This doesn't sound good. I don't think this is a kidnapping, but these kids were three blocks from a river.
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Search Enters Second Day for 3 Boys in N.J.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
CAMDEN, N.J. — Authorities used helicopters, boats, a bloodhound and a house-by-house search Thursday to try to find three boys missing since the prior evening.
Their families' search for the boys, ages 5 to 11, began soon after the three friends vanished around 5 p.m. Wednesday as they played outside one of their homes. Police said they were notified at about 9 p.m.
Authorities have no reason to believe the boys were abducted, but that possibility had not been ruled out, said police Lt. Mike Lynch.
As time wore on during a day of worries, tearful embraces, prayers and frantic searching, relatives fretted about how the oldest of the boys — who has limited mental abilities and attention deficit disorder — might fare without his medication.
"We've done everything we can. The only thing we can do now is hope and pray we'll turn around and they'll be walking down the sidewalk and saying, 'We're here,'" said Jennifer Calo, an aunt of 11-year-old Anibal Cruz (search).
Elba Cruz, Anibal's mother, said she was outside with the boys Wednesday and went in for just a few minutes to check on something cooking in her kitchen.
When she returned, her son, 6-year-old neighbor Daniel Agosto (search) and 5-year-old friend Jesstin Pagan (search) were missing.
Jesstin Pagan and his mother, Jessica, were visiting the Cruz home from their house in nearby Mount Ephraim.
"I turned my back for two seconds and they were gone," Jessica Pagan said.
Daniel's mother was inside her home across the street napping at the time. "This is the first time for him to leave the block," she said Thursday as she watched police cordon off a nearby wooded area with yellow tape.
In the mostly Puerto Rican Cramer Hill neighborhood, which is considered a relatively safe place in a city one crime analyst called America's most dangerous, family and neighbors immediately began a search.
When police arrived, they used helicopters and began going door to door. Search efforts lasted through the night, then intensified Thursday morning with authorities giving special scrutiny to abandoned homes, railroad tracks and parks.
Relatives of the boys said that they were spotted Wednesday evening at a nearby water-ice stand, then a pizzeria, but Lynch said those sightings could not be confirmed.
Police said that because of the boys' ages — and Anibal's mental capabilities — they did not believe they could have gotten too far from the neighborhood. Still, police in neighboring Pennsauken and Mount Ephraim searched in their towns.
A police dog tracked a scent taken from one of the boys' clothing to an overgrown wooded area along the Delaware River a half-dozen blocks from the Cruz home.
Throughout the day Thursday, a state police helicopter buzzed over the woods while three fire department rescue boats patrolled the river's bank.
Meanwhile, weary volunteers handed out fliers to people in passing cars while police considered all the possibilities.
"There's no tangible evidence we've received to say, 'Yeah, there's foul play here,"' Lynch said. At the same time, he said, authorities approached the disappearances as a possible crime.
He said investigators were determining whether any registered sex offenders lived in the neighborhood and looking into whether anything in the boys' homes would indicate a relative wanted to abduct them.
Lynch said that neither avenue was bearing fruit.
Neighbors in the closely knit area kept a close watch on police. As a search dog followed a scent, she was followed through streets of single-family homes by several police officers, a small pack of reporters and photographers and a group of residents, including a girl on a bike and a mother pushing a stroller.
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Everytime there's a missing child now, you immediately suspect family members. At least I do, and I think most people think in that direction. But in this case the 3 boys are not siblings. It does sound as if one went off and the other 2 followed, getting into a frightening situation (the river). I pray they find them ASAP. Their families must be going thru you know what.
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Very very sad news. 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8349578/
Bodies of missing N.J. boys found
All three discovered dead in trunk of car
Camden, N.J. - The bodies of three young boys missing since Wednesday were found in the trunk of an abandoned car in their neighborhood on Friday, a family member said, according to WCAU TV.
A police briefing was expected soon, the Philadelphia station reported.
Police activity in the area around Bergen Avenue became frenzied around 6:30 p.m., according to sources at the scene. Police placed yellow crime scene tape and a tarpaulin in front of the car to block off the vehicle. The bodies were discovered by Agosto's father, David, who opened the car's trunk, looked inside and then fell to his knees screaming. David Agosto was then overcome by grief and later taken away by EMTs.
No further details were available.
The families of the three Camden boys had made a tearful plea to the public Friday afternoon for help finding their missing children. There was a $9,000 reward from the Citizens Crime Commission for any information and the public was invited to contribute.
The three children have been identified as Anibal Cruz, 11; Daniel Agosto, 6; and Jesstin "Manny" Pagan, 5, all of Camden.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8349578/
Bodies of missing N.J. boys found
All three discovered dead in trunk of car
Camden, N.J. - The bodies of three young boys missing since Wednesday were found in the trunk of an abandoned car in their neighborhood on Friday, a family member said, according to WCAU TV.
