Somer Renee Thompson is a second grade student that attends Grove Park Elementary School in Orange Park, Florida. She is 7 years old, a white female, 3 ft. 5 in. tall and she weighs about 65 lbs. she has brown hair and when she was last seen she was wearing a cranberry colored jumpsuit with pink striped sleeves. She also was carrying a black, pink and white colored backpack with a skull and hearts on it.
Somer was last seen walking home from school Monday with her twin brother and her sister but separated from them as she ran ahead of them heading towards her home. The sheriff’s office say they have checked with all of the immediate family including the girl’s father who lives in North Carolina.
An Amber Alert has not been issued because the investigators do not have a vehicle description but the sheriff says they may be issuing one later Tuesday.
Sheriff Rick Beseler claims this is the longest a child has been missing in his county, Clay County, in 22 years. They are asking the public if anyone has any information about a blue sedan that was seen in the area close to the school within a block from where Somer was last seen about 10 days ago. They say there was 2 Hispanic men and 1 Hispanic woman who were trying to lure a child into the car with them. They would not discuss anything else about that incident though. The Orange Park Police Department handled that incident and a report will go out later today concerning it.
First Coast News reports that Somer’s mother notified the sheriff’s office around 5 pm Monday afternoon that her daughter didn’t come home from school. “Her mother began looking for her, and after about two hours, she flagged down a patrol car and reported that Somer did not come home this afternoon,” said Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler.
“We would ask that the public assist us in providing any information that anyone may have about this little girls whereabouts…she has been missing for about seven hours now,” said Beseler.
He added, “We’re hoping that Somer has gone maybe to a friend’s house or something like that, but we’re leaving no stone unturned. We’re diligently looking right now and we need help from the public.”
Beseler says they were out all night using the infrared cameras and dog teams searching the wooded areas and they also interviewed all the registered sex offenders in the area and they will continue today to search for her. He is asking that residents in the Grove Park area to look through their yards, parked cars, and adjacent properties and if they find anything unusual that might be helpful to please call it in.
If anyone has seen a little girl fitting this description PLEASE call 911, or the CCSO non-emergency line at (904) 264-6512. You can also call First Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS. You will remain anonymous and could receive a cash reward of up to $1,000.
This is really scary. This child is the fourth one in Florida that we have reported on. First Caylee Anthony who’s remains were found 6 months later, then Adji Desir and Haleigh Cummings who are both still missing and now Somer Renee Thompson. What is going on in this state? This is the United States of America. Aren’t we supposed to be the land of the free yet our children are not even safe on the streets walking home from school. Some families live in areas where public busing is not offered so the children have no choice but to walk back and forth to school. Something needs to be done to protect these children more.
My prayers will be with this family that this adorable little girl is found soon and is safe and returns home. God please look after her.
Jan Barrett
Update – An Amber Alert has now been issued. Read about it here.
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This makes me SO ANGRY!
These poor children.
Is it so hard to keep up with a child aged 3-7 these days?
I’m sorry, I would just DIE if my child went missing.
Horrible.
I hope they find her!!
This is so sad! Why can’t they use the digital signs and put her picture out there. I know they feel they need a vehicle description, but they may never get one. We need to use the Amber Alert more productively!! They need to send out an immediate Amber Alert with the childs picture and description and last place seen and when they get info on a vehicle then add it to it. Why waste such valuable time? PLEASE GOD WATCH OVER THIS CHILD!
Thoughts and prayers are with Somer. This is just crazy as hecked. I know children go missing through out the whole united states but everyone just focusing on Fla. Children can just go missing any where its sad no matter where you are..
Sad, I guess the mom didn’t call police for 2 hours because she just thought she was in neighborhood.
The best thing we can all do for Somer and her family is to pray.
The second best thing is to take it upon your self to circulate her phot and information to as many people as you possibly can.
I hope that patrols in the area increased when reports about that van started coming in. When there are reports about any individual attempting to lure children.. THIS information also must be circulated to the specific area as well as surrounding areas.
Children are NO LONGER SAFE!
