Police in the Hill Country are looking for a 12-year-old girl who is currently with a parent who doesn’t have custodial rights.

Horseshoe Bay police say Margo Murdock was reported missing on Aug. 18 by her grandmother, Sandy Hayes. Hayes told police the child was last seen with her mother, Sonja Murdock on the evening of Aug. 17 leaving for Austin.

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“Conflicting court documents regarding the custodial issue of the child were provided to investigators. However, they continued to travel into other jurisdictions making contact with friends, relatives, and associates of Sonja Murdock attempting to locate Margo,” said the Horseshoe Bay police in a statement.

On Aug. 25, authorities say paperwork from the Llano County District Court indicated the child’s guardian is her grandmother.

Horseshoe Bay police say they have entered Margo into the Texas Crime Information Center as a missing person but the situation does not meet the criteria for an Amber Alert.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Horseshoe Bay Police Department at 830-598-2633.

Police are searching for a Cleveland teen reported missing on the city’s east side.

Michael Gill, 17, has been missing since Monday, according to Cleveland police. He was last seen from his residence in the 16000 block of Humphrey Court.

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Police indicates he is a Type 1 diabetic and cannot be without his medication for more than 36 hours. Police say he has had prior suicide attempts. He stands 5’7” tall and weighs about 126 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Gill is asked to contact investigators at 216-623-5518.

Oklahoma Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested a Tulsa man on a felony warrant out of Mesquite, Texas on Wednesday.

Officials say a juvenile went to the Mesquite Police Department in Texas and reported that David Earl Myers III had been manufacturing child pornography, as well as repeatedly sexually abusing children.

Myers, who lives in Tulsa, was arrested at his place of work Wednesday afternoon.

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He was transported to the Tulsa County jail where he awaits extradition to Texas.

Officials say a search of Myers’ home uncovered several pieces of evidence, including implements of abuse described by the child victim.

A Madison County teacher suspended with pay effective, pleaded not guilty to charges that she had sexual contact with the students.

Twenty- four year-old Brandi Whitaker, who is married, faces charges after being accused of having sexual contact with one of her students . She appeared in Madison County Court via closed circuit television.

“I had a lot of friends who had her as a teacher said she was a good teacher and stuff and like her,” said Nathaniel Johnson, student.

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Tuesday afternoon, Berea Police and social services got an anonymous tip the biology teacher had sexual relations with one of her teenage students.

“We talked to the teacher and she’s been pretty open about what happened,” said Sgt. Jake Reed, Berea Police Department

Police say the teacher and student met twice during summer break.

The first time was at Fort Boonesborough State Park in June and a month, later they met again, at Mrs. Whitaker’s house in July.

Whitaker is charged with rape, sexual abuse and sodomy.

A mother who has a teenage son at Madison Southern says this isn’t the first time something like this has happened at the school,” this is the third time in less than ten years, the third teacher the third student.”

But the news comes as a shock to some current students who say the school has strict rules about teacher-student relationships.

“They’re not even allowed to add students on Facebook,” Johnson said.

Police worked quickly arresting Whitaker the same day the allegations surfaced.

“Any sort of allegation between teacher student we always take very seriously just like anyone else would,” Sgt. Reed said.

According to Kentucky law, even though 16 is the age of consent, if you’re a person of authority over a minor the law does not apply.  But because the allegations were supposed to have happened over the summer, her attorney asked if the special trust laws between students and teachers were still applicable.

A Victorville man faces more than 360 years in state prison for sexually abusing his young stepdaughter for years.

A jury found him guilty Monday on 29 counts of sexually abusing a child and possessing child pornography.

“This is one of the most disturbing and devastating cases I have been involved with,” said Deputy District Attorney Kathlene DiDonato who prosecuted the case.

Luis Gilbert Sanchez, 32, was convicted of not only sexually abusing the now 15-year-old girl, but also took videos and photos of the attacks, she said. Sanchez was in Victorville Superior Court when the jury came to its decision Monday, court records show, and he could be sentenced to a total of 366 years and 8 months to life in state prison on Sept. 22.

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Court documents show that 27 of the 29 charges were for sexual abuse of a child. The last two charges were for child pornography.

Sanchez began sexually molesting the girl when she was only 6, according to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office and sheriff’s investigators. It continued until the girl was 8, when Sanchez was arrested in 2009.

Sanchez’s wife called San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies in late February 2009 after she came home early from work one day and found Sanchez and her daughter behaving strangely.

When the woman asked her daughter privately if anything was wrong, the girl confessed that Sanchez had been molesting her for years.

Following an investigation with the help of the Department of Children and Family Services, Sanchez was arrested March 10, 2009.

The girl took the stand last week to give her account of the abuse.

“She was just one day shy of her 14th birthday when she testified,” DiDonato said. “She is just a really, really bright girl who doesn’t let this define who she is. She is very resilient.”

A Middletown teen has been reported missing and police are seeking the public’s assistance to help find her.

According to New Castle County Police, units responded to the 400 block of Commodore Drive in the community of Commodore Estates in Middletown on Aug. 25 at 5:15 p.m. for a report of a missing person.

Family told police that 16-year-old Kathleen Burris had not been seen since the early afternoon and that she had left a note which caused concern for her welfare, police said.

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Burris reportedly left the residence sometime between 1 and 5 p.m. on Tuesday possibly on foot as she has no other means of transportation. Patrol units checked the area but were unable to locate her. She was last seen wearing pajama type clothing, but may have changed before leaving the residence.

Burris is described as a Hispanic white female, approximately five feet, one inch tall and about 120 pounds. She has long brown hair and brown eyes and may be wearing black framed glasses.

Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of the teen should call the New Castle County Police Department at (302) 573-2800 or can visit our website at www.nccpd.com. Tipsters may also call Crime Stoppers at (800) TIP-3333 or visit us on Facebook at New Castle County Police Department.