ROSIE ORR - 12 yo - Muscatine (W of Davenport) IA/ FL on alert

Muscatine IA ---- Police, family and friends are trying to find
a 12-year-old Muscatine girl who was last seen around 3:30 p.m.
Friday at Central Middle School.

Rosie Orr, a seventh grader at CMS, is the daughter of Patty
Mathias and Shane Orr, both of Muscatine. She may have met someone
on the Internet and left - either voluntarily or involuntarily --
with him, said Shane Orr, an information and referral specialist at
the United Way of Muscatine.



The last call made on his daughter's phone was dialed at 3:48
p.m. Friday to a number in Jacksonville, Fla., Orr said Saturday.
He said police are investigating calls made on the girl's phone and
other leads. They are trying to gather enough information to
release an AMBER Alert, he said.

A spokesman for the Muscatine Police Department could not be
immediately reached for comment. A dispatcher said a news release
may be issued later.

A 12-year-old Iowa girl reported missing from her middle school was
found Sunday in Jacksonville with a 35-year-old man who has been
arrested on unrelated charges.
Rosario Orr, a seventh-grader at her school in Muscatine, Iowa, was
found with Justin David Carter, of Jacksonville, according to
authorities and the Muscatine Journal online site.
She is in good condition and not injured or harmed, according to a
release from the Muscatine Police Department.
Rosario, who was last seen Friday, was recovered in the 500 block of
East 56th Street in Jacksonville after an investigation by the FBI
office in Omaha, said spokesman Jeff Westcott of the Jacksonville FBI
office. Westcott said FBI agents and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office
located the girl Sunday afternoon.
He said leads developed in Iowa led to Jacksonville.
Carter was in the Duval County jail Sunday night on drug possession
charges. No bail had been set according to jail records.
Shane Orr, of Muscatine, explained that he did not know why his
daughter came to Florida.
“All I can say is that we know it was somebody she had talked to on
the Internet.” He said the FBI tracked his daughter
using cell phone records.
Her mother, Patti Mathias reported she received a text
message from her daughter at 3:15 p.m. Friday indicating she would be
home late from school to serve a detention.
Westcott said the FBI is reviewing federal charges in the case.

The parents of a 12 year- old Muscatine girl boarded a plane to Florida
Monday to pick her up 12 hundred miles away, after an agonizing 48
hours not knowing if she was dead or alive.
''It was so hard, because she was gone and nobody knew anything, all we
could do was let the FBI do their job, let police do their job'', said a
tearful Patty Mathias Monday while at the Quad City International
Airport to bring her daughter back to Muscatine. ''I just want to get
her home where she belongs. Where she's loved and she's safe.''
Rosie Orr was last seen leaving her Muscatine middle school Friday
afternoon. When she didn't make it to her dad's house, authorities were
called, and the FBI brought in.
Federal authorities reportedly subpoenaed Orr's cell phone records and
text messages, and tracked her to a house in Jacksonville ,Florida, with
a 35-year old man named Justin Carter.
Her parents say they don't know him, but believe their daughter met him
on Facebook.
''She used to be his friend on Facebook, and that's where we suspect
she met him'', her mom said.
Her father Shane Orr spoke briefly to his daughter by phone.
''I just let her know that I loved her ,that I missed her, that she has
alot of support back home'', Orr said. ''She's an honor student, she's
in alot of activities, she's the kind of child that a parent wouldn't
think they'd have to worry about.''
Orr says he hopes other parents learn that it can actually happen to
their child. They still don't know for sure how their daughter was lured
to leave home.
''I guess my caution to other parents would be you have to be careful of
what they're doing online. Check their cell phones to see if there are
any strange numbers. Know their online passwords'', Orr said.
''He must have worked some magic on her. They're out there and getting
our kids, we felt so helpless'', Mathias said.
Carter was taken into custody in Jacksonville on state drug charges and
made his first court appearance Monday. The FBI says federal charges in
connection with the girl's disappearance are under review.
Mathias said she's grateful the FBI was brought into the case so quickly
to work across state lines.
''We were truly blessed that she was found and she's unharmed and she's
coming home'', Mathias said. ''You better believe she won't be leaving
my sight or her father's until she's 18''.

Rosario Orr celebrated her 13th birthday by returning to Muscatine with
her parents while state and federal law officials discussed who should
prosecute the man she was found with in Jacksonville, Fla.
Orr
was reported missing Friday when the Central Middle School
seventh-grader did not come home from school. FBI agents found her
Sunday in Jacksonville in the company of Justin David Carter, 35.
Carter is being held by Jacksonville authorities on possession of
marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges, authorities said Tuesday.
In
Iowa, the reunited Orr family returned home Tuesday, the Muscatine
Journal reported, while authorities debated which agency should take the
lead investigating and potentially charging Carter in Orr's
disappearance.
Carter could face charges of child stealing and
enticing a minor in Iowa, but local prosecutors believe he would face
sterner penalties if charged under federal laws, Muscatine County
attorney's officials said in a news release."We believe the
prosecution of Carter in federal court makes the most sense," said
Assistant County Attorney Alan Ostergren. "The potential federal charges
carry substantially higher maximum terms and are more appropriate under
the facts of the case."
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney's
office for the Southern District of Iowa declined to comment on the case
and would not say if there is an investigation regarding Carter.
Orr's
father, Shane Orr, said that his daughter had
likely met Carter online and had communicated with the man on her mobile
phone."Fortunately, we pulled the last cell phone bill so we had
an idea of a particular phone number she had been calling."
In a Monday interview, the
father cautioned parents to monitor their children's activities.
She
"was an honor student with a lot of activities and great support from
her family," he remarked. "Even so, you can never be too
careful about who they're talking to on the Internet or the phone, so
you need to keep track of that kind of thing."When someone is
possibly manipulated by an adult, I can't place any blame on (Rosario)."

