The Bizarre Disappearance Of Martha Lambert. Was Her Brother Involved?

Martha Jean Lambert

Martha was the youngest of three children born to Howard and Margaret Lambert on March 26th, 1973, in Elkton, Florida.

She was blonde, short for her age, and reportedly feisty beyond her size. She seemed ready for anything. She was also kind and could be shy at times. Martha was a friendly girl and loved to spend time at friends houses. She liked to eat fried potatoes and spaghetti, liked country music, and liked soccer. Martha enjoyed attending Church and liked school. 

Neighbors said that she was often dirty, her father was an alcoholic and there was a lot of loud fighting at their home. The Lambert children had been in foster care before due to child abuse, and her brothers had previously run away. Despite all of this Martha loved her family. She was the peacekeeper between her two older brothers, David and Raymond,  and she got along with them. Martha enjoyed spending time with her mother who referred to Martha as her "best friend". 

There are many differing reports to the timeline of events leading up to Martha's disappearance, so i will try to tell her story the best i can. 

Martha and her family lived in a trailer on Kerri Lynn Road off Holmes Boulevard. It was Wednesday, November 27th, 1987, the day before Thanksgiving, and she was excited because she would be spending the holiday with her family at her grandmother's house.  Martha was a seventh grader at Ketterlinus Junior High School in St. Augustine and she did attend school that day. After school is where it gets muggy.

As far as i can gather, Martha went to a friend's house after school and and then sometime later she went to a gathering at the neighbors with her mom. At some point, Martha told her mom that she'd be back in 5 minutes. That was the last time she'd ever see or hear from her daughter.

When Martha didn't return, Margaret went looking for her. As she approached her house, David walked out laughing. When asked, he wouldn't tell his mother why. That bothered Margaret.

Whatever happened that night, most sources claim that Martha was last seen at 7:30 p.m. walking away from her home.

Martha was reported missing at 3:00 am on November 28th when no one could find her. Authorities began searching for her immediately, but they were treating her disappearance as a runaway. Margaret stated that, despite the problems at home, her daughter would never run away, nor would she enter the car of anyone, even that of a friend, without permission. 

Authorities questioned everyone in the area. Some neighbors reported that they had seen a suspicious green van being driven in the area.

Raymond had been at a church gathering that night. David on the other hand, he was unaccounted for for some of the time. Police believed that 14-year-old David knew more than he was letting on. He gave varying accounts regarding when he last saw his sister. The first he said was that he’d seen her get into a black vehicle, yet no evidence was found to point to this being true. He later stated that Martha had left home after dinner and refused to tell him where she was going. Lastly, he told investigators that he’d last seen her walking to the L’il Champs convenience store, located on State Road 207.

Sometime after Martha disappeared, Margaret received a call from a little girl telling her "Mom, i'm ok." However, Margaret said that the girl's voice didn't sound like Martha's.

After time went on, authorities no longer considered Martha a runaway and now believe she has met foul play.

After Martha disappeared, the fighting only got worse between her parents and they got divorced. Martha's dad passed away some time ago. According to Margaret, both of Martha's brother's were devastated when she didn't come home. They both have been in and out of trouble with the law. Raymond goes by a different name now.

In 2000, David confessed to killing Martha after he was arrested for passing a bad check. According to him, he’d buried her body at Coquina mine on Holmes Boulevard that was known locally as “The Pits." Her remains were not found and there was not enough evidence to charge David. 

In 2009, David called detectives and confessed that on November 27th, 1985, he and Martha left home because their parents got into a fight over burned turkey. They went to a Lil Champs Convenience store, David apparently had over $20 with him. Martha spent a little over $4 and gave him the change. He then stated that he and Martha went to the abandoned Florida Memorial College to play. David stated that he and Martha got into a fight because Martha wanted more money. Martha slapped David across the face and in response he pushed her. He pushed her so hard the she fell onto the ground and hit her head on a piece of steel. When David realized what had happened, he pulled Martha up and noticed a large hole in the back of her head and blood was pouring out. He called for help, but no one apparently heard him. Then, using the broken piece of a road sign, he dug a 3-foot makeshift grave and placed Martha in the hole. He returned home.

According to police, David was overwhelmed with grief and emotion upon sharing this statement. When asked why he hadn’t informed his parents of what happened, he shared he had been scared they would kill him.

Investigators searched and searched for Martha’s body in the area where the Florida Memorial College once stood, but were unable to locate any remains, despite cadaver dogs hinting at something. In the mid-1990's, the college had been excavated for a planned Holmes Boulevard widening project, so it was believed Martha's remains were mixed in with the debris.

