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Shopaholic921
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Missing girl found in hidden room...
A 15-year-old girl missing for nearly a year was found Wednesday locked in a small hidden room under the staircase of a couple's home, police said. Police went to the home in West Hartford, Connecticut, to serve search warrants for DNA and other evidence. Two people who live at the home were arrested. The girl is now in protective custody and being examined by medical personnel.
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Lisa
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
I was just reading this!! Crazy huh??
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| Posted 6/6/07 4:24 PM |
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Shopaholic921
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
SICK!!!!!! That poor poor girl..  But thankfully she was found alive!
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| Posted 6/6/07 4:25 PM |
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LAMGAJ28
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
How sickening !!!
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| Posted 6/6/07 4:25 PM |
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Shopaholic921
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut (AP) -- A 15-year-old girl missing for nearly a year was found Wednesday locked in a small hidden room under the staircase of a couple's West Hartford home, police said.
Bloomfield police said they found the girl alive in a room blocked from view by a cabinet. They had gone to the home with West Hartford police to serve search warrants for DNA and other evidence.
Two people who live at the home were arrested. Adam Gault, 41, was charged with second-degree unlawful restraint, second-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree custodial interference, interfering with an officer, risk of injury to a minor and second-degree forgery. He was being held on $500,000 bond.
Ann Murphy, 40, was charged with conspiracy to commit second-degree reckless endangerment, conspiracy to commit second-degree custodial interference and risk of injury to a minor. She was held on $100,000 bond.
Police said they expect to make additional arrests. The girl was in protective custody and being examined by medical personnel.
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| Posted 6/6/07 4:26 PM |
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sunflowerjesss
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
Crazy story, I hope the little girl is ok.
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| Posted 6/6/07 5:05 PM |
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evnme
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| Posted 6/6/07 5:08 PM |
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laurabora
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
How scary!
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| Posted 6/6/07 5:40 PM |
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~Melissa~
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
OMG, this is a few miles from my house!
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| Posted 6/6/07 5:53 PM |
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johnsae
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
God, there are so many freaks out there...
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| Posted 6/6/07 5:54 PM |
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MelToddJulia
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
OMG! That poor girl.
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| Posted 6/6/07 6:01 PM |
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Tracey
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
Do we know why they had her?
I am really not familiar with the story.
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| Posted 6/6/07 7:04 PM |
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MrsS2005
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Re: Missing girl found in hidden room...
Here's a little more information:
BLOOMFIELD, Conn. -- A 15-year-old girl missing for nearly a year was found alive Wednesday, locked in a small, hidden room behind a trap door located under the staircase of a West Hartford home, police said.
Bloomfield police said they were executing a search warrant at 258 Newington Road with the assistance of West Hartford police at about 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday when they found the girl, identified as Danielle Erica Cramer, 15, of Bloomfield, who disappeared on June 14, 2006.
Bloomfield and West Hartford police have arrested two women and a man in this case. For more about the suspects and search of the house, click here.
Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Len Besthoff reported police were not expecting to find the girl. One investigator told Eyewitness News they weren't sure they would find her alive and that they were amazed when they did find her. Bloomfield police said they were surprised but relieved when they found the girl alive in a room blocked from view by a dresser.
West Harford police Capt. Lori Coppinger said the door to the room was hidden behind a dresser and is the size of a cubby hole. Coppinger said the girl was sitting in the room when officers discovered her.
An officer found Danielle when he slid the dresser back to reveal a locked door. The officer said, "Lieutenant, you better get in here," Coppinger said.
"She could've been the victim of a homicide, we never gave up hope nor did we ever investigate in a fashion that would have presumed that, ... but when we went to do today's search warrants, it unfortunately was under the belief that she was the victim of a homicide," said Bloomfield police Capt. Jeffrey Blatter, in charge of operations.
"This poor child has been through a lot."
- Capt. Jeffrey Blatter
Bloomfield Police Department
Blatter said he could not comment on the girl's state of mind and physical condition when she was found. She was being examined by medical personnel.
"Unfortunately, this juvenile was in a lifestyle that was not the greatest," Blatter said. "We do not believe she was in that room for the total year. We're looking into details right now to find out what extent she was held."
Police Comb Through House
Bloomfield police went to the home with West Hartford police to serve search warrants for DNA and other evidence. Besthoff reported police have obtained another search warrant for the house and investigators have collected several boxes of evidence, bedding and a long gun.
Police said they had been to the home before to question Adam Gault, 41, but never got passed the front door (More).
Coppinger said the girl was very quiet when police discovered her. Police said they also discovered a 13-year-old boy living in the house. Authorities have yet to specify how the boy may be related to the adults arrested.
The Search For Danielle
Channel 3 Eyewitness News reporter Jamie Roth reported Cramer's case had grown stale. Police said they tried to trace phone records and talked to friends in the case.
"Monthly, there would be re-discussion on it, so it was only closed for short periods of time; a better term would be suspended, pending additional information," Blatter said.
Police described Danielle as a habitual runaway who had disappeared for days four or five times before. When she returned, police said, Danielle would not tell police where she went.
"This was a child from troubled circumstances and she found what she believed to be a friend and from there, we're still questioning to find out exactly point she went missing," Blatter said. "There were other people who could want to see harm to this child. ... This poor child has been through a lot."
Neighbors told Eyewitness News they had never seen the girl living at the house.
Police said Danielle's parents are victims in this case, saying they have been very cooperative in the case.
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