Missing Pennsylvania Woman Brenda Heist Reappears 11 Years Later in Florida Keys … Declared Legally Dead in 2010

Talk about bizarre …

54 year old Brenda Heist went missing 11 years ago in Pennsylvania just reappeared this week in Key Largo, Florida. She walked out on her family and turned herself into authorities in the Florida Keys  informing them that she thought she might be wanted in another county.  Brenda Heist was listed as “missing and possibly deceased” from Lititz, Pennsylvania. Heist went missing in February 2002, after last being seen dropping off her children at school. According to accounts, Heist left just on a whim and decided to just leave, and turn her back on her family and on her troubled life including money problems and a pending divorce, and pursued a life with these homeless people to hitchhike down to Florida. Brenda Heist had been missing so long, she was actually declared legally dead in 2010.

A Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared 11 years ago has resurfaced in Florida, saying that she just walked out on her family, her life and her problems.

Brenda Heist, 54, turned herself in to authorities in Key Largo, Florida, on Friday, informing them that she thought she might be wanted in another county.

The responding officer checked her name and saw that she was listed as “missing and possibly deceased” from Lititz, Pennsylvania, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.

Authorities in Monroe County immediately contacted the Lititz Borough Police, informing them that Heist was in their custody.

DHS & Police Searching for Missing 14 Month OId Mariah Nichols & Parents Damien Lee Nichols and Dusty Ann Willman in Molalla, OR (Update: Child Found Safe)

DHS and the police in Molalla, Oregon are searching for missing 14 month old  Mariah Nichols and her parents, 37 year old Damien Lee Nichols and 39 year old Dusty Ann Willman.  Mariah Nichols  is considered to be endangered as the state of Oregon was awarded custody of the toddler because she was considered to be in need of medical attention following a welfare visit from the Department of Human Services by a Child Protective Services social worker. The parents agreed to turn over physical custody of their daughter at a local urgent care center and meet the social worker there. However, the parents telephoned and stated that they changed their mind. How does the State trust the parents to turn over custody and meet them at a clinic, when they obviously did not trust the parents to care for the child?

Damion Lee Nichols (left), Dusty Ann Willman (right) and  Mariah Nichols (bottom) - Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Molalla Police Department

Molalla Police continue to search for a missing 14-month-old girl who is consider to be endangered.

The state of Oregon was awarded custody little Mariah Nichols  because she was considered to be in need of medical attention when workers from the Department of Human Services last saw the girl on Wednesday.

During a morning welfare visit at a relative’s apartment in Molalla, a Child Protective Services social worker noticed sores on the girl’s face. Mariah’s parents.

Yet another failing of DHS, they should have been looking out for the welfare of the child and removed little Mariah Nichols from the home and brought the toddler to the clinic for a medical visit themselves. If they thought the parents were neglecting the child, why would they trust them to bring her to the urgent care clinic for medical care?

If anyone has seen 14 month old Mariah Nichols or her parents, Damien Lee Nichols or Dusty Ann Willman, please call 9-1-1 or the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office at 503-655-8211.

UPDATE I: Police and the FBI found 14-month-old Mariah Nichols on Saturday. She was found safe at a home in rural Clackamas County outside of Molalla.

11 Year Old Nautaysha Tarver Missing Since 4/11/13 in Detroit, Michigan (Update: Found Safe)

11 year old Nautaysha Tarver has been missing since Thursday afternoon, April 11, 2013 in Detroit. MI. According to the Detroit Free Press, Nautaysha Tarver was last seen by her younger brother around 3 p.m. on Thursday as she walked on Lappin and Crusade.  Tarver told her brother  that she was going back to school, in the 15600 block of E. Seven Mile for detention. However, when the mother arrived at the school at 4:30 pm to pick her daughter up, she was not there. One needs to first ask the question of the school whether missing Nautaysha Tarver was ever at the school serving detention? It does seem a bit odd for someone to leave school and then return for detention. Normally one would serve the detention directly after school ends.  And if so, did they actually allow her to leave by herself or is it the school’s policy to let students just leave on their own without being picked up by an adult on record with the school?

