Kidnapped Child may be at an anime convention in California Feb 14-16

Crossposted from several sources....

"And now for something completely different.
Someone asked me if I'd post this in case anyone here is headed to a con this weekend and sees anything fishy:

Missing: Deborah Kalai Fourzon <-- Click for poster

The mother of a missing Tecumseh teenager said her daughter may have been lured into leaving home with promises of attending an anime convention. Deborah Kalai Fourzan, 14, has been missing since Monday. Authorities think she is with 40-year-old James Joseph Reimer, a former family friend. Fourzan’s mother, Crystal Vanbuskirk, said Fourzan has never been in trouble and leaving home is out of her character. "She may have gone willingly with him, but as far as I’m concerned she’s been kidnapped,” Vanbuskirk said. Deborah’s parents recently discovered Reimer had been sending Fourzan sexually explicit text messages. They notified police and warned Reimer to stay away from her. Vanbuskirk said police questioned Reimer, but nothing was done until her daughter turned up missing. Reimer was charged Tuesday in Pottawatomie County District Court in connection with the text messages. Crow said that through interviews with people who know Reimer, they’ve foun! d he has a history of violence against women. Fourzan’s friends told authorities she left school Monday morning with plans to travel to an anime convention in California. Reimer and Fourzan share an interest in the Japanese animation, and Fourzan left home that morning with a black backpack filled with anime costumes, Vanbuskirk said. Authorities are checking anime conventions across the United States, including one this weekend in Austin, Texas, Tecumseh police spokesman Billy Crow said. Vanbuskirk said she and her husband have known Reimer for about five years. She said he had been like an uncle to their daughter. Crow said Reimer is the chief suspect in a burglary Sunday at a convenience store where he worked. Several thousand dollars were stolen, he said. Tecumseh police Let. J.R. Kidney said he believes the pair is driving a ’90s white Mercury Cougar with front-end damage.

It's Anime on Display in California this weekend (and obviously Gallifrey, but that's not an anime con). I think there's something in TX as well. There's a Woot forum on the whole thing since she's a relative of someone who works there. Anyway, spread around at will. People who mess with kids suck."

Those of you attending cons over Valentines Day/Presidents Day Weekend -- Let's keep our eyes open, everybody.