by sewmom 17 Aug 2009

is fine. I will keep checking the news for updates in the paper and online.

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by gerryvb 19 Aug 2009

hope he will be found.prayers for you all.

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by jink 19 Aug 2009

what a bed news .. incredible that poeple do sutch things ...i am alway waching my cildren if they are out .....this is just a case to conferm me that i have to do that ...
i hope that the boy will be found ..
you should be proud of your son that he did what he could do ....

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by shirlener88 19 Aug 2009

Oh my - I had hoped that they had found him - please update us. *4U

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by jacquipaul 19 Aug 2009

My prayers are with you, your son, the rescue teams and the families involved. This is a terrible situation, but I'm glad that people like your son are able to help.
Love,
Jacqueline

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by ruthie 18 Aug 2009

Oh sewmom, what a tragic ending, I only hope that the whole truth comes to light about who did this to Hasanni, so that the person(s) who actually did this can be punished. Love and hugs to you sweetie, and to all the people who were involved in the search, it must be absolutely heartbreaking for them.

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by dlmds 18 Aug 2009

Sewmom, It sound as tho you have a very caring loving son. What a sad thing it is when something bad happens to a little ones, they do not have the experience to try and help themselves. God bless all involved. H&*.

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by sewmom 18 Aug 2009

http://www.insidebayarea.com/frem...

OAKLAND — Police have received just 50 tips about possible sightings of 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell in the week since he was reported missing.

When 8-year-old Sandra Cantu of Tracy went missing, 477 tips rolled into police in the first five days of her disappearance.

None of the tips or the searches of Oakland neighborhoods, the parklands of Coyote Hills near Fremont and the marshland area along the Hayward shoreline have turned up anything, police said.

There also is a lack of community support in the search for the missing boy with cerebral palsy. There were just a handful of people at a vigil this afternoon.

In the case of Cantu, whose body was found April 6 in a suitcase in an irrigation pond near the mobile home park where she lived, searches brought out at least 300 people. Neighbor Melissa Huckaby, 28, has been indicted on five counts of kidnapping, raping and killing her.

"I'm sick to my stomach there aren't more people out here," said Charity Edmondson, a friend of Jennifer Campbell's, the missing boy's aunt and foster mother. "It's heart wrenching. (Campbell) would go across the world to look for someone's child."

Also today, police and Crime Stoppers of Oakland announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the boy's whereabouts.

Campbell, 30, her fiance, Louis Ross, 38, and the boy's maternal grandmother, Pamela Clark, held a candlelight vigil this afternoon on the driveway behind Shuz of Rockridge, the place Ross said he left the boy Aug. 10 while he went to the front of the College Avenue shoe store to motion to Campbell that he had arrived to drop off the boy and his 1-year-old sister. Family members have said they believe Hasanni was abducted.

The vigil was marked by the foster parents alternately declining to speak to reporters and then pleading with them to keep the story in the limelight.

"Don't let him become a picture on a milk carton five years from now," said Ross, who has been interviewed by police and homicide investigators twice since the boy was reported missing.

Ross said his family has been cooperating with authorities, although he felt police believed he and Campbell did something wrong. Today he was emotional and crying while speaking about the boy.

"He was a damn child. ... That's why we care. If we didn't, who would?" Ross said. "He sat in foster care for two years, and his sister sat in foster care for two months."

Ross said there has been a lot of "speculation" about what happened to Hasanni. "These were our children," he said. "Don't try to take that from us. We've fought for them."

The boy's younger sister is not with the couple because she was placed in protective custody last week while the police investigation is ongoing.

The boy is described as light-skinned African-American, 3 feet tall, weighing 40 pounds. He last was seen wearing a gray sweatshirt and gray pants. He wears braces on his feet.

Anyone with information may call Oakland police at 510-238-7934 or Crime Stoppers of Oakland at 510-777-8572 or 510-777-3211.

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by ruthie 17 Aug 2009

This must be a terrible time for all concerned sewmom, my heart goes out to everyone involved in the search, especially the parents. Love and hugs sweetie, and thanks for the update.

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by jrob Moderator 17 Aug 2009

I know they probably don't want to leave or feel like they are giving up, but you have to stop at some point. This is so very sad......

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by marjialexa Moderator 17 Aug 2009

I am so sorry! That must be so disheartening for the searchers, to come up empty. We see on TV the successful searches, but don't hear much about the unsuccessful ones. I am so very sorry for the poor parents, what a tragedy! Thanks for letting us know, big hugs to you and your son, Marji

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