<BR> KARLA RODRIGUEZ has been missing since Wednesday, October 20, 1999. Karla was last seen<BR> walking to school. Anyone with information on Karla's whereabouts is asked to call 229-LOST or<BR> contact Detective Sayre at Las Vegas, NV 229-2907.<BR> <P> 1 . "Search ...Let's Move !"<BR> Posted by LadyBug on Oct-26-99 at 04:33 AM (EST)<BR> October 25,1999 <BR> Search for girl, 7, may be expanded<P> By Jace Radke <BR> jace@lasvegassun.com<BR> LAS VEGAS SUN <P> Sunday night Ramon Rodriguez sat in his living room surrounded by family and friends as he watched<BR> home videos of his 7-year-old daughter, Karla, who has been missing since Wednesday. <BR> The tears rolled down Rodriguez's face as he watched his smiling <BR> 7-year-old daughter ride her bike in a video from July.<P> "It breaks my heart to see this," Rodriguez said. "I want to see my daughter here. I just need my<BR> daughter back."<P> The search for Karla Rodriguez may be widened this week after crews of volunteers and Metro<BR> Police officers searched unsuccessfully for her through the weekend.<P> Karla was last seen playing with friends about 7 p.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of Bonita<BR> Avenue, northeast of the intersection of Sixth Street and St. Louis Avenue, police said after<BR> interviewing neighbors.<P> "We have no new leads at this point," Metro Police Detective Gary Sayre said Sunday evening. "We're<BR> doing a lot of office interviews and trying to update what we know. <P> Police know that Karla's mother walked her daughter about halfway to John S. Park Elementary<BR> School, 931 Franklin Ave., about 7 a.m. Wednesday from their home in the 700 block of St. Louis near<BR> Bonita.<P> Park Elementary School officials said that Karla did not report to school Wednesday morning. Police<BR> say that when Karla did not return home Wednesday night her parents thought she was staying at a<BR> friend's house. She was not reported missing until Thursday morning. "We have waited 96 hours<BR> for her," Ramon Rodriguez said Sunday as he watched yet another home video.<P> About 30 family members and friends gathered Sunday night at the Rodriguez home, which lies east<BR> of Las Vegas Boulevard in the shadow of the Stratosphere tower.<P> Candles with the likeness of Jesus Christ on them are lit on a small table in the living room that is also<BR> crowded with pictures of Karla.<P> Rodriguez said the table and the pictures help his heart, as he sat a few feet away, splitting his gaze<BR> between his daughter playing on the television screen and the glowing candles.<P> "We are praying every hour that she comes home," Rodriguez said. "I can't sleep at night. I wait in<BR> the door hoping she comes walking home."<P> As many as 20 volunteers and about 30 Metro officers and detectives have been working on finding<BR> Karla.<P> "In the next few days we may expand our search area by at least a map grid in each direction around<BR> the area of St. Louis and Maryland Parkway," Sayre said.<P> Karla was last seen wearing a black jacket, blue and white shirt, and red pants. She is 3 feet 6<BR> inches tall, 50 pounds with wavy, shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes.<P> Anyone with information on Karla's whereabouts is asked to call police at 229-LOST or<BR> contact Sayre at 229-2907. <P> <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-crime/1999/oct/25/509465923.html";>http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-crime/1999/oct/25/509465923.html<;/a> <P> ............<BR> NOTE:Early reports that Karla was walking to school when last seen. That has been updated by<BR> neighbors to 7 p.m. Wed 10/20/99. <BR> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 2 . "Kyle Bell in Las Vegas?"<BR> Posted by Bluefire on Oct-29-99 at 04:52 PM (EST)<BR> Police turn attention to escaped killer in case of missing girl<BR> By Glenn Puit <BR> Review-Journal <P> Las Vegas police say they have contacted New Mexico authorities to see whether a convicted child<BR> killer who escaped from prison there on Oct. 13 could have anything to do with the disappearance of<BR> Karla Rodriguez. <P> They are also looking at a Monday incident in the 2500 block of North Rainbow Boulevard in which a<BR> man enticed an 11-year-old girl into his vehicle then held her against her will. <P> Karla, a 7-year-old Las Vegas girl, disappeared without a trace from her neighborhood near Sahara<BR> Avenue and Maryland Parkway on Oct. 20. Despite an extensive search, she has not been found, and<BR> police are at a loss to explain what happened. <P> Police Lt. Tom Monahan said detectives contacted New Mexico authorities this week about the<BR> escape of Kyle Bell, 32, who escaped from a prison transport bus in Santa Rosa, N.M. According to<BR> the Albuquerque Journal, Bell was sentenced in September to life in prison for the murder of Jeanna<BR> North, 11, who disappeared in Fargo, N.D., in June 