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Thursday, June 7, 2007 Intuitive Substantiation 
A commercial airliner breaks through the clouds and begins to drop altitude as it approaches a strip of land born of volcanic rock and jutting upward from the azure waters of the Caribbean. The landscape more closely resembles the desert southwest than what one might envision as a tropical paradise. Jagged rocks, scrub brush and shifting sands dominate the canvas, but the painting is framed by sugar white beaches and wind-sculpted Divi Divi trees. What mysteries does this island hold so close to its center? Aboard the flight a passenger peers from the window as the jet begins to circle the island and prepares for landing. She closes her eyes for a moment and carefully thinks through her itinerary. Suddenly, the landing gear lowers and the rubber of the tires sing as it touches the runway. The passenger disembarks and stops momentarily. She turns her face toward the prevailing wind and lets her eyes drift across the horizon as her long blonde hair dances against a stark blue sky. Even in February the temperatures on the island are moderate, but she feels a chill run over her skin then her hands tremble so very slightly. 
Like many before her Carla Baron is drawn to Aruba by a feeling, a vision, an unexplainable sense that keeps telling her what happened to Natalee Holloway. Carla is a psychic profiler featured on Court TV's Haunting Evidence and she wants to stand on the island, breath in the air and fine tune the feelings that consume her. Does she succeed where others have failed?You will have to turn the channel to Court TV on June 20th to learn the answers to those questions. However, reliable sources have told me that she did indeed have a psychic experience while standing in the sands of Aruba near the hotel area and she will name names on her television broadcast. She also thinks she knows where Natalee Holloway is now. This was not the first time a psychic has come forth with a vision, a story, a location or a hundred other things. Most did nothing to move the investigation forward and over two years later there are still no certain answers. Just speculation piled upon more speculation. Maybe Carla Baron's efforts will stir a memory, or encourage some frightened person to come forward with the truth. As desperation grows so does the ability to be accepting of things considered unconventional by most. Do I believe in psychic profiling? I’m not sure. From the dawn of time there have been those that walk amongst us with a super sensitivity to their surroundings. Those sensitivities can manifest themselves in many ways. A select group of those people have been able to harness those energies and use them in a positive way. Personally, I have always been somewhat skeptical of psychic phenomenon, but I am not so closed minded that I do not recognize the fact that many unexplained things have happened during my life time.  The island of Aruba has seen many sunsets since Natalee Holloway walked away from a local nightclub never to be seen again. Her disappearance gripped the imaginations, desperations and frustrations of people around the world. The case has caused such scrutiny that the whole tourist based economy of Aruba swirled like Palm fronds caught in a hurricane. Yet, not a trace of Natalee has been found and the answers seem to be lost in a pile of redacted declarations. So, I am willing to take a look at alternative approaches to the investigation and will tune into Haunting Evidence on June 20, 2007. Posted by EasyWriter Connecting the Dots |
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By Christy Pruitt Reporter  March 1, 2006 (Ocilla, GA) -- After four months of investigations with still no answers, the family of Tara Grinstead is now taking a different route while continuing to question what happened to the local missing teacher. Renowned psychic profiler, Carla Baron, has agreed to take on the case. “Anita, Tara’s sister, invited me to help the family in the investigation, and I have had a preliminary evaluation with the family,” said Baron. “I identify with Tara herself on many different levels and this case just spoke to me. It is something I feel I need to do.” Anita herself has had a reading from Baron, confirming her extensive, unexplainable knowledge. “She knew of things that no one should have known about, and I am confident that she will provide us with some direction,” she said. Baron is in the midst of filming a new series entitled “Haunting Evidence” on the Court TV television station. The Grinstead case will be filmed March 21-22 and is the sixth episode to be filed in the series, which is scheduled to air the first week of June. “Tara has been involved in many pageants and I represented the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant at one time. Her talent is singing, as is mine too,” Baron recalled. “She is a Scorpio like myself, and I just feel that I have to help in seeing what has happened here.” According to Baron, who is not accepting any money for her work on the Grinstead case, she is not interested in the fame and fortune that comes form possessing such unusual talents. She has taken a number of cases that no one would have ever heard about simply because the family did not have the resources to help them. “Most of these people do not have the money for this, and I have been very fortunate in the fact that I do not need the money. I receive many emails and telephone calls a day asking for my help with a prolific number of missing persons and homicide cases, but I do not take them all. Some may have too many time constraints,” Baron explained. “Not all cases hold something personal for me; however, there has to be a certain indicator to make the case stand out for me to take it on.” Baron uses cards and visualizes pertinent information that can be utilized in these cases. “I work like a laser and go