Comments on: MPPD Ignores Missing 15 Year Old Girl

By: Greg L

Greg L — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:30:35 +0000

The “grandfather” is actually a Grandmother, and passed away some time ago. I imagine if she were still alive, there’d be a lot more action on this case.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:15:25 +0000

Here are my suggestions on what she should do, for what it’s worth:

1. Contact Manassas City PD TODAY. Go, don’t call. Bring a large photograph of her daughter to leave with the police. Give them the FACTS that she has in writing. Give them a copy of the info from social services.

2. This guy doesn’t seem to have a phone listing in his name. Go to Deer Park apartments and walk thru the units looking at mailboxes. Many have names on them, if this complex is like others. Write down ANY that are Jorge, George, Roberto, or Reyes. Type that info up and take it to the police.

3. She should know today what the police are going to do. Keep us posted. They should go to the apartment office to see if the guy lives there.

4. Watch the complex - every bit of time available. Have a camera, pen, and paper handy.

5. Have the grandfather contact the “powers that be” in Manassas City government. They all have close connections.

Keep us posted. Our prayers are with this family.

By: citizenofmanassas

citizenofmanassas — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:03:20 +0000

Maureen,

I understand how that can happen when a parent is not properly involved in the raising of their kids. Waiting until your child is a teenager before attempting to install values, morals, common sense, etc is a mistake. It takes many years of teaching and showing a child the right way and the wrong way of how to live life.

By: Lafayette

Lafayette — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:37:34 +0000

Anon 6:14
This is in the City of Manassas. I’ve lived here my whole life, both Caribou and Deer Park are in the City. Does Cheif Skinner know about this???

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:14:21 +0000

Then it’s within the jurisdiction of the Manassas City Police?

By: Greg L

Greg L — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:15:04 +0000

Update on the location of this suspect: The mother was given an address on Caribou Lane which turned out to be a fake address. Now the Deer Park apartments are considered the most likely place where Mr. Reyes is living.

By: Maureen Wood

Maureen Wood — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:08:43 +0000

redawn-
Thanks for pointing out my error. - The question that comes to mind is that this missing child is” a grandchild of a former Manassas Park councilman”

I saw that but I guess I was tired when I posted.

By: redawn

redawn — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:12:38 +0000

Maureen,

“Maybe the family is illegal also and they are afraid of what will happen to them if they raise to much of a stink. Although I agree, if it was my child, I would do everything possible to get her back.”

The question that comes to mind is that this missing child is” a grandchild of a former Manassas Park councilman” which leads me to believe that the family is not illegal and would know the proper authorities to report too- having a FAMILY memeber involved in our local government. I TOO
have BEST WISHES for the family and I am not trying to sound
“better than thou” but this story has to many holes in it. If this is true and being a mother, and if this family is reading this, I would extend my hand in effort to find this child, just as I WOULD HOPE THAT ANYONE WOULD DO THE SAME FOR ME IF MY CHILD WAS MISSING….search party?

By: anon

anon — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:43:48 +0000

The first way for her to begin to get action is to get her facts in order:

If this guy lives in Deer Park Apartments, then:
1. It is not in Manassas Park, it is in Manassas City
2. Deer Park is not on or near Caribou Lane, so she may have the guy’s address wrong.

Taking care of #1 and #2 is the first step to solving this problem.

Maybe people are blowing her off as a bit nutty, since she can’t get these basics right. Not the correct thing to do, IMO, but certainly understandable that it happens when one has limited time and resources.

By: Maureen Wood

Maureen Wood — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:35:41 +0000

Maybe the family is illegal also and they are afraid of what will happen to them if they raise to much of a stink. Although I agree, if it was my child, I would do everything possible to get her back.

citizenofmanassas- Unfortunately even if you do everything right as a parent, some kids you just can’t control. If you have a 23 or 33 year old male telling you what to do, especially if there is no male role model in your life, they will more than likely listen to that person.

I hope the mother wakes up and demands the police find her daughter! She is still under age, and as far as I can tell from this post, no one knows if she is okay or not.

Best wishes to the family of this girl and I hope she is found soon.

By: redawn

redawn — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:15:35 +0000

” The father….doesn’t want to contact the police either”

“The mother is now concerned that she will be prosecuted for this situation”

????????????????????? If it were my child I would be hitting the streets, newspapers, tv, knocking on doors….

” something’s fishy in Denmark”

By: citizenofmanassas

citizenofmanassas — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:50:19 +0000

Law enforcement issues aside, why did this mother allow her underaged daughter to even come close to getting into a relationship with an older man? If this story is real, the mother should be held accountable for at least a part of it.

By: Lafayette

Lafayette — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:29:22 +0000

Deer Park Apartments are located on Liberia and Portner Ave, just behind RebYank and Manassas Shopping Centers. Deer Park Apartments has a reputation, for renting to may law enforcement officers and it has kept those apartments very safe for years. Deer Park Apts. are still owned by the Breeden family, which built them. These are probablly the safest apartments around and have been for decades. There is quite a waiting list to get in there, people are safe there and don’t leave unless they have to. Deer Park has many renters that have lived there for decades. I do believe they have some illegals too, just not as many as other places in our county and 2 cities.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:01:13 +0000

Caribou Lane is over by Weems Elementary School. And there are no Deer Park Apartments in MP. Haverhill, yes, the nice ones by the train tracks, but not Deer Park.

By: AWCheney

AWCheney — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:41:32 +0000

Deer Park Apartments is very definitely in the City of Manassas. Sounds like the Manassas City Police need to be contacted.

By: Greg L

Greg L — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:39:17 +0000

It’s Deer Park apartments. Thanks for pointing that out, and allowing me to correct the typo in the post.

I’m not too familiar with the area, so I’m not sure where it is.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:01:07 +0000

Trying to do a little sleuthing, but running into some difficulty…

Caribou Lane - off of Liberia? Looks like single family houses - about 6.

Deep Park Apartments - can’t locate that

Is it Deer Park on Portner Ave? I’m not sure of all of the boundaries … is that Manassas City?

By: AWCheney

AWCheney — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:52:31 +0000

You know, the State Police can be contacted by any citizen who is not being assisted to their satisfaction by their local law enforcement. As I recall, you can even contact them regarding a traffic accident, regardless of the presence of local law enforcement at the scene. For that matter, PWC or Manassas Police could be contacted…there are reciprocity agreements in place between the various police departments. That was why it was perfectly within the rights of the PWC Police to sit in the Manassas Park Shopping Center (which they did off and on for a short time) to discourage the Manassas Park Police from their policy of harassment of local citizens merely for going into a local establishment there (Rack N’ Roll). Unfortunately, they couldn’t do it for long…I guess they had some REAL police business to conduct, unlike their Manassas Park brothers.