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Keeping Kids Safe
from the Threat and Fear
of Child Abduction
by Dan & Dave Davidson

 

KeepingKidsSafe.com

There are 13 attempted abductions every hour. Video
Correspondent Rob Stafford reports on how you can help protect your children from kidnapping.
View Video 17-year-old Jacqueline Marris, one of the Calif. kidnap victims, talks about her terrifying ordeal, Hattie Kauffman reports.


"And just cherish everything you have because you don't know
what you have until there's a gun in your face and it's almost all gone."

17-year old kidnapping victim

"And thank you everyone for all your prayers,
they helped us. They helped us. God was listening."

 JAQUELINEMARRIS.com
This site is for the family of Jacqueline Marris, who was kidnapped and
rescued in early August. Use the links below for various news articles.

If the family would like to use this domain please do not hesitate to ask.
I will gladly give it to you. Our youth group is praying for both
girls and now glad to hearthey are alive!. - Dave


Kidnapped teens recall ordeal

Video
 
In ‘Today’ show interview, one told herself ‘I’m not going to die’
Aug. 5 -- Jacqueline Marris comforts Tamara Brooks during their interview on NBC's "Today" show. The two survived a 12-hour ordeal with a kidnapper who was eventually shot dead.

 We Tried To Kill Our Captor

 


Jacqueline Marris
"I thought I was never going to see the people I love," she said Friday night as friends and relatives gathered to celebrate her return.

 
 
 
Video Report

Two teenage girls were kidnapped at gunpoint while their male friends watched helplessly, Manuel Gallegus reports.
'Life-And-Death' Search For Calif. Teens

Teenage girls kidnapped from lovers' lane in Calif.

Teen girls abducted from L.A. 'lovers lane'
Kidnapped Calif. Teens Found
Victim: Teens tried to kill kidnapper
• One girl tells of attacking abductor

for more articles scroll down
California Kidnap Victim: 'God Was Listening'
 

 


 
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  "Don't take things for granted," the 17-year-old told ABC7 Eyewitness News. "And don't think that this ... cannot happen to you, because I didn't think, I didn't ever think, like I heard it a million times, I didn't ever think that something like that could happen to me." photo

Jacqueline Marris, 17,one of two teen-age girls who was rescued from a kidnapper, speaks to reporters outside her home near Lancaster, Calif., Friday, Aug. 2, 2002. Marris and another teen were kidnapped early Thursday from a remote lovers' lane where they were parked with their dates by Roy Dean Ratliff. (AP Photo/Lee Celano)
 



 



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Selected Google results August 4th

The Sacramento Bee -- sacbee.com -- California teens found safe; ...
... Jacqueline Marris, 17, left, and Tamara Brooks, 16, are shown in undated handout
photos. A man kidnapped the two girls at gunpoint early Thursday from a remote ...
www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/3805011p-4830462c.html - 40k - 2 Aug 2002 -

FOXNews.com
Kidnapped Girls Safe; Suspect Shot Dead, FNC, Tamara
Brooks and Jacqueline Marris, Friday, August ...
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,59309,00.html - 50k - 2 Aug 2002

Boston.com / Latest News / Nation
... Press, 08/01/02. Jacqueline Marris, 17 (AP). Tamara
Brooks, 16 (AP). LANCASTER, Calif. -- Two teenage ...
www.boston.com/news/daily/01/calif_abductions.htm - 19k - 2 Aug 2002 -

WUSA- News
... appeared to be minor injuries. Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17, were
taken to a hospital for a checkup. Hospital administrator Peter Bryan said ...
www.wusatv9.com/news/news_article.asp?storyid=8250 - 18k - 2 Aug 2002

OrlandoSentinel.com: News
... Friends of Jacqueline Marris react to news of her rescue. (AP
photo by Ric Francis) (AP Photo/Ric Francis) Aug 1, 2002. ...
www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ orl-aseckidnap02080202aug02.story?coll=orl-home-headlines - 62k - 2 Aug 2002 -

The Daily Texan - Kidnapped girls saved after suspect shot to ...
... Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17, were being taken
to a hospital for a checkup. ... The, Jacqueline Marris. ...
www.dailytexanonline.com/vnews/display.v/ ART/2002/08/02/3d4a3fa7ccf12 - 33k - 2 Aug 2002

