5 Year Old Julian Hernandez Went Missing in Alabama in 2002 … 13 Years Later, He Has Been Found Safe in Cleveland, Ohio

DON’T GIVE UP. DON’T EVER GIVE UP …

Vestavia Hills, Alabama police stated that Julian Hernandez was reported missing by his mother in August 2002 when he was only 5 years old. Flash-forward 13 years and the Julian Hernandez, now 18, has been found safe in Ohio.  As it turns out the boys father, Bobby Hernandez, had abducted him. Authorities are saying that the boy probably never knew he was even kidnapped by the dad. Bobby Hernandez has been arrested and charged in Ohio in connection to the abduction and will also face charges in Jefferson County, Alabama.

Vestavia Hills, Alabama police say a child missing from the area since 2002 has been located in Ohio, according to CBS Cleveland affiliate WOIO-TV.

Julian Hernandez was reported missing by his mother in August 2002 when he was 5 years old. He is now 18.

It was suspected at the time that Julian’s father, Bobby Hernandez, took the child.

The Cleveland Division of the FBI says it received a tip October 30 that a person living in the city could be a missing child from Alabama. Three days later, authorities confirmed that person is Julian Hernandez.

Bobby Hernandez has been arrested and charged in Ohio in connection to the abduction and will also face charges in Jefferson County, Alabama. He is being held in Cuyahoga County on a $255,000 bond. He could face additional charges, Vestavia Hills police say.

Check out the amazing way that the boy learned he was the victim of a kidnapping. Julian Hernandez was applying for college and his social security number kept rejecting and coming back as incorrect. The teen asked for help with the problem and in determining why the SS number kept coming up as invalid, he learned that he was listed as missing by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Jefferson County District Attorney Brandon Falls says red flags were raised when Julian tried to apply for college. Falls said Julian’s Social Security number kept coming back incorrect. He then approached a school counselor for help. In trying to help Julian, she discovered he was listed as missing by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Falls said it’s unlikely Julian knew he was listed as missing. Falls added that he is seeking interference with custody charges in Alabama against Bobby Hernandez, which is a class C felony and carries a prison term of 1-10 years.

AMBER ALERT Issued for Missing 2 Years Old Brooklynne Enix … Abducted by Her Father, 36 Year Old Yler Enix (Update: Father Charged with Murder of Kimberly Enix)

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) has issued a statewide Tennessee AMBER Alert for the Knoxville Police Department for 2 year old Brooklynne Enix. She was kidnapped by her father in Fountain City. Officials with the TBI said 2-year-old Brooklynne Enix was last seen Tuesday. Her mother Kimberly Enix was found dead at her condo on 3200 Quiet Way in Knoxville, TN.

Investigators said Brooklynne’s father, 36-year-old Tyler Enix, may have taken the toddler. A warrant charging Tyler with first degree murder was issued late Wednesday night.

Tyler Enix has been convicted of domestic assault against an ex-girlfriend, aggravated assault and harassment.

Tyler was described as being 6-feet 2-inches tall, weighs 205 pounds, bald with blue eyes. TBI thinks he may be driving a black Chevy Impala with Tennessee tag G6116U.

UPDATE I: Knoxville Police have charged the father of a missing 2-year-old girl with the first-degree murder of her mother.

Knoxville Police are still looking for Brooklynne Enix. Investigators believe her father kidnapped her after killing her mother, who was found dead in their Fountain City condominium in Knoxville.

Investigators said that officers were called to the Templeton Court condos in Fountain City to do a welfare check Wednesday after Kimberly Enix, 36, did not show up for work. Just after 2 p.m., they found Kimberly Enix dead inside her condominium, but her daughter, Brooklynne Emerie Enix, was no where to be found. Brooklynne has blonde or light brown hair, is 3 feet tall and weighs 38 lbs.

yler Enix, 36, has a history of aggression toward others, including his ex-girlfriend and ex-wife, according to Knox and Blount county records that date back more than a decade.

Five years ago in October 2010, he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and harassment, and received a four-year prison sentence, records show. It’s unclear when he began the sentence and how long he served, but the state Department of Correction website notes that he was released in mid-July 2014.

If you have seen Brooklynne, Tyler Enix, or the vehicle, you are urged to contact the Knoxville Police Department at (865) 215-7212 or the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.

Teacher Sandra Ferguson Stops Kidnapping of 11 Year Old Girl by Blocking Suspect with Car in Antioch, CA (Update: 51 Year Old Santiago Salazar Arrested)

HERO OF THE WEEK …

Sandra Ferguson, a teacher’s aide at the Sutter Elementary School in Antioch, California is credited with preventing the kidnapping of an 11 year old girl. We all know when something just doesn’t seem right, but we are told by the PC police not to judge and make assumptions. BULL!!! Thanks to the quick actions of  Sandra Ferguson and her ability to go with what she perceived to look wrong, an 11 year old school girl is safe today. Ferguson noticed the young girl in the front seat of a vehicle with an unknown man as a student at Sutter Elementary School. Ferguson then took action and blocked the alleged kidnappers vehicle with her own car allowing the 11 year old to exit the truck. Ferguson then called the police and they arrested 51-year-old Santiago Salazar on suspicion of kidnapping.

HERO: Sandra Ferguson

Sandra Ferguson, a fast-acting and observant teacher’s aide, stopped an alleged kidnapping in progress on her way to work Friday.

“It was kind of like a superwoman power thing. I can’t believe it did that!” said Sandra Ferguson, who works at Sutter Elementary School in Antioch.

