Yes! Its a hoax. I just received a message from Wayne Shelton advising me of
this.
Thanks,
Guy
psiigii a écrit:
> 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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