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Identity Theft - A Real Danger for Kids

June 14, 2010

When we leave our house, we lock the door.  When we park our car, we lock it up and set the alarm.  We tell our children to lock their bicycles when they’re in school.  We don’t want people to take our possessions.  The... more

Mother Finds Missing Kids on Facebook

June 14, 2010

A California woman has located her two children on Facebook fifteen years after their abduction.  The children were two and three when their father kidnapped them following the breakdown of... more

Gardner Sentenced in DuBois, King Murders

May 17, 2010

San Diego Judge David Danielsen sentenced John Albert Garner III to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole on Friday in the... more

Registered Sex Offender Pleads Guilty in Dubois, King Murders

May 11, 2010

On April 16, 2010, registered sex offender Richard Albert Gardner III, pleaded guilty to the  murder of both Amber Dubois and Chelsea King, as well as an assault with the attempt to commit rape in a... more

National Missing Children's Day Honors Victims

April 19, 2010

May 25th Marks 28th National Missing Children's Day

He was a blond haired, blue eyed charmer. Though he was only six years old, he convinced his parents he was ready to walk the two block from home to the school bus drop off. His parents relented... more

When Amber Alerts Don't Issue

April 9, 2010

Amber Alerts:  Be Prepared For When They Are Not Issued Too!

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Man charged in death of Fla. girl in landfill

March 26, 2010

By BRENT KALLESTAD and TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press Writer 

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – A 24-year-old unemployed restaurant worker was charged Friday with murder in the slaying of a 7-year-old Florida girl whose body was found in a Georgia landfill after she disappeared walking home... more

Preliminary Hearing Scheduled for Gardner

March 9, 2010

John Albert Gardner III, 30, is charged in the murder and possible rape of 17 year-old Chelsea King. Gardner appeared in court on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 for a status hearing. Gardner is linked to the crime by DNA on a... more

Amber Dubois Body Found

March 8, 2010

On Sunday March 7, 2010, a little over a year after 14 year-old Amber Dubois went missing, her remains were found in the rural San Diego suburb of Pala. The search for Amber Dubois was reignited after the disappearance of 17 year-old Chelsea King in the nearby suburb of Poway. There is a more

Amber Dubois linked to Chelsea King case

March 4, 2010

Amber Leeanne Dubois On February 13, 2009 at around 7:10 a.m., 14 year old Amber vanished on the way to her high school, Escondido High School in California. She was last seen wearing black jeans, black sneakers, and a... more

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