Tangena Hussain, AMBER Alert, 10/03/08 MI.
Posted: Friday, 03 October 2008 7:56PM Amber Alert Detroit (WWJ) -- An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing two-year old Hamtramck girl. She was reportedly last seen at a gas station on Greenfield at Eight Mile in Detroit. Two-year-old Tangena Hussain was left in the care of her mother's 27-year-old boyfriend at approximately 3 p.m. on October 2, 2008 when he dropped the 24-year-old mother off at work. The boyfriend alleges that right before he went to pick up the mother from her job (at the end of her shift), he stopped at the gas station to make a purchase, leaving the child in the vehicle. He says that when exited the building and returned to the vehicle, the child was gone. The child is described as an East Indian, 35 lbs, with a light brown complexion, and black shoulder length hair. She was last seen wearing a long sleeve brown t-shirt with unknown cartoon character on front, white nylon cargo pants with multiple pockets and gold sandals. Anyone who has information on the disappearance of Tangena Hussain is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department at 313-596-1240. Information from Detroit police. http://www.wwj.com/Amber-Alert/3075799

Amber Alert Issued For Missing 2-Year-Old Detroit Girl October 3, 2008 8:26 a.m. EST Linda Young - AHN Editor Detroit, MI (AHN) - An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 2-year-old girl last seen at a gas station in northwest Detroit last night. Tangena Hussain, who was last seen a Marathon gas station at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, was being cared for by her mother's boyfriend who is from Bangle dash and speaks Bengali. So police are also searching for a translator, because they are having difficulty communicating with the boyfriend. The boyfriend was caring for the girl while her mother was working. He told police he left her in the car with the doors locked to go inside to make a purchase and when he returned the child was gone, according to reports. Hussain is East Indian with light brown complexion, brown eyes and black shoulder length hair. She is 3 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 35 pounds and was last seen wearing a long sleeve brown t-shirt and white nylon cargo pants. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7012521956

Police arrest boyfriend of missing girl's mother 10/4/2008, 6:58 p.m. EDT The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Police have arrested a man who they say was the last person to see a missing 2-year-old Hamtramck girl. The Detroit News reports police won't say what felony the 27-year-old man is accused of committing except that it was reported several months ago. An Amber Alert has been issued in the disappearance of Tangena Hussain, who was last seen Thursday night. The man says he went into a gas station store to buy gum and the girl was missing from his car when he returned. The man is dating Tangena's mother. Tangena is described as 3-foot-2 and 34 pounds with brown eyes, black hair and a burn scar on her chin and lip. ___ Information from: The Detroit News, http://www.detnews.com http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-58/1223161453302910.xml&storylist=newsmichigan

Detroit Police still looking for missing toddler Man said girl was left in locked car BY NAOMI PATTON and CHRISTY ARBOSCELLO • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS • October 5, 2008 Detroit Police said late Saturday that they had no new information about 2-year-old Tangena Hussain's whereabouts. She was reportedly last seen at a Detroit gas station at Greenfield and 8 Mile on Thursday. A 27-year-old man last known to be with the missing Hamtramck toddler was in custody Saturday, according to Free Press reporting partner WDIV-TV Local 4. Jamrul Hussain, the boyfriend of the child's mother, was arrested on a separate assault charge involving a minor, WDIV reported. He cooperated with investigators after he was arrested at the house he shares with Nilufa Begum, 24, and her daughter, Tangena. He is not related to the child. Hamtramck police, Detroit police and the FBI continued to investigate. Police searched Dumpsters with cadaver dogs outside her home on Saturday. Hussain said Tangena was in the car with him Thursday night when he stopped at the gas station for a pack of gum. He told investigators he left her in the locked car and that she was gone when he came back. Instead of immediately searching for the toddler, he said he picked up Begum from work. He then told her what he said happened and the two returned to the station to search for her. At that time, they called police. "I was asking, 'Where's my daughter? Tell me where's my daughter," Begum told WDIV. "He said, 'I will tell you; just come with me,' and he took me to the gas station," she said. Begum said Hussain told her that Tangena was gone when he came back outside. There is video from the gas station showing Hussain was there, but no footage of the red 1990s Geo Prizm or Tangena at the station, WDIV reported. Police said Tangena lived with Begum and her boyfriend, who have dated about five months, in Hamtramck. Begum has two other children, ages 8 and 7, who live with their father's family in metro Detroit. Tangena's father, who is also the father of Begum's other two children, lives in New York. Anyone with information about Tangena is asked to call 313-596-1240. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081005/NEWS01/810050421/1003/NEWS01

