Irene Alvarez Porras Missing From Harris County, Texas

The last time anyone saw Irene Porras, 54, was the evening of August 13, 2010.  Her ex-husband, Victor Porras and her adult son, who was also living at the residence, were the last to see her that night.  Her husband had gone to bed and her son had gone out for the evening. According to reports, Irene and Victor had been divorced for about 5 years, but still lived together.  Family members close to Irene report that it's very much out of character for her not to be in touch with them.

Victor Porras called his daughter in San Antonio and on August 16, three days later, she was reported missing. Irene's purse and cell phone were not at the home, but vehicles were not taken and there was no forced entry into the home.

Construction workers found her cell phone about a week later on the side of the road approximately 17 miles from her home.  No other items belonging to Irene Porras have been found, despite the efforts of Texas Equusearch who conducted ground searches starting on August 28.

Investigators believe there may be criminal activity related to her disappearance, but have not indicated what type of criminal activity, and are asking the public's aid in finding information and locating the whereabouts of Irene Porras.

She is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall and has brown hair and brown eyes.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for any information that helps investigators solve this case. If you have seen Porras since her disappearance, or if you have any information on her whereabouts, contact Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-8477. All tipsters remain anonymous. Texas Equusearch can be reached at (281) 309-9500.  

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact the Harris County Sheriff's Office Missing Persons Unit at 713-755-7427.



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Nadia Kira Kersh

She was born in an orphanage in Russia, a twin of a sister named Vira. Nadia Kira Kersh was adopted by a military family when she was 10, by Kevin and Nancy Kersh, and was separated from her twin who was adopted by another family. The Kersh's lived in many parts of the world, stationed with the military at one time in Alabama.

Nadia was reunited with her twin sister several years ago and moved to the Birmingham area to be near her sister. She had several friends in the area who all describe her as an outgoing, independent, generous person who was very trusting, a free spirit who would give you the shirt off her back if needed.

November 3, 2008 was a typical day for hardworking Nadia. She went to work at the Tria Market, leaving her young son, Christopher, at daycare. Nadia was an extremely devoted mother, content in her role, and stable in her job. She had been working at the Tria Market for two years. She left for lunch that day, but never returned. When she didn't pick her son up at daycare that evening he was turned over to Social Services. Her friends and family were alerted and a search of the area began. A close friend was able to obtain emergency custody of the child.

Two days later Nadia's abandoned car was found in West Birmingham, no evidence of foul play was immediately found, but authorities were concerned for her well being. It only took a few days when police found someone they questioned as a person of interest in her vanishing, and then a second man was detained for questioning and then a third. Evidence was collected and processed by several agencies.

Nadia's family gathered in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham where Nadia lived and rallied the press and organized searches. Texas Equusearch's Tim Miller and Beth Holloway Twitty, Natalie Holloway's mother, lent there expertise and support for several searches of the area. No sign of Nadia has surfaced, no activity on her bank accounts and credit cards, no word from her at all. Rewards are set up, searches continue and the media has kept her case in the public eye. Law enforcement agencies have worked tirelessly to solve this mystery.

Just days ago it was announced by Homewood police that they are close to charging the primary suspect of murder, someone who had harassed Nadia in the past. Along with him, authorities have not ruled out additional charges on others. They feel forensic evidence being processed will seal the case and will only strengthen the charges when the results come in.

As of this writing, Nadia Kira Kersh has not been found. Her son, Christopher, has been motherless for over five months. Just a toddler, he surely misses the hugs and wet kisses of his mother, the lullabyes she most likely sang to put him to sleep. Like his mother and her twin sister, he is orphaned at a young age. May he experience all the love and kindness that life can give him as he grows up and may Nadia be found soon and justice served in her honor.

UPDATE MAY 4, 2010

http://www.cbs42.com/content/localnews/story/Arrest-in-Nadia-Kersh-Case/HhQuouqP2UGhSztH9yvH6w.cspx?rss=1659

Police have made an arrest in the case of missing mother Nadia Kersh. An acquaintance of her's was arrested named Joacquas Haywood. Mr. Haywood turned himself in around 9pm last night. According to Jefferson County DA Brandon Falls, Haywood is charged with Capital Murder and that the murder occurred during a burglary. Haywood, from Irondale,  is currently in the Jefferson County Jail. No body has been recovered.

Nadia Kersh was last seen on November 3rd, 2008.  Surveillance video showed her leaving Tria Market, where she worked. 

Kellisue Ackernecht

Whenever someone goes missing, and especially adults, rumors fly and facts tend to get distorted.  The case of missing mother Kellisue Ackernecht is no exception.  Finger pointing and innuendo have been continuous since the night Kellisue's car was found burning just three blocks from her home in Johnstown, New York on the night of September 30, 2008.

Her car was engulfed in flames, but there was no sign of  Kellisue anywhere, the car was completely destroyed and no evidence found at the scene that could answer the question of what happened to Kellisue that night.  She was last seen leaving her job around 9:45 PM, however, the street that her burning car was found on was not the usual route she would be taking home.  Her husband, Jayson Ackernecht, reported her missing to authorities in  the early hours of October 1, reportedly around the time that her car was discovered by police.

Kelliesue lost her parents at a young age, but has several concerned siblings.  They say that her relationship with Jayson was troubled but that Kellisue would not leave her husband without making arrangements for her young daughter.  Family members say that Kellisue and her daughter had a very tight bond between them, she was an excellent mother who cared well for her little girl.

