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THESUMMER ‘10VO L U M E 4 I S S U E 2 - AU G U S T 2 0 1 0AMBERMISSING CHILDREN’S DAY EDITIONMISSING CHILDREN’SDAY AROUND THE WORLD, pg. 3FRONT LINES:Orange Park, Florida, pg. 6AMBER ALERTINTERNATIONAL, pg. 8

AMBER:THEW H AT ’ S I N T H I S I S S U E O FM I S S I N G C H I L D R E N ’ S D AYC O M M E M O R AT E D A R O U N D T H E W O R L D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAG E 3A M B E R A L E R T T R A I N I N G H E L P S S O LV E1996 CHILD HOMICIDE CASE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAG E 5F R O N T L I N E S : O r a n g e Pa r k , F l o r i d a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAG E 6PROFILE: BOB HOEVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAG E 7A M B E R A L E RT I N T E R N AT I O N A L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAG E 8A M B E R I N I N D I A N C O U N T RY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAG E 9ODDS & ENDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAG E 1 1This publication was prepared under Cooperative Agreement number 2008-MC-CS-K028 from the Office of JuvenileJustice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions expressed in thisdocument are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of OJJDP or the U.S.Department of Justice.Your story ideas and pictures are welcome.AMBER Alert INFO:For AMBER Alert Training& Technical Assistance,contact:Phil Keith, Program DirectorAMBER Alert Training &Technical Assistance Program877-71-AMBERaskamber@fvtc.eduEDITOR:Paul Murphymurphyp@fvtc.eduGRAPHIC LAYOUT:Scott Troxeltroxel@fvtc.eduTraining & Class registration:www.amber-net.orgSUMMER 2010 AMBERTHE2

MISSING CHILDREN’S DAYMISSING CHILDREN’S DAY COMMEMORATED AROUND THE WORLDEfforts to find a child who vanishedmore than 3 decades ago haveturned into an international event toremember all missing children. OnMay 25, 1979, 6-year-old Etan Patzwent missing on his way to school inNew York City. The missing boy wasthe first child whose face appearedon a milk carton and President Ronald Reagan later proclaimed May 25as National Missing Children’s day.This year, nine countries in addition tothe U.S. helped raise awareness formissing children by commemoratingInternational Missing Children’s Day,which is also observed on May 25.“The extraordinary efforts of themen and women we recognizetoday have awakened familyafter family from the nightmare ofhaving a missing child.”U.S. Attorney General Eric HolderThe Manhattan District Attorneymarked the anniversary by announcing that he will take a fresh look atthe Patz case and review evidencecollected against a convicted childmolester now serving 20 years in aPennsylvania prison.1.CAPITAL HONORS2.At a special Missing Children’s Dayceremony in Washington, D.C., U.S.Attorney General Eric Holder honoredlaw enforcement officers and citizensfor helping in the recovery of missingchildren. “The extraordinary efforts ofthe men and women we recognizetoday have awakened family afterfamily from the nightmare of havinga missing child, and, when there canbe no solace, helped them to recover from unthinkable loss,” said Holder.The following individuals were honored at the event:1. North Carolina Assistant DistrictAttorney Kelly Miller for helpingsecure a 115 to 142.5 year prisonsentence for a man who was sexually abusing his 8-year-old niecewhile her mother was deployed toIraq.2. Phoenix FBI Special Agent Michael J. Conrad for assisting in therecovery of an abducted 2-yearold child. AMBERTHESUMMER 20103.4.5.3. Tombstone, Arizona postal employees James Pantoja, TonyPalma and Denultra Camp fordistributing a missing child posterwhich helped in the safe recoveryof a 9-year-old child.4. Miami FBI Special Agents Catherine Koontz and James T. Lewisfor pursuing child pornographycases and eventually identifying8 children who had been sexuallyabused.5. Lajas, Puerto Rico fifth grader BillyJoe Reyes Collado for creating thewinning poster for the 2010 MissingChildren’s Day Art Contest.“Law enforcement officers and prosecutors see the most broken parts ofbroken lives,” said Assistant AttorneyGeneral and National AMBER AlertCoordinator Laurie O. Robinson. “Butthese men and women have managed to channel their shock andoutrage into a sense of duty. Andbecause of their actions, these horrible perpetrators have been broughtto justice – and young children havebeen saved – removed from danger.”National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) Presidentand CEO Ernie Allen spoke at theevent about how companies likeGoogle, Microsoft and others havehelped develop technology to stopthe exploitation of children. “Thesefierce competitors agreed to worktogether with us toward a commongoal, eradicating commercial childpornography,” said Allen.The Department of Justice, Officeof Justice Programs also releasedtwo publications at the ceremony:“The Crime of Family Abduction: AChild’s and Parent’s dp/229933.pdf ) which offers insightinto how a child abduction by afamily member affects the child andthe family, and the fourth edition of“When Your Child is Missing: A FamilyC O N T I N U E D O N PAG E 43

