Cold and Missing: Bianca Lebron

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I'm your host, Ali McLaughlin -Sulkowski. And

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I'm your co -host, Eli Solkowski. And this is

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Cold and Missing, where we cover cold cases and

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missing person cases. Hello everyone and welcome

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back to Cold and Missing. I'm your host Ali

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and it will just be me this week. I know we were

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off last week. It was Thanksgiving here in the

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States, so we did take the week off last week.

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I do apologize for the month of November. I feel

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like we've been out. more than we've been on,

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but I am here to bring you a new episode. Eli's

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not able to join us this week for kind of a quirky

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reason. I just hurt my back really bad and the

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space that we sit in is very close and we kind

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of lean, we use one mic, so I just couldn't.

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lean with somebody else in here. So we decided

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he was making a very husband decision that he

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was not going to join the podcast so that way

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I wouldn't be in pain for the entire time we

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were recording. So that is why he's not here.

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It's because I pulled a muscle on my back. But

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this week, I wanted to get back on the mic, back

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in the podcast rhythm to bring you a missing

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person case. So with that said, I think we should

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just go ahead and get into it. Just as a quick

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content warning at the top, this case does involve

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a young person. Today, we are talking about the

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missing person case of Bianca LeBron. And this

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takes place in Bridgeport, Connecticut in November

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of 2001. But first, a little bit about Bianca.

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Bianca is just 10 years old in 2001. She lives

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in Bridgeport, Connecticut with her mother, her

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stepfather, and her siblings, Felicia, who was

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12, Daniel, who was 13. and then little Janessa,

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who was just four. Bianca also had a pet hamster

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named Nina. Her father, Wilberto Lebron, lived

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in New York City, but they remained close. In

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2001, Bianca was 4 '11 and around 115 pounds.

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She had long, dark hair and hazel eyes. She was

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in the fifth grade at Elias House School on Clinton

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Avenue, and she was known for being excellent

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at math. Her mother described her as a, quote,

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friendly girl, a happy girl, someone who was

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able to get along with everybody. She loved music.

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She would come home and do her homework without

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having to be asked. She loved Destiny's Child

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and Jennifer Lopez. She was the kind of child

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where if you met her in the morning, you'd be

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friends with her by the end of the day. And everyone

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who knew her, friends, family, again and again,

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they described her as kind, gentle. but a little

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bit shy. Bianca didn't naturally talk to adults

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she didn't know, according to her family. And

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now, a timeline of events. Wednesday, November

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7th, 2001. This started out like any other Wednesday.

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Bianca woke up and got ready for school. Bianca

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walked to school, as usual, arriving around 8

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.30 in the morning. She walked to school with

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her sister and cousin, so we know that she arrived

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there. In addition, she was seen by other students

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and by a teacher who was outside supervising.

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Later, it was revealed that it was actually Bianca's

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teacher who was outside supervising. She was

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wearing beige pants, a beige and green shirt,

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black boots, and a dark blue jean jacket. Just

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minutes before the children were supposed to

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line up for the start of the day, Bianca told

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her friends that she was going to the mall with

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her uncle. A few moments later, she even told

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her teacher she was leaving school to go to the

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mall with her uncle. Something highly unusual.

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Bianca's family had never pulled her out to go

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to the mall before. The exact timing of when

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the beige and brown van pulled up isn't exactly

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clear. But we do know that it's there. A couple

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of Bianca's friends walked with her over to the

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van. They noticed the man inside had scratches

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on his face. She even asked one friend if she

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wanted to come with them, but the friend declined.

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Bianca then got into the van, and the man drove

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away. The van was described as an older model

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two -tone brown and beige van with tinted windows.

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It looked worn down and patched in places, almost

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like it had been sanded. Some kids remembered

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a lot of chrome and mirrors on the outside, and

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the inside had brown shag carpeting. The driver

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of the van was described as a Hispanic male,

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between 20 and 30 years old, about 5 '8 to 5

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'11 with an average build, and black curly hair

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with long sideburns, and of course, the scratches

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on his face. One report said that the scratches

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were actually on his cheek. Bianca was last seen

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getting into the vehicle between 8 .30 a .m.

