Alexis Glover 13, [FOUND DECEASED/ADOPTIVE MOTHER ARRESTED] Manassas VA

[sarahhod]

Disabled Manassas Girl Still Missing After 24 Hours
posted 01/08/09 3:46 pm

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0109/583653.html


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MANASSAS, Va. - Prince William County (web | news) police are in a race against time and the elements in an effort to find a disabled missing 13-year-old girl who went missing in Manassas over 24 hours ago.

Alexis Glover went missing near Manassas Drive and is considered endangered. Police want to know if anyone has seen her. She is is developmentally disabled and suffers from other medical issues. Alexis was last seen wearing blue jeans, a green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes. She is 5'3" and weighs 85 lbs. She has short dark hair and dark eyes.

"We need to find her as quickly as we possibly can," said Alexis's mom, Freedia Glover. "She looks like she's about 10 [but] her mental capacity is about 7."

Her mother says she and Alexis, or Lexie as she is often called, were in the parking lot of the central library in Manassas in the freezing rain Wednesday morning when the young girl slipped away.

Lexie is described by her mother as having profound emotional, mental and physical disabilities that require medication. She normally wears a GPS tracking bracelet because of her condition, but police found it minutes after she was reported missing. Now across busy Route 28, a lighted sign board now flashes a plea for information about her.

Investigators are using foot patrols, canine teams and helicopters to search for the girl; they have also deployed Search and Rescue teams from Prince William county Police and Appalachian Search and Rescue. They are also asking residents to check their property because the young girl is known to run and hide.

Authorities ask residents to "check all around their homes, including sheds and dog houses or any place a small child could hide." Area residents were alerted to the search through the reverse telephone call system.

Manassas City Police, Manassas Park Police, the Prince William County Sheriff's Office, and Fairfax and Virginia State Police Helicopters have been brought in to aid searchers. Neighbors are also becoming active in the search effort.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Prince William County Police at 703.792.6500.

[sarahhod]

I really hope they find this little girl soon, she's in real danger out there on her own.

[sarahhod]

Hunt for missing girl underway in Manassas

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=600&sid=1567754

January 8, 2009 - 12:28pm



MANASSAS, Va. -- An extensive search is underway for a developmentally disabled girl who ran away.

Alexis Glover, 13, was last seen wearing blue jeans, green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes. She is black, 5-foot-3 and 85 pounds.

Prince William County Police Sgt. Kim Chinn says Glover was last seen at the Central Library at 8601 Mathis Ave. in Manassas around noon Wednesday.

The search underway includes the use of officers on foot and bike, helicopters, bloodhounds, K-9 dogs and search and rescue crews.

Chinn say Glover will likely be hiding from police.

A reverse telephone call system has been used to alert residents and ask them to check around their homes for her.

"We need citizens to check all around their homes including sheds and dog houses or any place a small child could hide," Chinn writes in an e-mail.

In addition to being developmentally disabled, Glover has other medical issues.

Anyone who sees her should call the Prince William County Police at 703-792-6500.

[TigressPen]

Dear God please let this precious child be safe and found soon.

[sarahhod]

Hunt still on for missing teen

http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/hunt_still_on_for_missing_teen/27537/




Published: January 8, 2009

Search teams are still trying to find a 13-year-old girl from Manassas who went missing yesterday and are asking for the community’s help.

In a press release police spokeswoman Kim Chinn wrote, “She will likely be hiding from police. We need citizens to check all around their homes including sheds and dog houses or any place a small child could hide.“

Alexis Glover, 13, was last seen at the Central Library 8601 Mathis Ave, Manassas around noon yesterday. She is developmentally disabled and has other medical issues.
She is described as a black, with short dark hair and dark eyes, 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing about 85 pounds. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes.

An extensive search has been ongoing since noon yesterday. Officers on foot, on bike, Blood Hounds, K-9’s, Search and Rescue teams from Prince William county Police and Appalachian Search and Rescue are involved in the search. Other agencies that are or have been involved are, Manassas City Police, Manassas Park Police, Prince William County Sheriff’s Office, and Fairfax and Virginia State Police Helicopters. In addition a reverse telephone call system has been used to alert residents and ask them to check around their homes for her, police said.

Anyone with information on the missing girl has been asked to call Prince William police, at 703-792-6500.

[sarahhod]

Mother: Missing Manassas girl severly disabled

http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/mother_missing_manassas_girl_severely_disabled/27577/


By Keith Walker

Published: January 8, 2009



Freedia Glover said her adopted daughter Alexis, missing since noon on Wednesday, is probably confused and afraid.

Alexis, who was last seen at the Central Library on Mathis Avenue, has as form of autism that can cause psychotic episodes. She suffers from sickle cell anemia as well.

“She’s probably very sick and disoriented, and she might be a little fearful if she even sees that somebody is looking around for her,” Glover said.

Glover said Alexis, who has run away from home before, becomes frightened when people are searching for her because thinks she’s in trouble.

The last time Alexis ran away she went to the house next door to Glover’s on Sunset Drive in the Manassas area, thinking she was returning home, Glover said.

After she ran away several times, Glover put Alexis in the Prince William Sheriff’s Department’s Project Rescue.

People in the program, who are apt to wander away from home, wear radio bracelets so that sheriff’s deputies can find them.

Alexis’ bracelet was found Wednesday at Woodhue Court, off Manassas Drive.

Glover said Alexis in non-communicative when she’s hungry, which exacerbates her sickle cell symptoms.

“If she’s been fed and lucid, you can get a conversation from her. If not, she’s mute,” Glover said. “You might not get a lot out of her if she’s in sickle cell pain.”

When Alexis runs away she’s apt to hide. On one occasion she was found in a dog house, Glover said.

Glover asked that people check the crawl spaces of their homes, their sheds and under tarps.

“If you have tarps laying around, she will crawl under there and put the tarp around her,” Glover said. “She will curl up and find anything she can for cover. She cannot stand a lot of cold.”

“If she’s not inside some place. It’s not good. She’s really sick,”Glover said.

Alexis was last seen wearing blue jeans, a green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes.

She is black, 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 85 pounds.

Alexis responds better to women, Glover said.

Manassas Bureau Chief Keith Walker can be reached at 703-369-6751.

[sarahhod]

Volunteers aid in search for missing Manassas teen

http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/volunteers_aid_in_search_for_missing_manassas_teen/27573/



Published: January 8, 2009


Prince William County police late Thursday were still searching for a severely disabled girl who went missing Wednesday, and they got help from a multitude of sources.

Some of the help came from the Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group, which sent three team members to aid in the search for 13-year-old Alexis Glover, who was last seen Central Library 8601 Mathis Ave., in Manassas about noon on Wednesday.

The girl suffers sickle cell anemia and has profound developmental disabilities, her mother said. Police fear for her health and safety.

Several possible clues have been found in the Manassas Park area.

The Vienna-based rescue group went out to map the coordinates of a track that might match Alexis’ shoe and of the area of a possible sighting early Thursday morning, said Keith Crabtree, the group’s field team leader.

“What we need to do for the incident command post is get exact GPS coordinates of those locations, so that we can take that information back and they can accurately record it on the map,” Crabtree said.

The coordinates might help in the search, Crabtree said.

