ST. LOUIS (KMOV) – The parents of a missing girl have fallen victim to a despicable act that has cost thousands of dollars and heartache.

The parents of Phoenix Coldon have been searching for a break in her case since she went missing December 18. In February, the family sent a private investigator to Texas to track down a possible lead that resulted as a hoax.

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Phoenix’s family sent the private investigator to track a man who claimed online that she was his long lost daughter and that he knew where he was. St. Louis County police determined the tip was no good, but the family still pressed on with the investigator.

The family later learned the man really did not know anything about Phoenix or her possible whereabouts.

“The anxiety that was put upon by this gentleman and what he did and the monetary costs of what we had to do to find out that this was a hoax,” Lawrence Coldon, Phoenix’s father, said.

It is not the first time the family has endured such cruelty since their daughter went missing. They have received a phone call from someone pretending to be Phoenix and another call from a person screaming.

“Sometimes I go outside four, five o’clock in the morning and I just stand out there in the driveway just looking down the street,” Lawrence said. “I pray. Why can’t I see Phoenix come?”

Anyone with information in the case of missing Phoenix Coldon is urged to call CrimeStoppers. The Coldon family has also set up a fund to pay for private investigators. Donations can be made in Phoenix’s name at any Regions Bank.

NORTHBRIDGE — The search for a missing 31-year-old Northbridge man is now focused on Purgatory Chasm in Sutton. A park ranger said he is confident that it was Michael Heydary who waved to him about 9:30 this morning.

The search for Mr. Heydary has been under way since late last night.

Northbridge Police Chief Warchol said it appears Mr. Heydary was not in any kind of trouble when he acknowledged the ranger this morning.

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“We just think he doesn’t want to come home at this point for whatever reason,” the chief said early this afternoon.

Police said Mr. Heydary is married, but his wife was in Iran.

“He’s a very gentle person,” said Michael’s father, Benjamin Heydary. He said he couldn’t think of any reason why Michael would disappear.

Since late yesterday, authorities have been searching for Mr. Heydary, who lives with his parent at 576 Samuel Drive. He did not return from his usual walk around the reservoir yesterday evening.

The search initially focused on Carpenter Reservoir in Northbridge and then, after the report from the ranger, on Purgatory Chasm in Sutton, about two miles away.

Mr. Heydary’s parents reported him missing around 9:15 last night. He had gone for a walk around 5:30 and did not return by his usual time of 7:30.

State Police were called in to search last night with dog unit and helicopter, but the search was called off at 2 a.m. It resumed this morning at 7 with Northbridge fire, police and state Environmental Police units.

Massachusetts State Police helicopter crews and firetrucks were called in around 10 a.m.

The area around Carpenter Reservoir is very wooded with a network of unmarked trails.

“He could be disoriented in the woods. There are numerous trails,” Northbridge Police Chief Walter J. Warchol said this morning.

The missing man’s mother, Suhaila Heydary, said he has been going for walks two or three times a day, and when the weather is nice, he sometimes goes out four times a day.

He usually is gone for an hour or less, she said.

She said she told a neighbor last night that he had not returned from his walk, and they started looking for him when it started to get dark.

The mother said she is frustrated and worried.

“I love you, Michael,” she said to a reporter this morning.

She said she is hoping people get the word out to look for him and that he comes home safe.

The mother said her son did not have a cellphone or a flashlight. He also left for the walk without food and water.

Kyle Sadlon, who lives around the cul-de-sac from the Heydary family, said he looked around the reservoir last night with Michael’s father. There had been a brush fire across the reservoir, which Mr. Sadlon had called in to the fire department, and they thought maybe Michael had gone over to look at it.

“I discouraged him from going out on the trails. You can be out there for a long time before you see anything. It’s easy to get lost in the woods,” Mr. Sadlon said.

A reverse 911 message to Northbridge residents sent this morning described Mr. Heydary as 5-feet, 6-inches tall, 230 pounds, and of Middle Eastern descent. He was last seen wearing an off-white sweater, blue-plaid sweatpants and sandals.

Anyone seeing him is asked to call Northbridge police at (508) 234-6211.

