As I said in perhaps my first-ever post about missing children, “These events seem most often to occur when adults have rendered total chaos in the home.”
I may not be able to provide the conclusions to some of these stories here. There have been several reports in October ’22 of the finding of remains of adults who disappeared decades before; and the same may prove true as to some of these children.
It’s a puzzle that these are all girls, not boys.
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Summer Wells
At the time she disappeared, she was at home with her mother and maternal grandmother in their yard, and her three brothers inside the home. She was planting flowers with the two women, and then went into the house to play with her toys. She was never seen again.
06/15/22 — Missing Tennessee girl Summer Wells gone for full year as investigation remains stalled | Fox News
07/21/22 — Jailed Father Of Missing 6-Year-Old Tennessee Girl Writes Letter To Her Alleged Captors (yahoo.com)
Malea Janis
Serenity Ann McKinney
Serenity Ann McKinney
Catherine McKinney, Dakota Hill
02/08/22 — Mom of 4-year-old missing in Kentucky since 2020 is arrested in Kansas, officials say (yahoo.com)
02/21/22 — Body found of 4-year-old Kentucky girl missing since 2020, mother charged with murder (msn.com)
Harmony Montgomery
In 2021, it finally dawned on a family member that they hadn’t seen her in two years.
Many of these headlines pertain to criminal charges against the father, mother or stepmother, who are all drug addicts — charges pertaining to their addictions, not to Harmony herself. In August ’22, I quit collecting such headlines.
2022-01-03 — 7-year-old New Hampshire girl reported missing two years after she was last seen (yahoo.com)
2022-01-04 — Missing Harmony Montgomery: Adoptive parents’ push to reunite separated siblings triggered suspicions | Fox News
2022-01-05 — Dad of Missing 7-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery Admitted to ‘Bashing’ Her, Cops Say (yahoo.com)
2022-01-06 — Stepmom of Missing 7-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery Used Her for Welfare, Cops Say (yahoo.com)
2022-01-09 — Mother of Harmony Montgomery says she ‘never stopped’ looking for missing daughter (yahoo.com)
2022-01-10 — Email Shows Mother’s Desperate Appeal for Action in Harmony Montgomery Case (yahoo.com)
2022-01-13 — Missing Harmony Montgomery: Mom begged mayor to save daughter from homeless, drug-abusing dad | Fox News
2022-01-16 — Many police calls, scant evidence of Harmony at Gilford Street house in 2019 (yahoo.com)
2022-01-24 — Harmony Montgomery seen with dad, stepmom after they claimed they last saw her, police say | Fox News
2022-03-23 — Girlfriend of Adam Montgomery found dead; she told cops she never knew about Harmony | Crime | unionleader.com
2022-03-23 — Father, stepmother of Harmony Montgomery formally charged with felonies | Crime | unionleader.com
2022-04-12 — Stepmom of missing NH girl Harmony Montgomery arrested on new charge tied to a firearms theft (yahoo.com)
2022-05-04 — Mass. DCF ‘failed’ case of missing NH girl Harmony Montgomery and the ‘risk’ she faced at home (yahoo.com)
2022-06-04 — Kayla Montgomery, stepmother of missing NH girl, arrested on perjury charges (yahoo.com)
2022-06-17 — Harmony Montgomery’s mother tells Boston 25 News, ‘this is no longer a rescue mission’ (yahoo.com)
2022-06-20 — Lawyers for father of Harmony Montgomery push for release of bodycam video from assault arrest (yahoo.com)
2022-08-11 — Search for missing New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery is now a homicide investigation, officials say (yahoo.com)
2022-10-24 — Dad Accused of Vile Murder and Cover-Up in 5-Year Old Harmony Montgomery’s Death (yahoo.com)
2022-10-26 — Prosecutors: Kayla Montgomery identified her husband as killer of young Harmony Montgomery – Boston 25 News
2022-11-17 — Missing New Hampshire girl Harmony Montgomery’s stepmother pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate | Fox News
Oakley Carlson
Jordan Bowers, Oakley Carlson, Andrew Carlson
04/22/22 — Jordan Bowers Receives Maximum Penalty for Charges Unrelated to Missing Daughter (yahoo.com)
Jakareia K. Maclin
Jakareia Maclin, Zaria Cleveland, Tammiya Washington
09/04/22 — 11-year-old Milwaukee girl missing along with two sisters, 13 and 14, police say (yahoo.com)
09/04/22 — Police: Missing siblings found safe (spectrumnews1.com) No details were provided.
Postscript, 04/15/23
On the one hand, for many years I had a special sensitivity to these stories, and so used to follow them. On the other hand, Yahoo! News used to bring me such stories. It no longer does. Instead, it brings me stories about school board meetings; from all over the country, no matter how mundane, on the off chance there was some controversy about CRT or book bans or the firing of a progressive superintendent.
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