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A Laredo police officer is found guilty of insurance fraud.
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Officer Jose Roberto Aguirre produced a false police report involving a stolen car taken into Mexico as part of an arrangement with the owner. The investigation revealed Aguirre knowingly made the report so the owner could file a claim with the insurance company.
Officials with Laredo police say Aguirre is still suspended from the department without pay.
A new break has come in the missing person case of Rene Escobar Sanchez, Odessa Crime Stoppers Executive Director Susan Rogers said.
After consulting with Detective Angie Reyes with the Odessa Police Department, Rogers said the department found that another person besides his common-law-wife, Ester Armendarez, saw him before he went missing July 12, 2008.
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Rogers said she doesn’t have any further details, but that Reyes is excited about the case and it is “very much active.”
“The thing about those kind of breaks is you never know when they’re going to happen,” she said. “Any time you have that kind of information, that’s a big break.”
With Crime Stoppers keeping the public interested in old and cold cases, Rogers said the Odessa Police Department has been using new technologies to open up cold cases and try solving them.
Although it was not a missing person case, Rogers said the conviction of Johnny Lee Wells is an example of how the technology works.
Wells was convicted March 25, 2011, of capital murder in connection with the August 1990 stabbing death of Virginia Washeleskey, which was a cold case until forensic evidence resurfaced in 2007. He was sentenced to life in prison.
But for her part with missing people, she said it’s all about making it stick in the minds of those who have information.
“It’s not unusual for us to put a case out there and not hear anything for several weeks,” she said. “I may run a cold case and not hear anything about it when I’m running it (on TV), but three or four months later somebody will come up with information about it.”
Rogers said because many of the people who have information on these cases take an “out of sight, out of mind” approach when thinking about the missing person, they don’t think to give tips until the story is presented to them again.
Jackie Kemp-Jones is the sister of a woman missing for almost 31 years, Judie Munguia.
Munguia was reported missing May 28, 1981 when she left to visit a friend in Oklahoma City, Okla., and law enforcement officers believe foul play was involved.
Kemp-Jones said her family all but lost hope when the woman’s vehicle was found abandoned at an Oklahoma City airport parking lot six months later, but even now reports of found bodies rekindle the possibility that she will be found, dead or alive.
“We’d much rather know than wonder. Know where she was at so we could actually bury her in a place where she belongs. Not in a ditch or in cement or wherever she may be,” Kemp-Jones said. “There’s a huge possibility that she may never be found. Ever. And that hurts.”
Until that time, Kemp-Jones said she still becomes nervous when a body is found, such as the remains found in Big Spring in March.
Rogers said most families still keep an active watch for tips and come to her office at least once a year.
“Every family member I’ve spoken to about a missing person, regardless of how old that case is, has hope,” she said.
EVERETT — A Lake Stevens couple set out Monday for a sunny picnic on Jetty Island.
They ended up likely saving one man’s life after a boating accident, and helping police look for the man’s friend, who now is presumed dead.
Recovery efforts for the second man’s body were expected to get under way Monday evening, officials said. Crews planned to use sonar equipment in the search of Port Gardner.
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The Lake Stevens couple, Brent and Sarah Schilling, had been rounding the north end of Jetty Island in their inflatable Zodiac boat when they heard a man calling for help in the water, they said.
They pulled the man aboard just before 1:30 p.m., and called 911. He looked to be in his 50s and was turning blue with cold.
“He was extremely weak and exhausted,” said Brent Schilling, 34.
The man, whose identity wasn’t released, told the couple that his friend and boat were missing in the water. The Schillings looked for the second man but found no sign.
Emergency crews converged on the Everett waterfront for hours Monday as they searched for the second man. Rescue boats cut the water as police and media helicopters swirled overhead. Police blocked off much of the 10th Street boat launch for the operation. A small crowd gathered to watch.
Crews believe the rescued man and his friend were in a 12-foot boat that somehow tipped over, Everett fire marshal Rick Robinson said. It wasn’t immediately clear if the boat was motorized, or if the men wore life jackets.
The vessel apparently sunk soon after it capsized, Robinson said.
The Lake Stevens couple also were able to provide the crews with GPS coordinates to assist in the search.
