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One year of Searching for Kayla Berg
Jul 31st
Following a move to Texas some three months earlier with her mother, Hope Sprenger, and her older brother Jimmy, Kayla Berg was thrilled to return back to Antigo, Wisconsin in August 2009. She had been in her high school gymnastics team in Wisconsin. It upset her to find that her Texas school had no gymnastics team and she also missed her friends.
Kayla’s 16th birthday was a couple of weeks ahead and she wanted to see her old friends. On August 11, 2009 she accepted a ride from her brother’s friend to the local McDonald’s, where her best friend was working. She phoned her mom early afternoon to say that she was going to her father’s place and it was agreed that they would talk later. That was the last contact Hope Sprenger had with Kayla and it will soon be one year since she went missing.
Her brother’s friend had picked Kayla up at her father’s house at about 8:30 p.m. and they arrived at McDonald’s half an hour later. Kayla ran inside, chatted briefly with her friend and then left, saying that she was going to ride around in the car for a while. At around 10 p.m. her brother’s friend says he dropped Kayla off at her boyfriend’s house in Wausau, about 14 miles from Antigo, where she got out of his vehicle and walked toward a house she said was that of her boyfriend.
Hope Sprenger and the police have spent the past 10 months retracing Kayla’s movements on the night of August 11. Questions were raised why Kayla would have requested a ride to that house which had been condemned weeks earlier and was undergoing renovations. No one else saw Kayla get out of the car but investigators were able to confirm that the 24-year old driver returned at midnight to his parents’ house in Deerbrook, about 45 minutes away.
Cadaver dogs turned up no trail and no scent of Kayla at or near the boyfriend’s home. The car she was riding in was seized and processed for evidence. Police still have the car, but investigators will not comment on the evidence collected. Her brother’s friend subsequently said that both he and Kayla had smoked marijuana before he left her and he was charged with recklessly endangering her safety.
The search for Kayla continues, help find my child are now working for Kayla’s family to help raise awareness online.
Rewards are being offered by Kayla’s family and Langlade County Crimestoppers for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for her disappearance.
ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Antigo Police Department (Wisconsin) 1-715-627-6411
or Langlande County Crimestoppers: 627-NAIL
or Marathon County Sheriff’s Department at 261-1200
Harry needs help to find his mummy
Jul 22nd
Harry will be two years old on Thursday, July 22, 2010 and his mummy has already bought his presents.. Sadly, unless a miracle happens, Kristi McDougall will not be with her son on his birthday and will not be able give him his presents herself.
Kristi, age 31, was last seen on Sunday, June 19, 2010. She dropped Harry off at his at his grandparents’ home that morning and 
was last seen by friends in Hornchurch, New South Wales, Australia at about 1p.m. that day. She said she was going to Bankstown and has not been seen since. Her car was found two days later parked in a No Stopping zone in Ermington.
Kristi is a devoted mother who lives for her son. She had already bought presents and decorations for his birthday. Her family are adamant she would never voluntarily be away from her son for an extended period of time.
Harry is now being cared for by his grandparents.but misses his mummy. When shown her photo, he points at her and and says, ‘That’s my mummy.’
For Harry’s sake, if anyone knows anything about the whereabouts of Kristi Mc Dougall,. we ask them to contact detectives at Strike Force Ashbridge via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
We sometimes get asked to help raise awarness for missing adults like Kirsti, so on our forum we have created a little area were people can create threads to let others know about missing adults they are tryin to find. You can click here to read any new news that comes in on the search for Kristi McDougall.
Setting the Wheels in Motion to Find His Missing Son
Jun 4th
'On the Road' To Find Andrew John Thompson European Cycle Trip 2010
The last 2 years have been a living nightmare for Ken Thompson since his estranged wife Melinda abducted their only child and absconded to Europe. To make matters worse there has been no trace whatsoever of her and Andrew since they flew to Frankfurt in Germany, which has left Ken bereft. Added to this the mountains of bureaucracy that has had to be climbed in regards to the red tape involved in these situations, Ken has now decided to take matters into own his hands, or perhaps it should be legs, to move things forward.
He has now decided to take himself on a Europe wide tour on his bicycle to raise awareness of his son’s abduction and also to raise the profile of missing, abducted and exploited children in general. This cycle ride will take him take him to…..
“Hong Kong, UK, France, Belgium, The Netherlands (The Hague), Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Italy and many other countries…”
As you can imagine this is not a task he has taken on lightly, so much so that he has given up the job he loves as a fireman to give this trip all he has.
All of us here at Help Find my Child would like Ken to know that we back him in this cause 100% and wish him well in his quest to find Andrew. We would like to take this opportunity to ask our regular visitors and anyone else who comes upon this blog to lend their support to Ken by, at the very least, reading the circumstances of Andrew’s abduction and doing anything they can, however small, to help Ken locate his son. This may simply take the form of eg. joining his Facebook group, following his own personal blogspot, putting up a poster of Andrew if you live in Europe, or just raising awareness of Andrew’s case and that of all missing children. Your help is very much appreciated.
Find out more:
http://www.helpfindmychild.net/andrew-thompson
http://www.causes.com/causes/179688?…r_id=111605732
http://findandrewthompsoneurope2010.blogspot.com/
International Missing Children’s Day 2010
May 31st
Have you seen any of these children, please do take a moment to share out the poster its a campaign supported by several groups, who are also supporting Andrew Thompson’s Father in his Cycle across Europe to raise awareness for his missing son and others like him.