A 25-year-old bar hand who is a registered sex offender has been questioned twice by police in connection with the disappearance of a missing soldier and has been called a person of interest.

Kelli Bordeaux, 23, was last seen leaving Froggy Bottoms bar in Fayetteville, N.C., around 1:20 a.m Saturday.

Nicholas Holbert, 25, told ABC News 11 exclusively that he gave the soldier a ride home from the bar, where he works, but denied having anything to do with her disappearance and said he dropped her off at the entrance of her neighborhood at her request.

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“As soon as you drive into the entrance to Meadowbrook, she said stop right here,” Holbert said. “So I stopped and she said, ‘I’ll walk home.’ I said, ‘Are you sure?’ She said, ‘Yeah.’ I said I figured she didn’t want me to know where she lived, or somebody was there and she didn’t want to be seen together.”

The bar hand, who lives in a lean-to behind Froggy Bottoms, was questioned for a second time today by Fayetteville Police. He said he believed he was being targeted because he has a criminal record.

Holbert is a registered sex offender and was convicted as a 16-year-old of indecent liberties with a 5-year-old child, ABC 11 reported.

The search for the Fort Bragg soldier, who was reported missing by base officials on Monday, focused today on an area where her phone was last detected, officials said.
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The last ping from Bordeaux’s cell phone came late Friday or early Saturday off a tower off the Ramsey Street corridor, the area police plan to scour for clues, Fayetteville Police Chief Tom Bergamine said.

Bordeaux’s family said she took her job seriously and would never miss work.

“Being a soldier, to Kelly, isn’t something she’d jeopardize for anything,” said Bordeaux’s older sister, Olivia Cox. “Missing work isn’t something that’s in character for Kelli. This is an out of character thing to happen to my sister.”

Fayetteville Police spokesman Gavin MacRoberts said there is reason to believe the soldier is in danger.

“There is some information we’ve gathered that makes us concerned for her safety,” he said, declining to go into more detail, citing the ongoing investigation.

The missing soldier, who is from St. Cloud, Fla., has been married to her husband, Mike Bordeaux, who is a civilian, for nearly two years. He was in Florida at the time of his wife’s disappearance visiting his father, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

Kelli Bordeaux’s mother, Johnna Henson, told ABC News she was having difficulty coping with her daughter’s suspicious disappearance.

“I can’t function not knowing where she is. How can someone hurt her?” Henson asked. “I lost my mother and my husband within a three months span. I can’t deal with losing my child. I can’t deal with any more loss.”

Henson plans to join her daughter, Cox, at Fort Bragg to assist in the search for Bordeaux.

“She joined the military to make her family proud,” Cox said.

Cox described her sister as an “amazing soldier” and a “self-motivated individual.”

Bordeaux joined the military in April 2011, according to a Fort Bragg spokesperson. She was assigned to the 601st Area Support Medical Company, 261st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade, as a health service specialist. She joined the unit last November.

Bordeaux is 5-foot-1 and weighs 102 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink tube top with spaghetti straps and black shorts. Anyone with information is asked to contact Fayetteville Police.

Fulton, Ark. —

The Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office is still seeking information on the whereabouts of 31 year old Casey Clark. Clark, of Fulton, has not been seen or heard from since March 27, 2012.
Anyone having information or who has been in contact with Casey Clark is asked to call the Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division @ 870-777-6727 or contact the Sheriff’s e-mail at sheriff@hempsteadcountysheriff.com

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On Friday March 30, at approximately 1400 hours Melvin Clark reported his 31 year old son Casey Clark missing. Melvin stated that no one had heard or seen Casey Tuesday March 27, 2012. Mr. Clark stated that Casey was staying with a friend at Amandex Apartments and left in a car which was later found at the Boll Weevil Liquor store in Fulton (Miller County). Mr. Clark stated that Melvin also left his wallet in the friend’s apartment.

Casey Clark is described as approximately 5’6” tall, weighing approximately 175 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and Dark complected African American male. It is unknown the type clothes Casey was wearing or his direction of travel.

Anyone having information as to the whereabouts of Casey Clark is encouraged to call the Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office at 870-777-6727.