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An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing five year old Poplar Bluff, Missouri girl who was abducted sometime overnight.

October 24, 2012 By rickf Leave a Comment

Authorities report a bi-racial girl named Abigail Berthoff was abducted  from the Poplar Bluff area near the Arkansas line in southeast Missouri sometime overnight between 10:00 last night and 6:00 a.m. today.

Authorities are currently looking for a 45-year old registered sex offender named Jeffrey Shelton, who is a suspect in the abduction.  Again, five year old Abigail Berthoff is bi-racial, has black hair and brown eyes.  Shelton is a white male, six feet tall, weighing 175 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes.

Shelton is believed to be driving a silver 2001 Nissan Pathfinder with license plate number PJ8Z5M.

Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Berthoff or Shelton is asked to contact the Poplar Bluff Police Department at 573-785-5776.

Poplar Bluff is southwest of Sikeston, Missouri, just off Route 60.

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Rick Fischer is one of two original employees who started out at KMEM when the station signed on the air 30 years ago in 1982. Fischer currently serves as KMEM's News and Programming Director. Over the years Fischer and the KMEM staff have been honored by the Associated Press for contributing news stories, and by the Missouri State Teacher's Association for news coverage of education topics. Fischer was named in February of 2012 to the University of Missouri's prestigious Leader's Roll of Honor for his support of University of Missouri Extension programs. Fischer and the KMEM staff were recognized by Missouri Lt. Governor Joe Maxwell's office for their committment to volunteerism when KMEM was named Missouri's Number One Small Market Station of the Year a few years ago, in recognition of their committment to promoting Volunteerism. Fischer is a 1981 Graduate of Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, IA, where he graduated with a B.A. Degree in Theatre Arts/English and a strong background in Communications. Fischer has been a member of the Iowa Wesleyan College Alumni Board of Directors since 2006.

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