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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Mar 26, 2019 21:46:04 GMT -5
  (Photo Credits: www.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/ryan-d-rivera-meister)From the FBI.gov website (slightly reformatted for easier reading) Aliases: Ryan D. Meister, Ryan Danilo Meister, Ryandanilo Meister, Meister, Meisterryandanilo, Ryan Danilo Rivera Meister, Ryand Rivera-Meister, Ryandanilo Rivera-Meister, Rivera-Meisterryand, Rivera-Meisterryandanilo, Ryan D. Rivera, Ryan Danilo Rivera Date(s) of Birth Used: March 1, 1996 Place of Birth: Nebraska Hair: Brown Eyes: Hazel Height: 5'10" Weight: 150 pounds Sex: Male Race: White (Hispanic) Nationality: American NCIC: W170276530 Remarks: Rivera-Meister is a United States citizen with no known United States passport and is believed to be residing possibly in the Guatemala City, Guatemala, area. Caution: On August 4, 2016, Ryan Rivera-Meister was caring for his girlfriend’s 16-month-old baby boy while his girlfriend was at work in Grand Island, Nebraska. Later that day Rivera-Meister called 911 requesting medical assistance as the baby was not breathing. Paramedics found the baby unresponsive and after transporting the baby to a local hospital, it was determined that the baby needed immediate definitive care and was airlifted to a children’s hospital in Aurora, Colorado, where the baby later died as a result of his injuries. It was later determined the infant suffered significant, severe abuse resulting in his death. Soon thereafter, Rivera-Meister fled Grand Island, Nebraska, and he is believed to have fled the United States for Guatemala. On January 24, 2017, a state arrest warrant was issued in the County Court of Hall County, Nebraska, charging Ryan D. Rivera-Meister with committing child abuse intentionally causing death. On February 13, 2017, the United States District Court, District of Nebraska, issued a federal arrest warrant charging Rivera-Meister with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. MAY BE CONSIDERED AN ESCAPE RISK AND MAY BE KNOWN TO USE DRUGS
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If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.Field Office: Omaha Submit an anonymous Tip onlineUPDATE from site admin: As of January 14th, 2020 anyone with information on this fugitive's whereabouts can also call or text "In Pursuit" on the Investigation Discovery channel at 833-378-7783 and/or submit a tip at the show's website: www.InPursuitTips.comAny thoughts?? He is the first child abuse resulting in murder fugitive added to the FBI website in awhile. www.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/ryan-d-rivera-meister
Admin Note: If you have any news-related updates on this case, please contact us here: amwfans.com/thread/1662/website-contact-form |
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 26, 2019 22:00:21 GMT -5
Thanks for posting, knew about this case and saw it on the site today but was busy and had a breaking news case I had to get in on the site so didn't get a chance to post myself.
Obviously it's a terrible case, although unfortunately not unique and this is one of many child abuse resulting in death cases we've seen on AMW or elsewhere.
Rivera-Meister may have been young and new to parenting, but it was still no excuse for what seemed like allegedly losing his temper and striking the child, leading to tragic consequences.
Hopefully the FBI publicity will find and extradite him from Guatemala.
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Mar 26, 2019 22:02:55 GMT -5
Thanks for posting, knew about this case and saw it on the site today but was busy and had a breaking news case I had to get in on the site so didn't get a chance to post myself. Obviously it's a terrible case, although unfortunately not unique and this is one of many child abuse resulting in death cases we've seen on AMW or elsewhere. Rivera-Meister may have been young and new to parenting, but it was still no excuse for what seemed like allegedly losing his temper and striking the child, leading to tragic consequences. Hopefully the FBI publicity will find and extradite him from Guatemala. The good thing is he was born in Nebraska, so getting him back from Guatemala isn’t going to be a huge challenge. The problem is locating him there. |
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Post by HeadMarshal on Mar 27, 2019 13:25:36 GMT -5
This was a very necessary addition to the FBI featured fugitive page, as this accused child abuser and murderer failed to show up in our daily google news searches.
The good news is that fugitive apprehensions and extraditions out of Guatemala seem to be getting a lot better, compared to certain other Central American nations.