A police briefing was expected soon, the Philadelphia station reported.
Police activity in the area around Bergen Avenue became frenzied around 6:30 p.m., according to sources at the scene. Police placed yellow crime scene tape and a tarpaulin in front of the car to block off the vehicle. The bodies were discovered by Agosto's father, David, who opened the car's trunk, looked inside and then fell to his knees screaming. David Agosto was then overcome by grief and later taken away by EMTs.
No further details were available.
The families of the three Camden boys had made a tearful plea to the public Friday afternoon for help finding their missing children. There was a $9,000 reward from the Citizens Crime Commission for any information and the public was invited to contribute.
The three children have been identified as Anibal Cruz, 11; Daniel Agosto, 6; and Jesstin "Manny" Pagan, 5, all of Camden.
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There is something about this case that I find strange. I can't quite pin my finger on it either.
There was something that one of the mothers said once or twice that just sounded odd. Something about we won't be mad if you come back. That wasn't what she said, but it was along those lines.
I am not saying that the parents did anything, but I think there is more of a story there than we know.
There was something that one of the mothers said once or twice that just sounded odd. Something about we won't be mad if you come back. That wasn't what she said, but it was along those lines.
I am not saying that the parents did anything, but I think there is more of a story there than we know.
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wx247 wrote:There is something about this case that I find strange. I can't quite pin my finger on it either.
There was something that one of the mothers said once or twice that just sounded odd. Something about we won't be mad if you come back. That wasn't what she said, but it was along those lines.
I am not saying that the parents did anything, but I think there is more of a story there than we know.
Something IS really fishy... it just seems kind of bizarre.
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Major red flags going up in my head with this case. I remember that quote from one of the mothers and I thought it odd too. Why would a mother say that - think it maybe - but all you'd think about was finding your child safe. Not that they disobeyed. That would be the farthest thing from my mind - to not punish my child for disobeying? No, you'd be combing the streets and woods looking for them, no matter what they did. Their safety would be all you'd be concerned with.
There's more to this story and I'm afraid it will all unfold.
Also, one boy was visiting the other boy and staying with that family. So it wasn't 3 separate friends, from three separate homes involved. Don't know why that's important to point out but if the two families were staying together, that might be important.
There's more to this story and I'm afraid it will all unfold.
Also, one boy was visiting the other boy and staying with that family. So it wasn't 3 separate friends, from three separate homes involved. Don't know why that's important to point out but if the two families were staying together, that might be important.
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I heard that mother say that in the interview about not being mad at them. I really didn't take it as being strange though. I looked at it as if she was thinking that the kids were afraid that they would be in trouble for straying far. Kind of like that boy in Utah that saw the rescuers looking for him, but didn't approach them because he was taught never to talk to strangers.
I HOPE this was all just a tragic, tragic, accident. They probably saw the trunk open or got in it some how and thought they could "hide out" from their parents. I feel so sorry for the families right now.
I HOPE this was all just a tragic, tragic, accident. They probably saw the trunk open or got in it some how and thought they could "hide out" from their parents. I feel so sorry for the families right now.
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Bad news guys...
Father finds young friends in car trunk
Friday, June 24, 2005; Posted: 11:25 p.m. EDT (03:25 GMT)
CAMDEN, New Jersey (CNN) -- Three young boys missing for two days were found dead Friday night in the trunk of a car by one child's father, who jumped away screaming and sobbing after his grim discovery.
Later he fell to the ground yelling, "Let me go! Let me go!" as several men sought to hold and console him.
A large crowd quickly gathered, crying and shouting, not far from the home of one of the children, 11-year-old Anibal Cruz.
Cruz, 6-year-old Daniel Agosto and 5-year-old Jesstin Pagan had been missing since Wednesday.
"We are saddened by the events that have turned up this evening," Police Chief Edwin J. Figueroa told reporters late Friday. "As you know ... the three children have been found, and they were found in the trunk of a car."
The cause of their deaths is unknown, and police were not ruling out the possibility that it was an accident, Figueroa said. He said the car -- a maroon Toyota Camry -- was an older model, and had no device in the trunk that would allow someone inside to open it.
Figueroa said he didn't know when the autopsies would be completed.
"Preliminary indications show that the vehicle was located there" when the hunt for the boys got under way in that area Thursday morning with the help of a bloodhound, he said.
"We know the car was searched," Figueroa added. He said logs will be examined to find out which officers were at that site. Many police officers were extremely upset over the discovery of the bodies, he said.
"We have a very fresh and active investigation in this case," said Camden County Prosecutor Vincent Sarubbi at the same news conference. "There are many issues that we have to look into."
The families of the children, he said, were "extremely distraught and grieving." They were receiving counseling to help them cope with their losses.