1993 while skating near her home. <P> Authorities said Bell molested the child, killed her, then tied her body to a cinder block and dumped<BR> her in a river. He was also previously convicted of molesting two other young girls. <P> Monahan cautioned that so far there is no evidence to indicate Bell has even been in Las Vegas, but<BR> the timing of the escape combined with Karla's disappearance has caught the attention of<BR> detectives. <P> "None of these facts have slipped our minds," Monahan said. "We have no reason to believe he has<BR> been here, but the circumstances certainly raise a red flag. We know sex offenders are need-driven<BR> and are prolific offenders, so it would be foolish for us not to consider it." <P> The man in the North Rainbow incident, who was driving a mid-'80s tan Cadillac with a sun roof,<BR> forced the girl to expose herself and took photographs, Monahan said. The girl was then released. <P> "These are some of the hundreds of possibilities we are considering, but in both cases, so far we<BR> can't rule them out," Monahan said. <P> Police have distributed a composite sketch of the suspect in the attack on North Rainbow in the hope<BR> someone might recognize him. <P> They have also been questioning known sex offenders who live in or near Karla's neighborhood. <P> This weekend, police will conduct an extensive search of Karla's neighborhood for a third time. <P> On Wednesday, police announced a $25,000 reward has been offered for information on the girl's<BR> whereabouts.<P><BR> North Rainbow Suspect<BR> <P><BR> Sorry the picture is so big, but this is urgent, I'll try and get a smaller one up later. Can<BR> anyone please find a photo of Kyle Bell to post???<BR> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 3 . "Kyle in Wisconsin Oct. 15."<BR> Posted by Bluefire on Oct-29-99 at 05:04 PM (EST)<BR> Associated Press<BR> FOND DU LAC - A convicted child killer from North Dakota who escaped from a prison transport bus in<BR> the Southwest two weeks ago was seen in Fond du Lac with a woman companion two days later,<BR> police said Wednesday. <P> Kyle Bell, 32, who escaped Oct. 13 at Santa Rosa, N.M., had been sentenced to life in prison in<BR> September and was being taken to a super-maximum prison in Oregon at the time. <P> Fond du Lac police said FBI officials contacted the department about Bell, and it was determined he<BR> had been in the city Oct. 15, but he had not been seen again since then. As of Wednesday night,<BR> police reported no new leads on his whereabouts. <P> Bell was sentenced in September to life in prison for the murder of Jeanna North, 11, a neighbor in<BR> Fargo, N.D., who disappeared in June 1993 while skating near her home. Authorities said he molested<BR> the child and killed her when she threatened to tell her parents. <P> In a 1996 statement prosecutors were not allowed to use at trial, Bell told investigators he tied the<BR> girl's body to a cinderblock and dumped her in a river. <P> At the time he was charged in her disappearance, he was serving a 40-year prison term for molesting<BR> two young girls. <P> Bell escaped in New Mexico when the bus stopped at a truck stop next to Interstate 40. Guards<BR> didn't realize he was gone until they got to St. Johns, Ariz., some nine hours later. <BR> Bell apparently used a handcuff key hidden in his shoe to unlock his shackles and handcuffs, then<BR> escaped through a ventilation hatch onto the bus roof and slipped away as the bus pulled off,<BR> officials said. <P> The state of North Dakota and TransCor America Inc., the inmate transportation company, put up a<BR> $50,000 reward for his capture. <P> He is described as 5-foot-11 with blond hair and green eyes, although his hair had been colored<BR> brown. He has several tattoos, including a black panther on the left biceps and a grim reaper on the<BR> right biceps. <P> The woman is described as about 5-foot-9, about 30 years old , with blond hair and a chain tattoo<BR> on her wrist. <P> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 4 . "Another photo"<BR> Posted by Bluefire on Nov-09-99 at 12:15 PM (EST)<BR> Another photo of Karla. It has been days since there has been any news. Anyone know what is going<BR> on in Las Vegas???<P> <P> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 5 . "Kyle Bell Photos_Links "<BR> Posted by LadyBug on Nov-13-99 at 01:37 AM (EST)<BR> See Kyle Bell, listen to Kyle Bell, see Kyle Bell's tatoos. Excellent info links on site. Sorry I couldn't find<BR> a small photo.<BR> <a href="http://www.health.state.nd.us/gov/kylebell.htm";>http://www.health.state.nd.us/gov/kylebell.htm<;/a> <P><BR> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 6 . "Mexico-California Search Now "<BR> Posted by LadyBug on Nov-15-99 at 05:57 AM (EST)<BR> Search for missing girl expanded to Mexico<P> By Jace Radke <BR> November 05, 1999 <P> Las Vegas, NV With 7-year-old Karla Rodriguez now missing for more than two weeks, Metro Police<BR> are expanding the investigation into California and Mexico.