Keianthony Miller, age 22, was last seen in the 700 block of Franklin at the Pink Monkey night club on Sunday, November 26, 2006 at approx 3:30am. Miller got in a possible altercation with an unknown black male at the club and has not been seen since. He was last seen wearing a black & red horizontal striped short sleeve shirt and dark jeans.

11/28/2006 - Texas EquuSearch was planning to comb Buffalo Bayou near the Pink Monkey night club on Franklin Street for any signs of a 22-year-old Houston man, who hasn't been seen since early Sunday morning. read full story>>

11/29/2006 - At the ledge overlooking Buffalo Bayou downtown there are many friends and family looking for answers at to Keianthony Miller’s whereabouts. read full story>>

12/01/2006 - The family confirmed Friday that Keianthony Miller's body was found in Buffalo Bayou behind an Italian restaurant downtown. read full story>>

Laura Miller, 16 years old, was last seen using a payphone at a neighborhood convenient store located on the corner of W Main & Hobbs in League City, Texas, on September 10, 1984. Her remains were found 17 months later at an abandoned oil field located in 3000 block of Calder Rd in League City, TX. Laura was one of four victims found at this location between the years 1983 – 1991. Two of the victims remain unidentified and the case is still unsolved. The family is offering a $25,000.00 reward for information leading to an arrest and charges filed in this case.

Heide Villareal Fye, 25 years old, was last seen using a payphone at a neighborhood convenient store located on the corner of W Main & Hobbs in League City, Texas, on October 7, 1983. Her remains were found on April 6, 1984 at an abandoned oil field located in 3000 block of Calder Rd in League City, TX. Heide was one of four victims found at this location between the years 1983 – 1991. Two of the victims remain unidentified and the case is still unsolved.

The skeletal remains of Jane Doe were located on February 2, 1986, at an abandoned oil field located in 3000 block of Calder Rd in League City, TX. Death is estimated to have taken place between 6 weeks to 6 months prior to discovery. The estimated age at time of death was approximately 25 years old. Jane Doe was one of four victims found at this location between the years 1983 – 1991. She is one of two victims that remain unidentified and the case is still unsolved. Jane Doe had a large gap between her upper front teeth and had healed rib fractures.

The skeletal remains of Janet Doe were located on September 8, 1991, at an abandoned oil field located in 3000 block of Calder Rd in League City, TX. Death is estimated to have taken place between 1 month and 4 months prior to discovery. The estimated age at time of death was approximately 31 years old. Janet Doe was one of four victims found at this location between the years 1983 – 1991. She is one of two victims that remain unidentified and the case is still unsolved. Janet Doe had low quality upper dentures and may have had difficulty moving her head due to poorly healed spinal and rib fractures.

Gordon & Barbara Ferguson have returned home safely. As Ferguson's family members were heading to our office to start the search they passed the Ferguson home and saw them pull into the drive way. Stunned, the family members stopped to find out what happened and to make sure they are physically ok. Further details will be provided as we know them. Mission accomplished!

Deidre Harm, 21 years old, was last seen talking to an unidentified man at the Finish Line tavern located in the 100 block of 1 st Street North in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. The two left and went to another club located in the 100 block of 2 nd Street North, where they were seen talking with another couple at approx 12:30am. The identity of those three people is unknown. Deidre was last seen wearing a black knit top with a square neckline and cap sleeves, sandals, and carrying a turquoise purse. She has not been seen or heard from since.

11/26/2006 - Relatives and friends of Deidre Harm received the news this week they had dreaded most.
Remains found by hunters in the town of Seneca have been identified as those of Deidre Harm, Wood County Sheriff Thomas Reichert said Friday. Harm, who would have celebrated her 22nd birthday Nov. 16, had been missing since June 10.
Karleana Wicklander, 20, of Wisconsin Rapids had known Harm for about seven years. They met through mutual friends when they were both students at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School. read full story>>

Clinton Nelson, age 21, was last seen on Friday, September 1, 2006, at approx 8:30pm, leaving a friend’s house in the vicinity of Ward Lane and Hwy 80 in Princeton, LA. He was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, blue jeans, black knit cap, and white tennis shoes. The family is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to Clinton’s whereabouts and information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible.

11/03/220 - There's an update on the story of a missing man out of Bossier Parish. The family of 21-year old Clinton Nelson is offering a $5,000 reward for information on where he is or who is responsible for his disappearance. Nelson was last seen September first leaving a home in the 800 block of Ward Lane near Haughton. KTBS 3 News has also learned that members of the Texas Equusearch team will be in Bossier Parish to help look for Nelson. The mounted search and recovery team needs local volunteers to help with the search. read full story>>

A memorial fund has been set up to help offset funeral expenses. Donations can be made at any Amergy Bank location. Checks can be made payable to: "Betty Metcalf, Trustee for Terressa Lynn Vanegas" Account #0052348179.

11/05/2006 - We were with the family as they returned to the scene where the 16-year-old Terressa Vanega's body was found. And it was what they saw on the ground at the scene that has them upset with police.

Vanega was a student at Dickinson High School in her freshman year. Her body was discovered not too far from the school in a field. Saturday, her family hoped to find new answers. Instead, they made a discovery that caused new heartache. read full story>>

11/10/2006 - The family of Terressa L. Vanegas is desperate to find the person or persons, responsible for the 16-year-old's mysterious death. According to police reports, Terressa's body was found behind the Dickinson High School last Friday. The Galveston County Medical Examiner's Office conducted the autopsy last week and ruled her death a homicide, however the cause of death is still pending. read full story>>

11/14/2006 - Last Friday I brought you the story of Terressa L. Vanegas, a 16-year-old girl from Bayview, Texas, who was murdered sometime between October 31st and November 3rd. Since my initial report, I have learned several new details regarding the night Terressa disappeared. read full story>>

11/13/2006 - The only time Betty Metcalf escapes the questions rattling in her mind about her granddaughter’s murder is when she sleeps. “If I could stay asleep, I’d be OK,” she said. “I can’t quit thinking about it. It’s like living in a nightmare.” read full story>>

Young Woman's Body Found in LaMarque
La Marque police are investigating the death of a woman, whose body was found near the Gulf Freeway and State Highway 146. Authorities said the body was nude and it appears the woman may have been strangled. A dive team was called out to search the bay for more evidence. read full story>>

11/14/2006 - Police Friday were looking for the person who brought Amanda Nicole Kellum’s short, troubled life to a violent end. A passerby Friday morning found Kellum’s nude body lying face down at the eastern edge of Omega Bay, near Interstate 45 and just north of the neighborhood bearing the same name as the body of water. read full story>>

Texas EquuSearch is assisting Terressa Vanegas' family with funeral arrangements and support during this difficult time.

Visitation will be Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 5-8pm, at the Crowder Funeral Home, 851 FM 517 W, Dickinson, TX 77539.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 10:30am, at the Crowder Funeral Home (same address as above).

A memorial fund has been set up to help offset funeral expenses. Donations can be made at any Amergy Bank location. Checks can be made payable to: "Betty Metcalf, Trustee for Terressa Lynn Vanegas" Account #0052348179.

Obituary:
Terressa Lynn Vanegas.
Bayview, TX— Terressa Lynn Vanegas., 16, passed away November 3, 2006, in Dickinson, Texas. She was born on August 9, 1990, in Galveston, Texas to Javier and Jeanette Vanegas.

She is survived by her parents Javier and Jeanette Vanegas; three sisters, Jackie Metcalf, Amber Vanegas and Amanda Vanegas; a brother Frankie Vanegas; Grandparents, Johnnie & Betty Metcalf, Theresa Vanegas; great grandfather, Hatton L. Smith; numerous cousins, aunts & uncles and her loving dog Tinkerbelle.

A Celebration of Terressa’s Life will be on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 10:30 a.m. in the Chapel of Crowder Funeral Home in Dickinson, TX., with interment to follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Dickinson, TX.

Visitation will be on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, from 5 p.m. -8 p.m. in the funeral home.

Memorials in Terressa’s Memory may be made to The Terressa Lynn Vanegas.Memorial Fund, at any Wells Fargo Bank.

