Have we found Emily ?

Yesterday I spoke with Panama City PD - they visited the address where Emily is supposed to be living at - her aunt's, Debbie Martin - and a safe and well check was conducted.

The officer claims to have seen Emily and that she has nothing wrong with her eyes - they appeared normal.

Below is a photograph of Emily taken earlier this year in Florida:



One thing you cannot say about Emily is that she has "normal eyes" - she is very heavily cross-eyed so I am concerned as to who the police officer actually saw ?


I called the house and eventually spoke to a man there - I asked to speak with Emily in accordance with my telephonic access order but he advised Emily was not there. Earlier I called the house and Debbie Martin answered - "Don't you call my home anymore !" and hung up - Debbie Martin is now claiming I am harassing her .... here we go again !

Where is my daughter right now ?

At the end of June, Judge Doyle in Volusia County Court, FL gave the mother Sheila Fuith, permission to relocate to Panama City in Florida on two conditions - first, that I was given an address for where she was staying with Emily and secondly, I was given a telephone number.

Sheila has advised her attorney, Kim Bannister of Central Florida Legal Services, Daytona Beach that her family refuse to allow her to give out a telephone number.

Right now I want to know where Emily is and get our telephonic contact as ordered by Judge Doyle - since I departed Florida, there has been no contact whatsoever.

Sheila also did NOT take Emily to Shand Medical Centre in Gainesville for a further medical opinion on her eye condition - the TENTH such examination - just how many do you need before the US agencies get this through their collectively thick skulls - Emily is GOING BLIND !

Karl - Emily's Dad

So where are we now ?

blind,NCMEC
Well, I'm sitting here in my living room looking out over the green fields that surround my home on the country estate of Lord Rayleigh about 35 miles east of London, England while Emily is thousands of miles away somewhere in Florida.

Emily was born a few miles away in Maldon, the home of George Washington's grandfather and many of the pilgrim fathers originate from this area of England.

I'm waiting on a hearing taking place on 28th June for a motion by Emily's mother, Sheila Kay Fuith, who wants to move to the other side of the state to her sisters, Debbie Martin, in Panama City.

This yet another move for Emily who has been hidden all over the US over the last few years as Sheila tries to evade the legal process - to date Emily has been hidden in Maryland, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Carolinas, Virginia, Florida, Missouri and Kansas and has been moved over 35 times in 3 years.

We found Emily in January 2006 in Kansas, where Sheila had been hiding out at a friend of friends, Teri Jacobson of Lawrence KS - while Emily was missing she was classified as ENDANGERED by FDLE and listed as MISSING by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Washington DC.

So why was Emily classified as endangered ?

Firstly, Emily has an eye condition which is leaving her blind in one of her eyes - it is known as AMBLYOPIA - the most common form of blindness in children in both the UK and the US - and it is TREATABLE !

Secondly, when Emily was first taken to the US her mother, two months after arriving in the US, Sheila placed Emily up for an unlawful adoption known as a "babyswitch" - this is where a child is simply given away with no legal paperwork.

Thrdly, as a result of the attempt at a babyswitch, Emily was placed into the care of a convicted paedophile, Leslie Merriam. Merriam was convicted in 1992 on three counts of second degree sexual assault on children for which he received jail time, probation and lifetime registration on the Wisconsin Sex Offenders Register - click to follow the link to the search page and enter Merriam's name.

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