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TX TX - Lina Sardar Khil Last Seen On Playground At Apartment Complex - San Antonio, Dec 2021 #3
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FEB 20, 2024
www.kvue.com
The family of Lina Sardar Khil is observing another birthday without her. She has now been missing for over two years.
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... With close to no substantial developments in the case, her father says he’s lost confidence with the current police leadership tasked with finding his daughter.
Through a translator he told us Friday that he asked SAPD for a new detective but was denied.
“As I demand the changing and switching the case manager or the detective for Lina’s case, they make their own rules after that and say no we can’t do that it’s the law.”
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Typically, the family holds an observance for her birthday at the complex where went missing from. However, a family spokesperson tells us they are not emotionally equipped for it this year.
Family of Lina Sardar Khil observing another birthday as search for her continues
Her birthday comes days after police launched and stopped a renewed search in her case. She disappeared in December 2021.
www.kvue.com
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... With close to no substantial developments in the case, her father says he’s lost confidence with the current police leadership tasked with finding his daughter.
Through a translator he told us Friday that he asked SAPD for a new detective but was denied.
“As I demand the changing and switching the case manager or the detective for Lina’s case, they make their own rules after that and say no we can’t do that it’s the law.”
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Typically, the family holds an observance for her birthday at the complex where went missing from. However, a family spokesperson tells us they are not emotionally equipped for it this year.
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Article about the inmate that gave the tip leading to the latest search.
foxsanantonio.com
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FOX San Antonio found out through law enforcement sources and friends of the inmate that he's in the Bexar County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The man, whom we are not identifying since he has not been charged, is no stranger to FOX San Antonio viewers.
Back in 2019, we ran him as the Most Wanted Fugitive for that week after he skipped town following 15 months in prison for smuggling undocumented immigrants. Then on Jan. 30, he was arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Back when Lina disappeared, the suspect was living at the same apartment complex with his girlfriend. We are told he would often walk here (the search site.)
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But for now, the search at this spot is over. We don't know if SAPD and the FBI are still working with the suspect who, according to sources, who has been worried about being linked to Lina's case for a long time.
More at link (also in following YouTube investigative report video.)
Tip from Marshals' Most Wanted fugitive led police to last week's search for Lina Khil
The sudden search last week for the remains of Lina Sadar Khil took most, including her family, by surprise. from afar, we have all watched the digging and se
foxsanantonio.com
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FOX San Antonio found out through law enforcement sources and friends of the inmate that he's in the Bexar County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The man, whom we are not identifying since he has not been charged, is no stranger to FOX San Antonio viewers.
Back in 2019, we ran him as the Most Wanted Fugitive for that week after he skipped town following 15 months in prison for smuggling undocumented immigrants. Then on Jan. 30, he was arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Back when Lina disappeared, the suspect was living at the same apartment complex with his girlfriend. We are told he would often walk here (the search site.)
******
But for now, the search at this spot is over. We don't know if SAPD and the FBI are still working with the suspect who, according to sources, who has been worried about being linked to Lina's case for a long time.
More at link (also in following YouTube investigative report video.)
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This makes me wonder if he provided the seemingly false lead or someone else gave the tip that he likes to walk at the search site.
If he didn't have anything to do with Lina disappearing, and was worried about being linked to the case, why give a false lead?
Was he possibly trying to draw attention away from a different location?
Or perhaps someone else entirely provided the unsuccessful "tip." IMO.
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Article about the inmate that gave the tip leading to the latest search.
Tip from Marshals' Most Wanted fugitive led police to last week's search for Lina Khil
The sudden search last week for the remains of Lina Sadar Khil took most, including her family, by surprise. from afar, we have all watched the digging and se
*****
FOX San Antonio found out through law enforcement sources and friends of the inmate that he's in the Bexar County Jail on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The man, whom we are not identifying since he has not been charged, is no stranger to FOX San Antonio viewers.
Back in 2019, we ran him as the Most Wanted Fugitive for that week after he skipped town following 15 months in prison for smuggling undocumented immigrants. Then on Jan. 30, he was arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Back when Lina disappeared, the suspect was living at the same apartment complex with his girlfriend. We are told he would often walk here (the search site.)
******
But for now, the search at this spot is over. We don't know if SAPD and the FBI are still working with the suspect who, according to sources, who has been worried about being linked to Lina's case for a long time.
More at link (also in following YouTube investigative report video.)
San Antonio man wanted after allegedly smuggling illegal immigrants across the border
The U. S. Marshals need your help to find Pete Tamez Jr. Investigators believe he may be sneaking illegal immigrants into the America. According to the Deputy U. S. Marshal Christopher Bozeman, "Tamez was sentenced to 15 months in prison on charges involving smuggling undocumented immigrants...
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The first episode dives into Lina’s missing persons case and details her family’s background, including an interview with her father Riaz Sardar Khil, who helped the U.S. military in Afghanistan, his home country. It also features interviews with prominent figures who have supported the family.