Texas EquuSearch is having a fundraiser on Sunday, November 12, 2006, at Shenanigan's, 820 34th St N, Texas City, TX, (click here for map)12-6pm. Admission is $10; includes fried fish plate. Free admission and hot dogs for kis 12 and under. Festivities include live entertainment, auction, finger printing for kids, and we'll be raffling off a fishing trip for 4. Click here to view the poster.

Kimberlee was last seen leaving her home located in the 4600 block of 7th St in Bacliff,TX at 7pm on Sunday, October 29, 2006. She was wearing blue jeans, a blue football jersey and black house shoes. The body of her bestfriend, Terressa Vanegas, age 16, was found in Dickinson, TX on Friday, November 3, 2006; she’d been missing since Tuesday, October 31, 2006.

Texas EquuSearch will be searching for Kimberlee Ramsey on Wednesday, November 8, 2006, beginning at 2pm. The command center location will be announced closer to that time. We will need ground searchers and ATVs. Please contact our office at 281/309-9500 and leave your name and phone number if you can help.

11/08/2006 - Texas EquuSearch volunteers will begin posting missing-person fliers and searching today for the 15-year-old best friend of a teenager found dead Friday at a former soccer field behind Dickinson High School. Kimberlee Ramsey was last seen at her home in Bacliff at 7 p.m. Oct. 29, two days before her best friend, Terressa Lynn Vanegas, also went missing. read full story>>

11/08/06 - Deputies and volunteers are working a mystery in Galveston County. Two teenagers missing may not sound that unusual, but in this case, they both disappeared around the same time a third teen did -- a good friend who was found dead. read full story>>

11/09/2006 - Kimberlee Ramsey and Cody Birdwell have been located safe in Rusk, Texas due to the great work of Sgt Mike Barry, Sgt Echols, and Sgt John Putnam of the Galveston County Sheriff's Office.

Texas EquuSearch would like to thank all of the members and volunteers that came out to help search and special thanks to the media for getting her information out to the public to generate tips. We were all afraid things weren't going to end on a positive note.

Donations are still needed to offset Terressa Vanegas' funeral expenses. Donations can be made at any Amergy Bank location. Checks can be made payable to: "Betty Metcalf, Trustee for Terressa Lynn Vanegas" Account #0052348179.

11/10/2006 - A 15-year-old girl who was reported missing has been found in East Texas, and authorities plan to question her about her best friend's death. read full story>>

Walter Benskin, age 53, of Santa Fe, Texas, was last seen near Ripple Creek Pass, Colorado on Wednesday, October 25, 2006, at approx 6:30am. Benskin was hunting with his son-in-law when they separated and the son-in-law went back to their camp for a jacket. Later that day, a snowstorm dropped about 2 feet of snow in the area. Benskin has not been seen since. He was last seen wearing grey wool pants, a black jack with an orange vest, and green cap.

11/02/2006 - Dickinson-based Texas EquuSearch has joined the hunt in Colorado for missing hunter Walter Eugene Benskin of Santa Fe. The team began aerial and ground searches Tuesday afternoon after local officials had called off the operation. read full story>>

11/03/2006 - Walter Benskin disappeared last week during a hunting trip in Ripple Creek Pass in Colorado. A snow storm has dumped two feet of snow in the area. Benskin's family, along with Texas Equusearch volunteers, are searching for him in the rough terrain which is 10,000 feet above sea level. Benskin has survival training, but his loved ones fear time is running out. read full story>>

11/06/2006 - The Memorial for Walter Benskin will be held at the Central Baptist Church, 5310 Ave R, Galveston, TX, on Friday, November 10, 2006, beginning at 10am.

Michael Keith Moore is charged with the murder of Rachel Cooke.

Moore, 31, pleaded "not guilty" in court Thursday morning to the charge. Before the hearing, a deal was struck for Moore to plead "guilty" to murder to avoid a capital murder charge and the possibility of a death sentence. (Read Michael Keith Moore's criminal history.)

Moore's “not guilty” plea threw a wrench into the court proceedings, which lasted only five minutes before a recess. Court resumed at 11:20 a.m. with no new developments and recessed until further notice. read full story>>

The search for Robin Mangrum will be on Saturday, November 4, 2006, beginning at 8am. Our command center will be located at the RoSharon Volunteer Fire Department, 16435 FM 521, RoSharon, TX. The fire department is located 3 blocks south of FM 1462 between 2nd Ave & CR 269B. We will need ground searchers, ATVs, and horses.

The Red Eyed Gang & Texas EquuSearch are hosting the 1st Annual Da' Blues Party for all the Texas EquuSearch members that have given so much of their time and energy to help find missing persons. Festivities start at 1pm on Saturday, November 4th. (Click link for flyer/map)

10/26/2006 - They told the neighbors their names were Tom and Amy.

But according to the U.S. Marshals Service, it was Mark Supanich and his 9-year-old daughter, Shania, who moved into a rural Montana house two months ago after more than two years on the run from Auburn police.

Supanich, who had led authorities on a manhunt from Washington to Montana to Arizona and back to Montana, was arrested just after 5 p.m. Tuesday in a sparsely populated neighborhood about 10 miles north of Helena, Montana's historic capital city. read full story>>

The LaPorte Police Department has confirmed that the remains of Richard Farrar have been positively ID'd. Richard was reported missing on July 24, 2002. Please keep Richard and his family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

The search is over for the body of missing Lubbock teen, Joanna Rogers. Around 11:55 AM Tuesday, October 24, 2006, Sheriff`s deputies found mummified human remains in the Lubbock landfill which they say matched the description of Joanna Rogers.

Authorities began digging at the site in mid-August after receiving a $100,000 grant from the Texas Governor`s office.

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Peggy Merimon, 61 years old, was last seen leaving the Lubbock State School, 3401 N University, Lubbock, Texas on August 9th, 2006, at approx 12:45pm with a co-worker and an unidentified man to have lunch. The body of the co-worker was found on August 20th, 2006. Peggy is still missing and foul play is suspected. She was last seen wearing black Capri’s with a white long sleeved button-up shirt with a pink bow in her hair. There is a $25,000 reward for information leading to Peggy’s whereabouts and information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible.

10/12/2006 - A camera and a little technology is giving the family of a missing woman renewed hope. Peggy Merimon disappeared from the Lubbock State School along with Kay Harrelson nine weeks ago, today. read full story>>

10/16/2006 - Volunteers set out for another day of searching Saturday, looking for any sign of Peggy Merimon. Merimon and Kay Harrelson went missing from the Lubbock State School on August 9th. A witness saw both women leave with an unidentified man. 11-days later, volunteer searchers found Harrelson's body in a bar ditch near Shallowater. read full story>>

Stephan Adams, 26 years old, was last seen leaving the Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on December 13th, 2004. During a phone conversation he told a friend that he was taking someone to Keys, OK. He has not been seen or heard from since. His white 1995 GMC pick-up truck with chrome bedrails, OK license #SCQ-714 is also missing.

10/12/2006 - Two days of searching Lake Tenkiller near Tahlequah has failed to turn up any evidence of a missing man who disappeared nearly two years ago. read full story>>

Liberty Co Opening Day Parade - 10/18/2006
Members, come join Texas EquuSearch on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 for the Liberty County Opening Day Parade! Please wear your EquuSearch t-shirt – ATVs & horses are welcomed. We’ll be meeting at the Brookshire Brothers Grocery Store parking lot, 403 Highway 90 E, in Dayton, TX at 8:30am sharp. Please call Renee at 832/514-9014 if you can attend.

Ricardo Rodriguez, age 74, was last seen at his home located in the 6300 block of Amie Lane in Pearland, Texas on Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 at approx 12pm. Ricardo was last seen wearing a short sleeve checkered shirt (white, brown and red checks), khaki pants and black shoes. He was also wearing a white ball cap with dark blue trim. The vehicle he is driving is a 1997, taupe colored, Chevy, short bed truck with Texas License Plate #16XJG1. Ricardo suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and requires heart medication as well.

10/12/2006 - A 74-year-old Alzheimer's disease patient is missing from his home in Pearland. Ricardo Rodriguez was last seen at his home in the 6300 block of Amie Lane in Pearland about noon Wednesday. He was wearing a short-sleeve brown-white-and-red-checkered shirt, khaki pants and black shoes. He was also wearing a white ball cap with dark blue trim. read full story>>

10/13/2006 - The missing Alzheimer's patient, Ricardo Rodriguez, 74 yrs old, has been found safe in Austin, TX. No further details are known as to how he wound up there. Thank you media for helping to get the word out!

