Current Events and the Psychology of Politics
Loading

Featured Posts        



categories        



Links        



archives        



meta        




Archive for the 'Missing person cases' Category


Summary: On Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, at 8 p.m. Central Time, CNN’s “The Hunt With John Walsh” will feature the unsolved missing person case of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling, who was kidnapped on Oct. 22, 1989, while biking with his friend Aaron Larson and younger brother Trevor near his home in St. Joseph, Minn.



Summary: The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), lists 147 persons missing in Minnesota, dating back to June 14, 1963. … Related: The unsolved 1974 murder of Mary and Susanne Reker.



Summary: The search for Mandy Marie Matula, 24, Eden Prairie, Minn., who has been missing in the early hours of Thursday, May 2, 2013. … Updated October 26, 2013: Investigators believe human remains found by a hiker in Stearns County Mississippi River Park around at 2 p.m. are those of Mandy Matula.



Summary: Memorial service on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Maple Lake, Minn., commemorating the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of St. John’s University student Joshua Guimond. Josh vanished under suspicious circumstances while walking from a card game at Metten Court to his room in St. Maur House around midnight on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2002.



On Friday night, December 16, 2011 at 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m. CT, Dateline NBC will feature “The Case of the Missing D.A.” The program, hosted by Lester Holt, includes an interview with a Pennsylvania medical examiner who will offer his theory of how the suspected murder of district attorney Ray Gricar could be linked to the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse investigation at Penn State University.



Summary: The child sexual abuse scandal at Penn State University, in which former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is charged with 40 sex crimes against minors while running a program for at-risk kids raises new questions about the unsolved disappearance of Joshua Guimond nine years ago today, on Nov. 10, 2002, from the campus of St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on November 10, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Maple Lake, Minn., student Joshua Guimond had been missing eight years from the campus of St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He noted that Josh still remained missing and that his case appeared no closer to resolution than the day he vanished. As a consequence, Immelman contended that to move Josh’s case forward, it was imperative that the Stearns County Sheriff’s Department refer the case to FBI behavioral scientists promptly for review and investigative recommendations.



Summary: The 22nd anniversary of the abduction of Jacob Wetterling is being marked with a large donation to the AMBER Alert program, which notifies the community about missing children. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on October 22, 2010, Aubrey Immelman commemorated the 21st anniversary of Jacob Wetterling’s abduction on October 22, 1989 in St. Joseph, Minn.


Jun 22nd, 2011

Summary: On September 30, 1982, 3-year-old Kevin Jay Ayotte went missing from his family’s summer home in Sugar Bush Township, located in eastern Beltrami County, Minnesota. An exhaustive search and investigation by the Sheriff’s Department, with assistance from state and federal agencies, did not succeed in finding Kevin or even determining the exact nature of his disappearance. … New developments. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on June 22, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.


Mar 8th, 2011

Summary: Criminal investigative analysis of the circumstances involving the dispearance of missing person Brandon Swanson of Marshall, Minnesota. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on March 8, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that despite bombings, mortar rounds, and grenades that claimed at least 36 lives, Iraqis voted on Sunday, March 7, 2010 in an election that will ultimately show whether Iraq can overcome the sectarian divisions that have defined it since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.


Mar 2nd, 2011

Summary: CNN Headline News’s “Nancy Grace: America’s Missing” featured the 21-year-old Jacob Wetterling case on Monday, April 28, 2011 as part of its “50 People in 50 Days” series. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on March 2, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.