Endangered Missing TANGENA HUSSAIN DOB: Apr 10, 2006 Missing: Oct 2, 2008 Height: 3'2" (97 cm) Eyes: Brown Race: White Age Now: 2 Sex: Female Weight: 34 lbs (15 kg) Hair: Black Missing From: DETROIT MI United States The child was last seen at approximately 9:00 p.m. on October 2, 2008 at the Marathon Gas Station in Detroit, Michigan. She has a scar on her upper lip and chin. She was last seen wearing a brown long sleeved shirt with a cartoon character on the front, white cargo pants, and gold sandals. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) Detroit Police Department (Michigan) 1-313-596-1800 Poster Available at: http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=1107030&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US

Hamtramck girl still missing By DAN CORTEZ • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • October 5, 2008 The last man known to have seen a 2-year-old Hamtramck girl who is the subject of an ongoing Amber Alert remained in custody this afternoon on an unrelated criminal charge. Hamtramck police said Jamrul Hussain, the boyfriend of Tangena Hussain's mother, was in custody on a separate assault charge stemming from an incident earlier this year with a minor. He has cooperated with investigators after he was arrested Saturday at the house he shares with Nilufa Begum, 24, who is the mother of the missing girl. Hussain has not been charged in the case of Tangena. Police said he is expected to remain in police custody until at least Monday. Hamtramck police are working with Detroit detectives to solve the ongoing Amber Alert involving Tangena, who was last seen Thursday night at a Detroit gas station in a car that Hussain was driving. He is not related to the child. Hamtramck and Detroit police joined the FBI in searching for the girl on Saturday. Police searched Dumpsters with cadaver dogs. Anyone with information about Tangena is asked to call 313-596-1240. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081005/NEWS01/81005040/1003

Caylee Anthony A Victim of A Disturbing New Trend? Posted on October 5th, 2008 by Jan Barrett in Florida News, Massachusetts News, Michigan News, Society and Culture Caylee Anthony has been missing since mid June and now everyone except for the Anthony’s are saying the little girl is dead. Her mother, Casey Anthony has been named as a suspect now in Caylee’s disappearance. Casey refuses to talk to authorities and won’t tell anyone the truth about what happened to her daughter which is causing a public outcry from many angry citizens. Equusearch will be returning to start their search once again. Deputy Director of Equusearch Mandy Albritton said, “This case has had such national exposure that I truly believe that if this baby was out there alive, someone would have seen her and brought her home by now. It’s been way too long for a little 3-year old to be missing.” Another child that I reported about that was missing, five year old Giovanni Gonzalez, has been missing since August 15 when his mother dropped him off for a weekend visit with his father. At the end of the weekend when his mother, Daisy Colon went to pick up her son, she couldn't get any answer at the door. When she finally contacted the police and they entered the apartment, the child’s father, Ernesto Gonzalez denied even having the child that weekend. He was arrested and charged with child endangerment and was held on a $500,000 bail. His attorney, Lawrence McGuire, tried getting the bail lowered to $14,000 which is the amount Gonzalez has saved in the bank. The request was denied by Judge Howard Whitehead. Now I hear this morning that yet another child has come up missing that suddenly disappeared out of the blue Thursday when her mother’s boyfriend took her with him and he stopped at a gas station in Detroit. Jamrul Hussain, told his girlfriend, Nilufa Begum that her two year old daughter, Tangena was in the car with him Thursday night when he stopped at the gas station for a pack of gum. He told the investigators that he left the little girl in the locked car but when he returned she was gone. Hussain didn’t notify police right away though. He went and picked up Begun from work and told her what happened. Then they returned to the station to search for her but couldn’t find her. Then they called the police. Apparently the gas station does have a video of Hussain at the gas station but it doesn’t show his car there or the little girl. Hussain was arrested for sexual assault against a minor in an apparent unrelated case. After seeing him on Fox 2 News the victim notified police. He is being interviewed by the police but it is not known if it is about the sexual assault case or about the missing two year old. He was held for 48 hours after Tangena disappeared while police tried to gather any clues they could about her disappearance. I have a real problem with all these cases with the missing children. Who is protecting these little ones against the bad guys? When the guilty party is arrested and held, I see all the taxpayers money spent to give the arrested ones their “rights” but what about the rights of little Caylee, or Giovanni or Tangena. What about all the other children out there that are missing and never found that just disappear? I would love to name each and every one of them but there are too many so I chose these three. My heart and prayers do go out to each one of them though. My question is how anyone can harm an innocent child. They can’t possibly defend themselves when attacked. They never asked to be brought into this world. They should not be made to suffer from the hands of some sicko that gets their thrills out of killing children. To take the life of a child simply because the child was not fitting in with your lifestyle is no excuse. There are way too many childless families in the world today that would be more than happy to take an unwanted child in and raise them as their own and give them a good home. If only these sick people would realize that. My final words here again are my prayers are with these children. May God Bless each and every one of them. Jan Barrett Courtesy of Blogger News Network. http://www.bloggernews.net/118036

