Houston Refuses Search For Missing Persons

Submerged Vehicles May Contain Secrets

The city of Houston refuses to pull vehicles that may contain missing persons out of the hundreds of miles of bayous surrounding the city.

Tim Miller, founder of a non-profit seach organization called Texas Equusearch, which has helped find hundreds of missing people, both dead and living that the police have been unable to find, wants Houston to remove vehicles located in bayous as a possible solucion to some of the cold missing persons case files.  There are over 130 targets which contain vehicles and possibly contain bodies, according to sonar experts from Equusearch.

The City of Houston says it is simply too expensive to pull all the vehicles out of the bayous.  When it comes to a missing family member, though, that is a hard argument to make with the families.  If even one of those vehicles contains a person who is missing, most families feel the cost is warranted.  There is also a significant environmental benefit to pulling vehicles loaded with toxic materials out of major waterways.

Texas Equusearch uses high technology to accomplish what police often cannot, the return of a loved one.  The organization has used sonar to locate missing people in high profile cases.  Miller's organization recently attacked the Federal Aviation Administration for it's over-regulation of drones which have been effective in finding missing people.  Ralph Baird headed the equusearch portion of a private search for the historic schooner Nina after extensive delays by New Zealand turned the potential search grid into the milkey way.

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Are Missing People In Houston Bayous?

Tim Miller, founder of Texas Eqqusearch, says there may be missing people in vehicles at the bottom of Houston Bayous.  The theory makes a lot sense.  

Miller says there are at least 127 known vehicles sitting at the bottom of the bayous.  Miller and his organization, including sonar expert Ralph Baird, have found many vehicles the city of Houston is not aware of.  While some of the vehicles may have been pushed into the bayous as a prank or a way to get rid of an unwanted clunker, certainly, not all of the vehicles qualify as pranks.

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Unfortunately, not all Houston officials are in agreement about removing the vehicles to determine whether they contain a missing person.  Houston Police Chief, Charles McClellend, says he doubts any of the 127 vehicles contains a body.

Presumably, most of the vehicles, if not all of them, contain hazardous material including oil, gasoline, acid and other chemicals which are unfriendly to the environment.  But removing the vehicles could be unfriendly to the City's pocketbook if the estimate of $500,000 to remove the vehicles proves true.  

Of course, there is the human toll which should not be forgotten.  Recovering the remains of a missing person is part of the natural grieving process.  Until the vehicles are recovered, some people will always see the bayous as a holding the secret to the disappearance of a loved one.  At that point, money should not be a consideration.

Texas Equusearch is a private, non-profit, organization which has used high technology to find people the police and military have been unable to locate.  The majority of the people Equusearch finds are alive.

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Islamic State Butchers Another

The Islamic State, ISIS, put another nail in it's own coffin as it butchered another innocent person, David Haines, from Great Briton.

The video, lasting 2 minutes 27 seconds was produced by the al Furqan Media Foundation in an attempt to sway public opinion against U.S. policy.  

In reality, the butchering of innocent third parties and producing garish videos has had the opposite effect. Many who have encouraged the U.S. to use it's military force judiciously are now advocating for Western intervention against an open and hostile threat not only to Western views, but to Islamic views.  ISIS does not represent main stream Islamic thinking and poses a threat to all people seeking peace throughout the world.

The videos are reminiscent of Viet Nam era videos in which prisoners of the North Viet Nam terror regime forced prisoners to recite anti-American statements.  Common sense and later account by the prisoners themselves revealed the statements were made under duress.  Clearly, the victims of brutal repression who are forced to denounce Western powers oppose those who then end their lives in a grisly depiction of supposed Islamic hate.

Standing behind Haines is a man with an accent similar to the one who executed Steven Joel Sotloff and James Wright.  The speaker claims England's alliance with the U.S. would "hasten it's destruction."

Western powers started their alliance against brutal dictators and despots.  The ISIS terrorist threat simply represents the latest in the assault of free thinking people.

Information for this report is based upon information from SITE media.

TRANSCRIPT

[David Cameron]

We have to stick to the very clear foreign policy and the very clear strategy we have, which is to work with the new Iraqi government to help make sure the Kurds get the arms they need to fight off these brutal, extremist militants, to work with our allies, and as I've said to use everything we have - our aid, our diplomacy, and our military prowess - to make sure that with our allies we do everything we can to put pressure on Islamic State, the supporting organization...

0:35

[Text]

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

A Message to the Allies of America

0:50

My name is David Cawthorne Haines. I would like to declare that I hold you, David Cameron, entirely responsible for my execution. You entered voluntarily into a coalition with the United States against the Islamic State, just as your predecessor Tony Blair did, following a trend amongst our British prime ministers who can't find the courage to say no to the Americans. Unfortunately, it is we the British public that in the end will pay for the price for our parliament's selfish decisions.

1:25

[Executioner]

This British man has to pay the price for your promise to Cameron to arm the Peshmerga against the Islamic State. Ironically, he has spent a decade of his life serving under the brutal air force that is responsible for delivering those arms. Your evil alliance with America, which continues to strike the Muslims of Iraq and most recently bombed the Haditha Dam, will only accelerate your destruction, and playing the role of the obedient lapdog, Cameron, will only drag you and your people into another bloody and unwinnable war.

