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Time of India
2 days ago
- Time of India
Hunt for missing 17-year-old Hannah Osborn intensifies; mysterious car spotted near home sparks conspiracy theories
In a tragic incident, a 17-year-old girl from Bradford, Hannah Osborn, has been missing for over a week after she was last seen leaving her father's home in Jackson County on Saturday night. Her disappearance has left the family deeply concerned, and they are desperate for answers. Her parents worry about foul play being involved and are urging anyone with information to come forward as the search intensifies. She was last seen on August 10, 2025. Hannah's father has also issued a desperate plea as a search is underway for his daughter. According to HT, the family of the missing is speculating that she may have met someone on Snapchat and cites that foul play could be involved. Hunt for Hannah intensifies after a conspiracy theory surfaces According to The Mirror US, Hannah's father said, 'She's beautiful. She's caring. She has a big heart and is just beautiful on the inside and out. She's a great person. We just want our daughter back. We would like to have her back home. But more importantly, I just need to know she's alive and okay." Hannah's missing matters because the news came just after another teenage girl failed to return home after going swimming and was later found dead. The late girl's father explained that his daughter used to be active on Snapchat and had met up with people with whom she used to speak on the messaging app in the past. 'She's had problems with being on that Snapchat and meeting people out of town and things, but Hannah has always come home,' he said. Car conspiracy theory: Vehicles spotted outside Hannah's house The Mirror US report further noted that according to Hannah's father, Osborn was last seen at 7:40 on Saturday night at her father's home near County Road Seven. Following this, "There were some vehicles spotted on my road about the time that she left," he added. "It leads me to believe there might be some foul play, some drug activity around my neighbourhood." However, Osborn's parents are not really sure which vehicle she got into or if she got into one at all. They are trying to follow up on all leads as they desperately try to find answers. Osborn's missing case reignites the mission to raise awareness about missing children Colleen Nick, Director and CEO of the Morgan Nick Foundation, addressed Hannah Osborn's disappearance, drawing from her own experience after her daughter was abducted in 1995. She's since dedicated her life to advocating for missing children. Nick urged anyone with information to reach out, emphasising the need to ensure Hannah is safe, supported, and knows her loved ones want to hear from her.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee reflects on Morgan Nick case
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is looking back, remembering Morgan Nick, the efforts to find her, and the hope that still lingers despite the decades gone by. It's a call to never forget. 'I think every parent in Arkansas had this immediate sense of not just grief but a deep ache in our hearts as parents to know that this mother had her child at a ballgame, and then she was gone,' Huckabee said. Gone for 30 years as of June 9, 1995. 'I just remember on the night that this happened, and, of course, the news broke the next day,' Huckabee said. 'I was Lt. Governor when the story came out about Morgan Nick's abduction.' The following year, Huckabee was elected as the 44th governor of Arkansas, maintaining a strong connection to the case and the Nick family. 'I was able to meet Colleen fairly soon after all this happened, [and] I have remained in touch with her all these years. She's one of the most remarkable people I've ever met,' Huckabee said. Remarkable and determined, Colleen Nick continues her fight and hasn't given up on getting answers about her daughter's disappearance. 'I think many of us wanted to encourage Colleen. It turns out she was the one who encouraged us,' Huckabee said. All while helping others at the same time through the Morgan Nick Foundation, which assists with more than 1,000 missing person cases each year, turning her worst fear into a tool for other parents going through a similar case. 'I was blown away that here was a mother who had been looking for her daughter and had no idea where she was or if she was safe. But she didn't curl up in a fetal position and give up. She took her energy, and she started using it—first, obviously, to find Morgan, but then to say to parents, 'Here are things you need to be aware of. Don't let your child out of your sight. Make sure you have a good understanding of your surroundings,'' Huckabee said. 'It was very obvious that without Colleen and her advocacy for missing children, some of these important pieces of legislation would never have happened.' One of those was Megan's Law, which requires authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders. 'I just think that anything that a legislative body can do, whether it's to increase the penalties, more resources to law enforcement, to do a better job at being able to quickly identify those who have been abducted [is necessary],' Huckabee said. 'We won't stop till we find her': Driven by Morgan Nick case, Arkansas forms cold case units The most recent bill passed in the Natural State, Senate Bill 371, recognizes the Morgan Nick Foundation. The law establishes a new reporting system for missing children who do not meet the minimum reporting criteria to issue an Arkansas Amber Alert. 'How do you say no to a mother who comes to the state capitol, who shares her story with such a level of articulation and eloquence, and yet does it not with anger, not with bitterness, but just with the broken heart of a mother who now wants to make sure that no one else ever has to experience it,' Huckabee said. 'She had an impact on every legislator. She had an impact on me.' The common sentiment—'It won't happen here'—acted as a wake-up call to many Arkansans following 6-year-old Morgan's disappearance. 'We're a small-town kind of state. Most people know each other, and they know their neighbors, and these kinds of things don't happen,' Huckabee said. 'But it does… and it did.' The question also remains. 'Sometimes I wonder if the technology of today had been in existence when Morgan was abducted, would we have found her,' Huckabee said. 'I'd like to think we would have had a much better chance because images would have been instantly available, a description of the pickup truck that was believed to have taken her away, DNA evidence that was in its infancy—if it even existed at all in places.' Three decades later, the same law enforcement agencies, family, and friends who stood with them then still stand with them today. 'I wish that Colleen had been able to watch her grow up, watch her go to the prom, watch her graduate, watch her get married, watch her bring grandchildren into the world for her. She didn't get to do any of that,' Huckabee said. 'I pray that someday—I pray that I live to see it—that Colleen finds out what happened to Morgan.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Yahoo
