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Black and Missing : Where Is D.C. 8-year-old Relisha Rudd?
Relisha Rudd has been missing for nearly a month but it took authorities only recently to notice her disappearance.
Relisha Rudd has been missing for nearly a month but it took authorities only recently to notice her disappearance.
Police searching for the eight-year-old girl who disappeared from a homeless shelter almost a month ago have said they believe she may have been killed by a janitor.
Relisha Rudd had vanished for days from her impoverished neighborhood in Washington DC before anyone reported her missing. Until recently, the case has gone largely unreported outside of local media.
After Relisha Rudd’s disappearance sparked national attention, her difficult past comes to light as authorities try to piece together what happened to the missing 8-year-old from Washington, D.C.
Authorities do know she was last seen with a man named Kahlil Malik Tatum, 51, a janitor at a homeless shelter at the old D.C. General Hospital, where Relisha lived. He is wanted for killing his wife and is believed to have abducted Relisha. They are now looking for them up and down the East Coast.
What authorities never knew is that Relisha was missing way before they were notified. It’s like Relisha was swept under the rug and no one cared.
Authorities uncovered that her absences started to piled up at Daniel A. Payne Elementary School, topping 30 days this year before someone notified the D.C. Child and Family Service Agency on March 13.
It then took an additional six days before the city agency took action. By then, Relisha, 8, had gone missing.
With the search coming into it’s eighth day with no breaks, Rudd’s difficult past has come into focus.
According the Washington Post, guardians, social workers and employees at the subsidized shelter had extensive contact with Relisha but missed or ignored repeated opportunities to intervene weeks or even years ago, records show.
City records show that D.C. agencies had contact with Relisha and her family beginning in 2007, when the girl was 1 or 2. The records show instances of physical abuse, filthy living conditions and a lack of food. But social workers did not remove Relisha and her siblings from the home, city records show.
Rudd’s mother told authorities the last time she seen Relisha was on February 26th when she left Relisha in the care of Tatum. Relisha’s mother never reported her daughter missing, and authorities were alerted only after her extended absence from school.
Kahlil Malik Tatumm
Rudd’s mother gave permission for Relisha to be with Tatum, according to Metropolitan Police Department Police Chief Cathy Lanier. Around that time, police determined that Tatum bought some black 42-gallon trash bags in D.C. Tatum was seen in the Kenilworth Aquatic Center and Park for a period of time.
Tatum was seen at work and other places, between March 2nd and March 20th, but Relisha Rudd was not with him.
But now authorities have feared the worst that Relisha may no longer be with us.
On Thursday, DC police chief Cathy Lanier told a press conference that while there was hope Relisha was still alive, police believed Tatum may have killed her. She added that parts of the search had now entered a “recovery operation”.
“We can’t ignore the possibility he may have killed her,” she said.
Lanier stated that the search for Relisha has expanded to parks and scrub-land near the homeless shelter.
The FBI released video footage of Relisha leaving a bedroom and walking down a hallway with 51-year-old Kahlil Tatum at a Holiday Inn Express in north-east DC on 26 February – the day she was first left in his care.
Relisha Rudd has been missing since February 26th. She was last seen at the homeless shelter in Northeast D.C. where she was living with her mother.
She was reported missing in March and an Amber Alert was issued for the girl on March 20.
The FBI has been displaying Relisha’s face on billboards along a 700-mile stretch of the east coast, offering a $25,000 reward for helping to establish her whereabouts.
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Marine from Massachusetts goes missing off coast in Puerto Rico
A family is holding out hope after U.S. Marine Samuel Muturi Wanjiru went missing on March 27 off the coast in Puerto Rico.
A family is holding out hope after U.S. Marine Samuel Muturi Wanjiru went missing on March 27 off the coast in Puerto Rico.
Missing details for Marine Samuel Muturi Wanjiru
Corporal Samuel Wanjiru, 26, of Worcester, Mass., was swept away by ocean currents while being in the water at La Pared beach in Luquillo.
The Coast Guard launched helicopters and aircraft to look for Wanjiru, but those search efforts were unsuccessful. The active search was called off on April 1.
At the time of his disappearance, Wanjiru was vacationing with his partner of five years, Natasha Castillo-Vargas.
Castillo-Vargas, her father, and Wanjiru’s mother are still in Puerto Rico, returning to the beach daily where Wanjiru went missing, continuing to look for him.
GoFundMe
She has since started a GoFundMe campaign to help the family with expenses and search efforts while they remain in Puerto Rico.
“Samuel’s mother and I are trying to get as much resources and help as we can because we will not give up hope in finding our Samuel. Please, anything anyone can help with would be most appreciated.”
In addition to donations, the family asks the public for prayers and love during this “devastating and heart aching time.”
“We are firm believers in God as Samuel is too and we have faith that he will be found. Thank you for your support!”
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Baltimore police searching for kidnapped 4-year-old
4-year-old Kaimir Rodgers was reportedly kidnapped in front of his West Baltimore home.
Update: The search for 4-year-old Kaimir Rodgers has been called off. Baltimore police say he was found safe and unharmed at a family member’s home in Baltimore County.
Detectives are still investigating it as a kidnapping.
Authorities in Baltimore are seeking the public’s help in finding 4-year-old Kaimir Rodgers.
4-year-old Kaimir Rodgers is missing
According to police, Kaimir was taken from his family’s home in the 1900 block of Ruxton Avenue in West Baltimore on Tuesday. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt.
Police shared a video of the child being carried away by a person wearing light gray sweatpants, a dark gray hoodie and pink sneakers.
The person is seen accompanied by two other people, according to police. One is dressed in all black and the other is seen wearing a light gray sweatshirt, dark gray pants and a black ski mask.
Information on his disappearance
If you have any information on Kaimir’s whereabouts and the identities of those who took him, call 911 or Baltimore detectives at 410-396-2477.
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FBI offers $15K reward in search for missing 12-year-old girl
The FBI is seeking the public’s help in locating 12-year-old Lori Paige.
The FBI is seeking the public’s help in locating 12-year-old Lori Paige.
Missing details
Lori went missing from Tallahassee, Floria on June 3, 2023.
Authorities is offering $15k on any information on Lori’s disappearance.
“The FBI will stop at nothing to protect kids, and we are fully committed to helping our partners at Tallahassee Police Department exhaust every investigative resource in the search for Lori Paige,” FBI Jacksonville Acting Special Agent in Charge Mark Dargis told WTXL news station.
“We encourage everyone to keep an eye out for this young lady, and help us bring her home.”
According to the FBI, Lori has ties to or may visit Tallahassee, Florida; Tampa, Florida; Thomasville, Georgia, and Nashville, Tennessee.
Authorities are taking the missing case seriously, statimh in a media advisory on Feb. 1 that TPD’s Special Victims Unit is continuing to “tirelessly explore every lead and resource to locate [Lori Paige].”
“The length of time that has passed and her young age only heightens our concerns for her well-being,” the statement said.
“Despite our persistent efforts, Lori remains out of contact with her family and friends. However, we remain committed to bringing her home safely.
About Lori Paige
The 12-year-old was a student at Griffin Middle School.
She was last seen on June 3, 2023 in the 1200 block of Continental Ct in Tallahassee.
She is described as a dark-skinned Black female with shoulder length locs, black hair, brown eyes and weighs about 120 pounds.
Police said that it is unknown what she was wearing when she was last seen, but she may have had a multicolored backpack.
Police are asking anyone with information that could lead to Lori’s recovery to contact TPD at 850-891-4200.
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