“Ultimately the goal will be to determine if there is any kind of pattern between the locations of those clues and locations of any other clues that get found throughout the search,” Crabtree said.

The possible sighting occurred in an empty field at Maplewood Drive and Shoppers Square.

The shoe print was found at Lapaz Court off Euclid Avenue, Crabtree said.

A third clue, at Woodhue Court off Manassas Drive, was discovered by Prince William Sheriff’s deputy John Zampino, who found Alexis’ “Project Rescue” bracelet on Wednesday. The program offers monitoring via radio bracelets for those at risk of running or wandering away.

Prince William police say Alexis is developmentally disabled and has medical issues.

She was last seen wearing wearing blue jeans, a green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes.

Police said that Alexis, who is a 5-foot 3-inch, 85-pound black girl, will probably be hiding from police.

Officers on Thursday were going door-to-door and asked residents to check around their homes, including in sheds and dog houses or any place a small child could hide, said Prince William police 1st Sgt. Kim Chinn.

Anyone who sees the girl is asked to call police at 703-792-6500.

Manassas Bureau Chief Keith Walker can be reached at 703-369-6751.

[sarahhod]

Neighbors asked to help search for runaway

http://www.dcexaminer.com/local/crime/Neighbors_asked_to_help_search_for_runaway_01_09.h tml

By Freeman Klopott
Examiner Staff Writer 1/8/09


The search for a missing developmentally disabled Manassas girl expanded Thursday as it headed into its second day, Prince William County police said.

Thirteen-year-old Alexis Glover was with her mother, Alfreedia Glover, in the Central Library parking lot at 8601 Mathis Ave. around noon Wednesday when she slipped away, police said. Alexis is emotionally and mentally disabled, and has medical issues.

Wednesday’s heavy rain followed by Thursday’s cold temperatures have sent an increasing number of police and search-and-rescue workers into the areas surrounding the library and her home on the 8300 block of Sunset Drive.

So far, members of the search party include Prince William County police, Appalachian Search and Rescue, the Manassas City Police and Manassas Park Police. Virginia State Police helicopters are scouring the area from the sky, police said.

The young black girl was last wearing bluejeans, a green and beige sweater, and white tennis shoes, police said. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 85 pounds.

“Her small size would make it easy for her to climb into tiny places,” said police spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Chinn. Police are urging people in the area to check sheds, doghouses and unlocked cars for Glover.

Using a reverse telephone system, police have contacted neighbors requesting they search in those areas.

Neighbor Durward Gubbs said he received the message, and checked around his house and nearby fields, but found no sign of the young girl.

Alexis, Chinn said, has gone missing before. The last time, police found her hiding in a doghouse. It’s unclear why Alexis runs away and “she may not be able to say why herself,” Chinn said.

Police equipped Alexis with a GPS bracelet to make finding her easier, but she slipped the bracelet off soon after leaving her mother Wednesday afternoon, Chinn said. The bracelet was found near the library soon after Glover’s mother reported her missing.

The missing bracelet has police concerned Alexis is hiding from police, Chinn said.

Anyone with information should call Prince William police at 703-792-6500.

[Claudia]

I wonder if she would have thought to take the GPS monitor off herself, or if someone else took it off her.

My Autistic nephew has one of those, because he is prone to running off. However, he would never think to remove it if he was running away. I wonder how severe her disabilities are.

I hope they find her soon, it's pretty cold here right now. :frown:

[sarahhod]

Alexis, who was last seen at the Central Library on Mathis Avenue, has as form of autism that can cause psychotic episodes. She suffers from sickle cell anemia as well.

The girl suffers sickle cell anemia and has profound developmental disabilities, her mother said. Police fear for her health and safety.

Sounds like she has quite severe disabilities Claudia. It is extremely concerning, I hope she's ok.

[TigressPen]

I wonder if she would have thought to take the GPS monitor off herself, or if someone else took it off her.

My Autistic nephew has one of those, because he is prone to running off. However, he would never think to remove it if he was running away. I wonder how severe her disabilities are.

I hope they find her soon, it's pretty cold here right now. :frown:



My first thought was that she likely would not have taken that monitor off herself also. I have tears reading these articles.

[sarahhod]

Manassas residents asked to check sheds, doghouses for missing child

http://www.gainesville-times.com/news/2009/jan/08/manassas-residents-asked-check-sheds-doghouses-mis/

THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 2009
UPDATED THURSDAY, JANUARY 8 2009

Police are still searching for a missing 13-year-old in Manassas. Thirteen-year-old Alexis Glover is developmentally disabled and may be hiding from police. Residents are asked to check around their homes, including in sheds, dog houses and any other place a child could hide.

Glover is a black female. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes. She is 5’3” and weighs 85 lbs. She has short dark hair and dark eyes. She was last seen at the Central Library 8601 Mathis Ave, Manassas around noon yesterday. She is developmentally disabled and has other medical issues. If she is seen, please contact Prince William County Police at 703.792.6500.

An extensive search has been ongoing since noon yesterday. Resources include officers on foot, on bike, bloodhounds, K-9’s, search and rescue teams from Prince William County Police and Appalachian Search and Rescue. Other agencies that are or have been involved are, Manassas City Police, Manassas Park Police, Prince William County Sheriff’s Office, and Fairfax and Virginia State Police Helicopters. In addition a reverse telephone call system has been used to alert residents and ask them to check around their homes for her.

[sarahhod]

MISSING GIRL: Please Help

http://www.pwcgov.org/default.aspx

MISSING GIRL

Please help find Alexis Glover, a developmentally disabled 13 year old black female who is missing in the Manassas area. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes. She is 5’3” and weighs 85 lbs. She has short dark hair and dark eyes and was last seen at the Central Library 8601 Mathis Ave. in Manassas around noon Wednesday. If she is seen, please contact Prince William County Police at 703-792-6500.

She will likely be hiding from police and has medical issues. Citizens are asked to check all around their homes, including sheds and dog houses or any place a small child could hide.

[Claudia]

My first thought was that she likely would not have taken that monitor off herself also. I have tears reading these articles.

Right... so, if someone took her, then the police are going in the wrong direction in their search. "Profound developmental disabilities" says to me she probably wouldn't take it off herself. I could be very wrong, though.

I wonder what's around the library - woods? - or open area? Could someone have been lurking at the edge of the parking lot & snatched her?

[sarahhod]

This is the area Claudia.

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Looks mainly residential to me.

[packy]

I wondered too if she took the bracelet off herself. I wonder if she has a friend who talked her into running and who is helping her hide.

Hope they find her soon. It hurts to think she might be so scared and hungry and won't come out if she is hiding.

[Claudia]

This is the area Claudia.

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Looks mainly residential to me.

I just looked at the satellite map of the area, and there is nothing around the library but open space. It's a commercial area with nothing but parking lots and buildings & very few trees.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=8601+Mathis+Ave,+Manassas,+Prince+William,+Virgi nia+20110&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.37814,114.257812&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=FYeQTwIdrCFi-w&ll=38.768954,-77.455003&spn=0.003053,0.009012&t=h&z=18

[TigressPen]

I am praying the Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group is successful with their search. They are trying to take the locations of the bracelet and shoe print etc and help with directions of where she has gone. I just don't believe in that bad weather and having sickle cell that this child could go very far. If she hasn't eaten then it is highly probable she is in pain due to the disease.


