Missing Four Year Old in Missouri- Alisa Maier (FOUND!)

July 7, 2010 By 13 Comments

UPDATE:  LOCAL ST. LOUIS NBC AFFILIATE KSDK JUST REPORTED 15 MINUTES AGO (roughly 12:30AM CST) THAT  ALISA MAIER HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE AND UNHARMED IN FENTON, MISSOURI.  SHE WAS APPARENTLY DROPPED OFF AT A CAR WASH AT ABOUT 9:45 TONIGHT AND HAS BEEN REUNITED WITH HER PARENTS. (Fenton, MO is roughly 92 miles South East of Louisiana, MO)

Amazing….simply amazing…..

I was just talking to girlfriends the other night about my fears as a mother….we all weighed in, candidly sharing the things that sometimes keep us up at night worrying….  Cancer, car accidents, drowning, and kidnapping.

They all seem to fall into the ‘it won’t happen to me category’, but they do happen.

Four year old Alisa Maier’s family can testify to that.

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This little girl disappeared from her front yard last night in Louisiana, Missouri….that is about 80 miles north of where we are in the St. Louis area.  According to media reports and police statements, she was outside, playing with her five year old brother when a black, four-door car pulled up, a man got out and took Alisa.

When I say I cannot even imagine, I truly cannot picture how I would function, how I would scream, how I would lash out at the nearest person.

Like Alisa, my almost-six year old has long brown hair and brown eyes….is about 40 pounds and is only a bit taller.  Looking at that sweet face on the news makes my body struggle for the air I need to breathe.

Tonight, my prayers will focus on this family.  With all of my heart, I hope Alisa is brought home safely.  Soon.

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  • http://www.loulousviews.com Loukia

    I cannot fathom, either. I’d suffocate. The fear, the worry, there are NO words. The never-ending wondering…the thoughts that can’t even be mentioned. The fears you mentioned in this post I fear, too, for my children. I never, even for a second, leave my boys outside alone. I’m too
    much of a worrier, snd I know bad things happen. How utterly horrific for this family, this poor child, WHY?

  • Danielle

    Lou – I think you used the right word, ‘suffocate’…..I can imagine that is exactly how I would feel…..and the ‘whys’ would never stop. Like you, I’m a worrier…. many prayers headed to them tonight.

  • http://kweenmama.wordpress.com/ Kweenmama

    How horrible! My prayers go out to that poor family. Please keep us updated on your blog.

  • http://teampipkin.blogspot.com Nicole @TeamPipkin

    my prayers go out to this family. I have a 4yo daughter & can’t imagine what they are going through.
    it reminds me of when I was around 10 and was almost kidnapped myself. My dad had let my sisters & I play across the street on the monkey bars at the church. A man drove up & asked us if we knew where the party was at. He said he couldn’t hear us and I jumped down. Not knowing any better cause these things didn’t happen so much in the 1980′s. And my dad ran out screaming at him and he drove off. I still remember what he looked like and the car he drove. Scary to think about.
    Because of this experience I’m more careful. In public crowded places I put bright colors on her. We try and talk about strangers and the whole saying “Stranger Danger” but she doesn’t comprehend why someone would want to take her. Or someone needing help finding a dog. I tell her NO ADULT should ask a child for help, her response “why not?”

  • Danielle

    Kween~ I have a feeling this will be national news by tomorrow – I saw an update that said the FBI is involved….. I will write about it again. Thank you for coming by!

  • Danielle

    Oh Nicole…how terrifying!! Thank goodness your dad was right there. We had a long talk with the kids tonight ( 4 and almost 6) about strangers – and ‘friend’ adults. Tough conversation – I don’t want to keep them up at night, but I can’t stand the thought of losing them so have to talk about it. Thank you for sharing your story!

  • Julia

    Danielle,
    You have written exactly what I’ve been feeling all day – Imagining this horrible situation and barely being able to breathe. My heart goes out to this family. I don’t know how any parent copes with something this unspeakably terrible.
    Julia

  • Danielle

    Julia~ It is impossible for me to avoid imagining their pain – as much as I wish I wasn’t – and as much as I know I truly can’t. There is something about being a mother, a parent, that forces you to internalize tragedies like this – most specifically when they involve children. Like you, I simply don’t know how they cope. But I can’t stop thinking about them. Thank you so much for commenting! Danielle

  • http://www.mommyinstincts.com Jen

    So glad she was found.

    Just this weekend, my 16 month old ran off when I wasn’t looking during our town 4th of July parade. For those 3-5 seconds I was in utter panic. My body moved at record speeds. Frantic. I yelled “WHERE IS SHE?” and someone would point, having and eye on her the whole time.

    Nothing like situations like those to make you feel like the worst mother on earth. I felt like I wasn’t fit to have kids. It was complete torture. And that feeling doesn’t go away when you find them. I can only imagine how her parents feel. What they have gone through is off the charts worse than me. And i feel terrible, still.

    thank goodness she is home.

    jen

  • Jennifer

    So thankful she was found alive. As a mother of two little girls, I’ve had this talk with my kids several times. Why our justice system doesn’t come down harder on child predators is beyond me. We need to unite and up the penalty. I praise God that she is back with her family. May God protect her all of our little ones.

  • Danielle

    Jen – I completely understand – the same thing happened to my husband and I at the zoo….I could see her, was walking to her and then she was gone. Pure panic. Then some man yelled – ‘someone lose a kid?’. Yep, that would be me. Horrible.

  • Danielle

    Jennifer – thank you so much for your comment….. just seeing the video of her this morning after she was found….absolutely gave me chills.

  • Lauralee Hensley

    God certainly answered the prayers of all the moms and dads and other people who prayed for her safety and return. Praise be to God. If I were her parents I wouldn’t be able to quit holding her or even crying with joy.