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AL AMBER Alert: Geontae Glass
10.18.09: Kevin Towles Found Guilty. Read about it at The End of the Story
Original Post: September 26, 2008Last Updated: September 27, 2008View Sources
Yesterday the mother of 5-year-old Geontae Glass went into a convenience store and then reported that her car had been stolen with her son inside. Witnesses in the area had said they had seen a pickup truck drive up and a black male exit the pickup truck. He got into the mother’s vehicle and drive off. The driver of the pick up truck also drove off. The mother indicated to authorities that she had left her vehicle’s engine running when she went into the convenience store. 1
September 27, 2008
An Alabama Amber Alert that was issued yesterday has been canceled. The reported kidnapping was a hoax and police have arrested the mother and another male and have charged them with the death of the 5-year-old boy.
“…The body of Geontae Glass and the car that was reported stolen Monday morning were found Tuesday at a residence in Etowah County, Sheriff James Hayes said.
Shalinda Glass, 25, of Rainbow City, and Kevin Andre Towles, who is believed to own the house where the body was found, were being held, Hayes said…”2
Authorities have not yet determined the cause of death and it is not clear if the boy was already dead at the time of the reported abduction.
It is so hard to keep believing parents when they report a missing child when stories turn out this way. It is such an abuse of the Amber Alert system and law enforcement resources when parents use those resources to cover up a crime.
Atlanta Journal Constitution.com
- Car Left Running Stolen with Child Inside, WSMV.com, Last Accessed: September 26, 2008. [↩]
- AJC.com [↩]
CA AMBER Alert: Monica Ruby Morales
Authorities in Riverside, California issued an AMBER Alert this morning for a four-year-old girl believed abducted by two women posing as social workers. The victim, four-year-old Monica Ruby Morales, was staying at a home located in the 30000 block of Desert Moon Drive in Thousand Palms. According to news reports her mother was deported to Mexico about twenty days ago.
Monica was staying with the sitter. She answered a knock at her door and the two women identified themselves as social workers. The sitter asked for identification but the women grabbed the child and sped off in a green minivan. They are believed to be headed to Mexico. The California Highway Patrol believes the two women may have been hired by the deported mother of the child.
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Victim: Monica Ruby Morales
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Monica is a four-year-old female Hispanic with short brown hair and brown eyes. Her height and weight are unknown. When last seen Monica was wearing a yellow shirt with white print on the front, blue pants, and yellow sandals.
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Suspect One: Unknown
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Suspect Two: Unknown
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Suspect Two is a 30-year-old Hispanic female with brown hair. She is 5’5″ tall and weighs 170LBS. When last seen she was wearing a pink t-shirt and jeans.
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Suspect Vehicle
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The suspect vehicle is described as a green minivan; unknown make or license plates.
Suspect One is a 30-year-old Hispanic female with brown hair. She is 5’5″ tall and weighs 150LBS. When last seen she was wearing a white shirt and jeans.
Anyone with information about this abduction is asked to call 9-1-1 or the Riverside County Sheriff at (760) 578-3195.
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February 24, 2009
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Police have spoken with Monica’s mother in Mexico and she told them her daughter is with her. The AMBER Alert has been canceled. Investigators will verify the authenticity of the mother’s claim over the next few days. It is unclear at this point whether Monica’s mother had anything to do with the abduction. The child was abducted from the father’s home; he has legal custody of the child.
AMBER Alert Issued for 4-Year-Old Girl, KTLA.com, February 23, 2009.
Abducted Girl, 4, Located With Mother in Mexico, CBS2.com, February 23, 2009.
Choosing to Look the Other Way, Why?
I have been reading quite a few stories over the past month about children who have been abused by a boyfriend or spouse of a mother or father of a child. There seems to be a common theme emerging in these stories, the other parent did it and they did nothing to stop the abuse which eventually resulted in murder of the child.
I sit here and wonder why a mother or father would choose, and yes it is a choice, to allow the abuse to continue to the point of the murder of their own child. Read the rest of this entry »
