AMBER WHITE - 12 yo (2010) - Shreveport LA

Missing child case goes to Grand Jury

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) –On July 21st a 12-year-old Shreveport girl reunited with her family after they reported her missing a few days earlier. When they found her police said she had been abused during her disappearance. They arrested two men, Brandon Player and Henry Lee, but they said more arrests would come.

Days later, child protective services took the girl and her younger sister out of their parents home.
"This case has caused a lot of heart ache and a lot of grief and a lot of work for a lot of people," said Assistant District Attorney, Hugo Holland.
The investigation continued, and this month the District Attorney's office presented the case to the Grand Jury. Usually cases are wrapped up when they go to Grand Jury, but the jury became a part of this investigation.
"We have people come in that either haven't been talked to before or haven't provided the information that we're hearing and so we're actually learning things in the Grand Jury room for the first time," said Holland.As the investigation progressed they discovered things were not what they first thought.
"It is not what everybody believed it to be, and I can't say any more than that, but it was not a child abduction case as was originally thought," said Holland.
The Grand Jury has made some decisions, but the DA's office won't release any specific information until they hear the whole case.They hope to finish hearing the case during the Grand Jury's session in November.

kiwimom wrote:Always thought there was something weird about this one Tom. I hope to god her family haven't been prostituting her or anything like that. Shall we move this to unsolved?

As the investigation progressed they discovered things were not what they first thought."It is not what everybody believed it to be, and I can't say any more than that, but it was not a child abduction case as was originally thought," said Holland.

Sounds like you are right.

Amber White, the 12-year-old girl who was missing for three days this past summer, willingly got in a car in her neighborhood and was not held against her will, Caddo Parish authorities said after the grand jury indicted a local man on charges of having sex with a child.The little girl disappeared from her mobile-home neighborhood in southwest Shreveport in July while walking to the neighborhood swimming pool. She surfaced unharmed after two men let her out at a Shreveport convenience store. Authorities said their investigation concluded that Amber was not abducted and willingly got in the car with an adult. She was not held against her will, authorities concluded. She stayed in at least two houses during that time, authorities said. The men she was with eventually found out that Shreveport police were conducting an extensive search for the child, authorities said -- although they could not pinpoint exactly when the men knew. The grand jury on Thursday indicted Henry Lee, 26, of Shreveport for aggravated rape. Sex with a 12-year-old is considered rape under Louisiana law, regardless of whether the child consented. Authorities said Lee has not cooperated with their investigation. The other man arrested in the case, 19-year-old Brandon Player, was initially charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He will not be prosecuted in return for his testimony, Caddo Assistant District Attorney Hugo Holland said. There was no indication Amber's parents knew where she was, authorities said. They described her mother as particularly distraught over the disappearance. Amber was removed from her family home by state child-welfare workers for what they considered inadequate supervision, her father said after she was placed in foster care. She remains in state custody. Prosecutors alleged Lee did not contact authorities or the parents while Amber was staying at his house. Lee faces life in prison if convicted as charged of aggravated rape. He is jailed under $300,000 bond and is awaiting arraignment in Caddo District Court.

Investigators make big break in Shreveport missing child case



March 16th 2011

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) – After months of
investigating the disappearance of a 12-year old Shreveport girl in July
2010, the Caddo Parish District Attorney's Office thought they hit a
dead end. However, on Monday a witness came forward and gave
information that breathed new life into the case.
It's case that has puzzled investigators from
the beginning. A 12-year-old- Shreveport girl disappeared from the pool
near her home. Police made 2 arrests before they found the girl. They
charged Brandon player with contributing to the delinquency of a minor,
and Henry Lee with aggravated rape.
Finally, after days of searching, the girl's
dad got a phone call to pick her up in a parking lot. After she returned
home her family said she had been drugged, and police confirmed the
young girl had been raped.
At the time Shreveport Police Chief Willie
Shaw said there would be more arrests. Eight months later, still no
additional arrests have come.
Assistant District Attorney Hugo Holland
told KSLA News 12 investigators hit a dead end at the end of last year.
On Monday,a witness finally came forward.
"What the new witness did is confirm some
things that we suspected and gave us additional investigative leads that
we need to go track down. That's what we're doing right now," said
Holland.
He thinks the new information is exactly what they'll need to make those additional arrests.
"There are probably 3 or 4 more folks that we're kind of interested in," said Holland.
Holland would not say who those people were, but did say it's important that the girl is no longer in her parents custody.
"The child is currently safe because she is not with her parents," said Holland.
Only a few days after she was found in
July, CPS took the girl out of the home. Right now, she is staying with
relatives, under a state order.
Holland doesn't know how much longer the investigation will take, but he's confident they are back on the right track. http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=14258387

Posters note: Looks like Amber ran away again a week ago and has been found again.

PDATE: Shreveport Police locate missing 13 y.o. girl

SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) -
UPDATE: A Shreveport teen who allegedly ran away a week ago has been located by police who said the young teen appeared to unharmed. Just after noon Wednesday, a concerned citizen reportedly alerted police that they had seen 13-year-old Amber White at a business located in the 300 block of Fort St. Officers did find White with an adult male. Police said White did not appear to be injured. Investigators interviewed both White and the male suspect to determine whether either would face any charges. White was last seen on Tuesday, June 21, 2011, when detectives believe she ran away from a home in the 7000 block of Woolworth Road in Shreveport. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13-year-old
Amber White has been missing for nearly a week. Her grandparents and
mother have been searching for her since she ran away last Tuesday, taking off from her grandparents' house in the middle of the night with a duffle
Read more http://www.ksla.com/story/14986225/family-pleas-for-help-in-search-for-missing

Poster's Note: Here we go again. The continuing revolving door syndrome of Amber White continues. She went missing and has been found again. This girl is screaming for help. Short of putting a GPS tracking chip in her neck get her into a residential treatment program until we can determine wth is up.

We have an update on a missing 13 year old we first told you about last Thursday. Shreveport, Louisiana police say the girl has been located and is safe.

Police say Amber White ran away from her family's Springfield home last month. They say they found teen Saturday in Shreveport and took her into protective custody. Investigators arrested 25 year old Mim McCoy who has been charged her with one count of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.

Police say their investigation is ongoing.

http://articles.kspr.com/2012-02-13/louisiana-police_31057168