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2,300 a Day Reports of missing persons have increased sixfold in the past 29 years, from roughly 150,000 in 1980 to over 900,000 this year. The increase was driven in part by the country's growing population. But the numbers also indicate that law enforcement treats the cases more seriously now, including those of marginalized citizens.

An astounding 2,300 Americans are reported missing every day, including both adults and children. But only a tiny fraction of those are stereotypical abductions or kidnappings by a stranger.

We need to help make the public aware of the disastrous epidemic of missing persons.

Hopefully we can help make a change. When we become aware of a missing individual that goes unreported, while the media locks its eye on another who represents their version of “newsworthy,” we will do all we can to make sure the voices of others who are missing are heard.

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Walter “Bo” Brawner case: Person of Interest Arrested

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Steven Ray Fester, dubbed a serial robbery suspect, has been arrested. As reported in the September 25, 2009, edition of khou.com/news, witnesses said he wore a mask and gloves, held them at gunpoint with a semi automatic, forced everyone to the back of the store, forced them to open the safe, and ordered everyone to put their cell phones into the safe. He stands accused of the armed robbery of CVS drugs stores, Shipley’s Donuts, H-E-B, and Walgreens in the Greater Huston area. His charges include three aggravated robberies and he is believed to be linked in eight more.

Myfoxhouston.com reports Steven Ray Fester is being held without bail.

Fester is already a named person of interest in last years mysterious disappearance of his neighbor, Walter David “Bo” Brawner. What does this arrest mean in connection to that case? Certainly, Fester having been found guilty of the theft of Bo’s semi automatic hand gun earlier this year in San Jacinto County, and this arrest for armed robbery while brandishing a semi automatic hand gun in neighboring Harris County, demonstrates a preference in pistols and a predilection to break the law using violence - but does it mean more? Will the San Jacinto County detectives travel to Harris County and be able to find out more about Bo Brawner’s disappearance? Does this arrest threaten to put Fester behind bars for a long period of time? Will he be able, or inclined, to plea bargin if he does have information leading to solving the mystery of what happened to Bo? Will we hear from some jailhouse snitch? Only time will tell.

In the mean time, the Brawner family has found a tiny glimmer of hope in Fester’s arrest. They patiently wait and search and hope for Bo to return to them.

Past Articles

Walter David “Bo” Brawner · September 25, 2009
Jaycee Dugard · August 28, 2009
Melanie Metheny, The Family’s Story · August 19, 2009
Melanie Renee Metheny · July 26, 2009
Brooke Leigh Henson · July 18, 2009
Diane Fanning: Author, Speaker · January 13, 2009
Runaways are always endangered · December 8, 2008
An Anniversary · June 28, 2008
HACKED! · June 16, 2008
The Untold Story of Paige Birgfeld · June 9, 2008
Are You Really Ready to Help Find The Missing? · May 11, 2008
The Smiley Face Killers Story Is Heating Up · May 7, 2008
A Child, Still Unknown After 25 Years · May 3, 2008
“Accidental Drowning” Threads on HFTM · May 1, 2008
Mr. Sensenbrenner and The Smiley Face Killers · April 30, 2008
Accidental Drownings or the Smiley Face Killers? · April 26, 2008
They found me in Maricopa County · April 4, 2008
The Amazing Double Life of Paige Birgfeld · February 18, 2008
HFTM Brings One Home! · February 14, 2008
What Happened to Lisa Hatchell? · February 14, 2008
The Laurie Depies Case Haunts Me · February 3, 2008
Amber Wilde Missing Over 9 Years · February 2, 2008
Media and The Missing · January 28, 2008
What Happened to Beaner? · January 15, 2008
Where is Steven Baird? · January 11, 2008

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Someone is missing.

To most of the world, missing persons are distant and detached. Missing persons are the subject of television dramas. Missing persons are footnotes on everyday lives, just another news story that makes little impact.

The media shows us high profile cases, like Stacy Peterson or Natalee Holloway, but only while the case is new, hot and titillating. After a few days, when there is no resolution and there are no new developments, those high profile cases just quietly fade away and disappear from the media spotlight. Once again, a missing person becomes a footnote in everyday life.

That is until someone we know and love goes missing. For every high profile case, made famous by a media splash, there are hundreds more cases of missing people that hardly anyone hears about.

When the missing person is one of our own, we cannot comprehend why the media isn't all over our case. What makes one missing person more important than another, what makes one missing person a high profile case and not another? Why is someone the subject of media scrutiny and not our family member or friend?

No one is really sure why that is, it just is. Every missing person deserves the same attention. What someone is, or was, makes no difference. Every missing person is a daughter, a son, a mother, a father, a cousin and a friend. Those of us left behind have painful holes in our lives that need resolution.

Right here is a place where recognition is made. Here is the place where those of us left behind can tell our stories, nay, tell the stories of the missing. By telling their stories, we tell our own.

Every missing person deserves the same attention. Someone, somewhere, holds the key. That one clue or detail that could solve the case and bring our loved one home. Here is where you tell us your story. Tell us your story, tell us their story. Tell us and we'll tell it here. Let the world know their story.

After all, someone special is missing.

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