Laura Price, 13 years old, was last seen leaving her home in the 9000 block of S Braeswood Blvd in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday, October 10, 2006, at approx 10:30pm. Laura suffers from ADD. She was last seen wearing a red or dark colored t-shirt, blue jeans, silver slippers, and carrying a red purse and a pair of yellow house shoes.

10/12/2006 - Laura Price was found safe by her family early Thursday morning, October 12th, 2006.

Jukennita “Nita” Brown, age 15, was last seen attending a football game at Crump Stadium, 4214 Cook Rd, in Houston, Texas on Friday, September 29th, 2006, at 10:30pm. She has not been seen or heard from since. Nita was last seen wearing a yellow shirt, white Capri pants, a yellow belt and yellow hair ribbon.

10/03/06 - Jukennita Brown called home thanks to media's quick response in getting her information out to the public. She is supposed to be in route back to her house to explain herself.

Her case became a concern after her school interviewed friends and classmates and came up empty handed.

It's nice to find one alive for a change.

Don't miss seeing Tim Miller & Texas EquuSearch on CNN Headline News - the Glenn Beck Show on Monday, September 25th, 2006 at 6pm CST; replays at 8pm & 10pm CST. The Glenn Beck Show airs just before Nancy Grace. click here>>

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09/27/2006 - Thousands of mourners attended a memorial service Wednesday for a Houston police officer who was killed in the line of duty, KPRC Local 2 reported.

Officer Rodney Johnson's funeral was held at Grace Community Church in the 14500 block of the Gulf Freeway. read more>>

Janet Pinon, age 19, was last seen leaving her home located in the 12000 block of Ginger Lei in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, September 20th, 2006 at about 4:30 pm. Janet was last seen wearing a dark blue t-shirt, blue cotton jogging pants and black zipper boots with 2-3 inch heals. Janet is bi-polar, severely depressed, and is in need of her medication.

The search for Janet Pinon is underway (Friday, Sept 29th)and will go until dark. The search will continue on Saturday, September 30th, beginning at 9am and will end at dark. We will need ground searchers and ATVs. Our command center is located at the Eastside Freewill Baptist Church, 8825 CE King Parkway, Houston, TX 77044 (click here for map). Please contact Frank at 713/301-6813 if you can help.

09/29/2006 - The Harris County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help in locating ``an endangered'' missing 19-year old woman, who ran away from her parents' home on Sept. 20. read full story>>

10/01/2006 - The search for Janet Pinon has been suspended. Please go to the command center located at the Eastside Freewill Baptist Church, 8825 CE King Parkway, Houston, TX for the prayer service. Please keep Janet and her family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

10/02/2006 - A 19-year-old woman missing since Sept. 20 was killed in a traffic accident three days after her disappearance but her body remained unidentified in the Harris County morgue until late Friday, officials said Sunday. read full story>>

09/24/2006 - Paul Rivera, a U.S. Army vet, missing since Saturday, was found safe behind a restaurant in the 10400 of Post Oak Sunday afternoon after Texas EquuSearch began their search earlier that day.

The 59-year-old was last seen at home in the 5100 block of Beechhaven at around 8 a.m. He was recently released from a hospital in Port Lavaca, TX and was brought to his sister’s home in Houston to await placement in a Veterans Nursing home.

On Saturday, he told a family member that he was going to walk to a convenience store located at S Post Oak & W Ridgecreek for a cup of coffee. The family member left to go to work and saw Rivera walking in the direction of the convenience store. Rivera has not been seen since.

He walks in a robotic style due to rods in his legs from car accident. Rivera knows his name but has no idea where he lives. He has only a couple of dollars in his pocket and no identification.

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Cole Jackson, age 33, was last seen after leaving a gas station located at 1216 N 1st St. in Timpson, TX, on Friday, July 13th, 2006 at approx 9am. His truck was found abandoned off a dirt road known as 4042 in Timpson, TX on July 14th, 2006. He was last seen wearing a brown shirt and blue jeans.

The search for Cole Jackson will be on Saturday, September 23, 2006, beginning at 7am and ending at dark. This will be a one day search only. We'll need ground searchers & ATVs. Our command center will be located at the New Prospect Methodist Church on County Road 1645 which is a hoot and a holler off Highway 87 in Timpson, TX. (Sorry, but it's country) Please call Cindy at 281/830-0381 if you can join the search or need directions.

09/23/2006 - The Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team arrived at the New Prospect Methodist Church, south of Timpson, a few minutes before sunrise Saturday. It was already hot and sticky, and the forecast said it would be raining on and off throughout the day. read more>>

“HOGS and Horses” Harley Davidson winner Tim Elliott

Sitting on the bike is the winner Tim Elliott The 2 ladies standing...from left to right are Jackie Cooper & Dianne Fulsom, and then Tim Miller

Texas EquuSearch is proud to announce that Tim Elliott, winner of the 2007 Harley-Davidson, has picked up his motorcycle from Stubbs Harley-Davidson.

Standing next to the happy winner are the ladies of Hou-Tex HOG Chapter No. 5075, Jackie Cooper and Dianne Fulsom. Texas EquuSearch would like to thank Jackie & Dianne for all of their hard work in making our “HOGS & Horses” fundraiser a success!

Special thanks goes to Jerry Sutton, owner of Stubbs Harley-Davidson, Courtney Zavala w/Chan 2, Dennis Miller, Kevin Black & his band, and all the volunteers and Texas EquuSearch members.

Standing from left to right are: Tim Miller, Courtney Zavala & Jerry Sutton

The Hou-Tex HOG Chapter No. 5075 hosted the event to benefit the efforts of Texas EquuSearch, a non-profit volunteer-based company that searches for missing children and adults. read full story>>

Jeanette Watson, age 77, left her home on Sunday, August 27th, 2006 to visit friends in Tenaha, Texas and never arrived. She was last seen at a truck stop in Logansport, LA on Monday, August 28th, 2006 at 8:45pm. Her truck was found the same night at 11pm on fire.


09/07/2006 - Investigators in DeSoto and Sabine parishes are working with authorities in Shelby county Texas to locate a man being called, "a person of interest," in the disappearance of former school teacher Janet Watson. read full story>>

09/07/2006 - Gaylon Stark admitted the first full-day search for his mother with a non-profit rescue group was rough. Advertisement.
The search team was light on volunteers Wednesday. It was extremely hot. They have miles of Louisiana to cover with about a dozen four-wheelers to ride. read full story>>

09/06/2006 Wednesday: The search for Jeanette Watson has started and will go until dark. Our command center is located at the Shady Grove Baptist Church, 104 Highway 191, Noble, Louisiana. (click here for map) It's on the corner of Starling Lane and Highway 191 in Noble, LA. We will need ground searchers, ATVs and horses. The area is heavily wooded, so please dress accordingly.

09/06/2006 Update - No new leads surfaced Tuesday in the search for a 77-year-old Newton County woman who has been missing for eight days, Newton County Sheriff Joe Walker, said. read full story>>

09/06/2006 - Janet Watson, a former school teacher left for Shelby County a week ago Sunday from her home in Newton. She never arrived and clues indicate she may be a victim of foul play. read full story>>

Gloria Ryan, age 50, was last seen by her son at her home located in the 1200 block of Truman in Cleveland, TX on Sunday, August 6th, 2006. The police suspect foul play and have collected a piece of carpet, a door, and part of Ms Ryan’s car port as evidence. Her dark green 1994, Chevrolet van is also missing; Texas license plate #7HKF24. The van has a broken back window that is covered with a trash bag
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09/05/06 - The memorial service for Gloria Ryan will be on Saturday, September 9, 2006 at 10am - 11am at the New Life Community Church, 8448 Green River Dr, Houston, TX, 713/635-2399 (click here for map). The funeral will follow immediately after the service.

08/29/2006 - The remains of Gloria Ryan , a 50-year old Cleveland woman who has been missing for weeks, might have been found this afternoon in southeast Houston. read full story>>

08/24/2006 Update: Two people have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a Cleveland woman, officials told KPRC Local 2. read full story>>

08/24/06 10:30am update: The command center for Gloria Ryan has been relocated from Cleveland, TX to Stubbs Harley Davidson, 4400 Telephone Rd, Houston, TX 77087 (click here for map). We'll need ground searchers, ATVs, and horses. The search will continue until dark.