How many children must disappear before parents discontinue believing that it is okay for their babies to go outside and play or walk with friends, unsupervised by an adult?
This practice is absolutely no longer safe.
With that being said, my heart and prayers are with Somer and her family. NO person should have to experience this. I am sure that the pain Sumer’s Mom and Dad are facing at this time is far beyond endurable.
The more I work with this issue, the more I am believing in “ONE STRIKE YOU’RE OUT!” Once a paedophile, or danger to children in ANY FORM, always a predator.
These people need to be locked up, PERMANENTLY.
Our judicial system IS full. I get that. But our children should NOT be paying the price because cities and states would rather spend money on building arena’s, politicians and “super star” athletes” rather than locking these degenerates up for life.
Materialism is the absolute downfall of our society and it is to the detriment of our innocent, beautiful children.
im praying and hoping that this little girl returns home safely …it is said that every child has a gardian angel with them and i pray to the son of god our lord and saviour jesus christ for her safe return.
I thought that California was a creepy state when it came to child abductions. Florida seems worse lately!!!
I can’t believe that the police out there didn’t do anything with the alleged attempted abduction of this child’s friend just a few days earlier. “It just slipped the officer’s mind” and she didn’t inform the school or the neighborhood. Sounds like Putnam County rather than Clay County!!!!
In case anyone’s interested, since the officer didn’t appear to be, allegedly it was a black or blue Nissen SUV. There were at least 2 men and a woman in it. The woman was trying to grab the child, but neighbors saw it and scared them away. They then reported it to the police, but that’s when the incident just disappeared. You know, just “slipped the officer’s mind.”
I hate to say it, but it’s getting to the point where kids should be microchipped (if that’s a word)with GPS locaters (if those exist…I heard that they do, but I don’t know for sure).
I don’t have children, but I have two cats and a dog. They are all microchipped, unfortunately not with GPS chips. I’d almost die if something happened to one of my pets. I’d ABSOLUTELY go insane if I had a child who was missing. I can’t even imagine that!!!!! The worst!!!!!!
It also seems like women are becoming more involved in child abductions. It was a woman who actually grabbed Jaycee Dugard way back when. (Aren’t we all impressed by the police work on THAT case? Wow, totally horrible!)
I hope that parents will impress upon their children that women cannot be trusted and that “Don’t talk to strangers” definitely includes women, big time.
I sure hope that they find this little girl and that she is unhurt. To me, it sounds like there is some kind of child slavery kidnapping group running rampant in Florida. It seems very odd to me that more than three people were in the car when the missing child’s friend allegedly was almost kidnapped last weekend.
Yesterday was the time to start knocking down the doors of every registered sex offender within a two mile radius of the last place she was seen, and searching their homes. Guarantee you when they find this little girl, it will have somthing to do with one of them. It’s too coincidental that the day this girl walks ahead of the people she normally would walk home with disappears. Someone in that neighborhood has surely been watching them. I hope this girl is found alive and unharmed, and her family will be in our prayers.
YES, ITS TIME TO PRAY! And also have some talks with our goverment about a BOOTS on the ground TAST FORCE to find theses children! Theses cases are costing our goverment millons of dollars, so why not have the best! THIS HAS BECOME A SAD SITUATION! People comming home from work to find there child missing, having to sleep in the same room with them for fear you will get up and they will be gone!QUESTION? WHY WAS MISTY SLEEPING WITH THESE CHILDREN, AND WHY DID RON SAY, YOU LET MY CHILD GET STOLE BITCH!HE HAD MADE A STATEMENT ON NG ABOUT CHECKING THAT BACK DOOR BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPING AND ALSO SAID HE HAD CHANGED THE LOCKS! WHY? I think it should be listed as a NATIONAL CRIME THAT DESERVERS OUR COUNTRYS CALL! Its more than the police depts can handle to many cases, sometimes they will find a child already dead are they do not find them at all! Each state has a NATIONAL FORCE FOR DESASITERS I think they should be called out when a child goes missing! Go in ever home fly overs drop a net to find the child this would be JUSTICE FOR OUR CHILDREN! We are responsible for them! What are we as people suppose to do? Quite our jobs and sit home with a shot gun? Take ours children to school and stay with them all day? There are a lot of things our goverment could be doing and its not! This has become a very sad situation and its not going to stop because these people are getting away with it!Its pass the CRITICAL POINT when you have to sleep with your kid and wake up and there GONE!!!Our goverment knows where the big crime areas are where most of drugs are!(FLORDIA# 1)Lets call out our COUNTRYS BEST LETS CATCH THESE PERVERTS AND WHEN THEY SEE THAT THEY CAN AND WILL GET CAUGHT THEY WILL STOP! TIME FOR THE BIG GUNS AND THE BEST THE COUNTRY HAS TO OFFER! WHAT WOULD THEY DO IF THE PRESIDENTS CHILD WAS MISSING! Iam encouraging everone to contact your goverment and tell them we as people are not going to stand for this happing to our children any longer!THEY HAVE THE WAYS AND MEANS FOR THIS TO STOP!!I SAY IT IS A NATIONAL CRIME FOR OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE TO SUFFER ANY LONGER!!!
