Joshua Davis, Age 1, Missing 2/4/2011

Yeah I agree this makes no sense. So how long did it take them to get the dogs on finding this missing boy? I didn't follow this story but from what I have read they didn't get the dogs there at the beginning which they should have.

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Joshua’s parents hold out hope that son is alive

New Braunfels Herald Zeitung
New Braunfels, Tx
August 4, 2011 12:00 am CDT

NEW BRAUNFELS — It’s been six months since Joshua Jayvaughn Davis Jr. was last seen.

Read more:

http://herald-zeitung.com/news/local_news/article_f7eb5dbc-be39-11e0-a153-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story
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There are 3 pictures you can click on under Images.

Joshua Davis Sr. and Sabrina Benitez, parents of Joshua Davis Jr., stand Wednesday beside one of the first fliers put up for their missing son on the front door of the home belonging to Joshua Davis Sr.'s father. The toddler has been missing for six months

Piper, thank you for posting the pictures of Joshua's parents!

For you:

Six Months Later: Still No Sign of Joshua Davis, Jr.

KGNB - AM / New Braunfels, Tx

Friday, August 5th, 2011

(New Braunfels, TX) -- It’s been six months since the residents of New Braunfels came together to help find the then 18-month old Joshua Davis, Jr., who disappeared from his home in the 26-hundred block of Savannah Hill Circle on a bitterly cold night in early February. Since then, New Braunfels Police, with the help of the Texas Rangers and the FBI, have tried to uncover some sort of clue that would lead them to the whereabouts of the missing boy, who would now be about 2 years old.

Read more:

http://kgnb.am/news/six-months-later-still-no-sign-joshua-davis-jr
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You can click on Audio Clip (below article) to hear comments from New Braunfels Police Lt. Craig Christopherson on their on going efforts regarding this case.

Per the Herald-Zeitung - New Braunfels, Tx, Joshua's birthday is August 16, 2011. He will be 2 years old.

The family will have a party for Joshua on Saturday, August 13, 2011.

Joshua has been missing since February 4, 2011.

The Herald is a pay for view newspaper. I can not link the article.

Parents mark birthday of missing New Braunfels toddler with prayer

By Ciara O'Rourke AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Austin American-Statesman -- Austin, Tx

Published: 9:53 p.m. CDT Friday, Aug. 12, 2011

NEW BRAUNFELS — It was bitterly cold the February night that Joshua Davis Jr. went missing from his home in New Braunfels.

It had snowed that morning, so the 18-month-old's parents, Joshua Davis and Sabrina Benitez, said they had kept him indoors. The cold aggravated Joshua's asthma, a condition that had sent him to the hospital a handful of times since he was born.

Benitez said Joshua was last seen watching TV with family in the living room just before 8 p.m.

And then he was gone.

The search involved the FBI, Texas Rangers and search-and-rescue dogs. Hundreds of volunteers combed brushy scrubland and dense thickets near the subdivision where the family lived.

Six months later, Joshua is still missing. No body has been found. No suspects. And no solid leads.

Still, Davis and Benitez are hopeful he's alive. Today , they plan to mark his second birthday with a prayer vigil.

Read more:

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/parents-mark-birthday-of-missing-new-braunfels-toddler-1735414.html
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NEW BRAUNFELS POLICE DEPARTMENT

Joshua Davis Jr., who vanished from his home six months, ago was born two years ago today.



Ralph Barrera /AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Joshua Davis Jr.'s parents have moved to a different home than the one he disappeared from Feb. 4 but keep this large banner in their front yard.



Ralph Barrera /AMERICAN-STATESMAN

Joshua Davis Jr.'s grandfather Jerome Davis still lives in the mobile home where the boy who was watching TV was found missing.

Cary Clack: One boy, missing but not forgotten

Published 11:01 a.m., Saturday, August 13, 2011

San Antonio Express - San Antonio, Tx

People disappear every day in this country. We become acquainted with these missing strangers through fliers taped on the doors and windows of convenience and grocery stores and tacked onto telephone poles. Rarely do we learn their fate.

The one horrific exception was nearly 10 years ago, after the 9-11 attacks on the twin towers. Across New York City, hundreds of “Missing” fliers rose like desperate pleas. We would soon learn that with few, if any, exceptions, all of the missing had perished.

Snipped:

Which brings us to Joshua Davis Jr., who was 18 months old when he went missing on Feb. 4 from his home in New Braunfels. In a mobile home full of adults, including his parents, the boy somehow disappeared into the cold night, and the hundreds of volunteers who searched the area never found a trace of him.

Read more:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/One-boy-missing-but-not-forgotten-1880405.php

Parents, friends wish Joshua ‘happy birthday’

Posted: Saturday, August 13, 2011 5:42 pm CDT

By Betty Taylor
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung - New Braunfels, Tx

NEW BRAUNFELS — On a hot but otherwise beautiful August Saturday afternoon, friends and family gathered for the quiet birthday party of a 2-year-old toddler.