straight to what matters. I am not concerned with rumors, gossip and extraneous information. I am only interested in solving the answer to this puzzle,” she said. Baron indicated that she is just a small part of the overall picture in the Grinstead investigation. “I am just a small part of this investigation. It takes all of us working together – the volunteers, community, family, and law enforcement – to find the answers we need to uncover what has happened to Tara,” she said. Baron has been involved in cases with numerous law enforcement and federal agencies. She is also known for her work on MTV’s “Fear,” the Biography Channel’s “Dead Famous,” and another Court TV series, “Psychic Detectives.” Court TV’s “Haunting Evidence” is produced by Departure Films. There is a $100,000 reward for the safe return of Grinstead and another $100,000 for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for her disappearance. Editor’s Note: Reporter Christy Pruitt will shadow Baron as Baron tapes the Grinstead episode for “Haunting Evidence,” and will provide exclusive coverage for the local newspaper. |
 Police investigating the disappearance of Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar are scouting nearby Milton for possible locations that could match recent descriptions given by psychic detective Carla Baron. Bellefonte police officer Darrel Zaccagni said Baron's description of a tan or brown vehicle following a Mini Cooper like the one Gricar drove along Route 192 on April 15 - the day he vanished - meshes with earlier, unreleased witness reports to state police in Milton. Bellefonte, (PRWEB) June 6, 2005 -- Police investigating the disappearance of Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar are scouting nearby Milton for possible locations that could match recent descriptions given by psychic detective Carla Baron. Bellefonte police officer Darrel Zaccagni said Baron's description of a tan or brown vehicle following a Mini Cooper like the one Gricar drove along Route 192 on April 15 - the day he vanished - meshes with earlier, unreleased witness reports to state police in Milton. Baron also has told investigators that at some point during Gricar's drive, the opportunity presented itself and a move was made to get Gricar into the tailing tan car. Baron believes someone leaned into the passenger side window of the Mini Cooper while smoking a cigarette to coerce Gricar from his car. State police reports of witness accounts also note a similar scene, Zaccagni said. They describe someone leaning in to talk to the driver before the car pulls away abruptly. "The little things have come back to be verified," he said. Zaccagni said other details, such as the cigarette ash on the floor and the search dogs circling as if Gricar got into a vehicle, were pre-reported, but he gives Baron the benefit of the doubt considering the other unreported details she's provided. In the scenario Baron has presented to investigators, a car followed Gricar, not just that Friday when he unexpectedly took the day off, but for days or weeks before. Baron, official psychic spokeswoman for Court TV set to star in a new series called "Haunting Evidence," said Gricar, once coerced out of his car, climbed into the backseat of the tan car, where another man waited. From there, the car traveled only five or 10 minutes, using a highway, before ending up at a location connected with freight - either a warehouse or other facility with large bay doors. Route 15 runs between Lewisburg and Milton, and is less than 10 miles. Baron also provided investigators with details of the neighborhood where she believes Gricar was taken because "he stumbled onto something." She didn't rule out drug trafficking, and said Gricar's work interfered with the kidnapper's business arrangements, one she suggested has gone on for years. Zaccagni said for now Gricar still is being considered a missing person, but he did say a short list of suspects has been compiled in the event it becomes a homicide. Zaccagni did not name anyone police might scrutinize. For now, the case grows colder with each day Gricar remains missing. "There's absolutely no evidence," he said of Gricar's vanishing. Police essentially have ruled out two theories that touch on mental illness, he said. Either Gricar checked himself into a mental health facility to seek treatment, or the prosecutor experienced a psychotic episode and is wandering somewhere - both scenarios have fallen to the bottom of the list of possibilities. Reports of Gricar sightings in Wilkes-Barre also have not panned out. Zaccagni said the most recent sighting of Gricar comes out of Michigan, and like other leads, officers are following up, even though there is a strong likelihood it will turn out to be yet another red herring. "We'll check it out," Zaccagni said. "Carla Baron may very well provide us with the missing pieces to this mysterious case." Mirror Staff Writer Greg Bock can be reached at (814)946-7446. |
 enissley@centredaily.com By Erin L. Nissley Posted on Fri, May. 13, 2005 While talking to Bellefonte police officer Darrel Zaccagni and Barbara Gray, the former wife of missing District Attorney Ray Gricar, self-proclaimed psychic Carla Baron said she has "seen" or sensed several things that might be clues as to what happened to the district attorney. Baron said she "saw" someone smoking a cigarette and possibly leaning into a car. Zaccagni notes that cigarette ashes were found on the front passenger side floor of the red-and-white Mini Cooper Gricar was driving. Gricar did not smoke, and his girlfriend, Patty Fornicola, said he did not allow anyone to smoke in the vehicle. Baron also gave police a description of a car that she said might have been following Gricar at some point. A few days later, Zaccagni was reading a report from another agency that described a similar car that was mentioned during the investigation into Gricar's disappearance. A