Missing Child: Jewel Strong
Netlore Archive: Email flier seeks help locating Jewel Strong, a 3-year-old girl reported missing by her family in Panama City, Florida in May 2006
Description: Email flier
Circulating since: Feb. 2007
Status: True
Email example contributed by Holly P., Feb. 15, 2007:
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FW: Have you seen Jewel Mahavia Strong - missing 3 year old?
This is really sad that the family of this young girl has to do this,
but "others" can get the attention of mass media. Please pass this along and say a pray for the Strong Family.
PLEASE HELP US BY FORWARDING THIS EMAIL UNTIL THIS REACHES A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE AND JEWEL IS RETURNED HOME SAFELY
Racharel Strong (father) - 404-357-1881
Simona Strong (mother) - 404-313-4255
Tiesa Locklear (aunt) - 678-234-4902
Tramesa Locklear (aunt) 678-480-1635
Ursala Williams (aunt) 678-362-5246
GOD FIRST, PEOPLE ALWAYS
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Comments: Three-year-old Jewel Mahavia Strong was reported missing after a Memorial Day beach outing in Panama City, Florida with her family in May 2006. It was initially believed that she had drowned, and local authorities pronounced her lost at sea after searching unsuccessfully for her body for more than a week.
A year later, a Jacksonville resident reported seeing a child fitting Jewel Strong's description in the company of three adults at a local restaurant. After viewing surveillance video, her family became convinced that the child was, in fact, Jewel Strong, and launched an effort in conjunction with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to locate her. Though the NCMEC lists Jewel Strong as "lost, injured, missing," a website set up by her family lists her as "abducted."
As of February 2008, her whereabouts are still unknown.
Persons with information pertaining to the case are asked call The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (843-5678).
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Sources and further reading:
Parents Continue Search for Missing Daughter
Panama City News Herald, 8 July 2007
Video Gives Family Hope Daughter's Alive
WDIV-TV News, 13 September 2007
Family Says Missing Girl Spotted on Surveillance Tape
ABC News, 14 September 2007
Jewel Mahavia Strong
Info from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Let's Find Jewel Strong Organization
Status reports and information about the Jewel Strong case
Last updated: 02/28/08
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