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and 8 .40 a .m., the same time she would have

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been lining up for class and to go into the school.

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Minutes later, after the man had driven off with

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Bianca, her classmates settled in at their desks.

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Her teacher marked her tardy, but didn't follow

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up. The superintendent of the school later confirmed

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that Bianca had communicated directly with her

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teacher before leaving. However, no one called

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her family to confirm the story or report that

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she didn't make it into class that day. At 4

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.30 that afternoon, so the full school day had

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happened, when Bianca didn't arrive home with

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her sister that afternoon, her family immediately

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knew something was wrong. Her sister repeated

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the rumor spreading through the school that Bianca

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had left with her uncle to go to the mall. Bianca's

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mom and stepfather are immediately on edge. This

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does not track. Some reports say that Bianca

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didn't have any uncles, while other reports say

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that Bianca's uncles were all working that day.

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Either way, the parents had no idea about any

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uncle picking her up from school to take her

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to the mall. That was never communicated to them.

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That was clear. So Bianca's mom and stepfather

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start calling her friends, hoping she's just

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visiting someone and had forgotten to call home.

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She had done this a couple of times in the past,

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so this is what the family is hoping for in this

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case. But every call led to more and more dread.

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Again and again, nobody had seen or heard from

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Bianca that day. By 8 .30 p .m., Bianca's family

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reported her missing. The next day, Thursday,

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November 8, 2001. The next morning, the school

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learns that Bianca had been abducted. Her family

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was confused. Bianca walked with family and friends

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to school every single day. She didn't talk to

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adult strangers. They had taught her about stranger

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danger, so how could she have met someone who

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could lure her away? Her stepfather Angelo said,

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quote, so she had to know him. But no one in

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the family recognized the description of the

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man or of the van. They also didn't have a computer

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at home, so meeting someone online didn't make

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sense either for Bianca. Police spend the day

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searching the area around the school, but also

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interviewing her friends and the teachers and

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other people who were at the school that day

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to get all of their statements. By the next day,

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Friday, November 9th, the FBI joins the search.

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Agents go back to the school and interview students

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and staff at Elias Howe. Bianca's teacher, the

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man that she had let know that she was going

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to leave with the uncle, was suspended with pay

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during the investigation. Police at this point

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have no leads. Quote, we've been following every

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conceivable lead, but we have nothing. Bianca's

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family hang posters everywhere, on telephone

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poles, storefronts, community boards, and they

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place ads in the paper immediately searching

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for the little girl. Bianca's mom pleads publicly

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to the kidnapper. Quote, just let her come home

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to me and her family. We're missing her. We need

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her home. On Saturday and Sunday, November 10th

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and 11th, police intensified their search through

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the weekend, questioning family, including Bianca's

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biological father in New York City. But nobody

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had seen her. By Sunday, November 11th, the family

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began receiving disturbing prank calls. In one,

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a child cried softly before the caller hung up.

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It's unclear if police ever get to the bottom

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of these prank phone calls, but they're mentioned

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a couple of times in the paper, so I wanted to

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bring them up here. Angelo said, quote, we didn't

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understand why someone would do that, referring

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to the prank phone calls. Police decided to place

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a patrol car outside of their home to kind of

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monitor and watch, but it doesn't seem like anything

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comes of that either. On Monday, November 12th,

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So Bianca has been missing for six days, and

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there were still no updates or leads. Police

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said, quote, unfortunately, there's no break

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yet in the case. They had been following leads

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taken from everywhere. They had gone to Waterbury,

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Stanford, and New York City, but all of those

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led to dead ends. The family continued their

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effort of papering the town in missing person

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flyers with Bianca's picture and their own phone

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number so that way they could get the tips directly.