<P> "The ground search portion of the investigation is pretty much completed," said Sgt. Al Salinas of<BR> Metro's Missing Persons Detail. "The investigation is continuing with her extended family members in<BR> California and Mexico."<P> Salinas said detectives are trying to make contact with all of Rodriguez's family members in an effort<BR> to find new leads.<P> Rodriguez was last seen playing with friends about 7 p.m. on Oct. 20 in the 700 block of Bonita<BR> Avenue, northeast of the intersection of Sixth Street and St. Louis Avenue.<P> Police know that Rodriguez's mother walked her daughter about halfway to John S. Park Elementary<BR> School, 931 Franklin Ave., around 7 a.m. on the morning of Oct. 20 from their home in the 700 block<BR> of St. Louis.<P> The missing girl has many relatives in Mexico and it is a long process trying to locate them all, Salinas<BR> said.<P> "Some of her relatives are deep into Mexico, and although we've had no problems with Mexican<BR> authorities things move a little slower down there," Salinas said. "The FBI is also helping us in our<BR> search and efforts to contact her family."<P> Investigators are not giving up hope and are still confident Rodriguez can be found, Salinas said.<P> "Of course, if she continues to go unfound and we exhaust all leads, the investigation will slow down,<BR> but I don't see that happening in the near future," Salinas said.<P> LAS VEGAS SUN<BR> <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories";>http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories<;/a>/<BR> archives/1999/nov/05/509510448.html<P> NOTE:Please see thread 'Special Report Kids Missing'. Thanks <P><BR> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 7 . "update by FreeWilly"<BR> Posted by jameson on Mar-10-00 at 04:58 PM (EST)<BR> for this year (2000). This is the latest update I could find, and I found it on the Las Vegas Journal<BR> website. Will try to keep updates posted if I see them.<P> January 17, 2000<BR> Search for 7-year-old LV girl continues, but takes bleak turn<P> Nearly four months after the disappearance of 7-year-old Karla Rodriguez, police continue to dutifully<BR> maintain that the girl might somehow be OK. <P> "We are still hoping she is alive and well someplace," said Las Vegas police Lt. Tom Monahan. But<BR> police actions in the case would appear to tell a different story. Monahan acknowledged that the<BR> investigation into the girl's disappearance has focused recently on trying to determine whether any<BR> unidentified dead children across the country could be Karla.<P> "It is a morbid and unfortunate circumstance, but now we have to look at the unidentified dead<BR> bodies nationwide," Monahan said. <P> Karla disappeared without a trace from her neighborhood near Sahara Avenue and Maryland Parkway<BR> on Oct. 20. Police said the last sighting was by her mother as she walked the girl halfway to Park<BR> Elementary School, 931 Franklin Ave., at 7 a.m. A young boy has said he saw Karla playing later that<BR> evening, but police have said they cannot confirm that account. An extensive hunt for Karla in Las<BR> Vegas turned up nothing. <P> Child safety experts say the likelihood increases that foul play is involved with each day that passes.<BR> Police have scrolled over lists of convicted sex offenders and interviewed several who live in Karla's<BR> neighborhood. <BR> Police have tried to match the case facts with other child disappearances throughout the Western<BR> United States, but no new leads have developed. Police have contacted every known family member<BR> and relative of the girl. They provided no valuable information to detectives. <P> A $25,000 reward has not helped develop any meaningful tips, Monahan said. Two detectives are<BR> working the case, but they are working on others as well. "Hundreds of other people are reported<BR> missing in this valley every year, and we can't ignore those cases," Monahan said. <P> Anyone with information on Karla's whereabouts can call police at 229-LOST or Secret Witness at<BR> 385-5555. <BR> --Glenn Puit <P> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 11 . "Kyle Bell captured"<BR> Posted by Bluefire on Mar-25-00 at 12:32 PM (EST)<BR> Got him Jan 10, 2000 in Dallas, living with a woman with kids. <P> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 8 . "For Karla's Parents , All Parents "<BR> Posted by LadyBug on Mar-25-00 at 05:33 AM (EST)<BR> Living on hope <BR> Slain teen's parents reach out to Rodriguez family<P> October 29, 1999<BR> By Kim Smith <BR> kimberly@lasvegassun.com<BR> LAS VEGAS SUN<P> Hang in there. That's the message Ken and Susan Rainey want to give the parents of missing<BR> 7-year-old Karla Rodriguez.<P> The Raineys know only too well the agony the Rodriguez family is going through. They themselves<BR> wondered for three years what happened to their son, Mike Rainey, 14, who disappeared in 1996.