former resident of Lock Haven who now lives in North Hollywood, Baron did similar work on Ferguson Township's investigation into the disappearance of Penn State student Cindy Song. Baron has made several television appearances to talk about the Cindy Song case, including on Court TV's 'Psychic Detective." In terms of what may have happened to Gricar, Baron said she thinks he was murdered. She said she believes he had ample warning but ignored it. "He stumbled upon information that, unknowingly, was much bigger than other investigations he'd been involved in," she said. She added that she thinks there was more than one person involved, and they may have been upset about an investigation Gricar was mounting. Zaccagni said much of the information Baron has provided about her impressions of Gricar's personality has been accurate, and that he's gotten approval from the chief to check into a few things that Baron has mentioned. "The police department is on board with Carla," he said. Erin L. Nissley can be reached at 231-4616. |
 11/28/2004 Psychic explores Song case By:Ed Lewis Nationally recognized psychic Carla Baron never knew murder suspect Hugo Selenski or Penn State student Hyunjung Cindy Song. In a case that has baffled Centre County authorities for more than three years, the 44-year-old psychic profiler from Los Angeles, Calif., has been consulted by Ferguson Township police regarding the disappearance of the 21-year-old college student. The missing person's case has led police to Luzerne County, back to the State College area and into the psychic world. Song was last seen by two friends in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 2001. The girls attended a Halloween party and drove Song to her Ferguson Township apartment. Luzerne County authorities, working on five murders in Kingston Township, provided the first significant clue for Ferguson police. "It's very frustrating," Ferguson Township Det. Brian Sprinkle said. "It's very unusual because we don't have a crime scene and we don't have a body. It's still considered a missing person's investigation. "A missing person's investigation is not a crime. But information from up your area is the most promising over the last three years." Paul Weakley, a police informant, told police that murder suspect Hugo Selenski led him to believe that Selenski had something to do with Song's disappearance, police said. In January 2002, the Penn State Paranormal Organization asked Det. Sprinkle to consider another source in his probe - a psychic profiler. Baron has appeared on Court TV, other networks and assisted grieving families in more than 150 cases through her special cognitive powers. "The club asked me if I could talk to her," Det. Sprinkle said. "She provided a lot of information." Baron said she does not solicit law enforcement agencies but has been asked by several throughout the country to assist in missing person's or homicide investigations. Primarily families of murder victims contact her, she said. In mid-October 2003, Baron and Det. Sprinkle accompanied producers and a reporter from ABC Primetime to file a segment on the disappearance of Song. Baron said she felt a connection between Selenski and Song before the meeting. "It was my first time knowing, regarding Selenski to Song," Baron said. Baron said Selenski and Michael Jason Kerkowski, a Tunkhannock area pharmacist convicted in February 2002 of selling controlled substances without prescriptions and insurance fraud, had gone to State College to meet with a male college student. "They were doing a deal," Baron said. "They saw an opportunity. It was a crime of opportunity." Baron said the male student had feelings for Song, but she resisted his advances. When they were doing their "deal," the male student saw Song and suggested to Selenski and Kerkowski that they abduct her, Baron said. Baron said it was fairly bright the night Song disappeared. Det. Sprinkle later learned there was a full moon that night, he said. "He visited her (Web) site," Baron said. "He may still be in the area (State College)." Det. Sprinkle said Baron led ABC officials to an area near Interstate-80 and state Routes 11 and 15, between Williamsport and Wilkes-Barre. "We were driving and kept coming back to that spot," Baron said. Baron said the area was off a major roadway near a convenience store that has gas service and a railroad bridge over a stream that flows into the Susquehanna River. "They may have gotten gas and cigarettes at that convenience store," Baron said. "They saw a dark area a little off the roadway. "I see two of them dumping the body - not buried, but in water. They were trying to go back to State College. They didn't want to bury her near his home because he felt there were too many eyes on him." Det. Sprinkle said he never disputed Baron's suggestions and she continues to be a valuable resource in the ongoing probe. "Forensic psychics are another criminal tool," Det. Sprinkle said. "It has a place out there in the world for it." The formative years For nearly 30 years, Baron's grandmother visited a psychic named "Mary'' in the Pittston area. As a young girl, Baron spent a considerable amount of time with her grandmother, who lived in Forty Fort. From 1971 to 1979, Baron accompanied her grandmother to her psychic readings. "My grandmother first took me to see Mary when I was 11-years old," Baron said. "She told me I had an ability and it would come out over time. "She told me I would be doing this." Baron was the valedictorian of her graduating class from Lock Haven High School. She continued to take "road trips'' to see Mary while she was enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, where she studied to be a concert pianist. "I was studying what I would be doing, but I kept having dreams of accidents," Baron said. "I would see certain specifics and see what's happening. One thing you don't do is change information." The Selenski case