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The family was never going to stop looking for

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her. The school met with Bianca's family to discuss

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the security. The superintendent promised that

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safety was a priority. But Bianca's mother, devastated,

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said, quote, she's a baby. She's only 10 years

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old. She was in line to go to class. She left

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with someone in a van. She was on school property.

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The family emphasized that Bianca would not leave

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with someone she didn't know, and they didn't

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know anyone with a beige van. The next day, Tuesday,

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November 13th, the school holds a community meeting,

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but Bianca's family attends again, and it's tense

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and emotional. Her mother accused the school

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of negligence and failing to protect Bianca.

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Her stepfather demanded answers as well. He asked

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the school, quote, Why would we send Bianca to

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school if we were going to let her go to the

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mall with her uncle? Her family ends up storming

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out of this meeting. However, the parents that

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remain behind question the school's safety protocols

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as well. They pointed out that visitors weren't

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checked in, doors stayed unlocked all around

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the school, and students' absences weren't reported

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unless a child had missed several days. Bianca's

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mother once again pleads to the kidnapper, asking

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for them just to let Bianca call home. On Wednesday,

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November 14th, Bianca has been missing for a

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week at this point. And again, there's no leads.

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Police don't have any suspects. But they do say

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that the FBI in Puerto Rico joined the search.

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We never get what that tip is that leads to the

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FBI in Puerto Rico. getting involved in the case

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but they do remain involved in the case for some

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time so I do think that there's something about

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Puerto Rico specifically in this case but we

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don't have the details on that. On Friday, November

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16th, a $10 ,000 reward was announced for information

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leading to the safe return of Bianca. On Monday,

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November 19th, Parents, students, and community

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members hold a demonstration in front of the

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school demanding better security. Bianca's mother

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said, quote, we are brokenhearted. Thanksgiving's

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coming and she's not even home. Bianca's family

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is also heartbroken because any of the safety

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measures that get put into place after this wouldn't

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be there to help Bianca. But still, they want

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to fight for better security at the school for

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all of the children. On Wednesday, November 21st,

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Bianca has been missing for two weeks at this

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point, Bianca's biological father, Wilberto,

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spoke publicly for the first time, saying, quote,

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On Saturday, November 24th, police still have

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no leads. They say that they have stopped every

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brown and beige van that they saw in the area

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during the last two weeks, but nothing matched,

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nothing came of it. On November 29th, the reward

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is increased to $50 ,000 and more. Police state

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clearly, for the first time publicly, quote,

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it's therefore clear at this time that the child

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is likely the victim of kidnapping. Even though

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that had seemed to be the case and seemed obvious

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by everyone before this, this is kind of the

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first time the police are publicly saying she's

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kidnapped, she's abducted. On December 4th, police

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get a tip from Pittsburgh. The tipster called

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in and said that they had spotted Bianca in Pittsburgh,

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but she was alone. She wasn't with a man. And

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this gives the police hope. I mean, they report

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about it in the newspaper. So they head out to

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Pittsburgh. But just like all the other ones,

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it didn't pan out. Rumors have also started circulating

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that Bianca had an older boyfriend and that he

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was likely the person that took her. Her family

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strongly denied this. And furthermore, Bianca

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is a child. She cannot consent to have a relationship

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with someone older than her. If there was an

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older man involved, that's a grooming situation.

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I just want to be very, very clear about that,

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that Bianca could not consent to a boyfriend

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relationship due to her age. So it is a grooming

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situation. A lot of the newspapers at this time

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talk about this rumor of an older boyfriend,

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and it just really rubbed me the wrong way. Christmas

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of 2001 is a very solemn time for Bianca's family.

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At this point, she has been missing for over

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a month. The family decides not to decorate for

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Christmas, saying that they'll only hang lights

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and decorate if Bianca comes home. So Christmas

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passed quietly and painfully for the family.