It's an emotional
roller coaster ride for a Muscatine family when their daughter goes
missing. The 13 year old says she regrets running off with a man she met
online. The Orr's call it a nightmare. Their honor roll student never
came home from school on Friday and went missing for days. Police say
they found Rosie in Florida with a man three times her age. Now, she's
back with her parents.

It's an extra special birthday for Rosie Orr.
She's turning 13. "I think it's a birthday she'll never forget," says
Rosie's mom Patti Mathias. That's because she's home safe and sound. "I
just knew in my heart that we'd get her back," says her dad Shane Orr.
Just a couple of the days ago, her parents say she was found with 36
year old Justin Carter in Jacksonville, Florida, whom she met online

"Like to go out of town, away from everyone,
it seemed fine and then on my way there, knowing everyone was looking
for me, it kind of gave me a reality check," says Rosie. The 13 year old
says halfway there she started to question her decision, but it was too
late. "I didn't really use my common sense," says Rosie, "It can happen
to anyone; it doesn't matter how old you are, who you are."

The Orr's can hardly stop smiling since they
brought Rosie home Monday night. They know they're lucky, a lot of
families don't get their kids back. "I can't stop holding her. I can't
stop touching her hair," says mom Patti, "I can't stop staring at her
because I think we were so close to not getting her back."

Rosie's parents say it will take a while
before things get back to normal. They plan to go to counseling and only
let Rosie use her cell phone and computer when they're around.

The man questioned by the FBI for his role in the disappearance of a
girl from Iowa has been charged in connection with that case.
Rosario Orr, 12, was reported missing after school Friday in Iowa,
and was found Sunday afternoon in Jacksonville.
According to new details released by the FBI today, Orr's parents
told police in Muscatine, Iowa, that she first sent her mother a text
message saying she would be late because she had detention after school.
Her mother said she later received another message from Orr, saying
her life was ending that evening.
Saturday, Orr's friends told her parents that Orr had a boyfriend who
picked her up after school to take her to Texas or Florida.
Police looked up her cell phone records, and found two calls to a 904
number; the voicemail box indicated it was "Justin."


On Orr's Facebook page, police saw she had been in contact with
"Justin Carter," who the FBI traced using a phone number to Justin David
Carter, 35, whose listed address was on East 56th Street in
Jacksonville.
Sunday, the FBI watched his home, and he showed up in the afternoon.
When questioned by the FBI, he said he knew the girl, but had been
camping and hadn't seen her.
When asked to contact Orr, Carter called her and left a message
saying he loved her.
When agents found a receipt from a Walmart in Kentucky in his truck,
Carter told them he had been on a "road trip" then he admitted to going
to Iowa Friday, but said he came back alone and had no sexual contact
with Orr.Eventually, Carter admitted she was with him, and brought agents to
Orr in a tent in a nearby wooded area.
She told the agents he had picked her up after school Friday and
driven her back to Jacksonville. They spent two nights together on the
road, one in a hotel and one in the back of the truck.
She said they did have sexual contact and he gave her alcohol. She
also told agents that she had been communicating with Carter since
April, and much of that was sexual in nature.
Carter said he understood his act could be considered kidnapping, but
said he did it to prevent her from committing suicide, and that he
didn't think what he did was illegal.
Carter is charged with knowingly crossing state lines to engage in
illicit sexual acts with a child under 18.
Poster's Note: For the full affidavit of arrest...WARNING - Graphic contents. Here's the link:
http://download.gannett.edgesuite.net/wtlv/docs/060910_cartercharges.pdf