*snipped*


The possible sighting occurred in an empty field at Maplewood Drive and Shoppers Square.

The shoe print was found at Lapaz Court off Euclid Avenue, Crabtree said.

A third clue, at Woodhue Court off Manassas Drive, was discovered by Prince William Sheriff’s deputy John Zampino, who found Alexis’ “Project Rescue” bracelet on Wednesday. The program offers monitoring via radio bracelets for those at risk of running or wandering away.

[sarahhod]

Disabled Girl Missing in Manassas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28560120/


updated 8:16 a.m. ET Jan. 9, 2009

MANASSAS, Va. -- Police in Prince William County are looking for a developmentally disabled 13-year-old girl last seen at about noon Wednesday.

Alexis Glover was last seen at the Central Library at 8601 Mathis Ave. in Manassas. Police are conducting an extensive search of the area Wednesday using K-9 units, helicopters from Fairfax and Virginia State Police, and a reverse telephone call system to contact residents and ask them to look for the girl. Manassas City police, Manassas Park police and the Prince William County Sheriff’s Office are assisting the search.

Alexis stands 5-foot-3 and weighs 85 pounds. She is black with short, dark hair and dark eyes and was last seen wearing blue jeans, a green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes.

Alexis likely would hide from officers, police said. They are asking residents to check around their homes, including sheds, dog houses and other small places a child could hide.

In addition to being developmentally disabled, Alexis has other medical issues.

Anyone who sees her or has knowledge of her whereabouts should call police at 703-792-6500.

[sarahhod]

Comment section:-

I want to know why they did not put an amber alert or anything like this sooner I work right next to the Central Library and they did not have anything on NBC4 or Washington Post only on Manassasjm at 2pm on Wednesday WHY WASN'T THERE AN AMBER ALERT & WHY DID THEY NOT TRACK THE BRACELET IMMEDIATELY :-/ I hope they find this child and she is returned safely I swear they should be a law that if you child is under the age of 18 you are allowed to put a gps tracker under their skin that way when a child runs away or is abducted you can find them immediately

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Disabled-Girl-Missing-in-Manassas.html

I have to agree with the poster.

[delilah]

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0109/584122.html?ref=tw

Police Chief: Missing Girl's Death Likely a Murder
posted 01/09/09 5:34 pm

WOODBRIDGE, Va. - Investigators are approaching the death of a developmentally disabled 13-year-old girl who was missing for 48 hours as a homicide, Prince William County (web | news) police Chief Charlie T. Deane said Friday.

Dive teams were still working Friday evening to recover the body of 13-year-old Alexis "Lexie" Glover. Her body was spotted in a rural, densely-wooded area of Woodbridge, nearly eight miles from where she went missing on Monday. A neighbor who was out walking spotted something suspicious in the creek and called Prince William County police about 12:30 p.m. Friday.

Chief Deane said it was "[h]ighly unlikely she could have walked this distance and the total circumstances lead me to believe she was likely murdered."


Chief Deane cautioned that the investigation was still preliminary in a live interview on NewsChannel 8 with Gail Pennybacker. "There's a lot we don't know, Gail," Chief Deane said, "but it does appear to us that's it's a homicide. That's just the most likely scenario based on all the circumstances. You know she was missing from several miles from here, and just where she was found, and the circumstances -- I think it's likely a murder."

Investigators have been searching for Alexis since she ran away from the Central Library in Manassas on Wednesday. Authorities from several jurisdictions searched by land and air.

Alexis lived with several mental and physical disablities and wore a GPS tracking bracelet. The bracelet she wore was found not far from the library. On Thursday, a tracker found her footprint in a Manassas neighborhood.

But investigators are still trying to find out how the girl could have gotten so far.

"She could have been brought here in a car -- we don't know that, it's still a theory," Prince William County police Maj. Ray Colgan said. "The theory is: if it's a homicide, she was abducted and dumped in the woods; if it's not, if she wandered here, then it's an accidental death."

Resident say the area is isolated and little traveled. "Only locals would know about this road," Al Dunn said. "And by locals I mean the people who live there and live in our neighborhood."

Investigators remain on the scene. Once the body is removed, it will go to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy.

[delilah]

Comment section:-



http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Disabled-Girl-Missing-in-Manassas.html

I have to agree with the poster.


So many times Amber Alerts are not issued. A group called Saving Our Children has what's called a "Rilya Alert" named after little Rilya Wilson. This serves to bridge the gap, especially for African American children who make up over 40% of missing children, but are rarely heard of.

http://www.savingourchildren.bravehost.com/rilyaalert.shtml

Their network site, called Peas in Their Pods, is here: http://peaspods.ning.com/

We at Peace4 the Missing have a Group devoted to these Rilya Alerts where we can disseminate the information to all of our members quickly.

Peas in Their Pods is a wonderful network for children who otherwise would get very little attention.

[Roamer]

RIP, sweet little Alexis. :1222423:

I have the Rilya Alert in my Missing Folder, Delilah but not the other. Thank you, and I'll add it.

Thanks also for the update on Alexis, even though it's a very sad one.

[delilah]

RIP, sweet little Alexis. :1222423:

I have the Rilya Alert in my Missing Folder, Delilah but not the other. Thank you, and I'll add it.

Thanks also for the update on Alexis, even though it's a very sad one.

It is sad, Roamer! Lately, most of the Rilya Alerts have been found safe, but it's ones like this little girl that just hurt your heart.

Thanks for keeping up with the Alert system.

[packy]

Thanks for info on the alerts, Delilah.

R.I.P. Alexis.

[Amusedtdth]

Rip sweet angel
:1222423::1222423::1222423:

[nanabillie]

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0109/584713.htmlMother Pleads for Help Finding Daughter's Killer
posted 11:27 pm Mon January 12, 2009 - MANASSAS, Va.
from ABC 7 News - http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0109/584713.html

The mother of the 13-year-old developmentally and physically disabled girl who was apparently murdered last week made a public plea for help finding her daughter's killer.
"It's really important [the police] find who found her," Freedia Glover said. "It's really important." http://www.acc-tv.com/images/wjla/news/glover_alexis0108x.jpgAlex Glover, 13, went missing Wednesday. Her body was found Friday.
Alexis "Lexie" Glover disappeared about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Manassas Central Library. Her body was found 48 hours later in a wooded area of Woodbridge, about eight miles away. Lexie's body was found submerged in about two feet of water.
Investigators believe she couldn't have traveled the distance on her own and was murdered.
Officers stopped traffic Monday near the library where Lexie disappeared, handing out flyers. Investigators are focusing on finding out where Lexie was in the 48 hours she was missing. Anyone who saw or had any contact with her is asked to call police.
"If anybody saw her, if anybody kept her in their home, if anybody gave her a ride," said Prince William County police Ofc. Erika Hernandez, in another request for help.
Police are screening surveillance videos from along the Route 28 corridor, looking for clues. The GPS tracking bracelet Lexie wore because of her medical condition was found across Route 28. Police don't know if she took it off or someone else did.
Lexie's mother struggles to understand how someone could have encountered the mentally and physically disabled child and want to harm her.
"I appreciate all the support, all the information, all the people calling, all the people helping search -- the volunteers and everybody," she said.
Because their investigation is ongoing, police have not released the coroner's report or details about the child's death. Meanwhile, Manassas residents mourn the little girl.
"For anybody to do this to any child whether they have disabilities or not is just completely heinous," said Manassas resident Tina Swann.
"Anything that they can do to try and find the person that did this to a little girl, more power to them," added Manassas resident Bob Jones.

