Leaona Wright, One Year Old, Missing Since June 6, 2015 -- Pendleton, S.C.

Search for missing 1-year-old in Pendleton called off (Video)

Child not found

By:  Kirk Brown

Posted: 12:56 PM, Jun 6, 2015
Updated: 9:35 PM, Jun 6, 2015

PENDLETON - The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of a 1-year-old girl from the Edgewood Square apartment complex.

http://www.independentmail.com/news/authorities-searching-for-missing-1yearold-in-pendleton_92494998?autoplay=true

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No major breaks' in disappearance of 1-year-old girl (Video)

By: Kirk Brown
Posted: 11:07 AM, Jun 7, 2015
Updated: 9:55 PM, Jun 7, 2015

PENDLETON — Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said there were “no major breaks” Sunday in the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of 1-year-old Leaona Wright.

For the second consecutive day, deputies armed with hatchets and machetes scoured the woods surrounding the apartments on Cherry Street where the child was last seen. Leaona was reported missing from the Edgewood Square complex in a 911 call at 9:47 a.m. Sunday.

“We just wanted to make sure that we came back and covered the area again,” Skipper said. “We didn’t find anything.”

“I always have hopes that we are going to find a victim alive so that is my continued hope through the rest of the night until we find something different,” Skipper said. But, he added, “If the child is out in the climate and the environment, the chances of them being alive are slim.”

Read more:

http://www.independentmail.com/news/investigators-sift-through-trash-in-search-for-missing-1-year-old

Search called off; toddler still missing

Anna Lee, zlee@greenvillenews.com 5:18 p.m. EDT June 9, 2015


Leaona Wright

More than 200 people combed the woods around a Pendleton apartment complex Saturday in search for a 1-year-old girl wearing a white nightie.

Hours later, the search for Leaona Wright was called off.

"We have covered the area as best we can tell, (but) we still haven't located the child," said Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper.

Authorities said Leaona may have wandered away from the apartment on 950 Cherry St. sometime between late Friday and early Saturday.

Another child is believed to have unlocked the front door and left it open while the mother's boyfriend was watching them, Skipper said.

He said multiple K-9 units, Sheriff's Office helicopters and search crews from Pickens and Oconee counties assisted with the search, concentrating within a 3/4-mile radius.

A reverse 911 message was also sent out to residents who lived within two miles, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The search was suspended shortly before 4 p.m.

Skipper said deputies are continuing to interview people and are following up on leads.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911.

Read more:

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2015/06/06/multiple-agencies-search-missing-year-old/28601049/

Crime Stoppers reward being offered in missing baby case (Videos)

Posted: Jun 06, 2015 9:47 AM CDT
Updated: Jun 09, 2015 3:05 PM CDT

By Heather Carpenter
and Amanda Shaw
and Dal Kalsi
and Joseph Pereira



Leaona Wright (Source: family)

PENDLETON, SC (FOX Carolina) - Numerous law enforcement agencies and local search and rescue teams have conducted six organized ground searches for 1-year-old Leaona Cheyanne Wright in the Pendleton area over a four-day span, but the baby has not been found.

On Tuesday, Anderson County deputies announced a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the child's safe return.

Deputies began searching for Leaona in a two-mile radius of Cherry Street on June 6 after she was reported missing around 10 a.m. She is described as a black female, 24" tall and weighing 29 pounds. She was last seen wearing a white sleeper t-shirt.

Lt. Josh Payne said witnesses told deputies an unsecured door to the family's residence was left open by a 3-year-old child and Leaona may have crawled away. According to the incident report, Leaona's mother and her boyfriend woke up to find the front door of the apartment open and the child missing. Apartment building A of Edgewood Square Apartments was taped off on Saturday.

FOX Carolina spoke with Leaona's grandmother mother Julia Sullivan on Monday who said her daughter had just started walking about two weeks ago.

~Snipped~

Anyone with information in this case is asked to contact the Anderson County Sheriff's Office at 864-260-4400 or Crime Stoppers at 1888-CRIME-SC..

