TN TN - Tabitha Tuders, 13, Nashville, 29 Apr 2003

[cjones08]

I think what Sylvia Brown is wrong. She should at least set the expectation that there is a possibility that she is never 100%. Which she is not. Please join me and send an email to [email protected]. If there is any wrong doing I believe Bill Oreilly will expose it.

 

[WasBlind]

mindys, Aud's father and step-mother were there, too. I ate dinner with Ray and Jeanne at their home in New York when I flew in to attend Missing Persons Day. I think Ray has always believed harm came to Aud that first night, but a psychic is not doing anybody any favors by promoting despair.

cjones08, you are correct, someone needs to get to the bottom of this deal. The statistics are pretty clear, and anyone who presumes to state what happened to someone, when only that person and God knows it, well that just isn't right. Maybe you can start a petition and I can help you promote it, with a mass mailing. With the search angels and prayer warriors, we can get it to over 2000 the first mailing. What do ya think, cjones08 ?

Let me know, you have my addy, Lanie

 

[cjones08]

I think a couple thousand emails to FOX would get their attention If we could get even more that would be great!! Let me know what I can do to help.

cj

 

[johnny]

Ok, someone anyone show me where Sylvia has solved one case, even of someones missing hamster named jo-jo.

Then show me two cases, period that have been solved by any sickic.

 

[johnny]

The "reading went something like this" The vehicle hovered in the area where she came up missing and the person who abducted her was an alien "possibly illegal" they were either green or purple and were missing the antenna (not sure if that was on the vehicle or there head) the vehicle was either metallic chrome or silver and she got part of the tag number which could've been hieroglyphics. The vehicle stopped while making crop circles and she is near a wooded area by a body of water where there is a road leading to this area.

Sorry I can't elaborate on the "Area 51'' ..............maybe since NASA is involved we can get them to de-classify that information for a search.

http://www.ufomind.com/area51/

 

[johnny]

http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/browne.html

Sylvia Browne: Psychic Guru or Quack?

 

[Ghostwheel]

http://www.oneshots.com/false/false2000.html

You might also note, Sylvia doesn't post her "predictions" anymore. You have to buy her newsletter to get them. There's someone trying to help people, alright.

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...

 

[cjones08]

Johnny That is too funny Ghostwheel ditto on the duck theory...

 

[cjones08]

Below is an email that I sent to Bryan Farha.

Dear Bryan,

I read your article regarding Sylvia Brown. I found it very interesting. I would like to assist you in arranging this challenge with Larry or any other host that would be willing to sponsor this challenge. Regardless, if Sylvia is true in her abilities the fact of the matter is that she uses this talent to prey on the suffering of her victims. I have worked with other psychics and one they do not charge for their services. They do not seek any recognition and they do not every ask for money when it involves a missing child or adult. They also do not profess to be 100% accurate. They only tell the person what they receive in their vision and for them to take it for what its worth. It has been my experience that most proclaimed psychics want to help so much that they put themselves in a self induced vision. I don’t believe one way or the other. I take it with a grain of salt. If someone has the ability to help locate a person especially a child then I will listen. I can tell you that most of my experience in the past 3 years of locating missing persons. There has not been anyone that has surprised me with their talent. It would be a great tool if there was someone with this ability. I know of several families looking for closure. Any assistance I can be to help you please let me know. You can reach me at 615-377-3984 or via email at [email protected].

Best Regards,
Charles Jones
Project Safe Child

 

[Anniegirl]

My heart aches for Bo and Debra.. I send my hugs and love to them and the family of Tabitha.. I pray God will help the family get some tangible answers on where Tabitha is soon.

 

[johnny]

Tabitha's family holds out hope for Christmas miracle

http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=1575519&nav=1ugBJpdg


The holiday season has been tormenting for the family of Tabitha Tuders. The East Nashville girl has been missing since April. Now her family is holding out hope they will receive the best Christmas gift ever - that she will be found.

