CA CA - Ilene Misheloff, 13, Dublin, 30 Jan 1989

[PommyMommy]

JAN 27, 2018
Dublin: march set for missing school girl Ilene Misheloff
Twenty nine years after she vanished, Ilene Misheloff will be remembered in a candlelight march 7 p.m. Tuesday along the route she was last seen walking before her suspected kidnapping.

Family, friends and supporters will gather at Wells Middle School, 6800 Penn Drive, Dublin, and then march to St. Raymond Catholic Church on Shannon Avenue. The girl was 13 when she vanished.

Ilene was walking from school to the Dublin Iceland rink for skating lessons when she vanished Jan. 30, 1989.

Since that time, friends and family have held a vigil on the day she disappeared.

FEB 1, 2018
Dublin: Supporters walk to remember Ilene Misheloff
Dozens turned out in Dublin on Tuesday night for a candlelight vigil and community walk to honor Ilene Misheloff, a 13-year-old Dublin girl who disappeared while walking home after school in 1989.

Each year, family, friends and supporters from the community gather to recreate the two-mile walk she took that ill-fated day in 1989 and keep hope alive that she will return safely. Many carried signs that read "Help Bring Ilene Home" as they walked through Dublin.

 

[PommyMommy]

APR 25, 2018
Golden State Killer suspect's arrest brings hope to families and detectives in other cold cases
The arrest of the Golden State Killer suspect near Sacramento for crimes committed four decades ago, has given new hope to other victims' families and investigators still searching for answers in their own cold cases.

But hope can be hard for victims' families who often face daily heartbreak, with no answers. It is also difficult for detectives who devote years, even entire careers, trying to solve cases.

"It's difficult for the family and it's difficult for you because in my experience in working cold cases, is you live it. You live it for years. And that's where you put the vast majority of your efforts," said Lopes, "you pray that you can bring satisfaction."

Some families, such as Mike and Maddie Misheloff in Dublin, say Tuesday's arrest also reminds them that advances in DNA analysis can help find answers. Their daughter Ilene disappeared 29 years ago. Her DNA is now registered with the FBI's database.

"Never give up hope," said Mike Misheloff.

"What they can do with it now, to identify, unidentified bodies, perpetrators, felons, killers, rapists, is amazing," said Maddie Misheloff.

 

[tmar]

Sadly, I do not believe Ilene is alive. IMO also I do not feel that any of the suspects named prior to be responsible. It is my feeling that it is someone local. Someone who could watch these kids walking home, using that riverbed as a shortcut. The reason I believe this is the backpack. If this were a random stranger ,who happened to just spot her, why risk coming back and placing the backpack to be found later. If she actually made it to the other side of the street, where the key fob and backpack were found, she would be very hard to spot from the main road (San Ramon rd), even back then

I certainly hope, ongoing investigation of persons living near that area, with questioning continuing, even years later, may provide evidence.

Here in Australia, after >30 years, we have an arrest.
This doesn't involve a young girl, but with podcasts, ongoing inquests, and further investigation there was an arrest just before Christmas.
Most following the case on Websleuths, pointed to this Creep.

 

[girlhasnoname]

So sad to hear about the how the families of victims that go missing and the cases turn cold suffer endlessly. Sending hope for this family that new advances might bring them some answers.

 

[margarita25]

(Just learned about this case from @PommyMommy and going back to catch up)

(@nerosleuth, and @JusticeWillBeServed, you may find this case of interest.)

 

[margarita25]

Look here....CA - Jaycee Dugard, 11, South Lake Tahoe, 10 June 1991 - #1

There is some suspicion that she was abuducted by the same person(s) who abducted another little girl from South Lake Tahoe named Jaycee Dugard.

