Randy and Denim Sylvester Missing in Pasadena, TX … Texas Equusearch Searches for Children

3 year old Denim and 8 year old Randy Sylvester have been missing since June 15, 2008.  The children’s mother reported the children missing at 9:15 p.m. Sunday. The two were last seen playing on a tennis court at their apartment complex that afternoon.

Randy & Denim Sylvester

Their father, Randy Sylvester Sr. is the prime suspect in the children’s disappearance and has been arrested.

Description of Children:

Randy Jr., who is 4-foot-1 and weighs 55 pounds, was wearing a blue-and-orange University of Florida Gators shirt, blue denim shorts and blue-and-white tennis shoes.

Denim is about 2 feet, 5 inches tall and was wearing pink shorts, pink flip-flop sandals and a pink T-shirt with brown trim. Her hair was braided and pulled back in a ponytail.

Sylvester Sr. was seen by a witness taking a black trunk and a blue Protege suitcase from his apartment.

The trunk is a wooden, solid black chest with a red star shape sticker on the top. The chest has numerous scratches and appears to have excessive wear on the outer surfaces. The chest is approximately 18 inches in height, 30 inches in width, and 16 inches in depth.

The second item is a dark blue Protege brand canvas suitcase with black trim that is identical to the one depicted in the attached flyer. It is approximiately 40 inches in height, 20 inches in width, and 18 in depth. The suitcase has two wheels on the lower back and a retractable handle on top.

Officers took the children’s father, Randy Sylvester, in shackles to several locations on Thursday

Pasadena police block park near where children were last seen

Like in so many other cases of missing persons, Texas Equusearch is once again providing a volunteer army of searchers to help find Denim and Randy

The group at the Texas EquuSearch command post on Burke had doubled Thursday as a new contingent of volunteers and new recruits from the local community joined the effort.

At mid-noon, the searchers, divided into teams, listened as they received their assigned groups and routes.

 
With maps in hand, they prepared to spend their second afternoon until sundown combing the area.

Denim and Randy were last seen on June 15, 2008. Denim was last seen wearing a pink t-shirt, pink shorts, and pink flip flops. Randy was last seen wearing a blue and orange t-shirt, jean shorts, and white tennis shoes.

National Center of Missing and Exploited Children

If any one has any information regarding these two objects of interest or the two missing children, please call the Pasadena Police Department at 713-477-1221 or contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.

UPDATE I: Sad news … Bodies of missing Pasadena children found dead

The sad but not unexpected news is being reported that the bodies of 3 year old Denim and 8 year old Randy Sylvester have been found deceased. The bodies were found packed in a wooden chest and a suitcase left in a wooded area in southeastern Houston, TX.

HOUSTON (KTRK) — Detectives found the bodies of two missing Pasadena children overnight in a wooden area in southeast Houston.
Detectives brought their father, Randy Sylvester, Sr., to the location near Allendale and Highway 3 on Friday night. In shackles, Sylvester, along with community activist Qaunell X, was speaking with investigators. Then around midnight, the bodies of the two children were found badly burned.