The episode details how the child survived a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, her journey to the United States and her disappearance on Dec. 20, 2021, from the playground at an apartment complex at Fredericksburg and Bluemel roads.
The second episode includes an interview with a witness who saw Lina playing at the apartment with other Afghan children just before her disappearance, and explores the motivations of the Afghan community living in San Antonio.
San Antonio police, who are investigating her disappearance with help from the FBI, have said they are handling Khil’s case as a hybrid missing person and abduction case, despite having no clear evidence she was taken by anyone.
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MAR 25, 2024
www.kens5.com
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) released a new age progression image of Lina Sardar Khil.
... The image shows what she would look like now at the age of six.
New age progression photo released of Lina Sardar Khil who was last seen more than 2 years ago
Lina went missing on Dec. 20, 2021, at the age of three outside her family’s northwest-side apartment complex.
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... The image shows what she would look like now at the age of six.
There would be no reason to give a false lead in the objective sense.
Subjectively, I imagine the motivation could be a blurry mix of trying to "help", attention seeking, and..... boredom.
As a side note, the early investigators into the LISK murders encountered a retired medical doctor who not only supplied false leads, but also gave deceptive suggestions that he was a first hand witness to one death.
His motivation? Hopefully just boredom- and not dark fantasies.
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MAR 26, 2024
www.khou.com
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Pamela Allen has been the family’s advocate throughout the search for Lina. She runs a non-profit, Eagles Flight Advocacy & Outreach. She said NCMEC reached out to her about the new image so she could get the family’s approval.
“It’s a step in the right direction,” Allen said.
Allen said the family did not hesitate to approve the image. It is now being shared across different platforms.
“When they see an age progression photo, it helps them to continue that hope,” Allen said.
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New age progression photo released of Lina Sardar Khil who was last seen more than 2 years ago
Lina went missing on Dec. 20, 2021, at the age of three outside her family’s northwest-side apartment complex.
www.khou.com
Pamela Allen has been the family’s advocate throughout the search for Lina. She runs a non-profit, Eagles Flight Advocacy & Outreach. She said NCMEC reached out to her about the new image so she could get the family’s approval.
“It’s a step in the right direction,” Allen said.
Allen said the family did not hesitate to approve the image. It is now being shared across different platforms.
“When they see an age progression photo, it helps them to continue that hope,” Allen said.
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APR 4, 2024
Experts explain what goes into age-progressed photo of missing San Antonio girl (fox7austin.com)
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NCMEC says their forensic imaging artists use Photoshop to create age-progressed photos.
"They spend maybe six to eight hours with each age-progressed photo, and they get quite attached, our forensic imaging artists, to the child and to the case as they pore over and create these age-progressed photos," Leemie Kahng-Sofer, director of case management with the Missing Children Division at NCMEC, said.
There are a couple of different ways they do them.
"If we're able to collect them, we collect what are called reference photos. Those are photographs of close family members, usually parents, siblings, and they're photographs taken at the age the child would be at the time that we're age-progressing the photo," Kahng-Sofer said.
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NCMEC usually does photos every two years after a child goes missing until they turn 18, then every five years. The hope is cases won't be forgotten.
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Experts explain what goes into age-progressed photo of missing San Antonio girl (fox7austin.com)
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NCMEC says their forensic imaging artists use Photoshop to create age-progressed photos.
"They spend maybe six to eight hours with each age-progressed photo, and they get quite attached, our forensic imaging artists, to the child and to the case as they pore over and create these age-progressed photos," Leemie Kahng-Sofer, director of case management with the Missing Children Division at NCMEC, said.
There are a couple of different ways they do them.
"If we're able to collect them, we collect what are called reference photos. Those are photographs of close family members, usually parents, siblings, and they're photographs taken at the age the child would be at the time that we're age-progressing the photo," Kahng-Sofer said.
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NCMEC usually does photos every two years after a child goes missing until they turn 18, then every five years. The hope is cases won't be forgotten.
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Lina Sardar Khil was last seen on the afternoon of Dec 20, 2021, at a playground at an apartment complex in San Antonio, TX, wearing a black jacket, a red dress, and black shoes. Help the #FBI find her: https://fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/lina-sardar-khil
Thanks for posting. Those of us who followed her story won't forget her. So sorry Lina that this happened to you and that all the good people were not able to help. And also to her family who brought her to America for a better life and had to endure not only her loss but all the difficulties with being from another culture. It would be a kind mercy if the person who knows something would do something, anything to help the family know Lina's fate.
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"Lina you are in our hearts, and we have not forgotten you. We will do everything we can to find you. Anybody who knows anything about Lina please share this information with the police department or with me." Lina's father, Riaz Sardar Khil #FathersDay
Learn more about Lina’s case and how you can help: Can New Image Find Missing Texas Girl
Learn more about Lina’s case and how you can help: Can New Image Find Missing Texas Girl
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I am often unsure on how to react to these posts and struggle to choose the correct icon as I care (so would use the love emoji) that Lina is still being talked about and the case publicised, but sad that we even have to see the post as she should be home already. 