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In January of 2002, so Bianca has been missing

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for two months, and Bianca's picture appeared

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on newspaper stands around the city. Thousands

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of flyers are sent out to households across the

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area as well. It's also in January of 2002 that

00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:10.779
Connecticut implements an Amber Alert system,

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two months after Bianca vanished. But it would

00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:17.360
have been helpful in her case, and she would

00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:20.279
have qualified for an Amber Alert under the guidelines.

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In February of 2002, so Bianca has been missing

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for three months now, and the family is very

00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:28.460
hopeful because Bianca's case is going to be

00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:31.240
shown on America's Most Wanted. And they've seen

00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.100
cases be solved from this, so they're hoping

00:15:33.100 --> 00:15:36.529
the same for Bianca's case. And after her story

00:15:36.529 --> 00:15:40.490
airs, 19 leads are called in, but they're all

00:15:40.490 --> 00:15:42.970
dead ends. None of them pan out or lead to Bianca.

00:15:43.690 --> 00:15:46.830
In March of 2002, so it's been about four months,

00:15:47.049 --> 00:15:49.750
another tip comes in that Bianca was spotted

00:15:49.750 --> 00:15:54.129
at a mall. Police rushed to the mall and searched

00:15:54.129 --> 00:15:57.409
the entire mall area, going store to store, sweeping

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the area, and then stopping all of the cars leaving

00:16:00.870 --> 00:16:03.549
the lot to make sure that none of them contained

00:16:03.549 --> 00:16:08.539
Bianca. But no sign of her was found. Interestingly,

00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:11.899
a van similar to the description of the van Bianca

00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:14.399
was seen getting into was found at the mall,

00:16:14.580 --> 00:16:18.779
but ultimately it was ruled out. In April of

00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:22.259
2002, so it's been five months since Bianca was

00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:26.220
last seen, and the family has her declared legally

00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:30.299
dead. The reason that they do this is because

00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:33.059
they want to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit

00:16:33.059 --> 00:16:37.080
against her school. And for that to proceed,

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:40.799
Bianca had to be declared legally dead. But they're

00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:44.980
still hopeful that they'll see her again. In

00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:49.139
June of 2002, so it's been seven months now since

00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:53.500
Bianca went missing, and June marked Bianca's

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:57.460
11th birthday, a painful day. Her family had

00:16:57.460 --> 00:17:00.120
been lighting candles for her safe return every

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:03.789
single day, and they continued to do that. The

00:17:03.789 --> 00:17:06.329
teacher, who didn't report Bianca's absence,

00:17:06.789 --> 00:17:10.089
later found a job at another school, so he moved

00:17:10.089 --> 00:17:14.269
out of that school district altogether. In August

00:17:14.269 --> 00:17:18.109
of 2002, Bianca's family filed their lawsuit

00:17:18.109 --> 00:17:20.930
against the school, but her mother still believed

00:17:20.930 --> 00:17:25.029
that Bianca was alive. In September of 2002,

00:17:25.349 --> 00:17:29.160
another lead came in. A bus driver reported seeing

00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:32.000
Bianca getting into a black Chevy Blazer with

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:35.640
a man shielding her face. Police investigated

00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:39.279
this tip as well, but again, it seems to have

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:41.460
been ruled out. But it was one that they were

00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:43.299
very excited about because, again, it's reported

00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:47.779
in the newspaper. In November of 2002, at the

00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:51.140
one -year anniversary, police admit that they

00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:53.599
believed people knew what happened but weren't

00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:58.160
coming forward in Bianca's case. In April of

00:17:58.160 --> 00:18:01.619
2003, so this is just shy of a year and a half

00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:03.900
that Bianca has been missing, police announced

00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:05.960
that they were searching for Jason Gonzalez,

00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:10.400
but later he's identified as Jason Lara. They

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:14.039
said that they believed he knew Bianca. Police

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:17.519
thought that Jason Lara might be in the Fort

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:21.779
Myers, Florida area, and it takes months to track

00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:25.559
him down. It really isn't until November of 2003,

00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:28.579
just before the two -year anniversary, that he

