Nicole Fields: Single Mother Vanished from Orlando, Florida (FOUND)

Intimate partner violence may have played a part in the recent disappearance of Nicole Fields from Orlando, Florida on Thursday, November 4, 2011 after attending a 9 a.m. hearing at the Osceola County Courthouse.  She had attended a custody hearing trying to get back child support from Steven Louis, her estranged boyfriend, and has not been seen or heard from since that time.

A strange twist, Steven Louis was found in Key West, FL driving the vehicle belonging to Nicole Fields. As police were in pursuit, Louis crashed the car and is now hospitalized with non life threatening injuries.  He will be questioned about circumstances surrounding her disappearance.

Louis had a 2008 aggravated domestic violence charge, which was later dropped.  Family members of Nicole Fields admitted to reporters that Nicole was the victim of that charge.  She had other incidents of violence at the hands of Louis, at one point taking out an order of protection.

According to news reports, Fields' mother called the Sheriff's Office early Friday morning. She became alarmed Thursday when, for the first time ever, Fields did not pick up her two daughters from a babysitter and did not answer her cell phone.

The family is certain Nicole Fields is in grave danger.

Nicole's mother, Sherri, said her daughter regularly called her four to five times a day. But she hasn't had a call since Nicole went to the hearing Thursday.

Nicole's family is taking care of her younger daughter, Kaliya, 2, who is Louis' child. Nicole's older daughter, Nyomi, 8, is with her father.

Nicole Fields is described as a white female, approximately 5-feet-4 inches tall, 150 lbs., with waist-length blond hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Osceola County Sheriff's Office at (407) 348-2222 or Crimeline at (800) 423-TIPS (8477).

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-missing-mom-osceola-20111104,0,3443571.story

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57318902-504083/single-fla-mom-missing-after-custody-hearing-possibly-in-danger-say-police/#comments

http://www.wesh.com/news/29683504/detail.html

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/osceola_news/110411-deputies-looking-for-missing-woman

UPDATE

Missing Woman's Body Found on Tip From Estranged Boyfriend

November 10, 2011
The estranged boyfriend of a missing Orlando woman helped lead deputies to an area where her dead body was found Thursday, Osceola County deputies said.

Nicole Fields, 26, was found behind an abandoned house at 612 Robin Lane in Poinciana, deputies said. Deputies consider her death a homicide, but the cause has not yet been determined. 

http://www.theledger.com/article/20111110/NEWS/111119936?Title=Missing-Woman-s-Body-Found-on-Tip-From-Estranged-Boyfriend

Karen Johnson Swift: Mother of Four Missing From Tennessee (FOUND)

Doing all the right things, friends and family of Karen Johnson Swift, are looking desperately for clues.  Last seen by her husband around 1:30am on October 30, 2011, near Dyersburg, TN, her car was found approximately a mile away with a flat tire around 5:30am the same morning.

According to news reports, her family says she is athletic, runs several miles per day, and could have been walking away from the car back to her home.  Karen Swift owns a landscaping business and had plans made for future jobs, so it's unlikely that she was willing to walk away from her life, as well as her four children.

A Facebook page has been set up to assist in getting information out to the nation, as well as media outlets, to help investigators gather leads and tips.  There is also a printable flyer there:

"Authorities need anybody whom might have seen a 2004 White Nissan Murano between the hours of 1:30am - 5:50am early Sunday morning Oct. 30 in the Millsfield Hwy area or ANYWHERE in Dyersburg, Dyer County, surrounding counties, the Bootheel of Missouri and Caruthersville areas. In a 3 hour time span, of Karen's last unknown whereabouts NOTHING will be too small. If you can place her car on Millsfield Hwy earlier than 5:50am that helps narrow down the timeline. PLEASE share this and hopefully somebody saw SOMETHING associated with her vehicle somewhere here. Please call the Dyer County Sheriff's Department 731-285-2802 with that information no matter how small you think it is because it is still critical!" 

The Dyer County Sheriff's Office has been conducting aerial searches, and sent out search dogs on the ground sniffing for clues in the disappearance of the mother of four. Swift's SUV has already been sent to the TBI crime lab in Nashville for forensic processing.

In an interview with her parents, Karen Swift's father, Gary Johnson says, "She is a great mom and works hard," Johnson said. "She's a sweet person, real nice, gets along with everybody."  Swift's two sons are in college and her daughters are 7 and 9 years old. Johnson said his youngest granddaughter "just cries" and "won't hardly eat."

Authorities report that Karen Johnson Swift and her husband are in the process of a divorce, he has been questioned in her disappearance, but at this time is not considered a suspect.  According to Sheriff Jeff Box, "We don't have any evidence that would actually state that there is foul play but we don't have any evidence to state there's not either,' said Sheriff Box.

One news report states that Karen Swift arrived at the home late Saturday night and "dropped off" her children.  It also states that her husband spoke to her in the stairwell, then went on to bed.  There are still many gaps in the story and questions to be asked, but, at this point in the investigation, authorities are concentrating their efforts on searches for Karen Swift and gathering leads.