Margaret has never believed what David had said to be true, as he was known to make up stories in order to get attention. She believes that a non family member is responsible and that Martha was abducted from outside her home. She at one point in time believed that David might have witnessed something he couldn't talk about. That maybe someone threatened him. 

David recanted, stating that he’d only told the police what they wanted to hear. He also shared he had emotional and mental problems, and that he didn’t know what happened to his sister. However, investigators believe his story to be true, due to his emotional response during the confession.

David was a minor at the time of Martha’s disappearance and the fact there was a statute of limitations on manslaughter in 1985, police did not file any charges against him. They have since said the case is closed, but are willing to reopen it if any new information or evidence comes to light.

Martha was last seen wearing either a matching two-piece bathing suit or a short-sleeve sundress. At the time of her disappearance she was described as 4’5″ tall and 70 pounds, with blue eyes and shoulder-length blonde hair. She had a birthmark on the front of her right thigh and one on her upper left chest, and her upper front teeth slightly protruded.

Currently, her case is classified as endangered missing. If alive, she would be 46 years old.

If you have any information regarding the case, you can contact the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office at 904-824-8304.

All Suspects Arrested In Aniah Blanchard Disappearance And Her Remains Have Been Discovered UPDATED

35-year-old Antwain“Squirmy” Fisher was booked on first-degree kidnapping charges early Saturday morning. He is now being held in Alabama’s Lee County Detention Center. According to the arrest affidavit, investigations revealed that Fisher “provided material assistance to Yazeed by providing transportation to Yazeed, and disposing of evidence."

29-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed, was also arrested on first-degree kidnapping charges earlier this month. He was seen at the same gas station when and where Aniah was last seen. A witness positively identified Yazeed "forcing Blanchard into a vehicle against her will and then leaving with her in the vehicle."

The final suspect, David Johnson Jr., was arrested in Montgomery on November 25th and is charged with hindering prosecution.

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and Auburn police determined that human remains discovered in a wooded area of Macon County, Alabama, on Monday, were that of Aniah.

The last time 19-year-old college student Aniah was seen was on October 23rd, 2019. Her black 2017 Honda CR-V, was found at an apartment complex, 55 miles away from where Aniah was last seen. There was damage to the SUV which occurred between the time it was last seen and when it was recovered in Montgomery on October 25th. There was also blood found in the SUV suggesting that Aniah suffered a life threatening injury.

Ibraheem Yazeed Was Allegedly Seen Kidnapping Aniah Blanchard But She Has Yet To Be Found.

Where Is Katelin Akens: The Virginian Gone Girl

☮Katelin Michelle Akens☮

She was born on September 2nd, 1996 to Lisa Sullivan. She grew up in Caroline County, Virginia with her younger sister named Gabrielle. When Kate was 7 years old, Lisa married James Branton.

Katelin was unique, quirky, sometimes unpredictable, and emotional. She was outgoing, carefree and fun-loving. She dyed her hair different colors, gave herself different haircuts, and had tattoos and piercings. Katelin had an active social life. And was always attached to her phone. She was allergic to cats, but loved everything Hello Kitty. Katelin was clumsy and could make you laugh.She was super smart. She was so smart in fact, that she graduated from high school when she was just 16.

After graduation, Katelin got a job so she could move out of her parents' house as soon as she could. She didn’t trust her stepfather, James.

“She felt very nervous around him, and that he was kind of abusive to an extent. I can’t confirm physical because she never outright told me, but definitely verbally,” said her friend, Kevin Eastridge.

One of Katelin's friends was a girl named Amber Rios. When Amber was 11, she and her family moved to Arizona. Despite the distance between them, they eventually fell in love. In 2014, when Katelin turned 18, she moved to Arizona to be with Amber and the two soon got engaged. While in Arizona, Katelin kept in constant contact with her mother and sister. She would call and text them several times a day.

Katelin didn't stay in Arizona for very long. 

She wanted to see her sister's new baby boy. She also needed to go back to Virginia to get a copy of her diploma for cosmetology  school. So, on December 1st, 2015, Katelin was back in her hometown. She was only going to stay for a few days, because she was suppose to start cosmetology school on December 7th.

On December 5th, Katelin needed a ride to the airport so she could get back to Arizona before she started school. Her mother had to work, so at 9:20 a.m., she dropped Katelin off at her now ex-husband place in Partlow.  Little did Lisa know, that was the last time she'd see her daughter.

Even though they were divorced, James and Lisa were on good terms. He seemed happy to see Katelin and excited to hear that she was starting cosmetology school.

At 1:52 p.m., James texted Lisa telling her that he dropped Katelin off at the Springfield Mall Metro Station at her request.