Weakley has been at the center of five homicide investigations since he led Luzerne County detectives and state police to 479 Mount Olivet Road, Kingston Township, on June 5, 2003. Authorities discovered the bodies of Kerkowski, Tammy Lynn Fassett and three others on the property surrounding Selenski's home. Weakley is in federal custody at the Pike County Jail. Ferguson Township police still has not interviewed him, Det. Sprinkle said. According to court records, Weakley claimed Selenski indicated to him in April 2002 that Selenski felt he was under surveillance by the FBI. Selenski allegedly told Weakley that he and Kerkowski had traveled to State College and kidnapped Song. Weakley said Selenski indicated that Song was kept in Kerkowski's gun safe inside his Hunlock Township home until she died, police said. An investigative tool Renata Balleza, of Houston, Texas, said she first learned about Baron while watching her on an episode of Psychic Detectives on Court TV that also featured the disappearance of Song. Balleza contacted Baron a few days after that episode in early April regarding the death of her son, Timothy Stone, 17, in Chidester, Ouachita County, Ark., on Sept. 23, 2003. Balleza said her son had been threatened by two men just days before his vehicle crashed on Highway 57 in Chidester. "After the accident, I felt very uncomfortable. A lot of little things didn't add up," Balleza said. "She (Baron) actually visualized details about my son's murder that were not released to the public. She told me it was staged and to call police." Balleza called the coroner that investigated her son's death and relayed Baron's information. "The coroner told me that he was bothered by the scene,'' she said. "... my son's injuries were not consistent with a vehicle roll over. "Right away I'm thinking a cover up." Balleza said with the help of Baron, Arkansas State Police re-opened the investigation. "She (Baron) was successful in the investigation and two suspects have been named," Balleza said. "Three witnesses gave police statements about my son's murder." |
 
CHIDESTER, AR (September 10, 2004)-- Renata Balleza is categorically convinced that her 17-year-old son, Timothy Stone, was murdered September 23, 2003, instead of killed in a hapless automobile accident that night. While driving down Highway 57, just outside Chidester, Ouachita County, Arkansas, Timothy’s car left the roadway and struck a tree. It was said to have overturned three times, ejecting Timothy - but photos, autopsy reports, and psychic Carla Baron would indicate otherwise. Renata contacted renowned psychic profiler, Carla Baron, who proceeded to give Renata certain specifics of the accident that had not yet been disclosed, along with other information that seemed somewhat “confusing” at the time. These psychic utterings made much more sense as the investigation continued to unfold. All case file sessions officially accepted by Ms. Baron are tape recorded for accuracy in the documentation process. Carla Baron gave Renata details of the accident and the condition of Timothy’s body, as well as, initials of one of the perpetrators, and physical description of each - all of which have been proven to be correct. Timothy had served in a correctional facility for minor infractions that involved three other of his cohorts (whose names were never disclosed during court proceedings.) At the time of the automobile accident, Timothy had just been released from this facility - well on his way to a complete turn-around, as observed by several people in the community where he lived with his grandfather. Along with contacting Carla for help, Renata hired a private investigating firm out of Little Rock, AR, to gather information on Timothy’s known associates before, during and after his stint in the correctional facility. These investigators have since uncovered much in the way of information, one such fact being that there were two individuals who reportedly revealed to an acquaintance of Timothy that “ … they were the ones responsible for his death” and “ …he was pulled from his car and beaten to death.” There is enough circumstantial evidence at this point to raise some eyebrows and cause law enforcement to re-open the case, which the County Sheriff had otherwise “officially” closed. Friends of Timothy, and those who knew him, said he would never have driven his vehicle that fast to cause such a horrific accident. This observation, along with witnesses’ statements that a “mark” was noticed on the back bumper of Timothy’s car where another vehicle could have forced him off the roadway, has led investigators to continue their search for evidence of foul play. Anything uncovered by the investigators is being turned over to the county prosecutor and the Arkansas State Police assigned to the accident. The coroner who pronounced Timothy dead at the scene and examined the body maintained, “the results of the examination were not consistent with Timothy having been ejected from the vehicle.” When Renata Balleza had completed the first reading with Ms. Baron back in April of this year, she contacted the coroner the very next day to ".. run some of the details of the reading by him," especially regarding the position and condition of Tim's body that fateful night. The coroner had just one thing to say after hearing the results of Carla Baron's session with Renata. He exclaimed, "Well, she's exactly right! The position of the body was NOT consistent with an accident..." In fact, Timothy suffered multiple contusions about the head, face, and body. Again, these particular contusions were not indicative of the type where a body might be “thrown” from a vehicle. It is strongly believed that Timothy was run off the road, dragged from the car, his body beaten and left for “dead.” In addition, a few personal items were removed from the vehicle. These were later discovered to be in the possession of one of the probable