Amber Alert in Springfield

[Mr. Laz]

FOX 4 NewsVerified account ‏@fox4kc
Incident
Date: 2/18/2014 16:48

This is an Amber Alert, the Springfield Missouri Police Department has issued an Amber Alert that occured at 3247 west Lombard at 4:48 pm on 02/18/14. Abducted was Hailey Owens a white female 10 years old. The suspect vehicle is a gold 2008 Ford Ranger Missouri registration 1YF454. The vehicle was last seen southbound on Scenic from Grand in Springfield, Missouri. The suspect is a white male, no further description is available. The victim, Hailey M. Owens is a white female 10 years old, 5 foot 2 inches tall, weighing 90 pounds with long brown hair, brown eyes and pierced ears. Owens was last seen wearing blue jean shorts and purple sandals.. . Please Contact Springfield Police Department at 417-864-1810

Address 1	3247 W. Lombard
City	Springfield
State	MO

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by srvy

I would think a school district would get a pretty fair discount through the county sheriffs department in which the school resides. Like free.

Well, if you think it, it must be true.

[Big Poppa Payne]

I doubt any type of screening will determine if a person has this type of evil in them.

There has to be a special place in hell for animals like this who hurt children, there is definitely a special place in prison for them. I doubt he will make it very long in jail, they don't like little cowards who hurt children.

[Fritz88]

Originally Posted by oldandslow

Prayers to God about your family mtg 10...It doesn't get any worse than this.

So sorry MTG, so sorry.

Prayers sent to you and your family. That is beyond horrible.

[ChiefsOne]

Originally Posted by MTG#10

Hailey just stayed with us two weekends ago. Sweetest girl ever and was more like a sister than a cousin to my children. Thanks for all the prayers, her mom is a wreck right now and definitely needs them.

Very sorry MTG, my wife and I were both super sick about his last night and worse today. I can't understand or comprehend any of this, just know that tons of people are sick for your family.

Things like this make me want to be a vigilante.

[Sure-Oz]

Sorry to hear for your family MTG#10.

Prayers and thoughts with you.

Really shitty news, i wish things like this never happend

[Mama Hip Rockets]

The district does background checks on all teachers and staff who are working with the children in any capacity. Give them some credit.

[afchief]

WOW. So sorry to hear things like this. Be strong for your family MTG. Praying for you and yours.

Unless its too painful, try and keep us updated as you deal with what will be a long ordeal.

[Loneiguana]

From the sounds of the rumors I'm hearing (ear in child services (they have a fatality worker on scene)), he may have planned this. Had borrowed the truck.

Since he had no past history, I'm very scared that only means he never got caught.

From what I've learned over the years of having a child abuse and neglect investigator at the dinner table, you usually don't just snap into a child predator.

I hope to god I'm wrong.

Prayers to the family.

/please support your social services. Child abuse and neglect happens daily in MO.
//Those trying to combat these problems need public support.
///Numbers crunch has Children's Division investigators feeling the pressure

The Greene County Children’s Division office is supposed to have 38 workers investigating allegations of child abuse and neglect.
As of Thursday, there were nine.

http://www.news-leader.com/article/2...-investigators

/////Jackson County Children's Division falls short
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/07...childrens.html

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

Maybe more mental health screenings are needed...

The way that mental health is considered abnormal is a deviation from the mean in a score. That doesn't necessarily mean that someone is an evil psychopath. Unfortunately, the only successful and guaranteed way to determine if someone's a sick person or not is the judgment of their actions after the fact.

[Buzz]

Listening to the news was not easy, way too many details. Prayers MTG, stay strong.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Dick Bull

The way that mental health is considered abnormal is a deviation from the mean in a score. That doesn't necessarily mean that someone is an evil psychopath. Unfortunately, the only successful and guaranteed way to determine if someone's a sick person or not is the judgment of their actions after the fact.

I'm just saying unless it's determined the killer has a prior history of abducting and murdering small children (which is of course sick by all accounts) then something ****ed up happened with the guy.

[Loneiguana]

Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

I'm just saying unless it's determined the killer has a prior history of abducting and murdering small children (which is of course sick by all accounts) then something ****ed up happened with the guy.

molesting maybe.

I doubt murdering.

this might have been a oh shit just got caught moment.

[Brianfo]

Prayers MTG. God will never give us more than we can handle. Be strong!!

[Loneiguana]

Originally Posted by Loneiguana

molesting maybe.

I doubt murdering.

this might have been a oh shit just got caught moment.

To add to this, everyone involved who witnessed and helped, called the police, got the license number, did everything right.

The call went out immediately. Thank you and God bless.

And that is also the scariest part. It still ended this way.

So depressing.

My prayers once again.

[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by Loneiguana

molesting maybe.

I doubt murdering.

this might have been a oh shit just got caught moment.

Same scenario. No one just decides one day after over a decade of working with children ans says to himself "I'm gonna snatch up a kid today."

Chances are this guy has somehow gotten away with heinous stuff for a while but on the slim possibility he has a totally clean record then it's worth examining.