Abductions/Missing Children

Was it a hoax the whole time?

So, will there be a butt slapping or celebration or both?

“He’s been there the whole time,” said a sheriff’s department official.”He was hiding in a cardboard box in the attaic above the garage.”

The official said his parents were beisde themself during the search and believed the boy was in the balloon.

He said officials searched the house twice, but it wasn’t clear if it included the garage.

A 6 year old Colorado boy, identified as Falcon Heene, was reported to have crawled into a large mylar balloon and floated away, however, when the balloon finally landed, the boy was nowhere to be found.

The area of the balloon he apparently crawled into was reportedly unlocked and authorities now believe the boy may have fallen out mid-air. His survival is unlikely.

Noteworthy as well, the boy appeared on an episode of “Wife Swap”, a reality television show where mothers switch families for a few days to see how moms can influence ingrained family dynamics.

DEVELOPING: A homemade balloon slowly descended in a Colorado field Thursday, but the fate of a 6-year-old boy believed to be inside was not known, authorities said.

The bizarre scene played out live on television and prompted fears that the flying saucer-shaped balloon would crash with the young child inside.

UPDATE: BOY FOUND SAFE

Like a scene straight out of a made-for-Lifetime movie, Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was kidnapped at 11-years-old back in 1991, walked into a police station yesterday and identified herself.

“I had personally given up hope,” her stepfather Carl Probyn told ABC News. “I had just hoped for a recovery [of a body]… I’ve actually won the lotto.”

He added: “She sounds like she’s okay. She had a conversation with my wife and she remembers things. I hope she’s been well treated this entire 18 years.”

Her mother Terry Probyn and 19-year-old half-sister Shayna were flying from their home in southern California to be reunited with the woman who California authorities say is their long-lost relative.

Although the details of Miss Dugard’s re-emergence are not yet clear, it is understood that Phillip Craig Garrido, 58, and Nancy Garrido, 55, are now in custody. Police were also said to be searching a home in Antioch, a suburb of San Francisco.

Candace K. Watson, who’s apparently no rocket scientist, decided that her pedophile boyfriend would be a great person for her and her 3 year old baby daughter to take off with into seclusion.

On Nancy Grace last night, the missing toddler’s Grandmother admitted that her daughter was previously addicted to crystal meth but didn’t know if she was still using.

Niiiiiiice.

Obviously this baby is in grave danger and who knows what the mother will let this pedophile do to her for drugs or money.

Wearing a white t-shirt with the Disney figure Minnie Mouse on the front and light purple shorts that read “Sweet” on their front, Haylee Elizabeth Jade Donathan, 3, was last seen on May 28, 2009. Haylee is 37 pounds, 2’5” tall, brown shoulder-length hair and, blue eyes.

Both Haylee and her mother, Candace K. Watson, 24, were in the company of a an individual now wanted by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s Adult Parole Authority for violating the conditon of his supervision, that individual, Watson’s boyfriend, is Robbi Doug-las Potter, 27.

Potter was admitted to prison in December of 2006 for a third-degree felony conviction for sexual battery of a minor, an incident that occured here in Crawford County.

What mother in her right mind would think it’s a good idea to sleep with pedophiles and have them hang out with their preschool aged child? This may be a clue as to how much she cared for the little girl. Obviously the mom cares more about herself and probably knows more than she’s letting on. In my opinion, whatever happened to that poor baby, the sex offenders should get at the very least life and the mother should be charged with being an accomplice. What did she think would happen when she offered up her daughter to child rapists to be a “father figure”? Moron!!!

MONROE, Mich. — Investigators continue to search for a missing 5-year-old girl whose mother spoke of a sex offender considered a person of interest in the case as a “father figure” to her daughter, who disappeared five days ago.

Police found a blood-stained towel, shorts and a photo of a girl similar to Nevaeh Buchanan during a search of the motel room where 36-year-old George Kennedy, a registered sex offender, was staying Thursday. Kennedy is a longtime acquaintance of the girl’s mother, Jennifer Buchanan.

UPDATE: Apparently this mother is a big con artist

A Philadelphia mother and 9 year old daughter were kidnapped from their car and making the case even more bizarre, the mother called from the trunk of the car in which her and her daughter were put into, calling 911 to plead for help.

Police say they’ve found the silver SUV of a Pennsylvania woman and her young daughter who allegedly were kidnapped in broad daylight and called 911 from the trunk of a car.

There was still no sign of Bonnie Sweeten, 38, of Feasterville, Pa., or 9-year-old Julia Rakoczy Wednesday after the pre-dawn discovery of their vehicle in the Center City section of Philadelphia. A massive manhunt for the pair was under way.

An abducted child story has a happy ending for once.

Albuquerque authorities are combing the area trying to find the relatives of a boy found buried in a city park.

The mother of a 2-year-old reported missing last weekend is being held by police along with her boyfriend after the child’s body was found buried.

Doctors are crediting the family dog for saving the life of a toddler that wandered off from his home.

Investigators are still looking for a 3-year-old boy who was kidnapped during a home invasion, and police are baffled that there aren’t any clues or ransom demands for the boy.

A boat with two children aboard was found after relatives had reported the boat missing.

A 65-year-old man in Seattle, Washington has been accused of grabbing something other than the fish flying around the Pike Place Market.

UPDATE: Tracy girl found

An 8 year old, California girl has been missing since last Friday — last seen at the next door neighbors, playing with the neighbor children.

A child as young as 8 who goes missing is usually the result of a pedophile abduction. Let’s hope this little girl is found alive.

TRACY, Calif. — Police are looking for a missing 8-year-old girl in the largest missing person search Tracy has seen in at least a decade.

The FBI has also been involved in the search which started at 8:15 p.m. Friday night, four hours after the little girl was last seen in the mobile home park where she lives.

Sandra Cantu, a second grader from Jacobsen Elementary, was last seen around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon after leaving her neighbor’s house in the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park.

The body of an 18-month-old reported abducted by her mother has been found, causing the mother to change her story. She now has told police that the baby’s death was an accident.