suspects. State Police said if there is sufficient evidence from the investigators, they will proceed with a full investigation as a homicide and the coroner has said he would change the cause of death from “accident” to “suspicious or possible homicide” as evidence presents. An arrest is imminent in this situation as stated by the prosecuting attorney, and investigators are compiling evidence by the hour in order to erect a solid and binding case. Carla also told Renata that the person(s) responsible for Timothy’s death had done this before! This seemed a little far-fetched for Renata until she received a call from a family who had a similar experience to hers with their loved one being killed in the same manner in which Timothy is said to have been killed, and, get this - possibly by the same person or persons! “Carla has been right on the money,” Renata exclaimed. “The information she has given to me has been extremely helpful in the investigation and recovery of witnesses.” Since this is an ongoing investigation, the names of those suspected of being involved in this crime are, of course, being withheld until such time as said arrests have been made, which looks to be “very soon,” according to lead investigators. “We do not want to jeopardize the investigation in any way,” Renata said. “We want to do what we can to get these people who killed my son behind bars where they belong.” According to Carla, the person(s) responsible for Timothy’s death will most likely kill again if they are not apprehended soon. Renata Balleza is following up on all the details gleaned through Carla Baron’s psychic sessions, the first of which began on April 3, 2004. “Thus far, it has been a huge stepping-stone in the search for the truth about who killed Timothy Stone.” “Carla’s insights will ultimately prove true - bringing about justice in what may have been so tragically ‘brushed under the rug’ as a mere ‘accident.’“ Carla Baron will be interviewed by Dave Holmes & Kristen Eykel on Court TV's "Saturday Night Solution" Sept. 18th, and will appear again with Court TV host Nancy Grace on a special called "Psych Out" Sept. 22nd live in New York. |
Bennett J. LoudonStaff writer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William Henry, who would now be 36, disappeared in July 1998, just as he was expected to move from San Diego back to the Rochester area. In a two-hour reading conducted by telephone on Aug. 9, Carla Baron told Henry's parents, Judy and Keith Henry of Walworth, that their son is "not living in a home." "He's living on the streets, but not dirty. He's very clean, does day work," Keith Henry said Baron told them. Baron, whose work has been featured on ABC Primetime, told the Henrys their son "had a couple of times picked up the phone (to call them) and dialed and then hung up." "He's afraid of being judged and criticized," she told them. William James Henry graduated from Wayne Central High School in Ontario, Wayne County, in 1986. He moved to the San Diego area in January 1998. On July 19, 1998, he told a roommate and relatives that he was moving back home. The car was unlocked and Henry's wallet, containing identification and an automatic teller machine card, was on the seat. The day before his car was found, police had asked Henry to leave Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., because he was telling customers that the rides were going to crash, his father said. "They did a test on him, and they said there was no drugs, no alcohol, no nothing, so they just let him go," he said. Baron said Henry was suffering from trauma related to a breakup with a fiancée in 1991 and a girlfriend shortly before he moved to California. "I said it was mainly because of the psychological trauma he was in a suicidal mode that day, and that was the psychological trigger that caused him to step into this other zone that he stepped into," Baron said. The Henrys have faith in Baron's visions because she told them things she would not have known without some sort of extra-sensory perception, they believe. For example, Baron had a vision of Henry, an avid fisherman, fishing off a pier. And she discussed the two failed relationships before his parents mentioned them. The Henrys say they just want to make sure their son is OK. "I know you can't force somebody to do something they don't want to do. The point is, it would be more of a comfort feeling just to say, 'Yes, we've talked to him, and yes, we know that he's OK, at least in the world he's in,'" Keith Henry said. Laguna Beach Police Detective Paul Litchenberg said there have been no developments in the case since the initial investigation. "If he was living among the transient population, which here in Laguna is very small, we would have known about it years ago," Litchenberg said. But he is willing to hear what Baron may have to offer. "If I get something good, I'm going to go out of town and do it. I'm not restricted here to this jurisdiction only," Litchenberg said. Copyright 2003 Gannett Rochester Newspapers |
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By SARA MITCHELL Staff Writer Thursday, June 17, 2004 A former Camden resident now residing in Houston is not satisfied with the way her son’s death was investigated and has gone to great lengths to try to find answers. Renata Balleza, mother of Timothy Stone, who was ruled fatally injured from results of an automobile accident Sept. 23, 2003, has hired a private investigator and consulted a psychic profiler to help in the case. She told the Camden News in a recent interview that she believes foul play was involved in her son’s death. Stone, who was 17 at the time of the accident, was reportedly killed when his vehicle left the road and overturned several times. Stone was ejected from the vehicle while it was overturning, according to an Arkansas State Police accident report. The report, which was signed by Trooper Scott Ellis, stated that Stone was