Missing Girl Found; Dad Arrested
Clark Rockefeller Found In Baltimore; 7-Year-Old Daughter Safe, Heading Back To Mom
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An undated photo of Clark Rockefeller released by the Boston Police Department. (Boston Police)
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This image made from a video released, July 31, 2008 by Boston Police Department shows Sandra Boss giving a statement regarding her daughter Reigh Boss, who was allegedly kidnapped from Boston by her father. (AP Photo/Boston Police Department)
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Reigh Storrow Boss was allegedly abducted by her father, Clark Rockefeller. (Boston Police)
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Reigh Storrow Boss was found with her father in Baltimore, August 2, 2008. Her father, Clark Rockefeller was arrested for kidnapping. (Boston Police)
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Reigh Storrow Boss was allegedly abducted by her father, Clark Rockefeller. (Boston Police)
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A "concerned citizen" tipped off authorities that the man known as Clark Rockefeller was living in a Baltimore apartment and had a 26-foot catamaran docked at a nearby marina, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said.
Rockefeller will be arraigned Monday to begin extradition proceedings. He is charged with felony custodial kidnapping, assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, Davis said.
Investigators invented a ruse to get Rockefeller out of the apartment and away from the child. They called the suspect and told him that his boat was taking on water. He was arrested when he left the apartment, Davis said.
The girl, Reigh Boss, was found apparently unharmed in the apartment. She was en route to being reunited with her mother on Saturday.
"Her first words were she was very happy to see very nice people ... she was ecstatic," said Noreen Gleason, the FBI's assistant special agent in charge of the Boston division.
The girl lives with her mother, Sandra Boss, who works in London as a partner in a global management consulting firm. The mother collapsed after hearing that her daughter was found alive. "She fainted, in a way," Boston Police Deputy Superintendent Tom Lee said.
The arrest ended a suspenseful week that began in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood when police said Rockefeller attacked and fled from a social worker during a supervised visit with his daughter.
In what police believe was an elaborate plan, Rockefeller is accused of arranging for two drivers to take them to New York City. He was most recently spotted last Sunday at Grand Central Terminal in New York City.
Police first believed Rockefeller was trying to flee to Bermuda or Peru on a yacht docked in Long Island, east of New York City. But later they found Rockefeller might have planted false clues to throw investigators off his trail.
The father and daughter did not appear to have sailed to Baltimore, because the catamaran has been docked there all along.
Davis said the investigation was ongoing and authorities were still trying to determine Rockefeller's real identity and if anyone else was involved in the abduction.
Rockefeller used at least four known aliases, and there is no indication the fugitive is related to the famous family descended from Standard Oil billionaire John D. Rockefeller Sr., family members said.
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Huh? He is a millionaire and has a 7 year old child, but no one is sure of his "real" identity? Mom of the child was also fooled all this time?
Any news on why dad needed supervised visitation, ie. abuse claims, etc?
Posted by kalcoh at 09:29 PM : Aug 02, 2008
I don''t think he was ever identified as a millionaire. Evidently, he tried to make people believe he was part of the wealthy Rockefeller family, but they have disavowed this. Evidently this guy was quite a liar.
Posted by barbaraf4 at 10:15 PM : Aug 02, 2008,,,
Hundreds of Black children are still missing and unaccounted for thought to be kidnapped as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Many Prisoners are still unaccounted for once the Jails were emptied out, and even if these criminals are recaptured, all the evidence being held against them was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Many think the escaped criminals kidnapped many Black youth during and after Hurricane Katrina. The unreported, underreported, undocumented crimes of Hurricane Katrina!
We''d hate to tarnish THAT Rockefeller family. All THEY did was screw 300 million people out of their jobs, homes, and bank accounts.
Are you not going to tell me how to find that video again?
"I suppose you want me to make another one for you. . . with blood & guts this time."
You would do that for me?:) I sure would appreciated it. The other was okay, but blood and guts would be better.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:28 AM : Aug 03, 2008
Geez, MEN!!
"How about a nice porn video? That''''s much easier than blood & guts. . ."
Hmmm,....let me think.....nope, I''d rather have the blood and guts.
I can''t find the old one.
And you were going to be in the porn video?
I know that!
"As much as I love women..."
Hahaha, this is ME you are talking to.
"But, since it''''s you, I''''ll create a reasonable caricature of me having my brains splattered all over the place by some vindictive, out of control with rage woman, such as YOU."
Thank you, I apprecitate that.:)
"Your character will likewise be a caricature of you even though I don''''t know what you look like."
Just make her with long dark hair, and make sure she looks good.
"And, if I did a animated porn video of ME it would have certain features enhanced . ."
And how did I not know that?
Hmmm, if you did the porn, there still could be blood. I could chop of your "enhanced" you know what.
I will be waiting for that video.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 03:19 AM : Aug 03, 2008
We ain''t even going to go there.:)
"The nice looking part is debatable unless you consider looking like a witch to be "nice looking." After all, it is YOU."
Yes, it is me. How did you know I was a witch, did I tell you? Not all witches are ugly.
There are so few women in prison because our species is close to being perfect.
Haha.
"but in your case, we''''ll use the children''''s stories version of witches. . ."
You better make me look d-a-m-n good, tucker!
It''s my bedtime. I had fun playing. I am looking forward to that video, so don''t disappoint me.
Goodnight!
As for the story, I don''t think this guy wanted to harm his daughter. It just wasn''t a smart move taking her like that. He really wasn''t thinking of her welfare. Hopefully we will read about the issues that brought on such actions.
LOL good one!