00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:31.220
is arrested, though it's on a separate charge

00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:33.740
not related to Bianca's case. It's on a forgery

00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:37.920
charge. Police said he matched the description

00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:41.059
from the morning at the school and that he had

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:44.720
been talking to Bianca and grooming her. Friends

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:48.079
of Bianca reported seeing him kiss her. Others

00:18:48.079 --> 00:18:51.319
said Bianca told them that she visited his uncle's

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:54.460
house. Bianca's family recognized him as someone

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:57.000
distantly connected through extended relatives,

00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:01.779
but emphasized again that she's a child. Jason

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:05.720
Laura denied everything. He was heavily questioned,

00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:10.019
but not charged in Bianca's disappearance. Ultimately,

00:19:10.019 --> 00:19:13.160
he is let out of prison, and he continuously

00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:16.279
denied any involvement in Bianca's disappearance.

00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:22.980
In 2008, so Bianca had been missing for about

00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:25.519
six and a half years at this point, and the city

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.920
settled the lawsuit with Bianca's family for

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:34.440
$750 ,000. In July of 2009, so seven and a half

00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:37.700
years she's been missing, police excavated a

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:40.839
field near Black Rock Harbor looking for Bianca's

00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:43.720
remains based on a tip, but nothing was found

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:48.630
in the area related to Bianca's case. 2024, so

00:19:48.630 --> 00:19:51.150
now it's been over 22 years that Bianca is missing.

00:19:52.250 --> 00:19:55.910
A warrant was reportedly sought in the last few

00:19:55.910 --> 00:19:59.670
years, but denied again and again. And it seems

00:19:59.670 --> 00:20:02.569
like the warrant was against this man, Luis Rivera,

00:20:03.049 --> 00:20:06.170
who was later convicted of sexually assaulting

00:20:06.170 --> 00:20:09.930
three minors in the 1990s. Bianca's family pushed

00:20:09.930 --> 00:20:12.710
for charges related to Bianca, but none have

00:20:12.710 --> 00:20:16.269
been filed. I don't know what evidence there

00:20:16.269 --> 00:20:20.609
is that connects this man to Bianca. I couldn't

00:20:20.609 --> 00:20:23.650
quite figure that out through what's reported.

00:20:23.829 --> 00:20:28.789
But it does seem that as of 2024, this is who

00:20:28.789 --> 00:20:31.269
the family believed had done it. They even showed

00:20:31.269 --> 00:20:35.809
up to his hearing in these other charges, these

00:20:35.809 --> 00:20:39.150
other sexual assault charges, and like to show

00:20:39.150 --> 00:20:41.750
up for support for Bianca and to try to put pressure

00:20:41.750 --> 00:20:47.259
on the prosecution. To bring an arrest. So where

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:49.720
the case stands today, it's been nearly 24 years

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:53.039
since Bianca climbed into that van. She was just

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:56.160
10 years old. She had a love for math and Destiny's

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:59.940
Child. Someone in Bridgeport knows what happened

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:02.660
to her. Someone saw something, heard something,

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:06.039
or remembers something. Bianca deserves answers.

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:09.579
She deserves justice. And her family deserves

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:12.940
to bring her home. So if you know anything about

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:15.599
the disappearance of Bianca Lebron in November

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:19.599
of 2001 or her whereabouts today, please call

00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:27.500
the Bridgeport Police at 203 -576 -7671. So that

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:42.019
is the case of Bianca Lebron. The school 100

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:46.400
% dropped the ball here. They did not alert her

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:49.440
family. Her parents, her mom, her stepfather

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:54.700
didn't call in that day to report Bianca was

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:56.559
going to be absent. They didn't call in. She

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:59.500
was expected to be at school. And then for Bianca

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:02.119
to go up to her teacher, not even just someone

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:05.359
else supervising, but her teacher and say, I'm

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:07.799
leaving school to go to the mall with my uncle.

