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Itawamba County's MISSING
Jan 27, 2021
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The Anderson Family
After more than two decades of dead ends, red tape, and false leads, the Anderson family fears the worst when it comes to their four missing family members.
When Racine, WI couple Jeff and Lesley Allen (Anderson) split up in 1997, he moved to Rising Sun, IN and she moved to Itawamba County. Anderson had legally adopted Allen’s older children, Chris, Stephanie, and Greg. Together, they had three younger children, Rachel, Cameron, and Kyle.
Old enough to be on his own, Chris did not follow either parent. Stephanie and Greg, both mentally disabled, along with Rachel who was 13-years-old at the time; Cameron, age 11; and Kyle, age 9, made the move to Mississippi with their mother.
In the divorce agreement, the children were to call their father every Saturday. Over time, the calls became less frequent. Anderson was attempting to work out visitation with his children for the summer of 2000 when he received word that Allen and the three younger children had left without any information as to her whereabouts. Allen’s roommate at the time told Anderson she had left with a truck driver, leaving her two mentally handicapped children in his care.
The father’s quest to find his children included flagging their school and medical records, reaching out to government offices and law enforcement across several states.
In a 2003 interview with the Rising Sun Journal Times, Anderson spoke with the reporter about the heartache and difficulties surrounding his search for his children.
“I could never work on their birthdays,” he said in the interview.
After years of dead ends, the ordeal took a toll on Anderson. His family has since taken up the mantle for searching for their missing loved ones.
“We hired a private investigator last year to determine if my mother had any activity on any of her records, credit-wise, jobs, anything,” Chris Anderson said in a phone interview from his Alabama home. “There was nothing. Absolutely nothing on any of them.”
Equally concerning, the children, who would now be in their late twenties and early thirties, have not attempted to make contact with the family through social media or otherwise. The family’s attempts to speak with their older siblings, Greg and Stephanie, who are thought to still reside in the county have been unfruitful.
What was once believed to be a parent abduction now has the family digging deeper. They hope through their newly organized Facebook page, “Missing Anderson Family,” they will have further outreach in getting answers.
“There is still red tape that I must go through to achieve this,” Chris Anderson says on the social media page. “But I am up to the challenge. Please keep sharing it.”
Photo of Leslie Anderson
Jan 27, 2021
SBM
The Anderson Family
After more than two decades of dead ends, red tape, and false leads, the Anderson family fears the worst when it comes to their four missing family members.
When Racine, WI couple Jeff and Lesley Allen (Anderson) split up in 1997, he moved to Rising Sun, IN and she moved to Itawamba County. Anderson had legally adopted Allen’s older children, Chris, Stephanie, and Greg. Together, they had three younger children, Rachel, Cameron, and Kyle.
Old enough to be on his own, Chris did not follow either parent. Stephanie and Greg, both mentally disabled, along with Rachel who was 13-years-old at the time; Cameron, age 11; and Kyle, age 9, made the move to Mississippi with their mother.
In the divorce agreement, the children were to call their father every Saturday. Over time, the calls became less frequent. Anderson was attempting to work out visitation with his children for the summer of 2000 when he received word that Allen and the three younger children had left without any information as to her whereabouts. Allen’s roommate at the time told Anderson she had left with a truck driver, leaving her two mentally handicapped children in his care.
The father’s quest to find his children included flagging their school and medical records, reaching out to government offices and law enforcement across several states.
In a 2003 interview with the Rising Sun Journal Times, Anderson spoke with the reporter about the heartache and difficulties surrounding his search for his children.
“I could never work on their birthdays,” he said in the interview.
After years of dead ends, the ordeal took a toll on Anderson. His family has since taken up the mantle for searching for their missing loved ones.
“We hired a private investigator last year to determine if my mother had any activity on any of her records, credit-wise, jobs, anything,” Chris Anderson said in a phone interview from his Alabama home. “There was nothing. Absolutely nothing on any of them.”
Equally concerning, the children, who would now be in their late twenties and early thirties, have not attempted to make contact with the family through social media or otherwise. The family’s attempts to speak with their older siblings, Greg and Stephanie, who are thought to still reside in the county have been unfruitful.
What was once believed to be a parent abduction now has the family digging deeper. They hope through their newly organized Facebook page, “Missing Anderson Family,” they will have further outreach in getting answers.
“There is still red tape that I must go through to achieve this,” Chris Anderson says on the social media page. “But I am up to the challenge. Please keep sharing it.”
Photo of Leslie Anderson
