Post by Scumhunter on Jun 30, 2016 3:37:53 GMT -5
(Above: Top: Perry Cohen Bottom: Austin Stephanos Photo Credits: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's missingkids.org website )
Missing Child Profile for Perry Cohen as of June 30th, 2016: (Based on missingkids.org poster)
Missing Since: Jul 24, 2015
Missing From: Jupiter Inlet, FL
DOB: Jan 30, 2001
Age (As of 6/30/2016): 15
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5'2"
Weight:90 lbs
Missing Child Profile for Austin Stephanos as of June 30th, 2016: (Based on missingkids.org poster)
DOB:Dec 1, 2000
Age (As of 6/30/2015): 15
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Green
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 115 lbs
From the Epoch Times website:
The family of missing Florida teen Perry Cohen has spoken out against claims that they hid information from authorities.
Two Florida teens, Cohen and his friend Austin Stephanos, both 14, went missing last summer off the coast of Florida as they went Fishing, but a several-month-long search yielded no results. Their boat was recorded in March by a Norwegian fishing vessel 100 miles from Bermuda’s coast. An iPhone and other items were also recovered.
Nicholas Korniloff, the father of Perry, commissioned a search conducted by Six Maritime, a company in Florida, to look into two life jackets and a floatation device that was found on the Georgia shore shortly after the boys went missing, People magazine reported.
“Let’s talk about the lack of transparency,” Margaux Stephanos, the aunt of Austin, wrote on Facebook. She then lashed out against the family of Cohen:
“Let’s talk about the Six Maritime report from a private search that was paid for by the GoFund Me account, which was raised in both boys’ names. After multiple requests and pleas, Blu [Austin’s father] and Carly [Black, Austin’s mother] were both denied access to see this report. Potential items from the boat were supposedly found in August and not turned over to the FWC until October. Not only have they still to this day never seen the report, but they have yet to even get a response to their requests.”
Her Facebook message was removed on Saturday.
The Cohens have denied her claims, People reported.
“[The Stephanos] were supplied every single bit of information,” Cohen told the magazine. And Paul Robinson, the head of Six Maritime wouldn’t elaborate on his investigation, but talked about his methods.
“Very simply put, we have an online remote management system and all the reporting is done in what we call a fusion center,” Robinson told People. “All of the participants including team members and the families were invited into that workspace.”
Cohen said the Stephanos family was “given login information and a password to check on the report, the status updates of Six Maritime 24 hours a day.” Cohen said. She added both families also were given daily updates by Vince McBeth of The McBeth Group International.
www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2053542-family-of-missing-florida-teen-perry-cohen-speak-out-about-claims-they-hid-information/
Thoughts? Not going to take sides here as I don't know either family except to say it's a extremely sad situation and even more dire now that it's been after a year since Perry and Austin went missing. The NCMEC gives a special alert to the Atlantic Coastal areas near where the boys went missing in Jupiter Inlet, Florida.
NCMEC link: www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1252076/1/screen
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