traveling south on Arkansas 57 near Chidester when he failed to maintain control of his vehicle and left the roadway. "Investigation at the scene revealed that the vehicle overturned side-to-side on the southbound roadside approximately three times, before sticking a tree with its left side. After impact, the vehicle overturned on to its left side and came to a final rest, facing a western direction." The report stated that no braking marks were found at the accident scene. Ellis was deployed with the military to Iraq shortly after the accident and has not returned. Balleza says she thinks her son was forced off the road, and that Stone was fatally injured by two individuals who had reportedly argued with Stone earlier in the day. Balleza contacted Hollywood psychic profiler Carla Baron after she saw Baron commentating on the Court TV show "Psychic Detectives." Baron has appeared on several television shows, including "Court TV" and ABC’s "Primetime Live." Balleza said that Baron gave her initials of two individuals who she believed killed Stone. "The initials added up with what I had suspected," Balleza said. In an interview with The Camden News, Baron said there is not a doubt in her mind that Timothy Stone was murdered. "One of the murderers has a conscience and may very well make a confession," Baron said. The field of psychic profiling is a narrow one, according to Baron. "Only a handful of psychics who do this are authentic," she said. She said she receives her information from a technique called "remote viewing," which she claims allows her to obtain information and details on particular cases without actually having to physically be in that location. Baron said this technique is extremely important to law enforcement, because "every minute counts in their investigations." Baron said the idea that psychic profiling is bizarre is fading and most of the time law enforcement has agreed to work with her. "We know we are on the same page when it comes to what is hopefully a most welcome ending for those families involved." She said she realized a long time ago she might have a gift for seeing things that others could not. While growing up, Baron noticed that events would happen that she had previously dreamed about. "I then became very hungry for information about it and studied a lot. And I was very disciplined." Baron graduated at the top of her class with a music degree from Carnegie Mellon, After a career in music, she went full time in 1993 into the profession of psychic profiling. She has reportedly worked with law enforcement, most recently with the Elizabeth Smart abduction. Baron says she has also done some work with the O.J. Simpson case. Balleza has also hired Little Rock private investigator Susan Townsend to gather information and collect evidence concerning the investigation of the wreck. Regarding the law enforcement investigation of Stone’s death, Townsend recently told the Camden News, "It’s not what they say it is. If it is what I think it appears to be, then it’s a cover-up." Townsend reportedly has been working on the case for several months and has interviewed numerous people. She said she has recovered evidence that she claims contradicts the law enforcement investigation of the case. "I have around 50 reports from my findings," she said. Townsend said she planned to today turn over her reports to 13th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Jamie Pratt. On the night of the accident, Stone was pronounced dead at the scene by Ouachita County Deputy Coroner Richard Milner. Milner told the Camden News that he has since had "second thoughts" about the incident. "I was called out there thinking that I was going to a scene where there was a fatality from an automobile accident," he said. "Hindsight is 20-20 because there are two things that have bothered me and they are the condition of the head and the positioning of the body." Milner said he has told the state police about his feelings and they did a reenactment of the accident. "But that was way after the fact, so I’m not too sure about the accuracy of such a thing." State Police investigator Terry Smith told the Camden News that a reconstruction of the accident was conducted and that no evidence was found that Stone died from foul play. "I do not have any concrete evidence except that this was an accident," Smith said. "Why wasn’t this mentioned when everyone was out there?" he asked. "Nobody came up with this until way after the accident." Smith said that Stone’s body bounced around in the car while it was turning over. "His head could have gotten hit then." Ellis, the trooper who completed the accident report, noted that Stone was not wearing a seat belt. "Richard Milner is not a forensic pathologist," Smith said. "He is a coroner." According to Smith, the training for a coroner is minimal. "I could run for coroner tomorrow and I might win," he said, "but I couldn’t tell you if you needed your tonsils out." Milner also said he verbally took his information to Pratt. In an interview with the Camden News, Pratt said the prosecutor’s office does not get involved until an investigation is complete. "Richard Milner came to me some months ago with some concerns that it was not a car wreck, but instead a homicide," Pratt said, "and I referred him to the state police." Pratt said he has not received a recommendation from the state police to prosecute, but will look into the matter. "If the case is ongoing, I cannot really comment on the matter." Balleza’s father, Marvin Isom of Chidester, filed a complaint, through his attorney Winston Mathis of Arkadelphia, against Sheriff Paul Lucas alleging violation of the state Freedom of Information Act. According to a request for public records under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, Isom requested the following records for purposes of inspection and copying: "Any records, reports, incident reports, investigations, recordings or memoranda, photographs, a complete unedited copy of the log of radio traffic of 00:01 hours September 23, 2003 through 24:00 hours September 24, 2003 concerning Timothy Stone’s death." The complaint was filed in Ouachita County Circuit Clerk’s Office Wednesday morning. Lucas told the Camden News that he had no information to provide Isom because the sheriff’s office did not investigate the accident. Balleza said that before her son died, he was trying to get a restraining order against two individuals who were threatening him. She says she wants justice to be served. "Not only was I distraught over my son’s death," she said, "but also in the fact that nobody was doing anything about it." www.camdenarknews.com |