[Pandabear]

I'm so sorry to read that Lexie was found deceased. To think that someone murdered this sweet child is just too much, and if that's the case, I pray they find who did this.

RIP Lexie. :1222423:

[sarahhod]

I'm so sorry to read that Lexie was found deceased. To think that someone murdered this sweet child is just too much, and if that's the case, I pray they find who did this.

RIP Lexie. :1222423:

Ditto that Panda. So sad.:1222423::1222423:

[sarahhod]

Surveillance Video Provides Clues in Little Girl's Disappearance and Death
posted 01/13/09 6:16 pm

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0109/585049.html



MANASSAS, Va. - Tuesday night, a search warrant is being carried out on the home of Freedia Glover, the mother of a 13-year-old disabled Prince William County (web | news) teenager who was found dead in a Woodbridge creek Friday.

There are new clues in the search for the killer of a disabled Prince William County teenager. Tuesday night, ABC 7/NewsChannel 8 reporter Gail Pennybacker saw surveillance video for the first time of 13-year-old Lexie Glover, moments after she disappeared.

The images show Glover walking south away from the Manassas Central Library at 11:15 a.m. last Wednesday. The surveillance camera from across Mathis Avenue at Parkside Middle School captures the girl alone behind a veterinary clinic.

The clinic was busy that day, but no one inside said they saw the child. "We were in and out all day with animals... and could have easily seen something go wrong... but nothing," said employee Becky Edwards.

A small memorial has been erected just outside the Woodbridge woods where 13-year-old Lexie Glover's body was found. A small sign and a bunch of flowers marks the spot where a hiker discovered her lying in a creek bed.

The girl disappeared from the Manassas Central Library on Wednesday, and a major manhunt ensued. Physically and developmentally disabled, Lexie wore a GPS bracelet, but it was found not far from the place from which she disappeared.

The search ended tragically on Friday, when the body was discovered in Woodbridge.

The little girl's mother spoke to reporters pleading for help when Lexie went missing, and now again seeks the public's help in tracking down her killer.

"It's really important [police] find who found her," Freedia Glover quietly said. "It's really important."

Police have canvassed the library where Lexie was last seen twice: they passed out flyers and stopped traffic once last week, hoping to find her alive, and again Monday, looking for clues to her murder.

Prince William County Police Officer Erika Hernandez said they were looking for any input from the community, "if anybody saw her, if anybody kept her in their home, if anybody gave her a ride."

Police have no released any details from the coroner's report, withholding that information while the investigation is still ongoing.

Prince William County detectives are scanning hours of video footage from a nearby store and the eight- to 10-mile stretch from Manassas to where her body was found Friday in a Woodbridge creek.

Police are also looking for anyone who might have seen Lexie on Prince William Parkway, the likeliest route between the library and the woods where she was found. They are still trying to determine whether Lexie might have walked some of the way towards Woodbridge on her own or not; the distance is eight miles as the crow flies and ten taking the roadways, and police believe it is unlikely that she walked the whole distance on her own.

Manassas resident Bob Jones expressed the community's reaction to the crime, saying, "It's horror... Anybody that would do that to a young child can't be mentally capable."

"I think it's horrible and I can't believe someone would do something like that to a child," said Terry Taylor, a neighbor.

Lexie's mother Freedia has said, "I appreciate all the support, all the information, all the people calling, all the people helping search, the volunteers and everybody."

She also noted that her daughter had run away five times in the past six months, but each time the child was recovered, in part due to a GPS tracking bracelet the girl wore. This time, the device was found in a neighborhood across Route 28.

[sarahhod]

Questions remain in death of 13-year-old; family asks for help

http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/questions_remain_in_death_of_13-year-old_family_asks_for_help/27779/




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Inside the Glovers’ home, Freedia Glover and her brother, Hollimon Gregg, discuss details surrounding the death of Glover’s daughter, Alexis. Alexis went missing Wednesday in Manassas. Her body was found on Friday submerged in a creek several miles from where she disappeared. {John Boal/News & Messenger}


Published: January 12, 2009

A grieving mother made a public appeal from her home Monday, asking her daughter’s killer to come forward.

Her plea came after police set up a checkpoint near the Central Library in Manassas Monday afternoon, where Alexis Glover, 13, was last seen around noon on Wednesday.
“If you picked her up just give a call and let us know what’s going on,” said Freedia Glover.

Alexis’ body was found Friday eight miles — as the crow flies — away from the library.

She was submerged in at least two feet of water in a creek near Asdee Lane and Greatbridge Road in Woodbridge.

Police are not calling her death a murder, but are considering it a “suspicious death,” said Erika Hernandez, Prince William police spokeswoman.

The Glover family is asking anyone with information about their daughter’s death to call authorities or local media outlets, hoping to “bring closure” to the case, said Glover.

At the police checkpoint on Mathis Avenue, Hernandez said there is a “desperate need for information” in the case.

They passed out fliers around noon yesterday to drivers in the area, soliciting information about her disappearance.

“We’re doing it around the same time frame when she was last seen, when people would have been traveling up there,” said Prince William County police Maj. Ray Colgan.

Police are putting a lot of resources into the investigation. Detectives worked through the weekend tracking down leads.

“We had a large contingent of staff here from 7 a.m. to midnight each night,” he said.

This wasn’t the first time Glover asked the public for help concerning her daughter.

When she went missing from Central Library in Manassas around noon on Wednesday, she said her daughter suffered from severe autism and sickle cell anemia, and asked residents to help find her.

That prompted search teams to scour the area where Alexis was last seen.

Police are still investigating whether or not Alexis was killed before she was taken to the creek, or if she was killed at the creek where she was found, near a golf course community.

If Alexis walked the nearly 11 miles — by road— to where she was found, she would have had to walk along the Prince William Parkway, as traveling on foot through the woods would have been very difficult, police said.

The case is another heart-wrencher in a string of random crimes to hit the area. On Dec. 19, a mother and son were shot dead in their Dale City home, the victims of a burglary gone wrong.

On Jan. 6, a 79-year-old woman was beaten and sexually assaulted by a man who knocked on her door off the Prince William Parkway.

“It’s been a tough month for these guys,” Colgan said of the county’s violent crime detectives.

The only case yet to be solved is the death of Alexis.

Police said they’re getting a lot of phone calls about the girl’s disappearance and death, and they want more.

“I’d tell people, don’t forget about this girl,” Colgan said. “What may seem minor to one person might be key in the case. It doesn’t take anything to make a phone call. If you think you may have seen something, or you know something, give us call.”

