Transcript Washington State C.A.R.T

What is C.A.R.T.?
An established multi-agency child abduction response team that will
activate in the event of a child abduction or endangered missing child
case in a timely and efficient manner.
Why C.A.R.T.?
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First few hours are critical
Many agencies have never had a child abduction in their jurisdiction.
Unfortunately TPD has had many
Most officers responding to a child abduction have never investigated a
similar crime
No agency will not have all the necessary resources
We don’t want to waste time accessing resources
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Agencies need to have comprehensive protocols for the initial
response and follow-up investigation into a missing/abducted child
event
Patrol officers/supervisors need to assess the situation in a timely
manner to identify the need for CART and to maximize the
effectiveness of the CART response
Shared personnel resources
Provides expert resources to augment organized investigative efforts
Assures the victim family and community that all resources are
utilized for the successful recovery of the child
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Attend and participate in quarterly team meetings and training
concerning missing and abducted children
We plan to implement department wide training for all agency
members from command staff to communications
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Tacoma PD
LESA/LARIAT
King County Sheriff’s Office
Child Protective Services
Department of Corrections
Mary Bridge Children’s Advocacy Center
FBI
Pierce County Prosecutors Office
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2002 National Incidence Studies of Missing,
Abducted, Runaway, and Throwaway Children
(NISMART II)
2006 Washington State Attorney General’s Office
Child Abduction Murder Study
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Examined over 800 child abduction murder cases across
the US that occurred between 1968-2002
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According to the 2002 NISMART II Study:
There are on average 100 to 200 stranger abductions
each year in the United States. Between 60-150
children are murdered each year in the course of
these stranger abductions and the primary motive
for these abductions is sexual contact with the
victim.
Reported to police:
Immediately – 19%
Within 1 hour – 27%
Within 2 hours – 43%
Within 4.5 hours – 68%
Within 24 hours – 87%
When (V)’s are killed:
47% - less than 1 hour
76% - within 3 hours
88% - within 24 hours
98% - within 7 days
100% - within 30 days
*Statistics from the Washington State Attorney General’s Office Child Abduction Murder Study
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60% of cases began with the child being
reported “Missing”
9% of cases began with the child being reported
as a “Runaway”
10 % of cases began with a reported Abduction
21% of cases began with a Dead Body
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Race – White (75%), Black (14%), All Others (11%)
Gender – Female (74%), Male (26%)
Average Age – 11.5 year old
Class – Working class (36%), Middle class (35%)
Area – Live in Urban or Suburban neighborhood (65%)
Residence – Single family dwelling (71%)
Family Situation – Not high risk (83%)
Summary: Victim will most likely be an 11 year old white
female from a working or middle class family living in a
SFD in an urban or suburban neighborhood with good
family relationships
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Race – White 75% yet only 66% of all murders
Female – 74% yet only 55% of all child murders
and 38% of all murders
Age – 50% of all child murder victims are between the
ages of 15 and 17 yet only half that percentage of child
abduction homicide victims are in this age range
Only 10% of child abduction homicide victims are age 5
or less
Only 17% of victims were runaways or what would be
considered “at risk” children
“Social Marginal's”
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96% Male (Males make up 87% of all killers)
Race – 70% White, 19% Black, 11% Other
Average Age: - 28 yoa (More than 80% between 18 & 40)
Relationships – “Loners” Only 17% married, 13% divorced
meaning roughly 83% had no intimate attachments/bonds @ the
time of the incident yet only 17% lived alone
Residence –33% lived with parents, 17% with spouse, 24% with
girlfriend or other roommate
Approximately 80% had moved at least once with the last 5 years;
45% moved at least 3 times in last 5 years and 20% at least 5 times
Employment – 48% were unemployed at the time of the incident
Occupation – Of those working, a majority had “blue collar” jobs
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Lifestyles – Only 10% were thought of as “model citizens”
- 4% active in church or civic groups
- 30% described as strange, 16% reclusive and
15% “friendly with children”
- 25% alcohol issues, 22% drug issues & 16%
sexually promiscuous
79% had a recognized and identified history of a serious
behavioral problem
46% had a substantial history of prior crimes against children
