:)
just trying to figure it all out...<g>
according to this article...
this chick has had multiple husbands, doesn't have custody...and yet they don't call her a suspect?
(apparently when the father went to pick up his son, he found him cold, dirty and hungry in a storage shed.)
abcnews.go.com
Father's Appeal
Ex-Wife, Roommate Sought
for Questioning in Son’s Abduction
By Chelsea J. Carter
The Associated Press
P A L M D E S E R T, Calif., Aug. 29 — The father of a kidnapped 9-year-old boy appealed today for the return of his son and urged his missing ex-wife to come forward.
"As soon as we can get him home I'd really be happy," Michael Farber told a televised news conference the day after he was beaten by two gunmen who barged into his home at 2 a.m. and took off with his son Nicholas.
"Before I knew it they had overcome me and given me a pretty good beating and taken my son away," he said.
Ex-Wife, Roommate Sought
Authorities were looking for Farber's ex-wife, Debra Rose, 38, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and her former roommate, Carla Bender. Officials, however, have not called them suspects.
"If my ex-wife is out there and she hasn't come forward, please come forward now," Farber said. He answered no questions.
Riverside County Sheriff-elect Bob Doyle said Nicholas' mother and Bender had not been seen since before the boy's abduction and could be traveling together.
"We are looking everywhere," Doyle said. "We do not know the location of Carla … at this time and we still do not know the location of Debra Rose."
Violent Abduction
Nicholas, the subject of a bitter custody dispute, was violently taken Wednesday morning from the Palm Desert home where he lived with his father. The kidnappers fled in a white sport utility vehicle, authorities said.
Debra Rose, 38, mother of 9-year-old Nicholas Michael Farber, and Carla Bender are sought for questioning. (ABCNEWS.com)
The public was urged to watch for another vehicle, however, Rose's new pickup.
The gray 2002 GMC extended-cab pickup with Colorado paper license plates with the number H12197 was not placed at the kidnap scene and could be anywhere in the West, said FBI Special Agent Richard Garcia.
Hours after the kidnapping, Doyle urged Rose to call authorities.
Doyle expanded his plea early today when he appeared before cameras and said authorities also were looking for Bender, who lived with Rose in Colorado Springs.
"I would ask Carla Bender if she sees this broadcast to please give us a call," he said.
It is believed that Bender is with her 12-year-old son Keenan, Doyle said.
Farber, 47, got Nicholas when Rose was arrested two weeks ago in Colorado and held for a day for allegedly violating a restraining order involving an ex-husband. An Orange County, Calif., court granted Farber temporary custody on Aug. 23 and a Sept. 5 hearing had been set on his bid for permanent custody.
Suspect Sketch
Investigators released a composite sketch of one suspect described as possibly Hispanic, 5-feet-8, 175 pounds, in his early 30s, with a medium build and a goatee, dressed in a dark sweat suit and carrying a dark-colored bag.
There was no composite sketch for the other gunman because he wore a nylon stocking or mask over his face. He was described only as 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds.
Michael Farber traveled to Colorado Springs this summer to find Nicholas, whom he tracked down through his ex-wife's fifth husband, Brent Landrum, according to child custody documents filed in Orange County Superior Court.
Another of Rose's ex-husbands, Stanley Rose, appeared in a Colorado Springs court today and was granted a permanent restraining order against her.
Stanley Rose's attorney, Jeffrey Watson, said his client was worried about Nicholas because he raised him between the ages of 2 and 8.
"His concern lies with the safety of Nicholas. He has a relationship with him even though he is not his biological father," Watson said.
Karyl Elliott, manager of Carla Bender's rented house, said the FBI searched the house Wednesday and removed items. Agents returned today to talk to neighbors.
Betty Blake, who lives across the street, said she never saw a woman living there. A clean-cut man in his 30s, who appeared to live there, offered her a ride to work in his beige van Sunday. She said the van was towed from the house Wednesday.
Bender was being evicted because she failed to pay any rent since signing a lease effective July 1. She failed to appear in court Wednesday for an eviction hearing.
No one answered at the house today. The shades were drawn, the lawn was brown and all the flowers dead. The eviction notice was posted on the front door.
Nicholas Michael Farber's Description
Age 9
Race Caucasian
Hair color Brown with blond highlights
Height 4 feet 5 inches
Weight 55 pounds
Last seen wearing Fruit of the Loom underwear |