[sarahhod]

Arrest Made in Alexis Glover Murder Case
Posted By: Tom Hunsicker 7 hrs ago

http://www.wusa9.com/news/breaking/story.aspx?storyid=80428&catid=158




MANASSASS, Va. (WUSA) -- The adoptive mother of Alexis Glover has been arrested and is charged with felony child neglect and filing a false police report. Earlier Tuesday, Prince William County Police searched the house of Alfreedia Leona Gregg-Glover looking for clues into her adopted daughter's death. At around 10:00pm Tuesday night, Alexis Glover's adoptive mother was arrested. She is currently behing held without bond.

Police believe that Alexis Glover was murdered at an unknown location, and her body was dumped in Woodbridge. As of now, no murder charges have been filed in Glover's death.

Prince William County Police will hold a press conference at 11:00am about the Glover murder investigation. Stay tuned to 9NEWS NOW and wusa9.com for the latest details in the case as we learn them.

[sarahhod]

Mother Arrested, Charged in Adopted Daughter's Death
Last Edited: Tuesday, 13 Jan 2009, 11:32 PM EST
Created: Tuesday, 13 Jan 2009, 11:20 PM EST

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Prince William County Police have arrested the mother of a developmentally-disabled 13-year-old girl who was found dead after supposedly running away.

Alfreedia Leona Gregg-Glover, 44, is being held without bond on charges of Felony Child Neglect and Filing a False Police Report.

Alexis Glover was last seen with her mother at the Manassas Central Library around noon last Wednesday. Her body was found Friday in a shallow creek eight miles away in Woodbridge.

Alexis is Gregg-Glover's adopted daughter.

Police spent hours Tuesday night searching Gregg-Glover's home Tuesday, removing several bags of items and personal computer.

Police plan to hold a press conference Wednesday morning to present further details.

[sarahhod]

Mother Arrested in Teen Death Investigation Alexis Glover's mother arrested Tuesday night

Updated 7:11 AM EST, Wed, Jan 14, 2009

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Police-Search-Home-of-Slain-Teens-Mother.html


Police are searching the Prince William County home of the mother of Alexis Glover, the 13-year-old girl found slain in Woodbridge Friday, eight miles from where she disappeared Wednesday, sources told News4.


Late Tuesday night police arrested and charged Freedia Gregg-Glover in connection with the death of her 13-year-old daughter Alexis.

The mother, 44, was charged with felony child neglect and filing a false police report. She was arrested at about 10 p.m. Tuesday following a police search of her home.

Alexis Glover's body was discovered in Woodbridge Friday, two days after her mother reported her missing.

Investigators arrived at the Glover home before 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Detectives served a search warrant and began their search. The trunk of a car in the driveway was among the places searched.

Detectives took away a number of items in brown paper evidence bags, along with something roughly the same size and shape as a laptop computer.

Detectives examined the back yard, and took photos of the area; a small plastic container was brought from the yard and placed in an evidence bag.

Earlier in the day Tuesday, Prince William Co. Police released surveillance video from a school near the Central Library in Manassas. Police believe a blurry image appearing on the video may be Alexis, moments after escaping from her mother.

Alexis last was seen in the parking lot of the library. Her body was found in a creek bed along Asdee Lane near Old Hickory Golf Club in the Woodbridge area.

Alexis, also known as "Lexie," had run away from her mother. Alexis' mother said the girl was adopted and suffered from severe developmental and emotional disabilities because of past abuse.

Because Alexis had a history of running away, she had been fitted with a GPS bracelet. It was found near the library.

Freedia Glover is being held without bond. Police plan to release more information at a news conference Wednesday morning.

Anyone with information about the case should call police at 703-792-6500.

[Roamer]

God bless that sweet child. :1222423:

[Amusedtdth]

I don't get it. If Lexie was spotted alone why are they charging the mother with murder? I can understand the neglect, kind of, I mean, she did have a history of running. Am I missing something here???

[sarahhod]

I don't get it. If Lexie was spotted alone why are they charging the mother with murder? I can understand the neglect, kind of, I mean, she did have a history of running. Am I missing something here???


This is what she is charged with at the moment.

The mother, 44, was charged with felony child neglect and filing a false police report. She was arrested at about 10 p.m. Tuesday following a police search of her home.


http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/lo...ns-Mother.html

She is not being charged with murder as far as I have read

[Amusedtdth]

Thanks Sara
Post # 32 above says Alexis was murdered at a different location. I'm confused - alittle too early and not enuf java.

[sarahhod]

Thanks Sara
Post # 32 above says Alexis was murdered at a different location. I'm confused - alittle too early and not enuf java.

No worries Amused, I read so many articles that my brain is spinning sometimes. Have a cup on me.
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I would imagine that she and maybe others will be charged with murder at some point if they have enough evidence. Such a terrible shame that this sweet little girl ended up like this.

[Roamer]

I'm hoping to hear more at the press conference, or afterward, online.

[KittyMom]

It just breaks my heart to keep seeing these cases of children in need being given to abusers. Sometimes I think they'd be better off on the street.

[Claudia]

I agree, KM. This poor girl was in the condition she was in because of previous abuse. It must have been brutal to cause her severe disabilities.

Then she's given to a woman that it seems had something to do with her death. Her short life sounds like it was nothing but hell. Makes me sick to my stomach.

[sarahhod]

Police: mom dumped daughter’s body in creek

http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/police_to_hold_press_conference_about_arrested_mot her/27864/


Published: January 14, 2009

Police say Alfreedia Gregg-Glover dumped her 13-year-old disabled daughter in a freezing creek last week, and then made up the story about the girl running away.

As dozens of searchers hunted for Alexis Glover, her mother knew along that the girl lay dead, according to detectives.

During a news conference Wednesday, police and prosecutors would not say whether Alexis was still alive when she was put in a car and driven to Asdee Lane near the McCoart building.

A man out for a walk found the girl’s body on Friday. Police still are not saying how the girl died, or when.

On Tuesday night, detectives charged “Freedia” Glover with felony child neglect and filing a false police report in the girl’s disappearance and death.

Police said Glover fabricated the story about Alexis running away from her at the Central Park library in Manassas on Jan. 7.

A massive search ensued, costing the county “tens of thousands of dollars,” said Prince William Police Chief Charlie T. Deane.

Police were concerned because Alexis suffered from sever autism, sickle cell anemia and autism.

Alexis also had a history of running away. She wore an electronic GPS bracelet distributed by the Prince William County Sherriff’s Office, so she could easily be found.

That bracelet was found hours after she was reported missing near the library. Officials would not say who or how it was removed.

Freedia Glover was arrested Tuesday night after detectives searched her home and cars. Police would not say what they were looking for or what they seized.

Glover adopted Alexis seven years ago. If convicted of the crimes, she faces up to 10 years in prison.

[Roamer]

Ten years is not nearly enough for a woman who would abuse and kill any child, let alone one with disabilities.

I hope a charge of murder is coming.

[Claudia]

We definitely need more info on this.... they said in one article that her disabilities were caused by previous abuse. Autism & sickle cell anemia aren't caused by abuse.

Also... 10 years??? That makes no sense if she killed the child & dumped her body. There's more to this than we have heard so far. I wonder if there's someone else involved?

And why did people see her around by herself? I don't get that.... if the mom dumped her, already dead, in the creek, how was she seen around town alone? I'll be anxiously awaiting more info.