08/24/2006 - The search for Gloria Ryan will continue at 9am on Thursday, August 24th, 2006 and go until dark. We'll need ground searchers, ATVs, & horses. Our command center will be located at the Cleveland Police Department, 226 Peach Ave, Cleveland, TX (click here for map).

08/23/2006 - Volunteers will continue to search today for a 50-year-old Cleveland woman whose 1994 green Chevrolet van was discovered abandoned Tuesday in north Houston. read full story>>

08/22/2006 - The search for Gloria Ryan will begin at 9am on Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 and go until dark. We'll need ground searchers, ATVs, gliders & horses. Our command center will be located at the Cleveland Police Department, 226 Peach Ave, Cleveland, TX (click here for map).

Kuldeep Singh, age 22, was swimming in the Oroville Lake on Thursday, August 17th, 2006, at 2:30pm. He was holding on to a rope tied to a patio boat that was pulling him through the water. The rope broke and he drowned within minutes. Law enforcement has conducted extensive search efforts, but unfortunately, they’ve been unable to locate his body.

08/31/2006 - The Singh family mourns the loss of their relative, Kuldeep Singh, 22, who drowned in the Middle Fork of Lake Oroville on Aug. 17 while on a family boating trip.
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The remains of Patricia Wilkinson have been positively ID'd today, September 1st, 2006. Mrs Wilkinson had been missing from Grapevine, Texas since August 17th, 2006 and her vehicle was found in Dallas, Texas on August 29th, 2006. She leaves behind a loving husband and 13 yr old son.
Please keep Patricia and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Barney Goodman survived Vietnam and losing both legs to diabetes.
But police say the 57-year-old Baytown resident succumbed over the weekend to a brutal robbery, one that left him beaten and clawing his way out of a Liberty County creek before dying at a local hospital. read full story>>

09/07/2006 - Two charged in double amputee's death!
Liberty County officials have arrested two suspects in the death of a double amputee. Kenneth Dollery, 22, and 21-year-old Hollis B. Buckley were arrested in Baytown early Thursday, according to the Liberty County Sheriff's Department.

Both have been charged with the capital murder of a war veteran confined to a wheelchair. Police said Barney Ross Goodman was abducted sometime Sept. 1, beaten and robbed of his disability check. He was then threw the double amputee over a bridge and into a creek. The Vietnam veteran managed to crawl out of the creek and up the embankment.

Investigators estimate it took him eight to 10 hours to reach the point where someone could spot him from the highway. It was an off-duty officer who saw Goodman and called for help. Goodman was rushed by Life Flight to Memorial Hermann Hospital, but didn't survive.

Before Goodman died, he was able to give police a description of the suspect and his vehicle. His family is devastated by the cruel manner in which he died.

"Nobody deserves to die like this," said brother Richard Ford. Ford said his brother served in Vietnam and later lost both of his legs to complications from diabetes.

He said Goodman was a good singer who once sang on stage with George Jones and other country stars. "He just lived every day of his life, you know, like it was his last day," said Ford. "We're gonna find out who did this"

Dollery and Buckley are being held in Baytown and are waiting to appear before a magistrate and be transferred to Liberty County Jail.

09/07/2006 - The reward for information in the killing of Baytown man Barney Ross Goodman has been raised to $6,000. read full story>>

09/06/2006 Update: The family of Barney Ross Goodman is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of whoever murdered the Baytown man last week. read full story>>

08/18/2006 - The mother of a 12-year-old girl beaten and stabbed to death eight months ago in a rural Fort Bend County town said emotional wounds were reopened when a grand jury indicted her former husband in the killing. read full story>>

Laura Miller, 16 years old, was last seen using a payphone at a neighborhood convenient store located on the corner of W Main & Hobbs in League City, Texas, on September 10, 1984. Her remains were found 17 months later at an abandoned oil field located in 3000 block of Calder Rd in League City, TX. Laura was one of four victims found at this location between the years 1983 – 1991. Two of the victims remain unidentified and the case is still unsolved. The family is offering a $25,000.00 reward for information leading to an arrest and charges filed in this case.
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08/18/2006 - Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller has been waiting 24 years for the call telling him his daughter's killer has been found.
So news that a suspect in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey was found offers hope to families and investigators who have known only frustration and futility. read full story>>

Kendrick Jackson, age 3, was last seen at his home located in the 1200 block of Wilcrest in Houston, TX on Friday, April 7, 2006 at 9:30am. He was last seen wearing a white tshirt and pajama bottoms with a football, basketball and baseball print. An Amber Alert has been issued.

08/24/2006 - Police may have violated ethical but not legal standards by using a child's coffin as a prop while seeking information during a homicide investigation in connection with the disappearance of a 3-year-old boy, a federal judge said Wednesday. read full story>>

Renee Fox, age 25, made a wrong turn outside of Independence, California on Saturday, June 24, 2006. Her vehicle got stuck on a dirt trail and was inoperable. Renee set out on foot in the Mazourka Canyon and has not been seen since.

Texas EquuSearch has arrived in Independence, California to conduct another search for Renee Fox. She's been missing since June 24th, 2006. Our aerial drone is being utilized to cover a large scale area of where she went missing including areas too difficult for searchers to reach. Volunteers will be needed on Saturday, July 28th, 2006, beginning at 9am and ending at dark. Only ground searchers are needed. Our command center is located at the Kid's Club on Market Street & Hwy 395 in Independence, CA.
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08/11/06: The remains of Renee Fox were found today in the Mazourka Canyon in California.  Please keep Renee and her family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.  Details to follow soon.
Update: Funeral services for Renee Fox will be on Saturday, August 26th, 2006, at the Reardon Simi Valley Funeral Home located at 2636 Sycamore Dr, Simi Valley, CA 93065, 805/526-6677. Please keep Renee and her family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.

Asontie Perrino, age 29, and her son, Tyree Simcik, age 4, were last seen leaving the Columbus Inn Hotel, 2208 S Hwy 71, in Columbus, TX on Monday, August 21st, 2006, at 11am in her 1997, Black Ford Explorer, Texas License Plate #Z35GGY. Ms Perrino started showing signs of mental illness 3 weeks ago and is in a delusional state of mind believing she is god. She recently took Tyree to the river to baptize and cleanse him of sin. Her behavior is out of character and she may be suicidal. Both mother and son are feared to be in danger. Asontie was last seen wearing a dark blue t-shirt and blue jeans. Tyree was last seen wearing a green & gray striped shirt, tan shorts, and white tennis shoes with no socks.

Update: Asontie & Tyree were found safe off Wilcrest in Houston, TX today (Wed 08/23/06). They have been taken to an area hospital and their family is in route from Columbus, TX to help care for them. Thank goodness this case had a happy ending!

08/24/06 - The family of Asontie Perrino and Tyree Simcik have arrived in Houston and contacted us with the following information: Asontie is under emergency care at a local hospital in Houston, TX. Tyree (her 4 yr old son) stated that they had been walking around lost in Houston, TX for 2-3 days and no one would help them. Her vehicle had ran out of gas. His mother's bare feet were blistered and she was being guided by voices telling her where to go and kill herself. The brave little boy lead her in a different direction and told everyone he saw that they couldn't find their way home.
An alert HPD officer spotted them and immediately called for assistance.
The little boy told his grandmother that he wasn't scared as he knew she would come and get them. What an incredible child! Please keep Asontie and her family in your thoughts and prayers for a complete recovery.

08/18/2006 - Lauris Freeman spent most of Thursday afternoon driving east on Texas 79, stopping every chance he got along the 75-mile stretch between Franklin and Palestine to distribute fliers containing information about his uncle. read full story>>

Marlena Esquivel, 13 years old, was last seen at approx 1am on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006. She was wearing tan capri pants and a red shirt with “Southwest High” logo on the front. Marlena is believed to be with Larry Wayne Parker (mugshot above): DOB 12/21/63, 5’8, 205lbs, black hair & black eyes, who is wanted on a felony warrant for failure to properly register as a sex offender in Houston, TX. Parker is Marlena’s mother’s boyfriend and the couple had a fight Wednesday night.

