ALIAYAH LUNSFORD - 3 yo - Lewis Cty/ Weston WV

11/28/2011

Hearing Monday For Mother Of Missing Girl Elkins, Randolph County

A bond revocation hearing is scheduled for Monday for the
mother of a missing three year old girl who is facing unrelated federal charges.

Lena Lunsford, 29, from Bendale in Lewis County is awaiting a trial
on federal welfare fraud charges. A probation officer says she should
be on home confinement and ordered to undergo substance abuse treatment
until then after she was allegedly caught with synthetic drugs called bath salts.

In a petition filed in U.S. District Court, the probation officer says Lunsford is not meeting supervision requirements.

Lunsford has pled not guilty to the welfare fraud charges. She is accused of selling her federal food stamp cards for cash.

FBI officials say the charges against Lunsford are not connected to
the disappearance of her daughter, Aliayah, who is three. The little
girl was reported missing on September 24th and there has been no sign of her since.

Monday's bond revocation hearing will be held in Elkins Federal Court.
http://www.wvmetronews.com/news.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=49422

Court Documents Say Lena Lunsford Violated Her Bond

The mother of missing 3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford may have violated her bond in a food stamp fraud case.

Officers apparently found Lena Lunsford in constructive possession of bath salts and now want her under house arrest and treated for substance abuse. If it is found that her husband Ralph is the only user, they may have to live apart until he complies with counseling.

Paperwork from the U.S. District Court in Clarksburg indicate a state trooper found bath salts in a car that the Lunsfords were in on November 1.

Lena will stand trial on January 17 in Elkins for charges related to selling her families food stamps for money.

Meanwhile, investigators continue to search for her daughter and released a new photo of Aliayah this week.

The picture was supposedly taken days before her disappearance and shows a bruise on the left side of her face.

To see or print the new posters, click the following links:

West Virginia Fusion Center


FBI Missing Persons


FBI - Pittsburgh Field Office

Video at:
http://www.wdtv.com/index.php/home/local-news/10201-report-lena-lunsford-may-have-violated-her-bond

Aliayah Lunsford missing - Bendale, Lewis County, WV

It is past time that Aliayah Lunsford got national attention. The West Virginia media have done a great job of keeping Aliayah's name "out there" even though there has been limited info from Law Enforcement to report.

Sierra1947 has uploaded, to YouTube, the Nancy Grace Show which aired 12-1-11 and the majority of the show was about Aliayah gone missing, etc.
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http://youtu.be/sl_MKB4efkA
YouTube - Sierra1947 - Nancy Grace Show - 12-1-11

Aliayah Lunsford: Nancy 12/1/11 - Video
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I have followed Aliayah's story closely. If you are interested in reading numerous main stream media articles and videos, please see Aliayah's thread at Reality Chatter (RC). You do not have to be a member to read in the Forum at RC.

There are currently 25 pages with mostly main stream media articles/videos. Although Lena and Ralph Lunsford don't seem to care about making any pleas for Aliayah, attending vigils, handing out flyers, etc., there are extended family members, such as a great-aunt putting forth the effort.

As of now, Aliayah's thread at RC has over 10,600 hits (views). That is remarkable considering Aliayah had very little national media coverage.

Although Aliayah's mother, Lena, and stepfather, Ralph Lunsford, can't be bothered with efforts to find Aliayah, there are many who are concerned about Aliayah being found.

I guess Lena is too busy committing welfare fraud and Ralph is too busy buying "bath salts."

http://www.realitychatter.com/t3565-ali ... ng-9-24-11
Reality Chatter - Aliayah Lunsford, Age 3, Weston, WV - Missing 9/24/11

Per FBI Special Agent Jeff Killeen, this is a more recent pic of Aliayah prior to her gone missing. This pic was taken a few weeks before Aliayah went missing. SA Killeen believes it is the last known image of Aliayah before she went missing.


Aliayah Lunsford

Thanks Ann (HM)

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/ ... ng.01.html
CNN - Transcripts - 12-1-11

(I gotta say the new photo released of this poor little girl...makes me sad and ill...all those bruises...OMG!!! THe huge bruise on her little face...pic taken just days before she disappeared...this little girl imo always looked so sad..I have NOT seen ONE pic of her smiling, or looking happy...especially the haunting look in her eyes, down turned mouth...
Shocking Just like Zahya NO family member stepped in when they DID suspect!!!!! OP Comment)

It's been over 10 weeks since 3 year old Aliayah Lunsford was reported missing from her Lewis County home.

Family and friends were out tonight, in a continued effort to help end that search.

The family members were out Friday night in Clarksburg's Christmas
Parade, where they were continuing to spread the word about the missing 3
year old.

They were passing out descriptions of the little girl, so folks know
what to look for. They are also doing what they can to make sure people
don't give up hope.

"Do not give up hope and thank you all so much for your support, your
prayers, just thinking of Aliayah. Everybody's important in this
mission. This is a little 3 year old child we need to bring home.
Everything everybody's doing, whether it's passing her information on
Facebook, passing her picture out at Wal-Mart, whatever. Let's keep her
face out there and let's keep people looking for her," said Vickie
Bowen.

The family also asks that hunters keep an eye out, because they're
going across land that law enforcement has not covered. If you see
anything suspicious at all, you're asked to call State Police right
away.
http://www.wdtv.com/index.php/home/local-news/10619-family-of-aliayah-lunsford-walk-in-parade

I hate to say this but I think this poor little girl was beat to death by her druggie parents and buried in the woods somewhere. You are right that she looks so sad and that's an awful bruise on her face. I bet her mother has some stupid excuse for it but that child is always sad in her pictures. I don't know how parents can sleep at night when they abuse and/or kill their babies.