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:12.240
You know, I have friends who are teachers, like

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:14.700
I know teachers. I'm even thinking of my teachers

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:16.700
growing up. And it's just really hard for me

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:19.039
to believe that they would take a 10 -year -old

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:21.700
at their word and just say, yeah, go with your

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:24.460
uncle to the mall. Like, no need to call your

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:27.240
parents and double check that. No need to, you

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:30.640
know, confirm who this person is. Go on. You

00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:34.480
know, like that to me just seems so backwards.

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:37.440
You know, we like to think that this wouldn't

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:39.960
happen, you know, today in 2025. But it's like

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:43.000
this happened in 2001. This happened weeks after

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:46.079
9 -11 on the East Coast. And like still there

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:50.180
was the security lax. So it just boggles my mind

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:53.039
how the school could let this happen, how her

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:56.500
teacher could let this happen. So to me, that

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:58.680
is like what's really frustrating in this case

00:22:58.680 --> 00:23:02.700
is that. There was an opportunity for this abduction

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:05.940
to be stopped before Bianca ever got in that

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:08.279
van. Like there was an adult who could have stopped

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:14.420
this and it didn't happen. That's what's so tragic

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:17.420
to me and so frustrating about Bianca's case

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:19.200
is that she was right there and there was an

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:21.400
adult that was supposed to be watching her right

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:26.099
there and still. This man was able to get her

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:29.059
in the car and drive away with her with witnesses.

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:32.000
She brought friends up to the car to like talk

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:37.299
to the guy or whatever it was. Just very, very

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:42.279
frustrating that that happened with the school.

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:46.319
Also in researching this case, I kind of alluded

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:48.819
to it in the timeline, but something that really

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:51.710
frustrated me and got to me was. You know, these

00:23:51.710 --> 00:23:55.069
rumors flying around that Bianca had an older

00:23:55.069 --> 00:23:58.009
boyfriend and that's who likely took her. You

00:23:58.009 --> 00:24:00.990
know, like this rumor spread fiercely. You know,

00:24:01.009 --> 00:24:04.549
there is even a man who, you know, was accused

00:24:04.549 --> 00:24:08.170
of, you know, being this person in her life.

00:24:08.289 --> 00:24:10.970
But I just have to make it abundantly clear that

00:24:10.970 --> 00:24:14.390
Bianca was a 10 -year -old child. She could not

00:24:14.390 --> 00:24:18.230
consent to an adult relationship. So it's not

00:24:18.230 --> 00:24:20.970
a boyfriend. It's a groomer. He was grooming

00:24:20.970 --> 00:24:25.289
her. If he's older than 10 years old, you know,

00:24:25.309 --> 00:24:30.029
he's a groomer. So that's something that really

00:24:30.029 --> 00:24:32.289
frustrated me in this case. And, you know, I

00:24:32.289 --> 00:24:34.529
would hope that if it was reported on today,

00:24:34.650 --> 00:24:38.490
they wouldn't use that kind of language. But

00:24:38.490 --> 00:24:42.250
to me, like, it also wouldn't surprise me if

00:24:42.250 --> 00:24:44.529
they use that language today. Just because I

00:24:44.529 --> 00:24:47.930
think girls, especially brown girls, black girls,

00:24:48.089 --> 00:24:52.650
girls of color, You know, they are perceived

00:24:52.650 --> 00:24:55.529
at a much older age than what they really are.

00:24:56.029 --> 00:24:59.190
So that's something that frustrated me about

00:24:59.190 --> 00:25:02.309
this case is that saying Bianca had this older

00:25:02.309 --> 00:25:05.029
boyfriend. No, she was a child and there was

00:25:05.029 --> 00:25:08.130
somebody grooming her in her life. Like that's

00:25:08.130 --> 00:25:10.750
that's what was really happening. But that language

00:25:10.750 --> 00:25:12.950
was not used here. And I would hope that would

00:25:12.950 --> 00:25:16.829
be used in 2025. But, you know, we see again

00:25:16.829 --> 00:25:19.490
and again that. That language is not used like

00:25:19.490 --> 00:25:23.390
black and brown girls are perceived as much older

00:25:23.390 --> 00:25:29.509
than they are. So there is this man, Jason Lara,

00:25:29.750 --> 00:25:32.769
who, you know, police heavily questioned back

00:25:32.769 --> 00:25:37.250
in 2003. This is the person who was accused of

00:25:37.250 --> 00:25:40.710
being that groomer in this in this scenario.