Hamtramck teen: Man who molested me is last person to see missing toddler By Tammy Stables Battaglia • Free Press Staff Writer • October 6, 2008 A 15-year-old Hamtramck girl told police there that the last person to see missing 2-year-old Tangena Hussain is also the man who kidnapped the teenager for six days in February and molested her. Jamrul Hussain, the boyfriend of Tangena’s mother and no relation to the child, is expected to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at 31st District Court in Hamtramck on a kidnapping charge and two counts of sexual conduct. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy this afternoon said Jamrul Hussain faces up to life in prison if convicted. Police arrested him over the weekend at the Hamtramck house he shares with Nilufa Begum, 24, and her daughter. FBI agents and police obtained a warrant and searched that home, at 3893 Trowbridge near Conant, this afternoon for evidence in connection with the disappearance of Tangena Hussain, who has been the subject of an Amber Alert since she was reported missing Thursday night. Jamrul Hussain told police the 2-year-old disappeared from his parked car when he went inside a gas station convenience store at Greenfield and 8 Mile. Hamtramck Police detective Jackie Crachiola said the 15-year-old girl, fearful that she and her family would be killed, originally told police she ran away. But the teen changed her story and alerted police after she saw Hussain on television in connection with the Amber Alert issued for Tangena. “While she’s sitting at home the other night, she sees him on TV, and she told her father, ‘Oh, that’s the guy that took me!’ ” Crachiola said. “She’s worried about the 2-year-old.” “He’s not talking,” Crachiola said today about Hussain’s cooperation with police. “He’s not talking about anything, denies wrongdoing of any kind.” Instead of immediately searching for the toddler, Hussain originally told police he picked up Begum from work. He said he then told his girlfriend what happened and the two returned to the station to search for the missing girl. That’s when they called police. The 15-year-old, whose family hails from Bangladesh like Hussain, said her assailant kidnapped her and held her at another couple’s Hamtramck home, Crachiola said. “She was threatened by her assailant. If she said anything, he would kill her and her family,” Crachiola said. “They told her they’d let her go if she went to the police station and said she ran away.” After six days, the woman who lives at that home accompanied the 15-year-old to the Hamtramck Police Department to make sure she claimed to be a runaway, Crachiola added. The case had been closed until the teen came forward again Friday, Crachiola said. The 15-year-old told investigators she knew Hussain because he had repeatedly tried to befriend her as she walked to and from school, police said. Detroit Police spokesman James Tate said today that his department is working with the FBI and Hamtramck Police in the search, which has covered numerous areas throughout metro Detroit. An Amber Alert remains in effect. Anyone with information about Tangena is asked to call 313-596-1240. Contact staff writer TAMMY STABLES BATTAGLIA at 313-223-4456 or tbattaglia@freepress.com. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/NEWS02/81006075

