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Location: Maysville, MO

Elderly - Recovered: Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Story:

DeKalb County, Missouri Sheriff’s Office - Wednesday, March 31, 2010, The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office activated The A Child Is Missing Alert to assist in their agency’s search for a missing 82 year old woman that suffers from dementia. She told her husband she was driving to the local grocery store the previous morning and hadn’t been seen since. More than 3,300 alert calls were placed to the area surrounding the 3000 block of Southeast Cook Road in Maysville, where she had last been seen. In response, the Sheriff's Office received a call from a resident who saw the woman near his residence the previous evening. The Sheriff's Office was then able to focus their search near the caller's residence. A highway patrol plane spotted her vehicle off the roadway a quarter mile from the caller’s residence in a field. Due to her dementia, the woman became confused while driving, and drove over a timberline. Her vehicle became stuck, and she sat, for nearly a day, without going for help. Ultimately, the woman was found safe, approximately a quarter mile from where she had gone missing.

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Location: Nevada, MO

Disabled - Recovered: Thursday, October 15, 2009

Story:

Nevada, Missouri (Vernon County) Police Department A 59 year old man in need of medical attention went missing in Nevada, Missouri shortly after 7:00pm on October 15, 2009. Nevada Police called A Child Is Missing and activated the Alert Program which led to more than 1,200 alert calls being placed to the area surrounding where he had last been seen. A person who received one of those alert calls, contacted Police saying she saw a man fitting that description in the south part of town. Information from that caller led Police to the man who was found safe at 8:42pm that day.

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Location: Caruthersville, MO

Children - Recovered: Monday, July 20, 2009

Story:

Caruthersville, Missouri (Pemiscot County) Police Department A Child Is Missing “is a great program that proved to be very helpful to our Department,” said Caruthersville, Missouri Police Lieutenant Mike Coleman. This comment came after Lieutenant Coleman activated the Alert Program to assist the Caruthersville Police search for a 10 year old boy who had gone missing on the afternoon of Monday, July 20, 2009. The boy had last been seen in the 400 block of East 19th Street in Caruthersville and A Child Is Missing placed 2,900 alert phone calls to residents and businesses in the area surrounding that location. As a result, he was located 1/10 mile from where he had gone missing on Stonewall Drive.

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Location: Caruthersville, MO

Children - Recovered: Saturday, March 28, 2009

Story:

A 14 year old girl, who had last been seen in black and pink pajamas at 5:45am, had gone missing from the 300 block of Marlar Road in Caruthersville, Missouri on March 28, 2009. It was thought she might be in the company of a man and two children she was babysitting. Shortly after Caruthersville Police activated the A Child Is Missing Alert Program, nearly 3,500 alert calls were placed to the area surrounding where she had last been seen. According to Caruthersville Police Officer Zack Martin, “the [alert] calls led her sister-in-law to bring her to the Police Department.”

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Location: Kennett, MO

Children - Recovered: Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Story:

The Dunklin County, Missouri Sheriff’s Office activated the A Child Is Missing Alert Program on March 24, 2009 in response to a missing 15 year old boy. He had gone missing from the 100 block of West Poole Street in Cardwell, Missouri at approximately 5:30pm and was in need of medical attention. With less than 400 alert calls placed to the area in which the boy was believed to be, approximately 30 calls with information were generated to the Dunklin County Sheriff’s Office. Ultimately the boy was safely located on Main Street in Cardwell approximately ¼ mile from where he had last been seen.

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Location: Hayti, MO

Children - Recovered: Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Story:

On Wednesday, December 3, 2008 the Hayti, Missouri Police Department phoned A Child Is Missing and activated the Alert Program to help in their search for a seven year old boy who had gone missing at approximately 4:00pm that day. The A Child Is Missing Recovery Specialist took the necessary information, mapped the area surrounding the 600 block of West Grant Street in Hayti where the boy had last been seen, and launched more than 3,400 alert calls. This resulted in 30-40 calls with information being made by residents to Hayti Police. One of the callers, after receiving an alert call, remembered seeing the missing boy with someone else a short time earlier. The caller was able to lead Police to the boy who was safely recovered.

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