Recovered/Located TN - Ci’la Champian, 11, Ja’ceare’ya, 10, Ja’niya, 9, & Corey Nichols, 8, Memphis, 20 Jul 2018

[cybervampira]

Mother wakes up to find her four children missing

A City Watch Alert has been issued for four children, according to Memphis Police Department.

Eleven-year-old Ci’la Champian, 10-year-old Ja’ceare’ya Nichols, 9-year-old Ja’niya Nichols, and 8-year-old Corey Nichols were last seen at their home on Gowen Drive Friday night. When their mother woke up this morning, they were gone.

 

[MsFacetious]

Runaways? Custody?
This is very strange.

 

[MsFacetious]

Since there is at least one younger child it appears, I'm guessing not custody? So strange with no real details here. Obviously if 4 kids ran away I hope they ask them why when they find them.

 

[whatsnext]

Okay , one child disappearing is strange enough, but four?!

 

[Knox]

Is this a parental abduction? Anyone picking up comments on social media?

 

[Knox]

The children were reported missing at 10:10 Saturday morning. Officers say they were last seen in the 1700 block of Gowan in Frayser
Memphis mother desperately searching for four missing children

 

[whatsnext]

Sorry, but IMO there is no way anyone can abduct four(4) children without causing some noise and waking up other people in the house. Just don't buy it.

 

[Knox]

Police say that Ci’la, Ja’ceare’ya and Corey are all on medication. They took their medication last night, but they need it for today.
Memphis police search for 4 missing children

 

[Knox]

Someone on social media said the kids were talking about running away the previous night. Have NO idea if that is true.

 

[Knox]

If you google "1700 block of Gowan in Frayser", the page is filled with hits on murder and assaults. Looks like a high crime area, that's not good!!!

 

[Knox]

Google Maps
Apartments on Gowan.

 

[whatsnext]

I 'd really prefer them to be runaways, if that's the case, we will have a ton of witnesses soon. 4 children! (Sorry, but just can't get over that )

 

[btfly547]

Sorry, but IMO there is no way anyone can abduct four(4) children without causing some noise and waking up other people in the house. Just don't buy it.

Unless they were alone when it happened and there was no adult to wake up? Strange case but with it being 4 I hope/think it would be solved quicker than most.

 

[Purplepixii]

Memphis mother desperately searching for four missing children

Slightly more detailed description but what caught my eye is the line "Investigators say each child left home Friday night."

 

[whatsnext]

Unless they were alone when it happened and there was no adult to wake up? Strange case but with it being 4 I hope/think it would be solved quicker than most.

Hmm..that would make a difference, of course

 

[Mominmi]

All kids were last seen wearing clothing and shoes? So the mother went to sleep with her kids still fully dressed, 8 guess? I don’t think someone could have abducted them from the home with a parent “sleeping”. Now I do think they could have left on their own or with the help of another adult or were abducted and she didn’t hear it because the mother was more than just sleeping maybe.

 

[Curious.1]

Does anyone know if one child was left behind, or perhaps that is a younger relative or friend with them in the photo (there are 5 instead of 4 pictured).

 

[FruitSnack]

I don't know what to think in this but i could figure out what my kids would have been wearing by looking at their clothes pile (they are kids, I dought they would get clean clothes out, they would get the dirty ones that are by them) and the shoes by looking at my front door shoe rack.
I hope these kids are safe and just on a little adventure

 

[Stunned]

Just the one picture of kids in public bathroom?

 

[whatsnext]

Just the one picture of kids in public bathroom?

Yes, weird in itself, isn't it? But okay, 4 kids don't just vanish, I am quite optimistic that maybe a relative took them out of this house. Who knows if there were some parenting issues maybe?