Tuesday, October 7, 2008 Detroit Missing girl's mom wants polygraph Hamtramck woman to take test today, says it will prove she had nothing to do with toddler's disappearance. George Hunter / The Detroit News DETROIT -- The mother of a missing 2-year-old girl said she asked police to give her a polygraph test because she wants detectives and the public to know she is not responsible for her child's disappearance. "Police were asking if I had anything to do with my daughter being missing, so I begged for them to give me a lie-detector test," said Nilufa Begum, mother of Tangena Hussain. "This will show everyone I had nothing to do with it." She said the FBI called her and she is scheduled to undergo the exam today. FBI agents and Detroit police officers searched Begum's Hamtramck home late Monday afternoon. "They are looking for any thing that might find" Tangena, said Begum, who has been staying at another home in Detroit. Tangena was reported missing Friday by Begum's boyfriend, Jamrul Hussain, who is not the child's father. Hussain, 27, told police that Tangena was taken from his vehicle Friday while he was shopping inside a gas station in Detroit. Jamrul Hussain is not related to the child. Hamtramck police arrested Hussain Saturday in connection with an alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. He is expected to be arraigned today in 31st District Court. Hamtramck Detective Jacqueline Crachiola said Hussain was also a "person of interest" in the case of the missing child. Crachiola said the 15-year-old girl's father contacted police after seeing Hussain appear on a television news broadcast about Tangena's disappearance. The girl told police she was afraid to report the kidnapping. "Hussain told her he would kill her and her family if she reported it," Crachiola said. "The victim was kidnapped from her home; she heard a knock at the door late that night," Crachiola said of the Feb. 1 incident. "That's when he grabbed her, put a hand around her mouth and put a gun to her head. He then drove her to a nearby house in Hamtramck and assaulted her in the basement." Begum defended her boyfriend, saying that he and the 15-year-old girl had a relationship. "It wasn't a kidnapping," Begum said. "She was (Hussain's) girlfriend and they broke up. Now she is jealous and she called police and said he kidnapped her." Begum insisted Hussain had nothing to do with the disappearance of her daughter. Hussain "took care of her and was with her all the time," Begum said. "It's been five days now and I'm just hoping that someone can bring my daughter back to me. I really miss her. We can't sleep, we can't eat, we can't do anything. I keep thinking of someone beating her up." "My daughter is not dead." Begum insisted. Begum said her ex-husband, Tangena's father, is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the child's recovery. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Detroit police at (313) 596-1240. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081007/METRO/810070369

Missing Child's Mom Takes Lie Detector Test Last Update: 10/10 6:23 am (WXYZ) - The mother of missing 2-year-old Tangena Hussain took a like detector test Thursday afternoon as police continue their search for her daughter. Nilufa Begum's attorney talked to Action News. Attorney Shawn Patrick Smith says she requested the test. He says anything that law enforcement wants, she is helping with. She's interviewed with the FBI four times. Meanwhile, videotapes from area retailers are being reviewed by investigators searching for Tangena after witnesses reported seeing her on two separate occasions. Attorney Shawn Patrick Smith says police were looking at tapes from a nearby Home Depot store and from Northland Mall for evidence of the whereabouts of the little girl, who has been missing from her Hamtramck home since Thursday. Smith is the attorney for Jamrul Hussain, no relation to the girl, who is being held on an unrelated rape charge. Jamrul Hussain, who is the boyfriend of Tangena's mother, Nilufa Begum, has denied any connection to the girl's disappearance but is the last person known to be with her. Police said Hussain failed a lie detector test, but Smith would not confirm or deny that. Hussain has been in the United States about four years on a temporary visa and works in a sandwich shop, Smith said. As part of his bond, Hussain must surrender his passport. http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=9A2A1AFF-5E82-4B85-A664-094CC6536FEC&gsa=true

Police continue to look for Tangena Hussain FREE PRESS STAFF • October 13, 2008 Detroit police continued Sunday to search for 2-year-old Tangena Hussain, who has been missing since Oct. 2. Jamrul Hussain, 24, no relation, told police he had her with him when he stopped at the Marathon gas station on Greenfield at 8 Mile to get gum. He said the girl was wearing a brown, long-sleeve T-shirt with a cartoon picture, white nylon cargo pants and gold sandals and was gone when he returned to the car. Tangena is around 3 feet, 2 inches tall, weighs 34 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. She has a scar on her upper lip and chin. The Amber Alert for Tangena remained in effect late Sunday. Call Detroit police at 313-596-1240 if you have information. Meanwhile, 13-year-old Jolescia Robinson called her family late Saturday to report that she was OK, Detroit police told Free Press reporting partner WDIV-TV Local 4. Jolescia and her 9-month-old son, Taiwan Robinson, were reported missing by the girl's mother Thursday. http://www.freep.com/article/20081013/NEWS05/81012042