[Executioner stands with another Briton, Alan Henning]

If you Cameron insist on fighting the Islamic State then you, like your master, Obama, will have the blood of your people on your hands.

Miller Sues Alleged Murderer

Tim Miller from the JB Mission.com

Dickinson, Texas August 27th, 2014 Timothy Miller, the founder of Texas EquuSearch, filed a $110 million wrongful death lawsuit against Clyde E. Hedrick in the death of his 16-year-old daughter, Laura Lynn Miller in Galveston County. The civil lawsuit filed by Dickinson Attorney Wilbur "Pete" Dunten alleges Hedrick is responsible for his willing and
intentional murder of Laura in League City, Texas in September 1984. Although Hedrick has never been charged, Miller has worked closely with investigators and believes Hedrick will be held accountable in her death.

"We filed this wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of our client Tim Miller today, and hope to give some semblance of justice in this horrible event. We know that nothing can ever give a parent justice in these circumstances, but at least it is a step in the right direction. Maybe it will move the justice system in the direction of a final resolution to the perpetrator of this
horrendous crime," Dunten said.

Laura, who disappeared from a pay phone in League City on September 10, 1984, was found deceased 17 months later in a wooded area off Calder Road in League City. Her remains were scattered in a remote area where three other females' remains were also found. This location became known as a dumping ground for victims and was later featured in the movie, "Texas Killing Fields."

In a sense, Miller is like the famous show host, John Walsh, who produced "America's Most Wanted", and whose son was abducted and murdered. Walsh chases criminals while Miller helps locate the victims, both living and deceased. However, in this case, Miller chases criminals, too. 

"I feel as though it was Clyde from the very beginning and now he has been convicted on Ellen's death. I have no doubt in my mind Clyde is responsible for Laura, Heidi, and Jane Doe's deaths. And I will continue to fight to get him indicted and convicted in their deaths. Maybe a $110 million lawsuit
seems unreasonable to some, but at this time we will find any assets, properties, etc. Clyde owns and certainly do our best to seize any of his assets," Miller said.  "And I am going to do everything I am capable of doing within the limits of the law to make sure Clyde does not profit from any books, movies or any memorabilia while he is incarcerated."

Hedrick, who lived on the same street as Miller at the time of Laura's disappearance, is currently incarcerated in a Texas prison serving a 20-year sentence for second degree murder in the death of another woman, Ellen Rae Beason. The  Beason trial was held in Galveston County in March 2014, 30
years after Ellen's disappearance.

For more information please contact Tim Miller at 281-960-6183.

Source: Texas EquuSearch
EquuSearch Website: www.TXEQ.org

Oklahoma Teen Matthew Durham Accused of Sex Charges

A 19 year old Edmond, Oklahoma, man is being held in a U.S. jail for sexually molesting multiple children at an African orphanage.  Matthew Lane Durham made several trips as a missionary and aid worker to a Kenyan orphanage, the Upendo Children's Home in Nairobi, in support of their efforts to help children in that country.  

On Durham's last trip from April though June of 2014, he asked to stay in an over-flow bunk area, instead of at an off site location.  An aid became suspicious and confronted some of the children, who told the aid worker of Durham's activities.  

An Orphanage in  Juja, Nairobi

Durham was then questioned by one of Upendo founders, who confiscated his passport.  The founder used her cell phone to take a video of her interview with Durham as he recounted his exploits with the children.  He allegedly confessed to problems with homosexuality and pornography.   When the confession became more than the founder could bear, she asked Durham to write a confession, which Durham allegedly did.

From that point, Kenyan officials were notified at the police station in Juja.  The Juja  officials had some of the children submit to medical examinations.  They gave Durham his passport back and he fled to the U.S.

According to allegations, Durham had sexual contact with both boys and girls aged four to ten.  Some of the boys were allegedly asked to perform oral sex on Durham.  Others were asked to fondle themselves while Durham watched.  One of the girls Durham allegedly molested is HIV positive.  Many of the acts occurred in the group home's bathroom.

AIDS is not a homosexual disease in Africa.  Instead, it has rampaged through heterosexual transmission via prostitutes.  Children of infected mothers are often victims of AIDS.

Durham is 19 years old.  He faces a potential life sentence.  

U.S. residents often believe they can molest children with impunity in foreign countries.  Thailand, for example, has been a famous destination for pedophiles.  However, the U.S. has passed laws making the mere travel with the intent of molesting children a crime, in part as a result of the appeal of third world countries to help stop sex tourism and sex trafficking.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement division is often involved in the investigation and apprehension of sex tourists.  Scott Lobb of the Federal Bureau of Investigation was involved in this investigation.  Durham came under scrutiny in the U.S. after the alleged hand written letter was turned over to the consular division.  They notified the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Criminal Investigative Office.

Durham is charged with traveling to engage in illicit sexual conduct; engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places; attempt and conspiracy; and aggravated sexual abuse with children.

According to law, all persons accused are presumed innocent until proven guilty.  Durham's attorney has indicated the charges are not solid.  The truth will be found through the legal process.  At least today there is recourse for victims of sex tourism through U.S. criminal channels.

Sources from KATY and the Associated Press were used in preparing portions of this article.