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By: James Lozada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As she left for work more than three months ago, Marisol Hernandez told her mother if she didn't return, she might be dead. The only sign since then of the mother of three was her abandoned car. "This is something we would have never imagined. That something like this could happen to us. We always see it on TV, but just never expected it to happen to us," said Gabby Reyes, Marisol's sister. After the family saw nationally-known psychic Carla Baron on TV recently, they contacted Baron, who performed a psychic reading on Sunday. Baron works on missing persons cases for law enforcement agencies. Before the reading, the family was not convinced. "Skeptical, but she gave me information that only I and my family knew," Reyes said. During the two-hour telephone session, Reyes took five-pages of notes she later turned over to homicide investigators. Police said they don't go out looking for psychics to help, but homicide detectives have talked to Baron in this case. The police, the family or Baron have not given specifics about the reading. Detectives, however, reportedly are looking into leads — including suspicious people and places. "It doesn't matter if they got it in their sleep or whether or not it was a psychic that got it, it doesn't matter, as long as we can get that information and put some closure to a case," said Sgt. Gabe Trevino, SAPD Spokesman. "I'm hoping she would still be found alive, but what we really need is just some closure to all of this," Reyes added. Detectives say they're working daily on the case and the family plans more readings with Baron. www.news9sanantonio.com |
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>Web Posted: 04/26/2004 02:04 PM CDT Vincent T. Davis San Antonio Express-News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On April 15, the case of Gaby Reyes' missing sister took an unusual twist. Reyes has been full of doubt, hope and despair at various times since the disappearance of her sister Marisol "Mari" Hernandez on Jan. 16. April 15, the sinking feeling in Reyes' stomach subsided for a bit as she watched an ABC "Prime Time" segment featuring nationally known psychic Carla Baron. Reyes called the psychic Sunday afternoon and talked to her about her missing sister. "I can say some things were pretty accurate," she said of Baron's revelations about the case. "She said some things that weren't public knowledge." Baron, in North Hollywood, Calif., spoke with Reyes by phone for about two hours. Reyes said she first contacted the psychic by e-mail after hearing of her track record in helping investigators solve cold cases. The young woman sought her mother's approval, sending the e-mail once she had her mother's blessing. This is the second time the family has consulted a psychic about the case. San Antonio Police spokesman Gabe Trevino said the department understands the family's feelings of loss and that police are checking leads to find their loved one. "We never solicit psychics," Trevino said. "But any information valuable to the investigation, we'll follow. We'll continue to work with the family on anything pertaining to the case." Hernandez, 32, was last seen in January when she dropped off her daughter at a child care center in the 2600 block of Castroville Road. She told her mother if she didn't return it was because she had been killed. Her green Ford Mustang was found at West Commerce Street and Gen. McMullen Drive three days after she disappeared. Reyes reported those facts and other information to the psychic, whom she doubted would respond to her message, and worried that Baron's assistants would hold up her e-mail. Baron, who calls herself a "psychic profiler," said she agreed to work with Reyes because she had ease about her. "I always see something," Baron told a reporter over the weekend. "It's like a mother talking to a daughter 3,000 miles away. I hear things beyond the norm." Featured on Court TV's "Psychic Detectives," Baron is currently working on 13 missing person cases. To date, she has worked on 150 cases. Baron said she doesn't charge family members for her readings on official cases. Immediately after her conversation with Baron, Reyes forwarded her information to Police Department detectives investigating the case. Baron said what she does isn't an exact science. She called her ability "remote viewing," because she doesn't have to physically be at the location of the case. She said she focuses on the cases while "reading" on the phone. The psychic said she uses tarot cards to establish a certain rhythm with her hands. But Baron said that without investigators her readings don't amount to much. "They have to be able to take the pieces I derive and put them together," Baron said. "It has to be a collaborative effort." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vtdavis@express-news.net |