James Anthony Daveggio has been considered as a possible suspect in Dugard's abduction since the early 1990s. He and his former girlfriend, Michelle Lyn Michaud, were charged with the 1997 abduction, rape and murder of Vanessa Swanson. Swanson's remains were discovered approximately five miles from the site of Dugard's 1991 abduction. Photos of Daveggio and Michaud are posted below this case summary. They were also charged with additional counts of sexual assault in unrelated cases in the mid-1990s. Michaud claims that she met Daveggio in 1996 and therefore was not involved in Dugard's abduction. There are striking similarities between Michaud and the female suspect in Dugard's case. However, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has created a timeline tracing Michaud and Daveggio's whereabouts over the 1980s and 1990s and they say the pair could not have abducted Dugard.
Daveggio is also considered a possible suspect in the disappearances of Amber Swartz-Garcia, Michaela Garecht and Ilene Misheloff. Neither he nor Michaud has been charged in connection with any of the disappearances.
A defrocked priest named Stephen Kiesle became a suspect in Dugard's abduction in mid-2002. He was suspected because has since been arrested and charged with molesting three girls at the Santa Paula Catholic Church in Fremont, where he worked from 1968 to 1971. Kiesle did not know Dugard and denies any involvement in her case. Police searched his yard three times, using cadaver-sniffing dogs, radar, and a backhoe. They were looking not only for evidence in Dugard's disappearance but also evidence in the 1989 kidnapping of Amber Swartz-Garcia. They found no clues pertaining to either case and the searches concluded in July 2002.
Authorities have also investigated the possibility that Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, abducted Dugard. Photographs of Mitchell and Barzee are posted below this case summary. They are charged with the abduction and sexual assault of fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart of Salt Lake City, Utah. Smart was kidnapped from her bedroom in June 2002 and held captive for nine months before being rescued in March 2003. Mitchell, also known as David Emmanuel Isiah, has bizarre religious beliefs and reportedly thought God told him to make Smart his wife.
The police are investigating similarities between Smart's and Dugard's cases. The two victims physically resemble each other, and Dugard's stepfather says Barzee resembles the woman he saw abduct Dugard. Mitchell and Barzee have not been charged in connection to Dugard's abduction, however, and authorities are not certain if either was involved.

Crosslinking Amber’s thread for reference:

CA - Amber Jean Swartz-Garcia (7) - Pinole CA, 1988

 

[jewelsmac]

My hope is that with the 30th anniversary of Ilene’s disappearance there will be a lot of publicity, and perhaps someone will come forward with information. I have not yet seen any information about this year’s walk, but I will post it as soon as I see it. I’m also hoping to find out if touch DNA has been done on her backpack.

 

[jewelsmac]

An older article about Ilene, but I think a good one.
Gone but Not Forgotten

 

[jewelsmac]

I certainly hope, ongoing investigation of persons living near that area, with questioning continuing, even years later, may provide evidence.

Here in Australia, after >30 years, we have an arrest.
This doesn't involve a young girl, but with podcasts, ongoing inquests, and further investigation there was an arrest just before Christmas.
Most following the case on Websleuths, pointed to this Creep.

That is what I am hoping for. I hope that more attention, and the help of Websleuths, will bring more information to light for Ilene. She deserves it, as does her family.

 

[bestill]

Thanks @PommyMommy and @jewelsmac for bringing this to our attention. I'm going to read and catch up!

 

[Hazelnutty]

Just heard about this case from Pommy Mommy. Here to read & catch up.

 

[tmar]

That is what I am hoping for. I hope that more attention, and the help of Websleuths, will bring more information to light for Ilene. She deserves it, as does her family.

Jewels, check out the site below.
For years Websleuth followers posted, and when podcasts were produced, bringing > millions of people checking this out, we have an arrest!!!!!!!!
Perhaps reach out to Hedley Thomas, who won an award for his work.
Something like this, is required.
When you read about police involvement, inquests etc you will see how this case proceeded.

Australia - Lynette Dawson, 34, Sydney, Jan 1982 *Arrest* #2

 

[jewelsmac]

Jewels, check out the site below.
For years Websleuth followers posted, and when podcasts were produced, bringing > millions of people checking this out, we have an arrest!!!!!!!!
Perhaps reach out to Hedley Thomas, who won an award for his work.
Something like this, is required.
When you read about police involvement, inquests etc you will see how this case proceeded.

Australia - Lynette Dawson, 34, Sydney, Jan 1982 *Arrest* #2

thanks

 

[NanZDrew]

Hoping that somehow there will be a break in this case and that justice will be served. Thank you, Jewels, for continuing to keep this case alive.

 

[jewelsmac]

I posted this on another thread in order to get some help getting her NCMEC page reinstated. I did email them but have not heard anything back yet, another member on this page also tried that but has not heard back. Any ideas?

I need some guidance here. I learned from another WS member that a missing person whose page I am following, has had her profile/page/information page removed from NCMEC. Anyone know why that would be, and how do i get it all back on there? Apparently the other member has tried and has not been successful in getting anyone to answer. Any tips would be appreciated.

This question concerns the disappearance of Ilene Misheloff, Dublin CA missing 1/30/89

EDIT: Adding her NCMEC file number , or what it used to be
NCMEC #: NCMC719556

 

[margarita25]

Got a lot of catching up to do, but wanted to Bring this forward:

FBI Link:
ILENE BETH MISHELOFF

FBI Poster
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/ilene-beth-misheloff/@@download.pdf

