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Update: Breaking News! Just moments ago the man reportedly named a person of interest in the case of murdered cheerleader Alicia DeBolt has been found after a statewide alert was issued. We are awaiting details.
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News is flying fast out of Great Bend, Kansas, as the investigation gears up into who murdered 14-year-old cheerleader Alicia DeBolt. Law enforcement has reportedly just named 36 -year-old Adam Longoria a person of interest in her murder, warning the public of a “danger concerning his behavior.” Just last night, law enforcement served a search warrant on Longoria’s home and reportedly seized a vehicle belonging to his wife.
Hours later police issued a statewide alert for Longoria, saying he stole a vehicle sometime after 2 A.M. from the Venture Corporation, the company that owns the asphalt plant where Alicia’s body was found badly burned. Police describe Longoria as 5’7” 160lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes. He’s believed to be driving a 2002 Ford Explorer with a “Venture Corporation” logo on the doors in red lettering. Police ask anyone with information to call the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-KS-CRIME or, if you are in close proximity, dial 911.
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Is this the "19" yr old guy that picked up Alicia to go to a party? I am a mother of a 17 year old daughter and would NOT let her leave the house at 11PM to go to a party and exept her home at midnight. What goes on in the minds of some parents?
Is this the man who picked up Alicia from her house? If so did mom allow her the leave with a 36 year old man? Also why does a 14 yr old girl have a midnight curfew?
investigate his past. I bet we can solve some other "missing teen" cases. Where did they move from 3 weeks ago, where has this 36 year old man been since he was 20? He did this without blinking an eye, and then lied outright to Channel 12 reporters. He is done.
I would like to see the death penalty handed down, let's make a stand, and start NOW to put an end to crimes like this one. God bless her family and friends, our thoughts and prayers are with all of you.
Nancy,
this is just so disgusting and I know the "LAW" says he must have a just trial however he did not give this poor CHILD a chance and there was certainly nothing just in what he done ..
The world today just makes me sick all of the little children that had no choice to be brought into the world yet suffer at the hands of all the ignorant people .
I do not understand this at all.
i want to thank you for the compassion you show for these children and for the everlasting love you show for your babies you are to be admired .
sincerly,
Bonnie Taylor
Nixa,Missouri
This just makes me sick. What happened with the 19 year old?? Was Adam Longoria a registered sex offender??
Still I say if the mother would not have let her daughter AGE 14 go out at 11 pm this would not have happened. When I was 14 I had a 10 pm curfew and there was no way you were going to be out after that time.
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I live in Ks. between Wichita and Great Bend. I have been following your show about the Alicia Debolt murder. I tried to call the past couple of nights without luck. We know the body was burned. I have an idea about that. Don't think fire/matches type burn. A worker found her at the asphalt batch plant. What if she was tossed in a batch of that HOT tar-like paving material. It is made there on that site and is a very, very scalding hot liquid type substance. If she was thrown in that hot asphalt/tar, it would burn her body and may explain why her shoe was still on her foot. It would have melted to her foot immediately upon contact. Just an idea I had been thinking about.
So I'm confussed, did they not say in the begining she left with a 19-year old friend? So where is this friend, or where was this friend? Did he hand her off to this creep? And has the 19-year old been questioned? Did the cheerleader know this creep? Did the parents know this 36-year old married man was running around with their young teenager?
Saw on internet where an Adam Longoria was in a Texas prison in 2006.
He was stabbed in jail for being a jailhouse snitch. He snitched on a gang.
Don't know if this is the same guy.
NANCY, THIS MAY GET "ROUGH"!!! 36 LURE MOVE, 14 YRS, EVERYONE, AND I MEAN EVERYONE, IS ON "USA INVESTIGATION" 14 YEAR OLD GIRL JUST COMES UP DEAD HUH!!!
Dear Nancy,
One of the questions I keep listening for in the Debolt case is, how did she get the man's phone number so she could text him for rides? If he only "met" her once, and her mother warned her not to text him, how did she get the number in the first place?
I looked for a number so I could call into the show with my question, but I could not locate it.
Thank you,
Yvonne McArthur
This has been a very sad story! This man was caught right outside of the town I live in. Its very scary not knowing what all he is capable of doing. Alicias friends and family are in my prayers!!!
a 14 year old shouldn't have been allowed to go out at ll at night with a 19 year old in the first place.
