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Missing Person

The missing child poster for 5-year-old Rilya Wilson is shown May 8, 2002 in Miami, FL. Wilson has been missing since January 2001 when someone claiming to work for the Florida Department of Children and Families (DFC) took her from her grandmother's home. The DFC reported her missing on April 25, 2002 and has no record of anyone taking her. (Photo courtesy of Miami-Dade Police Department/Getty Images)

55-year sentence in Fla. missing foster child case

Curt Anderson, Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) - A South Florida woman who once cared for missing 4-year-old foster child Rilya Wilson has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for kidnapping and child abuse convictions...
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Presenter Tyler Perry onstage at Spike TV's 'Eddie Murphy: One Night Only' at the Saban Theatre on November 3, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images)

Tyler Perry offers $100K reward in Fla. cold cases

Suzette Laboy, Associated Press
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Filmmaker Tyler Perry is offering a $100,000 reward for information in the decade-old case of two men who went missing after separate encounters with a sheriff's deputy in southwestern Florida...
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The missing child poster for 5-year-old Rilya Wilson is shown May 8, 2002 in Miami, FL. Wilson has been missing since January 2001 when someone claiming to work for the Florida Department of Children and Families (DFC) took her from her grandmother's home. The DFC reported her missing on April 25, 2002 and has no record of anyone taking her. (Photo courtesy of Miami-Dade Police Department/Getty Images)

Congresswoman seeks justice for foster care child missing for a decade

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Congresswoman Frederica Wilson has said she hopes justice will be served in the tragic case of 4-year-old Rilya Wilson who disappeared off the face of the earth while in foster care...
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18-month-old Amir Jennings is shown near Columbia, S.C. Amir disappeared on December 2011 while in custody of his mother. Amir's mother, Zinah Jennings, has been on trial on a charge related to his dissapearance. (AP Photo/Columbia S.C., Police Dept.)

Missing SC boy ignored by media

Meg Kinnard, Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Despite detectives' pleas to national media, the disappearance of an 18-month-old black boy with the wide smile has yet to grab the widespread attention given to other missing children's cases. Some advocates say the reason why may be as simple as the toddler's gender — and his race...
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Jhessye Shockley (left) and her mom Jerice Hunter (right)

Mother of missing Arizona girl arrested again

Walter Berry, Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) - The mother of an Arizona girl missing for nearly a year was re-arrested in the case Thursday on suspicion of first-degree murder and child abuse....
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Katherine Jackson appears at the Michael Jackson Hand and Footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on January 26, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

No arrests after fight at Katherine Jackson home

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles sheriff's deputies are investigating a family disturbance and possible battery at the home of Michael Jackson's mother...
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Kelly Griffin, LaToya Jackson, Stephen Hill, Katherine Jackson and Rebbie Jackson pose at the 2012 BET Music Matters Showcase held at the Creative Artists Agency on July 2, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images For BET)

Jackson family: Katherine suffered 'mini-stroke'

Anthony McCarthy, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Katherine Jackson, the mother of Michael Jackson and guardian of his three children, is safe and with a family member in Arizona...
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Katherine Jackson appears at the Michael Jackson Hand and Footprint ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on January 26, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Katherine Jackson missing but presumed safe

Anthony McCarthy, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities said Sunday they believe Katherine Jackson, the mother of Michael Jackson and the guardian of the pop legend's three minor children, is safe in Arizona with family members after she was reported missing...
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Missing Drexel Student Stevens Glemaud

Body of Drexel student identified

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PHILADELPHIA - Police have identified the body of a man found inside the Schuylkill River as an 18-year-old Drexel student...
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Bail denied for Md. man charged in Phylicia Barnes' case

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BALTIMORE (AP) - A Baltimore judge has denied bail for a man accused of killing a North Carolina teenager who was missing for months before her body was found in a Maryland river...
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