MISSING CHILDREN’S DAYC O N T I N U E D F R O M PAG E 3Survival Guide.” ntents.html)AROUND THE U.S.A.INDIAN COUNTRYIndian tribes from across the southwest observedMissing Children’s Day by learning how to bringmissing and abducted children home. Law enforcement officials, child protection advocatesand community leaders gathered at the Harrah’sAk-Chin Indian Community Resort in Maricopa,Arizona on May 25. The training session includedthe latest child protection strategies as well as atraditional blessing and nativedance. On thesame day, thetribal councilsfor the Ak-Chin,Tohono O’odhomand White Mountain Apachetribes announcedtheir AMBER Alertresolutions.4AROUND THE WORLDInternational Missing Children’s Day was commemorated in Australia, Canada, Brazil, Germany,Greece, Ireland, Romania, the Netherlands andthe United Kingdom. The nine countries heldevents to raise awareness about missing childrenissues, including: Brazil hosted a 1-day missing children seminarand released balloons. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police unveiledits annual report on missing children, releasedballoons and honored a law enforcement officer who helped recover a missing child. The Dutch National Police visited localschools to discuss missing children’sissues and released 500 balloons. The AustralianFederal Policecreated a website wherevirtual balloons can bereleased and includes apublic service announcement. Visit www.helpbringthemhome.org.au. The United Kingdom launched the ChildRescue Alert (More info on pg. 8).“We urge you to join us in spreading the messageof hope and help to bring these children home,”said Nancy Dube, Executive Vice President andCEO of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children.SUMMER 2010 AMBERTHEHere are some highlights on how Missing Children’sDay was recognized around the UnitedStates: The direct-mail company Valassis celebrated the 25th anniversary of its “Haveyou seen me?” program by distributinga four-page missing children insert to 44million households. A record number of motorcycle ridersparticipated in the Ride for Missing Chile.timtdren in New York. The 443 riders stoppedouit’s all abat elementary schools that helped raisemoney and released balloons to honora missing student. The Pennsylvania Turnpike held “SafetyBreaks” at 2 of its busiest plazas which included presentations on how to preventabductions and locate missing children. People were urged to “Take 25” minutesto teach children how to stay safe online in Alabama, Arizona, Kansas, NewYork and other states. The Minnesota AMBER Alert Networkheld a “Dining to Donate” event to raisemoney and awareness with an eventthat included free fingerprint ID kits, facepainting, McGruff the Crime Dog andthe Los Padrinos Lowrider Car Club. Electronic billboards in Loveland, Colorado displayed more than100 missingchildren from May 1 until May 25.

AMBER ALERT TRAININGAMBER ALERT TRAINING HELPS SOLVE 1996 CHILD HOMICIDECASEDetectives say the AMBER Alert training they received played a pivotal role in making an arrest inan Oregon child homicide case that happenednearly 14 years ago. The Jackson County, OregonSheriff’s Office arrested William Frank Simmons onApril 7 for the November 1996murder of Kaelin Rose Glazier.Simmons was indicted by aGrand Jury and arrested exactly 2 years after Glazier’s remains were found 78 feet fromSimmons’ home. Once theskeletal remains were found,detectives said they relied onthe AMBER Alert training theyhad just received from the Department of Justice’s Office ofJustice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and DelinquencyPrevention (OJJDP) through FoxValley Technical College”.“We are passionate aboutAMBER Alert training,” saidDet. Sgt. Colin Fagan, JacksonCounty Sheriff’s Office. “Whenwe found her remains we hada better idea of what we needed to do to move the caseforward. We knew we had oneopportunity to get this right andthe AMBER Alert training gaveus the awareness and the toolsto take the case to the GrandJury and make an arrest.”Fagan had attended trainingon how to develop a ChildAbduction Response Team(CART) when he saw an ageprogressed picture of KaelinGlazier. The course also included a case study presentation by Sergeant Mark Simpson (Retired) about hisinvestigation into the 1996 abduction and murderof Amber Hagerman, the 9-year-old whose deathprompted the creation of the AMBER Alert program.Fagan and a colleague were impressed by thequality of the training and soon the sheriff’s officewas sending their detectives and crime analysts to AMBERTHESUMMER 2010every AMBER Alert course on missing and abducted children offered by the Department of Justice’sOffice of Justice Programs. The Jackson CountySheriff’s Office is also changing its policies and procedures for missing and abducted children.“The Jackson County Sheriff’sOffice should be commendedfor taking what they learnedand bringing closure to a tragicmurder,” said Simpson, “It clearlydemonstrates that the effortwe put into training is extremelyworthwhile.”The Jackson County Sheriff’sDepartment also asked Simpsonfor advice to help with its newlyramped up investigation intoGlazier’s death. Simpson wasgiven complete access to thecase files so he could train other detectives about lessonslearned during the investigation. “We consider Marka member of the team and weconsulted with him to draw fromhis deep well of experience,”said Fagan.The teamwork paid off whendetectives finally had enoughevidence to present their findingsto the Grand Jury. “They put alot of effort and sweat equity intothe investigation,” added Simpson. “I’m proud to have had thisunique opportunity to work withthese detectives and be associated with them.”OJJDP offers the following training courses: Canvassing, Searchand Recovery Strategies forAbducted Children, Child Abduction ResponseTeam (CART), CART Certification, Basic ForensicResponse to Missing and Abducted Children,Investigative Strategies for Missing and AbductedChildren, Leadership for Missing and AbductedChildren and Specialized Investigative Techniquesin Child Abduction Cases. More information canbe found at www.amber-net.org/training.5

