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Reachelle Marie

Claim: A 3-year-old girl named Reachelle Marie is missing from her

Minot, North Dakota, home.

Status: True.

Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2006]

Please look out for this little one.

AMBER ALERT!!!!! Body: I need everyones help!!!! Please repost this ASAP.

This is the daughter of a very close personal friend. Her worst nightmare

came true as a parent. Her little girl was abducted by what they thought was

a family friend. We need to get the word around so we can get this sweet

little girl back to her family. Follow the instructions at the bottom to

repost this message please!!

BEFORE YOU SKIP THIS, LOOK AT THE KID. DO IT AGAIN. NOW TRY TO REPOST. IT

TAKES 10 SECONDS. PEOPLE ARE MISSING HER AND SHE WANTS TO BE HOME. DO

SOMETHING GOOD.

(701)852-0111.

Origins: The above-quoted message is a legitimate missing child alert. The

girl pictured, three-year-old Reachelle Marie , has been missing from

her home in Minot, North Dakota, since mid-May 2006. (She would now be six

years old.) While an Amber Alert was issued for her on 22 May 2006, it has

since been rescinded due to the age of the case. (Active Amber Alerts can be

viewed here.)

Initial reports indicated that Reachelle was believed to be in the company

of a 22-year-old man named Leigh Cowen, who lived with Reachelle's aunt, her

legal guardian. However, Cowen has since been found dead of an apparent

suicide, and Reachelle has not yet been located.

Reachelle's case has been profiled on the America's Most Wanted television

program, and although the case remains open, authorities say they now have

few leads to go on, and the active search for her has effectively ended:

Cops in Minot, N.D., are now searching for new clues that will lead them to

Reachelle . Investigators say they initially thought the little girl

may have been traveling with 22-year-old Leigh Cowen. But any hopes of

finding the 3-year-old with him vanished when cops found Cowen's dead body

following what appeared to

be a suicide.

Unfortunately, the discovery of Cowen's body didn't shed any light on where

Reachelle might be. But that doesn't mean investigators are giving up. As of

May 26th, a force of 200 searchers continued the mission to find the little

girl.

Search teams scoured parks, a local river and a city landfill in hopes of

finding clues. The National Guard also joined the search.

But following the weekend search, police say the search is taking a new

turn - things are starting to wind down in the search for little Reachelle.

Investigators say the fact that they've received few new leads is putting a

damper on their mission.

Reachelle was last seen at her house on Tuesday, May 16, 2006, at

about 10:30 p.m., when she was put to bed. She is about 3' feet tall and

weighs about 40 pounds. She has brown eyes and straight, light brown hair.

Additional information: Missing Person: Reachelle

(FBI)

Last updated: 18 October 2008

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Sources:

Wynn, Kelli. " Officers Alert Residents to Suspicious E-mails "

Dayton Daily News. 3 July 2008 (p.. RD1).

Associated Press. " Missing Minot Girl Not Forgotten by Police. "

8 December 2007.

KXMB-TV [bismarck]. " Still Unsolved: The Reachelle Mystery. "

1 October 2007.