Wanted, Missing, and Public Safety Alerts

Remember the story about the disabled girl whose mother fed her crack cocaine and let men sexually abuse her? Well, one of the men didn't show up for court. The police are looking for more suspects in this case. The updated story is here . In a separate crime, RCMP and Hamilton Police are looking for a man in connection with a sexual assault. Here's his picture: The following details are excerts from the RCMP's website : Mieczyslaw (Mike) WIDZIAK Wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for Sex Assault, Incest, Anal Intercourse, Fail to Attend Court. Description White Male Height: 5'9" (175 cm) Weight: 175 lbs ... Read Full Story

When I followed the Scott Peterson case I was drawn to the fact that this man showed no emotion before and after his trial. His eyes were "dead" and hollow and he kept that blank look that was there from the beginning when Laci Peterson and her unborn child, Conor, first went missing. What was he thinking? What was behind that blank facade? How could he just go on living like nothing happened and start another relationship? After reading the book authored by Marilee Strong, " Erased ", I came away with a clearer picture of the psychology involved in why men can "erase" ... Read Full Story

Brenda Joan Allen Szabo started having children at the age of 17. She left her first born, a 7 month old son, on the steps of a New York City Police station. Around the same time her then boyfriend died of a drug over dose and she left town when police tried to question her about it. Brenda continued to have three more children by different fathers who also died tragic deaths including heroin overdose, suicide and a car accident. Brenda used a number of aliases as she crisscrossed the country and had several run ins with the law along the way. In the ... Read Full Story

There is a letter on the family website of Melanie Metheny that her family discovered among her belongings that they didn't even know was there. At the end of the letter Melanie writes the following: Being a single mom is not easy at all but watching my kids grow up and watching them learn new things is the greatest feeling that I ever had. I would not change them for the world and I don't know where I'd be right now if I didn't have them but I know my life wouldn't have as much meaning. The rest of the letter is a mother's ... Read Full Story

Amber Simmons and her mother Rachel Conger March 13 will be a date young Amber Simmons will sadly never forget.  She went to bed the night before and when she woke up, her mother, Rachel Conger and step-father Paul were gone.  What happened next in this small city of Paris, Tennessee, is a mystery.  Paul was found three days later in the woods, dead of what police say was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  Rachel's wallet, cellphone, and ID were found in Paul's nearby truck.  But so far, there has been no sign of her.  Officials fear the worst, that she was the victim of ... Read Full Story