CBS News | Cops: He Planned To Kill Them | August 1, 2002 23:58: ...
... theft, burglary and possession of methamphetamines. He was wanted for allegedly raping
a 19-year-old relative. Tamara Brooks, left, Jacqueline Marris (REUTERS), ...
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/ 01/national/main517161.shtml - 31k - 2 Aug 2002

CHP - Missing Children / Kidnapping
... Sex: F. Eyes: Brown. Hair: Black. Race: Black. Date Issued: 08/01/2002.
Name: Jacqueline Marris. Height: 5 Feet, 4 Inches. Age: 17. ...
www.chp.ca.gov/html/missing.html - 19k - 2 Aug 2002

Teen girls rescued; kidnapper killed
... GIRLS � Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Dyer, 17, also known as Jacqueline Marris
� were found on the White Blanket Indian Reservation near Lake Isabella ...
www.msnbc.com/news/788577.asp - 55k - 2 Aug 2002 -
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NYPOST.COM National News: LOVERS' LANE RAPE, KIDNAP ORDEAL By ...
... By DAVID K. LI. Jacqueline Marris. ... Jacqueline's father, Herb Marris,
said, "I can't wait to see her. I love her so much," he said. ...
www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/46096.htm - 27k - 2 Aug 2002

USATODAY.com - Quick alerts help save 2 teens
... after the abduction, authorities in Kern County rescued Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline
Marris, 17, about 100 miles from where they were taken at gunpoint ...
www.usatoday.com/news/nation/ 2002-08-02-kidnapped-girls_x.htm - 26k - 2 Aug 2002

AP Wire | 08/01/2002 | Police save kidnapped teens
... Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17, were
being taken to a hospital for a checkup. The ...
www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/3779136.htm - 60k - 2 Aug 2002

Kidnapped-Girls, 3rd Writethru
... the sobbing girls being bandaged for what appeared to be minor injuries. Tamara Brooks,
16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17, were taken to a hospital for a checkup. ...
www.cbc.ca/cp/world/020801/w0801107.html - 22k - 2 Aug 2002

PE.com | Local News | State News
... Kidnapped girls rescued. Authorities rescued two teens, Tamara Brooks, 16, and
Jacqueline Marris, 17 who were abducted early this morning in Lancaster. ...
www.pe.com/localnews/statenews/ - 59k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Boston Globe Online / Nation | World / Two girls freed as ...
... Television footage showed the sobbing girls being bandaged. Tamara Brooks,
16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17, were taken to a hospital for a checkup. ...
www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/214/nation/ Two_girls_freed_as_kidnapper_slain+.shtml - 24k - 2 Aug 2002

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP - US Headlines
... The girls, Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17, were in the back of
the vehicle but the deputies couldn't see them before they started shooting ...
seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/ apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=Kidnapped%20Girls - 25k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Newsday.com - Calif. Girls Safe After Kidnapping
... Television footage showed the sobbing girls, Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris,
17, being bandaged before they were taken to a hospital for a checkup. ...
www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ ats-ap_top12aug01.story?coll=ny-homepage-top-utility - 21k - 2 Aug 2002 -

La Opinion- [Translate this page ]
... Roy Ratliff murió a tiros minutos antes de que pudiera matar a Tamara Brooks y Jacqueline
Marris a quienes había secuestrado con violencia 12 horas antes. (AP ...
www.laopinion.com/primerapagina/ - 21k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Two Girls Rescued, Kidnapper Killed After Chase in Calif. ( ...
... girls. Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17,
were taken to a hospital for a checkup. The ...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ articles/A32201-2002Aug1.html

