WV WV - Aliayah Lunsford, 3, Lewis Co., 24 Sep 2011 - #12

[MountainLover]

Alligators aren't native to WV-we do have water snakes in some places, though.
Aliayah, you're never going to be forgotten.

 

[No Stone Unturned]

I'm bringing over a few post from Thread 1 from wenc. Being a local, these posts give us a lot of insight! Thanks for posting wenc.


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wenc
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Bendale Church, next to the armory, did have food and drink for the searchers. All other churches are bringing donations and other people too. The divers are beneath the bridge I mentioned earlier. they did add a guardrail to the bridge at some point.

Of course, the rumors are flying: Mom had Aliayah while in prison. They didn't stir until 11:00 yesterday which is why it was so late when they reported it. They party until late and don't get up until late. Not very sociable. Aliayah had a fever and was sick. They suspect the stepdad harmed her. They were too drunk to do a polygraph on last night. Mom is 36 weeks pregnant with twins and was drunk last night. No one knows if Aliayah was missing for longer, they hadn't seen her in a while.

I do know that if a child wandered off in that neighborhood, the dogs would have barked and someone would have noticed her. If she made it to the highway, someone could have taken her. People are expanding their searches, most saying that they are not looking at how far off a 3-year-old can wander, but where someone could take her. The family is calmly standing around the yard talking to people milling around. I think if she is anywhere in that neighborhood, she would have been found by now. Every inch has been searched. I also worry about the neighbors saying they were not sociable at all, makes me worry about isolation and abuse.

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[mahoolin]

I'm bringing over a few post from Thread 1 from wenc. Being a local, these posts give us a lot of insight!
wenc
Registered User

Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 251
Bendale Church, next to the armory, did have food and drink for the searchers. All other churches are bringing donations and other people too. The divers are beneath the bridge I mentioned earlier. they did add a guardrail to the bridge at some point.

No one knows if Aliayah was missing for longer, they hadn't seen her in a while.

I do know that if a child wandered off in that neighborhood, the dogs would have barked and someone would have noticed her. If she made it to the highway, someone could have taken her.

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I can't find the Bendale home address - how far to the highway, and which highway? Anybody know?
(hoping that she DID wander and was taken - don't know which is worse though....)

 

[gogrannypop]

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I can't find the Bendale home address - how far to the highway, and which highway? Anybody know?
(hoping that she DID wander and was taken - don't know which is worse though....)

BBM Isn't that a sad thing?

 

[Fuller Malarkey]

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I can't find the Bendale home address - how far to the highway, and which highway? Anybody know?
(hoping that she DID wander and was taken - don't know which is worse though....)

Lunsford Home address:
49 Dennison St
Weston, WV 26452

Referenced highway: Possibly Highway 19 or County road 30

Distance from house to Highway 19: +- 1200 feet

Distance from house to County Road 30: +- 500 feet

 

[No Stone Unturned]

From what I have been reading, Thread 1 on this case holds the most clues and the most valuable information.

So much has come out about this family that serves as a distraction to the time period we need to focus on. I have been reading and re-reading that thread trying to figure out what happened to this little girl.

If you have the chance, go back and read through thread 1.

 

[mahoolin]

Lunsford Home address:
49 Dennison St
Weston, WV 26452

Referenced highway: Possibly Highway 19 or County road 30

Distance from house to Highway 19: +- 1200 feet

Distance from house to County Road 30: +- 500 feet

Thanks for the data
- wow! - way close to two roads....
can't little ones that age hustle pretty quickly?
What if she wasn't sneaking out in the early morn, but running away from something/someone?

 

[mahoolin]

:bump:
bippity, boppity bump sweet Aliayah

 

[melissasmom]

Thanks for the data
- wow! - way close to two roads....
can't little ones that age hustle pretty quickly?
What if she wasn't sneaking out in the early morn, but running away from something/someone?

The FBI has specifically said that they have ruled out Aliayah wandering away on her own. They stated this case was one of concealment, abduction, or homicide.

Here is a link to an article referencing this:

http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/111003_6889.shtml

I agree, the first thread has a lot of good information.

 

[tlcya]

:bump:

 

[mahoolin]

The FBI has specifically said that they have ruled out Aliayah wandering away on her own. They stated this case was one of concealment, abduction, or homicide.

Here is a link to an article referencing this:

http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/eyewitness/111003_6889.shtml

I agree, the first thread has a lot of good information.

Thanks for the link, and I agree with you - first thread is great.

Maybe I didn't make myself clear in my other post - what I meant was, maybe Aliayah went running (haven't you seen kids running blindly, all the while looking behind them until they run into someone or something?) and was picked up/abducted by someone on her road or along one of the nearby roads. If they did pick her up, it'd be a quick jump and not much neighborhood (if at all) to travel through before they'd be on their way to wherever.