At 2 p.m., Lisa gets another text, this time from Katelin's phone. 

The airport is 21 minutes away from the metro station.

Katelin's friend, Kevin, said that they were really close friends, and even dated in the past. He was shocked that Katelin had never text him to tell him that she was leaving. He said that that was very uncharacteristic of her.

Later, Lisa learned that Katelin's fiancee had received a text from Katelin's phone earlier that day. 

Lisa got nervous when Amber had texted her saying that Katelin wasn’t coming home, she needed a new flight, something was wrong with her flight. Lisa continued to call and text Katelin but got no answer.

At 7:15 p.m., almost two hours after Katelin had missed her flight, Lisa received two final texts from Katelin’s phone that alarmed her.

“It didn’t sound right. It didn’t look right because it was two messages,” said Lisa. “And she doesn’t do that. She’ll wait for you to respond, and then she’ll send another one. It wasn’t her style.”

Lisa was on her way home from work, so she pulled over to the side of the road to quickly call her daughter back. Katelin's phone went straight to voicemail.

Amber also received a strange message from Katelin. This was before Lisa received those final texts. Through Facebook Messenger Katelin said she couldn’t come back because she had cheated on her. Amber said the message didn’t “sound” right, as if it wasn’t coming from Katelin.  Amber also claimed that they had no problems in their relationship and that if Katelin did cheat, she would have called her up to discuss it.

Two days later, Lisa went to the local police station and filed a missing person’s report after friends and family had failed to get a hold of Katelin. 

While filing out the paper work, police informed Lisa that 50 miles south of the airport, and just a few miles from where James lived, a road crew had just found Katelin's blue suitcase in a drainage ditch in the 6600 block of River Road outside Fredericksburg.  

Investigators said the suitcase was scuffed up and one of the wheels was missing, suggesting it had been tossed out of a moving vehicle. Katelin's ID, wallet, glasses, cash, plane ticket, phone charger, and credit cards were still inside her luggage. Katelin's phone, clothing, and high school diploma were missing. 

At this point, detectives pulled up Katelin's phone records, as well as James. They want to see if they can determine why Katelin's luggage was found so far away from the metro station and the airport. They also want to double check and see if there was any discrepancies in Jame's statement about dropping Katelin off at the metro station when he said he did.

When James texted Lisa at 1:52 p.m., saying he’d just dropped Katelin off at the airport, his cell phone pinged close to his home.

When Katelin's phone had sent the text at 2 p.m. to Lisa, claiming she was at the airport, her phone pinged at a location more than 30 miles from the Springfield Metro stop, where James claimed to have dropped her off.

When Lisa had received those two final texts from Katelin's phone at 7:15 p.m, Katelin's phone was pinged in Stafford, less than 15 miles from where her luggage was found.

Since Katelin, nor James or his vehicle, were ever picked up on any cameras in or around the airport or metro station, investigators believe that she never left the area around James' house.

James was now a person of interest in Katelin's disappearance.

James had told Lisa that he had to be to work at 3 p.m. on the day that Katelin disappeared. He called in sick that day. 

When police searched James' vehicles, his computers and confiscated his cellphone, they didn't find anything incriminating. Although, they were not able to get access into James' phone.

James had agreed to take a polygraph test, but when the time came, he didn't go through with it. 

Something else came out about Katelin's visit to her hometown. Katelin had spent her last night in Virginia partying with a friend from high school and the friend’s boyfriend. Katelin later told her Keven of what transpired at the party. 

“Her boyfriend got really really really drunk and then she kissed me and then he kissed me. They did everything to me and each other. I don’t know how to feel or anything. I’ve been depressed and crying all day,” she texted to Keven.

Did Katelin run away, or is there something more sinister going on?

Katelin has no history of mental illness and no history of dropping out of sight.

What do you think happened to Katelin?

If you have any information in Katelin's disappearance, please contact Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office 540-582-7115.

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At the time of her disappearance Katelin was 5'4" tall, 122 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. 

She has a tattoo of five butterflies on her left forearm and a tattoo of three red stars bursting on the top of her foot. She wears eyeglasses with dark frames. Her nose and navel are pierced and the right side of her lower lip is pierced. She also has gauge-type piercings in her ears. She was last seen wearing a dark gray fleece pullover sweatshirt with a Bass Pro Shop emblem, black pants and pink and black Vans shoes.

I'm not sure what happened to Katelin. I'm leaning towards foul play. I'm also not sure that her stepfather was in on whatever happened to her. I'm kinda leaning towards someone else that was close to her having something to do with it.