Vital Information about Karen Swift Johnson:

Age: 44

Race: White

Hair: Blonde

Eyes: Green

Height: 5' 5"

Weight 138 lbs.

Anyone who has had contact with Swift, recalls seeing anyone near her vehicle since her disappearance, or has information regarding her whereabouts to contact the Dyer County Sheriff's Office at 731-285-2802.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-missing-tennessee/story?id=14867155#.TrJufEOXu_G

http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/tennessee/karen-swift-reported-missing-in-dyer-county-rpt-20111101

http://www.kfvs12.com/story/15940482/search-continues-for-missing-dyer-county-mom

http://www.stategazette.com/story/1779590.html

UPDATE

Karen Swift Body Identified by TBI

Dyer County, TN - The remains of a body found in rural Dyer County on Saturday have been identified as those of 44 year old Karen Swift. Swift has been missing for more than a month.

Authorities had cordoned off an area of Harness Road near Highway 78 for most of Saturday afternoon and evening, where the decomposed body was found.

The body was then sent to the Regional Forensic Center in Memphis for an autopsy and identification according to The Associated Press.

"Frost and winter conditions killed the vegetation, making the body visible within a few feet," according to Dyer County Sheriff Jeff Box

"We plan to rely on dental records to help identify the body," Box told My Fox Memphis.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agent John Mehr confirmed late this morning that the remains have been identified as Karen Swift.

Mehr told the Associated Press that authorities are treating the case as a homicide.

Swift was last seen after picking up her daughter at a Halloween party in late October. The mother of four was last seen on October 30th and authorities later found her 2004 Nissan Murano on Millsfield Highway with a flat tire.

Kyna Warren: Mother of Four Missing from Texas(FOUND SAFE)

34-year-old Kyna Warren's family is sending a message to the mother of four who they reported missing Sept. 14, days after they last saw her.

The family of Warren says they are falling apart since she went missing, but they are trying to stay positive.

Michael Trahan reads the last text message he received from his missing daughter everyday.

He hasn't heard from his daughter since she sent him the text message two days after she went missing that said, "I hope you get this...".

"My heart was racing when I got the text, and when I texted back, 'Please get to a phone any other phone, just let us know you're okay.' and still no response," said Trahan.

Trahan says he is trying to keep positive, but it's not like her to just disappear.

"That's not her, she won't just run, not with the kids."

The Beaumont woman left her four children with her mother on Sept. 7 while she went to visit a friend in San Antonio for her birthday. They or police aren't sure she even made it to San Antonio.

A week passed with no word from Warren so they called police.

"I'm about falling apart. I can't hardly sleep, completely worried. I don't know what to do," said Trahan.

More than a month later, police still have no leads, and Warren's 15-year-old son Taydren Williams says he and his siblings are starting to share their grandfather's emotions.

"I can't sleep that good, you now, and school is kind complicated... Like I said, I just pray," said Williams.

Remaining hopeful, Williams sends a message to his mother: "Call us, you know. We doing everything we can to find you, and we just want to hear from you. Even if you don't come back, just call us, and let us know you're alright," said Williams.

It's a message this family never dreamed they'd give. The family has really pulled together, posting flyers everywhere between Beaumont and San Antonio. They have made Facebook pages, and posted her picture on missing person websites.

Warren is four foot 11 inches tall. She is about 115 pounds. She drives a 1999 purple Plymouth Breeze that's faded on the hood, trunk and top.

The license plate number is BL1X221.

Anyone with information on Warren's whereabouts is asked to call the police department at 409-880-3865 or Crime Stoppers at 409-833-TIPS.

http://www.cbs19.tv/category/186164/southeast-texas-news?redirected=true 

: http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Police-looking-for-missing-Beaumont-woman-2222966.php#ixzz1ceGloLx6

http://www.12newsnow.com/story/15710559/family-asking-for-help-finding-missing-womanhttp://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Police-looking-for-missing-Beaumont-woman-2222966.php

UPDATE

Missing Beaumont mother makes contact with family members

Nov.26, 2011

http://www.kcentv.com/story/16121754/mis

The family of a Beaumont woman missing since September says she called Thursday to say she was alive and safe.

34-year-old Kyna Warren was reported missing Sept. 14, just days after her family last saw her.

The Beaumont woman left her four children with her mother on Sept. 7 while she went to visit a friend in San Antonio for her birthday; they or police aren't sure she even made it to San Antonio.

Warren's grandmother Margie Trahan tells 12 News that she received a call around 7:15 Thursday morning from a woman stating that she was with Kyna and that Kyna was ok. Trahan says her granddaughter then picked up the phone, told her she had not been kidnapped and asked about her children.

Trahan says Kyna Warren's father, Michael, traveled to Dallas, spoke to his daughter in person, and confirmed that she is indeed safe.

Trahan says she does not know many details about where her granddaughter has been for the past two months, but she is just happy that Kyna is safe and will soon return to Beaumont.