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Father Speaks About Missing Mentally Challenged Son
Father Speaks About Missing Mentally Challenged Son - Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 3:31PM EST
Reported by: Laurie Monteforte
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2009 @ 03:31pm EDT
PENN FOREST TOWNSHIP, CARBON COUNTY - This is the fifth evening two mentally challenged teens have been missing from their homes in the Poconos. Charles Lockard is 18 with the mental capacity of a third grader. Donna Kiernan is 19 with the mental capacity of a sixth grader.
They were both last seen Friday in the Indian Mountain Lake Community. It has more than 3,000 lots and sits in Monroe and Carbon counties.
Ronnie Lockard lost his son once, when the boy was a year old. He explained, "He had a big seizure. They pronounced him dead on my mom's kitchen table."
But someone insisted on doing more CPR and young Chalres Lockard survived. His father exclaimed, "I got him back and that was so great!"
Nor Ronnie hopes he can get his son back again. He said, "Maybe something happened. Maybe somebody picked them up."
Alicia Hendershot was one of the last people to see the pair. Charles is her brother. She said, "My brother means a lot to me. He means the world."
The family started to search the woods of the community Friday. Ronnie said, "I heard him say 'daddy' to me twice yelling and I bolted to where this voice was. And he went to go say it again - it got part way out - it was like somebody shut him up and I heard this brush move."
Then police called in search and rescue teams but they didn't find the teens. Lockard cried, "It hurts. It hurts really bad."
The family doesn't believe Charles would run away. They said he left his asthma and seizure medicines at home. Alicia said, "He never ever did this."
Plus he was looking forward to having a tattoo finished. It's a portrait of his mother who died of cancer last year. Alicia said, "He bragged about it constantly."
While the official search is over, the family says they won't stop searching until they get Charles back. Ronnie sighed, "I can't eat, slop or nothing until I find this kid."
Charles Ray Lockard is a white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 150 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing a black hat with a skull on the side, a green and white hooded sweatshirt, a black shirt, blue jeans, gray and white sneakers and a black wallet with a chain attached.
Donna Marie Kiernan is a white girl. She's 4 feet 11 inches tall, about 135 pounds with blue eyes and blonde hair. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, pink and black sneakers and a gray hooded sweatshirt with "West Coast Choppers" printed on it.
Anyone with information can call state police at 570-646-2271. | | |
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