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The girl, Reigh Boss, was found apparently unharmed in the apartment."
Apparently?? it should have been obvious the moment they saw her, she was either injured or she wasn''t DUH.
Posted by newster1 at 10:43 AM : Aug 03, 2008
all damage to a person is not on the outside. She will no doubt be taken in for questioning to both a hospital, to see a child therapist and to talk to officials. She will be "de-briefed" then the evidence examined.
While it is true she has not been killed or cut up or maybe not even spanked--she may have been molested in some other way--only indepth examinations and analysis can determine if Rockefeller''s bid to knock down a court appointed supervisor and go on the lam was only because he wanted Snooks to live with him or because he was an unstable, demented man.
There was a reason the visits were supervised in the first place. In custodial hearings, the courts are reluctant to make stipulations of supervision being necessary without overwhelming evidence of abuse or endangerment of some sort--maybe daddy liked to "play games" with Snooks and that is why the mom divorced him. Games without penetration rarely leave proof though they do leave emotional scarring. If Daddy was a game player and the mom and Snooks confirmed this-but there was still no proof--then the dad would get visits--but only under supervision to make sure he did not continue the alleged "games"
Note to some: "Games" means inappropriate petting, rubbing or other physical stimulation that is considered molestation.
Poor kids. . .
Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:02 AM : Aug 03, 2008
You have posted that kids should be able to have sexxx with adults and that the rest of society should stay out of it--all of your comments spring from that vantage point. No doubt you wish the dad should have been allowed to keep Snooks and no matter what he did to her--if she did not know or seem to mind, we should butt out? That has been your position in other postings.
I have to agree on the issue about women molesters. They get a slap on the hand when they should net as much time as the men who do similar things. constantly , they get off with just an ankle bracelet for a few days. But here''s the thing--when it comes to custody and parenting and male and female--it appears that men are more likely to physically and/or sexually abuse their own offspring and so, are not given as much latitude for custody as women. Not that women do not abuse their kids--but men do it so often and so much that it is a no brainer for the judge to err on the side of caution and give custody to the woman unless there is proven mitigating circumstances.
Something is not right here--the man would not have supervised visitations based on a "lie " from his ex wife. The courts would need more evidence than that and often require more than hearsay. Perhaps the mom saw dad do something inappropriate if not downright deviant--Snooks confirmed this, but no one can say it is truly wrong (like maybe he wrestled with her and pinned her to the ground and mom came in and thought it was molestation--or at least they each had a diff version of the same visage) that would merit supervision--just in case it was not as innocent as the dad said it was.
Many points that have been made are true. Men abuse more often than women, but women abuse too. Men are generally treated less fairly in custody proceedings than women. People who obsess on certain points are reacting to their own experiences and preconceptions. And on and on.
I guess it is a good forum to stimulate conversation, but be careful - nothing good comes from generating hate.
Posted by mainemade
Wrong. Unless this man goes to prison for a very long time, he will come after her again. There is something wrong with this man.
You appear to be ignorant of how family courts operate.
Supervised visitation means absolutely nothing other than mommy whined to the court.
Posted by tuckerndfw
I do so wish that you were right, and that children were not really being abused by parents. I would love to be able to live in a world like that.
If the man is so on the up and up, why did he feel it necessary to knock the visitation supervisor down and run with the child and hide her?
If he was on the up and up, he''d abide by the rules and do whatever it takes to get to see his child.
Fact is, you don''t know anymore than we do, other than that the man chose to do the absolutely WRONG thing, because now he''s been hunted down, and arrested!
Is "shrew" another name for "bimbo"?:)
How''s my video coming? Started yet?
They are empty, soulless people who create ''families'' simply to meet the requirement that they not be viewed as soulless monsters by their clients. They trot them out as needed, but really don''t give a second thought about them. Ever. They have partnered with a corporation, not with a human being.
These people like Sandra Boss are a nightmare to their children. Little Reigh Boss will now simply be a cute, lonely accessory, sitting in an empty house while her workaholic mother tells and retells the ''exciting story'' of her husbands fraud.....but really, he is the better person of the two.
I pity this little girl and the non-life she has ahead of her.
At least her Dad was willing to risk his own freedom and life to try to give her a human existence.
Her Mom won''t even come home from the office.
Poor little girl.
You like being mean to me, don''t you tucker?
Well, at least you didn''t call me a bimbo.
"Actually, I have started "your" (?) video."
You are making it ESPECIALLY for ME, aren''t you?
"I have to design the set before I do anything else."
So exactly how do you go about making a video? Too hard to explain?
Wow. I didn''t realize how much work it was. I feel bad now. You don''t have to do it, if you don''t want to.
"Especially one that I''''m not all that crazy about making."
Again, I feel bad, especially when it''s going to be your blood and guts. I''ll survive if I don''t see it. I will just imagine it in my head.:)
Uh-oh, what have I done? Just remember, if you are mean to me, I can get REAL VICIOUS.
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by mainemade
August 4, 2008 11:34 AM EDT
- If anyone has ever been through a nasty divorce with children involved MAY understand why he did what he did. There are lots of assumptions surrounding this story. Like all the assumptions of sexual perversion. That has NEVER been proven or disproven. Everyone automatically ASSUMES that children BELONG to the mother but this is not always the case. NOBODY here posting (myself included) knows exactly what went on within that family dynamic/behind closed doors.
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See all 40 CommentsI still stand my comments about the girl being found safe and sound is the ONLY thing that really MATTERS in THIS case! There are many, many more children NOT so LUCKY! A lot of these abducted children end up DEAD!