‘Chills': Van Buren woman reacts to living near suspect Billy Jack Lincks' old home
VAN BUREN, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The name 'Billy Jack Lincks' garners a chilling reaction from many in the River Valley to this day. After being a person of interest for years, Lincks was named a suspect in Morgan Nick's disappearance Oct. 1, 2024, nearly a quarter-century after dying at Tucker Unit in Central Arkansas in 2000 at the age of 75. Not much of his has withstood the test of time, except for his old home in Van Buren. 'I just got the chills again,' Ashli Rowe said when she learned she lives near Lincks' old residence. 'I was not expecting that at all. It literally made my heart sink.' 'Chasing Fireflies': KNWA/FOX24 special takes a look back at Morgan Nick's disappearance 30 years later Lincks told investigators he lived at that address during an interview for a separate crime he committed in August 1995, two months after Nick's disappearance. He was later convicted of sexual solicitation of a child after attempting to lure an 11-year-old girl into his truck at a Sonic in Van Buren. Lincks was sentenced to six years in prison, only serving four before his death. Rowe was born June 5, 1995 — four days before Nick went missing. She thinks the story that caught national attention may have influenced her mother's 'helicopter' parent tendencies. Rowe has five children between the ages of 2 and 10. She said she keeps a close eye on the kids out in public, assuming a potential kidnapper could be around the corner. Arkansas Senate Bill 371 passes, Morgan Nick Foundation shares impact 'It just takes a second,' Rowe said. 'In Walmart, it panics me when my kid walks around the clothing and I can't see him for a split second, because you never know when that person is just watching or there or how long they've been watching you or what their intentions are in their head.' Rowe said the people who currently live at Lincks' old home have young children. She said her kids have played at the home and ride the bus to school together with them. Amid the questions that still loom about Nick's disappearance three decades later, Rowe extends her deepest condolences to her mother, Colleen Nick. 'It makes me feel bad because there's no closure for her parents,' Rowe said. 'They have a hole in their hearts.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Yahoo
Arkansas Senate Bill 371 passes, Morgan Nick Foundation shares impact
ALMA, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — An Arkansas Senate Bill intended to establish a standardized reporting system for missing children who do not meet the minimum reporting criteria to issue an Arkansas AMBER Alert, has been signed into law. The bill, SB371, was signed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday. According to the Arkansas State Police's AMBER Alert Plan, the following criteria must be met to issue an alert: There is a reasonable belief by law enforcement that an actual abduction has occurred. Law enforcement believes that the child is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death. There is enough descriptive information about the victim and the abduction for law enforcement to issue an AMBER Alert to assist in the recovery of the child. The abducted child is under 18 years of age. The child's name and other critical data elements, including the Child Abduction Flag, have been entered into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) system. However, the Morgan Nick Foundation says while they understand the necessity of maintaining reporting criteria for AMBER Alerts, it leaves many circumstances as to why a child may go missing uncovered. 'It's a very detailed list that is a requirement to meet before you can put out an AMBER Alert. The reason is because if we didn't do it that way, we would have just an influx of constant AMBER Alerts, which would then cause people to become immune to the seriousness of it,' said Genevie Strickland, Assistant Director of the Morgan Nick Foundation. Strickland says a majority of the cases they deal with don't qualify for an AMBER Alert. 'So, it's not as simple as just saying that kids are running. People tend to see a lot of just runaways. There are so many extenuating circumstances to that, things that are going on at home, things that are going on at school, things like kids that are meeting people online, they're being lured away, they're being trafficked,' Strickland said. Through SB371, a multitude of circumstances will now be covered by requiring the Arkansas State Police to create and maintain a 'missing endangered child advisory system.' According to the legislative text, for any child under the age of 18, the following circumstances will allow a report to be made in the system: When the disappearance of the child appears to be unexplained, involuntary, or suspicious. When it is suspected but not confirmed that the child was abducted. When the child has been diagnosed with a developmental disability or pervasive developmental disorder, or physical, mental, or cognitive impairment, or when the child may otherwise be in danger due to age, health, weather conditions, presence with a potentially dangerous person, or other circumstances. Strickland says seeing state senators create legislation of this kind is relieving. 'It's just a way to really put focus on those kids that don't meet the AMBER Alert. But it's still serious. It's serious when any child is missing,' Strickland said. 'I know it's never going to be any kind of closure for Colleen, but it certainly does help towards going into the future with greater safety and greater kind of bans in Arkansas to protect our kids.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
