missing: July 2008 Archives

Pasadena PD may have an embarassing scandal on its hands in the wake of an article that appeared in Thursday's Pasadena Weekly.

Andre Coleman reexamines the investigation into the death of former police Lt. David Richter and turns up some interesting tidbits.

Here's the lede:

Homicide investigators with the LA County Sheriff's Department are taking a second look into the death of retired Pasadena police Officer David Richter -- a case that, although initially thought to be suicide, has already been at the center of an internal affairs investigation in Pasadena and caused at least one person to lash out anonymously against Pasadena police leadership.

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INDUSTRY - Police attempted Thursday to sort out the details of a custody dispute that mamy have resulted in the disappearance of an 8-year-old boy and his mother.

Jesus Puerta, of El Monte, was reported missing about a week ago. His father made the report to El Monte police. The case was turned over the the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department when it was determined the boy went missing from a day care center in Bassett, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Gerard Velona said.

Detectives are also seeking Jessee Pheifer, 27, the boy's mother. "Everything is very preliminary," Velona said. "There is nothing to indicate this young man is in any kind of danger."

N0 amber alert has been issued, Velona said.

"We don't even have a car description," he said.

The missing mom and her daughter found in a Chatanooga bus depot had taken the bus there from Joplin, Missouri, police now say.

Apparently the pair were headed to Miami Florida. The unidentified man supposedly traveling with the family has not been located. Press conference is now scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

Police said they have a "happy ending" to report in the tale of two missing girls, a mom and a Lexus. Details are sketchy. A press Conference is scheduled for 20 minutes from now.

* The eight year old has been found in a McDonald's parking lot in the Lexus in Miami Oklahoma. They believe that an unidentified man is also involved. They don't know what his relationship is, but this was a planned thing, police are saying. The 12-year-old her mom and man are still missing. No amber alerts have been issued and the FBI has not been notified.

Monrovia seems to be in a lot of news stories these days. From NBC in San Diego:

Authorities want to talk to the mother of one of two girls, ages 12 and 8, who disappeared from San Dimas with their foster parents' car.

Two girls, ages 12 and 8, were reported missing Monday from their foster home in San Dimas, along with their foster parents' car, which the older girl may be driving, the sheriff's department reported. Sheriff's investigators said the girls may have been abducted, and since the older girl's mother, identified as Iris Pineda Zavala, of Monrovia, cannot be located, that may be a possible lead in the case