(Murder, Sexual Assault, Kidnap or Assault)
Only 50% had some official custody status @ time of offense
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Offender was stranger 45% of the time in Child
Abduction Murders (CAM) compared to only 5% in all
child murders
Offender was a friend/acquaintance 41% of the time in
CAM’s compared to only 28% in all child murders
Offender was direct family member 14% of the time in
CAM’s compared to 67% in all child murders
Some variation based on victim gender and age with
females between 1 & 5 yoa most likely to be killed by a
friend/acquaintance (49%) yet males between 1 & 5 yoa
are least likely to be killed by a friend/acquaintance (26%)
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58% of the time, the killer’s actions (M.O.) in the
murder are similar to their prior crimes
This can include:
- the method of approach (Con, Ruse, Blitz)
- the weapon, tool or force used
- the method of control (type of bindings etc…)
- the acts committed against the victim
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40% were victims of opportunity while 14% had some prior
relationship with the suspect
Physical characteristics were only a factor 10% of the time
Initial contact with the victim was most commonly through
deception (27%), although 32% of the time it is unknown
83% of contacts occurred in Urban/Suburban areas
27% of the time the suspect lived in the initial contact area
47% involved an assault to gain control/compliance
Bindings used 24% of the time with suspects bringing it
with them 16% of the time
COD – 33% Strangulation, 24% BFT, 23% Stabbing, 12%
Asphyxia
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15% of killers kept body longer than necessary with 74% of
them either keeping it at their residence or in their car
Killers deliberately chose body dump site 48% of the time;
random in 33 % of the cases and forced by circumstance 10%
of the time
While 83% of abductions occur in Urban/Suburban setting,
body dump sites are rural 53% of the time
There is some attempt to conceal the body 55% of the time
Killers returned to the body dump site 24% of the time; 83%
prior to the recovery of the body and 33% within 3 days of
the recovery
Other behaviors of note – Left town (16%) of the time;
confided in someone (16%); Interjected themselves into the
investigation (10%); contact w/victim’s family (10%); contact
w/law enforcement or the media (10%)
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Child abductions are not as rare as you might
think………………
TPD has investigated at least sixteen child
abductions going back to 1961 with 10 of the
16 resulting in the death of the victims
These cases are unbelievably difficult to solve
These are the type of cases that stay with
investigators forever!
Ann Marie Burr (August 1961) - Unsolved
Gay Lynn Stewart (August 1964) - Solved
Charles Hyde III (November 1965) – Solved
Carolyn Lenti (August 1972) – Solved
Maria Corsi (November 1972) – Solved
Angela Meeker (July 1979) – Unsolved
Carla Wright (January 1980) – Unsolved
Natasha Wilson (March 1982) – Solved
Wallace Guidroz (January 1983) - Solved
Michella Welch (March 1986) – Unsolved
Jennifer Bastian (August 1986) – Unsolved
Ryan Hade (May 1989) - Solved
Lenoria Jones (July 1995) – Unsolved
Teekah Lewis (January 1999) – Unsolved
Sabrina Rasmussen (May 2000) – Solved
Zina Linnik (July 2007) - Solved
1 – Held for ransom
1 – Known Child Abuse homicide
1 – Probable Child Abuse homicide
All others (13) are either known or believed
based on the investigation to be sexually
motivated crimes.
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There are 100 – 200 stranger abductions each year with 60 – 150
resulting in the murder of the child
A vast majority are sexually motivated
At least 1 hour delay in reporting nearly 75% of the time
Victim’s killed are killed with 3 hours 76% of the time meaning
every minute counts
Common victim profiles in child abduction cases
Common suspect profiles in child abduction cases
Nearly half of all suspects had a serious history of violence against
children
Majority are either unemployed or working “blue collar” job with
25% working construction
58% of the time the M.O. used is consistent with prior offenses
27% of the time suspects live in the area where initial contact with
victim is made
OW has the ability to quickly look at all RSO’s and prioritize
based on:
-Level I, II & III, prior offenses, victim profiles, physical
characteristics, the geographical profile of the offense or a
number of other searchable fields within the program
OW also has the ability to quickly refine searches based on:
-incoming information about the incident to include where the
victim was last seen, an identified initial point of contact between
the offender and the victim, a suspect vehicle description, the
suspect’s physical appearance or the victim profile
Dispatch receives a 911 call from a frantic parent saying
that their 7 year old daughter is missing from their
neighborhood where they were suppose to be playing
and that they’ve looked everywhere but can’t find her.