Did they take all of her mother's kids away including her newborn twins? These low lifes just keep breeding with no intention of caring for their children.

babyjustice wrote:I hate to say this but I think this poor little girl was beat to death by her druggie parents and buried in the woods somewhere. You are right that she looks so sad and that's an awful bruise on her face. I bet her mother has some stupid excuse for it but that child is always sad in her pictures. I don't know how parents can sleep at night when they abuse and/or kill their babies.

Did they take all of her mother's kids away including her newborn twins? These low lifes just keep breeding with no intention of caring for their children.

The Department of Health and Human Resources removed four other children between 10 months and 11 years old from Lunsford's care after Aliayah vanished.

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Fri 11 Nov 2011

WESTON, W.Va. — The mother of a 3-year-old Lewis County girl missing for more than six weeks has given birth to twin girls.


Attorney Michael Woelfel says Lena Lunsford delivered late Thursday. He said Friday he believes the babies remain hospitalized.

Woelfel says Circuit Judge Thomas Keadle has issued a gag order prohibiting comment on the status of the older children, so he won't comment on the babies.

twinkletoes wrote:

babyjustice wrote:I hate to say this but I think this poor little girl was beat to death by her druggie parents and buried in the woods somewhere. You are right that she looks so sad and that's an awful bruise on her face. I bet her mother has some stupid excuse for it but that child is always sad in her pictures. I don't know how parents can sleep at night when they abuse and/or kill their babies.

Did they take all of her mother's kids away including her newborn twins? These low lifes just keep breeding with no intention of caring for their children.

The Department of Health and Human Resources removed four other children between 10 months and 11 years old from Lunsford's care after Aliayah vanished.

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Fri 11 Nov 2011

WESTON, W.Va. — The mother of a 3-year-old Lewis County girl missing for more than six weeks has given birth to twin girls.


Attorney Michael Woelfel says Lena Lunsford delivered late Thursday. He said Friday he believes the babies remain hospitalized.

Woelfel says Circuit Judge Thomas Keadle has issued a gag order prohibiting comment on the status of the older children, so he won't comment on the babies.

Thanks Twink. But I bet she has visitation with them. Ugh these parents make me sick. I hope the children are taken away permanetly and placed in safe, happy homes. Is there any chance of that happening?

I don't know anything about the system in n West Virginia but in Florida her parental rights could and probably would be terminated.

I hope they don't "rehabilitate" her and give the kids back.

Actually, IMO she will be sent to prison and never see them again. I think see beat her baby to death.

Folks all across the state are doing all they can to keep missing
3-year-old Aliayah Lunsford's name out in the public, whether it be on
flyers or on Facebook pages. One Doddridge County resident, who's never
met Aliayah or any of her family members, is using her house to get the
word out.

Desiree Matheny says she's been consumed with Aliayah's disappearance
since day one and she's dedicating this Christmas to her. Recently, she
decorated her Salem area home for the holidays and right in the front,
there's a light-up sign bearing Aliayah's name and toys.

"I wanted it to be able to be seen. We're in a perfect location here on
Route 50 which is a major thoroughfare between Clarksburg and
Parkersburg and if it can be seen and people see her name, then they
think, this little girl's still missing, what can we do to help find
her?" she says.

Folks are organizing Lighting the Way for Aliayah events in Clarksburg
and Weston where kids are invited to decorate ornaments to place on
Christmas trees in the two cities.

You can follow the Aliayah Law page on Facebook and stay tuned to 5 News for more on these events.
http://www.wdtv.com/index.php/home/local-news/10922-christmas-for-aliayah

WESTON, W.Va. — Relatives of a 3-year-old Lewis County girl missing
for nearly three months are trying to keep the public focused on the
unsolved case.

Tina Smith is an aunt of Aliayah (uh LEE uh) Lunsford,
who vanished from her Bendale home Sept. 24. No one has been charged,
but authorities are treating her disappearance as a crime.

Smith led a protest outside the Lewis County courthouse
Monday as Aliayah's parents, Lena and Ralph, attended a hearing with
child-welfare officials.

Smith says she wanted them to know the family hasn't forgotten Aliayah.

Twenty-nine-year-old Lena Lunsford has seven children, including Aliayah and infant twins.

The older children have been in state custody since
Aliayah disappeared. Authorities have declined comment on the newborns'
status.

Media outlets say the Lunsfords refused to speak to reporters.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/0c898fb108f8464a9abcb4f4965599a9/WV--Missing-Girl/
Posters note: It's pretty common for dysfunctional families to start complaining the police are not searching for the child. I call it Cindyizm these days. I've no doubt the answers lies within their family and that's who they should be putting the pressure on, not the police.

Community Raises Money for Aliayah Lunsford Signs
Dec 25, 2011 12:40 PM

Updated:
Dec 26, 2011 12:25 PM
Dec 27, 2011 10:53 AM

WESTON -
Saturday marked exactly three months since Aliayah Lunsford, 3, went missing from her Lewis County home.

Just in time for Christmas Eve, some concerned citizens held an indoor yard sale over the last three days to
help pay for the materials to make two large signs to put up on Interstate 79.

Organizers said they raised the majority
of the money needed, but still need more. They also said the FBI
supports the project.

If you have any information that might help authorities find Aliayah, call the W.Va. Fusion Center at 1-866-WVWATCH.

The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information.
http://www.wboy.com/story/16390294/2011/12/24/community-raises-money-for-aliayah-lunsford-signs

Kiwi, I really like your new word. May I use it also?

Another fallout from Casey murdering Caylee and Cindyizm is that more and more parents and boyfriends who murder innocent little children have discovered that if they lie and/or hamper the investigation and search, it greatly increases the likelihood of their paying the penalty for their evil deeds.

The longer the delay if finding the body, the more likely they are to get by with murder.