Beautifully decorated and adorned with just the right ornaments, the Tuders family Christmas tree is almost perfect. Except this year, 13-year-old Tabitha isn't here to help in the holiday tradition.

Tabitha's father Bo Tuders said, "Me and Tabitha we usually put it up. I actually didn't want to put one up, 'cause she wasn't here, but then we had to put it up because of the grandkids and stuff."

Ceramic angels hang from the limbs. They were the decorations that Tabitha loved most.

"She just liked them - I guess because they're pretty and stuff, and because they're angels, she really liked them," said Bo.

At the top of the tree, the family has placed missing posters as a reminder this Christmas will be unlike any that the Tuders have ever had before.

Bo said, "It's actually hard to describe - it's heartbreaking. We don't know if she's going to be here for Christmas, but we're still prepared either way. We still got gifts for her that we're going to stick up under the tree and stuff."

Metro Police tell News 2 their search for Tabitha is neverending.

Metro Police Det. Faye Okert said, "Something happened that morning. What it is we don't know, but we're developing people of interest, and we're interviewing, and we're actively searching for her."

One frustrating aspect of this investigation for detectives is they still run into people who think Tabitha's come home already or that she's been found. But they say people need to remember that she is still missing and she needs to come home. A $21,000 reward is being offered for information that can help find Tabitha. If you have any information, you're asked to call Metro Police at 862-8600.

Dorinda Carter for News 2 at 10 pm
12.22.03

 

[johnny]

Family Keeps Hope That Tabitha Is Still Alive

http://www.newschannel5.com/content/news/3196.asp?q=tabitha+tuders

Despite bad news from a nationally known psychic, relatives of a missing 13-year-old girl from Nashville aren't giving up.



Tabitha Tuders parents said they're still holding out hope their daughter will be found alive.

The Tuders said their grandchildren are the only thing that keeps them going.

Tabitha disappeared in April somewhere between her house in east Nashville and her school bus stop.

A psychic on the Montel Williams show spent about 15 minutes with the Tuders before telling them their daughter is dead.

“Once she told us she was deceased, it hurt…Until (the police) bring me her body and tell me she's gone, I'm going to believe she's still out there somewhere,” said Debra Tuders, Tabitha’s mother.

The Tuders said they turned the psychic's information over to Metro detectives.

The Tuders said other psychics have given them hope Tabitha is still alive, maybe in Louisiana, Mississippi or Texas, so they’re not giving up on their daughter.

They urged anyone with information in the case to call police.

 

[johnny]

Psychic tells parents Tabitha is deceased

The parents of missing east Nashville teen Tabitha Tuders were told their daughter was dead last week by a popular psychic at a taping of the Montel Williams talk show in New York.

Psychic Sylvia Browne gave them some specific information about locations and possible names related to the case, which neither the family nor the police would talk about in detail.

Detective Faye Okert said police are looking into the information but are continuing to knock on doors, conduct interviews and track down people of interest.

''A psychic is a psychic, but we're following up with anything we get,'' Okert said. ''I guess she could be right.''

The 13-year-old girl disappeared on her way to the bus stop April 29, seemingly without a trace.

Debra and Bo Tuders were one of six families on the daytime television talk show who received Browne's insight into their personal tragedies.

Tabitha's parents sat on a couch facing the psychic. Browne told them at the beginning of the reading, ''Your daughter is no longer with you,'' Debra Tuders said yesterday.

''When she told me, my heart just fell, but I'm not going to really believe her until they bring me Tabitha's body. I'm not going to believe it.''

The appearance, scheduled to air at the end of January or in early February, was the second national TV appearance the Tuderses have made. They were on The John Walsh Show in June. The Tuderses said this was another opportunity to show Tabitha's name and face to a national audience.