ILENE BETH MISHELOFF
January 30, 1989 Dublin, California
DESCRIPTION
This photo shows the entrance to John Mape Park, which was on Ilene's typical route home.
Date(s) of Birth Used: March 12, 1975
Place of Birth: Lincoln, Nebraska
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'3" (at the time of her disappearance)
Weight: 115 pounds (at the time of her disappearance)
Sex: Female
Race: White
REMARKS
At the time of her disappearance, Misheloff was wearing braces on her teeth. She had pierced ears, freckles on her cheeks and the bridge of her nose, and a small lump on the inside of her left ankle. She was last seen wearing a charcoal gray pullover "Esprit" polo sweater, a pink and charcoal gray skirt with horizontal stripes, and black low-top "Keds" sneakers.
DETAILS
Ilene Beth Misheloff was last seen on January 30, 1989. She was walking home from school in Dublin, California, at approximately 3pm when she disappeared. Witnesses recall seeing her walking alone on Amador Valley Boulevard near Village Parkway that afternoon, but she was not seen again after that time. Ilene's key fob was later found near the entrance to John Mape Park which was along the route she typically took to her home.
If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.
Field Office: San Francisco

 

[margarita25]

Delete

 

[margarita25]

Adding updated Charlie Project link as well as some WS, CP links and articles to cases referenced:

Ilene Beth Misheloff – The Charley Project

Missing Since
01/30/1989
Missing From
Dublin, California
Classification
Non-Family Abduction
Date of Birth
03/12/1975 (43)
Age
13 years old
Height and Weight
5'3, 115 pounds

Clothing/Jewelry Description
A charcoal-gray pullover Espirit polo sweater, a pink and charcoal-gray skirt with horizontal stripes, black low-top Keds sneakers, and two earrings in each ear. Carrying a dark blue backpack and a black molded hard plastic flute case.

Distinguishing Characteristics:
Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ilene wore braces on her teeth at time of her disappearance. Her ears are double-pierced. Ilene has freckles on her cheeks and on the bridge of her nose, and a small lump on the inside of her left ankle.

Details of Disappearance:
Ilene was walking home in Dublin, California on January 30, 1989 at 3:00 p.m., after her classes concluded at Wells Intermediate School. Several classmates reported seeing Ilene walking alone on Amador Valley Boulevard near Village Parkway and the Shamrock Shopping Center in the afternoon; she vanished shortly afterwards. She was taking a shortcut home, going through a wide alley behind a shopping center, a furniture store called the Sawmill, and Gallagher's Pub, then across the boulevard and through John Mape Park along a dry creek bed.

Ilene has never been seen again. She was carrying a dark blue backpack at the time of her disappearance. The backpack was later found abandoned in the creek bed in John Mape Park
(FBI Link:
John Mape Park in Ilene Beth Misheloff Disappearance )
near where she was last seen. It was located after the area had already been searched; authorities believe someone may have placed it there after Ilene's disappearance.

Authorities announced that Timothy Bindner (Killer seeks new trial; juror Timothy Bindner was suspect in girls’ disappearances – East Bay Times
2009 ) had a possible connection to Ilene's case, as well as the disappearances of Michaela Garecht, Tara Cossey and Amanda "Nikki" Campbell.

(Michaela Joy Garecht – The Charley Project

WS:
CA - CA - Michaela Garecht, 9, Hayward, 19 Nov 1988

Tara Lossett Cossey – The Charley Project

WS:
CA - Tara Lossett Cossey (12) - San Pablo CA, 1979

Amanda Nicole Eileen Campbell – The Charley Project

WS:
CA - CA - Amanda Campbell, 4, Fairfield, 27 Dec 1991 )

A photo of Bindner is posted with this case summary. He maintains his innocence and successfully sued Amanda's hometown of Fairfield, California in 1997 for defamation of character.

Bindner, a married sewage treatment plant worker, came to authorities' attention after he began sending birthday greetings to young girls in the East Bay area. One child's parents contacted authorities and handed over a letter Bindner had written to their daughter. The note was printed backwards and could only be deciphered by holding it up to a mirror. Bindner claimed he sent the cards as a kind gesture because the girls were "lonely."

Bindner also visited the Oakmont Cemetery gravesite of Angela Bugay,
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10062232/angela-jane-bugay)
a five-year-old girl girl who was abducted and murdered in Antioch, California in 1983. A photograph of Bugay is posted with this case summary. Bindner was never considered a suspect in her murder and another man has since been arrested in that case.

For many years Bindner was also considered a suspect in the June 1988 disappearance of Amber Swartz-Garcia from Pinole, California.

(Amber Jean Swartz-Garcia – The Charley Project

Pinole Police Re-Open Amber Swartz Garcia Case

WS:
CA - Amber Jean Swartz-Garcia (7) - Pinole CA, 1988 )

Bindner approached many of the mothers of missing girls from the East Bay area offering his assistance, including Amber and Michaela's families. He introduced himself to Amber's three days after Amber vanished.