Sun-Sentinel: News Local
... Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17, sobbed after their rescue and were
bandaged for what appeared to be minor injuries before they were taken to a ...
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/ sfl-abduction080202.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines - 30k - 2 Aug 2002 -

sunspot.net - nation/world
... Television footage showed the sobbing girls, Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline
Marris, 17, being bandaged before they were taken to a hospital. ...
www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/ bal-te.kidnap02aug02.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines - 25k - 2 Aug 2002 -

sunspot.net - crime & punishment
... said. Television footage showed the sobbing girls, Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline
Marris, 17, being bandaged before they were taken to a hospital. Hospital ...
www.sunspot.net/news/custom/guns/ bal-te.kidnap02aug02.story?coll=bal-crime-headlines - 25k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Newsday.com - Police Save Kidnapped Calif. Girls
... friends and relatives of the girls. Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17,
were being taken to a hospital for a checkup. The girls were abducted at 1 am ...
www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/ sns-ap-kidnapped-girls0801aug01.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines - 17k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Two teen-age girls kidnapped in CA, saved after suspect shot to ...
... Lake Isabella, a two hours' drive north of Lancaster. Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline
Marris, 17, were abducted about 1 am in the Quartz Hill area of Los ...
www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/8_1_02kidnap.html - 12k - 2 Aug 2002 -

The Polly Klaas Foundation - Found Safe
Found Safe, Name: Tamera Brooks and Jacqueline Marris. Missing From: Lancaster,
CA 8/1/02 ... Kidnapped Girls Safe; Suspect Shot Dead. ...
www.pollyklaas.org/foundkids.htm - 29k - 2 Aug 2002 -

heraldsun.com: nation/world
... Calif. Teens Safe After Kidnapping. Jacqueline Marris and Tamara Brooks LANCASTER,
Calif. (AP) -- Two teenage girls kidnapped from a remote lovers' lane were ...
www.herald-sun.com/nationworld/ - 52k - 2 Aug 2002 -

FOXNews.com
... said Tamera usually wears her hair curly. Jacqueline Marris' boyfriend, Riley Zottola,
told Fox News the teen is a cheerleader and is in "very good shape.". ...
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,59339,00.html - 39k - 2 Aug 2002 -
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OrlandoSentinel.com: News
... struck him twice in the head, Sparks said. The girls, Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline
Marris, 17, were in the back of the vehicle but the deputies couldn't ...
www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ ats-ap_top10aug02.story?coll=sns-newsnation-headlines - 56k - 2 Aug 2002 -
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Teens rescued; kidnapper killed
... Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17, were abducted about 1 am in the Quartz
Hill area of Los Angeles County by a gunman who left the girls' dates ...
www.suntimes.com/output/news/kidnap02.html - 26k - 2 Aug 2002

WTVH 5 - Eyewitness News
... to death. The girls, 16-year-old Tamara Brooks and 17-year-old Jacqueline Marris,
are safe, according to Los Angeles County Assistant Sheriff Larry Waldie. ...
www.wtvh.com/ - 42k - 2 Aug 2002 -

KSEE-24 Home Page
... million reward for his arrest on a rape charge. The girls, 17-year-old Jacqueline
Marris, and 16-year-old Tamara Brooks, were kidnapped at about 2 am Thursday ...
www.ksee24.com/ - 24k - 2 Aug 2002 -

USATODAY.com - US seeks military ties with Indonesia
... lane were rescued Thursday, and their suspected kidnapper was shot and killed,
authorities said. Freed were Tamera Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17. ...
www.usatoday.com/news/digest/newsline.htm - 27k - 2 Aug 2002 -
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timesdispatch.com | News
... Herb Marris, left, the father of Jacqueline Marris, 17, smiles as he addresss the
media on Thursday in Lancaster, Calif., moments after it was announced that ...
customwire.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/ US?SITE=VARIT&SECTION=US - 36k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Kidnapped California Teens Freed; Suspect Shot
... Jacqueline Marris, 17, and Tamara Brooks, 16, were said to be unharmed and in good
condition after the nearly 12-hour ordeal that took them from a secluded ...
www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/ 2002/8/1/172230.shtml - 35k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Kidnapped girls found safe
... law officers in neighboring Kern County, authorities said.  Tamara Brooks, 16, and
Jacqueline Marris, 17, were abducted about 1 am in the Quartz Hill area of ...
www.canoe.ca/CNEWS/kidnapped_aug1-ap.html - 32k - 2 Aug 2002 -