[annalyzer]

Arrest Made in Alexis Glover Murder Case
Posted By: Tom Hunsicker 7 hrs ago

http://www.wusa9.com/news/breaking/story.aspx?storyid=80428&catid=158




MANASSASS, Va. (WUSA) -- The adoptive mother of Alexis Glover has been arrested and is charged with felony child neglect and filing a false police report. Earlier Tuesday, Prince William County Police searched the house of Alfreedia Leona Gregg-Glover looking for clues into her adopted daughter's death. At around 10:00pm Tuesday night, Alexis Glover's adoptive mother was arrested. She is currently behing held without bond.

Police believe that Alexis Glover was murdered at an unknown location, and her body was dumped in Woodbridge. As of now, no murder charges have been filed in Glover's death.

Prince William County Police will hold a press conference at 11:00am about the Glover murder investigation. Stay tuned to 9NEWS NOW and wusa9.com for the latest details in the case as we learn them.



I knew it. But I kept my mouth shut just in case. Her story of the child "slipping away" while they were standing in a parking lot just didn't cut it with me. I'm very angry right now.

[Pandabear]

I want to hear the rest of the story. Did she just get tired of dealing with the child's medical problems. This makes me so mad I could scream.

[sarahhod]

Update: News conference held after mother is charged in daughter’s death

http://www.staffordcountysun.com/scs/news/local/crime/article/update_news_conference_held_after_mother_is_charge d_in_daughters_death/27925/



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Alfreedia Gregg-Glover dumped her 13-year-old disabled daughter in a freezing creek last week, according to police.


By Uriah A. Kiser

Published: January 14, 2009

WOODBRIDGE — Police say Alfreedia Gregg-Glover dumped her 13-year-old disabled daughter in a freezing creek last week, and then made up a story about the girl running away.

As dozens of searchers hunted for Alexis Glover, her mother knew all along that the girl lay dead, according to detectives.

During a news conference Jan. 7, police and prosecutors would not say whether Alexis was still alive when her mother was put in a car and driven to Asdee Lane near the McCoart building.

A man out for a walk found the girl’s body on two days later. Police still are not saying how the girl died, or when.

On Tuesday night, detectives charged “Freedia” Glover with felony child neglect and filing a false police report in the girl’s disappearance and death.

Police said Glover fabricated the story about Alexis running away from her at the Central Park library in Manassas on Jan. 7.

A massive search ensued, costing the county “tens of thousands of dollars,” said Prince William Police Chief Charlie T. Deane.

Police were concerned because Alexis suffered from severe autism, sickle cell anemia and autism.

Alexis also had a history of running away. She wore an electronic GPS bracelet distributed by the Prince William County Sherriff’s Office, so she could easily be found.

That bracelet was found hours after she was reported missing near the library. Officials would not say who removed it or how it was removed.

Freedia Glover was arrested Tuesday night after detectives searched her home and cars. Police would not say what they were looking for or what they seized.

Glover adopted Alexis seven years ago. If convicted of the crimes, she faces up to 10 years in prison.

Uriah A. Kiser is a staff writer at the News & Messenger.

[Roamer]

I'm not surprised Alexis kept running away if she was being abused.

This is such a sad story.

[sarahhod]

Va. Police Allege Ruse in Death
Disabled Girl's Mother Charged With Neglect

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/01/14/ST2009011402052.html


By Josh White and Jonathan Mummolo
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, January 15, 2009; Page A01

Thirteen-year-old Alexis Glover was missing again, the third time in less than a month. Her mother called Prince William County sheriff's deputies and police, triggering an extensive search for the developmentally disabled girl.

Two days later, the child's body was found submerged in a shallow pool of water in a secluded creek bed. It was just where her mother had left her, police said yesterday.

Police said Alfreedia Gregg-Glover, 44, of the Manassas area, placed her daughter in the creek bed Jan. 7, shortly before reporting her missing. It was all part of an elaborate ruse to make it appear that Lexie had run away again, authorities said.

Glover positioned her daughter's locator bracelet -- a device that enables deputies to find endangered missing people -- near a Manassas library to make it appear that Lexie had removed it and run away, they said. Gregg-Glover then appealed through the media for help in finding her daughter.

About 300 law enforcement officers searched the surrounding woods and neighborhoods for two days. A Woodbridge man out for an afternoon walk discovered Lexie's body Friday -- eight miles from the search area.

It is not known whether Lexie was dead when she was dropped in the creek or whether she died in the frigid water, but police said they are investigating the case as a homicide. They are awaiting a medical examiner's report to explain how she died, with possibilities ranging from drowning to poisoning to accidental or even natural death.

Police Chief Charlie T. Deane said detectives are certain of one thing: Lexie could not have gotten into the creek on her own.

"We believe her mother placed her in the creek," Deane said.

Gregg-Glover was charged late Tuesday with neglect and filing a false police report but has not been charged with Lexie's death. She is being held without bond.

Law enforcement officials said they are also looking into allegations that Lexie was abused. A spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Social Services declined to comment, citing an ongoing police investigation. The Prince William County Department of Social Services did not respond to a message.

Authorities said they believed Gregg-Glover's initial story last week because they had to: Missing endangered children are a top priority. They mobilized immediately, with sheriff's deputies finding the discarded bracelet within 20 minutes. Hundreds of police officers, deputies and volunteers combed the area, using search dogs and helicopters to try to find the girl as darkness descended and temperatures dropped below freezing.

Gregg-Glover knew from experience how a search would operate, and her story sounded credible, police said. Lexie had run away previously, and when she did so in December, her bracelet was found tossed into a neighbor's pool, and she was found within minutes hiding nearby in a doghouse.

The girl's mother "was certainly educated to what our procedure is in response to these things," said Maj. John Collier, chief deputy sheriff. "Whether she designed a crime around that, I don't know. It really doesn't appear at this time that Lexie ever ran away from the library, that that was staged."

Gregg-Glover cooperated with police in the days before and immediately after her daughter's body was found, complimenting them on their efforts and speaking with a detective assigned as her liaison with the police department. She also spoke with several media outlets, imploring residents to help search for her daughter, who she said had post-traumatic stress disorder and sickle-cell anemia.

After the discovery of her daughter's body, a shaking Gregg-Glover gave an interview to WJLA-TV (Channel 7), saying she was searching for answers in her daughter's death.

"It's, um, really important that they find who, who, um, found her. Really important," Gregg-Glover said into the camera Monday. "I, I appreciate all the support and all of the, all of the information, all the people calling, and all of the people helping search, the volunteers and everybody."

Although investigators always consider relatives as possible suspects, that television interview played a significant role in shifting their focus to Lexie's mother, police said yesterday. Sitting around a conference table watching the video, detectives were struck by Gregg-Glover's apparent indifference to her daughter's death and the use of the word "found," authorities said.

"She didn't say that she wanted us to find the person who took her daughter; she said she wanted us to find the person who found her," said Maj. Ray Colgan, assistant police chief for criminal investigations. "We decided we needed to take a closer look at her. We went from interviewing her to interrogating her."
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Police would not discuss their interrogations or whether Gregg-Glover revealed anything about her daughter's death.

Prince William Commonwealth's Attorney Paul B. Ebert said it was distressing that Gregg-Glover's claims caused a major police search and scared the community needlessly.

"What is so bad in this situation is that we all were looking for a sex predator and seriously frightened the public," Ebert said. "We have to take this very seriously."

