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Search continues for 3 boys in New Jersey
Friday, June 24, 2005; Posted: 8:07 a.m. EDT (12:07 GMT)
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CAMDEN, New Jersey (AP) -- As word of three missing boys spread, residents of the nation's most dangerous city could not stay away.
Dozens of people gathered on street corners Thursday night after more than a day of fruitless searching for Jesstin Pagano, 5; Daniel Agosto, 6; and Anibal Cruz, 11.
"This is over 24 hours now. It's getting scary," said Mario Rivera, an uncle of Cruz. The children were last seen playing in a yard at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The search resumed Friday morning.
Elba Cruz, Anibal's mother, said she was watching the boys play in the yard of her home Wednesday evening when she went inside for a few minutes. When she returned, the boys were gone.
A police dog tracked a scent taken from clothing belonging to one of the boys to an overgrown wooded area along the Delaware River, a half-dozen blocks from the Cruz home, Camden Police Lt. Mike Lynch said. The dog led police along a meandering path that eventually led to the river, but there was no sign of the children.
Lynch said late Thursday that officials considered the boys missing, but had not ruled out the possibility they had been abducted. During a news conference, he asked for residents to "be good eyes and ears."
"When you're talking about tender age children like that, it strikes a chord with anybody," he said.
Last fall, Camden was ranked the most dangerous city in the United States in a reference book that compares crime statistics.
Their pictures are on the website. Guess what? They aren't pretty white women, pregnant, blond or from well-to-do families.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/24/missing.children.ap/index.html
Search continues for 3 boys in New Jersey
Friday, June 24, 2005; Posted: 8:07 a.m. EDT (12:07 GMT)
story.split.boys.ap.jpg
CAMDEN, New Jersey (AP) -- As word of three missing boys spread, residents of the nation's most dangerous city could not stay away.
Dozens of people gathered on street corners Thursday night after more than a day of fruitless searching for Jesstin Pagano, 5; Daniel Agosto, 6; and Anibal Cruz, 11.
"This is over 24 hours now. It's getting scary," said Mario Rivera, an uncle of Cruz. The children were last seen playing in a yard at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The search resumed Friday morning.
Elba Cruz, Anibal's mother, said she was watching the boys play in the yard of her home Wednesday evening when she went inside for a few minutes. When she returned, the boys were gone.
A police dog tracked a scent taken from clothing belonging to one of the boys to an overgrown wooded area along the Delaware River, a half-dozen blocks from the Cruz home, Camden Police Lt. Mike Lynch said. The dog led police along a meandering path that eventually led to the river, but there was no sign of the children.
Lynch said late Thursday that officials considered the boys missing, but had not ruled out the possibility they had been abducted. During a news conference, he asked for residents to "be good eyes and ears."
"When you're talking about tender age children like that, it strikes a chord with anybody," he said.
Last fall, Camden was ranked the most dangerous city in the United States in a reference book that compares crime statistics.
Their pictures are on the website. Guess what? They aren't pretty white women, pregnant, blond or from well-to-do families.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/24/missing.children.ap/index.html
