Missing Fort Lauderdale teen featured on new John Walsh investigation series

By Johnny Diaz Contact ReporterSouth Florida Sun Sentinel

John Walsh (right) and his son Callahan Walsh host a new investigation and missing children's show "In Pursuit With John Walsh'' on Investigations Discovery. The show features the cases of two missing children each week. (Scott Witter / Courtesy)
The teen with the wavy brown hair and shy smile was last seen leaving her home in Fort Lauderdale. That was almost two years ago and her family and police continue searching for Sophie Reeder, now 17.

The case is getting renewed attention on the new John Walsh investigation and missing person’s show “In Pursuit with John Walsh,’’ which was scheduled to air a segment on the teen’s disappearance Wednesday on Investigation Discovery.

Reeder lived with her father, Patrick Reeder, in Fort Lauderdale where she was enrolled in a virtual school. Evidence from her computer suggests that she may be with an adult male predator, according to the show.

Flyers with her photo and description have been distributed over the past two years in South Florida and on social media. She was last seen walking away from her home at 1308 Citrus Isle, according to Fort Lauderdale police. And she was known to hang out near Stranahan High School.

The Investigation Discovery show debuted Jan. 16 and highlights two missing children as well as unsolved violent crimes each week. The show airs 10 p.m. Wednesdays on the cable network.

To help spark leads for the missing children cases, the show is using “age-progression photos and descriptions.”

“If at least one child comes home and one homicide is solved, we will have done our job,” said John Walsh, the former South Florida resident who is a host and executive producer of the series, which has a partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children or NCMEC where son Callahan Walsh works. Callahan Walsh also appears on the show as a roving reporter who visits the scenes of violent crimes in search of clues to find fugitives.

Anyone with information on Sophie Reeder or other cases is asked to call the show’s call center at 1-833-3-PURSUE or submit a tip at www.InPursuitTips.com. Anonymous tips are accepted.

NCMEC & John Walsh: Sex Trafficking Victims Recovered

On July 29, 2013, Operation Cross
Country, part of the Innocence Lost
National Initiative created by the FBI in 2003 in partnership with the Department of Justice and National Center for Missing & Exploited Children announced the recovery of 105 children and arrest of 150 pimps and other individuals involved in underage sex trafficking after a 72 hour raid. NCMEC is proud to partner with the FBI, which has taken the lead in tackling the escalating threat of sex trafficking against America’s children.

During this nationwide sweep, our
analysts worked with the FBI to compare information about children being trafficked with children reported missing. We also helped FBI victim specialists on the scene with private donation “Hope Bags” to the victims, which provide basic necessities such as toiletries, flip flops, snacks, and a change of clothes.

As a part of the Innocence Lost National Initiative, NCMEC serves as a clearinghouse for information obtained from the public and Electronic Service Providers about victims of child sex trafficking. NCMEC also provides analytical and technical assistance to law enforcement investigating these cases and dedicates case management support for missing children victimized through sex trafficking.

To date, the Innocence Lost Initiative, of which Operation Cross Country is a part, has successfully recovered more than 2,500 children. To learn more about NCMEC’s work with the Innocence Lost National Initiative and other programs to stop child sex trafficking, visit missingkids.com .

Operation Cross Country is saving lives –and bringing to justice those who violently manipulate these children and sell them for sex. We congratulate them on this recovery and commend the leadership of the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice for attacking domestic child sex trafficking.

As a generous supporter of the National Center, you too played a role in the rescue of these children. Together, we are making a difference for America’s kids.

For our children,

John Walsh
Co-Founder

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The Adam Walsh Story

On July 27, 1981, 6-year-old Adam Walsh and his mother Revé went to a department store about a mile away from their home to shop for lamps. When they entered the store Adam saw several children playing video games on a television monitor and asked if he could stay to play. His mother let him stay and went to the lamp department, which was about 75 feet away. Because the lamp she wanted was not in stock she returned rather quickly, less than 10 minutes later, but couldn’t find Adam. After looking for Adam on her own for two hours, someone finally called the local police department. By the end of that week thousands of fliers with Adam’s photograph were distributed through the local area. Sixteen days after Adam disappeared from the store his body was found and identified.

