Missing and Murdered Children

Pictured to the left is 5-year-old Jade Ferrando. Yes, I said she is a 5-year-old and weighs approximately 12 pounds in this picture. Jade’s mother, Anahi Ferrando, left her daughter in the custody of 25-year-old Michael John Bowden, who had been given legal power of authority over Jade while she was serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq. At the time legal power of authority was signed over to Michael Bowden he was her boyfriend and had been her boyfriend for the previous two years.

Anahi claims to have come to visit in April from her military assignment in Texas before being deployed to Iraq. She claims at that time, after Jade had been in the care of Michael Bowden since November 2005, Jade appeared to be fine so she had no doubts about leaving her daughter with Michael upon her departure to serve in Iraq.

However, on August 22, 2006, when Jade’s grandfather came by to visit her he was shocked to find his granddaughter in the a near death state of starvation. He took the action of going to court and obtaining an ex parte order to remove Jade from Michael Bowden’s custody. He came to the home with police officers who took Michael Bowden into custody while Jade’s grandfather rushed her to the hospital.

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Update: Wednesday, September 28, 2006 11:23 a.m. PST

Jordan Kimble and her alleged abductor Trent Trahan are in custody in Calcasieu parish according to a news story from KATC3.com. The story also indicated that although Jordan Kimble went willingly with Trent, the age difference still makes him eligilble for a charge of kidnapping the 13-year-old.

Thank you for the comments from friends and family who let me know that Jordan had been located.

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