Please help missing children, I agree with you…
So similar to the Garrido kidnappers.
It’s getting the the point where children are not safe even walking with other children for fear they will run up ahead nor are they safe sleeping in their own beds.
The perverted heart wants what the perverted black heart wants.
The little girl who taken out of her yard in Texas, was very luckey to be found! The police went a hundred miles out and started closeing in, maybe our police depts need more training in the cases! They have to do something! When you see law inforcement just standing around, you know the chance of the child being found is next to 0%! I was praying for that little girl in texas, what a beautiful little girl! THANK GOD THEY FOUND HER AND THAT NUT IS IN JAIL HOPEFULLY FOR EVER!!
I am a little confused – elementry school aged children usually get out by 3pm, so why wait until 5pm to notify the police?!
I can understand looking for the child – calling all the friends, checking out the neighborhood – but OMG – time flys…
I hope LE finds this darling girl!
i just heard of this this morning and it really got my attention i am out in california..shocking how all these little girls are missing one after another and all in Florida well i thought the least i could do is post this up on my Facebook page so i did ..every little bit of help is a blessing it just keeps spreading i pray that this precious little girl is found.It seems to me that things like this are happening to often to our child we need to go beyond what we are doing now in order to protect them busing more cameras ..some people are going as far as wanting to put micro chips in there kids ..very upsetting and depressing that people can be that sick and be out there walking around looking like an average Joe…we all must be more alert around our children all the time and teach them the basics about strangers..I pray to God they find this little girl Somer alive..my heart goes out to the family and i cant imagine what they are going through we never quit fighting for our children..i am spreading the word..May God Bless little Somer and bring her home save.
Term “Kidnappers” is out of date. START CALLING THEM TERRORISTS. That is what they are to the children. TERRORISTS.
Put them in the usual TERRORIST category under HOMELAND SECURITY/DEFENSE with punishment LIFE IN PRISON OR EXECUTION.
When SICKO’s like those who kidnapped Jaycee are captured, the questioning technique must be Waterboarding BECAUSE there are still missing children that Jaycee’s TERRORISTS are probably guilty of snatching. Don’t ever ever waste time asking such sicko’s about other children. In those cases, there MIGHT be OTHER children who are hidden and alive who would die if not found immediately after TERRORIST is apprehended. Answers to questions asked during Waterboarding about location of other missing children can be immediately checked and proven true or false.
Get REAL with this tragedy. LIFE IN PRISON OR EXECUTION. Sure, these people have problems and were probably abused and ruined in their childhoods and home and school experiences. HORRIBLY SAD, AND MANY CRAPPY ELEMENTS OF OUR SO-CALLED SOCIAL STRUCTURE BEAR MUCH BLAME, but they cannot be excused as adults when it comes to hurting children. They must be removed from endangering more children. Abduction by a parent needs “cause” investigation. Some parents TAKE their own children away from a dangerous parent who was given custody by a perverted idiot judge or committee. Some parents abduct their own children and are dangerous to them and are also TERRORISTS.