The man who was pulled from the water was rushed to an area hospital, Robinson said. His condition wasn’t immediately available, but the man was believed to be suffering from hypothermia.
Waters in Puget Sound rarely break the mid-50s, even in summer, according to local marine law enforcement experts.
There were waves of up to two feet from the northwest at the time of the capsizing, Robinson said.
The Seattle Police Department, the Port of Everett and the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office also assisted Everett police and firefighters at the scene.
The U.S. Coast Guard deployed a small boat from its Seattle station and a helicopter from Port Angeles, petty officer Eric Chandler said.
The presumed drowning near Everett on Monday afternoon marks at least the 11th boating-related death in Snohomish and Island counties since 2008.
Officials have been warning folks for weeks about danger on the water as spring turns to summer. This past weekend was especially brutal for emergency crews in Western Washington, including multiple water and land rescues in Snohomish County. A memorial also was planned Monday night for Everett City Councilman Drew Nielsen, who died Saturday in a whitewater rafting accident in King County.
Safety tips
• Wear a U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket at all times. Even good swimmers need to wear one; gentle stretches of water can have wicked undercurrents.
• Never use inner tubes and rafts designed for swimming pools.
• Know your limits; do not attempt a section of river beyond your skill level.
• Pay attention to weather and water conditions. Wear wool clothing or a wet suit and dress for the water temperature. If the water temperature and air temperature combined total 100 degrees or less, wear protective clothing.
• Enter cold water slowly.
• Avoid swimming near boat ramps or in boating areas.
• Avoid downed trees, snags and confluences.
• If your vessel capsizes, float on your back, feet together and pointed downstream. If you go over a ledge or drop, tuck into a ball.
• If you’re caught in a fast-flowing river or rapids, try to float feet first in a half-sitting position. Release your craft only if it improves your safety. Stay upstream, away from the boat.
Combine a highly transient society with a large inventory of recently foreclosed or abandoned properties with absentee owners, the opportunity for fraud becomes apparent.
From the Snohomish County Business Journal (April 3, 2012):
“People will pay the first and last month’s rent along with a hefty security deposit. Add to this the cost of switching utilities, moving expenses and even simple home decor and tenants could easily invest over $5,000 up front with their move.”
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120403/SCBJ11/304039998/1005/BIZ
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The moment a tenant pays first and last month’s rent as well as that security deposit the opportunity for fraud begins. Without the proper background check by a potential tenant how sure are they that the property they plan on renting is even owned by the so-called landlord? It would be a simple task for an individual to present themselves as a property owner or landlord and lead the unsuspicious prospective tenants into turning over that first rental payment and find themselves without a property and without their money.
In New York City, the Village Voice (April 26, 2012) reports:
“New York courts are going to stop selling your names to companies that make it harder for you to secure your next apartment.”
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/04/courts_will_sto.php
The issue at hand is a so-called “Blacklisting List.” Tenants that are involved with various legal actions against a landlord or property manager have been purportedly placed on this list, whether or not the action was instigated by the tenant or the landlord. With the City readily selling information to third-parties, landlords could gather this data with relative ease and limited expense. However, going forward, Information involving tenant-landlord cases would still be available, however it would require greater time investment to retrieve specific case files.
“Information regarding individual cases will still be available through the Unified Civil Courts’ eCourts website and in the Housing Court clerks’ offices, but those avenues would require interested parties to actively seek out the information.”
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/04/courts_will_sto.php
This action maintains access to public records, but eliminates a landlords “ability to simply cross-check a centralized list.”
In Edmonton, Canada yet another landlord has learned the hard lesson of not conducting tenant screening on their renter’s.
From the Global Edmonton:
“… when the family was late with the rent McMillan tried to contact the family. She noticed a window was smashed and the place smelled like urine.”
“McMillan tried to evict the family and took them to court to get the back rent, but the tenants didn’t show up at court.”
http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/landlord+left+a+mess+from+destructive+tenants/6442617598/story.html
Unfortunately the story highlighted above is all too common. People make judgment calls without collecting information and data that is necessary to make a complete decision on potential renters.