I've thought about mom's strange ride through town the day Aliayah went missing - what if she were looking for a particular car? Maybe one she saw lurking about the night before, or maybe one she saw Aliayah taken away in, someone she suspected but was afraid of? That's why no need for asking neighbors if they'd seen her.

I've often wondered/fantasized that the parents or one of them were in a way responsible for this baby's disappearance. (maybe after her for some "wrong" and angrily starting towards her - running her straight into the arms of an abductor? Or, maybe Mom favored her, and someone with a grudge, monetary or whatever took her) Now mom and dad really don't know where she is, but are beginning gradually to pay for their less than stellar parenting - at least from what information shared with us.

So much speculation and assumptions made in this case... I know we all just wish this pretty little baby were found and placed in a loving safe environment. :innocent:

I know some of the above must sound fantastically ridiculous, but stranger things have happened, and we don't want the other alternatives...

 

[melissasmom]

Thanks for the link, and I agree with you - first thread is great.

Maybe I didn't make myself clear in my other post - what I meant was, maybe Aliayah went running (haven't you seen kids running blindly, all the while looking behind them until they run into someone or something?) and was picked up/abducted by someone on her road or along one of the nearby roads. If they did pick her up, it'd be a quick jump and not much neighborhood (if at all) to travel through before they'd be on their way to wherever.

I've thought about mom's strange ride through town the day Aliayah went missing - what if she were looking for a particular car? Maybe one she saw lurking about the night before, or maybe one she saw Aliayah taken away in, someone she suspected but was afraid of? That's why no need for asking neighbors if they'd seen her.

I've often wondered/fantasized that the parents or one of them were in a way responsible for this baby's disappearance. (maybe after her for some "wrong" and angrily starting towards her - running her straight into the arms of an abductor? Or, maybe Mom favored her, and someone with a grudge, monetary or whatever took her) Now mom and dad really don't know where she is, but are beginning gradually to pay for their less than stellar parenting - at least from what information shared with us.

So much speculation and assumptions made in this case... I know we all just wish this pretty little baby were found and placed in a loving safe environment. :innocent:

I know some of the above must sound fantastically ridiculous, but stranger things have happened, and we don't want the other alternatives...

Ah, I see what you are saying. That is something I would never have even thought of. And I don't think it sounds fantastically ridiculous at all, I think it's a good theory actually. That WOULD explain the driving around, and I am quite sure Lena and Ralph associate with many unsavory people. (well, they are unsavory too, but that's beside the point).
Keep thinking. I like your ideas.

ETA: Oops, wanted to clarify when I say like your ideas, I did not mean I like the thought that this would have happened to Aliayah Just had to get that in in case I gave the wrong impression.

 

[Arabella83]

This is about an hour North of Weston

http://www.wboy.com/story/16652625/2012/02/01/human-remains-found-in-cheat-lake

 

[mahoolin]

This is about an hour North of Weston

http://www.wboy.com/story/16652625/2012/02/01/human-remains-found-in-cheat-lake

oh no!!!! praying for who was found, and praying it wasn't Aliayah...

raying:

 

[KinderedSpirits]

oh no!!!! praying for who was found, and praying it wasn't Aliayah...

raying:

Not a day goes by where I don't think about, and pray for this precious baby! All I want is for her to be found, and for those who failed her to get what they deserve. With that said, I can't bear the thought of those being her remains. My heart is seriously racing out of my throat right now....

 

[ClaireNC]

Where are you sweet baby Aliayah? Please give us a sign.

Has there been any new developments in the past month or so? Has this case just stalled? Please don't let it go cold, Aliayah deserves so much more.

 

[DLynn]

Thinking about you sweet little baby girl.

 

[CJMAJORGIRL24]

THIS is interesting.

While reading through Thread #2, it is mentioned several times that dogs traced AL's scent to the river and would place that scent to be 3-7 days old.

Dogs were brought in 3 days after disappearance if I recall correctly.

LL said that Aliayah had never been to the river and wouldn't go alone.

A VOICE IS SCREAMING IN MY HEAD- THIS IS IT!

The river has been nagging at me for the past two days. Why in the world would Aliayah wake up after a night of supposedly being ill and make a bee line to the river alone?

She wouldn't.

So, in my head all of these other scenarios about being stolen for her own good, or taken for a drug debt, or sold, or taken by an RSO, have been ruled out. Someone carried her to the river. Now the question is, who.

Very good thinking. LL tried to pull LE away from the river.....I don't believe Aliayah was ever ALONE....

I can't stop thinking about you babygirl...

 

[CJMAJORGIRL24]

This is about an hour North of Weston

http://www.wboy.com/story/16652625/2012/02/01/human-remains-found-in-cheat-lake

.....I keep thinking two hour trip...**ughhh**

 

[longtallcold]

http://www.wvva.com/story/16659003/mans-body-recovered-from-cheat-lake

Posted: Feb 02, 2012 7:58 AM EST Updated: Feb 02, 2012 7:58 AM EST

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was recovered from Cheat Lake.