The weak response to child abduction by our country has gone on for too long, Americans. Aren’t you disgusted with yourselves for weeping for the MANY missing/murdered babies/children and then feel better and forget about it because YOU “can’t” do anything about it?? Well, you CAN do something. START by telling your Reps and Senators to LEGALLY CATEGORIZE ALL NON-PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTORS AS TERRORISTS and put under Homeland Security/Defense, with SPECIFIC QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES & PUNISHMENT, and with S E A R C H FORCES in addition to AMBER Alert and the usual neighborhood and other volunteer searchers.
When abducting is legally categorized as Terrorist with specific punishment, they would KNOW the results of their actions before committing them. Those considering grabbing children might not do so, unless they WANT prison for life or to be executed. No magic wand lawyers or judges to get them ankle bracelets or their names on neighborhood lists. What a weak response to have Internet lists naming people WANDERING AROUND that we KNOW are dangerous to children. We should KNOW that those people are behind bars and the kids and neighborhoods are SAFER because of that.
Didn’t Jaycee’s TERRORIST wear an ankle bracelet, and no one holding the job as an ANKLE BRACELET OBSERVER WAS SUSPICIOUS OF HIS REGULAR BOUNCING VISITS TO THE TENTS IN HIS BACKYARD FOR 18 YEARS???… And didn’t Jaycee’s TERRORIST have a lot of not too bright investigators knocking on his door routinely??? (“not too bright?? well, he outsmarted them didn’t he??) The job as investigator who follows up on what’s happening with an ankle bracelet wearer, must be one of the first jobs terminated. They have proven they can’t do the work and they endangered Jaycee for 18 YEARS FOLKS, 18 YEARS THOSE INVESTIGATORS WERE TALKING TO THE TERRORIST THROUGH HIS FRONT DOOR. And, we can cut the jobs of those who “OBSERVE” the travels of the ankle bracelet wearers because IT DOESN’T WORK. TERMINATE BOTH TYPES OF JOBS, and apply the salaries to pay for LIFE sentences of TERRORISTS.
ANY BETTER IDEAS? IF NOT, DO THIS, OR JUST WAIT FOR THE NEXT KIDS TO BE TERRORIZED AND YOU CAN POP A KLEENEX AND PRAY.
FLORIDA, you should start on this right away with your legislators. It’s voting time.
You said a mouth full, and you are right! THESE PEOPLE ARE TERRORIST AND THEY ARE TAKING OUR CHILDREN AND THEY ARE KILLING THEM OR SELLING THEM FOR MONEY? THIS IS AGAINEST THE LAW! HOW MANY MORE KIDS GOT TO DIE BEFORE WE WAKE UP!!OUR GOVERMENT CAN AND SHOULD DO BETTER AND IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM SO BE IT!!
I am just so sorry! Our families and children should not have to live life in fear, but unfortunatly we do because of menices to society! I hope that this is not the case with Somer! I am praying for a safe return free from harm for her! My heart is with Somer and her family! I will do my part to help any way I can! Keep hope alive….Somer and family…we care about you all! Love and comfort!
Jan, Somer is in the first grade.
To date there are over 300 children missing in the State of Florida.
My prayers goes out to somer and her family. I hope they find her soon. Chrildren are just not safe anymore there are to many kidnappers out there, and in my oppinion kids that young should not be walking home from school alone I know she had a twin brother with her and who knows how old the sister was but obviously not old enough to keep a close eye on the girl i know parents work and cant always take there kids to school or pick them up but they should make some other kind of arangements and schools should work with the parents if the busses dont go out there work something out everybody knows the kids need to be in school and they shouldnt be walking to and from school at young ages its simply not safe anymore more and more kids are getting kidnapped everyday and most of them are from the kids walking to and from school well thats all i gotta say but like i said about my prayers go out for her to make it home safe.
