Many of these children were found AFTER so many were realized missing. There are still nearly 300 children missing and accounted for under Jeb Bush's administration. The governor has got to go !!!
Fla. can't find 1,000 kids in state custody
June 4, 2002 Posted: 7:24 AM EDT (1124 GMT)
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) -- Florida's child welfare agency said Monday it was unable to account for about 1,000 children in its system, including about 400 believed to have run away and more than 100 others missing because a non-custodial parent or relative took them.
"You just hope and pray that nothing happens, and you do your darnedest to find them," said Larry Pintacuda, the assistant secretary of operations for the Florida Department of Children and Families.
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/06/03/florida.child.welfare/
Florida needs a Missing Children's Day? There is that many kids missing that they require an annual memorial service? The Governor has to go !!!
Florida's Missing Children Remembered
On September 8, 2003, FDLE held the Fifth Annual Florida Missing Children's Day Ceremony. A crowd of citizens gathered at the Capitol in Tallahassee to remember our state's many missing children and to show support for their families in their struggle. They also gathered to commemorate special individuals who worked hard to help protect our children over the past year.
http://www.fhp.state.fl.us/PhotoGallery/PG091703.htm
The Governor has to go !!! A REACTIONARY government could cost anyone their children.
Jan 9 , 2003
Bush seeks to ease DCF's load
Gov. wants local agencies responsible for safeguarding kids
By Paige St. John
Gannett News Service
TALLAHASSEE - Even as he promises to hire more child welfare workers and pay them better, Gov. Jeb Bush is pushing to put more of the responsibility of safeguarding kids in the hands of local agencies and police.
Bush used his annual press interviews Thursday to promote taking key child welfare duties away from the Department of Children and Families, leaving that agency to do mostly administrative work.
http://www.floridacapitalnews.com/legislature2003/stories/0109dcf.htm
Jessica's Legacy
http://www.jessicamarielunsford.com/
Why do children have to die BEFORE something is done in Florida? The Governor has to go !!!
Lunsford may have been buried alive
Officials: Couey confessed to investigators
Saturday, April 9, 2005 Posted: 5:06 AM EDT (0906 GMT)
CNN) -- A convicted sex offender facing capital murder charges in the killing of a 9-year-old Florida girl told investigators he buried her alive, law enforcement sources told CNN Friday night.
John Evander Couey, 46, who officials said confessed to the crimes, is charged with capital murder, burglary with battery, kidnapping and sexual battery on a child younger than 12.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/09/lunsford/
Why is there always an OOPS we could have had him ?!?
The Jessica Lunsford Case
Tuesday March 22, 2005 4:00AM PT
The horrifically sad disappearance and death of Jessica Lunsford impacted searches. Searches on the nine-year-old Florida girl who first attracted buzz attention when she went missing a month ago jumped 1,161% on news that her body was discovered.
Searches on John Couey, the sex offender charged with Lunsford's murder, went from zero into the thousands as searchers sought to learn more about the alleged killer. Couey's arrest sparked interest on online sex offender registries with concerned citizens turning to the Web for information on offenders.
http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz_log/entry/2005/03/22/0400/
Missing Children of Florida
http://www.marvelcreations.com/missingcherubs.html
FBI Joins Search For Missing Citrus Heights Teen
FBI investigators are now involved in the case of a missing Citrus Heights teenager who disappeared nearly two weeks ago. Authorities and family members confirm the FBI has been called in to help investigate the disappearance of 14-year-old Ashleigh Markley from a Lincoln neighborhood March 29.
http://www.news10.net/storyfull1.asp?id=10230