Tarver is 4’-ll.” She weighs 110-115 pounds and has a medium brown complexion, medium length black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black knitted hat, green shirt, tan pants, a rust-colored, waist-length jacket and turquoise, white and purple athletic shoes, police said. She is emotionally impaired and takes medication.

If anyone has any information regarding missing Nautaysha Tarver, please call Detroit Police Department’s Criminal Investigations at 313-596-1340

UPDATE I:  Nautaysha Tarver found safe at friends house.

Missing Aurora, Colorado Teen Raven Cassidy Furlong Found Unharmed in Venice, California

Raven Cassidy Furlong, who had been reported missing by her family more than a month ago, has been found in California unharmed and safe. The police are saying that she is not in any danger. It was initially thought that Furlong might have been a victim of sex trafficking.  However, Furlong was seen Friday night at a taping of American Ninja Warrior, and voluntarily went with LAPD officers for questioning. Police determined the now 18 year-old was in good health and not in any danger and released her over the objections of family members. Raven Cassidy Furlong stated, “I’m fine.” Everybody can leave me alone because I’ve been fine and I am fine.”

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Raven Cassidy Furlong was reported missing when she didn’t return home from her Aurora, Colorado high school in February. Authorities searching for the then-17-year-old were considering the possibility that she may be a victim of sex trafficking.

Furlong was seen Friday night at a taping of American Ninja Warrior, and voluntarily went with LAPD officers for questioning, MyFoxLA.com reported.

Police determined the now 18-year-old was in good health and not in any danger and released her over the objections of her aunt, Tobi Buckley. Furlong’s family believes she is being held against her will.

Auora police classified Furlong a “runaway,” but the family questions whether she was tricked into moving to California with the promise of modeling work.

19 Year Old Nicholas Cendoya, One of Two Hikers Missing Since Easter Sunday in Southern California’s Cleveland National Forest Found Alive … Kyndall Jack Still Missing (Update: Kyndall Jack Found Alive)

18 year old Kyndall Jack and 19 year old Nicholas Cendoya have been missing since Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013 when they went hiking in  Southern California’s Cleveland National Forest. Cendoya and Jack vanished near Holy Jim Canyon, calling authorities for help Sunday evening before their cellphone died.

Wednesday night, One of two missing hikers was found alive in Southern California’s Cleveland National Forest.  19 year old Nicholas Cendoya was rescued at about 8 pm at the bottom of a steep ravine, barefoot and wearing shorts. He was airlifted to a hospital 20 miles away in Mission Viejo, CA in serous condition, delirious and severely dehydrated. However, the whereabouts of missing 18 year old Kyndall Jack is still unknown.

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One of two hikers missing since Easter Sunday in Southern California’s Cleveland National Forest was found alive Wednesday night, but his companion remained missing, a sheriff’s spokesman said. Another hiker not involved in the search found 19-year-old Nicholas Cendoya at about 8 p.m., then told a rescue crew where to find him, Orange County sheriff’s Lt. Jason Park said. Rescuers spotted “a delirious” Nicholas Cendoya, 19, after after crews received a tip from a hiker that a man was at the bottom of a steep ravine, reports CBS Los Angeles station KCBS-TV. He was barefoot and wearing shorts, the station says.

UPDATE I: Kyndall Jack , Second Missing Hiker Rescued in Orange County … Found Safe and Alive!

FANTASTIC NEWS … Both hikers have now been found safe who went missing Easter Sunday.

Rescue crews hoisted an injured Kyndall Jack into a helicopter Thursday after she was discovered clinging to the side of a cliff in the Trabuco Canyon area.

It had been four days since she went missing while hiking with a friend, 19-year-old Nicholas Cendoya.

When searchers found Cendoya dehydrated and exhausted on Wednesday night, he said they’d become separated and he hadn’t seen her recently.

But on Thursday, Jack’s voice secured her rescue, after her screams caught the attention of a search team.

They summoned additional rescuers and a helicopter, which eventually located the 18-year-old under a canopy of brush high on a hillside.