08/18/2006 - An Amber Alert issued for a 13-year-old girl Thursday was canceled when she was found safe with a convicted sex offender, officials told KPRC Local 2. read full story >>

MORGAN FOUND ALIVE - SHOT IN HEAD

Morgan Shaw, 6 years old, was last seen at home in the 2500 block of Hwy 310 in Waterford, Mississippi on Friday, July 21, 2006, close to 12 midnight. When Morgan’s mother got up at 4am to get ready for work she noticed the front door of their home open and Morgan was gone. She was last seen wearing a bright blue top with horizontal pin stripes all the way around.

Texas EquuSearch has been contacted by Morgan's family to help in the search. Marshall County Sheriff's Office already has a massive search effort underway and will be in contact with our office when additional resources are needed. Please pray for the safe return of Morgan and for the success of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office.

07/24/2006 - Thanks to the incredible and swift work of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office, little Morgan was found in the nick of time. She'd been abducted and found 30-40 miles away from her home shot in the head. When law enforcement found her she asked for a drink of water and her pulse was strong. Morgan was airlifted to a hospital in Tennessee where she successfully underwent brain surgery. The next few days will be critical to her recovery. Please keep Morgan and her family in your prayers during this most difficult time. The Marshall County Sheriff's Office will be naming the slime ball suspect later today. Click here to view story link w/video to Morgan Shaw.

07/25/2006 - Morgan is truly a miracle child as her condition continues to improve. Everyone's prayers are working! Click this story link for more info about the slimeball.

“HOGS and Horses” Fundraiser & Raffle- August 12, 2006

The winner of the 2007 Harley Davidson is Tim Elliott.

WIN A 2007 HARLEY DAVIDSON Softail Standard! (click here for flyer, details & restrictions) The Hou-Tex HOG Chapter #5075 will raffle off a 2007 Harley Davidson Softail Standard at the “HOGS & Horses” Fundraiser being held on Saturday, August 12, 2006 for Texas EquuSearch at the Pasadena Rodeo & Fairgrounds, 7601 Red Bluff, Pasadena, TX, 11am – 6pm. Only 1500 raffle tickets printed! Click here if you’d like to pay using a credit card. Please fax a copy of your receipt along with your name, address & phone number to Fax #281/534-6719 by 8/10/06.
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The search for Patricia Nardella is underway and will continue until dark (Thursday, July 27th). Patricia is 68 years old and suffers from Alzheimer's, paranoia, and becomes very disoriented when out of her element. She's been missing since Monday, July 24th. Our command center location has changed to the HPD Substation, 3915 Rustic Woods, Kingwood, TX (click here for map). We will need ground searchers, ATVs, and horses.

Update: The local area ground search for Patricia Nardella has been cancelled. The new lead that came in has been confirmed. Patricia boarded a Greyhound Bus with a one-way ticket to San Francisco, CA on Monday, July 24th, 2006. The bus made 3 stops along it's route from Houston to California and HPD is tracking each down as her health condition leaves them in fear for her safety. Texas EquuSearch would like to thank the media for their swift action in notifying the public and generating this great tip! Please pray for Patricia's safe return and the success of HPD.

07/28/2006 - Patricia was found safe by the San Francisco Police Department and is recovering in an area hospital. Hopefully she'll be back home early next week. Special thanks goes out to the local media and to Ms Cobb that phoned in the tip that helped everyone to find Patricia safe!

The body of little 5 yr old Destiny Norton was found Monday, July 24th, 2006, in the basement of a 20 yr old man whose property abutted the backyard of the Nortons. She'd been missing since July 26th, 2006 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (click link for story)
Thanks to the goodwill and continued support of Continental Airlines, Texas EquuSearch will be able to send Linda Conner, Destiny's aunt, to Utah for her funeral. Linda and her husband Roy Conner are members of Texas EquuSearch and have helped search for other missing persons prior to Destiny's disappearance. Please keep Destiny and her family in your prayers.

Saturday, July 15th, 2006, marks the 1 yr anniversary of when Kenny Ebarb went missing and his torched truck was found. Harris County Sheriff's Office is investigating the case as a homicide and there is a $5,000.00 reward offered by Crime Stoppers for any information leading to an arrest and charges filed in this case.

Another search for Kenny Ebarb is confirmed for Saturday, July 22nd.
Our Director, Tim Miller, will be leading the final big search for Kenny starting at 8:30am on Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 and ending at dark. We will need ground searchers and ATVs. Our command center will be located at the North Park Baptist Church, 4401 Theiss Rd, Humble, TX 77338, 281/821-2258 ( click here for map).

07/24/2006 - Our Saturday's search for Kenny Ebarb unfortunately ended without discovering his remains. Texas EquuSearch would like to thank the Ebarb family, EquuSearch members and volunteers, and the North Park Baptist Church for their gracious help and support. We pray that the Harris County Sheriff's Office and the $5,000 reward being offered by Crime Stoppers will generate some new tips or leads to help bring some much needed closure to the Ebarb family.

Visitation for Ashton Glover will be held on Friday, July 14th from 5-8pm at the Settegast-Kopf Funeral Home located at 15015 Southwest Frwy, Sugarland, TX 77478, 281/565-5015. (click here for map).
Funeral services for Ashton Glover will be on Saturday, July15th, 10am, at the First Colony Church of Christ, 2140 First Colony Blvd, Sugarland, TX 77479, 281/980-7070. (click link for map). Please keep Ashton and her family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Please click this link for Ashton's obituary and to sign her Guest Book.

07/18/2006 - Police for the first time revealed a motive in the death of Sugar Land teenager Ashton Glover on Monday, saying suspect Matthew R. McCombs admitted he shot the girl out of "morbid curiosity." read full story>>

07/13/2006 - Two 18-year-olds await extradition to Texas from Michigan after they were arrested in connection with the death of 16-year-old Ashton Glover, KPRC Local 2 reported. read full story>>

07/12/2006 Update: Two suspects have been charged with the murder of 16-year-old Ashton Glover. The Fort Bend County sheriff has identified them as 18-year-old Matthew Ross McCombs (on the left): DOB 05/06/88 and 18-year-old Sean Huston Brown (on the right): DOB 06/16/88. Both are missing. They were last seen in a black 1999 Dodge Ram pickup: Texas License Plate #2DDX08. read full story>>

07/12/2006 - Investigators said Tuesday they are making progress in the case of a 16-year-old Sugar Land girl whose body was found in a shallow grave in a muddy Fort Bend County field. read full story>>

07/11/2006 - The search for a missing teen turned into a search for a killer Monday, KPRC Local 2 reported. read full story >>

07/10/2006 -- The body of a missing teenage girl was discovered at a construction site in Fort Bend County Monday, five miles from where she was last seen, KPRC Local 2 reported. read full story >>
07/10/2006 - Nearly 100 volunteers with Texas EquuSearch battled heat and humidity to search for a missing Sugar Land teenager Monday, KPRC Local 2 reported. read full story >>

Landon Orcutt, age 21, was last seen in the 2500 block of Spurgeon St in Santa Ana, California on Sunday, July 2, 2006, at 8:30pm. His vehicle was found abandoned in a parking lot behind Murray’s Saloon & Eatery in Big Bear Lake, CA, on Friday, July 7, 2006, at 1:30am. He has not been seen or heard from since.

07/14/2006 - Tim Miller and a team of volunteers from Texas EquuSearch have been in Big Bear Lake, CA, since Tuesday, July 11th searching for Landon Orcutt. The images detected by sidescan sonar have not been ruled out yet. A nearby forest fire is making search conditions difficult and may prompt a mandatory evacuation.

07/11/2006 - Colo. Search and rescue teams in and around the San Bernardino, California area are asking for help from the public to find a missing college student from Colorado. read full story>>

07/14/2006 - Mr Palmer has been found safe! Someone had picked Bobby up and taken him to an area hospital sometime yesterday. The hospital stabilized his diabetic condition and then released him to the Star of Hope shelter in downtown Houston, TX. Bobby was recognized at the shelter as being the missing elderly man thanks to all of the local media coverage! Texas City PD has returned him safely to his grateful family. We needed some good news for a change and sincerely appreciate the local media for helping to bring about a happy ending.

