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A street in Beacon Hill, Boston, the area
where Clark Rockefeller is suspected of
kidnapping his daughter.
where Clark Rockefeller is suspected of
kidnapping his daughter.
Clark Rockefeller, Suspected of Abducting Daughter, Is Captured; Daughter is Safe
August 02, 2008 06:43 PM
Authorities report that suspected kidnapper Clark Rockefeller has been captured in Baltimore, Maryland, and that his seven-year old daughter is safe.
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The Associated Press reports that a man who goes by the name of Clark Rockefeller, but whose real identity is unknown, was captured today in Baltimore, Maryland, and that his seven-year old daughter is safe.
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Rockefeller was found as the result of a tip from a real estate agent who helped the suspect rent an apartment.
Rockefeller, who divorced his wife, Sandra Boss, in December, allegedly kidnapped their daughter, Reigh Storrow Boss, during a supervised visit in Boston on July 27.
Rockefeller, who friends believed was a member of the prestigious Rockefeller clan, may be a pathological liar with remarkable abilities of persuasion. He apparently convinced two unsuspecting individuals to help him flee Boston and drive him to his destination, Grand Central Station in New York. The drivers appear to be “unwitting accomplices.”
Rockefeller’s conversations with friends about his purchase of a yacht, and his invitation to one driver to sail to Bermuda, may have been part of a ploy to throw off police. A search of the waters off Long Island, N.Y., proved fruitless.
A state worker in Smyra, Del., told police she’d seen Rockefeller and Reigh. According to the Boston Herald, she described “a well-dressed man [who] was standing in front of a car dealership with a blond little girl carrying a small red bag bedecked with streamers and wearing a flowered dress.”
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Rockefeller was found as the result of a tip from a real estate agent who helped the suspect rent an apartment.
Rockefeller, who divorced his wife, Sandra Boss, in December, allegedly kidnapped their daughter, Reigh Storrow Boss, during a supervised visit in Boston on July 27.
Rockefeller, who friends believed was a member of the prestigious Rockefeller clan, may be a pathological liar with remarkable abilities of persuasion. He apparently convinced two unsuspecting individuals to help him flee Boston and drive him to his destination, Grand Central Station in New York. The drivers appear to be “unwitting accomplices.”
Rockefeller’s conversations with friends about his purchase of a yacht, and his invitation to one driver to sail to Bermuda, may have been part of a ploy to throw off police. A search of the waters off Long Island, N.Y., proved fruitless.
A state worker in Smyra, Del., told police she’d seen Rockefeller and Reigh. According to the Boston Herald, she described “a well-dressed man [who] was standing in front of a car dealership with a blond little girl carrying a small red bag bedecked with streamers and wearing a flowered dress.”
Headline Links: Man and daughter disappear
The Associated Press reports that Clark Rockefeller (whose real identity is unknown), was captured today in an apartment in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, and that his missing seven-year old daughter, Reigh Boss, was safe.
Source: Associated Press
Clark Rockefeller allegedly abducted his daughter on a street in Beacon Hill, Boston. An associate of Clark Rockefeller’s, architect Patrick Calhoun Hickox, called him “an enigmatic figure.” Hickox added that Rockefeller “had been the Mr. Mom figure. He was the weekday and the weeknight parent.”
Source: The Boston Globe
On Tuesday, a state worker in Smyrna, Del., who requested anonymity, told police she thought she’d seen Rockefeller: “They were standing near a car lot on a corner as if to be waiting for a bus . . . and the place they were standing is not a bus stop.”
Source: Boston Herald
On Thursday, July 31, Sandra Boss made an emotional video plea for the return of her daughter.
Source: You Tube
Background: Custodial kidnapping
A NISMART bulletin from 2002 reports that “An estimated 203,900 children were victims of a family abduction in 1999. Among these, 117,200 were missing from their caretakers.” The report noted that 43 percent of child victims were not labeled missing, “because the caretakers knew the children’s whereabouts or were not alarmed by the circumstances.”
Source: NCJRS
Key Players: Clark Rockefeller and Sandra Boss
According to British newspaper the Daily Mail, Rockefeller claimed at different times to have been a doctor, a mathematician and a businessman. He also used several aliases, including J.P. Clark Rockefeller, James Frederick, Clark Mill Rockefeller and Michael Brown. Sandra Boss, his ex-wife, works as a director for McKinsey & Co. in London, and was formerly an aide to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, The Daily Mail posts photographs of two girl’s dresses bought by Rockefeller shortly before he and his daughter’s disappearance.
Source: Daily Mail
Reference: Dealing with abduction
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provides a downloadable handbook, developed with the help of the National Bar Association, for parents coping with family abductions.
Source: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The American Bar Association offers a variety of tools to help prevent parental abduction as well as crisis management for cases where it has occurred.
Source: American Bar Association
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