I encourage you to check the "Urban Legends" web sites if you are wondering
about
things like this. The San Fernando Valley Historical Society's "Urban
Legends" page
posted the following on "Kelsey Jones" (copied partially)
http://www.snopes.com
>"Origins: This "missing child alert" began circulating on the Internet on
12 October
>1999, a day after the youngster was reported missing and found, safe and
sound,
>playing at a neighbor's house a few hours after her mother claimed she'd
last seen her.
>No one knows what prompted the mother, Amy Wolkenhauer, to call the police
>instead of checking a few doors away to see if the little one was there or,
if not, if the
>neighbors had seen the tot head out somewhere, but that is what happened.
>At this point it's not clearly known if the distraught mother authored the
Internet appeal
>attributed to her or not. (It appears she did, but there remains room for
doubt.) Even
>more uncertain is who wrote the 14 October follow-up which claims after one
full day of
>being missing the child had been rescued by the police from a mentally
handicapped
>man who'd abducted her from a public library her preschool class had been
visiting.
>The photo attached to the appeal (which we've chosen not to display on this
page) may
>or may not be one of Kelsey Brooke Jones. That too is unknown at this
point.
>The important thing to keep in mind is this: Don't forward the appeal. The
child isn't now
>missing, nor was she ever abducted.
>According to the Faribault Minnesota police, an officer took a missing
child report at the
>Wolkenhauer home at 9:15 PM on 11 October 1999. (The press release put out
by the
>department incorrectly gives the date as 10 October.) The mother said she'd
fallen asleep
>and awakened to find the child not in the apartment.
>After speaking with the mother and jotting down the particulars, the
officer assigned to the
>case found Kelsey within minutes by knocking on doors in the housing
complex. No report
>was filed with the National Crime Information Center because the child had
never been
>missing..."
A web search will lead you to several such "urban legends" sites, most of
which extensively
document their work.
Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Blanchet" <guyblanchet@sympatico.ca>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 6:17 AM
Subject: [Fwd: Fw: Please look at the picture, then forward it]]
> I know ASA is not specialized in missing persons, but I just had to pass
this
> on as the parents of this missing child ask.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Guy Blanchet
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dirk Pool" <phantom.rider@home.com>
> > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 10:43 AM
> > Subject: Fw: Please look at the picture, then forward it]
> >
> > > > > >> Subject: Fw: Please look at the picture, then forward it]
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Can you imagine what it would be like to have your child
> > > > > >> disappear? Forward on, this is a worthy one. Laurie
> > > > > >> I am asking you all, begging you to please forward this email
on
> > > > > >> to anyone and everyone. I have a 5 year old daughter named
> > > > > >> Kelsey Brooke Jones. We are from Southern Minnesota. She has
been
> > > > > >> missing since 4pm Oct.11,1999. The police were notified
shortly
> > > > > >> after.
> > > > > >> If anyone anywhere knows anything, sees anything, please
contact
> > the
> > > > > >> Police, a missing persons report has been filed. I am including
a
> > > > picture
> > > > > >of
> > > > > >> her.
> > > > > >> All prayers are appreciated!! I hope I have covered enough
East
> > > > > >> Coast, Midwest, and West Coast people to spread out the search
for
> > > this
> > > > > >> little girl.
> > > > > >> It only takes 2 seconds to "forward" this on, if it was your
> > > > > >> child, you would want all the help you could get. Please.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> JAY & KAREN GILIO
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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> >
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> > SNAPSH~1.jpg Type: JPEG Image (image/jpeg)
> > Encoding: base64
>
>
>
>
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