06-13-2013, 09:09 AM
18 month old Elaina has been missing since June 2nd.
Is she being hidden from her father in the midst of a custody battle? Did she really just wander off or get abducted? Was Elaina killed and reported missing as a cover?
I hope this one doesn't turn out like Ailayah Lunsford, Lisa Irwin, Jahessye Shockley and so many others where the child/body isn't located and the circumstantial evidence points right back to the mother and her associates.
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Baby Elaina
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Mother, Angela (Mories) Steinfurth
Elaina was last seen at a house where Angela Steinfurth was staying that night (700 block of Federal Street,). Elaina's father, Terry Steinfurth, had gone to the house about 2 p.m. Sunday to pick up his daughters but was only allowed access to the 4-year-old, police said.
He left to summon his father as a go-between, then returned about half an hour later, after which Mrs. Steinfurth went inside for 20 to 25 minutes only to come back stating that the younger girl had been sleeping in a front bedroom but had gone missing. A man who was at the residence, Steven King, Jr., had gone out of the back door, supposedly to look for the girl, police said.
Last Thursday, police and divers searched the Maumee River after the mother and her boyfriend reported finding something near it while doing their own search. Elaina was not found.
Police said they checked the residence from which Elaina went missing “at least five times” and conducted door-to-door searches in the neighborhood but failed to find the girl. They searched residences again last night.
Last night's search came just hours after Toledo police announced that they were offering a $10,000 cash reward to anyone who could provide information that leads to the girl's whereabouts. Anyone with information should call 1-800-225-5324.
Hoping the reward leads to some valid tips and LE can uncover what really happened to Elaina quickly.
Is she being hidden from her father in the midst of a custody battle? Did she really just wander off or get abducted? Was Elaina killed and reported missing as a cover?
I hope this one doesn't turn out like Ailayah Lunsford, Lisa Irwin, Jahessye Shockley and so many others where the child/body isn't located and the circumstantial evidence points right back to the mother and her associates.
Baby Elaina
Mother, Angela (Mories) Steinfurth
Elaina was last seen at a house where Angela Steinfurth was staying that night (700 block of Federal Street,). Elaina's father, Terry Steinfurth, had gone to the house about 2 p.m. Sunday to pick up his daughters but was only allowed access to the 4-year-old, police said.
He left to summon his father as a go-between, then returned about half an hour later, after which Mrs. Steinfurth went inside for 20 to 25 minutes only to come back stating that the younger girl had been sleeping in a front bedroom but had gone missing. A man who was at the residence, Steven King, Jr., had gone out of the back door, supposedly to look for the girl, police said.
Last Thursday, police and divers searched the Maumee River after the mother and her boyfriend reported finding something near it while doing their own search. Elaina was not found.
Police said they checked the residence from which Elaina went missing “at least five times” and conducted door-to-door searches in the neighborhood but failed to find the girl. They searched residences again last night.
Last night's search came just hours after Toledo police announced that they were offering a $10,000 cash reward to anyone who could provide information that leads to the girl's whereabouts. Anyone with information should call 1-800-225-5324.
Hoping the reward leads to some valid tips and LE can uncover what really happened to Elaina quickly.