07/14/2006 - Volunteers with Texas EquuSearch are looking for an elderly man missing since Tuesday, KPRC Local 2 reported. read full story>>

07/13/2006 - We have a search alert for the missing 67 year old, Bobby Palmer. He's been missing from his home in Texas City since Tuesday, July 11th and recently had brain surgery and suffers from a list of medical problems. Our search will begin at 8am, Friday, July 14th and continue until dark. The command center is located at the Stone Ridge Apartments, 1115 Hwy 146, Apt #915, Texas City, TX (click here for map). Ground searchers and ATVs are needed.

Jose Cruz, 34 years old, was last seen in the 10300 block of Huntington Place Dr in Houston, TX on Friday, May 19 th , 2006. His vehicle was found burned on Saturday, May 20 th , 2006 in Katy, TX. He has not been seen or heard from since.

Karla Lynn Cruz said her ex-husband's troubles with the law did not stop him from being a good father and friend whose loved ones cling to the hope that he will return home safely. read full story>>

Funeral services for Chrisalee Aparecewill be on Wednesday, June 28th, 5pm, at the Notre Dame Catholic Church located at 7720 Boone Rd, Houston, TX, 281/498-4653. (click link for map). The family has requested that you wear something pink to the services; it was her favorite color.

Viewing for Chrisalee Aparece will be held on Monday, June 26th & Tuesday, June 27th from 5-8pm at the Settegast-Kopf Funeral Home located at 15015 Southwest Frwy, Sugarland, TX 77478, 281/565-5015. (click link for map).
Link to Chrisalee Aparece's obituary/Guest Book >>

Services for Huy Ngo have not been announced.


6/27/2006 - In their quest for easy money and cars, police said the small band of killers, robbers and thieves showed no mercy to those they encountered during a month-long crime spree, which ended with the slayings of four innocent people, including a nursing student and a retired educator. read full story>>

06/2620/06 - We have the latest developments in the carjacking murders of a Sugar Land woman and a Houston man. Four people are now charged with capital murder. All four suspects appeared in court on Monday and their appearance was too much for the relatives of the victims. read full story >>

06/25/2006 - A Houston man was charged Saturday with capital murder after admitting he had encountered a missing Fort Bend County woman and her friend during a crime spree last week, police said. read full sory >>
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Janie's "Lost is Not Alone" Benefit - June 24th!
Janie knows exactly how to put the word FUN back in fundraiser! Festivities will also include a good ol' fashion fish fry, DJ, live auction, and 2 raffles with great prizes. Admission is $10 which includes a fish plate with all the fixin's and a special Glo-N-Dark Texas EquuSearch bracelet. Janie's is located at 5449 Spencer Highway, Pasadena, TX (click link for map). Contact Janie at 281/998-9349 to purchase raffle tickets or to donate auction items.

05/25/2006 - The media attention and community concern for the whereabouts of Michelle Combs came to a positive conclusion late Wednesday night. An officer recognized her in a vehicle during a routine stop. Texas EquuSearch would like to send out a special thanks to the Jackson, MS community for their call to action in helping to support and organize a search. The community spirit is alive and well in Jackson, MS!
05/23/2006 - The group, Texas Equusearch, will be arriving on June 7th and 8th to begin the search for Michelle Combs, who's been missing since February. They say they'll be using ATVs, side scan sonar, foot searches and more. read full story >>
05/15/2006 - The search continues for Michelle Combs of Brandon, who disappeared in Jackson on Feburary 7th. Because she was of age, police are treating this as a missing person's case. read full story >>
Edith Michelle was last seen February 7th, 2006 getting on a bus heading to downtown Jackson, Mississippi. She is bi-polar and in need of medication. Michelle has a tattoo of a butterfly on her right shoulder blade and a cross tattooed on her lower back.  

May 24, 2006 - Convicts up for parole 20 years after Shelley Sikes' murder
Thursday marks 20 years since a Texas City girl disappeared. There are now disturbing new developments.
Shelley Sikes was just 19 when two men admitted abducting her and burying her alive. Sikes had just left a Galveston Island restaurant where she worked.
Her family and investigators question whether there is still justice for Shelley. Twenty years later they remember the victim through pictures and the stories. Shelley Sikes was a college student at the time of her death.
“It’s always just right there under the surface,” said Dana Wild, victim’s sister. “It’s a constant companion her loss,” said Erin Sikes, victim’s mother. Shelly Sikes vanished from her family’s lives exactly 20 years ago Thursday.
“Someway it seems like yesterday and sometimes it’s like a lifetime,” said Erin Sikes. Now, the new ordeal is figuring out how to keep the men investigators said killed her, in prison.
Erin Sikes said, “The public does not deserve to have them unleashed on them.” John King and Gerald Zwarst are up for parole next June.
The men admitted running Shelley Sikes car off the road as she was driving home from the Galveston restaurant where she had been working. They said they abducted her and buried her alive.
Both received life sentences on aggravated kidnapping convictions, but were never charged with her murder, the victim’s body was never recovered.
“We think about it often,” said Mike Guarino, former prosecutor. “I was D.A. for 20 years. I tried a lot of cases but this is one of the very worst.”
Tommy Hanson and Wayne Kessler were the lead investigators in the case. Hanson still keeps Sikes’ file on his desk, frustrated the men never revealed where they buried Sikes body.
“Through the years we’ve dug up acres and acres of land in this county based on tips we’ve had with no success,” he said. Shelly Sikes’ family may never recover her remains, but they want justice.
Now you may be wondering how the men could be up for parole even though they received life sentences. Well, at the time, a life sentence only meant a mandatory sentence of 20 years.
Shelley Sikes’ family plans to petition the parole board to demand their continued incarceration.
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Dave Holloway will be joining Texas EquuSearch’s 1st Annual “Movers and Shankers Golf Tournament on Tuesday, May 23, 2006. He will be signing copies of his latest book “Aruba – The Tragic Untold Story of Natalee Holloway.”

Please contact Mandi Jones 281/924-0131 or Karen Martin 281/932-2271 if you ’d like to be a sponsor or player!

Registration begins at 7:30am and Shotgun Start at 8:30am on Tuesday, May 23rd. The beautiful Longwood Golf Club is located at 13300 Longwood Trace Dr in Cypress, Texas (click link for map)

Click here for the registration form and click here if you’d like to pay using a credit card. Please fax a copy of your receipt & registration form to Fax 281/534-6719. Entry deadline is 05/18/06.

Katherine Mitton was the big winner of the 2 Roundtrip tickets donated by Continental Airlines for our Mission for the Missing benefit on May 7th, 2006.
Ms Mitton dropped by Texas EquuSearch’s office to pick up her tickets and bolted out the door to start packing for her preplanned trip to Las Vegas. We’ll let you know if Katherine’s lucky streak continues!
She’s looking forward to utilizing her Continental tickets to visit beloved family members in Canada soon. Congratulations Katherine and please tell your family in Canada we said hello!

April 23 - The search started again Sunday afternoon. Family members joined with Equusearch to inspect an area near the apartment complex where the boy went missing. Searchers say they renewed the search after receiving a tip from what they're calling a 'credible source' that the boy may still be in the area. read full story >>

Catherine Hammel has been missing from the same apartment complex as Kendrick Jackson since March 23, 1998. Texas EquuSearch has kept her in mind while searching the immediate area for Kendrick. Catherine's mother was in Houston on March 25, 2006 to hold a memorial Mass so she could "send her poor soul to heaven." Kendrick went missing thirteen days after Catherine's memorial and lived 7 doors down. Ms. Hammel also left behind her 3 year old child when she went missing. We pray that she's still here trying to help us find Kendrick.

Blocks away from where Kendrick and Catherine vanished lived 22 year old Cheryl Henry. Cheryl and her 21 year old boyfriend Andy Atkinson were home from college for the summer and went out on a date the evening of August 22, 1990. Neither of them made it home that night and Cheryl’s mother knew something was wrong and filed a missing person report the following day. Andy’s abandoned car was found late that afternoon with blood inside. The police started an immediate search and found Cheryl’s remains 200 yards away; she’d been brutally stabbed and her throat cut. Early the next day they found Andy’s remains tied to a tree; he’d suffered the same fate. The case is still unsolved. Click link for more of the story.

On September 14, 1989, 51 year old Ann Bomar left her home in the 11800 block of Briar Forest to go shopping at a nearby department store. She called her mother at 7:30pm to let her know she was coming for dinner; she never arrived. Her remains were found on September 16, 1989 in an abandoned utility trailer.