<P> They hope the Rodriguez story ends on a happier note. Mike Rainey's remains were positively<BR> identified in August. He died of a gunshot wound to the head and his case remains unsolved.<P> "I would tell the Rodriguez family to keep praying and to keep looking, those are the only things that<BR> are going to keep them sane," Ken Rainey said.<P> Karla Rodriguez was last seen Oct. 20 while she was playing with friends in the 700 block of Bonita<BR> Avenue, northeast of the intersection of Sixth Street and St. Louis Avenue.<P> Police know Karla's mother walked her daughter about halfway to John S. Park Elementary School,<BR> 931 Franklin Ave., about 7 a.m. Wednesday, but school officials say she did not attend school that<BR> day.<P> When Karla didn't return home Wednesday night her parents assumed she was staying at a friend's<BR> house. She was reported missing Thursday night.<P> A massive search has been ongoing ever since, and the Raineys have been watching the TV news<BR> with a lump in their throats.<P> The Raineys were two of six guests who spoke Thursday about missing children on the Sun's TV news<BR> show, "POV Vegas." Joining them were Metro Police Lt. Brad Simpson, FBI Special Agent Henry<BR> Schlumpf, Nevada Attorney General's Office Investigator Maria Emeterio and Clark County Deputy<BR> District Attorney Doug Herndon.<P> Emeterio said approximately 9,000 children were reported missing in Nevada last year. More than<BR> 8,500 of them ran away from home, 500 were kidnapped by family members and three were abducted<BR> by strangers.<P> All of the children who were taken by strangers were found and 390 of those taken by family<BR> members were returned to their parents, Emeterio said.<P> Nationally, more than 1.2 million children were reported missing last year, Emeterio said.<P> Simpson and Herndon said there are a number of things parents can do to not only lessen the risks<BR> for their children, but to help the authorities should the unthinkable happen.<P> Parents need to develop a trusting and communicative relationship with their children so they are<BR> fully aware of what is going on in their lives, Simpson said.<P> "Parents need to parent," Simpson said. "They need to know where they are and who they are<BR> associating with. Parents also need to have the addresses and phone numbers of their friends."<P> Children should also not only be taught to avoid strangers, but to avoid situations that appear<BR> suspicious, Herndon said. Teaching your child how to call collect is also a good idea in the event they<BR> find themselves in an uncomfortable situation with no way home.<P> Parents should have current photos of their children to aid the police in the event their child<BR> disappears and they should also be aware of what their children wear on a daily basis, Herndon said.<P> While authorities enacted their Tracer and Track Systems the instant Karla was reported missing, the<BR> delay in reporting may have resulted in lost eyewitnesses and evidence, authorities said.<P> The Tracer system alerts those people who are generally out and about in the community via pager<BR> about missing children. Bus drivers, cabbies and utility company workers are among those alerted,<BR> Simpson said.<P> The Track system immediately sends color computer images of missing children to law enforcement<BR> agencies and casinos throughout the state, Simpson said.<P> Simpson said his office is now going back and looking at everything they have done to make sure<BR> they haven't missed any clues. They are hoping a $25,000 reward will provide them with the crucial<BR> information they need.<P> "We're also doing another massive push Saturday," Simpson said. "We're going to re-cover all of the<BR> areas around the house (she was last seen at)."<P> As for the Raineys, they are going to keep praying for the Rodriguez family as they continue their<BR> search for Mike's killer.<P> Every day the Raineys hit the streets, talking to friends and acquaintances of Mike's and handing out<BR> his picture. On the back is a plea for anyone with information about his disappearance and death to<BR> call the authorities.<P> "Michael can either comfort or accuse in that picture," Ken Rainey said. <BR> -----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR> All contents copyright 1999 and 2000 <BR> Las Vegas SUN, Inc.<BR> Nevada's largest website<BR> -----------------<BR> Archived Search 3-24-00: Karla Rodriguez <P> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 9 . "March 8_NCMEC Mails Flier ( To Whom and When ?)"<BR> Posted by LadyBug on Mar-25-00 at 05:46 AM (EST)<BR> March 08, 2000 <P> News briefs<BR> LAS VEGAS SUN<P> Rodriguez featured by national group<P> A flier with the picture of missing 7-year-old Karla Rodriguez has been mailed out by a national<BR> missing children group.