FRONT LINES: Orange Park, FLSHERIFF SAYS TRAINING PREPARED HIM FOR HIGH PROFILEABDUCTIONSeven-year-old Somer Thompson vanished onOctober 19, 2009 while walking home from schoolin Orange Park, Florida. She hadseparatedfrom her twinbrother andher sister after an argument. Somer’smother flagged down apassing deputy and reportedher daughter was missing.sibilities other than abduction, an AMBER Alert wasissued at 10: 45 a.m. the next day.FRONT LINESClay County, Florida Sheriff Rick Beseler had never handled a child abduction case and thought the chances it wouldhappen were small. But the sheriff wanted to beready just in case and during the past 4 years hisdeputies attended more than 20 training sessionson the AMBER Alert and missing child investigations. Six months prior to this reported missing childincident his office had a table-top exercise involving a child being abducted while walking homefrom school.“It was veryfortuitouswe did thisbecause wefound a lot ofproblems inour system,”said Beseler.“If we didnot have thetraining andthe table-topexercise wewould haveClay Co u n t y, F lo r ida S h e r if f R ic k B e se le rbeen lost.”The exercisehelped the sheriff’s office develop a better leadstracking system and protocols for searching andcanvassing.The same day Somer went missing, the sheriffset up a command post at the local junior highschool. More than 100 law enforcement officersfrom Clay County, two surrounding counties, theFlorida Department of Law Enforcement, the U.S.Marshals Service and the FBI gathered for the firstactivation of the newly formed Child AbductionResponse Team (CART). After eliminating all pos-The CART had all the needed equipment, protocolsand personnel in placeimmediately. “I had confidence because we hadtrained and learned fromthe AMBER Alert Trainingand Technical Assistanceprogram offered throughFox Valley Technical College what ultimately canhappen,” said Beseler.CART members calledthemselves Team Someras a way to connect withthe family and community.They wore purple braceletsand gold pins with the TeamSomer logo and placed abanner at the command postwith Somer’s picture that read “Remember this iswhy we are here.”More than 2,000 leadscame in during the first 24hours. Each investigativeteam had a member fromevery law enforcementagency to foster teamworkand prevent anyone’s egofrom getting in the way.“When other agenciescome in you have to havetrust,” said Clay CountySheriff’s Captain DavidSenters. “They have to trustthat you aren’t going tokeep the good leads foryourself. You also have tohave a plan and stick tothat plan.”C l a y C o u nty Sheri ff’s Ca p ta i nD a v i d SentersThe Sheriff’s Office had also developed a landfillprotocol and detectives searched every garbagetruck. Somer’s body was found the followingday in a transfer truck 55 miles away in Folkston,Georgia. “If we didn’t find the body we wouldnot have solved the crime,” concluded Beseler.C O N T I N U E D O N PAG E 1 0SUMMER 2010 AMBERTHE6

