Dark Ghost Journal Feburay 19th, 2015

Missing 13-y-o runaway

Police say Cameron Shepherd is not believed to be in danger; he may have had assistance leaving. Authorities confirmed he has run away from home before, calling him a "repeat offender."

 

Some think he may travel to Rock Spring, Georgia.

 

Shepherd is five feet and two inches tall, and has brown hair and brown eyes.

He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a gray jacket and gray tennis shoes.

Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts is asked to call police at 423-698-2525.

 

He's from Rossville GA, and he lived behind Bi-Lo in Rossville.

 

I went out looking for this kid today. News says he is not believed to be in danger, which to me makes no sense because they believe the boy had help leaving. For all they know, the one that help the kid leave could be some pervert, and also the temperatures have not been above freezing since this kid went missing. The cold has already claimed one life here in Chattanooga Tennessee, and if this child is out in it - he could be the next. I pray that does not happen.

 

The news also said that the boy is a repeat offender runaway, but, something in my gut is telling me that there are a few questions that someone should be asking, yet it seems to me that no one is asking them.

 

Question one: "Why does this young boy of 13 keep running away?" Since this boy keeps running away, there has to be a reason. Now granted, there are a large number of thing that could be the reason, but there are also a few that I think should be looked into. E.g., "Are his parents on drugs?" "Is the boy being beaten at home?" or "Is he just a rebellious boy with teen angst?"

 

The other question that people should be asking is: "Why did this young teen wait till the weather was deadly cold to run away?" Yes this is a young kid we are talking about, but even a child knows that this kind of weather we have been having here in Chattanooga can kill you - I mean temperatures in the teens and twenties, rain, ice, and light snow, kids know that is not safe to be out in.

 

Something else bugging me about this case, is that an Amber Alert was not sent out. Yes he is a runaway, but he is still just a young teen that may have had help leaving. If he wanted to go or not, this still counts as kidnapping as my understanding of the law goes. Now if this kid is in a bad living situation and this person is trying to help this kid, the way he went about it still is illegal, and there are legal ways they could have helped this boy if that was the case.

 

What ever the case may be I will continue my search for this kid since some seem to think he could be heading to Rock Springs, Georgia I will search that small town this weekend.

 

UPDATE : February 24 2015

 

The kid has been found but there are still many unanswered questions.

 

Why did this boy of 13 runaway?

Why did he wait to they weather turned deathly cold with ice and snow falling?

Who was this person the police think help the boy to runaway?

 

Also I am glad the young teen was found but this raises a new question?

 

Where was he found?

Missing From Chattanooga Tennessee

Name: Nely Velasquez Diaz

 

Date of Birth: June 30th, 2004

 

Age Went Missing: 5

 

Date Went Missing: March 5th, 2010

 

Age Now: 10

 

Gender: Female

 

Race: Hispanic

 

Hair Color: Brown

 

Eye Color: Brown

 

Missing From: Chattanooga, Tennessee

 

 

Details: Nely was abducted by her non-custodial mother. They may be in the company of an adult male and possibly heading to Guatemala, Mexico the picture above was digitally altered to show what she might look like today.

 

 

 

 

 

Name: Tonetta Carlisle

 

Date of Birth: August 23rd 1973

 

Age Went Missing: 15

 

Date Went Missing: March 16th 1986

 

Age Now: 41

 

Gender: Female

 

Race: Black

 

Hair Color: Black

 

Eye Color: Brown

 

Missing From: Chattanooga, Tennessee

 

Details: Tonnetta was last seen walking home from City High School at approximately 2:55 p.m. on March 16, 1989 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was headed to her family's residence in the 600 block of Hamilton Avenue at the time. A witness observed Carlisle's abduction approximately one-half block from Carlisle's home at approximately 3:00 p.m. A woman on Ruth Street near Hamilton Avenue glanced up the hill and watched Carlisle walking down the street. Several unidentified suspects jumped out of a tan and yellow van, forcibly pulled Carlisle inside the vehicle and then drove away. The witness told authorities that she and her husband chased the vehicle and called law enforcement with its license number. Carlisle's mother filed a missing child report with authorities eight hours later when her daughter failed to return home. The two cases were not connected for some time. The license number of the vehicle involved in the abduction was traced back to Jeffrey Jones. Jones had been released from prison for a rape conviction shortly before Carlisle disappeared. He committed suicide and was found deceased inside his van on March 18, 1989, two days after Carlisle was last seen. There has been no trace of her since that time. Tonnetta enjoys pizza and fast food items. She liked rap music and the musical artist Bobby Brown at the time of her 1989 disappearance. Her case remains unsolved. Eyes Brown Hair Black Sex female. Now Foul play has been suspected in this case.




Name: Francis D. Cownover

 

Date of Birth: March 21, 1953

 

Age Went Missing: 34

 

Date Went Missing: November 26, 1987

 

Age Now: 61

 

Gender: Female

 

Race: Caucasian

 

Hair Color: Blonde

 

Eye Color: Hazel

 

Missing From: Chattanooga, Tennessee

Crownover was reported missing by her boyfriend with whom she had been living with in Hamilton County, Tennessee, for one month, on December 4, 1987. He claimed on November 26, 1987, they went to bed together and when he woke up the next morning, she was missing. He also stated he checked with her friends and no one else had seen her either.
She left a note saying she would call, but she never did. Crownover left all her clothes and most of her personal items at Duenas’s house. She had also left her vehicle, but took $200.00.




Name: Paula Michelle Burnette

 

Date of Birth: June 15, 1975

 

Age Went Missing: 21

 

Date Went Missing: September 17, 1996

 

Age Now: 39

 

Gender: Female

 

Race: Caucasian

 

Hair Color: Brown

 

Eye Color: Blue

 

Missing From: Chattanooga, Tennessee

September 21, 1996, Bobby Caudill, Paula's father, reports Paula missing and indicates that she was last seen on September 17, 1996 about 6:00 a.m. October 1996, Paula Burnette's driver's license was found in the 9500 block of Harrison Bay Road, Harrison, Tennessee. Two months after she was last seen, her estranged husband, Donald Ray Burnette, took an Amsouth branch bank manager and her family hostage. After driving them around the countryside all night, he forced the woman to rob her own bank. A month later, Donald Ray Burnette and an accomplice, James Travis White, were arrested. April 1997, Paula Burnette's purse/address book washed into a Chattanooga home's backyard in the Tyner community. July 1997, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, the Hamilton County STARS, and the Volunteer Special Tactics and Rescue Services group, searched the old Savannah Valley Water Plant.