Card Program – Branson Perry
Decks of cards featuring 52 cases of unsolved homicides, missing persons, wanted persons and the unidentified in an effort to bring awareness of cold cases.
Travis Baker – Identified
Press Conference Travis Lee Baker 06-25-09
From The Travis Baker Family:
CUE Volunteers ,
On behalf of the Baker family I want to extend a heart felt thank you for your endless support,time,money,search efforts ,education and guidance.
Its true what they say,”It takes a village to raise a child .” It also takes a village of people to bring them home also.
And CUE has gone above and beyond thur this endless struggle and continuous journey and for that their is not any words or verbage to thank each any everyone who plays their role in CUE.
In loving memory of beloved Travis Lee Baker we wanted to take a moment and embrass our love for each and everyone associated with The Cue Center for Missing Persons as part of our extended family .
God Bless ,
The Family of Travis Lee Baker
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Update 7/01/09
Travis Lee Baker Obituary
Name:
Travis Lee Baker
Date:
July 10th, 1987 – June 24th, 2009
Obituary:
Travis Lee Baker, 21 of Taylorsville, NC died June 24, 2009.
Travis was born July 10, 1987 in Catawba County; he was the son of Carroll Dwayne and Patricia “Trish” Hughes Baker. He graduated from Bunker Hill High School in 2005, where he played football and baseball. He loved fishing and hunting. He was preceded in death by a son, Takoda Chilton Baker and his maternal grandfather, Leroy Hughes.
Survivors include his parents, Carroll Dwayne and Patricia “Trish” H. Baker of Taylorsville; brothers, Brandon Baker of Taylorsville, NC, Jerry Sigmon, Jr. of Claremont, NC and Aaron Sigmon of Claremont; paternal grandparents, Carroll Wayne Baker of Hickory and Linda Kaye Johnson of Taylorsville; maternal grandmother, Mona Lee Hughes of Conover; paternal great grandmother, Lula Hughes of Hickory; uncles, William David Hughes of Conover and Phillip Cavender of Nashville, TN; aunt, Monica Leigh Wheeler of Cherryville, NC; nephews, Jesse Cavender, Preston Hitchcock and Cody Wheeler; and God parents, Trina & Jerry Sigmon, Sr. of Claremont.
A service of remembrance will be held at 4:00 pm on Thursday, July 2, 2009 in the chapel of Drum Funeral Home in Hickory. The Rev. Scott Johnson will officiate and entombment will follow at Catawba Memorial Park in Hickory.
Pallbearers will be Angel Rodriquez, Sr., Alex Rodriquez, Angel Rodriquez, Jr., Billy Little, Aaron Sigmon and Jerry Sigmon, Jr.
The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 3:45 pm on Thursday at Drum Funeral Home in Hickory.
Condolences may be sent to the Baker family at http://www.drumfuneralhome.com
Memorials may be made to Travis Lee Baker Foundation, c/o Peoples Bank, 213 1st Street West, Conover, NC 28613 or to CUE Center for Missing Persons, PO Box 12714, Wilmington, NC 28405.
The Baker family has entrusted the funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Hickory, 940 29th Ave NE, Hickory, NC 28601.
828-267-5740.
Memorials:
Travis Lee Baker Foundation, c/o Peoples Bank, 213 1st Street West, Conover, NC 28613 or CUE Center for Missing Persons, P O Box 12714, Wilmington, NC 28405
Visitations:
1:30PM to 3:45PM on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at Drum Funeral Home – Hickory (map/driving directions)
Services:
4:00PM at Chapel of Drum Funeral Home – Hickory on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 (map/driving directions)
Update 6/26/09
Funeral service information will be released soon, please pray for his family during this difficult time
Update…6/24/2009
Human remains were discovered this week and is believed to be that of Travis Lee Baker a press conference is schduled for Thrusday, June 25th at 2:00 pm for recent developements in this case. Please pray for his family.
Missing Since: April 16, 2007
Taylorsville, North Carolina
Classification: Endangered Missing
Age: 19
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 160 lbs.
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Race: White
Gender: Male
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Hair trimmed short.
Four tattoos: Red and black tribal bands on left and right
upper arms, the name “Haley” on his chest, his last name “BAKER”
in capital Old English letters on his back.
Details of Disappearance
On April 16, 2007, Travis Baker was scheduled to work at 5:30pm at MDI, a food distribution company in Caldwell County, North Carolina. He never showed up for work and his last two paychecks were never picked up.
Anyone with information on Baker should call the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office at 465-8301 or the CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 or the 24-hour hotline at (910) 232-1687.
Found while on a CUE Search
This turtle was found in the woods while on a search for a young man in North Carolina, a day later his remains were located; since his murder arrest have been made and a successful prosecution followed.
Melinda Harder – DNA Act
CUE aiding in the solving of 28 year old cold case, now working for better laws to serve cases such as Melinda Harder who was missing from Saint Petersburg, Florida and long time childhood freind of CUE founder, Monica Caison.
Update 5/31/2009
Thanks to all the supporters who helped get this law through the first stages and we are asured it will go all the way!