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Thinking of you today Lina.
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Just learned about the case. First thought that immediately came to mind was that another refugee in the same area is responsible (JMO). Similar cases in Europe have occurred with this specific refugee population. Also, quite easy to draw a 3 year old girl (who doesn't speak English) away when you already know her language.
Pure speculation ofc. I could of course be very, very wrong. It's just a strong hunch though.
Pure speculation ofc. I could of course be very, very wrong. It's just a strong hunch though.
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I know that was one of their strongest theories, as she was playing with other children from her community at the time she went missing. It does make a lot of sense.
And yet the one theory that seems to fit , imo, is based upon the last few circumstances that we were told. Lina was with a very small group of children as they ran and played throughout the complex. Her Mom had sight of her as the children ran together in a couple little groups, from the doggie park area, through one building walkway and then mom lost sight of them as the kids continued running towards the next building in the complex, towards where Mom was standing.
When the kids were out of sight still, they reportedly ran on the sidewalk that went through the parking lot----then the group of kids reappeared and Lina was not there.... That was my understanding of Mom's last description of watching Lina.
It makes me wonder if some sick predator had a sudden opportunity to grab her as she was running past---if he was able to get her attention or just grab her quickly, he could have thrown her into his vehicle and been gone before mom even knew she was missing. I know they looked at a lot of video footage, but I don't know how far it extended into the parking area.
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Yes. I totally agree. I think it’s the strongest theory that someone from the Afghan refugee community is involved in her disappearance.
Sure, a chance of opportunity abduction committed by someone not related to them or the complex could have happened but it’s statistically quite rare. Also, all the Afghan refugee kids playing outside near her during the time she disappeared lit a lightbulb inside my head…
Apparently she was seen with some older Afghan boys? I think some parents were outside too according to reports. Chance of opportunity abductions rarely occur when a kid isn’t completely alone — the abductor probably would have seen the kids and some adults outside and committed the abduction anyway which is extremely brave. I doubt Lina would be receptive to some stranger who doesn’t speak Pashto. If it was an abduction by a strange man/predator, imo she’d likely have put up a fight or at the minimum screamed or made a commotion of some sort. It’s not like the dude’s gonna say “here’s some candy kiddo get in my van” when the girl doesn’t understand English well. I think someone would have heard or noticed. This is why I have contentions with this theory and why I believe the person who took Lina is related to the complex in some capacity or is likely Afghan himself.
Oh, and Lina is definitely not 3 (looking at initial news reports). I saw videos and images of her and she is clearly quite older than 3 at the time of her disappearance. Translation error? I doubt it because the parents would have corrected it by now. Likely have claimed her to be younger for extra benefits which is a common thing refugees do.
Lastly, I know they said they investigated the complex thoroughly. I wonder how much of that is true… as apparently they’ve also stated before they had “strong tips” or a “possible lead” that actually led nowhere. Sometimes it’s also hard to “investigate” thoroughly due to cultural differences as we’ve seen with some very sad cases in Europe where LE dropped the ball on certain crimes/cases with similar refugee populations. JMO.
Sure, a chance of opportunity abduction committed by someone not related to them or the complex could have happened but it’s statistically quite rare. Also, all the Afghan refugee kids playing outside near her during the time she disappeared lit a lightbulb inside my head…
Apparently she was seen with some older Afghan boys? I think some parents were outside too according to reports. Chance of opportunity abductions rarely occur when a kid isn’t completely alone — the abductor probably would have seen the kids and some adults outside and committed the abduction anyway which is extremely brave. I doubt Lina would be receptive to some stranger who doesn’t speak Pashto. If it was an abduction by a strange man/predator, imo she’d likely have put up a fight or at the minimum screamed or made a commotion of some sort. It’s not like the dude’s gonna say “here’s some candy kiddo get in my van” when the girl doesn’t understand English well. I think someone would have heard or noticed. This is why I have contentions with this theory and why I believe the person who took Lina is related to the complex in some capacity or is likely Afghan himself.
Oh, and Lina is definitely not 3 (looking at initial news reports). I saw videos and images of her and she is clearly quite older than 3 at the time of her disappearance. Translation error? I doubt it because the parents would have corrected it by now. Likely have claimed her to be younger for extra benefits which is a common thing refugees do.
Lastly, I know they said they investigated the complex thoroughly. I wonder how much of that is true… as apparently they’ve also stated before they had “strong tips” or a “possible lead” that actually led nowhere. Sometimes it’s also hard to “investigate” thoroughly due to cultural differences as we’ve seen with some very sad cases in Europe where LE dropped the ball on certain crimes/cases with similar refugee populations. JMO.