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Post by Scumhunter on Apr 16, 2019 0:51:41 GMT -5
Want to thank toptenhunter for finding Ryan's Facebook profile. There are no updates since 2016 so I feel it is ok to post this publicly since it's obvious he stopped using it once he went on the run. Rivera-Meister has the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty despite going on the run, however, I feel it is pretty messed up there are posts there where he's asking people to pray for his child considering he allegedly caused the injuries that lead to his child's death. And while not excusing it, perhaps Ryan was a young college-age kid who was new to parenting and being inexperienced hit his kid or physically shook it or something because he wouldn't stop crying not realizing how much of an impact that can have for someone so delicate. Like perhaps he wasn't an evil person but panicked at the wrong moment. However, the fact of the matter is A) His kid still died as a result of his alleged abuse regardless of whether he meant to cause his death or not and B) he fled, possibly to Guatemala, without taking responsibility and/or defending himself if it was an accident (which I in my opinion doubt considering the investigation results). www.facebook.com/ryann.rivera.7 |
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Apr 16, 2019 1:11:00 GMT -5
Want to thank toptenhunter for finding Ryan's Facebook profile. There are no updates since 2016 so I feel it is ok to post this publicly since it's obvious he stopped using it once he went on the run. Rivera-Meister has the right to be considered innocent until proven guilty despite going on the run, however, I feel it is pretty messed up there are posts there where he's asking people to pray for his child considering he allegedly caused the injuries that lead to his child's death. And while not excusing it, perhaps Ryan was a young college-age kid who was new to parenting and being inexperienced hit his kid or physically shook it or something because he wouldn't stop crying not realizing how much of an impact that can have for someone so delicate. Like perhaps he wasn't an evil person but panicked at the wrong moment. However, the fact of the matter is A) His kid still died as a result of his alleged abuse regardless of whether he meant to cause his death or not and B) he fled, possibly to Guatemala, without taking responsibility and/or defending himself if it was an accident (which I in my opinion doubt considering the investigation results). www.facebook.com/ryann.rivera.7You could see caption on the photo with the child where he says “just please be okay lil man”, shows his guilt in a way. Also he posted images of the boys mother (Ryan’s then Girlfriend). It’s pretty telling how she didn’t comment on the last photo Ryan posted. Also now that we’ve seen when his last social media posts were made, it seems that the main image used on his FBI poster, was taken in Guatemala after he fled, since he has shorter hair and a tan. |
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Post by HeadMarshal on Jan 14, 2020 11:40:08 GMT -5
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Post by Scumhunter on Feb 5, 2020 0:51:47 GMT -5
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Post by Maddog on Feb 25, 2020 7:47:42 GMT -5
I’m wondering how he got to Guatemala without a passport.
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Post by Scumhunter on Feb 25, 2020 9:55:23 GMT -5
Not to mention I don't want to accuse anyone but a reply to the In Pursuit Facebook posting claims someone close to Ryan got a passport and visited Ryan in Guatemala only a month ago (purposely not saying who as I don't want to publicly accuse anyone)- I checked and the poster actually was from Grand Isle so it seems this may be yet another unfortunate case of the country knowing where someone is or the general vicinity of where they may be but not cooperating in extraditing them/not having any interest in finding and extraditing them.
I don't want to sound like I'm defending Ryan or downplaying the just absolute tragedy of what happened- but I feel his fleeing is possibly even worse than the alleged crime itself. Like it's possible he's not a monster and something went wrong as a result of him being an inexperienced father as opposed to like intentionally being brutal- but the problem is he fled to another country rather than taking responsibility- which might have gotten him a chance at leniency if convicted. Or if he has any sort of defense whatsoever, he chose to flee rather than defend himself and his child's memory and left everyone still looking for some sort of "closure" (there's never such a thing as closure but answers at least). The longer he stays on the run, the more serious the consequences/less sympathy will likely be if Guatemala ever changes their mind and sends him back here. He's allegedly running from responsibility rather than owning up to it.