 Thursday, April 15, 2004 By Kathleen Haughney Collegian Staff Writer While the case of missing student Cindy Song has been in Penn State news since her November 2001 disappearance, the case remains unsolved. The Song case, along with two other cases, will be highlighted at 10 tonight during ABC's Primetime Thursday. All three cases include supernatural elements. Song disappeared after returning home from Players Nite Club, 112 W. College Ave., on Halloween night in 2001. Friends and co-workers became worried after not hearing from her the following day and alerted police of the disappearance, which evolved into an investigation that continues today. The disappearance also garnered extensive media coverage because of the Song family's efforts to find their daughter and the use of a psychic by the police. The majority of the interviewing and filming for the ABC special was done last October. ABC spokesman Adam Pockriss said producers began researching missing-person cases and learned that victims' parents often contacted psychics in hopes of finding additional clues. "This is one of the few cases where police were openly talking," he said. Carla Baron, the psychic profiler who has worked on notable cases, including the Elizabeth Smart case, became involved with the Song case in August 2002. Though Baron has been working on several other cases recently, she remains highly involved with the Song case, keeping in close contact with Detective Brian Sprinkle of the Ferguson Township Police Department. "He and I are on top of this the whole time," she said. Baron has also kept in touch with Song's friend Youngjoo Kim and keeps a Polaroid picture of Song, although it is currently in the possession of ABC studios. "Cindy was the first case where I got emotionally involved," Baron said. Since Song's disappearance, the case has been featured on TV shows Without a Trace, Psychic Detectives and Unsolved Mysteries. Additionally, the Pennsylvania State Police held a press conference on Oct. 29, 2002, asking for help in the case. Despite the attention, there is still criticism that the case has not received the same amount of attention as other notable cases, such as Elizabeth Smart's, because of Song's Korean heritage. "Some get in the press more than others," Baron said. "She's just as American as all of them to me." Tysen Kendig, Penn State spokesman, said the university has been doing anything it can to keep Song's name in the news and in people's memories. "Cindy Song is still missing, so I think any program or publicity aimed at solving the case and locating her should be viewed as a positive," he said. "Anything that keeps this case fresh in people's minds is a good thing." Last October, new evidence pointed investigators to Hugo Selenski's Wilkes-Barre property, where five bodies were found buried. One of the bodies was originally thought to be Song's, but that was not the case. Baron said at this point in the investigation, authorities need to start eliminating suspects and explanations. However, she said that there is a large amount of information to filter through. "There's information sharing that has to go on," she said. "We hope that each faction will deliver their part of the puzzle, including me." |
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BY GARY E. LINDSLEY, Staff Writer Saturday April 10, 2004 HAVERHILL, NH - Maura Murray's family has enlisted the help of a nationally known psychic profiler to help them find her. Murray, a 21-year-old University of Massachusetts at Amherst nursing student from Hanson, Mass., has not been seen since she was involved in a one-car accident in Haverhill, N.H. Feb. 9. Carla Baron of Los Angeles, Calif., has come up with a theory about what happened to Murray the night her car failed to negotiate a sharp left-hand curve after driving by The Weathered Barn. Baron, along with Maura's father, Fred, want to reserve some of the information so New Hampshire State Police can have a chance to act on it. She believes Maura was picked up by someone passing through the area where the accident occurred. "I believe she is no longer with us," Baron said. She has told Maura's father she believes Maura met with foul play. Baron, a psychic profiler who helped lead police to finding the body of a man who had committed suicide in a cornfield in the Midwest, has provided Fred Murray with a description of the person who picked her up as well as the type of vehicle. She has also told him in what kind of an area Maura can be found. "I have been in touch with Maura," Baron said. Maura met with foul play the same night as the accident, she said. What really concerns Murray, is what else Baron has told her. She has told him there is another woman who can be found near Maura who has fallen victim to the same person. And, Baron also told him there have been others. Murray does not want too many details released right away to the public until the state police have had time to analyze the information and search possible locations. Baron has been able to obtain somewhat of a description about the man as well as where she can possibly be found by talking twice with Maura's father via the telephone for a total of about 21/2 hours. "It's called remote viewing," she said, referring to how she obtained the information about what happened to Maura by talking to her father. Murray said he spoke with Lt. John Scarinza and others from New Hampshire State Police Troop F Friday. "I gave them my theory that someone picked her up," he said. He asked them, again, to bring in the FBI and make a direct appeal to the public for any information they may have in helping find his daughter. "I asked him if he would accept help from a nationally known psychic," Murray said. He said Scarinza mentioned they had been contacted by other psychics. "They said they would accept help from a psychic," he said. Murray is hoping state police and Baron talk soon. Baron has appeared in episodes of "Psychic Detectives" on Court TV and will be seen in a segment of ABC's "Primetime" at 10 p.m. Thursday. Anyone with information about Murray should contact New Hampshire State Police at 603-271-3636. The Caledonian-Record Online News |