On March 13, 1990, 27 year old Gwendolyn Cormier was last seen at church. Her remains were found in her apartment located in the 2300 block of Hayes on March 16th. She’d been strangled.

On March 17, 1990, 27 year old Karen Price was found stabbed to death in her apartment located in the 2400 block of Gray Falls.

On September 8, 1990, 19 year old Michele Buehler was last seen walking west on Westheimer. Her car was found with a flat tire in the parking lot of a supermarket at the intersection of West Belt and Westheimer. Michele presumably began walking 1.5 miles to her home, but was never seen again.

On November 28, 1996, 29 year old Kristen Wilson was found strangled in her home located in the 10700 block of Meadowglen. She was planning to move the following week because her home had been broken into.

Sondra Ramber, 14 yrs old, was last seen at her family’s home in Santa Fe, Texas on October 26, 1983. The door to her house was discovered open and biscuits were baking in the oven. Her purse and coat were still in the house. She has not been seen again. Sondra is one of many young women that disappeared and/or were found murdered in the Galveston County area in the 1980’s.

Michelle Thomas, 17 yrs old, was last seen leaving her family’s home in Alta Loma, Texas (near Santa Fe, Texas) on October 5, 1985. She was planning to meet friends at a nightclub in Galveston that evening, but never arrived and has not been seen again. Michelle is one of many young women that disappeared and/or were found murdered in the Galveston County area in the 1980’s.

Shelley Sikes, 19 years old, was last seen on May 24, 1986, when she left her job as a waitress at Gaido’s restaurant in Galveston, Texas. Her car was found stuck in the mud along Interstate 45 access road just south of the Galveston causeway. The driver’s window was busted out and blood was found inside her car. She has not been seen since.

Suzanne Richerson, 22 years old, was last seen on October 7, 1988 at the Casa Del Mar Condominiums in Galveston, Texas where she worked as the desk clerk. She was last seen wearing a blue blouse, a blue jean skirt and tan shoes. Suzanne is one of many young women that disappeared and/or were found murdered in the Galveston County area in the 1980’s.

Jessica Cain, 17 years old, was last seen on August 17, 1997 leaving Bennigan’s, a restaurant in Webster, Texas. She was traveling south on Interstate 45 heading to her home in Tiki Island. Her abandoned truck was found parked on the southbound shoulder of Interstate 45 between Exits 7 & 8 in LaMarque, Texas. She has not been seen since.

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Mission For the Missing Benefit - 05/07/2006

RAFFLE TICKETS! RAFFLE TICKETS! RAFFLE TICKETS!

Continental Airlines has donated 2 Roundtrip tickets to anywhere they fly within the 48 contiguous United States, Alaska, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico or Central America to be raffled off at the Mission for the Missing Benefit at Marguerite's on Sunday, May 7th, 2006!
Raffle tickets are $20 each or 6 tickets for $100.00. Click here to purchase tickets by credit card & fax your receipt with your phone number to Fax #281/534-6719. Deadline for online purchase is May 3rd, 2006.

The wild renegade girls of Cowboys Nightmare are back! Cowboys Nightmare are reuniting to play at Marguerite's 2nd annual Mission for the Missing Benefit for Texas EquuSearch on Sunday, May 7, 2006. The girls start the show at 12pm and end at 6pm. Admission is $10.00 at the door which includes a bar-b-que plate. Marguerite's is located at 3330 Ave A, Santa Fe, TX, 409/925-1147 (click here for map) There will be a live auction and lots of fun activities. This is the one benefit you don't want to miss!
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UTSA Police Chief David Hernandez said today UTSA police detectives have uncovered information confirming that missing UTSA student Naomi Fuentes is alive and well. read full story >>

April 20 - Kendrick Jackson, the three-year-old boy who has been missing for nearly two weeks, may have been spotted. The family of young Kendrick says they were told the boy may have been seen on a bus a week ago. read full story >>
April 18 & April 19 - Texas EquuSearch will only be utilizing special trained teams for our search on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 and Wednesday, April 19, 2006. We will update our website when volunteers are needed again. Tim Miller and the staff of Texas EquuSearch would like to thank all of the volunteers that have given so much of their time and heart to help find baby Kendrick. We'd also like to thank Pastor Moss and the members of his wonderful church, the First Assembly of God, for their gracious support and help. Also, our sincere appreciation goes out to Kinko's, Holiday Inn, Home Depot, Academy, and other companies that helped support our search efforts. Please keep Kendrick and his family in your thoughts and prayers. read full story >>
04/17/06 - The search for Kendrick Jackson will continue on Monday, April 17, 2006 beginning at 8am and end at nightfall. Tim Miller will need ATVs, boats, and ground searchers. Our Command Center is located at the First Assembly of God in Channelview, 330 Sheldon Rd, Channelview, TX (click link for map). Wear tennis shoes/boots, jeans, & a t-shirt.
Food will be needed (especially chocolate chip cookies). Please keep Kendrick, his family & the fine detectives of HPD that are doing everything possible to bring this boy home in your prayers. read full story >>
04/15/06 - Volunteers are needed for the continuing search for Kendrick Jackson. Texas EquuSearch will start the search at 8am, on Saturday, April 15, 2006 and end at nightfall. Tim Miller will need ATVs, boats, and ground searchers. Our Command Center is located at the First Assembly of God in Channelview, 330 Sheldon Rd, Channelview, TX (click link for map). Wear tennis shoes/boots, jeans, & a t-shirt. Food and water will be needed. Please keep Kendrick, his family & HPD in your prayers.
04/14/2006 - Over 180 Texas EquuSearch volunteers arrived on Good Friday, April 14, 2006 to help find baby Kendrick. Children that were too young to search decided to collect donations for Texas EquuSearch because they don't want us to stop looking. Teeky Buggs' father along with the family of Raul Mendoza joined the search efforts. Ground searchers, divers, boats, dog teams, helicopters and airplane gliders were deployed to double check the Channelview to Baytown area starting at 8am. Hunter, the lovable golden lab that alerted and helped locate the remains of Teeky Buggs and Nate Hendrickson in December, arrived at 5pm to check out an area of interest. A blanket found by ground searchers earlier today has been ruled out as having any significance.
So far, searchers have encountered wild hogs, snakes, alligators, and have found bags of dead dogs. Tips continue to come in and all are being checked out. Please say a prayer for Kendrick and his family this Easter weekend.
04/13/06 - The search for Kendrick Jackson will continue on Thursday, April 13, 2006 beginning at 8am and end at nightfall. Tim Miller will need ATVs, boats, and ground searchers. Our Command Center is located at the First Assembly of God in Channelview, 330 Sheldon Rd, Channelview, TX ( click link for map). Wear boots, jeans, & a t-shirt. Food and water will be needed. Please keep Kendrick, his family & the fine detectives of HPD that are doing everything possible to bring this boy home in your prayers.

Multiple tips continue to come in and each is being checked out. We'd like to thank Pastor Wayne Moss of the First Assembly of God in Channelview for graciously opening their church to help with the search for baby Kendrick. Special thanks to Eastside Honda for donating 2 ATVs and 2 wave runners that have been invaluable in not only this search, but also for 12 yr old Teeky Buggs found in December and 23 yr old Raul Mendoza found in March. We'd also like to thank the Channelview Fire Department for rushing to the aid a volunteer. The Channelview and Baytown community have been a blessing in our search efforts. Please pray for a miracle and for the success of HPD - we believe! read full story >>
04/12/06 - The search for Kendrick Jackson continues. The Director of Texas EquuSearch, Tim Miller, will begin the search at 8am and end at nightfall. We need ATVs, boats, and ground searchers. Our Command Center is located at the First Assembly of God in Channelview, 330 Sheldon Rd, Channelview, TX (click link for map). Wear boots, jeans, & a t-shirt. Food and water will be needed. Please pray for Kendrick, his family & the fine detectives of HPD that are doing everything possible to bring this boy home. read full story>>
04/11/06 - The search for Kendrick Jackson continues. The Director of Texas EquuSearch, Tim Miller, will begin the search at 8am and end at nightfall. We need ATVs, boats, and ground searchers. Our Command Center has been moved to the First Assembly of God in Channelview, 330 Sheldon Rd, Channelview, TX (click link for map). Wear boots, jeans, & a t-shirt. Food and water will be needed. Please pray for Kendrick, his family & the fine detectives of HPD that are doing everything possible to bring this boy home. read full story >>
04/10/06 - The Director of Texas EquuSearch, Tim Miller, has issued an immediate SEARCH ALERT at 2pm requesting ATVs, boats, and ground searchers. Our Command Center is located at the Days Inn (281/457-0140), 15765 I10E Freeway, Room 111, Channelview, TX. Wear boots, jeans, & t-shirt.
04/09/06 - The search continues for missing 3 yr old, Kendrick Jackson. Texas EquuSearch Director, Tim Miller can be contacted at 281/960-6183. read full story >>
04/07/06 - An Amber Alert has been issued for 3 yr old Kendrick Jackson. Tim Miller, Director of Texas EquuSearch, needs foot searchers immediately! Our command center is located at the Canfield Falls Apartments, 1251 Wilcrest, Apartment #65, Houston, TX (click here for map). The search will continue until Kendrick is found. read full story >>
Kendrick Jackson, age 3, was last seen at his home located in the 1200 block of Wilcrest in Houston, TX on Friday, April 7, 2006 at 9:30am. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and pajama bottoms with a football, basketball & baseball print. An Amber Alert has been issued.