 

[johnny]

So-called psychics prey on desperate people

To the Editor:

One cannot blame Tabitha Tuders' parents for going on the Montel Williams show and trying to find a glimmer of hope concerning her disappearance. (''Psychics tell parents Tabitha is deceased,'' Dec. 24)

The sad thing is, too many people who suffer a great loss like that rely on the words of so-called ''psychic mediums'' like Sylvia Browne. She and others like her (John Edward, James Van Praagh, et al) no more know the fate of a disappeared or deceased love one than any person off the street. They use a method of questioning called ''cold reading,'' which means they ask a person a lot of questions using names, letters and numbers at random. Once a person identifies with anyone of those, the ''psychic'' will build on this with more of the same until they have a general story about the missing or deceased.

The person in question's family, distressed and wanting to help as much as possible, usually gives all the answers about a person that the ''psychic'' would not know otherwise. These people prey on the emotions of others who have suffered a great loss and many get rich doing it.

Tabitha's parents should give no weight whatsoever to anything Sylvia Browne or those like her say concerning their daughter. Until Tabitha is found, hopefully alive, do not give up hope.

Ronnie Crutcher

Clarksville 37043

[email protected]



My wishes for happier, cost-effective new year - Sunday, 12/28/03
...• Someone finds out what happened to young Tabitha Tuders.

 

[johnny]

http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/03/12/44328215.shtml?Element_ID=44328215

Deb Faulkner

Position: Acting Metro Nashville police chief (2003 to present)

Years in law enforcement: 30

Age: 52

Race: White

Education: Doctorate, human development counseling, Vanderbilt University

Master's, criminal justice administration, Middle Tennessee State University

Bachelor's, broadcast journalism, University of Memphis.

Other notable experience: Faulkner, who had planned to start a career in journalism, worked briefly for WSM-Radio at the Grand Ole Opry as a college student. She was recruited to the Metro Police Department from the University of Memphis and has been there since.

Major recent accomplishments: Faulkner values service and volunteerism and serves on 16 community boards, including the YWCA, Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley, Catholic Charities, Goodwill Industries and You Have the Power.

Past positions: Faulkner is the highest-ranking woman to serve in the department. Before being appointed acting chief after former Metro Police Chief Emmett Turner retired in March, she served as a deputy chief over Field Operations, assistant police chief over Uniform Services and Administrative Services. She also has been an internal affairs investigator and headed the professional standards division.

The dish: Faulkner is a native Nashvillian who has garnered a great deal of support for police chief, but her leadership as acting chief also has been questioned, including by some black Nashvillians and some citizens concerned about the department's investigation of the Tabitha Tuders disappearance. A lot of her spare time is spent working on community boards, and she reaches out to neighborhood groups and citizens groups.

What others say: ''She's just an incredible force, and we in Nashville are very lucky to have her,'' said Verna Wyatt, a victims-rights advocate with You Have the Power.

What she says: ''I've worked very hard. I've been a very dedicated law enforcement professional. I care deeply about the city and the people that we serve, and I also care very much for the officers that wear our badge. I see it as a tremendous challenge, an honorable opportunity to represent the men and women in this department and to do all I can to make Nashville a safe place to live and work and raise our children.''

 

[johnny]

Meet the Chief

Ronal Serpas--reformer, Cajun cook--comes to town

http://www.nashvillescene.com/cgi-b...ssues:2004:January_8-14_2004:News:City_Limits

 

[Ghostwheel]

Tabitha's parents sat on a couch facing the psychic. Browne told them at the beginning of the reading, ''Your daughter is no longer with you,'' Debra Tuders said yesterday.

You know, their daughter IS no longer with them. She MISSING! Hello...? How cheesy can you get?

 

[johnny]

New Metro police chief ready to get started

http://www.tennessean.com/local/archives/04/01/45342678.shtml?Element_ID=45342678

In April 2003, Tabitha Tuders, a 13-year-old from east Nashville, disappeared on way to the school bus. Her case remains unsolved. How, as chief, will you proceed with this investigation?

I suspect that there is a lot of information about this case that I don't know, because I haven't had a chance to be brought up to speed on it.

