ROSALEA GIAMBANCO - 7 yo - Mineral Wells (W of Fort Worth) TX

Police: Mineral Wells girl in 'grave danger'



Credit: Mineral Wells PD

Mineral Wells police have issued an alert for Salvatore
Giambanco, right, after he allegedly took his seven-year-old daughter
Rosalea without authorization on June 4.

today at 6:16 PM

MINERAL WELLS — Police need your help finding a missing seven-year-old girl from Mineral Wells who could be in grave danger.
Rosalea Giambanco was last seen on Saturday when, investigators say, her father took her from her front yard.
Salvatore "Slade" Giambanco is considered to be dangerous. He was
released on bond April 12 from the Wise County Jail but failed to show
up for probation.
There is an open Child Protective Services case against him for
inappropriate behavior with a child, but no Amber Alert has yet been
issued.
Giambanco is likely driving a maroon sport utility vehicle, and
police think he could be in the Stephenville or Springtown area. He is
said to often work at rodeos.
Rosalea stands about 4 feet tall and weighs about 80 pounds. She has
an olive complextion with brown shoulder-length curly hair. The day she
disappeared, she was wearing a purple plaid sundress with tan crocs.
Rosalea was carrying a small champagne-color Yorkie who answers to the name of "Shorty."
Call 911 immediately if you spot Rosalea or Salvatore Giambanco.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Police-Mineral-Wells-girl-in-grave-danger-123398778.html

Authorities are searching for a man with ties to Parker County in a hunt for a missing Mineral Wells girl.

Rosalea Giambanco, age 7, was reported missing Saturday afternoon by
her mother, Janicka Gunn, from their Mineral Wells residence.



Her mother believes she might have been taken by her father, Salvatore
“Slade” Anthony Giambanco, who has often worked as a farrier in the
Parker County horse community.

Gunn said her daughter was in the front yard of their Mineral Wells
home in the 500 block of S.W. 17th Street between 4:30 and 5 p.m.
Saturday playing with her scooter when she went missing.

Rosalea is described as 4-feet tall and 80 pounds with curly, brown hair, brown eyes and finger and toe nails painted pink.

She was wearing a purple, plaid sundress and tan Crocs when she went missing, her mother said.

When she went looking in the neighborhood for her daughter, an employee
at a nearby convenience store said a girl that looked like Rosalea came
in with a man she called her father to get an ice cream cone, Gunn
said.

A Mineral Wells Police spokesperson confirmed authorities are currently
searching for the father, Salvatore “Slade” Giambanco, in relation to
the missing girl. He is described as about 6-foot tall and 180 pounds.

The father, 39, is likely driving a maroon SUV, Gunn said, and has
probably returned to the area near Stephenville, Springtown or
Weatherford. Gunn said Giambanco has a history of assault and she is
concerned for the safety of her daughter.

The Democrat confirmed Giambanco, listing a Millsap address, was
arrested in 2008 by Weatherford police on Florida warrants for
aggravated assault, resisting law enforcement and driving while license
suspended.

Records from Lake County Jail in Florida indicate Giambanco has been
arrested several times on charges ranging from violation of a protective
order to battery and failure to appear.

Gunn said the girl’s father has often worked with horses in the Parker County area.

A Mineral Wells police spokesperson said a multiagency team is
assisting in the search and is working with Gunn to gather as much
information as possible.

Authorities were reportedly unable to issue an Amber Alert in the case,
citing criteria in Texas law that states when a child is taken by a
parent, that parent has to commit murder or attempted murder during the
time of the kidnapping for the alert to be made.

Gunn said she has no custody orders from a judge but her father has not been in contact with the girl in about a year.

“He can drop her off at my job,” Gunn said, pleading for Giambanco to return the 7-year-old to her workplace or her home.

http://weatherforddemocrat.com/homepage/x1697313650/Police-search-for-missing-girl

A 7-year-old girl from Mineral Wells has been reunited with her mother after the girl went missing Saturday.According
to KTVT-TV, detectives say Salvatore "Slade" Giambanco took his
daughter, Rosalea Giambanco, to Springtown, just north of Weatherford.
When police arrived at the father's workplace, the 39-year-old fled on
foot. Rosalea was found safe inside the business.The girl and her
mother, Janicka Gunn, were reunited at the Child Protective Services
office in Weatherford, according to Channel 11. A warrant has been
issued for the arrest of Salvatore Giambanco for violating his
probation.Rosealea was last seen on Saturday with her father at a
convenience store on Southwest Fifth Avenue two blocks north of the
mother’s residence, said Mineral Wells Police Chief Mike McAllester.The
father called a police dispatcher and said that he found his daughter
walking barefoot and unattended in front of the store and that he was
taking her to his house, McAllester said.Giambanco is 6-feet, 1-inch tall, 180 pounds and is driving a maroon sports utility vehicle.Anyone
with information on the whereabouts of the father should call Lt. Brad
Belz at 940-328-7763 or McAllester at 940-328-7760.
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/06/08/3137356/mineral-wells-police-searching.html#ixzz1OkHfGlCL