http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=320&e=1&cid=320&u=/ibsys/20021210/lo_kprc/1416978 Missing Houston Teen Found Safe Houston police called off their search Monday night for a missing teenager after she was discovered safe with her father. Investigators told News2Houston that Jada Bell, 17, saw television news reports of herself while she was staying with her father in Beaumont, which is about 85 miles northeast of Houston. Bell's father quickly notified authorities that Jada was unharmed and with him. Bell was last seen at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Klein Forest High School, 11400 Misty Valley, in northwest Harris County. The honors student was supposed to be at work after school, but she never arrived, authorities said. Bell's mother notified police and asked for help from the Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team. Over the weekend, volunteers searched remote areas around the high school. Harris County Children's Protective Services investigators said they will be interviewing Bell and her parents Tuesday to find out what happened. OK, maybe I can't really comment since I don't have children of my own, so I don't know the fear and panic caused by not being able to find your child, but it seems like this woman could have saved a lot of people a lot of trouble by making a simple phone call to the father before calling police.
I'm glad that she is safe but am NOT pleased at her insensitivity in the situation. People that loved her feared she was dead.
That girl lives in my neighborhood around the corner from me. I dont know her personally but my sister does. I'm glad that she was found safe.
A man I work with knows her and her family. He was part of the search team all weekend. I'm sure he will be relieved. If I get some inside info that's not too sensitive, I'll post it.
The father should have been notified IMMEDIATELY after she called the police. If I were him, I would be P I S S E D!!! Not knowing the parents circumstances, parents should be able to put aside differences for the benefit of the child. It's not easy, but it is possible. On a similar note, I know a teacher who's student gave her a Christmas card to put in the mail for her. When the teacher asked her why she didn't give it to her mom to mail, the little girl said that her mom doesn't let her contact her father...Again, barring abuse or physical danger, how can a parent do this to another parent? CHILDREN ARE NOT PAWNS!!!
Okay...why when I clicked on this thread with only one NETSCAPE browser window open did a rape-p*rn website pop up in INTERNET EXPLORER? That really gave me a bad feeling after reading this article. EDIT: It did it again when I went to post this...what the hell?!?!?!?!?
No, what he's saying is that if the Mother thinks the child is missing, the Father should be the first one notified. Had they done this, they'd have discovered that the child was with the Father.