With a repair cost of approximately $16,000 the landlord laments:
“It was me who picked these renters,” … “I’m the one who didn’t do proper background checks. I’m the one who should have got better background checks, but I trusted them as a family.”
http://www.globaltvedmonton.com/landlord+left+a+mess+from+destructive+tenants/6442617598/story.html
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GREENBELT, MD—U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Carole Nelson, age 53, of Washington, D.C., today to 29 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for money laundering in connection with her participation in a massive mortgage fraud scheme which promised to pay off homeowners’ mortgages on their “Dream Homes” but left them to fend for themselves. Judge Titus also entered an order requiring Nelson to pay restitution of $34,340,830.13.
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The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Acting Special Agent in Charge Eric C. Hylton of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, Washington, D.C. Field Office; Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler; and Inspector General Jon T. Rymer of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
“Mortgage fraud is every bit as corrosive to society as street crime,” stated Eric Hylton, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Washington D.C. Field Office. “This type of fraud has far-reaching economic consequences and severely thwarts recovery from the foreclosure crisis, leaving communities with inflated home values and financial institutions with uncollectible loans.”
According to Nelson’s plea agreement, beginning in 2005, co-conspirators targeted homeowners and home purchasers to participate in a purported mortgage payment program called the “Dream Homes Program.” In exchange for a minimum of $50,000 initial investment and an “administrative fee” of up to $5,000, conspirators promised to make the homeowners’ future monthly mortgage payments and pay off the homeowner’s mortgage within five to seven years. Dream Homes Program representatives explained to investors that the homeowners’ initial investments would be used to fund investments in automated teller machines (ATMs), flat screen televisions that would show paid business advertisements, and electronic kiosks that sold goods and services. To give investors the impression that the Dream Homes Program was very successful, Metro Dream Homes spent hundreds of thousands of dollars making presentations at luxury hotels such as the Washington Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C.; the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York, New York; and the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
In February 2006, the Dream Homes Program added a second program called “POS Dream Homes” that offered similar promises of paying off investor mortgages in five to seven years in exchange for an up-front investment of $50,000 or more. Collectively, these programs had offices in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, New York, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, and California.
Nelson was hired in December 2006 at an annual salary of $200,000 to get investor contracts in order, including the creation of investor files. In March 2007, Nelson was named the chief financial officer of POS Dream Homes. At no time did Nelson see any evidence of revenue being generated from investments in ATMs and electronic billboards to pay off the investors’ mortgages.
Nelson profited significantly during her time with Metro Dream Homes. For example, in May 2007, to document that she had a certain amount of assets in order to qualify for a home mortgage, Nelson and another conspirator agreed that Nelson would obtain a check from the company for $75,000 marked as an annual bonus. Nelson wrote herself a $75,000 check, drawn on the POS bank account, and deposited the check into her personal account. In fact, Nelson was not entitled to any bonus. In May 2007, a related Metro Dream Homes company allocated $150,000 to Nelson and her spouse to open “Ambassador Dream Homes,” which was supposed to be an affiliate of Metro Dream Homes. Ambassador Dream Homes did not commence operations prior to it being assumed by the receiver appointed by the Maryland state courts.
In July 2007, Nelson and a conspirator decided they wanted to purchase new Bentley automobiles costing $200,000 each. In order to qualify for financing, Nelson falsely represented in a vehicle financing application that she had been the chief financial officer of POS Dream Homes for 18 years and that her annual income was $700,000.
In all, during her 20 months of employment with Metro Dream Homes (MDH), Nelson received $413,075 in compensation.
On August 15, 2007, the Maryland Securities Commissioner issued a cease-and-desist order to MDH and other related companies directing them to immediately cease the offering and sale of unregistered securities in connection with their promotion of the Dream Homes Program. However, Williams thereafter called meetings in which investors were told that MDH was earning up to $10 million in one month and that the company’s legal difficulties were the result of either misunderstandings or racial animus against company leaders. In October 2007, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland granted the commissioner’s motion to freeze MDH assets and appointed a receiver.
As a result of the scheme, more than 1,000 investors in the Dream Homes Program invested approximately $78 million. When Nelson’s co-conspirators stopped making the mortgage payments, the homeowners were left to attempt to make the mortgage payments that MDH had promised to make in full.