Two New Missing Child Videos
Jan 10th
This morning we have released two videos for children who have been missing for a year this month and news. Haleigh Cummings and Adji Desir both children have family and friends who have tirelessly searched for them and are desperate for news.
Luke Durbin Message from Mum
Dec 3rd
Tomorrow is Luke’s 23rd birthday and the thought of another birthday without Luke here fills me with dread and anguish. He should be celebrating with his family and friends. Luke loved it when his birthday fell on a weekend…
Time does not heal, it just compounds my utter desperation to find my child. Very few moments of a day go by without my thoughts turning to Luke. I constantly wonder what he would be doing if he was here. So much can happen in three and a half years. I hope wherever he is that he knows how much he is loved and missed by so many people.
The last three and a half years would have been so much harder without the support and compassion from old friends and new. To know that others care so much about my beautiful son means so much.
Please pass Luke’s Facebook group on to your friends or his websiite www.findluke.com which has been updated. I hope eventually the person/people who know something about Luke’s disappearance cannot live with their conscience any longer and come forward.
Thank you to everyone of you for your kindness and compassion.
With heartfelt thanks
Nicki
HFMC – International Parent-Child Abduction
Nov 5th
International child abduction violates the human rights of the left behind parent and the human rights of the child to know both parents. Sadly this is a crime that in recent years is increasing. We are all to aware of its affects on the parents left behind that contact us for assistance in finding their abducted children. Last month we brought you information on 3 little boys and the plight of their fathers frantically searching for them. Media coverage is difficult to secure and current laws in many countries do not deal with this serious issue.
In America 5 years after his son was taken to Brazil David Goldman awaits a hearing on Dec 2nd for the congretional panel dedicated to human rights before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Its hoped this will be step in the right direction for David and his son Sean.
When a missing child is located, a new battle of red tape often begins all meaning extra time delays and anxiety for all involved. Rep. Chris Smith, a member of the commissions executive committee has offered a new legislation, The International Child Abduction Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 3240). The bill would empower the United States to more aggressively pursue the resolution of abduction cases. Under Smith’s proposal, when a country has shown a pattern of non-cooperation in resolving child abduction cases, the president will be able to respond decisively with a range of penalties or sanctions.
Missing Muse Fan Appeal – Andrew Gosden
Nov 4th
The last time Muse toured the UK in 2006, Kevin Gosden took his two children to see them at the Sheffield Arena as part of a celebration for his birthday. It was their first ever rock concert and they both loved it. That amazing night that will forever hold special memories for Kevin and his daughter Charlie, as Andrew a beloved son and brother, went missing not long afterwards.
This year saw the return of Muse to the UK for the Resistance Tour and in the hope of reaching out to Andrew, Kevin with the support of Missing People and the Muse Management, decided to hand out 10,000 leaflets at the Sheffield Gig. Gig.
Help Find My Child got straight down to work with helping to get word out online, ensuring as many Muse fans as possible attending UK gigs, knew about Andrew. Spurred on by the amazing offer of free tickets and a band meet from Muse directly to Andrew himself, our volunteers posted, emailed, tweeted and blogged in the weeks leading up to the gigs. Along with releasing a video (shown above) to help raise awareness they circulated Andrew’s age progressed images.
Muse’ loyal fan base quickly got on board with our online campaign with people coming forward to print or hand out leaflets for other concerts too. Another missing child group stepped forward to offer assistance with organize the leafleting at the 02 concerts. (special thank you to Karen for making that all go so smoothly).
We created A2 size posters which Kevin had printed out, so people attending the concerts could easily see Andrew’s details and understand what the volunteers were leafleting for. In total, Kevin was able to distribute not 10 but 30,000 leaflets, with lots of feedback from fans who had read about Andrew online and had been looking out for the leaflets and more importantly, looking for Andrew while travelling to and from the concerts.
Kevin also reports membership to Andrew’s Facebook group is up by 3000 and the video has had 5000 views so far. One major rock TV channel is now looking at how they may be able to help further the search and several news stories have also been published. There have been 3 reported sightings since the concerts which have sadly turned out not to be Andrew, but it is encouraging that people are still searching and reporting sightings.
If anyone knows anything about Andrew please call 0800700700
Andrew if your reading this please phone home or you can call the runaway helpline on Freefone 0808 800 7070 its confidential for support.
Two Dads – A World Apart
Oct 5th
Three little boys are hidden somewhere in the world and are missing their dads. We know they are out their waiting to be found.
When a parent takes a child without permission of the other parent or the courts it’s called Parental Child Abduction which is a traumatic experience for both the child and the parent left behind.
The abducted child is often told their missing parent has died or no longer loves them. Even with the law on their side it can often be an uphill battle to get the child home particular if it’s an international abduction as two fathers, currently enduring this nightmare, know only to well.
We think Myspace could HELP!.
It would take MySpace just 10 seconds to send a message about these 3 children and many others to all their 300 million users.
We need just one person – the right person – who has seen any of these children to realize they are missing and report their location.
Please visit the special YouTube video the two fathers have posted seeking the HELP! of MySpace.
If enough people around the world view this video, MySpace will take notice.
It will be an even more powerful message if you leave a comment supporting the efforts of the two fathers to find these children (and many others) with the HELP! of MySpace.
Two Dads A World Apart
