TOURAND Children - 4 / Ages 4-9 yo - Reno NV

Law enforcement officials say they
did all they could to capture Claire Camille Tourand, 34, a Sun Valley
woman who allegedly fled July 9 with her four children rather than give
their custody to others. "Looking back from our perspective, we did everything," Washoe County Sheriff's
Office Lt. Darin Balaam said. "We alerted Amber Alert in all the states
where we thought they were going."Law enforcement in three states were on the lookout for the children, but the Amber Alert system can only work so well.The children, ages 4 to 9, are presumed to be with Tourand in Mexico where she might seek help from their paternal grandparents.Balaam
said it hasn't been confirmed that's where she fled. But they have a
court order that allows a social services agency to pick up the
children, and authorities in Mexico have agreed to enforce it, Balaam
said."If they're stopped anywhere, there's an emergency pickup order to place them in
the care of child protective services, wherever that is," Balaam said.Tourand
is believed to have fled July 9, two days after she refused to take a
court-ordered drug test and a day before she was to meet with county
social workers.Her mother, who has custody of Tourand's two oldest children, last saw her
about noon July 9, and said she loaded the children, their backpacks
and a television into her car, records show.Tourand
was supposed to meet social workers on July 10 to determine the
"further care and welfare of the children," according to court
documents.What kind of dangers do the children face?"I
don't know if they are significant. Probably not," Balaam said.
"They're probably not in the best place if they're in the care of the
their mother."Tourand has ties to people in Mammoth Lakes and Bishop, Calif., and someone
wrote a note at a gas station in the area that recorded the license
plate of the car she was driving, Mono County Undersheriff Ralph
Obenberger said.That led to an alert of all law enforcement in the area and every patrol
unit was looking for Tourand and her car, Obenberger said. They also
searched campgrounds and other places she might be, but found nothing.
"There's not that many places to go to and from -- there's only a few roads in
and out," Obenberger said. "Although, there's a lot of places to hide
up here. Just like Nevada." The fact that someone recorded her license plate is solid evidence she was
in the area, he said, but he doesn't know when she might have left the
area."It's always frustrating when someone's close, but we don't know how close," Obenberger said. "We just can't find her."Nevada is one of the few states to review every Amber Alert warning to see if it was handled properly.Adrienne Abbott, a member of the Governor's Amber Review Committee, said the
Tourand case will be reviewed as well, although summer vacations likely
will delay the meeting.Each case involves the same questions about how the activation was done and
if there were any problems getting the word out to the media and others
who monitor Amber Alerts, Abbott said.Similar reviews in the past have led to changes in Amber Alert policies, Abbott said.Before, there were differing methods that out-of-state agencies used to trigger
an Amber Alert in Nevada. Now, all out-of-state agencies go through the
Nevada Highway Patrol, she said.

Ivan Mata-Martinez, 9; Jakelyne Mata-Martinez, 8; Megan Mata-Martinez, 7; and Tyson Mata-Martinez, 4,

not listed on NCEMC site anymore and can't find an update where they were returned to custodial parent -

“AMBER Alert Deactivated for 4 Nevada Children
Posted: Saturday July 11, 2009 7:07 AM CT
Updated: Saturday September 29, 2009 1:39 PM CT

Although the Amber Alert remains in effect in California it has been
deactivated in the Code Amber system. Information from Nevada indicates
that the children and their mother are believed to be with relatives in
Mexico at this time.”
http://helpthesechildren.ning.com/profiles/blogs/matamartinez-children

http://pleasehelpthesemissingchildren.blogspot.com/2009/07/amber-alert-issued-4-children-nevada.html

no updates on the missing children

Whereabouts still sought for Sun Valley woman Claire Tourand, who fled with her four children

By Jaclyn O'Malley • jomalley@rgj.com • August 20, 2010
http://www.rgj.com/article/99999999/NEWS0104/311200014/1004/news01/Whereabouts+still+sought+for+Sun+Valley+woman+Claire+Tourand++who+fled+with+her+four+children+
At the time Tourand fled, she had been freed from jail only a matter of months following her 9 month sentence from May 2008 for an incident involving the neglect of five of her children. Tourand, her mother, and a live-in boyfriend all pleaded guilty last year to child neglect, for making five of her children live in squalid conditions, not feeding or bathing them, and creating a situation where they could suffer physical or mental harm, records show.

Tourand and her mother live at the same Sun Valley home on Wewoka Way that social workers and police deemed had dangerous living conditions for her children. When the women were arrested last year, they owned several cats and dogs whose feces and urine covered every floor and pile of children's clothing.

There was also no hot water in the home, and had to be heated in a coffee pot so the children could have "sponge baths," according to a police report.

Social services had physical and legal custody of the four children. Tourand was granted temporary custody while social workers tried to reunite her with the children. She was court ordered to attend meetings, classes and to submit to random drug testings.

Officials said Tourand's mother told them Tourand had been frustrated with the "hoops" she felt she had to go through to regain custody of her children. The goal of child welfare workers is to reunite children, and place parents on a strict plan so they may work to get them back.

Long article with the whole background story. Not enough care taken by CPS to protect these kids IMO. To hell with trying to reunite the family. Giving birth does not a family make IMO.

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