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NCMEC - 2012 Year-End Update:

When you look at a child, you probably have incredible hopes for all the exciting things that will happen in that little boy or girl’s life … getting the leading role in a play … going to a great college … becoming a teacher, astronaut, or even president. And that’s how it should be. But for those of us who have had a child ripped away or brutalized, we meet a child and think about what we don’t want to happen. At the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, we measure success in innocence, laughter and lives unharmed. So as we end 2012, I’m grateful for every little girl who is still sleeping in her own safe bed … for every young boy who didn’t get lured away by a creep at the park … and for every teen who refused to be “friended” online by someone they never met. I’m also grateful for you. Because of your support of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, you are helping to make our country a safer place for children. But we need your help again now. Please make a donation today so we can be there for kids and their families in 2013 and beyond. By the end of this year, the National Center will have answered more than 3.7 million calls on our Toll-Free Hotline and helped reunite more than 180,000 missing children with their families. These are numbers that make me proud. But there’s more. Because of you, millions of children are still laughing, playing and living a safer childhood. And while I cannot thank you enough for making the lives of our nation’s kids safer, I also cannot miss out on this opportunity to ask for your continued support. As long as there are children being stolen and abused, our work isn’t done. As long as parents face the unspeakable pain of not knowing where their children are, we must press on. As long as lowlifes lurk on the Internet waiting to prey on the innocence of a young girl or boy, we must defend our children. Will you help by making a generous year-end contribution today? Your donation will help the National Center end 2012 strong, and be ready to keep our children safer in 2013. The outrageous reality is that 2,000 children in America are still reported missing every day. While our job isn’t to scare people, children need parents, grandparents, teachers and other adults to be more vigilant — and that’s what we do every day at the National Center through programs like Take 25, NetSmartz Workshop, and the Jimmy Ryce Law Enforcement Training Center. I hope that you will make a year-end contribution today to support these programs and all of the National Center’s work. Through that single action, you will help protect the childhoods of countless boys and girls across the nation — and help bring more missing children home. Wishing you and your loved ones hope, joy and safety in 2013. Sincerely,     John Walsh Co-Founder P.S. None of us likes to think about a child being abducted or abused. But until a day comes when no child is victimized, our work must continue. I urge you to continue supporting our cause with your year-end gift. Thank you for all you do.  Copyright© 2012 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. All rights reserved. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Charles B. Wang International Children's Building 699 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314-3175 703-224-2150 | 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) | www.missingkids.com

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A Message From John Walsh & NCMEC:

"You’re the only resource your kids have…If you give up, they don’t have a chance.”
These are the courageous words of Colleen Nick. On June 9, 1995 Colleen’s six year-old daughter, Morgan, went to catch lightning bugs at a Little League Baseball game and has not been seen or heard from since.
If Colleen won’t give up on finding Morgan, how can the rest of us?
No matter how much time passes, no matter how many dead ends we hit, we must keep looking. Reunions are possible. Children do come home. And every kid deserves our hardest effort.
Please join the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children today to support our essential work and show parents like Colleen Nick that people like you have not given up on their children.
It wasn’t that long ago when the world watched with teary disbelief as Jaycee Dugard was reunited with her family after being missing for nearly two decades. We were shocked by how this poor girl had been victimized, but overjoyed that she found her way home.
For parents like Colleen Nick this astounding reunion offers hope that someday it will be their baby who is recognized and brought back to their loving arms.
This is essential work. Most people don’t realize that 800,000 children are reported missing every year – or 2,100 each day. But even in these worst of cases, miracles can – and do – happen.
The National Center has played a leading role in many of these cases. I am proud that we have assisted in the recovery of more than 163,330 children, and counting. And our assistance to law enforcement has played a key role in improving child recovery rates from 62% in 1990 to over 97% today.
That is why I am so committed to all of the National Center’s prevention and education programs – and why I hope you will generously support our efforts to never stop looking and never lose hope.
Please join the National Center today and thank you for your vigilance.
For our children,

John Walsh
Co-Founder
P.S. A child should never go missing. Parents should never suffer the agony of not knowing where their child is. Please stand with us in our vigilance to never stop looking by joining the National Center today. Your gifts make a difference!