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http://herald-zeitung.com/news/local_news/article_20a3a4c8-c5fe-11e0-b901-001cc4c03286.html




BETTY TAYLOR | Herald-Zeitung

Balloon launch for Joshua
Josh Davis, father of missing toddler Joshua Davis Jr. of New Braunfels, displays a message to his son he wrote on a balloon Saturday.

This is so puzzling to say the least. It's hard to imagine a child going missing right under everyone's nose. And it seems none of the family, including the parents, are suspect. Where are you, Joshua?

Today, August 16, is Joshua's birthday.
He is two years old . . . wherever he may be.

"Happy Birthday, Joshua!"

Joshua.

Just know, you have not been forgotten. We are all praying for you and your family.

As One Case Closes, Another Remains Open: Search for Joshua Davis Jr. Continues by New Braunfels Police

Friday, September 16th, 2011

KGNB - New Braunfels, Tx

(New Braunfels, TX) -- One local mystery was solved last week with the discovery of Shannon Smith’s burnt orange pickup truck, and the murder suspect’s body, less than 2 miles from the scene of the crime. But there’s another local mystery that New Braunfels Police still want solved: The case of missing New Braunfels toddler Joshua Davis Jr., who went missing over 7 months ago, on a cold February night.

Read more and listen to audio clip below article:

http://kgnb.am/news/one-case-closes-another-remains-open-search-joshua-davis-jr-continues-new-braunfels-police



Joshua Davis prior to gone missing. Joshua is now 2 years old.

There are snippets of an interview with Joshua Davis' parents. Also, some new pics of Joshua.

In the by-line there is incorrect info. Joshua Davis is from New Braunfels, Tx and went missing from his home in New Braunfels. San Antonio, Tx is about 25 or 30 minutes from New Braunfels.
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Missing children's cases overlooked by media

Thousands of missing children's cases fail to capture national attention, including that of 2-year-old Joshua Davis Jr. of San Antonio, Texas. Susan McGinnis reports.



CBS News 10-10-11

October 10, 2011 11:10 AM

Experts: Media biased in missing kids coverage

CBS News - The Early Show




(CBS News) Over the past week, there was an intense media focus on Lisa Irwin, the 10-month-old Missouri girl who, according to her parents, was taken by an intruder from their home in the middle of the night.

As investigators search for Lisa, there are thousands of other missing child cases that fail to capture the nation's attention.

CBS News' Susan McGinnis reports that Joshua Davis disappeared during a family gathering at their San Antonio, Texas, home last February.

Sabrina Benitez, Joshua's mother, told CBS News, "We picked the crib up, we looked inside ... and we (saw) no sign of him."

Police launched a massive search in the days following Joshua's disappearance. But even with the offer of a $20,000 reward, he has yet to be found.

What's more, Joshua's family says they are frustrated by the lack of coverage their story has received, especially when compared to similar cases like that of Lisa Irwin.

Benitez said, "It kind of makes me mad that, eight months later into the case, we're barely getting national media coverage."

Joshua's case isn't unique. Of the thousands of missing children reported each year, only a select few receive a heightened level of coverage. Experts say those cases often meet certain criteria.

Read more (2 page article):

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/10/earlyshow/living/parenting/main20118068.shtml

Search for Josh enters ninth month

Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:23 pm CDT

By Dalondo Moultrie
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung - New Braunfels, Tx

NEW BRAUNFELS — Eight months after his disappearance, no case-breaking leads have turned up in the search for a New Braunfels boy who went missing from his home earlier this year.

Read more:

http://herald-zeitung.com/news/article_0beca3b4-f54b-11e0-ba25-001cc4c002e0.html



Josh Davis Jr.

Activist Works To Get Missing Baby Joshua Case National Attention
18-Month-Old Joshua Davis Has Been Missing For Nine Months

POSTED: Sunday, October 23, 2011
KSAT - San Antonio, Tx

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas -- The case of missing 11-month-old Baby Lisa Irwin has been in the national media for weeks. Irwin was last seen about a month ago and investigators are still following up on leads.

Alonzo Washington, who says he works as a voice for the parents of missing children, said Sunday that while the attention out there for Baby Lisa is good, there's one child in Texas who has been forgotten—18-month-old Baby Joshua Davis.

Read more:

http://www.ksat.com/news/29566555/detail.html

The following is from a paid subscription newspaper in New Braunfels, Tx.

They usually post one to two paragraphs of an article and one has to be a suscribed member to read or can pay for one day to read the article.

I will post the Link but there is no point in clicking on it.
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Posted: Friday, December 9, 2011 8:33 pm

Officials still seeking information on whereabouts of Josh Davis Jr.

By Dalondo Moultrie
The Herald-Zeitung Herald-Zeitung
New Braunfels, Tx

NEW BRAUNFELS — Baby Joshua Davis Jr. is still missing, and authorities said three things are true.

Police are still investigating his disappearance, someone knows what happened to him, and a local agency is offering money for that information.
If you want to read more, you will have to pay a daily fee or subscribe:

http://herald-zeitung.com/news/local_news/article_80f32520-22d7-11e1-af05-001871e3ce6c.html