GUILTY NY - MJ, 12, abducted, Hudson Falls, 26 Sept 2018

[perfectingpink]

Are there cameras on the ferry?

 

[JerseyGirl]

Are there cameras on the ferry?

I'm sure they have to be all over the terminals and ferries.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Is it just me? Opening up WS each morning gets tougher and tougher each day. I’m afraid what I’m gonna read next. I was still passing notes in class and playing football with the neighborhood kids in the front yard when I was 12. Some days, I wish we could all go back and live on Walton’s Mountain with John Boy and Mary Ellen.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“The car and the two men were found. After being questioned, Torres was arrested and brought back to Fort Edward. The other man was released.

Efforts continue to find Malaya in the New York City area.”
Arrest made in connection to missing Washington County girl

​

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“NYC Police say she was last seen at around noon Thursday wearing light red jeans and a white tank top at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
Police believe that MJ is still in the NYC area and the Amber Alert remains active.“
Suspect charged in connection to missing 12 year old

 

[highly caffeinated Kat]

They probably sold her. Just a sad, sad World we live in.

 

[Steelslady]

Is it just me? Opening up WS each morning gets tougher and tougher each day. I’m afraid what I’m gonna read next. I was still passing notes in class and playing football with the neighborhood kids in the front yard when I was 12. Some days, I wish we could all go back and live on Walton’s Mountain with John Boy and Mary Ellen.

Same here. I totally relate. However, I lived in a nice countrified area growing up with lots of woods to explore and games like you mentioned were played- tag, hide and seek, flag football. Even Barbies were still played at the age of 12. It saddens me to see these young girls so grown up looking at an age where I was still skinning my knees and had mud all over me from the outdoors. Reality though was probably there were girls like this all along, but we just weren't aware of them in our quiet and sleepy towns.

That said, I pray she is found safe very soon. I have to work today, but will check on the progress of her search later on tonight when I get home. Hopefully she will be found safe and sound by the time I get back.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Off topic: apologies.
I just saw this posted which is a switcharoo from our usual missing person situations. Check it out and see if she sounds familiar on any of our threads.
AZ - AZ- Assistance Needed Identifying Live Jane Doe, Surpise, 27 September 2018

 

[HayLouise]

UPDATE: A Staten Island man has been arrested in the ongoing search for 12-year-old MJ , who police say was last seen near the Staten Island Ferry. (Credit: Washington County Sheriff's Office) Read more: cbsloc.al/2xEwkjJ



CBS New York on Twitter

 

[cluciano63]

Hudson Falls was a pretty, tiny town when I went there many times as a child, to visit grandparents, aunts, cousins etc...where both my parents grew up. I have not been there since 2008 but even then it was so much different...not in a good way. much like many small towns in the US. But, seeing how she “met” these perps online, that doesn’t even matter anymore...you could live in Oz or downtow in a major city and face the same risk.

 

[insearchoflight]

Where would a 12 year old stay the night in a big city? Does she know people there? Ugh I’m so worried for her.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Hudson Falls was a pretty, tiny town when I went there many times as a child, to visit grandparents, aunts, cousins etc...where both my parents grew up. I have not been there since 2008 but even then it was so much different...not in a good way. much like many small towns in the US. But, seeing how she “met” these perps online, that doesn’t even matter anymore...you could live in Oz or downtow in a major city and face the same risk.

Exactly. Well said.

 

[LLLindsayy]

Where would a 12 year old stay the night in a big city? Does she know people there? Ugh I’m so worried for her.

She reportedly met Torres on social media so I wouldn’t be surprised if she met others the same way.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Where would a 12 year old stay the night in a big city? Does she know people there? Ugh I’m so worried for her.

I don’t know why, but I fear the answer is no. I’m afraid she was just dumped more or less to fend for herself. Money? Probably not. Omg, my granddaughter is eleven. I can’t even imagine!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

She reportedly met Torres on social media so I wouldn’t be surprised if she met others the same way.

Good point. Has anyone heard what sm platform she was using to communicate?

 

[LLLindsayy]

I have so many questions about the sighting in Staten Island. Primarily who saw her there and how it was confirmed.

I read that they picked up Torres and the vehicle in SI so...

1. Are the suspect(s) the ones who say they last saw her/dropped her off there?

2. Did a member of LE spot her and/or them there? If so, they must not have been together or else they would’ve rescued her then.

3. Did a citizen report her or them as being there? If so, were they together then?

4. Have they confirmed the sighting with surveillance or is this just an eye witness? Of course they would not just randomly choose the SI Ferry camera to view (and get so lucky) without reason to do so.

So many questions!

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“NYPD: Girl has reached out to family that she is safe and not coming home
According to reports out of New York City, the NYPD said MJ has contacted her family to let them know she is safe but “not coming home.” Local police would not comment on the report at this time.

He was initially charged solely with the misdemeanor overnight, but the kidnapping charge was added later Friday. He was arraigned before Washington County Judge Kelly McKeighan and sent to Washington County Jail for lack of bail. Wheeled into court in a wheelchair, he spoke quietly only to acknowledge his name and address and that he understood his rights.

Washington County First Assistant District Attorney Christian Morris said the case is considered kidnapping because of the child's age, even with her consent to accompany the defendant.

"Even by acquiescence, she can not consent," Morris said.

Torres' lawyer, Washington County Public Defender Michael Mercure, said his client is a college graduate who works for the state in New York City and has no criminal record. The car Torres drove was registered to his father in Pennsylvania.

Mercure said that MJ told his client that she was 18, a senior in high school and wanted a ride to New York City to see her father. He said his client fully cooperated with police, and did not kidnap the girl.”
Police charge NYC man with kidnapping in missing Hudson Falls girl case

 

[LLLindsayy]

The amber alert has been cancelled.

NYC man pleads not guilty to kidnapping charge of 12 year old girl

 

[JerseyGirl]

The Washington County Sheriff's Office announced shortly after 1 p.m. that MJ was safe, and had been located by law enforcement officers in New York City. The Amber Alert that had been issued in the case was canceled as well.

It was unclear when she would be returned home, or whether she would face Family Court action in light of her flight from home.

The New York Police Department said MJ had contacted her family Friday morning to let them know she was safe but “not coming home.”

Police: Hudson Falls girl found safe

 

[insearchoflight]

Thank goodness I’m so relieved