On April 7th, 8th, & 9th, 2006, the City of Houston will come alive at the first annual Bayou City Crawfish Festival benefiting Texas EquuSearch. Old Market Square Park in the beautiful downtown entertainment district, will host a variety of Cajun, Zydeco and Texas Country Music. (click here for details)
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CourtTV's Crime Library "A Profile of Tim Miller and Texas EquuSearch" by Dr Katherine Ramsland. Dr Ramsland has published twenty-seven books and currently teaches forensic psychology at DeSales University in Pennsylvania. Click here to check out her website.
Dr. Katherine Ramsland has written a truly tremendous and comprehensive article on Tim Miller and Texas EquuSearch. A detailed account of Tim, TES, the volunteers and the searches for missing persons in an attempt to provide closure for the many grieving families. Closure is so very important so at least the healing process can begin. read full story »

Prosecutors charged two men with capital murder Saturday in the fatal shooting of a Navy veteran whose body was found in a bayou in southeast Houston. read full sotry >>

Visitation for Raul Mendoza will be on Monday, March 27, 2006 between 10am - 9pm at the Crespo Funeral Home, 4136 Broadway St, Houston, TX (click here for map). The Rosary will be at 7pm. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 10am at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 2405 Navigation, Houston, TX ( click here for map). Please keep Raul and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

The search for Continental Airline's employee Raul Mendoza has been concluded. Tim Miller lead the search beginning on Friday, March 17, 2006 at 6am and ended on Sunday, March 19, 2006 at about 12:45pm when searchers discovered what appears to be the remains of Raul Mendoza. There is no positive ID at this time. Texas EquuSearch members (that are also volunteers with the Orchard Volunteer Fire Dept in Ft Bend County) made the find based on a target identified in the Buffalo Bayou by Texas EquuSearch's member Gene Robinson (President of RP Flight Systems) with his aerial drone. Texas EquuSearch would like to thank the Houston Police Department's Homicide Division, Detective Mares, HPD's Missing Person Division, Sgt Harris, HPD's Mounted Patrol, HPD's Dive Team, Harris County Constable Pct 6, Continental Airlines, Eastside Honda for donating 2 Wave Runners, and the hundreds of volunteers that showed up to help in the search. Please keep Raul and his family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. read more>>

Please click here to view Raul's obituary and sign the Guest Book.

Tim Miller and a team of experts are currently in Jamaica searching for the missing diver, Gregory Grethen. The water has been extremely rough making search efforts difficult. Tim stated that the people of Jamaica are wonderful and their law enforcement is very supportive of the search. Please pray for their success in bringing Gregory home.

Mass will be on Saturday, March 25, 2006 at 12pm at the St Cyril of Alexandria Church, 10503 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX, 713/789-1250 (click here for map) followed by food and drinks at 1pm-2:30pm.
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On March 14, 2006, a dear friend and Texas EquuSearch member, Noe Cadena suffered a massive heart attack and slipped into a coma. The doctors at Methodist Hospital told us that his critical status on a scale of 1 to 10, was a 10. His grave condition appeared hopeless. We were bracing for the worst and all prayed for a miracle. The miracle came on March 25, 2006, when Noe called Tim Miller from his hospital bed to tell him how much he loved him. We could not believe it was Noe until his family got on the phone to confirm it was indeed him. His family had never given up on him and were overjoyed that he had not stopped talking since his tube had been removed. On April 3, 2006, Noe successfully underwent quadruple bypass surgery at Methodist Hospital and a full recovery is expected and he's due home within a week. We would like to thank the paramedics who's heroic efforts brought Noe back to life twice and the incredible doctors and staff of Methodist Hospital that came as mercy itself. There is no doubt that this was a miracle and that our call for angels happened. We anxiously wait to hear all about Noe's great journey.

Noe Cadena, a dear friend and Texas EquuSearch member, is in critical condition at Methodist Hospital. He suffered a massive heart attack at approx 7pm on Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Tim Miller has been with Noe's family at his bedside throughout the day. We will keep you updated on his condition. Please keep Noe and his family in your prayers.

Victoria "Ariell" Sterner has been found.
02/20/2006 - HOUSTON -- Police and search volunteers are looking for a teenager from League City, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Victoria "Ariell" Sterner, 14, was last seen at her home in the 1000 block of Third Street at 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 10.
She was wearing a pink muscle shirt with a pink dragonfly decoration, blue jeans and tennis shoes. She might also be carrying a backpack with multicolor Hawaiian style flowers on it. read full story » Victoria “Ariell” Sterner was last seen at her home in the 1000 block of 3rd St in League City, TX at 10:30pm on Friday, February 10, 2006. She was wearing a pink muscle shirt with a pink dragon fly decoration, blue jeans, and white tennis shoes with black and white laces. Ariell may have her backpack with her; it is grey with multicolor Hawaiian style flowers.

Daniel was laid to rest Friday morning, March 10, 2006. Please click here to view his obituary and sign the guest book.

03/06/2006 - "It appears to be suicide," Tim Miller, director of Dickinson-based Texas EquuSearch, said after Daniel Compton's body was found inside his 1998 Honda Civic in a wooded area off a remote road about 20 miles south of Atlanta, near a town named McDonough. read full story »
03/04/06 - A 21-year-old student from Houston who was missing for two weeks was found dead today in the Atlanta area.
Barbara Gibson of Texas Equusearch confirmed today that Compton's body had been found, but she had no further information. read full story »

The remains found on Friday morning, March 10, 2006, appear to be those of Pastor Rafael Rodriguez. There is no positive ID at this time. Please keep Pastor Rodriguez and his family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
Unfortunately our search for Pastor Rafael Rodriguez has been called off until further tips and leads come in. We did an extensive search of over 40 square blocks in Rafael's neighborhood including abandoned houses, businesses, wooded areas, over grown fields and lots, and along the shore with no luck. These areas were covered thoroughly thanks to Texas Equusearch members and volunteers, Det John Putnam, Det Mike Berry, Det Gary Echols & Deputy Rocha of the Galveston County Sheriff's Office, Galveston County Citizens Sheriff's Academy, Chief Deputy Curtis Norman of Galveston County Constable's Office Pct 8 along with Daisy May their fine and lovable Bloodhound who's nose knows.UPDATE: Our command center has been relocated to an abandoned restaurant called Viva LasVegas located at the corner of Bayshore Dr and Jackson Rd in Bacliff, TX (see link for map). Take Hwy 146 to Oklahoma and take a right on Bayshore Dr; the restaurant will be on the left. Please call Steve Pitzer at 281/684-8721 if you can help or get lost or contact our office at 281/309-9500.
Steve Pitzer, Search Leader for Texas Equusearch needs volunteers to help search for Pastor Rafael Rodriguez missing since Friday, February 10, 2006. The search will begin on Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 10am. We will need ground searchers and 4-wheelers. The command center is located at 4122 Houx St., Bacliff, TX. (click here for map). Please contact us at 281/309-9500 if you can help.

The body of Norma Perales (missing since 2/19/06) was found on Friday, 03/03/06 on the shore of the Ship Channel, about 3-4 miles from