Speculations in the media and the internet are running the gamut from some believing that her husband, Jayson, knows more than what he is telling, to the statement that she is alive and just took off with someone else.  No one knows, or is saying, who that someone else may be.   But the fact remains that it's unlikely that Kellisue would leave without her daughter.


Whatever resolution is found surrounding the evidence in this case, there is a little girl who cries for her mother, a little girl wondering why she was left behind, and a little girl who most likely will grow up without her.  Kellisue Achernecht literally vanished into thin air that night and it's important to this little girl that she knows her mother loved her.



Name:  Kellisue Ackernecht
Date of Birth:  12/16/1972
Date Missing:  09/30/2008
Age at time of disappearance:  35
City Missing From:  Johnstown
State Missing From:  New York
Gender:  Female
Race:  White
Height:  5′10″
Weight:  135lbs
Hair Color:  Auburn
Eye Color:  Brown
Identifying Characteristics:  Wears glasses and a wedding band on her left hand, was last seen wearing tan pants, new white sneakers, and a Rite-Aid apron. She has a patch on her right cheek
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Circumstances of Disappearance:  Kellisue was last seen September 30th leaving her job as a shift supervisor at an Amsterdam Rite Aid around 9:45 p.m. She was driving a 10-year-old Saturn sedan. Three hours later, police found the car engulfed in flames a few blocks from her Johnstown home, with no sign of Kellisue. The car was parked in an area neighbors call Frog Hollow, near the Rail Trail. Police said this street wasn’t the usual way Kellisue drove home. The car was completely destroyed by the fire
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Medical Conditions:  According to her husband, she takes medication for depression, but stopped taking it because  she disappeared.

Investigative Agency:  Johnstown Police Department
Agency Phone:   518 - 736-4021

Nakketa Smith

Del City, Oklahoma is the home of Tinker Air Force Base, just southeast of Oklahoma City. I remember watching the AWACS going in and out of the base when I lived there in the 80's. Del City was at opposite from my end of Oklahoma City which at the time was the second largest city in the country according to square mileage.

Nakketa Smith is the mother of 3 children and a foster child. That alone says to me that she knows motherly love,taking another's child and raising and loving it as your own shows that.

What happened in Del City on the night of September 13 that caused Nakketa to vanish? It is reported by authorities that there was a violent struggle in her home that night and signs that she was attacked. Where were her children when this attack on their mother was taking place?

Dontee Johnson, Nakketa's ex husband is noted as a person of interest in her disappearance. He is known to have stalked and threatened her life in the past and was detained when found driving her car with two of her children on board. He didn't go down easily and there was a scuffle where even a police officer was injured. He is actually in custody on other related charges of lewd acts with a child under 16.

Dontee Johnson is not looking too good in this. The pattern of domestic violence repeats itself again.

"She was afraid of him. She had a peace bond on him. He was threatening to kill her, her mother and the whole family," said Shirley Moore, Nakketa's aunt.


Nakketa's mother, Deborah King, pleads with locals to give up information she thinks they know. She feels there are people who know what happened to Nakketa that Friday night and is begging for them to come forward.

Texas Equusearch has come forward and sent teams to conduct thorough searches and are working with law enforcement agencies in the area to plot the likely places to search.

Nakketa's children are reported to be taking this extrememly hard, just as any child would who may have been witness to violence against a mother they love. Children are said to be resiliant in certain circumstances, but it has been my experience that no matter how long a mother is missing, that child can not move forward until she is located.

Another mother has vanished. Deborah King will not give up searching for her child until she is found. Nakketa's children deserve to know why their mother has vanished and be able to deal with what lays ahead for them.

When and who will break this pattern? When will children not have to suffer and fear the unknown?

When the cycle of domestic violence is finally broken.



UPDATE: NAKKETA SMITH HAS BEEN FOUND....

By Matt Dinger
Staff Writer
SPENCER - The body of a Del City woman missing since Sept. 13 was found about 10 p.m. Monday based on information provided by her ex-husband, the sheriff's office said
Missing Del City woman's body found...
The body of Nakketa Smith, 31, was found about 12 feet from the side of the road in the 4700 block of N Spencer Road in eastern Oklahoma County, said Sheriff John Whetsel, who was at the scene at about 11:30 p.m.

Del City Police Cpt. Jody Suit, who was also at the scene, said information gleaned from a conversation between ex-husband Dontee Johnson, 34, and a minister from Houston led law officers to the scene.

The body was removed about 12:30 a.m. today after the medical examiner arrived. At 1 a.m., officers were at another location about a mile away searching for evidence including bedding materials.

Suit said a minister with the New Black Panther Party talked to Johnson, who is in jail on an unrelated charge but is considered a suspect. Suit said Johnson provided the minister with details that led them to the body. The family was notified before the search began, Suit said.

A mounted search team, Texas EqquSearch, and other volunteers had looked for Smith over the weekend and on Monday,searching in Del City and in creek beds around Lake Stanley Draper. Smith's mother, Deborah King of Oklahoma City, and other friends and family members had formed large search parties and combed wooded areas and vacant buildings looking for Smith, vowing not to give up until she was found.

Suit said the minister, whom he identified as Quanell X, has worked before with Texas EqquSearch and was there at their request.

Police had found evidence in Smith's home in Del City that she was violently attacked. Johnson became the focus of the investigation after he was found driving her car with two of her children, Suit said earlier. Johnson is in custody on complaints of lewd acts with a child younger than 16.