Read more:

http://www.14news.com/story/29255271/deputies-search-for-missing-pendleton-child

One-year-old baby girl missing, door left open?

HLN  

Published on Jun 9, 2015
A South Carolina baby has now been missing for four days, and authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating her. Leaona Wright, 1, disappeared on Saturday morning, after her three-year-old sister reportedly left the door open to the family’s Pendleton, South Carolina apartment. At one point, authorities searched a nearby waste disposal transfer station, but no trace of the missing child has yet been found. Anyone with any information about baby Leaona is asked to call 1-888-CRIME SC (274-6372). For more information please visit http://www.hlntv.com/video/2015/06/09...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqMAkQOdOzE

Alessandra_Deux wrote:Search called off; toddler still missing

Anna Lee, zlee@greenvillenews.com 5:18 p.m. EDT June 9, 2015


Leaona Wright

More than 200 people combed the woods around a Pendleton apartment complex Saturday in search for a 1-year-old girl wearing a white nightie.

Hours later, the search for Leaona Wright was called off.

"We have covered the area as best we can tell, (but) we still haven't located the child," said Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper.

Authorities said Leaona may have wandered away from the apartment on 950 Cherry St. sometime between late Friday and early Saturday.

Another child is believed to have unlocked the front door and left it open while the mother's boyfriend was watching them, Skipper said.

He said multiple K-9 units, Sheriff's Office helicopters and search crews from Pickens and Oconee counties assisted with the search, concentrating within a 3/4-mile radius.

A reverse 911 message was also sent out to residents who lived within two miles, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The search was suspended shortly before 4 p.m.

Skipper said deputies are continuing to interview people and are following up on leads.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911.

Read more:

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2015/06/06/multiple-agencies-search-missing-year-old/28601049/

BBM
1. White Nightie (Remember this)
2. Mother's BOYFRIEND and blame it on the other child (EYEROLL with INTENSE ANGER, here we go again folks.)
I'm calling BS right now!

Alessandra_Deux wrote:Crime Stoppers reward being offered in missing baby case (Videos)

Posted: Jun 06, 2015 9:47 AM CDT
Updated: Jun 09, 2015 3:05 PM CDT

By Heather Carpenter
and Amanda Shaw
and Dal Kalsi
and Joseph Pereira



Leaona Wright (Source: family)

PENDLETON, SC (FOX Carolina) - Numerous law enforcement agencies and local search and rescue teams have conducted six organized ground searches for 1-year-old Leaona Cheyanne Wright in the Pendleton area over a four-day span, but the baby has not been found.

On Tuesday, Anderson County deputies announced a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the child's safe return.

Deputies began searching for Leaona in a two-mile radius of Cherry Street on June 6 after she was reported missing around 10 a.m. She is described as a black female, 24" tall and weighing 29 pounds. She was last seen wearing a white sleeper t-shirt.

Lt. Josh Payne said witnesses told deputies an unsecured door to the family's residence was left open by a 3-year-old child and Leaona may have crawled away. According to the incident report, Leaona's mother and her boyfriend woke up to find the front door of the apartment open and the child missing. Apartment building A of Edgewood Square Apartments was taped off on Saturday.

FOX Carolina spoke with Leaona's grandmother mother Julia Sullivan on Monday who said her daughter had just started walking about two weeks ago.

~Snipped~

Anyone with information in this case is asked to contact the Anderson County Sheriff's Office at 864-260-4400 or Crime Stoppers at 1888-CRIME-SC..

Read more:

http://www.14news.com/story/29255271/deputies-search-for-missing-pendleton-child

First bold by AD:
Reported missing around 10am. Little one's get up early so it takes these people till 10am to look for this poor baby girl and then decide to call 911. (Once again, I'm calling BS.)
In my post above I said (remember this)? So now the "white nighty" has turned into a "white sleeper t-shirt". (No not buying it.)

My bold
1. 3 year old UNLOCKS the door and the baby CRAWLS OUT and lo and behold she started walking 2 WEEKS AGO (so I guess she can crawl and toddle right out of the house with her 3 year old sibling helping by unlocking and leaving the door open)...EYEROLL. (I'm telling you, LIES, all lies. Boiling mad!)