00:25:41.529 --> 00:25:44.930
But where the case stands today, it doesn't feel

00:25:44.930 --> 00:25:48.829
like. her family necessarily thinks this anymore

00:25:48.829 --> 00:25:53.250
because this man Jason he did know the family

00:25:53.250 --> 00:25:56.529
but was like very distantly it was like his mom

00:25:56.529 --> 00:26:00.490
was dating like a great uncle it was like that

00:26:00.490 --> 00:26:03.829
kind of thing like and the great uncle and the

00:26:03.829 --> 00:26:07.819
mom had like broken up and then That's how he

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:11.539
knew the family. So like it was a very loose

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:14.240
connection, but still a connection. You know,

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:17.299
their paths did cross. So I think it is important

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.980
that he's questioned, especially if there was

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:22.019
any suspicion. But, you know, ultimately charges

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:24.460
are never brought against him and he's released.

00:26:24.599 --> 00:26:27.180
He's denied involvement in it. And where the

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:30.900
case stands today, it really seems like her family.

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:34.799
wants to see justice and they believe it's this

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:38.599
Louis Riviera guy. And he has been convicted

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:41.599
of sexually assaulting three minors in the 1990s.

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:44.980
And it does appear that Bianca's family is pushing

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:48.039
for charges in Bianca's case with this man. But

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:51.299
I haven't seen any reports of like what police

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:55.720
have that would link Bianca to Louis Riviera.

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:59.259
I don't know. You know, how their paths would

00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:02.660
have crossed if he knew the family, if he lived

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:05.240
in the area, you know, or more specifically,

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:07.980
maybe lived closer to that school. It's unclear

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:10.839
to me exactly what that connection is, but it's

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:13.279
very clear to me that the family believes in

00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:16.220
it. And, you know, they show up to his arraignments

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:20.240
and wear shirts in support of Bianca and have

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:24.559
even like yelled at him from the gallery of courtrooms

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:29.000
to like. give answers in Bianca's case. So it's

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:31.400
very clear to me that the family knows something,

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:34.660
has belief in this. So there is something there,

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:37.799
it sounds like. And I'm hoping that now that

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:41.000
this man is in prison, that police can continue

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:44.839
to question him and either bring charges for

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:47.799
Bianca in this case and get justice for her and

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:51.200
answers for her family, or they're able to rule

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:55.600
him out and the family can kind of leave. that

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:59.880
energy behind and continue to focus on Bianca's

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:02.500
case and finding the true culprit like if it's

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:05.019
not him let's rule him out completely and you

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:08.279
know without question and then focus on the next

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:13.400
person with this case and my future hope for

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:16.740
this case is that we do get answers I noticed

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:20.480
that in the reporting over the last 10, 15 years

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:23.619
when police talk about this case, they very specifically

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:26.079
say that somebody in Bridgeport knows something.

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:30.079
They end every press conference with this, but

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:32.880
it's different than somebody knows something,

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:36.420
somebody saw something. It seems pointed of like

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:39.420
there are people out there that have direct knowledge

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:45.220
that just are not coming forward. hope for Bianca's

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:48.059
case that, you know, we get more energy behind

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:50.519
it. Her family has been doing an incredible job

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:53.500
advocating for her and putting energy behind

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:56.319
her case and not letting the police forget about

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:59.859
her. But I hope that, you know, we get to add

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:02.720
to that energy. We get to add to demanding answers

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:07.200
for Bianca. And, you know, if somebody does know

