Amanda Berry Missing Apr. 21, 2003 OH.
Endangered Missing AMANDA BERRY DOB: Apr 21, 1986 Missing: Apr 21, 2003 Height: 5'1" (155 cm) Eyes: Brown Race: White Age Now: 19 Sex: Female Weight: 110 lbs (50 kg) Hair: Sandy Missing From: CLEVELAND OH United States Amanda was last seen at approximately 7:45 p.m. on April 21, 2003 wearing a Burger King uniform and a black apron with "Burger King" written on it in yellow letters. She has pierced ears, a pierced left eyebrow, and a scar on her lower abdomen. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleveland Police Department (Ohio) 1-216-621-1234 Poster Available at: http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=961171&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US

Amanda Berry's mother asks Psychic Sylvia Browne 'Is she out there' Reported by Bill Safos UPDATED: Thursday, November 18, 2004 CLEVELAND -- The story of a missing Cleveland teenager made it onto national television today. Amanda Berry’s mother traveled to New York to tell her story to Psychic Sylvia Browne on the Montel Williams Show. The show was a shot at getting her daughter's picture before the eyes of millions of Americans. “On April 21st 2003, 16-year-old Amanda Berry left her part-time job never to be seen again,” the show began. With that, TV viewers across America now know a girl from Cleveland is missing. But Amanda Berry’s mom wanted more than her daughter’s picture on national TV. She wants answers. “Can you tell me…Is she out there?” Berry’s mother Louwana Miller asked. “I hate when they’re in the water,” Browne said. “She’s not alive honey.” It was bad news from the world-renowned psychic. It’s what Miller didn’t want to hear. “So you don’t think I’ll ever see her again,” Miller said. “Yeah in Heaven on the other side,” Browne responded. “I’m sorry.” Montel took a commercial break and Amanda’s mom broke down. Although the FBI says Sylvia Browne has never solved one of their cases, Miller has faith in psychics. “It hurts my mind but it eases it; now I know,” Miller said. “I can’t understand why, she was such a good girl. She didn’t bother anybody” Channel 3’s Bill Safos sat down with Sylvia after the show. “Are you ever wrong?” Safos asked. “Only God is right all the time but of course I’m wrong,” Browne responded. “But after 50 years of doing this work, I’d better be more right than wrong. I always say I hope I’m wrong. When it comes to this, I hope I’m wrong.” But regardless the determined psychic shared more of her thoughts about a suspect. “I think he really had a crush on her,” she said. “And I think she rebuffed him. I think she thought he was harmless enough to maybe drive her home.” Who ever did give Amanda that last ride didn’t take her home. Amanda’s mom and sister Beth hope the show will spark a good tip. “Her last words were: Good-bye mom, I love you,” Miller said. Berry’s family and friends have a scheduled a prayer vigil. It happens this Sunday the 21st. It’s 19 months to the day since she disappeared. It’s at 6 p.m. at the corner of W.110th and Lorain near where she vanished. http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=26501

Friday marks 2-year anniversary of Amanda Berry’s disappearance UPDATED: Thursday, April 21, 2005 6:36:29 PM CLEVELAND -- The family of missing teenager, Amanda Berry, is still hoping for answers on this the 2-year anniversary of Amanda’s disappearance. Back in 2003, Amanda was last seen walking home from the Burger King restaurant where she worked. She disappeared near West 110th and Lorain. The investigation in still active, but so far no clues have led to her whereabouts. Friday is Amanda’s 19th birthday. Saturday, family and friends will hold a walk near the site where Amanda was last seen. http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=33685

Friends, loved ones of two missing Cleveland teens hold prayer vigil Updated:10/23/2005 CLEVELAND -- Friends and loved ones of two missing Cleveland teens joined together for a prayer vigil Saturday night. The families of Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus say they want to remind the community that the girls are still missing. They also want to encourage people to call police with any leads. Both Amanda and Gina disappeared from the same west side Cleveland neighborhood. No one's heard from them since. Loved ones say they held the vigil to mark the two and a half year anniversary of Amanda's disappearance. http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=42418