Justin David Carter took a 12-year-old Muscatine girl from Iowa to
Florida for “the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct,” FBI
agents alleged Wednesday.
Federal authorities charged Carter, 35, of Jacksonville, Fla., under a
federal law that makes illegal the taking of a person younger than 18
across state lines for sex. The maximum penalty is 30 years in federal
prison.
Documents filed in U.S. District Court in Jacksonville reveal that
Carter built a relationship with Rosario Orr, then 12, for months over
the Internet and by cellular phone, which culminated with him meeting
her after school Friday and taking her to Florida.
Federal authorities found Orr in a tent near Carter’s
Jacksonville home Sunday. Orr and her parents returned to Muscatine
on Tuesday, her 13th birthday. Wednesday, federal authorities charged
Carter, who was already facing drug charges in Florida.
According to an 11-page criminal complaint filed by FBI Special Agent
Jonathan MacDonald, the timeline of Carter and Orr’s interaction is as
follows:
Carter made contact with Rosario Orr on the social media website
Facebook in April. Their relationship developed in the next three
months.
Carter arranged to meet Orr outside Central Middle School at about 4
p.m. Friday. Orr, who had finished her last day of seventh grade, sent a
text message to her mother saying she needed to serve detention and
would be home at about 3:30 p.m. She climbed into Carter’s 1991
Chevrolet Blazer and he drove toward Jacksonville.
When Orr didn’t come home, her parents, Shane Orr and Patti Mathias
of Muscatine called police. While at the Muscatine police station,
Mathias received another text message from Rosario Orr that said “her
life was ending that evening.”
Orr’s friends told officials the girl had a “25-year-old boyfriend
who was going to pick her up on the last day of school and take her to
Texas or Florida.”
Authorities used Rosario Orr’s mobile phone records and information
posted on her Facebook page to identify Carter as the suspect.
FBI agents staked out Carter’s Jacksonville home. Carter arrived in
his Chevy Blazer Sunday. Carter admitted talking to Orr over the
Internet and by telephone but initially denied knowing where she was.
Agent MacDonald asked Carter to call Orr’s cell phone several times.
During one attempt, Carter left a voicemail for Orr and “stated that he
loved the child.”
Eventually, Carter reached Orr on her cell phone. Putting the call on
speaker phone so agents could hear it, Orr said she was staying at a
friend’s house but refused to identify the friend.
Carter finally admitted to agents that he drove to Iowa to meet Orr
but denied any sexual contact. Carter told authorities the girl was
staying a few blocks away from his Jacksonville residence.
MacDonald and another agent found Orr staying in a tent in a wooded
area described by Carter.
Orr told authorities she and Carter spent the night in a Motel 6, but
could not recall the state. She told agents Orr provided her “with
alcohol which tasted ‘fruity’ and made her ‘dizzy.’”
Carter told authorities “he understood that his involvement with the
child constituted kidnapping” but Carter believed “he was intervening in
order to prevent the child from committing suicide,” MacDonald wrote.

Not for one minute did Rosie Orr hesitate to say
where she wanted to celebrate her 13th birthday Tuesday: back home
in Muscatine - where she was looking forward to reconnecting with
her blended family, her Muscatine Stars soccer team and friends
from school.

"I was so glad to see them," she said of her tearful reunion
Monday with her father, Shane Orr, and her mother, Patti Mathias,
at the Jacksonville, Fla., airport.

"I saw my mom and dad, and I ran to give them a hug. I was
nervous to see what their reaction would be, but they were crying,
too," she said. "Now I can't wait to see the rest of my
family."

That second reunion happened later Tuesday, during a birthday
party with about 20 family members and close friends. Shane Orr
said his daughter will have another party at a later date with more
friends and "others who want to wish her well."

Rosie, who has just completed seventh grade at Central Middle
School, disappeared after school Friday. She was found by police
safe and unharmed Sunday in Jacksonville.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa
will consider filing federal charges against Justin David Carter,
35, of Jacksonville, in connection with Rosie's trip to Florida. He
is being held in a Florida jail on $75,000 bond after being charged
with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Seated in her father's living room and wearing a missing child
T-shirt bearing her image, Rosie said she cannot talk about why she
journeyed to Florida. Her father said FBI agents have told the
family not to reveal details of the case that have not already been
reported in the media.

Shane Orr said his daughter had been very open about her time in
Florida in conversations with him and her mother. He said he was
"confident she had filled in all the gaps" about her time there and
that he would honor the FBI's request not to divulge that
information.

But Rosie was eager to express her appreciation for the
outpouring of warm wishes and offers of help from the community,
the police department - especially Detectives Tomas Tovar and Joe
Roseman, who stopped by Orr's house Tuesday to check on the family
- and from countless people she will never know.

"I didn't know how many people would help, until I saw all the
contacts on Facebook and the news reports," she said.

She got home early Tuesday to find flowers and cards and even an
autographed baseball from her younger brother, Ody, who signed his
name on the ball with a cherry-scented marker.

Her soccer teammates demonstrated how much they care about her
even before she got home.

On Sunday afternoon during a match, the Muscatine Stars wore
wristbands with "R-9" written on them to honor their missing
teammate and her jersey number. Just as officials were about to
tell the players that the wristbands wouldn't be allowed during the
game, word filtered through the crowd that Rosie had been found in
Florida.

Teammates called her at the airport Monday and spoke to her via
speakerphone.

"That was pretty cool," she said.

The FBI proved helpful at the Jacksonville airport, Shane Orr
said, escorting him and his ex-wife to a private area to avoid
television cameras and reporters there to televise the reunion.

The FBI also put the family in touch with therapists experienced
with missing-children cases, Shane Orr said.

"This can happen to anyone," Rosie offered, echoing a theme her
father has already sounded. "It doesn't matter if you get good
grades and never get into trouble."

When asked about reconnecting with friends after her ordeal,
Rosie paused a moment before saying she doesn't know how that will
go. Then she brightened.

"If they're true friends," she said, "they won't care."