Excuse me, Mrs. No Name. But if you happen to be reading HickTownPress, would you do me a small favor and return home to your five children, please? I cannot imagine what that man you met on the internet could have told you for you to up and abandon your flesh and blood as you persue a pipe dream. Girl, please. No sex in the world could be that good.

Investigators searched for more information on Friday about a mother accused of leaving her five children and two other children home alone in northwest Harris County while she flew to Nigeria, KPRC Local 2 reported.

The children were found Wednesday night in a home in the 11000 block of Barker Grove at Barker Cypress.

Investigators said the mother left her 15-year-old daughter to take care of four of her children, including a 1-year-old, along with two other children left in her care.

Harris County officials said the children had no money and barely any food, and said the mother was not planning on coming home any time soon. She flew to Nigeria to marry a man she met on the Internet, according to authorities.

Child Protective Services located the children’s grandmother, who lives in New Orleans, and an aunt.

The children were placed in foster homes.

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Hey HickTowners, please put a watchful eye out for Miss No Name. She’s over in Africa right now—more than likely being scammed by a creep who has multiple wives, but her butt will be back. Let’s do a stake out at the airport.

Bria and Diva and Dee Love, I’m grabbing my shoes and coat. Let’s go meet that heifer at the airport!

  Another case of a missing (found dead) woman that I recently covered was the Nailah Franklin case. Sad, sad case which was not really covered by national media. Black blogs and the Chicago papers (since she’s from Chicago) covered the story. But Nailah did not have blond hair and blue eyes, so even though she was a beautiful, educated, missing sister, the national media was not interested in her case.

Well I am happy to report that her ex-boyfriend has been charged with her murder. As I reported in my first article on this case, he has a criminal record and history of threatening women. I hope they put him under the jail and that he never sees the light of day again.

A “deeply flawed” alibi has led to the arrest of a Chicago man in the September slaying of Nailah Franklin, authorities said during a news conference today.

Police said Reginald Potts Jr., who briefly dated Franklin, is charged with murder after FBI officials placed his cell phone and Franklin’s cell phone in the same location at a time he said he was not with Franklin.

Franklin’s sisters reported her missing Sept. 19 and her nude body was discovered in dense woods in Calumet City eight days later. Police say Franklin was killed Sept. 18. A law-enforcement source has said she was not shot or stabbed. An autopsy in September failed to determine the cause of the death and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said Saturday results are still pending.

Police sources said Potts, 30, had been a suspect since Franklin was reported missing. The two had a heated e-mail exchange the week before she disappeared.
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Another blog covering this case: Why Black Women are Angry

  The Natalee Holloway case has dominated the news over the past two years. She was a blond, blue eyed girl who went to Aruba for her class trip. According to friends and witnesses, she spent a great deal of time drinking and dancing with a variety of boys in a club. She even had Joran take “shots” of alcohol off her belly.

By all accounts, she was pretty out of control on her last night in Aruba. Her friends reported that they had warned her to stay with them and to avoid going out with anyone else. It’s difficult to hear from her friends because Natalee’s mother has effectively shut them up. She does not want them to speak because obviously what they have to say is damaging to Natalee.

Again, her friends told her to stay with them. She chose not to do so. And now she is missing, case probably never to be solved. In fact, it’s about to be closed:

Aruba’s chief prosecutor said he will close the case of missing American teenager Natalee Holloway by the end of the month unless his office finds that there is enough evidence to charge someone with a major crime.

The prosecutor, Hans Mos, said he would not comment about the kind of evidence his office is reviewing but that he does not anticipate finding Holloway’s remains and prosecuting a case without them would be “very hard.”

“We promised the suspects that after Dec. 31, we will not pursue the case,” Mos told The Associated Press Friday. “This investigation should end at a certain point.”

Holloway’s parents did not return multiple messages left at their homes and on their cell phones.

No one has been formally charged in the investigation, which critics have said was botched in its early stages by Aruban authorities.

The probe has revolved around three suspects: Joran van der Sloot, a 20-year-old Dutch citizen and brothers Deepak Kalpoe, 24, and Satish Kalpoe, 21, from Surinam.

They were the last people known to see Holloway before she vanished on the night of May 30, 2005. All three, who have denied any role in her disappearance, have been arrested several times the latest arrests coming last month but released after different judges ruled there was not enough evidence to keep holding them.

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My sister-in-law sent me the following email from a Maryland woman whose neice is missing. I’ll just do my part by posting the information in hopes that someone knows something. These young teenagers are often very troubled and they won’t listen to authority. They don’t even realize that they are in danger out there in the mean streets where predators await them.

I never thought I would be the one to forward an email about a missing person and the person happens to be my 16 year old niece. Her name is Niesha Spencer and she’s about 5′5 and weighs about 130 pounds. She attends Friendly High School in Fort Washington, MD. 

She ran away from home last night 10/17/07 around 8pm. She was last seen at Potomac Heights Apts where she lives; wearing a light pink fitted T-shirt with red writing and a pair of blue jeans. She has long Senegalese Twist/braids and she has a dimple on her chin.

My sister and I drove around for hours looking for her and the police have been contacted. I’ve attached recent photos of her. If you could forward this email to everyone you know and have them contact us or the police if they have any information please help us.

In the interim please keep us and my niece in your prayers. My sister is very depressed and I’m really not up for discussion about the reason behind this we just want her back home safe and sound. We will greatly appreciate it if you all could help us reach out. I will keep you all posted!!

Thanks everyone,

Shawan Spencer

UPDATE: SAD to report the death of this woman, as her body has been found.  Time for justice!

This beautiful woman, Naila Frankin, had broken off a relationship with a man who ultimately threatened her. Prior to disappearing, she text messaged her new boyfriend and a family member to say she was out eating and would return home soon.  That was the last anyone heard of her.  Her car and several other personal items were found near a pond.  HickTowners, if she is still alive, she needs prayer. And if she is not alive, her family and loved ones need prayer. This is a tragedy indeed.

Police found Nailah Franklin’s vehicle near an abandoned building and recovered some of her personal belongings there. The information led them to a nearby pond at a golf course, but they did not find anything there, authorities said.

Franklin, 28, an Eli Lilly and Co. pharmaceutical representative, has been missing since Tuesday.

“We’re watching and waiting,” her older sister, Lehia Franklin Acox said. “We’re hopeful that finding these things will lead us to Nailah.” source

Crimeblog has additional details

Hat tip to Yobachi for staying on top of this story