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Feb 25, 2020 14:31:33 GMT -5
Not to mention I don't want to accuse anyone but a reply to the In Pursuit Facebook posting claims someone close to Ryan got a passport and visited Ryan in Guatemala only a month ago (purposely not saying who as I don't want to publicly accuse anyone)- I checked and the poster actually was from Grand Isle so it seems this may be yet another unfortunate case of the country knowing where someone is or the general vicinity of where they may be but not cooperating in extraditing them/not having any interest in finding and extraditing them. I don't want to sound like I'm defending Ryan or downplaying the just absolute tragedy of what happened- but I feel his fleeing is possibly even worse than the alleged crime itself. Like it's possible he's not a monster and something went wrong as a result of him being an inexperienced father as opposed to like intentionally being brutal- but the problem is he fled to another country rather than taking responsibility- which might have gotten him a chance at leniency if convicted. Or if he has any sort of defense whatsoever, he chose to flee rather than defend himself and his child's memory and left everyone still looking for some sort of "closure" (there's never such a thing as closure but answers at least). The longer he stays on the run, the more serious the consequences/less sympathy will likely be if Guatemala ever changes their mind and sends him back here. He's allegedly running from responsibility rather than owning up to it. Adding to that, since Rivera-Meister’s Facebook has been shared on here, he apparently posted back on January 11 of this year about some video game guy being asked if he’d rather have one year without gaming or one year without having both know what and Ryan’s caption was “dudes honesty is respectable”, well let’s hear your honesty Ryan, come out come out wherever you are. As far as who was alleged to have visited him in Guatemala a month ago, I am at a loss of words, I just don’t know what to think right now, I don’t want to mention them by name, and I’ll just leave it at that, and it may explain why he posted on January 11th. |
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Post by Maddog on Feb 25, 2020 18:27:34 GMT -5
Not to mention I don't want to accuse anyone but a reply to the In Pursuit Facebook posting claims someone close to Ryan got a passport and visited Ryan in Guatemala only a month ago (purposely not saying who as I don't want to publicly accuse anyone)- I checked and the poster actually was from Grand Isle so it seems this may be yet another unfortunate case of the country knowing where someone is or the general vicinity of where they may be but not cooperating in extraditing them/not having any interest in finding and extraditing them. I don't want to sound like I'm defending Ryan or downplaying the just absolute tragedy of what happened- but I feel his fleeing is possibly even worse than the alleged crime itself. Like it's possible he's not a monster and something went wrong as a result of him being an inexperienced father as opposed to like intentionally being brutal- but the problem is he fled to another country rather than taking responsibility- which might have gotten him a chance at leniency if convicted. Or if he has any sort of defense whatsoever, he chose to flee rather than defend himself and his child's memory and left everyone still looking for some sort of "closure" (there's never such a thing as closure but answers at least). The longer he stays on the run, the more serious the consequences/less sympathy will likely be if Guatemala ever changes their mind and sends him back here. He's allegedly running from responsibility rather than owning up to it. Adding to that, since Rivera-Meister’s Facebook has been shared on here, he apparently posted back on January 11 of this year about some video game guy being asked if he’d rather have one year without gaming or one year without having both know what and Ryan’s caption was “dudes honesty is respectable”, well let’s hear your honesty Ryan, come out come out wherever you are. As far as who was alleged to have visited him in Guatemala a month ago, I am at a loss of words, I just don’t know what to think right now, I don’t want to mention them by name, and I’ll just leave it at that, and it may explain why he posted on January 11th. Oh boy, I would hate to be his defense attorney at sentencing, assuming it’s him posting to Facebook while on the run. Judge is going to see that as being a blithe indifference to the crime he’s accused of (assuming he’s convicted). |
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Post by Scumhunter on Feb 25, 2020 18:37:09 GMT -5
I knew about the Facebook posting and sent in a tip to In Pursuit but was purposely keeping it a secret to not give anything away- to be honest I was thinking of deleting the mentions about it (no offense lol)- in retrospect though I guess it's a public profile so they must know he posted there already- in addition to people allegedly visiting him in Guatemala and getting passports with ease to do so. (Granted one Facebook poster's allegations but one who actually lives in the city Ryan is from).
Now that we all know about it though, yeah I find it amazing like how he's posting like a normal young guy on Facebook would post considering what he's accused of back home- seeming to not have a care in the world.
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Post by Maddog on Feb 25, 2020 18:42:16 GMT -5
I knew about the Facebook posting and sent in a tip to In Pursuit but was purposely keeping it a secret to not give anything away- to be honest I was thinking of deleting the mentions about it (no offense lol)- in retrospect though I guess it's a public profile so they must know he posted there already- in addition to people allegedly visiting him in Guatemala and getting passports with ease to do so. (Granted one Facebook poster's allegations but one who actually lives in the city Ryan is from). Now that we all know about it though, yeah I find it amazing like how he's posting like a normal young guy on Facebook would post considering what he's accused of back home- seeming to not have a care in the world. Wondering if this would constitute harboring a fugitive. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Feb 25, 2020 18:48:26 GMT -5
Not sure, it's a good question, it does seem like unfortunately those who know where a fugitive has been hiding and/or help don't always get punished as they should.
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