Sarubbi initially said investigators were treating the area where the car was found as a crime scene, but then said it was an "open investigation. We haven't determined whether this was foul play or just a tragic accident."
The bodies were found about 7 p.m. in the Cramer Hill neighborhood.
After the discovery, police cordoned off the area with crime tape, then hung sheets over it to hide the car from view near a wooded area.
The children were last seen around 5 p.m. Wednesday playing in the side yard of Cruz's home. Daniel Agosto lived nearby, while Jesstin Pagan lived farther away.
Elba Cruz, Anibal's mother, said she left the three children playing in the yard for five to 10 minutes while she cooked dinner. When she returned, they were gone.
There was a massive search for the boys by police, firefighters and other officials, using dogs, helicopters and boats.
Police had said they did an exhaustive search of the entire neighborhood, about three square miles. Earlier Friday, police announced a $9,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of the boys.
CNN's Allan Chernoff contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/24/missin ... index.html
Father finds young friends in car trunk
Friday, June 24, 2005; Posted: 11:25 p.m. EDT (03:25 GMT)
CAMDEN, New Jersey (CNN) -- Three young boys missing for two days were found dead Friday night in the trunk of a car by one child's father, who jumped away screaming and sobbing after his grim discovery.
Later he fell to the ground yelling, "Let me go! Let me go!" as several men sought to hold and console him.
A large crowd quickly gathered, crying and shouting, not far from the home of one of the children, 11-year-old Anibal Cruz.
Cruz, 6-year-old Daniel Agosto and 5-year-old Jesstin Pagan had been missing since Wednesday.
"We are saddened by the events that have turned up this evening," Police Chief Edwin J. Figueroa told reporters late Friday. "As you know ... the three children have been found, and they were found in the trunk of a car."
The cause of their deaths is unknown, and police were not ruling out the possibility that it was an accident, Figueroa said. He said the car -- a maroon Toyota Camry -- was an older model, and had no device in the trunk that would allow someone inside to open it.
Figueroa said he didn't know when the autopsies would be completed.
"Preliminary indications show that the vehicle was located there" when the hunt for the boys got under way in that area Thursday morning with the help of a bloodhound, he said.
"We know the car was searched," Figueroa added. He said logs will be examined to find out which officers were at that site. Many police officers were extremely upset over the discovery of the bodies, he said.
"We have a very fresh and active investigation in this case," said Camden County Prosecutor Vincent Sarubbi at the same news conference. "There are many issues that we have to look into."
The families of the children, he said, were "extremely distraught and grieving." They were receiving counseling to help them cope with their losses.
Sarubbi initially said investigators were treating the area where the car was found as a crime scene, but then said it was an "open investigation. We haven't determined whether this was foul play or just a tragic accident."
The bodies were found about 7 p.m. in the Cramer Hill neighborhood.
After the discovery, police cordoned off the area with crime tape, then hung sheets over it to hide the car from view near a wooded area.
The children were last seen around 5 p.m. Wednesday playing in the side yard of Cruz's home. Daniel Agosto lived nearby, while Jesstin Pagan lived farther away.
Elba Cruz, Anibal's mother, said she left the three children playing in the yard for five to 10 minutes while she cooked dinner. When she returned, they were gone.
There was a massive search for the boys by police, firefighters and other officials, using dogs, helicopters and boats.
Police had said they did an exhaustive search of the entire neighborhood, about three square miles. Earlier Friday, police announced a $9,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of the boys.
CNN's Allan Chernoff contributed to this report.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/24/missin ... index.html
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Stephanie wrote:I heard that mother say that in the interview about not being mad at them. I really didn't take it as being strange though. I looked at it as if she was thinking that the kids were afraid that they would be in trouble for straying far. Kind of like that boy in Utah that saw the rescuers looking for him, but didn't approach them because he was taught never to talk to strangers.
I HOPE this was all just a tragic, tragic, accident. They probably saw the trunk open or got in it some how and thought they could "hide out" from their parents. I feel so sorry for the families right now.
Thats what I think too that they got in that trunk & then got trapped.
What a tragic story & my heart goes out to the families.
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cyclonaut wrote:Stephanie wrote:I heard that mother say that in the interview about not being mad at them. I really didn't take it as being strange though. I looked at it as if she was thinking that the kids were afraid that they would be in trouble for straying far. Kind of like that boy in Utah that saw the rescuers looking for him, but didn't approach them because he was taught never to talk to strangers.
I HOPE this was all just a tragic, tragic, accident. They probably saw the trunk open or got in it some how and thought they could "hide out" from their parents. I feel so sorry for the families right now.
Thats what I think too that they got in that trunk & then got trapped.
What a tragic story & my heart goes out to the families.
Ditto that.. sad stuff..
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