Kaycee Emilienburg, who lives across the street from the family, said she was "crushed" by the news of Gregg-Glover's arrest in connection with Lexie's disappearance.

"How do I process this?" said Emilienburg, who has lived in the neighborhood for 29 years. "I'm a mother, I'm a grandmother, I'm a human being. And she's not been proven guilty yet, but it's something I can't get my head around, can't fathom. . . . What else can you say except, oh my God?"

[sarahhod]

Mother of dead Prince William girl is charged

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/crime/article/GIRL16_20090115-223108/179753/



URIAH A. KISER MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE
Published: January 16, 2009


WOODBRIDGE -- Authorities have charged a Prince William County woman in connection with the discovery of her 13-year-old daughter's body.

Alfreedia Gregg-Glover, 44, is charged with felony child neglect and filing a false police report in the disappearance and death of Alexis Glover.

More than 300 law-enforcement officers and volunteer searchers helped look for the teenager after she was reported missing Jan. 7.

A man out for a walk found the girl's body last Friday. Police have not said how the girl died. Autopsy results are pending.

Gregg-Glover invited reporters into her home Monday and made a public plea for anyone with information about her daughter's killer to come forward. Detectives watched the tapes of that interview and it became a factor in her arrest, said Prince William Police Chief Charlie T. Deane.

Authorities said they believe Gregg-Glover fabricated a story about Alexis running away from her at a library in Manassas on Jan. 7. A massive search ensued, costing the county "tens of thousands of dollars," Deane said.

Police were concerned because Alexis had severe autism and sickle cell anemia. Alexis also had a history of running away. She wore an electronic bracelet distributed by the Prince William County Sheriff's Office so she could easily be found.

That bracelet was found hours after she was reported missing near the library.

Gregg-Glover was arrested Tuesday just after 10 p.m., after detectives searched her home and cars. Police would not say what they were looking for or what they seized.

Court documents detailing that information were sealed from the public.

Gregg-Glover adopted Alexis, who had been a foster child, five years ago.

If convicted of the charges against her, she could face up to 10 years in prison. A court date is set for Feb. 23 on the filing a false police report charge and March 4 on the felony child neglect charge.

[sarahhod]

Disabled Girl Described Beatings, Neighbor Says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011504096.html


Friday, January 16, 2009; Page B01

About six weeks before a 13-year-old girl was found dead in a Woodbridge area creek bed, the developmentally disabled child showed up outside a neighbor's home with a gash on her head, wearing only her underwear and wrapped in a tarp, the neighbor said.

With temperatures hovering near freezing, a shivering Alexis "Lexie" Glover told Wes Byers and his wife Dec. 2 that her mother had hit her with a stick, causing the quarter-size wound on the back of her head. Inside their home, she ate anything they could muster -- Ramen noodles, toast, peanut butter sandwiches -- and pleaded with them not to send her back home, Byers said.

"She said she had been beaten numerous times," said Byers, 51. "She had to earn her clothes; she had to earn her food. She mentioned her mother hitting her with a stick . . . because she put on a shirt and she hadn't earned it."

Lexie was found dead in the creek bed Jan. 9, two days after her mother, Alfreedia Gregg-Glover, told police she had run away again. Gregg-Glover, 44, was charged Tuesday with felony neglect and lying to police. Police announced at a news conference that Lexie's mother had put her in the creek, and, according to court documents, she "confessed" that her story to police was false. Police have not said whether Lexie was dead when she was placed in the creek but are investigating her death as a homicide.

Byers said he wondered whether Lexie's death could have been prevented. He had spoken to someone with Prince William County Social Services on Dec. 2, and a county police officer came to his home, he said. But Byers said he was told that Lexie would be allowed to return home with her mother after receiving treatment for her head wound.
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First Sgt. Kim Chinn, a Prince William police spokeswoman, declined to comment yesterday about Byers's account, citing an ongoing investigation and pending court proceedings. Deborah Carter, a spokeswoman for the county's social services, said she also could not comment because of confidentiality rules. A call to Gregg-Glover's court-appointed attorney, Barry A. Zweig, was not returned.

Because of her habit of running away, Lexie was fitted with a radio tracking bracelet, and Prince William sheriff's deputies said they began receiving requests to help find her in December. Once, she managed to take off the bracelet and was found hiding in a nearby doghouse. Another time, she was found in a neighbor's home.

In late November, Lexie was withdrawn from PACE West School in Haymarket, where she was enrolled in the seventh grade, said Ken Blackstone, a Prince William schools spokesman. PACE West is a regional special education program for students with serious emotional and behavioral issues. Blackstone said PACE teachers and administrators declined to comment, as did officials at Lexie's day-care program for special-needs children.

It could not be determined yesterday whether Lexie was enrolled in a home-based education program in December or was not in school at the time.

Byers said his wife saw Lexie, wrapped in the kind of tarp used to cover a barbecue, while warming up her truck to go to work about 5 a.m. that day last month. Realizing her condition, she invited Lexie inside and gave her some clothes.

Lexie told the couple that her mother had used a stick she kept in the garage to reprimand her for wearing a piece of clothing.

"She didn't want to tell me her name or where she lived, because she said they kept sending her back and her mother had hit her numerous times," Byers said.

Byers said he was reluctant to call police because he feared they would send her home again. After a couple of hours, Lexie mentioned the name of a counselor she had met with at a psychiatric hospital, whom Byers then tried to contact. He was referred to a child protection hotline, which he called, and then received a call from someone at social services.

"The woman said, 'We're going to protect your privacy, and we'll show up with police when they get to your door,' " Byers said. "Not quite an hour after that, the police showed up with no social services."

The police officer told Byers that Lexie had a history of running away. He called for an ambulance when Byers showed him the gash on her head. Before leaving for a nearby hospital, the phone rang, he said. It was Gregg-Glover, who somehow had gotten Byers's number, and asked to speak to the officer, he said.

"I hand [the phone] to the officer, and he had this real perplexed look on his face and he mouthed to me, 'It's her mother,' " Byers said. "Even the officer was flustered about that. He said, 'That's wrong. [Social services] shouldn't have" shared Byers's phone number.

Paramedics treated Lexie's wound at the house, and the officer drove her to Prince William Hospital, said Byers, who also went to the hospital. Later, a frantic Gregg-Glover rushed into the waiting room and over to Lexie, Byers said.

"Sure enough, she comes blowing in, right to her daughter, and starts pulling the socks off of her and putting on other socks," Byers said.

After meeting with police and a social worker, Byers was told that Lexie would be allowed to leave with her mother. Gregg-Glover said that her daughter had injured herself and that she had a video of her doing so in the past, Byers said.

"I was floored," Byers said. "I said, 'She's very upset, very distressed about going back to that house. Whether she's manufacturing that or not, these emotions are real. You need to do something there.' "

In the days after Lexie was reported missing this month, Gregg-Glover gave several interviews to the media, imploring the public for help finding her daughter who she said was autistic, acted well below her age and suffered from sickle cell anemia.

Byers said yesterday that he found Lexie to be articulate and more than capable of describing the circumstances under which she was living.