Nelson is the last defendant to be sentenced in this case. MDH’s owner and founder Andrew Hamilton Williams, Jr., age 61, of Hollywood, Florida; chief financial officer Michael Anthony Hickson, age 49, of Commack, New York; president Isaac Jerome Smith, age 49, of Spotsylvania, Virginia; and vice president of operations Alvita Karen Gunn, age 34, of Hanover, Maryland, were all convicted by a federal jury of fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and/or conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with their participation in the mortgage fraud scheme. Hickson was also convicted of making a false statement in a federal court proceeding. Judge Titus sentenced Williams to 150 years in prison, Hickson to 10 years in prison, Smith to 70 months in prison, and Gunn to 60 months in prison.
This prosecution is being brought jointly by the Maryland and Washington, D.C. Mortgage Fraud Task Forces, which are comprised of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. The task forces were formed to promote the early detection, identification, prevention, and prosecution of various kinds of mortgage fraud schemes. This case, as well as other cases brought by members of the task forces, demonstrates the commitment of law enforcement agencies to protect consumers from fraud and help to ensure the integrity of the mortgage market and other credit markets. Information about mortgage fraud prosecutions is available on the Internet at http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md/Mortgage-Fraud/index.html.
United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the FBI, the IRS-Criminal Investigation, the Maryland Attorney General’s Office-Securities Division, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-Office of Inspector General for their investigative work. Mr. Rosenstein thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Christen A. Sproule, who prosecuted the case.
Authorities plan to conduct an autopsy Monday on the body of a young child found along the Weber River.
Ogden police said Monday that authorities believe that the body is that of missing 4-year-old Corbin Anderson who fell into the river April 28 and was swept away. However, police are awaiting Monday’s autopsy results to make a positive identification.
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A Washington Terrace resident walking the riverbank spotted the child’s body Sunday under a fallen tree about 1:40 p.m. Sunday. The child’s body was found about a quarter-mile downstream from where Corbin fell into the river. The child’s clothing and appearance matched that of Corbin, police said.
Corbin, who lived in Layton, tumbled into the river two weeks ago while he was standing on a boulder so his family could take his picture, police said.
The extensive search for Corbin’s body had involved more than 100 people including divers, kayakers, dogs, helicopters and walkers on river banks between 17th and 24th streets.
Last weekend, the river was lowered and diverted through an alternate channel, leaving some areas shallow enough to wade while other spots remained up to 10 feet deep. The boy’s body was spotted 6 to 8 inches under the water, in an area where river levels have dropped about two feet in the last week, police said.
VASSAR — Twenty years ago, Chad Hunkins thought it was cool to be bad.
These days, the 37-year-old Vassar man is finding it much more fun to be Dad.
Hunkins was disappointed this week when he found out a felony conviction for breaking and entering an occupied building in 1993 prevented him from attending his son’s field trip Thursday to the Octagon Barn in Gagetown.
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“The guidelines are there,” Hunkins said. “Don’t get me wrong: I’m all for the guidelines. It’s to protect everybody’s children — including my two — who go on these field trips.
“But then you have guys like me, a non-violent offender, and you go all the way back 19 years to a felony when I was 17 or 18, and here I am a (nearly) 38-year-old father and husband, and you tell me I can’t go? And I know there’s other guys out there like me.
“You have communities, churches and schools saying fathers need to do more with their children because there’s too many deadbeat dads out there, and then you have a guy like me. I do everything: Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Little League, tee ball, soccer.
“I wasn’t expecting (the story) to blow up. I’m not trying to bring negativity to the school district or anybody intentionally, I’m just trying to get support for something I think is unfair and unjust, a so-called ‘unwritten’ rule.”
Photo by Bill Petzold Hunkins hoped to serve as chaperone for his son’s first field trip Thursday, but a background check turned up a felony conviction from 1993 that, in accordance with Vassar Schools policy, prevented Hunkins from attending.