and just to add in im not saying it was the parents or sisters fault it definatly wasnt i was just stating that schools need to work with the parents to make sure the kids make it to and from school safetly cause techniclly the kids are still in the schools hands until they walk into there house cause if a kid gets in a fight after school they get suspended cause they are techniclly in a the schools hands but if they go missing it has nothing to do with the school I find that pathetic
Kathy every news report that I can find says Somer is a second grader. Sorry
Jan Barrett
I have read all these reply’s and yes I believe that the mother should of not let her 7 year old walk specially through all the thick woods we have. Another thing is that if we call the police as soon as we notice our child missing they ask us to look for them around the neighborhood and that’s exactly what she was doing. But as this happened right behind my home I can assure everyone that as soon as the mother told the police. There was immediate action… I had helicopters flying around my home and my husband and I didn’t know what was going, we knew it had to be something bad since we don’t see this kind of action around our neighborhood. This continued all night, as we were still unaware of the situation, around 8pm we saw a cop car enter my neighbors drive way which is a long driveway and completely wooded.. My husband said, it’s the cops, we grabbed our dog and went to the end of our driveway where another cop car was coming in checking through everything, even inside the garbage cans. This has been going on nonstop since yesterday around 5. I can assure everyone that we are pulling together to find this little girl. It just worried me that in 2 hrs who ever took her could of crossed the state line to Georgia or even headed west. South of us is all woods also… 2 hours enough time to jump on 295 north or I95 N or S….
First of all, let me send my heartfelt prayers to this child and her family. My heart aches when I see something like this.
I believe that the school should be charged with child neglect! No child that young should be allowed to “WALK” home under ANY circumstance!
The law should be….” Any person or persons involved with the kidnap of any child for whatever reason and found guilty should be sentenced to immediate DEATH!” They should not be allowed to live. I believe this would cut out alot of children being kidnaped. Don’t spend my tax dollars keeping them up in prison. They do not deserve to live!
Has anyone else checked a map and noticed that Orange Park is not very far from Satsuma. Google the location and you find that it’s just over an hour away. That wouldn’t seem the slightest bit odd until you add in a few factors:
No jobs in Putnam means that loads of folks travel as far as Jax Beach to go to work everyday…right through Orange Park.
I went to FDLE’s Amber Alert page, and the Nat. Center for Missing & Exploited. I took out every child over 7/8, and the ones who were last seen with a family member or family friend who is also missing, shortened the list down to the north Florida region and I got two names. Somer and Haleigh. Even expanding the list to include all of Florida it’s still only those two who are under 8 and NOT suspected to be a family abduction.
I’m not convinced that these cases are connected, but it’s pretty weird that these two girls have disappeared so close to each other. Go check my sources and see for yourself.
http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=usMapSearch&missState=FL&searchLang=en_US
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/MCICSearch/UnsolvedAlerts.asp
It’s just weird enough to catch my attention is all. Thought it was worth mentioning.
Well here we go again,it really saddens me,children can’t be children,live a normal life,have fun,go to school,and play or walk outside.What a world we live in these days.These sick jerks that keep taking out children should be put to death when they are caught.The laws should change to protect children.Lord what can we do,we can’t even send them to school.Praying for all the little ones that are missing tonight.Just thinking,could the one or ones that took this child of been the one or ones that took Haleigh?Just a question.Just seems kind of strange,it is not that far apart.
Praying !!!
cent, there is NOTHING better that we could do for these babies than to pray for them.
Good Evening all,
I just made a Google Earth map of the last known whereabouts of both Haleigh and Somer and was somewhat shocked to find that the location that Somer went missing from is less than 45 miles DUE NORTH from where Haleigh’s last known whereabouts. I mean a straight line! I will be saving and posting it somewhere in cyberspace for the forum to use. I will pray for Somer, but am sceptical due to the statements by LE.
Everyone, please do not forget, we are building a database here on the BNN forum for ALL cases that are covered by Simon & Jan. Other cases also welcome. I will start the documentation immediately for Somer. I have also been working on the Haleigh database and can still use some help. Thanks to those who’ve already jumped in to help out.
Somer’s school is .5 miles from home/area last seen. In Florida a child MUST live more than 2 miles from school to be able to use the bus system.
Two miles. You have got to be kidding me. I do not know many adults that would walk two miles to work!!!