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:09.960
something, I hope they come forward and give

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:13.220
answers to what happened to this. amazing 10

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:16.140
year old like again and again everyone speaks

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:20.759
so lovingly so highly of Bianca and I just think

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:23.839
of what this world has lost not having her like

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:27.039
here's this young girl who loved and was gifted

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:30.180
in math like what breakthroughs could she have

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:33.140
given society what things could she have discovered

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:35.319
you know what could she have done to help others

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:38.099
because it seems like that's the kind of person

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:43.900
that she would have grown into and It's not OK

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:47.819
that someone gets to take Bianca away from her

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:50.160
school day and never have to answer for that

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:53.119
and get they take her away from her family and

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:57.960
never have to answer for that. So I do hope that,

00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:01.279
you know, the person who has that missing link,

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:04.200
no matter how small, even if you're sure, oh,

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:06.000
the police must already know this. The police

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:08.720
already have this information. Just call it in

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:12.599
again. You never know. What has been missed over

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:15.220
the years? What has been lost? What was never

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:17.680
even taken down as a report in the first place?

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:20.420
Like you never know what little piece is just

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:22.200
going to be the thing that unlocks everything.

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:24.880
And maybe it is just a little thing that needs

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:28.079
to be unlocked here to get the conviction, to

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get the arrests in Bianca's case. So again, if

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you know anything about the disappearance of

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Bianca Lebron in November of 2001, please call

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:46.000
the Bridgeport Police at 203 - 576 -7671. So

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we will have on our Instagram pictures of Bianca.

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We also have an age progression of Bianca and

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then the suspect sketch and then a picture of

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the type of van that was used. So this isn't

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the exact van, but this, according to witnesses,

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is what the van looked like. So we'll have all

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of those at our Instagram, at coldandmissing.

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If you could like it, share it, comment, get

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:12.960
it boosted. Let's get it out there. Let's get

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:16.059
people talking about Bianca, about her. And let's

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make the kidnappers, the murderers, the suspects,

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let's make them nervous. Let's let them know

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:27.180
we have not forgotten about Bianca. So please

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like, share, comment, all of that. It's so helpful.

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And it's so uplifting to the people in these

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:35.799
communities to know that these cases are not

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:37.839
forgotten about. And it helps others find this

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:40.259
podcast and listen. And maybe they know something.

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:42.259
Maybe they share it with someone who knows something.

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:45.079
You never know how that's going to happen. Please

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:47.500
like, share, comment. If you could give us a

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:49.579
five -star review, that's another way that people

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:52.720
find our podcast is by positive reviews. Five

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:54.720
stars, unfortunately, is the only thing that

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:57.099
really feeds the algorithm machine. So if you

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:59.660
have notes on how we can do better, email me

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:01.480
those directly. But otherwise, leave us that

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:03.460
five stars. It really helps get these cases out

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:06.380
there, gets people listening that maybe wouldn't

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:09.740
give us a chance otherwise. So thank you. So

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:11.859
thank you if you've already done it and thank

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:14.420
you if you're thinking about doing it. And if

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:16.259
you or someone you love is hard of hearing, we

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:18.579
have official transcripts on our website, www

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:21.319
.coldandmissing .com. Those are the transcripts

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:23.140
that I go through, I edit, I make sure all the

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spelling's correct and things like that. I know

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:28.180
the automatic ones and podcast players sometimes

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:30.819
don't always get spelling correct, but I try

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to go through and make sure that's all correct.

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So it's on there if you need it, along with all

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:36.460
of our older episodes if you're looking for some

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:39.720
older cases. But that is all I have for you this

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:42.039
week. Thank you so much for coming back to Cold

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:44.160
and Missing, for sticking with us, even when

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:46.339
we have to take some unexpected weeks off or,

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:48.480
you know, it's the holiday season. So thank you

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:51.779
for being here. Glad you made it back. Have a

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:53.279
good week and stay safe, y 'all.