He said that Lexie told him that " 'people call me stupid.' I said, 'You're not stupid. Whatever's happening with your life, I'm sorry. I wish there was something I could do.' "


My God. What on earth is wrong with some people. That poor child deserved far better.:1187603408.CR.Mothe

[Pandabear]

God bless the man that tried to help her. :1222423:

[KittyMom]

OMG!!! Another child that the system failed. Please tell me that so called "mother" will face harsher charges.

[KittyMom]

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:1222423: For Lexie, no one will hurt you now.

[KittyMom]

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/crime/article/GIRL16_20090115-223108/179753/

Gregg-Glover invited reporters into her home Monday and made a public plea for anyone with information about her daughter's killer to come forward. Detectives watched the tapes of that interview and it became a factor in her arrest, said Prince William Police Chief Charlie T. Deane.

[KittyMom]

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Alfreedia Leona Gregg-Glover
The "mother"

[sarahhod]

Hearing continued in Glover case

By Amanda Stewart (astewart@manassasjm.com)

Published: February 23, 2009

A Prince William General District Court hearing for Alfreedia Gregg-Glover was continued to Thursday.
Gregg-Glover, 44, is charged with filing a false police report in connection with the disappearance of her adopted daughter and was set to appear in court Monday.
Her attorney, Barry Zweig, asked for the continuance because he said he needed more time to review the tape of a 10-hour police interview with Gregg-Glover.
Gregg-Glover is also charged with child neglect and is scheduled to appear in Prince William Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on that charge next week.
Gregg-Glover told police that her daughter, 13-year-old Alexis “Lexie” Glover, ran away from her at Central Library in the Manassas area around noon on Jan. 7.
But prosecutors believe Alexis had some sort of medical emergency earlier that day. Police allege Gregg-Glover dumped the girl in a creek and made up the story about her running away. Earlier this month, the state medical examiner’s office ruled the girl’s death a homicide and said drowning and exposure to cold are what killed her.
A jogger found Alexis’ body in a creek in the area of Greatbridge Road and Asdee Lane on Jan. 9.

http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/hearing_continued_in_glover_case/30574/

[Roamer]

Alexia is in the arms of the angels. Her mother needs to spend the rest of her life in jail, IMO.

[AmyE]

Teen Found Dead in Creek Suffered Brutal Death

Manassas, Va. - Disturbing details about what a young girl went through before her body was found in a local creek have emerged as the criminal investigation into her death continues.

Friday the adoptive mother of Alexis 'Lexie' Glover faced a judge on charges she murdered her daughter. In fact, prosecutors say the evidence shows disturbing details about the girl's life right up until her death. It is believed 13-year-old Lexie had been brutalized before being dumped in a Woodbridge creek.

"She suffered a number of other injuries; some of which were old injuries; some of which were new injuries. In any event that child suffered a horrible death," said Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert.

Freedia Glover stood before a judge alone, physically trembling, saying she was too broke to afford an attorney. She told the judge she hasn't paid her bills, including her mortgage in months and all she owned was a Ford Mustang. An attorney was appointed to defend her.

In the meantime, as the case against her continues to build, investigators continue to interview Lexie's teachers, bus drivers and neighbors who had reported her claims of abuse months before the girl was found murdered.

"Why would she want to do that to a child? I just can't comprehend," said Nakoia Worthy, Manassas resident.

Surrounding the criminal investigation, is a public whose feelings about Lexie's death run high. Now those feeling are intensifying as more facts are revealed.

"It just upsets me having two little girls of my own; It's shocking to see that that's happening," said Tracy Marguart, Manassas resident.

Lexis was left to die in a cold creek off of Prince William Parkway in January. Her adoptive mother called police and said that her daughter had run away. But police allege that Freedia actually took Lexi to a remote creek in a wooded area in Woodbridge and dumped her there.

This was the first time Freedia Glover has appeared in court since being taken into custody and charged last week by a Prince William County grand jury with the murder of her daughter.

Freedia Glover will stay in custody until a hearing on the murder charges until next week.

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[Heidi J.]

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:1222423: For Lexie, no one will hurt you now.

I can't comprehend how they could keep returning her to her so called "mother".. Lexie was failed by the system on so many levels.:groan:

[sarahhod]

Police review Alexis Glover’s case

By Uriah A. Kiser (ukiser@staffordcountysun.com)

Published: March 10, 2009

A week after a mother was indicted on charges of murdering her 13-year-old adopted daughter, Prince William police are reviewing how they handled the girl’s case while she was alive.
Alfreedia Leona Gregg-Glover, 45, faces charges of first-degree and felony murder, felony child abuse and filing a false police report in the January disappearance of Alexis “Lexie” Glover.
Gregg-Glover reported Lexie missing from the Central Library in Manassas on Jan. 7. She was found dead in a creek near the McCoart Administration Center two days later.
Prosecutors say Lexie died from drowning and exposure.
Neighbors, social workers and teachers have said Lexie showed signs of abuse as late as a month before her death. And they claim police failed to act.
Prince William County police Chief Charlie T. Deane called Lexie’s death a tragedy. He said the case is complex, involves multiple agencies and is under “active criminal investigation.”
“I have directed a comprehensive review of all police actions, policies and procedures related to this case,” Deane said in a prepared statement. “The review will encompass how the department can better recognize situations of children in extreme need and to equip our officers with additional approaches and resources to assist in these types of cases.
“As part of this process, we have reached out to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for assistance.”
As a result of public attention in Lexie’s death, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors also called for a review of the county’s Department of Social Services — the agency in charge of overseeing the girl’s case.
Glover told police and the press that she had dropped her daughter off at Central Library on Jan. 7, and that she wandered off sometime later.
An extensive search for the girl followed, with hundreds of police officers and volunteers looking for the girl.
Searchers were doubly concerned because Lexie suffered from sickle cell anemia and had other profound disabilities.
The girl had run away before, and was equipped with a GPS device through a program with the county Sheriff’s Office.
Wes Byers, a neighbor who lives two blocks from the Glover home, told the News & Messenger in January that Lexie appeared at his door after 5 a.m. Dec. 2.
He said she was wearing nothing but her underwear and a vinyl barbeque grill cover.
The girl was cold and distraught, and was bleeding from a gash in the back of her head, Byers said.
The girl claimed her mother hit her with a stick, made her sleep in the garage and made her “earn” her food, he said.
“I think she really felt like she deserved to be treated this way,” Byers said in an earlier interview.
Byers and his wife called police and eventually accompanied the girl and rescue workers to Prince William Hospital, where she was treated, he said.
Others who worked with the girl said they, too, worried that the girl was abused.
Prince William Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul Ebert said Lexie’s autopsy revealed preexisting injuries, but nothing major or life-threatening. Ebert also said the case is complicated by “allegations that the girl was inflicting wounds on herself.”
The Department of Social Services offered no comment on the case, saying Virginia law prevented them from talking about any of their cases.
“Like people in the community, everyone at the Department of Social Services is devastated by what happened to Alexis Glover,” Prince William County Social Services Director Jack Ledden said in a prepared statement. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those whose lives she touched and those who want answers to what has happened. We will continue to do everything we can to cooperate with the state investigation on this case.”
For those who knew Lexie, the reviews of her case are little comfort.
“I just feel like someone dropped the ball when it comes to this little girl,” said Byers.


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