Tangena Hussain's dad: This case doesn't make sense He adds $5,000 to reward for girl BY NAOMI R. PATTON • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • October 10, 2008 When Mohammed Ahmed -- the father of missing 2-year-old Tangena Hussain of Hamtramck -- first heard his daughter had disappeared Oct. 2, he thought it was a joke. Ahmed, 38, of New York said his ex-wife, Nilufa Begum, 24, was crying when she called him the night Tangena was reported abducted from the locked car of Begum's boyfriend, Jamrul Hussain. She told Ahmed what Hussain, 24, no relation to the missing girl, also told Detroit police: Hussain stopped at a gas station at 8 Mile and Greenfield in Detroit and went inside. When he returned to the car from the store, the little girl was gone from the car. "Honestly, no, I don't believe his story," Ahmed told the Free Press in a telephone interview Thursday from New York. "It doesn't make sense." Ahmed has contributed $5,000 to a total $6,000 reward now being offered by Michigan Crime Stoppers for information leading to Tangena's recovery. Ahmed said he talks to Detroit police and to Begum daily for word about Tangena. The two were married for five years and divorced in 2006. They have two other children, ages 7 and 8, who live with Ahmed's parents in Bangladesh. Ahmed said he asked Begum if she knew anything about Tangena's disappearance. She replied that she knew what she had told him. "I'm just waiting," Ahmed said Thursday about news of Tangena. "Allah knows." In the latest twist in the case, Detroit police confirmed Begum voluntarily submitted to questioning Thursday afternoon for a polygraph test administered by the Michigan State Police. Police would not discuss the results of the test, which are not admissible in court. Shawn Patrick Smith, the Bloomfield Hills-based attorney who is representing Hussain and has been acting as a spokesman for the family, could not be reached for comment. James Tate, Detroit Police Department spokesman, said Begum has told investigators that only she and Hussain saw Tangena for up to a week before her alleged Oct. 2 disappearance. Hussain is being held in jail on $500,000 bond after being charged in an unrelated case with abducting and molesting a then-14-year-old Hamtramck girl in February. Hussain's friends Mamunur Rahman Khan and his wife, Hena Begum, no relation to Nilufa Begum, were charged in Hamtramck's 31st District Court on Wednesday with kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment for allegedly holding the teen in their basement. Hena Begum is accused of accompanying the teen to Hamtramck police, where the girl originally told authorities she had run away. She later went back to police and reported the abduction after learning that Tangena was missing. Authorities have searched the home where Hussain and Nilufa Begum reside and the home of Khan and Hena Begum, both in Hamtramck. Anyone with information should call Detroit police at 313-596-1240 or Crime Stoppers at 800-773-2587 (800-SPEAKUP). Contact NAOMI R. PATTON at 313-223-4485 or npatton@freepress.com http://www.freep.com/article/20081010/NEWS01/810100363/?imw=Y

Vigil Held For Missing Child POSTED: 10:41 am EDT October 11, 2008 UPDATED: 9:45 pm EDT October 11, 2008 DETROIT -- A vigil was held Saturday at 5 p.m. for a missing 2-year-old girl. Friends and family of Tangena Hussain were at the Marathon gas station in Detroit on 8 Mile and Greenfield roads, where the child was reportedly last seen. Organizers handed out flyers in hopes of finding clues into the girl's disappearance 10 days ago. The child's father is also expected to fly in from New York Saturday night to help search for Tangena Hussain. He is working with Crime Stoppers, offering a $6,000 reward. On Friday night, the FBI executed a search warrant at the Hamtramck home of the girl's mother's boyfriend, Jamrul Hussain, who is the last person to have seen Tangena Hussain. Agents were looking for Jamrul Hussain’s laptop computer. His attorney, Shawn Patrick, Smith later turned it over to police when he arrived at the home. Smith is representing both Tangena’s mother, Nilufa Belgum, as well as Jamrul Hussain. Local 4 has learned Tangena Hussain's mother has passed a polygraph test administered on Thursday, but Jamrul Hussain, who has been jailed, did not pass a polygraph test given last week. Police sources told Local 4 they do not believe Nilufa Begum has anything to do with her daughter's disappearance. Jamrul Hussain has said he left Tangena Hussain in his car as he went into a gas station to buy chewing gum and juice. Hussain said she was not in the car when he returned. The 27-year-old is Begum's live-in boyfriend and is not related to Tangena. Jamrul Hussain is jailed on separate kidnapping and sexual assault charges involving a 15-year-old girl. A couple, who let Jamrul Hussain and the 15-year-old girl stay with them during the alleged assault, was also arraigned on similar charges. Copyright 2008 by ClickOnDetroit.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/17693958/detail.html