Mother of missing girl hospitalized By Monina Wagner Created: 12/31/2005 12:28:57 PM Updated:12/31/2005 12:28:57 PM CLEVELAND -- A local mother who fought so long to find out what happened to her missing daughter is hospitalized. Louwanna Miller is in critical condition. Her daughter, Amanda Berry, has been missing for two and half years. Before Christmas, Miller underwent surgery on her pancreas and gall bladder at Metro Health Medical Center. Miller has since been moved to the Cleveland Clinic where she was taken for a second surgery. The situation is complicated because her family says Miller has been diagnosed with C. diff, a dangerous bacterial infection. www.wkyc.com

Amanda Berry's mom, Luwana, passed away this morning. Her suffering has ended, both physical and mental. She now knows where Amanda is, and perhaps they are together. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski President and Founder, Project Jason

Funeral Services Set For Missing Girl's Mom POSTED: March 6, 2006 CLEVELAND -- Funeral services are set for Louwanna Miller, the mother of Amanda Berry who disappeared three years ago, NewsChannel5 reported. Berry disappeared while walking home from work from a west-side Burger King. Calling hours for Miller are from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Ripepi Funeral Home, 5762 Pearl Road in Parma. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Church on the Rise. Police are actively working the case of the disappearance of Berry and Gina DeJesus. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/7744145/detail.html

Viewer Believes She Saw Missing Teen On TV UPDATED: March 20, 2006 CLEVELAND -- Three years after Amanda Berry mysteriously disappeared from the streets of Cleveland, police continue searching for her. Last week, a NewsChannel5 viewer thought she saw the teenager on television. 5 On Your Side chief investigator Duane Pohlman and Cuyahoga County sheriff's detectives wasted no time picking up the trail. A young woman giving a testimonial on camera during the March 4 episode of the Ohio Lottery's show "Cash Explosion" triggered the tip. "You gotta come, try it out," said a woman with blue hair. The viewer thought the face looked very much like Berry. The teenager disappeared three years ago, the day before her 17th birthday. She was walking home from work on Lorain Avenue. Her case was in the news nearly every day for months. Amanda's picture was everywhere. Detective Jamie Bonnette was stunned by the similarities of the blue-haired woman in the video and Berry. "I think you might have her," Bonnette said. "What's your gut say?" Pohlman asked. "It's too close not to look into," Bonnette said. Berry's mother, Louanna Miller, died two weeks ago. Her sister Beth is now the closest living relative. Pohlman asked her to view the tape. "I just can't see her hair like that and stuff, but it has been so long and things, you know," Beth Serrano said. "See right there, right there's her face. I mean, when she does that, I can see the side of her face." Serrano thought she saw her missing sister. "Do you think that's her?" Pohlman asked. "Yeah. From the looks, yeah," Serrano said. Together, the 5 On Your Side investigators and the detectives put everything they had into an all-out search to identify the woman on the tape. The search led investigators to Columbus, where the game show was taped. Detectives searched the records and interviewed everyone who remembered the blue-haired girl on the tape. "She was smiling. She was friendly," Johnny Douglas said. But no one could put a name to the face. Finally on Thursday, there was a break. Investigators tracked the blue-haired girl to a suburb outside of Toledo. Pohlman arrived moments after the detectives. The blue-haired girl was not Berry, but a shy 22-year-old named Crystal, who shares the features of the missing girl from Cleveland. Pohlman said that means a girl who mysteriously disappeared here Lorain Avenue is still missing, and there are no new leads. He said it would be easy to write off the results of the investigation as disappointing, but Bonnette said no one is giving up on finding Berry. If you have any information about Berry, contact Cuyahoga County sheriff's detectives at (216) 443-5578. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/8136469/detail.html