Hunkins applied to be a chaperone for the trip and agreed to submit to a background check as is common practice for chaperones at most schools. According to Hunkins, the school handbook says that while persons with felony convictions may not be employed by the school, there is no rule prohibiting parents with past felonies from attending events with their children. The school’s policy is to not allow persons with felony convictions from serving as chaperones.
“I think the word ‘unwritten’ rule is a bad one,” Vassar Public Schools Superintendent Tom Palmer said. “You can’t have an exact rule because you don’t know what you’re going to get. So many factors come into play when you do those background checks. They’re all different, so you take them on a one-by-one basis. So as a school we just say ‘If it’s a felony, we’re going to deny (the request to be a chaperone).
“There are other things you look for … things with kids, any kind of abusive behavior. You try to keep it as simple as possible.”
Hunkins will exercise his right to appeal the decision Monday in front of the Vassar School Board.
“That’s seven lay people from the community, and they’ll have to listen and ask questions,” Palmer said. “They hear an appeal, decide what it is, and then I get back with (the person appealing a decision) and let them know. This is a new one because we’ve never had anybody actually appeal it.
“Really, it is what it is. It’s all about safety for the students. We run those background checks like most schools do that. … Our first and foremost goal is always the safety of the kids.”
Hunkins accepts the consequences of the mistakes he made.
“Anybody who knows me knows I don’t hide from my past. My past is what made me what I am today,” Hunkins said. “(When I was younger) I didn’t give a rat’s (behind) about anybody. I’ll be the first to admit that. I thought I knew everything. And that’s the thing, following the wrong crowd I got hooked on drugs, and that’s what it was. When I got my last drunk driving (in 1999) I finally woke up one day and I was like, ‘This ain’t me, this can’t be my life.’ So I started to change, quit everything and went to rehab, found faith in the Lord. My mom was supporting me. I quit.
“And then I found my wife (Eva), and she’s been more of a rock than she’ll ever know, and she kept me that way. Then my son was born, and when you have a child, that’s when you get a whole new perspective on what the meaning of life is. That day I held him in my arms when he was born I told him, ‘I will be the best father I can be.’ And I’ve tried.”
Hunkins’ friend Jennifer David Sayles, a Yahoo! contributor, heard about the situation and wrote an article for Yahoo! Voices. The article circulated on the internet, and eventually television when WNEM interviewed Hunkins and Palmer on Thursday.
“We get to this point, and I’ve been drug-free for over 10 years,” Hunkins said. “It’s one of those things that, if it wasn’t for Jenny, I probably would have just vented my stuff on Facebook and swept it under the rug. But she was like, ‘No, this has got to get out.’
“Anybody who knows my character, especially now, knows I’m not a violent person and I’m all about my kids. And I know I’m not the only guy — whether in this community or another community — who is in the same position, who cannot do these things with their child because of something we did when we were kids.
“That was the first time he’d ever asked me to go on a field trip, and he was all excited. And then to come home and have to tell him ‘Daddy can’t go,’ and watch him run down to his room crying.
“And then have to try to explain to a 7-year-old that Daddy did something that was very bad years ago and now I can’t go with you. He doesn’t understand, and it’s hard to tell a 7-year-old.
“If I had a violent past, we would never be having this conversation. Or if my felony would have happened within the last seven, eight, nine years, then that’s understandable. But to go back 20 years to when I was 17 or 18? …
“To me there’s no real threat. Where am I a threat?”
Security Central Exchange continues its public service mission to help parents enhance their child’s safety by giving them the capability to protect, locate and track their children using GPS technology. Security Central Exchange’s mission is to raise awareness of the problem and provide security products and assistance to help parents prevent, detect and respond to potential threats to their children. In the event a child does become missing, we help the parents try to safely recover the child using a variety of methods, including public service announcements, GPS Tracking solutions, and helping parents find a Private Investigator in their area, says Security Central Exchange, CEO, Mark Schober.
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The most recent missing child case Security Central Exchange is trying to raise awareness about is the disappearance of 19 month old Audrey Reese. She was allegedly kidnapped from Columbia, MD on April 22, 2012 by Victoria Reese, her biological Mother. Victoria and Audrey were last seen in Peoria, Arizona on April 23, 2012. Judge Janice Crawford of Maricopa County Superior Court, case number FC2012-003939, issued a warrant ordering law enforcement officers to take Audrey into custody and return her to the biological Father Nicholas Planas, according to Audrey’s Grandparents currently living in Columbia, Maryland.