PROFILE: BOB HOEVER“WHERE’S BOB?”WHEREVER AMBER ALERT TRAINING IS TAKING PLACEThe constant smile, the twinkle in his eye and hisunmistakable New Jersey accent makes BobHoever unforgettable. His official title is Associate Director of Special Projects, Missing ChildrenDivision for the National Center for Missing andExploited Children (NCMEC). Unofficially, Hoeveris the “Waldo” of AMBER Alert training. He trainsnearly every week of the year and any picture ofan AMBER Alert training will likely have Hoever inthe midst.Teaching about AMBER Alerts became a labor oflove for Hoever after a rush introduction to the program in 2002. Hoever had been working missingchild cases for the New Jersey State Police since1985 and his supervisor called him into an emergency meeting to talk about two girls who wereabducted the day before in California. The Governor had just announced that New Jersey wouldhave an AMBER Alert Program in three days andHoever was going to be the State AMBER AlertCoordinator.“That was a defining moment,” said Hoever. “Weknew we had to have it ready by Monday and weknew we needed to use other means of notification besides broadcasters.” Hoever was preparedbecause he had already heard about AMBERAlerts through NCMEC and started developing achild abduction plan with Pennsylvania and NewYork.Two weeks later the first AMBER Alert was issued after police received a report that a child had beenabducted. It did not take long before the childwas dropped off in the same area of the reportedabduction. Police became suspicious the victimwas not telling the truth and the boy confessed hewas throwing snow balls at cars and one motoristdecided to take him to his parents. “We assumethe motorist heard the AMBER Alert and took off,”said Hoever.Another memorable alert happened after witnesses said a man threw a girl into the back of a whitevan and took off quickly. A mother heard thealert and told police it may be her husband anddaughter. The police found the girl at school andHoever said the media was ready to criticize himfor issuing the alert. But all concerns ended whenHoever pulled out a map showing recent abductions in the area by a man in a white van. “We always tip the scale on the safety of the child,” said AMBERTHESUMMER 2010Hoever. “It showed theAMBER Alert worked andwe saved thousands ofhours trying to find out ifthe girl was safe.”During the early years ofthe AMBER Alert Program, State AMBER AlertCoordinators had tolearn from the successesand mistakes of others.“We really did learn fromeach other very quickly,” said Hoever. “Thegreatest experience Iever had was sharing allthe lessons learned fromall the other AMBER AlertCoordinators.”“The most gratifying andrewarding thing for me isto see how the programhas safely rescued morethan 500 children andB o b H o ev er, A s s o ci a t e D i rec tor of Sp ec i a l P roject s, M i s s i n g C h i l d r en D i vi si on for the N a ti onbrought them home toa l C e n t e r f o r M i s s i n g and Exploited Childrentheir families. It does notmatter what state thatoccurs in; we are all part of the AMBER Alert family. Everyone has played a part in that.”In 2004, Hoever retired from the New Jersey StatePolice and began working for NCMEC. Besidesworking with Fox Valley Technical College in theAMBER Alert Program, Hoever is the Team AdamProgram Manager and liaison to tribal law enforcement, Missing Child Clearinghouse Managersand AMBER Alert Coordinators.Hoever said his passion for the AMBER Alert Program is flamed by the fact he is the father of threechildren. “Having children yourself makes you realize how precious children are. It also makes yourealize how vulnerable they are and that it is up tous to make sure they are ok.”He believes more abducted children are safebecause technology, training and teamwork keepgetting better. “The speed in which children arebeing recovered now is amazing,” added Hoever.“People are working as a team better than everbefore.”7

AMBER ALERT INTERNATIONALFRANCE, BELGIUM & THE UNITED KINGDOM COMETOGETHER TO STOP CROSS-BORDER ABDUCTIONSFrance, Belgium and the United Kingdom have agreed on the criteria to be used for across-border child abduction alert. The agreement came during a 3-day seminar held thisMay at the French Ministry of Justice in Paris. The countries agreed to the minimum criteriaset in the 2008 European Commission guidelines to issue alerts if “it is a proven abductionor there are clear elements indicating that it could be a case of abduction.” Police andprosecutors also gathered to discuss best practices, identify key contacts, coordinate theirefforts and build trust. Another meeting took place in July to discuss how agencies shouldshare case evidence during an alert and to prepare for a mock exercise on September 15.UNITED KINGDOM RELAUNCHES CHILD RESCUE ALERTNPIANational PolicingImprovement AgencyThe United Kingdom relaunched a new and improved Child Rescue Alert to help find abducted children. The original system was launched in 2004 and is based on the U.S. AMBER Alert Program. Thenew system will use computer software to send messages to radio, television, cell phones, computersand roadway signs. The program is also compatible with alerts used by other European countries. TheChild Rescue Alert Program is being overseen by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA).“Child Rescue Alert is not expected to be used often, as strict criteria must be met, but it is a valuabletool available to a senior investigator to be used in the right situations,” said NPIA Chief Constable PeterNeyroud.GREAT BRITAIN HIT BY HOAX ALERTSPolice in Sussex, Great Britain condemned a hoax text message warning peopleof abductions in su

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