Officers respond, check the residence with negative results
and begin to canvas the neighborhood. All attempts to
locate the missing child are made without success. Knowing
that most child abductions are sexually motivated and there
is nothing more to work with, looking at RSO’s is a good
place to start.
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Radial search within OW for all RSO’s in 1 to 2 mile
radius
(Large % of offenders live, work or have some other reason for being in the area of the abduction)
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Prioritize with RSO’s with history of kidnapping,
strangers as victims or juvenile female victims in their
past at the top of the list
(Common consistency of M.O. with past offenses & common victim profile)
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RSO’s with juvenile female victims that were strangers
in the defined area are first on the list
Additional information comes in showing the missing
child was last seen by friends at the school playground
four blocks away and was suppose to be returning home.
A radial search within OW for RSO’s within 1 to 2 mile
radius should then be done on the school. If a probable
path of the child from the school to home can be
determined then a street name search can be done along
that route for RSO’s as well.
While the neighborhood canvas is being done two
witnesses are located who report seeing a suspicious
W/M loitering at the end of their alley and saw him
make contact with a juvenile female matching the
missing child’s description. The suspicious white male
is described as being around 30 years of age, 6’0”,
medium build, and wearing a baseball cap.
A physical characteristics search in OW should then be
done. OW is then queried for all white male RSO’s
between 20 and 40 years old, 5’7” – 6’3”, 160 to 220
pounds. 449 of 2700 RSO’s in Pierce County fit the
general physical description.
Of the 449 RSO’s fitting the description only 44 have
juvenile female victim’s in their past. Of the 44 RSO’s
with juvenile females victim’s in their past only five live
within a two mile radius and of those only 1 has a
stranger victim in their past.
Who’s door would you knock on?????
Without OW this type of work would take several hours
and several people. Detectives may solve the case but are
not likely to save a life. With OW, it takes just minutes.
OW’s search capabilities are only as good as the
information in it. An empty field can’t be searched.
What else investigators need
Other physical characteristics (scars, marks, tattoos, facial hair etc…)
Current Photos
Vehicle Information – Year, Make, Model, Color, Plate
Work Information – Company, Hours of operation, supervisor’s
name, company vehicle descriptions if it is something unique
Past offenses to include victim profiles and M.O.
Relationship between offender and past victims (Stranger, Family…)
Active DOC or current warrants
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10 year old white female
Low risk lifestyle
Reported as a Missing within 4
hours of incident
Neighborhood abduction
Victim located alive after 4 days
Suspect not known to (V)
Motive – Sexual Assault
(SV) Ralph Edward Larkee
- Deceased
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No Photo
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Identified by Parole Officer from a
sketch developed following Stewart
abduction
Extensive criminal history including
prior child molest
Tracked by the FBI to a Portland area
motel
Self inflicted GSW to head as officers
approached
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13 year old white male
Low risk lifestyle
Reported as an Abduction
Taken by force from his school bus
stop
Ransom demand made of $45000.00
Father pays the ransom and (V) is
released unharmed 9 hours after
abduction took place
(S)’s were unknown to the (V)
Motive – Financial gain
(A)’s – Tilford Baker, Dean Bromley
& James Evans
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No Photo
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8 year old white female
Low risk lifestyle
Reported as an Abduction
shortly after incident occurred
Taken from park
Vehicle used
Victim located alive in Yakima
after 6 days
Suspect not known to (V)
Motive – Sexual Assault
(A) Raymond Wagner
Deceased – 1980 while in Prison
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No Photo
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Information on abduction, victim and suspect vehicle
shared with the media state wide
Hunter in Yakima County observed suspect vehicle in
rural area while hunting and recognized it from media
reports
Yakima County Sheriff’s deputies checked vehicle and
located victim asleep in the back seat and Wagner in
the front seat
Wagner previously convicted of 1967 abduction of
another 8 year old girl in Yakima County
Did 4 years of a 10 year sentence before being released
This offense occurred less than a year after his release
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16 year old white female
Low risk lifestyle
Reported as a Missing only after
not returning home that night
