse them............
Used with permission
Friday, March 16, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (Pub.L. 109-248) was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006. The legislation organizes sex offenders into 3 tiers, and mandates that Tier 3 offenders update their whereabouts every 3 months. It makes failure to register and update information a felony. It also creates a national sex offender registry and instructs each state and territory to apply identical criteria for posting offender data on the Internet (i.e., offender's name, address, date of birth, place of employment, photograph, etc.).
The bill was sponsored by Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) in the US House of Representatives and moved to final passage over a two-year period. who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and shepherded the bill through the US Senate. It had been sent to the Senate in 2005 as H.R. 3132 and had 88 co-sponsors, including Mark Foley (R-FL), who had originally introduced the House bill, and co-sponsor Rep. Bud Cramer (D-MS). The Senate bill passed on July 20, 2006 with an amendment and amendment to the title.
At the time of passage, at least 100,000 of more than a half million sex offenders in the United States and the District of Columbia were 'missing' and unregistered as required by law. Law enforcement did not know where they were, and could not warn communities about them. This situation posed an enormous challenge for law enforcement and caused fear among the public. More federal funding was needed to assist states in maintaining and improving these programs so a comprehensive system for tracking sex offenders and alerting communities would be developed.
John Walsh, father of murdered child Adam Walsh, and founder of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) was joined other children's advocates to mount an aggressive campaign to get the bill passed into law. As part of the campaign, Walsh was joined by Congressman Sensenbrenner, representatives from the NCMEC, and other victims' advocates and parents. These included Patty Wetterling, children's advocate from Minnesota and mother of missing child Jacob Wetterling, abducted in October 1989; Mark Lunsford, whose daughter Jessica was killed in Florida in 2005; Linda Walker, the mother of North Dakota college student Dru Sjodin who was kidnapped and murdered by a released Minnesota sex offender in November 2003; and Erin Runnion, whose 5-year-old daughter Samantha Runnion was raped and killed in California in 2002 by a released sex offender. Thousands of Americans concerned about their children's safety contacted their lawmakers in Washington to pass the legislation.
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act was signed on the 25th anniversary of the abduction of Adam Walsh from a shopping mall in Florida. Adam Walsh was found murdered 16 days after his abduction and the perpetrator of the crime has yet to be brought to justice. Adam Walsh's father is John Walsh, host of the television series America's Most Wanted.
http://www.amw.com/features/feature_story_detail.cfm?id=1206
http://www.angelsthatcare.org/adam.html
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (Pub.L. 109-248) was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on July 27, 2006. The legislation organizes sex offenders into 3 tiers, and mandates that Tier 3 offenders update their whereabouts every 3 months. It makes failure to register and update information a felony. It also creates a national sex offender registry and instructs each state and territory to apply identical criteria for posting offender data on the Internet (i.e., offender's name, address, date of birth, place of employment, photograph, etc.).
The bill was sponsored by Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) in the US House of Representatives and moved to final passage over a two-year period. who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and shepherded the bill through the US Senate. It had been sent to the Senate in 2005 as H.R. 3132 and had 88 co-sponsors, including Mark Foley (R-FL), who had originally introduced the House bill, and co-sponsor Rep. Bud Cramer (D-MS). The Senate bill passed on July 20, 2006 with an amendment and amendment to the title.
At the time of passage, at least 100,000 of more than a half million sex offenders in the United States and the District of Columbia were 'missing' and unregistered as required by law. Law enforcement did not know where they were, and could not warn communities about them. This situation posed an enormous challenge for law enforcement and caused fear among the public. More federal funding was needed to assist states in maintaining and improving these programs so a comprehensive system for tracking sex offenders and alerting communities would be developed.
John Walsh, father of murdered child Adam Walsh, and founder of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) was joined other children's advocates to mount an aggressive campaign to get the bill passed into law. As part of the campaign, Walsh was joined by Congressman Sensenbrenner, representatives from the NCMEC, and other victims' advocates and parents. These included Patty Wetterling, children's advocate from Minnesota and mother of missing child Jacob Wetterling, abducted in October 1989; Mark Lunsford, whose daughter Jessica was killed in Florida in 2005; Linda Walker, the mother of North Dakota college student Dru Sjodin who was kidnapped and murdered by a released Minnesota sex offender in November 2003; and Erin Runnion, whose 5-year-old daughter Samantha Runnion was raped and killed in California in 2002 by a released sex offender. Thousands of Americans concerned about their children's safety contacted their lawmakers in Washington to pass the legislation.
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act was signed on the 25th anniversary of the abduction of Adam Walsh from a shopping mall in Florida. Adam Walsh was found murdered 16 days after his abduction and the perpetrator of the crime has yet to be brought to justice. Adam Walsh's father is John Walsh, host of the television series America's Most Wanted.
http://www.amw.com/features/feature_story_detail.cfm?id=1206
http://www.angelsthatcare.org/adam.html
April Wiss
April Wiss was last seen near her residence on January 11, 2000 in Witchita Kansas between 10 and 10:30 PM.
After that time, nobody has seen nor heard from April.
In a mysterious twist to the case, April was to be a witness in an upcoming felony trial that was to be held two days after she myseriously vanished. At this time, it is unclear if April has been a victim of foul play or if simply ran away.
April's family needs to know what happened to April on that fateful day.
If you have any information about the disappearance of April Wiss, you are asked to call The Wichita Police Department at (316) 268-4181. You may anonymous if needed.
http://www.geocities.com/findaprilwiss/
At request of family
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Bianca Noel Piper
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=30959
Bianca Noel Piper Missing For Two Years
Bianca Noel Piper disappeared two years ago March 10, 2005. She was
thirteen when she disappeared. What happened after Shannon Tanner dropped
her daughter Bianca Noel Piper off at the McIntosh Hill Road Bridge in
Foley Missouri on March 10, 2005?
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art28034.asp/zzz
National Center Missing Adults
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ReZoom.com "A Better World" campaign! If we are the charity in our
region to have the most votes, we will receive a grant award. Such a
grant would be critical in helping us to continue our mission.
Just go to
http://www.rezoom.com/ABETTERWORLD/view-charity.php?char_id=1556
and vote for us!
Every time you vote for us - it counts! Please vote for us daily!
Vote every morning after you brush your teeth and help create a
better world!
Thank you,
Eric Paschal
(800) 690-3463, Ext. 113.
http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/index.php
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