<P> Karla has been missing since Oct. 20, when she was last seen in the 700 block of Bonita Avenue<BR> near Sixth Street and St. Louis Avenue playing with friends. Massive door-to-door manhunts and<BR> national media attention focused on her disappearance.<P> Anyone who has information on the whereabouts of Karla can call the Metro Police missing<BR> person unit at 229-LOST, Secret Witness at 385-5555 or the National Center for Missing and<BR> Exploited Children at (800) THE-LOST (800 843-5678).<BR> ---------------------------------<BR> LAS VEGAS SUN<BR> Search Karla Rodriguez<BR> Archives<P> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 10 . "Las Vegas Abductor"<BR> Posted by Bluefire on Mar-25-00 at 11:56 AM (EST)<BR> December 17, 1999 <P> Man sought in six attempted abductions<BR> By Keith Paul <P> LAS VEGAS SUN<P> Metro Police are looking for a man who is apparently trying to prey on young girls in the southwest<BR> Las Vegas Valley.<P> There have been six apparently related attempted abductions in the past month, including three on<BR> Wednesday.<P> After three failed abductions on Wednesday within two hours of each other, Metro Police reviewed<BR> some cases from the past month and found two other attempted abductions and one kidnapping that<BR> appear connected to the recent cases. In one of those older cases the girl was sexually assaulted.<P> On Thursday an attempted kidnapping occurred in the area of Rainbow Boulevard and Spring Valley<BR> Parkway. A 9-year-old girl told police a man tried to nab her, but she was able to run away. The<BR> suspect in that case may be the same as in the other six, police said.<P> Starting Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. a man showed a 13-year-old girl a gun and told her to come with<BR> him. The girl refused and ran away unharmed, police said. Then in the next two hours in the same<BR> area, two other 13-year-old girls at separate times were approached by a man. Each time the girl<BR> was able to run away from the man, police said.<P> In all the cases, the girls were walking alone. In six of the cases, the man approached the girls in the<BR> afternoon to early evening hours. All of the attempts were in the southwest part of town.<P> The suspect was described as a Hispanic or Asian man, about 5 feet 6 inches tall with a medium build<BR> and black hair with a bowl-cut style. Police are in the process of creating a sketch of the suspect.<P> Anyone with information in this case is asked to call Metro Police at 795-3111 and ask for Sgt. Chris<BR> Carroll of the Sexual Assault Detail or call Secret Witness at 385-5555.<P> These attempted abductions come about two months after the disappearance of 7-year-old Karla<BR> Rodriguez. There has been no sign of Rodriquez since she was last seen playing with friends on Oct.<BR> 20 in the 700 block of Bonita Avenue near Sixth Street and St. Louis Avenue.<P> Monday night police thought they had a break in Karla's case. Officers spent about two hours<BR> searching rooms at the Glass Pool Inn on the south end of the Strip.<P> Police said they received a phone call from a reliable source saying someone staying at the motel had<BR> information about Karla. Police questioned guests, checked all around the motel and even looked on<BR> the roof, but they found no clue that could help lead them to the missing girl. <P><BR> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 12 . "Possible Connection Information "<BR> Posted by LadyBug on Aug-16-00 at 02:58 PM (EST)<BR> View URL below, post #7 by Mikie <P> "West said police are still unsure exactly when Anderson was in and out of prison. She said they<BR> believe he was released from prison in May 1999 on a kidnapping conviction, and released from parole<BR> on Nov. 21. West said he could of been in and out of jail from May through November, but police<BR> have no records of that. <BR> "<BR> Post #7 Vallejo Times Herald<BR> <a href="http://161.58.21.56/dcf/missingchildren/53.html#6";>http://161.58.21.56/dcf/missingchildren/53.html#6<;/a><P> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 13 . "vallejo PD press release"<BR> Posted by pinky5 on Aug-17-00 at 05:44 AM (EST)<BR> re: Anderson<P> <a href="http://www.vallejopd.com";>http://www.vallejopd.com<;/a>/ <P> then select press releases<BR> then select Anderson <P> <BR> <BR> <P> <BR> 14 . "Want To Know "<BR> Posted by LadyBug on Jan-26-01 at 07:07 PM (EST)<BR> Where was Anderson on October 20, 1999 when Karla disappeared...she was only 7 years old. <P> Need updated facts of Anderson prison release date. Where is Karla and why doesn't Karla have<BR> same media attention as the others...WHY ????<P> P.S. As recently revealed in Xiana Fairchild (Vallejo, CA)case, Anderson, according to Xiana's Aunt<BR> made a confession to her that he kidnapped Xiana and later released her to others...Is this his usual<BR> sick game and what about Karla ( Las Vegas)? <BR>