The lead story on DC's NBC 11 o'clock news was on Relisha. They confirmed that the body found at the hotel was Tatum's wife. It was also reported that Relisha was seen this morning with "a" woman at the hotel.
I'm surprised there has been an Amber Alert all the way out in CA. I hope she is found soon!
So mom was never sick? You said she gave an address for the hospital? To who? Why would she need to give the address to the hospital? So confused.
It is my understanding that they had been living at the DC General shelter for families for the past year. When her mother became ill and was hospitalized, she "gave" little Relisha to Kahlil, who was a janitor at the shelter. It has not been said that I have seen whether or not the mother is still hospitalized. Now I wonder whether mom's illness was an actual sickness or more of a substance or mental health issue, where she knew that she was going to remain for a longer period of time before she "got better."
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I don't think this is the correct Lyles. The one posted here is the nephew of Tatum. His father (Rickie) was married to Tatum's sister and is the bro-in-law mentioned in the media. The older Lyles also has FB page.
Did anyone see somewhere that Lyles may have been incorrectly listed? I'll see if I can find where I read that and link it.
Police say that Relisha is with Kahlil Malik Tatum in a white 1976 GMC truck with Maryland license plate 305015.
Police say that the second man Rickie Sheridan Lyles has been located and is not believed to be involved in her disappearance.
Police believe that Tatum is armed and dangerous. He is about 5-foot-9, 200 pounds.
http://www.wtop.com/109/3586498/Amber-Alert-issued-for-girl-8
The hospital is no longer a hospital. It has been converted into a homeless shelter. That's where they were living. Hope this clears it up.
http://www.wtop.com/109/3586498/Amber-Alert-issued-for-girl-8UPDATE: Friday - 3/21/2014, 4:45 a.m.
Police say Relisha Rudd, 8, was with Kahlil Malik Tatum in a white 1976 GMC truck with Maryland license plate 305015. The truck was found in Hyattsville, Md.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...-11e3-95e8-39bef8e9a48b_story.html?tid=pm_popPolice and a D.C. official with knowledge of the investigation said that Tatum was employed by a nonprofit group that runs the shelter and that a background check was conducted in 2012. Nothing unusual emerged, although a search of court records in Virginia show numerous arrests and several convictions in the late 1990s and early 2000s for larceny as well as breaking and entering.
The D.C. official said that Tatum did not report that he knew one of the clients, as is required. That official also said that school authorities and social workers flagged numerous absences by the girl from Payne Elementary School in Southeast, including a string starting on or shortly after Feb. 26. The official said the mother provided varying accounts, such as the girl was staying with her grandmother. “She was on our radar screen several times for absences,” the official said.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...d-Reported-Missing-From-SE-DC--251168541.htmlsources tell News4 her mother, Shamika, refused to file a missing persons report. Family members say Shamika had told them her daughter was on a school trip to Georgia.
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/03/relisha-tenau-rudd-missing-in-southeast-d-c--101337.html"I'm very heartbroken because I love Relisha like she was really mine."
Inside, Wheeler said police have been questioning her son Antonio for hours, and Antonio Wheeler says he is the missing girls mothers fiancé. He had reportedly been asking her mother where the little girl was.
"He's not a suspect...that's what they're saying...he's not a suspect," said Belinda about her son.
The missing girl and her family reportedly live at this D.C. homeless shelter, and her mother told D.C. Police that she left with shelter worker Tatum three weeks ago.
"He's Relisha's godfather," explained Belinda. "He is supposed to be -- he buys her a lot of gifts, she goes a lot of places with this man."
http://m.timesdispatch.com/news/lat...974-b067-11e3-aa64-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqmRichmond police believe a missing 8-year-old District of Columbia girl may have been in the Richmond area.
Richmond police spokesman Gene Lepley declined to elaborate on when or exactly where Relisha Tenau Rudd may have been in the Richmond area, or under what circumstances.
D.C. police issued the Amber Alert, but late Thursday evening authorities believed the young missing girl may have been, or could even still be, in the Richmond, Va. area. Richmond police said Thursday night they spotted the White 1976 GMC truck MD tag 305015, however, they did contend it may have left the area.