43 Mexican Students Vanished

On September 26th, 2014, forty-three students from a teachers' college in the town of Ayotzinapa, in Guerrero State suddenly disappeared. The students were in Iguala to commandeer more buses to travel the next week to Mexico City for a yearly tradition that commemorated the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre. 

Tlatelolco Massacre was a horrific killing of unarmed students and protesters by the armed forces of Mexico. over 300 people were killed and around 1,000 injured.

Since the group of students split up in two different directions, the buses were intercepted at two different road blocks. The buses were fired upon, some people were killed and 43 students were taken. Surviving students and witnesses testified that they were attacked by local police. The surviving students were told that their classmates had been taken under municipal police's custody, so when their parents came to pick them up in Iguala, they went to their headquarters to bail them out. When they arrived at the police station, they were told that their missing classmates were not there. They searched all the other local stations with no luck.

Months after the incident, it was discovered that the students were kidnapped in a scheme that allegedly involved local officials. Allegedly they were later handed over to the criminal group Guerreros Unidos. Confessions procured from members of the gang claimed they burned all 43 bodies in a dumpster after being instructed by the police to murder the students. The whole investigation was highly questioned due to an abundance of discrepancies. 

In November 7, 2014, a press conference was given in which it was announced that several plastic bags had been found by a river in Cocula, Guerrero containing human remains, possibly those of the missing students. Two of the missing students were confirmed dead after their remains were identified.

At least 80 suspects have been arrested in the case, more than half of them were police officers.

To this date, only the remains of the two students have been found.

Mexico's current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has created a new commission to reopen the investigation.

There are more than more than 40,000 people registered missing in Mexico.

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Ibraheem Yazeed Was Allegedly Seen Kidnapping Aniah Blanchard But She Has Yet To Be Found.

Aniah Haley Blanchard

She was born in Homewood, Alabama to Angela and Elijah Harris. She was daddy's girl and brought sunshine to everybody. Everybody loved Aniah, she was a bundle of joy. She was a nurturing person. She liked to make sure everybody was OK. She loved playing softball in high school. Aniah wanted to pursue a career in education or nursing. Baby blue was her favorite color.

The last time anyone heard from 19-year-old college student Aniah was just before midnight on October 23rd, 2019 when she spoke to her college roommate. Allegedly, she was on her way home when she disappeared. Earlier that day she had spent time with her family. She was reported missing to Auburn Police the next day.

Auburn Police and Montgomery Police found her black 2017 Honda CR-V, with Alabama tag #49BS356, at an apartment complex, 55 miles away from where Aniah was last seen. There was damage to the SUV which occurred between the time it was last seen and when it was recovered in Montgomery on October 25th. There was also blood found in the SUV suggesting that Aniah suffered a life threatening injury.

On October 27th, a vigil was held at Trinity United Methodist Church.

On Monday, October 28th, the Auburn Police Division released a snippet of a surveillance video captured on October 23rd showing Aniah making a purchase at a convenience store on South College Street just prior to her vehicle being observed traveling southbound on South College Street.

The next day, Aniah's father, spoke out about her disappearance. He said that he was, "just devastated", but hopeful she was alive.

On Thursday, November 7th, 29-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed was announced as a suspect in Aniah's disappearance. Yazeed was out on bond for the charges of Kidnapping and Attempted Murder from another jurisdiction. Yazeed was seen at the same convience store as Aniah. A witness positively identified Yazeed as the man observed "forcing Blanchard into a vehicle against her will and then leaving with her in the vehicle." 

Later on Thursday, Yazeed was arrested in Escambia County, Florida.

On November 20th, Lee County District Judge Russell Bush ordered Yazeed to submit a DNA sample to authorities after prosecutors revealed DNA evidence from a male was found in Aniah's car.

Yazeed was charged with first-degree kidnapping.

A gag order hearing was also set for Dec. 4.

At the time of her disappearance Aniah was 5’6” tall, 125 lbs., brown eyes and brown hair and was last seen wearing a black dress, tan duck boots with black stockings. 

Over $100,000 in reward money is being offered for info on her disappearance.

If you have any information at all about Aniah's whereabouts, no matter how small, please contact Auburn Police Division Detective Section at 334-501-3140, the anonymous tip line at 334-246-1391 or the 24-hour non-emergency number at 334-501-3100.

The Hunt For Lindsey Baum's Killer.