Search for missing baby moves 12+ miles from her home, sheriff says

1-year-old missing since Saturday

UPDATED 7:45 PM EDT Jun 10, 2015

By Liz Lohuis
By Mandy Gaither

PENDLETON, S.C. —The search for a missing Upstate baby was relocated Wednesday to an area nearly 13 miles from her home, Sheriff John Skipper said.

At about 10 a.m., the search for 1-year-old Leaona Wright moved to Cedar Grove Road, Skipper said.

Sheriff's Office officials said Cedar Grove Road is where Travis Jones, the live-in boyfriend of Wright's mother, has family.

Read more:

http://www.wyff4.com/news/deputies-search-for-underway-for-missing-1yearold-toddler/33436546

New information released in missing baby case

Leona wright missing since Saturday

UPDATED 3:36 PM EDT Jun 11, 2015

By Carla Field, Digital Managing Editor

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. —Deputies say they have been given inconsistent information in the investigation into the disappearance of 1-year-old Leaona Wright.

Sheriff’s investigators say they believed early on that the reported circumstances of the baby's disappearance were not accurate.

Lt. Sheila Cole said inconsistencies in stories from Leaona's mother, Kiara Sullivan, and her boyfriend, Travis Jones, led them to the new revelations.

To hear an interview with the baby's mother in which she says the 1-year-old was "never there," click here.

Since then, they have tried to piece together an accurate picture. Investigators say they now know that the baby's 3-year-old sibling did not open the front door and allow Leaona to crawl outside, as was originally reported to deputies.

Investigators also believe Leaona was not there when her mother arrived home at 5:30 a.m. Saturday.

Read more:

http://www.wyff4.com/news/New-information-released-in-missing-baby-case/33530510

Reporters, Photographers Threatened As Mother Of Missing 1-Year-Old Leaves Jail
By Rachelle Spence Published: June 30, 2015, 4:04 pm Updated: July 2, 2015, 4:43 am

UPDATE: As Kiara Sullivan bonded out of jail for an assault and battery charge Wednesday night, those picking her up threatened reporters.  One woman even assaulted a news photographer.  See the violent confrontation in the video above.

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Kiara Sullivan, the mother of missing child Leaona Wright, has been arrested and charged with unlawful neglect of a child in an unrelated case by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies say her 3-year-old child tested positive for THC, Meth, and Cocaine.

They say Sullivan and Travis Jones also tested positive for those drugs. Jones has also been charged with unlawful neglect of a child and has admitted to using drugs while caring for the 3-year-old child.

Read more:  http://wspa.com/2015/06/30/mother-of-missing-baby-charged-with-unlawful-neglect-of-a-child/

ACSO: DSS takes custody of missing baby's siblings
Bond court for both suspects will be on Wednesday
UPDATED 5:24 AM EDT Jul 01, 2015

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. —The Department of Social Services now has custody of the siblings of missing baby Leaona Wright, according to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office.

Officials said they removed a 3-year-old from the home where the child disappeared and also took custody of a 6-year-old who was living with the missing baby's grandmother.

Read more:  http://www.wyff4.com/news/vigil-held-for-missing-baby-as-new-revelations-in-the-case-are-revealed/33530510

Deputies search an area of lake in Townville for missing Leaona Wright
Leaona Wright, 1, has been missing since June 6
UPDATED 4:29 AM EDT Jul 20, 2015

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. —Anderson County deputies confirmed they searched an area of Lake Hartwell in Townville Thursday for missing 1-year-old, Leaona Wright.

Sheila Cole, of the Anderson County Sheriff's Office said deputies are doing what they can to re-check areas.

"Since we have not received any new tips in the case involving missing baby Leona Wright, investigators are doing what they can to re-check previous areas of interest," Cole said.

Read more:  http://www.wyff4.com/news/rally-planned-for-answers-in-babys-disappearance/33612572