ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Ruby Zavala is missing and Jesus Ramirez remains wanted. Ruby Zavala is the 14 year old girl kidnapped by an alleged “obsessed” man. Jesus Ramirez, 23, is accused by police of allegedly being “obsessed” with Ruby. But the case is far more complicated than that. The two have reportedly dated before.

Yesterday, police assert that Jesus Ramirez allegedly abducted Ruby Zavala, her mother and her aunt from church. The tension erupted at Saint Michael’s Catholic Church at 1403 E. First St. in Mount Pleasant shortly after 1 pm yesterday. At knife point, Jesus took all three women hostage.

Today, Mount Pleasant Police Chief Wayne Isbell is asking the public’s assistance. The case is unusual because Jesus Ramirez, who is 23 years ago, allegedly dated Ruby Zavala, 14, in the past. But the two kept the matter secret from others.

But police confirm to news that Ruby did not go with Jesus willingly. Jesus let the two other women go free later yesterday. But since then, his whereabouts with the 14 year old remain unknown. Police tell news that Jesus is 5′9” and was last wearing a black baseball hat.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Brenda Heist has been found 11 years after his disappearance, alive but confused. Brenda Heist abandoned her family in Lititz, Pennsylvania in 2002. And while police have yet to determine why she ran away, it is clear that Heist has not spoken to her family ever since.

Back in Lititz on February 2002, Brenda Heist was believed to be going through an amiable divorce proceeding. At least that is how local investigators perceived the situation. Brenda dropped off her young children at school one fateful day. Thereafter, she learned bad news about a housing application.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A cheerleader’s body has been found. Hailey Dunn, a Texas cheerleader missing since 2010, has been found in West Texas, officials tell news today.

The cheerleader went missing in Colorado City in 2010. She was last spotted near her home. The Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Rangers and FBI investigators tell news today that the remains they found back on March 16, 2013 came back with a positive identification as belonging to Hailey.

The Scurry County Sheriff’s Office still do not have a cause of death. They have not categorized the case as a homicide yet. The testing was aided by the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification for DNA analysis.

Connie Jones tells news today “At least now we can get some closure. We can bury her. She can go home to her maker. She can be at peace.”

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A missing student body may have been found. Sunil Tripathi’s, a missing Brown University student, might have been found in a river late yesterday. Officials are conducting testing to make a final determination. The Rhode Island medical examiner’s office will test the body found recovered late yesterday and compares those tests against the 22 year old philosophy major.

Sunil Tripathi has been missing since March 16. The resident of Radnor, PA was a Brown University student at the time. Officials had focused their search efforts in Providence but could not locate the student in recent weeks. Her family has told news that it was simply “atypical” for Sunil to disappear. Moreover, Sunil cell phone and wallet were found left at home after his disappearance.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A missing family has been found in the Florida Everglades. The Schreck family from Akron, Ohio has been found safe after disappearing Thursday. They had departed on an airboat trip late yesterday. By 3 pm Thursday the family had lost contact with authorities.

Florida Fish and Wildlife officials tell news today that the missing family was found safe after a massive search and rescue effort. Rescued today were Scott Schreck, 44; Carie, 42; and sons Drew, 9; Luke, 7; and Zane, who is between 3 and 4. The family were found unharmed.

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