I believe it is a tragedy to the family and the community. I believe it's the business that we're in to try to give some type of resolution for those tragedies. Anytime you have a child who has been taken from their family, I mean, that is really as (central) as it gets in our business, protecting children.

I'm going to want to know everything there is to know about that case as I would any case involving a child or a tragic loss of life. My style of management is I like to be up to speed on every case as they occur in Nashville. I have a BlackBerry (wireless communications device and organizer) I like to use. I like to get beeped by the communications section and say, ''Yeah, we had a shooting here tonight'' or ''We had an armed robbery.''

I want to know those things, because I believe they are important to my job to serve the community. So, in the case of the tragedy involving Tabitha, just as with any other child, I am going to want to know all about that case and want to know where we've been, and where can we go. Anything that comes to us. What more is a government's duty than to protect children? That's as fundamental as it gets.

Why did you become a police officer?

It was the family business. Before I became a police officer, I had been working in the respiratory care field. I really believe — and this sounds Pollyannaish — but I really believe it is a calling to want to help people. Over time, I realized being a police officer was where I thought I could do most of that, and I haven't turned my back on that since.

 

[johnny]

Top cop says Tabitha top case, doesn't believe teen ran away

The search for missing east Nashville teen Tabitha Tuders is the Metro Police Department's No. 1 case, Police Chief Ronal Serpas said yesterday afternoon.

Also, for the first time since the 13-year-old disappeared April 29, Serpas publicly said the department does not consider her to be a runaway.

''I've been here for a week,'' he said. ''And in my mind she's not a runaway.''

Tabitha's father mouthed a silent ''Thank you'' when he heard those words spoken by the chief.

''She's not a runaway and everyone should know that,'' Bo Tuders said.

From the day Tabitha disappeared to the day Serpas took over the department, Acting Chief Deborah Faulkner never met with the Tuders couple, family spokesman Johnny White said. Yesterday was Faulkner's last day on the force.

Faulkner had been criticized for her handling of the case, including the department's initial stance that the girl who sometimes slept at the foot of her parents' bed might have left on her own. From the beginning, the Tuders family was vehement that Tabitha did not run away.

Faulkner talked to Bo Tuders twice on the phone and once drove by the house, where the Team Tabitha headquarters is based, waving but not stopping, White said.

Faulkner, who has resigned and taken her pension, could not be reached for comment last night.

Serpas met about 4 p.m. at the Criminal Justice Center with Bo and Debra Tuders ''to get brought up to speed, to put a family with a face and a mother and father with a child.''

The chief said he had been briefed about the case by detectives E.J. Bernard and Faye Okert, who also were present at the meeting.

''Effort is the wrong word'' for actions being taken by the two detectives, whose primary duty is the Tuders case, Serpas said. ''It's dedication.''

Okert said tips from the public have dropped off to a trickle but that she and Bernard were still following up on leads and rechecking facts.

''We welcomed him here,'' Bo Tuders said after speaking with Serpas. ''We want him to find our baby.''

Debra Tuders said she did not have any criticisms about the way the department has handled the case.

Serpas said keeping the case before the public was one of his primary strategies in the new year.

''The public should never forget any little piece of information, no matter how insignificant, may be important,'' he said. ''Give us the benefit of that information. We're not going to stop.''

 

[johnny]

New Police Chief Meets with Tuders
Posted: 01/16/2004 8:26:49 PM

Metro's top cop says the search for Tabitha is the department's "number one" case.



The leadership at the Metro Police Department may have changed, but at least one of the department's priorities has not. New Metro Police Chief Ronal Serpas met Friday with Bo and Debra Tuders. The Tuders' 13-year-old daughter, Tabitha, disappeared from their East Nashville neighborhood on April 29. Chief Serpas said he had been briefed on the case, but wanted to meet the Tuders personally. "I wanted to put a family with the face and I wanted to put a mother and father with the child," Chief Serpas said. The chief said he does not think Tabitha ran away. He urged anyone with information to call police.