Lindsey Jo Baum

Always you will be part of me

And I will forever feel your strength

When I need it most

You're gone now, gone but not forgotten

I can't say this to your face

But I know you here

Ill see you again

You never really left

I feel you walk beside me

I know Ill see you again

When I'm lost, when I'm missing you like crazy

I tell myself I'm so blessed

To have had you in my life, my life

Ill see you again

You never really left

I feel you walk beside me

I know Ill see you again

When I had the time to tell you

Never thought Id live to see the day

When the words I should have said

Would come to haunt me

In my darkest hour I tell myself

Ill see you again

-Westlife

She was an “itty-bitty thing,” active, bright, tender and spunky. Her family joked that she was talking a mile a minute from the moment she was born. She was a momma’s girl who hated being out past dark. She’d scribble stories on napkins at restaurants, commenting to her mother how one day, the books in her overflowing shelf would be her own.

She was born on July 7th, 1998 in Tennessee to Melissa Baum. Lindsey had a older brother named Joshua. 

Melissa divorced the kids' father and looking for a fresh start, she along, with Lindsey and Joshua, moved to McCleary, Washington. 

McCleary was a small, quiet, town with a population of 15,000 people. It felt safe to Melissa. The kids loved it there and were making friends and doing well, especially Lindsey.

On June, 25th, 2009, 10-year-old Lindsey was just a few weeks away from her 11th birthday. That night, she told her mom that she was frightened that something bad was going to happen to her very soon. When asked what she meant, Lindsey said that she didn't know and that she just had a feeling.

The next day, Lindsey appeared to be back to her normal, happy self. It was a hot, blistering day. 

Lindsey and Joshua had spend day swimming at a friends house a few blocks away. After that, the pair returned home before heading out once more.  

Lindsey and Joshua walked a short distance to the home of Lindsey's friend, Michaela. Along the way, Joshua was sent back home after he and Lindsey had a fight over a bike. Lindsey hung out at Michaela's for a while. At about, 9:15 p.m., she became upset that Michaela couldn't spend the night and headed home. 

Melissa became worried when Lindsey hadn't made it home by her 9:30 p.m. curfew. Around 10 p.m., Melissa called Michaela's home and spoke to her mother, who said she hadn’t seen Lindsey in more than an hour. Melissa tried to ring her daughter's newly purchased cell phone, only to discover it was accidentally left home on its charger. At around 11 p.m., Melissa called 911 and reported Lindsey missing.

The search was on for Lindsey. Local law enforcement, firefighters as well as Lindsey's family and friends did a search of the immediate neighborhood. Melissa kept driving around hoping she'd find Lindsey on the side of the road somewhere.

The search continued for 10 days and involved over 240 people. Helicopters flew overhead and cadaver dogs were brought in. Even police on horseback joined in.

Police dive teams searched the water and behavioral analysts were brought in but none of this fruited any clues as to Lindsey's whereabouts.

Later it was found out that prior to Lindsey's disappearance, Lindsey and Micheala had been at the local park. A man came in on them while they were in the bathroom there. They also had felt like they were being followed by a man in a white vehicle.

This is surveillance footage from a nearby gas station of a vehicle meeting the description that Micheala gave to authorities. 

A 47-year-old man who, police said, provided “inconsistent statements” and lived on the route that Lindsey had taken home that fateful day, had his house searched. Nothing was found there either. He remains a person of interest.

Investigators also searched the home of local jewelry/pawn shop owner Tim Hartman. 

His shop was on the street where Lindsey disappeared. Tim had previously volunteered to take Melissa out to search for Lindsey. He had denied being in McCleary during the hours that Lindsey had disappeared. Tim said he was out of town training as a part of being a volunteer firefighter.

Surveillance footage from a local store in McCleary proved that he was lying. During the search, ropes and handwritten notes about Lindsey’s disappearance were discovered. He remains a person of interest.

In 2014, police investigated whether a man who had been charged with sexually abusing a child could have had anything to do with Lindsey’s case. As far as i know, he was never charged in her case.

During the summer of 2017, three elderly brothers known as the Emery brothers were arrested 17 miles away from Lindsey's home and charged with possession of pornography. Investigators searched their home for a possible connection to Lindsey. Writings that indicated desires to kill children and an "obsession" with young girls were found. Police also searched the home of another one of the brothers, who is now deceased. He lived 30 minutes away from Lindsey's home. They have yet to be charged as well.

Also in 2017, a hunter found human remains in a remote area of Eastern Washington, over three hours away from Lindsey’s home in McCleary. The remains were sent to Quantico, Virginia for forensic testing. 

On May 10th, 2018, sadly, investigators announced that the remains had been positively identified as Lindsey. Her case is now classified as a homicide and police are looking for a suspect. 

Justice For Lindsey Baum

A remembrance garden was dedicated to Lindsey this year at Beerbower Park in McCleary. Melissa said the garden was a place where Lindsey’s “spirit could be felt, her laughter be heard.”