Victim located deceased under
Yakima Ave bridge weeks later
COD - Multiple Stab Wounds
Suspect known to (V)
Motive – Sexual Assault
(A) Martin Knowles –Currently
in Prison
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No Photo
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No known previous offenses prior to Corsi case
Lived in neighborhood where incident likely
occurred and body was discovered
Knowles was known to Corsi from school,
although to what extent is unknown
Showed great interest in the Corsi case prior to
being identified as a suspect in the case
Identified as a suspect in the Corsi case after he
was arrested in 1974 for the attempted abduction of
a 16 year old girl in the north end of Tacoma
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13 year old white female
Moderate risk lifestyle
Reported as a Runaway within
24 hours of last being seen
Body never recovered
COD - Unknown
Relationship to (S) - Unknown
Motive - Unknown
Believed to be associated with
Carla Wright homicide
(S) Guy Rasmussen – Currently
in prison for the Kidnap, Rape
& Murder of Cindi Allinger
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14 year old white female
Moderate risk lifestyle
Reported as a Missing/Possible
Runaway only after not returning
home that evening
Body located two weeks later in
wooded area near 56th & Sprague
COD - Strangulation
Relationship to (S) - Unknown
Motive - Sexual Assault
Believed to be associated with
Angela Meeker homicide
(S) Guy Rasmussen – Currently in
prison for the Kidnap, Rape &
Murder of Cindi Allinger
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Rasmussen lived three blocks from
Meeker when she went missing
Rasmussen had attended the same
school as Meeker, although he was
two years ahead of her
According to Meeker’s brother,
Rasmussen had been writing
Meeker letters prior to her
disappearance
Wright and Rasmussen knew each
other, although not well
Location of Wright’s remains was
known party spot for high school
kids
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Rasmussen was part of the group
known to party there
Rasmussen was suspected of two
1982 rapes that occurred in the
area and subsequently spent time
on those cases
Both victims were younger
females, physical force, armed
with knife, dragged victims into
nearby brushy areas for the rapes
Rasmussen convicted of 1996
abduction, rape and murder of 9
year old Cindi Allinger , COD Strangulation
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15 year old white female
Low Risk Lifestyle
Located and recovered by L.E.
prior to any report
Victim abducted from the
sidewalk, 500 E. 38th
Forced at knifepoint into wooded
area 200 yards away
Rape interrupted by L.E.
(S) was a stranger
Motive – Sexual Assault
(A) Donald Schneider –
Currently doing Life w/o
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No Photo
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First known offense
Convicted in this case and sentenced to
10 years
Registered Sex Offender upon release
in 1989
Developed sexual relationship with 13
year old female in 1993
Suspected in the disappearance of
juvenile female in 1993-94
Suspect in April 2004 attempted
abduction of 11 year old female at knife
point
Arrested in 2005 and convicted in
August 2004 brutal rape of a prostitute
Currently doing life w/o due to second
strike
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7 year old white male
Low Risk Lifestyle
Reported as Missing but only after
he had been recovered by L.E.
Abducted from neighborhood
while riding his bicycle
Victim recovered in a vacant area,
8000 S. D St
(S) was a stranger
Motive – Sexual Assault/Torture
(A) Earl Kenneth Shriner –
Currently doing life w/o
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In 1966, a 16 year old Shriner, was detained
for choking a seven year old girl. When
confronted about the incident, he led the
police officers to the body of a retarded
fifteen year old girl instead, whom he had
strangled to death. Confined 10 years.
In 1977 he was convicted of abducting and
assaulting two sixteen year old girls.
While incarcerated, Shriner repeatedly
disclosed not just fantasies but detailed
plans how he would kidnap, confine, and
torture his victims.
In 1988, Shriner was dealt with yet again as
a suspect in the attempted abduction of a
juvenile male but no charges were filed in
the case.
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11 year old white female
Low Risk Lifestyle
Family notified of incident
by L.E.
Victim was abducted while
walking to school.
Victim survived and located
south of the “Roy Y”
(S) was a stranger
Motive – Sexual Assault
Initially Unsolved
(A) Terapon Adhahn –
Currently doing life w/o
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12 year old white female
Low Risk Lifestyle
Reported as an Abduction
within minutes of incident
Victim was abducted in the
alley behind her residence on
4th of July
Body located in wooded area
in rural Pierce County
COD – Strangulation
(S) was a stranger
Motive – Sexual Assault
Associated with Rasmussen
Case
(A) Terapon Adhahn –
Currently doing life w/o