Visit website: www.melindaharder.com
Family of missing woman hope to bring closure to other families 11/22/08
DNA Helps ID Bones Of St. Pete Woman Killed During 1980s
Science proves woman didn’t just disappear
Skeletal remains found in 1989 identified
After 28 years, a mystery is solved…
Family holds vigil for woman killed 28 years ago
Megan Nicole Maxwell
Missing Since: 04/26/09
Missing from: Newport, Tennessee
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date Of Birth: 03/24/90
Age at disappearance: 19
Height: 5′6″
Weight: 120 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Hazel
Race: White
Gender: Female
Distinguishing Characteristics: Megan has a tattoo of
a heart between her right thumb and index finger. She also has pierced
ears and a pierced navel.
Clothing: Megan was last seen wearing blue jeans with
holes and a green jacket.
Details of Disappearance
19 year old Megan Maxwell has been missing Sunday, April 26, 2009. She was last heard from Megan Maxwell at approximately 4:30 am Sunday at her father’s house.
Megan Maxwell’s car, a red 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse, was found burnt on East Highway 25/70 in Cocke County, TN.
Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Cocke County Sheriff’s Department
(423) 623-8777
Megan Maxwell Website-www.helpfindmeganmaxwell.com
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Reward offered for missing 19-year-old
Megan Maxwell was last seen April 26 in Newport, Tennessee
May 4, 2009
NEWPORT – Authorities have offered a $10,000 reward for any tips in the case of a woman who disappeared last week.
Megan Maxwell, 19, was last seen April 26, 2009
Gov. Phil Bredesen authorized the reward late last week from state funds for any information leading to the arrest or conviction of “any person responsible for (her) disappearance or death.”
Police say they have a “person of interest” in the case but have filed no charges.
Maxwell, described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and 115 pounds, had been driving a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse that was found burning the morning of April 26 on U.S. Highway 25/70 by a passing off-duty Newport officer, according to Newport Police Chief Maurice Shults.
Further investigation showed that Maxwell was still alive at 4:27 a.m. that morning, when she called a friend to let her know that she was leaving her father’s home in Newport after checking in on him, Shults said.
“She’d gotten a call that there was something wrong with him,” he said. “She called her friend and said, ‘I’ll finish this cigarette, and I’ll be that way.’ ”
Maxwell’s car was found only a few feet from a riverbank, and “some leads have indicated some activity at the river” before the car burned, Shults said.
Police say they’re pursuing several leads and thus far don’t believe her disappearance was related to “domestic violence or anything like that.”
She was last seen wearing a blue sweatshirt and blue jeans with holes in the fabric.
If you have information about Megan’s whereabouts or the car fire, call the Newport Police Department at (423)-623-5556 ext. 105 or the office of District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn at (423)-623-1285
CUE…Searching for Megan
If you have any information on this case please contact CUE Center For Missing Persons using the contact form below or contact Cue Center at (910) 343-1131 24 hour tipline (910) 232-1687.
All information submitted to CUE Center For Missing Persons is confidential.
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Alice Donovan is Found
Alice Donovan is Found…Monica Caison, FBI Agent Jeff Bruning and search team exit the search zone after the recovery of human remains.
Family Awaits Identification
Randy Bratschi – Missing Person, Florence, SC
| Florence County Deputies investigating possibility that skeletal … South Carolina Now – South Carolina,USA Randy Bratschi once lived on this property, and Bratschi went missing in November of 2004. Investigators now say they are looking into the possibility that … Remains could be those of missing man South Carolina Now … of North Texas determined last week the identity of remains found in January in Horry County as those of Alice Donovan, 44, of Galivants Ferry. … |
CUE Center Awards
Monica Casion was awarded for her volunteer work for missing persons on April 16, 2009 at the 107th State Convention by GFWC of North Carolina, Inc. a member of the Gerneral Federation of Women’s Clubs, to learn more about the organization and the wonderful work they have done since 1902 visit them on the web at www.GFWCNC.org
CUE’s Founder Monica Caison (center) receives two award presentations in honor of missing persons
Search for Samantha Burns
In January of 2009 CUE’s founder, Monica Caison received a package from an inmate after he reached out wanting to bring two missing woman home; Mrs. Caison responded. The package contained a letter, photos and a map with the inmate instructions on where he recalled leaving Alice Donovan’s body in November of 2002. Immediate action was taken in contacts and preparation was soon underway for the next morning to search for the South Carolina missing woman. In the first six hours of the drenching rain search effort human remains were discovered and for the next four days to follow brought more discovery for the organization, law officials and FBI working together. DNA awaits the proper identity, however it is our belief that we successfully brought Mrs. Donovan home.
In March of 2009 a similar package arrived and similar information, however bringing our center to West Virginia for a young girl named Samantha Burns, missing also in November of 2002 and also a part of the crime spree this inmate created after his escape from an Kentucky jail of that same time frame. But CUE was not as hopeful as the information was cloudy at best and the area being an entire highway. After sixteen day of extensive search efforts we have still not brought “Sam” home but remain determined in doing so for her family and case resolution.