Saturday, October 18, 2008 Man last seen with missing 2-year-old too upset to take lie detector test Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News HAMTRAMCK -- The man last seen with a missing 2-year-old Hamtramck girl was too distraught to take a lie detector test on Friday, his attorney Patrick Shawn Smith said. "He is very afraid...he broke down," Smith said Saturday. "He is under intense pressure." Jamrul Hussain, 27, of Hamtramck, was with 2-year-old Tangena Hussain on Oct. 2 at 9 p.m. at a gas station in northwest Detroit. They are not related. Hussain is the boyfriend of Tangena's mother. He told Detroit police investigators he left the toddler in the car while he went into the gas station to buy gum. When he returned, the child was gone, police said Hussain told them. But Hussain did not immediately call authorities. Instead, he went to Northland Mall in Southfield to get Nilufa Begum, Tangena's mother, and then police were called. Hussain has not been named a suspect in Tangena's disappearance, Detroit and Hamtramck police have said. He is jailed on $250,000 bond in an unrelated case in which a 15-year-old Hamtramck girl said Hussain kidnapped and raped her earlier this year. Smith said a rape kit was not conducted on the girl and that she changed her story after initially telling police Hussain was her boyfriend. A Hamtramck couple have been jailed for allegedly providing a place for Hussain to rape the girl and not helping or allowing her to leave. Blood samples have been collected from Tangena's home and tests show the blood was not the toddler's, Smith said. Hussain, a native of Bangladesh, can speak English, but does not fully grasp complicated matters, such as asking for an attorney during police interrogations, Smith said. Detroit police have said that Hussain was able to communicate in English. Hussain already has taken one polygraph test. Smith would not say how Hussain did on that first test. He said Hussain could not take the second test on Friday because Hussain was too emotional. "The person who administers the test said he (Hussain) was too upset," Smith said. "I calmed him down, but not enough to take the test." Detroit police on Saturday declined to comment on the case. You can reach Santiago Esparza at (313) 222-2127 or sesparza@detnews.com. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081018/METRO/810180411

'I want to know the truth,' Tangena Hussain's mom says November 21, 2008 Nilufa Begum, the mother of missing 2-year-old Tangena Hussain, said Thursday she's upset with her boyfriend, Jamrul Hussain, the last person to see her daughter. Jamrul Hussain, 24, who is no relation to the girl, told Detroit Police that she disappeared from his locked parked car while he was inside a gas station convenience store. He failed a lie detector test shortly after Tangena disappeared Oct. 2, authorities said. Begum wants him to take another test, but she said he's refusing until his unrelated court case involving allegations of sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl is resolved. "I want him to give a polygraph," Begum said. "I want to clear him up -- if he's done something to Tangena or not. I want to know the truth. That's why I want him to take the test." Begum said she also is bothered because Hussain doesn't discuss Tangena. "He talks, he says all these things; he doesn't ask about my daughter," she said. "He doesn't care about her. He just cares about me." Attorney Sean Patrick Smith, who represents Jamrul Hussain, said Thursday that the search for Tangena "has run into a brick wall. The sad part is we have a missing 2-year-old out there. Begum continues to plead for her daughter's safe return. "I can't stop thinking about her," Begum said, describing sleepless nights wondering if her daughter is out in the cold. "She's just a little baby. She never did anything to anybody." Tammy Stables Battaglia http://www.freep.com/article/20081121/NEWS02/811210350/1001/rss01