Audrey is a 19 months old female, approximately 24 inches tall and weighs 25 pounds. She has grey-blue eyes, and curly dark blonde hair. Her biological mother, Victoria Reese is a white female 5 foot 3 inches tall, 20 years of age, weighs approximately 170 pounds with green-hazel eyes and brown-blonde wavy hair. Anyone seeing Audrey or Victoria should immediately report the missing child to their local law enforcement authority. Her Biological Father and Grandparents have made an emotional plea asking for help in locating and returning her home safely. Security Central Exchange, CEO says “Let’s get Audrey back home safely where she belongs.”
LINCOLN HEIGHTS, Calif. (KTLA) — Family, friends and teammates are mourning the loss of a college football player and dad after a tragic shooting at a birthday party.
A vigil was held Sunday night at El Camino College, where 22-year-old Ken McRoyal played football before transferring to the University of Idaho.
McRoyal, who played wide reviver, joined the Idaho football program as a walk-on last fall.
“I pray that you bless my teammates back in Idaho, Lord,” said Dominique Blackman, McRoyal’s cousin. “We all miss him, Lord.”
“Two days ago we were all celebrating him getting a scholarship and me throwing him our first touchdown pass.”
McDade had just found out he was getting a scholarship for his upcoming senior year, which he hoped would lead to a career in the NFL.
McRoyal’s girlfriend, Latrisse Williams, said he had come home from college to see her and their 1-year-old daughter.
“He just wanted to be a good dad. He wanted a connection with his daughter,” Williams said.
http://liarcatchers.com/wrongful_death.html
The shooting took place around 1:30 a.m. Saturday at the Brewery Lofts in the 600 block of Moulton Avenue.
The industrial building, located near the Los Angeles River, is the former site of the Pabst Blue Ribbon brewery and was converted into work/live lofts in the late 1990s.
McRoyal was hit in the chest by gunfire. He was taken to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.
A second victim was shot in the arm and was taken to the hospital. The victim was listed in stable condition.
When police arrived, everyone had gone, leaving only McDade and one of his best friends, who was putting pressure on his chest to try to save his life.
According to police, McDade was not on the guest list, but he and his friend had stopped by.
Detectives say they’re not sure if McDade was the intended target.
Authorities are looking for as many as four suspects. No arrests have been made.
Originally from New Orleans, McRoyal was displaced following Hurricane Katrina.
He moved to Southern California, where he played football at Carson High School, then in junior college at El Camino.
“He was just the epitome of someone who earned it,” Blackman said of his cousin. “I mean, you know, look at his lifestyle. He survived Hurricane Katrina.”
“His family out here, his family in New Orleans… He just wanted to make them all happy and make them proud of him for everything that they’ve been through,” Williams echoed.
His coach at El Camino, John Featherstone, said McRoyal always had a smile on his face.
“He was just really coming into his own as a father and as a football player,” Featherstone said.
Head Football Coach Robb Akey of the University of Idaho released a statement saying, “It’s a devastating loss… We’ve lost a brother, a teammate, a family member. But, more importantly, a momma lost her son today.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Hollenbeck police detectives at (323) 342-896.
Wood Buffalo RCMP are still actively investigating the missing persons case of Elaine Alook, who was last seen just over eight years ago.
Alook was reported missing on May 27, 2004, and was known to live in or frequent Anzac, Grande Prairie, Lac La Biche, and Edmonton. Prior to going missing, Alook suffered a broken left arm and was last seen wearing blue jeans, a t-shirt, running shoes and a black jacket.
http://liarcatchers.com/missing_persons_investigations.html
A female of Aboriginal descent, Alook is described as being 5’3”, 135 lbs, with brown eyes and black hair.
Wood Buffalo RCMP ask that if anyone has seen Alook or has any information regarding her whereabouts that they please contact their local police detachment.
Anyone with information about Alook can contact the Wood Buffalo RCMP at 780-788-4000, or anonymously by contacting Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).