OH - Shakira Johnson, 11, Cleveland, 13 Sept 2003

[Doyle]

Missing girl's classmates canvass neighborhood
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1063791306244700.xml

 

[Doyle]

New links in missing-girl case
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1063882587253160.xml

 

[alpharee]

I don't understand why this one didn't get the Amber Alert if they have a description of a car. Also I'm about 20 miles from Cleveland and this was the first I've heard of this story. Guess I should watch the news more often.

 

[Up2theminute]

Prayers go out for safe return of missing Cleveland girl

09/19/03

Angela Townsend and Angela D. Chatman
Plain Dealer Reporters

Motorcyclists, 70 strong, rounded the corner of Union Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive gunning their engines for Shakira Johnson
More Here

Friends, strangers try to comfort mom of missing 11-year-old

09/19/03

Donna Iacoboni
Plain Dealer Reporter

She is a living drum set under bouncing ponytails.
More Here

(the way this newspaper website works, you have to enter a few demographic details about yourself before they let you view articles.)

 

[deb_thang]

I've looked at every link offered here and haven't seen one picture of the missing child. Wouldn't it be common sense to publicize her image, or am I missing something?

 

[Up2theminute]

There definitely should have been a picture. This seems to be happening a lot lately with some of these cases. The newspapers aren't including even at least one picture.
There is a poster of her. I put in her name and the Ohio Missing Children's Clearinghouse has a poster.
http://www.mcc.ag.state.oh.us/mcc.asp

Scroll down and click on the word 'more' under her name. It's in Adobe acrobat format and people have to have that on their computer to view it.
http://www.mcc.ag.state.oh.us/poster.asp?id=136

 

[Doyle]

Gang liaison accused of dragging rapist from house says it's all a lie
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1063964125319150.xml

 

[Doyle]

Police appeal for help in missing-child case
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1064136865144650.xml

 

[Doyle]

Local Missing Girl's Case Goes National
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2504069/detail.html

 

[Doyle]

FBI, Cleveland detectives continue search for Shakira
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/106430949952391.xml

 

[Juliana]

Investigators Search Homes; Tow Man's Car

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2511983/detail.html

Mom Takes Polygraph

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1064482582206850.xml

 

[Doyle]

Police Search Whiskey Island For Clues To Missing Girl
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=387&ncid=387&e=3&u=/ibsys/20030926/lo_wews/1806101

 

[Doyle]

Van Could Be Key To Shakira's Disappearance
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2521307/detail.html

 

[johnny]

14-Year-Old Found Safe After Amber Alert Issued
Family Members Want To Know Why No Alert For Missing 11-Year-Old

UPDATED: 6:58 a.m. EDT September 29, 2003

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A 14-year-old girl is found safe Sunday after an Amber Alert was issued.

Amanda Mullikin-White was found only hours after the alert was issued for her by Cleveland Heights Police.

Officers said that she hid out voluntarily in a Cain Park instead of going home late.


Meanwhile, the parents of missing 11-year-old Shakira Johnson want to know why an Amber Alert was not issued for her.

Cleveland Police said it's because there was no evidence or indication that Shakira was abducted.

The little girl has been missing for more than two weeks. If you have any information, call Crime Stoppers at (216) 252-7463

 

[Doyle]

To me, the mother has a good point... why was there no Amber alert for Shakira?

Missing Girl's Mom Can't Think Of Anyone Who Would Take Her
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2528332/detail.html

Man In Red Car Allegedly Makes Sexual Advances Toward Kids
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2529451/detail.html

 

[Ghostwheel]

This was interesting.
Man Allegedly Follows Girls, Tries To Abduct Them Twice
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/2525263/detail.html

"The man is described as having dark black skin, a low haircut and a trim beard. He is reportedly between the ages of 20 and 30 and was driving a red older-model four-door Toyota.

The car they were looking for in Shakira's case was a 1990s bright red, four-door 1990s Ford Escort or Mercury Tracer.

Those cars look very similar, and this happened only three blocks from where Shakira was last seen.

 

[Doyle]

Activists won't give up search for Shakira
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1065951119314012.xml

all articles from cleveland.com
http://www.cleveland.com/shakira/

 

[Doyle]

Detectives checking every tip in Shakira case
http://www.cleveland.com/shakira/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1066037548295640.xml

 

[Juliana]

LE found a body 1 1/2 miles from Shakira's home. It will be a day or two before they make an identification:

http://www.onnnews.com/story.php?record=27247

 

[Doyle]

Below are comments from wkyc.com users on the news that a decapitated, decomposed body was found near Shakira Johnson's home.
http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=11731