SF Gate: San Francisco Chronicle
... daughter is safe. Jacqueline Marris was abducted along with Tamara Brooks early Thursday,
and their alleged abductor was later killed when he resisted police. ...
www.sfgate.com/chronicle/ - 48k - 2 Aug 2002 -

United Press International: From the News Wire
... death after being cornered by law enforcement officers on a dusty dirt road. Jacqueline
Marris, 17, and Tamara Brooks, 16, were said to be unharmed and in good ...
www.upi.com/index.cfm - 19k - 2 Aug 2002 -

kare11.com : Minneapolis, St. Paul
... kidnapper was shot to death Thursday afternoon.    Seventeen-year-old Jacqueline
Marris and 16-year-old Tamara Brooks were taken at gunpoint ... more... ...
www.kare11.com/ - 31k - 2 Aug 2002 -

komo 4 | Seattle : Home
... LA Girls Found Safe; Suspect Killed LANCASTER, CALIF - Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline
Marris, 17, appeared to be in good condition. The girls had been taken ...
www.komotv.com/ - 34k - 2 Aug 2002 -

The Signal
... because he heard it over the radio. Inside were kidnap victims Tamara Brooks, 16,
and Jacqueline Marris, 17. The Amber Alert was implemented statewide for the ...
www.the-signal.com/News/ViewStory.asp?storyID=515 - 18k - 2 Aug 2002 -

SOL -> Nyheter
... Overlevde kidnapperdrama Overlevde kidnapperdrama Tamara Brooks (16) og Jacqueline
Marris (17) overlevde kidnapperdramaet som rystet USA. Det gjorde ikke ...
www.sol.no/nyheter/ - 61k - 2 Aug 2002 -

azfamily.com | Phoenix
... Jacqueline Marris, 17, and Tamara Brooks, 16, were abducted about 1 am in the
Quartz Hill area of northern Los Angeles County. Inside azfamily.com. ...
www.azfamily.com/ - 87k - 2 Aug 2002 -

NewsChannel 4 Home Page
... found safe; suspect shot to death Jacqueline Marris and Tamera Brooks were found
about 100 miles away from where they were abducted. They are now safe and in ...
www.kfor.com/ - 73k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Headlines from AP Top News at 6 am EDT [Aug 2]
... of road. Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17, had minor injuries and were
released late Thursday from Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield. Kern County ...
www.princeton.edu/Siteware/Includes/headlines.html - 6k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Salon.com News | 2 kidnapped Calif. girls found safe
... Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris, 17, were abducted about 1 am in the Quartz
Hill area of northern Los Angeles County by a gunman who left the girls ...
www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/08/01/girls/ - 36k - 2 Aug 2002 -

The Sacramento Bee -- sacbee.com -- Slain kidnapper had raped 2 ...
... crashing the vehicle in which he was carrying Tamera Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline Marris,
17, who were kidnapped at gunpoint early Thursday morning, Aug. 1, 2002 ...
www.sacbee.com/24hour/nation/ story/486268p-3879859c.html - 42k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Kiwibox.com - Kiwibox Today - Teen Magazine for Advice, Love, ...
... was shot dead on the spot. The two girls, identified as Tamara Brooks, 16, and Jacqueline
Marris, 17 were found in Kern County. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl ...
www.kiwibox.com/today/ - 45k - 2 Aug 2002 -

Tyler Morning Telegraph
... NABBED CALIFORNIA TEENS RESCUED. GIRLS FOUND: Jacqueline Marris, 17, left,
and Tamara Brooks, 16, are shown in undated handout photos. (AP Photo). ...
www.tylerpaper.com/ - 81k - 2 Aug 2002 -

The Morning Journal
... with friends yesterday moments after it was announced that Tamara and another teenage
girl, Jacqueline Marris, 17, were found alive in Lancaster, Calif. (AP). ...
www.morningjournal.com/ - 86k - 2 Aug 2002 -

WFLS News Briefs
... The girls -- 17-year-old Jacqueline Marris and 16-year-old Tamara Brooks --
were taken at gunpoint early today at a remote area outside Los Angeles. ...
www.fredericksburg.com/WFLS/WFLS_Briefs - 34k - 2 Aug 2002 -