Caitlyn Shannon -- Found Alive 9/25/10

Amber Alert for missing Knox County girl

September 25, 2010


KNOXVILLE (WATE) - An Amber Alert, upgraded from an earlier alert, is in effect for a 13-year-old Knox County girl taken from school by a convicted felon.

The sheriff's office says Caitlyn Shannon was last seen with her mother's ex-boyfriend, Michael Eugene Crockett, 46, on Monday, September 20.

Crockett took Caitlyn from Holston Middle School, telling the staff he was her step-father and they were moving to Florida.

A security officer says Crockett was allowed to sign Caitlyn out of school because he was on her emergency release card.

Read more: http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=13214376

AMBER ALERT: Missing 13-Year-Old Girl Last Seen With Convicted Felon

Contributor: Shane Myers
Last Update: 9/24 5:07 pm

Authorities believe the two may be headed to Mexico in Crockett’s 1999 black Mitsubishi Eclipse with Tennessee license plate number “550 WWF.”

Read more: http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story/AMBER-ALERT-Missing-13-Year-Old-Girl-Last-Seen/qXsKupPym0isCAeqwLk_8g.cspx

We have to fill out a new emergency card every year at my daughter's school. I'm not sure why Caitlyn's mother would have added her ex-boyfriend to her emergency card for this school year unless her school doesn't require a new card to be filled out every year. You need to keep track of who is on your child's emergency release card, and if someone in your life becomes dangerous, be sure to notify the school and have them removed from the card.

I don't know all the circumstances in this case, but these mothers need to quit bringing these dangerous lowlifes into their children's lives. Over and over again, we see children being harmed by mom's boyfriend.

I pray that Caitlyn is found unharmed.

I don't know why they say "may be headed to Mexico." Caitlyn was abducted five days ago and Crockett could have driven them to Mexico in less than a day.

Depending on what part of Mexico Crockett took Caitlyn to, he could have got there in under 21 hours according to Google maps if he took I-75 South through Tennessee, I-59 South through Alabama and Mississippi, then got on I-12 West near New Orleans and took various highways along the Gulf Coast through Texas to the northeastern part of Mexico. There are several routes that he could have taken that would have got them to various parts of Mexico in under 24 hours.

I pray that Caitlyn is found soon.

This is great news. I hope Caitlyn wasn't hurt in any way by this creep.

Canceled Amber Alert: Caitlyn Shannon – Knoxville,TN

Child has been safely recovered. Suspect is in custody.

http://www.amberalert.com/alerts/c3869cf90229918d13080ccfb8345b34-2/

Finally, some good news! Thanks, for posting J4A.... I, too, hope she doesn't have any lasting emotional or physical trauma caused by this criminal.

Knoxville teenager found; Amber Alert canceled

Posted September 26, 2010 at 6:49 p.m.

KNOXVILLE — An Amber Alert has been canceled after a teenage girl taken from a Knoxville school last week was found Saturday in Mississippi.

Caitlyn Shannon, 13, now is in state custody after being located at a motel in McComb, Miss., by U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement, according to Kristin Helm, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman.

Read more: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/sep/26/knoxville-amber-alert-has-been-canceled-after-teen/