Investigators asked her to maintain a quasi-friendship with Bindner in hope of learning if he was connected to any of the girls' cases. She and authorities agreed that Bindner appeared to playing mind games with victims' loved ones and law enforcement. Many people theorize that he enjoyed taunting families into thinking that he may have been involved in the presumed abductions. He was once arrested for annoying two little girls whom he was trying to lure into his van, but the charges were later dropped.

Bindner often drove around in a light blue Dodge van with a license plate that said "Lov You." Inside the van was wallpapered with many pictures of children. A photograph of the van is posted with this case summary.

Bindner refers to himself as a "good Samaritan." He asked Linda Golston, a reporter for The San Jose Mercury News, to interview him at Oakmont Cemetery at 4:30 a.m. He played his favorite song on her car stereo, "Jesus, Here's Another Child To Hold." Bindner told Goldston that he thought of the missing girls as "his children." She asked him how he believed the abductions occurred and he said one child was submissive, but another fought back against her assailant. Bindner added that he was "guessing" about the girls' reactions.

Bindner wrote a letter to a law enforcement agency in the late 1980s, stating that he believed the next girl who would be abducted from the area would be about nine years old. Michaela disappeared shortly thereafter; she was nine at the time of her abduction. Bindner also sent a holiday card to a profiler for the FBI in 1990. The card depicted an image of a young girl holding up four fingers. Amanda vanished in 1991 at the age of four.

Search dogs traced Amanda and Amber's scent to Bugay's grave. Authorities never had enough evidence to prove Bindner was connected to their cases, although he was known for visiting the cemetery on occasion. Bindner was given a heroism award by the California State Patrol after assisting victims in the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. He has never been charged in connection with any of the cases.

James Daveggio has been considered as a possible suspect as well. He and his former girlfriend, Michelle Lyn Michaud, were charged with the 1997 abduction, rape and murder of Vanessa Lei Sampson (Victim tearfully describes brutal rape (1999) )

Photos of Daveggio and Michaud are posted with this case summary. They were also charged with additional counts of sexual assault in unrelated cases in the mid-1990s. In 2002, Michaud and Daveggio were convicted of Sampson's murder and sentenced to death. They are awaiting execution.
( People v. Daveggio & Michaud - S110294 - Thu, 04/26/2018 | California Supreme Court Resources

Sex-torture duo get death penalty / 'You're pure evil, and you deserve to die' )

Curtis Dean Anderson, who was convicted of the 2000 kidnapping and molestation of a young California girl,
(WS:
GUILTY - CA - Xiana Fairchild, 7, abducted & murdered, Vallejo, 9 Dec 1999
WS: Police looking into cases of Michaela Garecht and Ilene Misheloff ) was also mentioned as a possible suspect in Ilene's case. Investigators searched Anderson's mother's residence in June 2001 for evidence linking him to other missing girls' cases, but nothing was located. In 2009, however, they announced that Anderson had confessed to Amber's murder a month before he died in prison in 2007, and they were closing her case and ending the search for her. (Pinole police: Curtis Dean Anderson killed Amber Swartz – East Bay Times (2009/2016) )
Police spent eighteen months investigating his statement and couldn't find any evidence to refute it. He is also considered a suspect in the 1999 disappearance of Karla Rodriguez.

( NV - Karla Carolina Rodriguez (7) - Las Vegas NV, 1999

Las Vegas detective compares unsolved 1999 missing person case to 'a scar on your heart'

Karla Carolina Rodriguez – The Charley Project )

Daveggio is also considered a possible suspect in Michaela's disappearance. Neither he nor Michaud has been charged in connection with any of the cases. Ilene remains missing and her case is unsolved. She was a good student and dreamed of becoming a pediatrician, and she was an accomplished figure skater who won medals locally.

Investigating Agency:
Dublin Police Department
Dublin Police (@DublinCAPolice) on Twitter
925-833-6670
800-635-6306

Source Information:
The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
California Attorney General's Office
ABC News
Missing: Ilene Beth Misheloff
Ilene Misheloff - Missing Child (See other age progression photo)
Operation Lookout
Rope Burns:
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786011955/
Texas Department Of Public Safety
Stalemate: a Shocking True Story of Child Abduction and Murder:
https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553762044/
Child Find Canada
The San Francisco Chronicle
NamUs
Updated 8 times since October 12, 2004. Last updated November 15, 2013; two pictures added.
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WS:
CA - CA - Young women missing in California in the 80's

 

[margarita25]

Timothy Bindner, circa 2001

James Daveggio

Michelle Michaud

Angela Bugay

Bindner's van

Ilene Beth Misheloff – The Charley Project

 

[margarita25]

Ilene, circa 1989

Age-progression to age 37 (circa 2012)

Ilene Beth Misheloff – The Charley Project

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“Computer aged to 25
In 2014 Ilene Misheloff will be 39 years old”

Ilene Misheloff - Missing Child