Web Site Launched To Help Find Local Missing Teens POSTED: March 21, 2006 CLEVELAND -- The FBI announced, in a news release, that a Web site will be used in the assistance of reporting missing children in the Cleveland area. The Web site is www.assistingmissingyouth.com . The Web site allows the public to contact law enforcement confidentially over the Internet with information about Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Amy Mihaljevic. A reward for $25,000 is being offered in all three cases. Tips and information can also be provided by calling (216) 522-1400. http://www.newsnet5.com/news/8162717/detail.html?rss=nn5&psp=news Amanda's Profile on A.M.Y. http://www.assistingmissingyouth.com/caseinfo-amanda.htm

Home videos may help find missing girls Caitlin Kollar Created: 5/20/2007 10:48:47 PM Updated:5/21/2007 6:37:43 AM CLEVELAND -- Their names are Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus. One was coming home from work, the other from school, but neither made it. You've seen their posters and know their names, but now a never before look into the lives of two girls who vanished without a trace. Until now these home videos were just private family memories. Now investigators hope they will be the missing link they need to solve these cases. Chances are you've seen the pictures of Amanda Berry and Gina Dejesus on your TV more have than once. Now there is home video of Amanda and video of Gina too. Both families provided us with a copy of their precious moments. Gina's family and her sister hope the tapes might get someone watching to remember something. Gina vanished April 2, 2004. Amanda disappeared a year before on April 21, 2003. Both girls were last seen walking across the street from this parking lot. The years have been tough on the families and on investigators too who think home video like this might help. Any information on the cases is much appreciated. What is not appreciated is intentional wrong information which has come in and slowed down the investigations. Now the hope is this home video will make someone remember something they weren't sure about in the past and force someone to do the right thing. With the anguish and frustration of living without Gina and Amanda, both families trust investigators are doing all they can. May 25, marks the 25th National Missing Children's Day. http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=68090&provider=gnews

NBA and Cavaliers with the assist for two Cleveland families Paul Thomas Created: 6/13/2007 11:20:39 PM Updated:6/14/2007 12:01:50 AM CLEVELAND -- All eyes are on Cleveland for the NBA Finals. And the families of two missing girls hope more eyes will help in the search for their loved ones. 14-year-old Gina Dejesus disappeared while walking home from school three years ago. Amanda Berry vanished after leaving her job in 2003. Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena, the photos of both girls, along with age progression pictures of how they may look currently, will be played on the Cavaliers scoreboard. "I thanked them from the bottom of my heart," said Nancy Ruiz, mother of Gina Dejesus. "They've given me this chance, this hope." The photos will be shown before the game and at halftime. And fliers with the girls' information will be taped to the arena's doors. A friend of both families wrote a letter to the Cavaliers asking for permission to post Amanda's and Gina's photos. The Cavaliers and NBA officals gave their approval. "You never know," Ruiz said. "If somebody just sees these girls or saw my baby, to call and help me bring my baby home. Both of them." http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=69609&provider=gnews

updated 5:54 p.m. EDT, Thu April 2, 2009 Three teens disappear from same neighborhood By Philip Rosenbaum Nancy Grace Producer Amanda Berry is shown near the time of her disappearance in 2003, and how she might appear today. Georgina DeJesus as she appeared when she vanished in 2004, and how she might look today. Ashley Summers was 14 when she disappeared near her Cleveland home in July 2007. NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 14-year-old girl disappears on her way home from school, another is last seen near her home and a 16-year-old vanishes after leaving her fast-food job for the day. All from the same neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, the girls disappeared within five blocks of each other over a four-year span, starting in 2003. Agents and detectives from the FBI and Cleveland Police are looking into hundreds of leads in the cases and whether they may be linked, according to FBI Special Agent Scott Wilson in the agency's Cleveland bureau. "We kind of put all three of these cases together to work them to see if there's any connection," Wilson said. Amanda Berry, 16, vanished on April 21, 2003, after she left her job at a Burger King at about 7:30 p.m. But she never made it to her home just a few blocks away, the FBI says. Berry has pierced ears, a pierced left eyebrow and a scar on her lower abdomen. She would now be 22. Georgina DeJesus was last seen at a pay phone around 3 p.m. on April 2, 2004, as she headed home from school. She and a friend had called the friend's mother seeking permission for a sleepover at DeJesus' house, but the answer was no. The girls then parted ways, and DeJesus was never seen again. She was wearing a white jacket, a sky blue sweater, blue jeans and a cream shirt. She has a light birthmark on her right leg and pierced ears, the FBI says. DeJesus was 14 when she disappeared and would now be 19. Ashley Summers, last seen July 6, 2007, has a heart-shaped tattoo with "Gene" on her upper arm. She was initially reported as a runaway after a family argument. "But the problem is, she's never been seen again," Wilson said. Summers, 14, would now be 15. Citing FBI policy, Wilson declined to say whether there are persons of interest in any of the three cases. The girls did not know each other and the FBI would not say whether any of them had mutual friends or acquaintances. "It's certainly very concerning to us that we have three young girls missing from the same general area and we have to look at every possibility of what happened to them," Wilson said. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/02/ohio.missing.girls/