Ferguson noticed an 11-year-old girl in the front seat of a vehicle with an unknown man, and recognized her as a student at Sutter Elementary School.

Ferguson said the young girl looked scared. She sensed something looked wrong.

“I said, ‘Sweetheart, is that your dad?’ She said, ‘No he’s a friend.’ I said, ‘No, he’s not your friend!’” explained Ferguson. “I put my car in front of his and blocked him in. I told her, ‘You get out of that truck right now!’”

Kidnapper and Child predator – Santiago Salazar

DNA Evidence Leads to Arrest of Anthony Joseph Palma in Case of Missing 8 Year Old Kirsten Hatfield Who Vanished from Bedroom in 1997 in Oklahoma

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT … ARREST FINALLY MADE IN 1997 MISSING PERSONS CASE. 

8 year old Kirsten Hatfield disappeared from her home in Midwest City, OK one night in May 1997. A former neighbor of the girl, 56-year-old Anthony Joseph Palma, was arrested Monday and charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder. He is being held without bail. According to reports, Police said when Kirsten Hatfield went missing, the second-grader’s bedroom window was cracked and her underwear was found in the backyard. Recently the investigator assigned to the case realized that some evidence in the case was never tested. Thanks to improvements in DNA evidence, Anthony Joseph Palma was tracked down and volunteered a DNA sample. Low and behold, there was a match.  Anthony Joseph Palma lived 2 doors down from Kirsten Hatfield and amazingly still does. Could there finally be justice for Kirsten? However, sadly, her body has never been found.

Kirsten Hatfield

Authorities were led to Palma after a new investigator assigned to the case last June realized the FBI or the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation had never tested some of the evidence, Clabes said.

Using DNA technology that is more advanced than it was in 1997, lab technicians discovered blood from the window sill and the girl’s underwear came from an unknown male, he said. Investigators ran that DNA through a national database and didn’t find a match.

Authorities then tracked down about 10 men who’d previously been questioned and asked for DNA samples, Clabes said.

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FOX News 8 - DNA evidence, police in an Oklahoma City suburb arrested a man in an 18-year-old child abduction case.

Thanks to DNA evidence, police in an Oklahoma City suburb arrested a man in an 18-year-old child abduction case, authorities said Tuesday.

Kirsten Hatfield, 8, disappeared from her home in Midwest City one night in May 1997.

Police said the second-grader’s bedroom window was cracked and her underwear was found in the backyard, according to CNN affiliate KOKH.

The child has never been found, Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes said Tuesday at a news conference.

A former neighbor of the girl, 56-year-old Anthony Joseph Palma, was arrested Monday and charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder. Authorities filed the murder charge because they believe Kirsten is dead, Clabes said.

Authorities were led to Palma after a new investigator assigned to the case last June realized the FBI or the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation had never tested some of the evidence, Clabes said.

Using DNA technology that is more advanced than it was in 1997, lab technicians discovered blood from the window sill and the girl’s underwear came from an unknown male, he said. Investigators ran that DNA through a national database and didn’t find a match.

Arrest Made 18 Years After Disappearance of 8-Year-Old Oklahoma Girl Kirsten Hatfield.

The State Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab found a DNA match to Palma in July, putting its odds of certainty at 263 sextillion to 1, according to the affidavit.

“The evidence shows that Kirsten may have been targeted by Palma for sexual assault,” Miller wrote in the affidavit. “It is likely that Palma has been motivated to stay in the same home to conceal evidence of the crime and/or the location of Kristen’s body.”

State corrections records show that Palma — who has lived at the same Midwest City address since 1991 — was convicted of assault and/or battery with a dangerous weapon in the early 1980s and was released from prison in 1986. Details of that conviction weren’t immediately available.

Bridgeport, CT Police Seek Woman Suspected of Luring Teen Girl Into Car & Assaulting Her … Teen Jumps from Car (VIDEO)

TEEN GIRL JUMPS FROM CAR TO SAFETY OF ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION …

The Bridgeport police responded to the corner of Boston and Palisade avenues in Bridgeport at 7:15 a.m. on Monday to investigate reports of an attempted abduction. A 17 year old girl had jumped from a moving vehicle to escape her would be kidnapper. According to reports, the teen had been lured into the vehicle while walking to school by a woman and was then assaulted. Video surveillance captured the moment when the teen jumped from the vehicle. The hunt is on for the woman. The victim described the suspect as a Hispanic woman in her 40s, with black hair in a ponytail and freckles on her face. She was wearing a black leather jacket at the time.

Bridgeport, Connecticut, police are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman suspected of trying to abduct a 17-year-old girl and assaulting her before the victim ultimately rolled out of the car, police said.

Video surveillance police released shows a four-door sedan driving when the back right car door opens and a person who looks like a female tumbles out of the car. The suspect’s car then pulls a U-turn and doubles back on the opposite side of the road and keeps going.

Teen jumps from moving car after alleged abduction in Bridgeport.

The video shows the teenaged girl’s dramatic escape from what police call a would-be abduction.

The 17-year-old barrel rolled out of a moving Toyota, which proceeded to drive around town.

Bridgeport Police want your help in finding the driver, said to be a woman in her 40s.

It started at the corner of Boston and Palisade in Bridgeport.

The teen was walking to school early Monday morning when police say the driver of a charcoal gray Toyota lured her into the car, and started assaulting her.

The victim managed to bail and call police.

The Toyota then made a U-turn at Dover Street and traveled east on Boston Avenue, continuing into Stratford.

Anyone with information regarding this incident should contact the Bridgeport Detective Jeff Holtz at 203-581-5293.