This blog questions the safety of these four children, but one has already been proven to be a parental homicide. It would not surprise me if at least one of the others is the same situation. How do we protect children from their own parents?
my hopes nd prayers is with u…stay strong just pray everyday im gonna keep praying until somer is home safe..
We must continue the search for this child online as well as on the field ..like i said before here on a comment every little bit helps somebody could recognize this little girl but just looking at ther photo..
God Bless Little Somer
I heard that the Governor will speak at an event soon today concerning missing children, probably specifically Somer, Haleigh and Adji… and any others…
PLEASE contact him before he speaks and ask him to initiate LAW that moves NON-PARENTAL abductors to the category of TERRORISTS and apply laws of convicted TERRORISTS to those people, ensuring the death sentence… and ensure the Law provides for S E A R C H Forces who are dispatched immediately when a child is reported missing and confirmed to the new department’s number… NOT 911.
Just 2 requests to the Governor:
1 categorize NON-PARENTAL abductors as TERRORISTS no longer as kidnappers or abductors,
2. setup special unit to take missing child calls and dispatch SEARCH FORCES immediately, and establish punishment for those TERRORISTS.
He will be speaking soon, from what I understood… please try.
i still wonder though, if the boyfriend is involved.
cent said,in October 21st, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Just watching HLN… a body of a small child found in Georgia… A family’s PAIN will increase tonight!!!! Praying for them as I post!!!
I ask for prayers and cent mocked me it seemed.Hope cent didn’t mean it the way it was taken.I can only say God don’t like ugly.If you don’t believe in the prayer then believe in hope.I ask for prayer for the child to be found.Sadly she was found but not alive.She does live on in the hearts of those that love her.I want to believe she is with our Lord.I invite those of you that want to and does believe in prayer to please pray with me tonight for Somer and her Family,along with Haleigh,and all the children of this world.I know everyone on this blogg must love children or other wise we would not be on here,sad,mad,and hurting.Cent,I understand your very agree as am I and everyone on the blogg.So as I close just know tears are falling for all these children and thank you all for being on here with me as if you were not then I for one would be scared.God love you all.By the way,on Haleigh I feel we have become Haleigh’s family,we have to be as we have come to love that little girl.
D Kerr, I did not take Cent’s post as mocking at all. He/she posted PRAYING!! at 10:35 last night and I took that to mean he is in agreement with you. He posted at 3:45 today that he was praying as he posted.
In a tragedy like this someone would have to be heartless to make fun of you for praying for this family I really think you misunderstood. JMO
Yes I see the my mistake and want to say sorry to cent,I would also like to say we need more prayers.Here is a last thought for tonight,someone wrote this about someone that I just lost and thought it fitting for Somer,hope you agree.”Just when the caterpiller thought the world was over it became a butterfly.” What a lovely thought.Again to cent,I am sorry.
D Kerr,
What do you mean I mocked you… I never did.. I was saying that I was praying. I have never in my life mocked ANYONE in regards to prayer… I don’t get down like that!!!!!
I want you to know D Kerr, I can see where the the confusion has occurred… NO ILL WILL.. forget it… I posted @ 11:49 before I finished reading the threads… I’m sorry too.
I’m sorry. As parents we should all know by now that our children are never safe. My son is 6 yrs old and he’s school is 6 blocks away from our home. And My husband and I always take him and pick him up from school, We have alot of of crazy people out there!! Come on now use common sense. I will never ever let my child walk to and from school.. My heart goes out to Somer but I’m more pissed off at the parents who allow their daughter to walk so far way from school to Home.. It’s SAD!!!
DKerr & Cent, you have both blessed me by being apologetic and forgiving and kind too each other. It was a simple misunderstanding but I am glad all is well. Thank you both for praying for this broken hearted family.
Folkston, GA? My thoughts and prayers are with the family. Also for the officers..praying they find who did this before they can do it again.
Very Welcome… Treece
As we all know, life is too short to create bitterness… especially for such a small misunderstanding.
I will continue to pray for all.
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According to the press release from the gov’s office sept 14 2009, FDLE states there were 47,000 missing children in FL with the number expected to grow to around 50,000 in 2009.
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