Vigil for Cleveland Teen who Disappeared 6 Years Ago Amanda Berry Disappeared in 2003 Danielle Frizzi Fox 8 Reporter CLEVELAND -- Amanda Berry disappeared the night before her 17th birthday in 2003. Six years later, her family is still hoping she will come home. Friends and family gathered for a vigil at West 110th and Lorain Tuesday, the anniversary of Amanda's disappearance. The teen left her job at Burger King the night of April 21, 2003. She was last seen getting into a car. "I just want her to come home, I keep my hopes up and I never give up on her coming home," Amanda's sister Beth Serrano said. The Berry family continues to distribute missing posters with Amanda's photo. They have formed a bond with the family of missing Cleveland teen Gina DeJesus. DeJesus' father attended the vigil. "It's been hard on both of our families not knowing where our daughters are at. Every day I search through this neighborhood," Felix DeJesus said. Both families continue to stand up for other families of the missing. They hope their efforts will bring their own children and others home safe. http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-amanda-berry-vigil0421,0,3325053.story

Cleveland teen Amanda Berry's body apparently not the one found in Wisconsin last year by deer huntersWisconsin investigators on Friday ruled out the possibility that a body found in a field there last year might be that of missing Cleveland teen Amanda Berry. by Mark Puente, The Plain Dealer Friday September 11, 2009, 5:49 PM Plain Dealer file CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wisconsin investigators on Friday ruled out the possibility that a body found in a field there last year might be that of missing Cleveland teen Amanda Berry. Deputies at the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office initially believed there were striking similarities between Amanda and the body found by deer hunters in November. But test results comparing Amanda's DNA and that of the body came back negative, deputies said. Amanda disappeared on April 21, 2003, a day before her 17th birthday. She had just left work at the Burger King at West 110th Street and Lorain Avenue, about a 10-minute walk from home. She called her sister to say she was getting a ride home, but her family never heard from her again. Hunters in Wisconsin found the body partially submerged in a frozen creekbed on Nov. 23. The body could not be seen from the nearby road. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office is investigating the case as a homicide. Detectives believe the woman in Wisconsin was killed elsewhere and was alive at least 90 days before her body was found in a wooded area on private land between Appleton and Milwaukee. The body showed she had had extensive dental work and either had access to dental insurance or money to pay for the dental work, officials said. Some of the woman's teeth showed similarities to Amanda's teeth and warranted DNA testing. "She has been ruled out," sheriff's Lt. Bill Flood said about Amanda. "It's not her." At first police considered Amanda a runaway until someone used her cell phone a week later to call her mother, Louwanna Miller, and claim her daughter would be fine and would return in a few days. The FBI then began to investigate the case as a kidnapping. Investigators followed up on many tips but have never been able to find out what happened to Amanda. The case was featured on "America's Most Wanted" in 2004. For nearly three years after Amanda disappeared, Louwanna Miller desperately sought answers about her daughter. The ordeal took a toll on her health. She died of heart failure in 2006 at the age of 44. http://www.cleveland.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/09/cleveland_teen_amanda_berrys_b.html