ALYSSA MARIE SEDELTZCK - 12 yo - Terra Haute IN

TERRE HAUTE —
The Vigo County Sheriff's Dept. issued an Indiana Missing Children's Report late Tuesday night.

The department is searching for Alyssa Marie Sedeltzck, a 12-year-old
white female last seen about 6 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at her residence
in the 6000 block of North Page Street in Terre Haute.

Sedeltzck is 5 feet, 2 inches tall with brown eyes and long, brown straight hair and weighs about 105 pounds.

She was last seen wearing a dark T-shirt with blue jeans, and a flat-billed baseball cap with purple and green bill.

She was accompanied by an unknown person.

Please call the Vigo County Sheriff Dept. at (812) 462-3226 with any information or to report a sighting.
http://tribstar.com/latest/x1585738438/Vigo-Sheriff-searching-for-missing-12-year-old-girl

http://tribstar.com/local/x1585738438/Vigo-Sheriff-searching-for-missing-12-year-old-girl
PHOTO UPDATE: Search continues for missing girl
Staff ReportThe Tribune-StarThe Tribune StarWed May 02, 2012, 11:42 AM EDT


TERRE HAUTE — The search continues for a 12-year-old northern Vigo County girl who was last seen by her family on Sunday.


Alyssa Marie Sedletzeck is described as 5-feet, 2-inches tall, weighing 105 pounds with straight, long brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a dark T-shirt, blue jeans, and a purple and green flat-billed cap. She was accompanied by an unknown person.

Sedletzeck was last seen about 6 p.m. Sunday at her family’s home on North Page Street in the Howard Subdivision off U.S. 41 at Hasselburger Road.

Detective Karen Cross of the Vigo County Sheriff’s Department said the decision was made to issue an Indiana Missing Teen report late Tuesday at the urging of the child’s parents. The girl was initially reported as a runaway, Cross said, but after she did not turn up with friends or at school on Monday, her status was changed.

The child does not have any medical issues or anything that makes her endangered at this point, other than her young age and the fact that no one has been in communication with her, Cross said. Those issues did not make her eligible for an Indiana Amber Alert, a statewide system to notify the public of an endangered missing child.

The girl’s family has been monitoring her Facebook account, to see if she accesses it, Cross said. They noticed that before she went missing, their daughter had been in contact with a male who lists his age as 21. Detective Cross said she has received information that the male may not be as old as 21, but may be around the same age as Sedletzeck. Since the male’s identity has not been confirmed, no information has been released about him.

Cross said the decision to issue a countywide alert about the missing girl was made by Sheriff Greg Ewing late Tuesday.

Other updates will be issued as information is released by the sheriff’s department.

TWO MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A VIGO COUNTY MISSING TEEN
WHO HAS SINCE BEEN FOUND. 18-YEAR OLD BRANDON L. BENNETT WAS ARRESTED
AFTER HIS FATHER CALLED POLICE WITH A TIP ON THE MISSING GIRL.
BENNETT'S UNCLE, 24-YEAR OLD TIMMY SANDERS JUNIOR OF INDIANAPOLIS WAS
ALSO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. BOTH MEN FACE TWO FELONY CHARGES OF CHILD
MOLESTING. 12-YEAR OLD ALYSSA SEDLETZECK WAS FOUND THURSDAY AT A HOUSE
ON FENWOOD AVENUE IN TERRE HAUTE. POLICE BELIEVE SHE'D BEEN USING A
PHONY NAME AND AGE WHILE STAYING AT THE HOUSE. POLICE ARE QUESTIONING
THE SIX PEOPLE WHO LIVE AT THE HOME. ALYSSA WENT MISSING SUNDAY EVENING
AND POLICE BELIEVE SHE FREELY WENT WITH BENNETT AND SANDERS. BOTH MEN
ARE BEING HELD IN THE VIGO COUNTY JAIL AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT FRIDAY.

http://wibqfm.com/news/articles/2012/may/04/missing-girl-found-two-men-arrested/

On Thursday at 9:30pm Vigo County Sheriff’s Officials arrested a second suspect
in the Alyssa Sedletzeck case.
Timmy J. Sanders Jr. DOB. 9/30/1987 of 2653 Shirley Dr. Indianapolis, IN was
taken into custody at 1343 1st Av. Terre Haute, IN charged with Child Molesting Class “B” Felony.
Sanders is the uncle of Brandon L. Bennett who was arrested earlier.
Brandon Bennett has been charged with two counts of Child Molesting Class “B” Felony.
Sheriff’s officials have probable cause to believe that both Bennett - 18 and
Sanders – 24 sexually molested the 12 year old at 2929 Fenwood Av. Terre Haute, IN.
It is believed originally on Sunday April 29th Sedletzeck had voluntarily accompanied Bennett to the Fenwood address.
The investigation is continuing to determine if Sedletzeck was being held against her will.
Both suspects will be in Vigo County Superior Court Division One on Friday.
Sheriff’s officials were assisted by the FBI, Indiana State Police, and Terre Haute Police.

http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/crime/2nd-arrest-made-in-missing-girl-case

I'm guessing "molesting" means rape in this instance.

twinkletoes wrote:I'm guessing "molesting" means rape in this instance.

---No. Not necessarily. This usually goes to forcible touching and fondling.
If there were no evidence of rape (semen, DNA etc) then maybe the prosecutors felt safest with this charge.

TomTerrific0420 wrote:

twinkletoes wrote:I'm guessing "molesting" means rape in this instance.

---No. Not necessarily. This usually goes to forcible touching and fondling.
If there were no evidence of rape (semen, DNA etc) then maybe the prosecutors felt safest with this charge.

In Florida they don't use "rape". They use "molesting".

twinkletoes wrote:

TomTerrific0420 wrote:

twinkletoes wrote:I'm guessing "molesting" means rape in this instance.

---No. Not necessarily. This usually goes to forcible touching and fondling.
If there were no evidence of rape (semen, DNA etc) then maybe the prosecutors felt safest with this charge.

In Florida they don't use "rape". They use "molesting".

---Wow! Good to know. You do learn something everyday!
So, that means: Lady Justice got "molested" by the Pinellas County jurors...

TomTerrific0420 wrote:

twinkletoes wrote:

TomTerrific0420 wrote:

twinkletoes wrote:I'm guessing "molesting" means rape in this instance.

---No. Not necessarily. This usually goes to forcible touching and fondling.
If there were no evidence of rape (semen, DNA etc) then maybe the prosecutors felt safest with this charge.

In Florida they don't use "rape". They use "molesting".

---Wow! Good to know. You do learn something everyday!
So, that means: Lady Justice got "molested" by the Pinellas County jurors...

Yep, all 12 of them.