Copyright© 2011 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. All rights reserved.
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Charles B. Wang International Children's Building
699 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3175
703-224-2150 | 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) | http://www.missingkids.com/

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By Brett Fletcher on Thursday, August 24, 2011 at 8:22am

A New Message From John Walsh & NCMEC:

  
A New Message From John Walsh & NCMEC:

"You’re the only resource your kids have…If you give up, they don’t have a chance.”
These are the courageous words of Colleen Nick. On June 9, 1995 Colleen’s six year-old daughter, Morgan, went to catch lightning bugs at a Little League Baseball game and has not been seen or heard from since.
If Colleen won’t give up on finding Morgan, how can the rest of us?
No matter how much time passes, no matter how many dead ends we hit, we must keep looking. Reunions are possible. Children do come home. And every kid deserves our hardest effort.
Please join the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children today to support our essential work and show parents like Colleen Nick that people like you have not given up on their children.
It wasn’t that long ago when the world watched with teary disbelief as Jaycee Dugard was reunited with her family after being missing for nearly two decades. We were shocked by how this poor girl had been victimized, but overjoyed that she found her way home.
For parents like Colleen Nick this astounding reunion offers hope that someday it will be their baby who is recognized and brought back to their loving arms.
This is essential work. Most people don’t realize that 800,000 children are reported missing every year – or 2,100 each day. But even in these worst of cases, miracles can – and do – happen.
The National Center has played a leading role in many of these cases. I am proud that we have assisted in the recovery of more than 163,330 children, and counting. And our assistance to law enforcement has played a key role in improving child recovery rates from 62% in 1990 to over 97% today.
That is why I am so committed to all of the National Center’s prevention and education programs – and why I hope you will generously support our efforts to never stop looking and never lose hope.
Please join the National Center today and thank you for your vigilance.
For our children,

John Walsh
Co-Founder
P.S. A child should never go missing. Parents should never suffer the agony of not knowing where their child is. Please stand with us in our vigilance to never stop looking by joining the National Center today. Your gifts make a difference!

Copyright© 2011 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. All rights reserved.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Charles B. Wang International Children's Building
699 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3175
703-224-2150 | 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) | http://www.missingkids.com/

A New Message From John Walsh & NCMEC:

  

A New Message From John Walsh & NCMEC:

"You’re the only resource your kids have…If you give up, they don’t have a chance.”
These are the courageous words of Colleen Nick. On June 9, 1995 Colleen’s six year-old daughter, Morgan, went to catch lightning bugs at a Little League Baseball game and has not been seen or heard from since.
If Colleen won’t give up on finding Morgan, how can the rest of us?
No matter how much time passes, no matter how many dead ends we hit, we must keep looking. Reunions are possible. Children do come home. And every kid deserves our hardest effort.
Please join the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children today to support our essential work and show parents like Colleen Nick that people like you have not given up on their children.
It wasn’t that long ago when the world watched with teary disbelief as Jaycee Dugard was reunited with her family after being missing for nearly two decades. We were shocked by how this poor girl had been victimized, but overjoyed that she found her way home.
For parents like Colleen Nick this astounding reunion offers hope that someday it will be their baby who is recognized and brought back to their loving arms.
This is essential work. Most people don’t realize that 800,000 children are reported missing every year – or 2,100 each day. But even in these worst of cases, miracles can – and do – happen.
The National Center has played a leading role in many of these cases. I am proud that we have assisted in the recovery of more than 163,330 children, and counting. And our assistance to law enforcement has played a key role in improving child recovery rates from 62% in 1990 to over 97% today.
That is why I am so committed to all of the National Center’s prevention and education programs – and why I hope you will generously support our efforts to never stop looking and never lose hope.
Please join the National Center today and thank you for your vigilance.
For our children,

John Walsh
Co-Founder
P.S. A child should never go missing. Parents should never suffer the agony of not knowing where their child is. Please stand with us in our vigilance to never stop looking by joining the National Center today. Your gifts make a difference!

Copyright© 2011 National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. All rights reserved.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Charles B. Wang International Children's Building
699 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3175
703-224-2150 | 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) | http://www.missingkids.com/