With thr greatest of respect for the little 14 year old, I can say a couple of things that immidiately come to my mind. There is something very wrong with this picture.How can a mother allow a 14 year old to go to a party at 11.00 p.m. alone?? This woman should be charged wit reckless endangerment of a juvinile.I think this girl was not contrlable and the mother just couldn't bother.It makes me furious to see something like this when every one knows about the world out there.What will it take to get through the dense heads of these dumb parents??
Adam longoria worked for my husbands construction company when he first got to town and they had to fire him because he tried to steal all the tools from the job site. He claimed he was a rodeo champion and met a lady at the expo in topeka and she wanted to marry a real cowboy and he told her he was on e and she moved him to great bend with her. He was a liar the two weeks he worked for my husband. I told my husband to alert great bend about him because he was new to town and next thing later today they arrest the guy.
After the search he went with the police again and they released him and he went to that business at 2 am and then he didn't leave until 6 am., if they know that then why did they lose him. My question is why didn't they go see what he was up to if they knew he was there? Obviously he was cleaning up the place that he killed her in and then stole the vehicle that he prob raped & killed her in and cleaned it up so there wouldn't be any evidence left. I hope that they did a really good job at that scene inspecting and checking trash and vacumns if there were any around. My daughter lives in this town and it really has scared her and everyone there. I hope it wakes up some parents.
I agree that it was entirely suspicious that Longoria stole a vehicle and fled Barton County after being questioned by the GBPD. I'm not saying he's not guilty of the crime....
However, the vehicle was reported stolen at 8:30am. The area that Longoria was picked up was only an hour and a half from Great Bend – at NOON. That's 4 hours to travel an hour and a half. I doubt there was a high speed chase. The vehicle was just located on it's way out of town.
Nancy, I'm glad this story is getting national attention, but please do not embellish the facts... the family, and the community are hurting enough as it is....
NANCY...Are there security cameras in the neighborhood that could be helpful or at his job that could be helpful to view around date and time of her disappearance?
What is it with parents these days? My 15 year old daughter is not allowed a midnight curfew nor was I at that age! My thinking is that to many parents want to be their teens friend or the "cool" parent instead of being what they are...PARENTS! My heart goes out to the family and my thoughts and prayers are with them.
I live in the area, and i know you are trying to get ratings, but don't knock the way the coroner did things. Great Bend is a small town, it takes longer to get things done, it has to go to people that have more expertise! Love watching you, but with this case, not so much, hits too much to home.
Hello,
I grew up in G.B. Kansas and am horrified by this news. However this town has a a very violent history. I remember many murders and suicides happening in Great Bend as a child. I suggest that you report on the meth problem, the fallout from the oil boom, the many teen suicides and murders that have happened in the past decade (i.e. Darren Wornkey) You may find that this murder is on par with the climate of this desolate and violent town.
B.
If he is the guy, what the heck is he thinking! If he had a daughter would he like that to happen to her? Or wouldn't he give a damn. Say that to someone in prison, who is prison for murder, but hates pedifiles.
Thank God ! I just read this breaking news and it looks like the police worked quickly on this one.Thank you to the detectives. One more lunatic off the streets. Don't forget people, theres 100 more just like him. I would love to get up ONE morning and see the headlines read "Not one child went missing today." Pray today for Kyron and all the other missing children.
I live in Great Bend KS and I know he has had sex with another sixteen year old girl one time. She said he kept calling her afterward, and she put his name in her cell phone as the freak. She thought he was so weird that she wouldn't see him again. She has spoken about this and feels bad and she knows he is a bad person. I want to stay anonymous, but the world needs to know how sick this guy really is.
He is a very violent man! Always has been! What was that 14yo doing with him? he should have never been relesed from prision! I hope he gets the maximum sentence this time! He should not be allowed to walk freely amoung human beings.
She was 14????? Why in the hell were her parents letting her go anywhere with this guy, HE IS TOOOOOOOO OLD FOR HER TO BE HANGING AROUND WITH
This story with it's tragic wnd is so sad..Thisman is out of prisin 3 months and this girl is dead ? when will be learn as a society to keep these men in prison for life? I know this soluation is unconstitutional but who cares? did he care? no! and now this beautiful young girl is dead. who has parties for 14 year olds and the like age? only acriminal/ sick person. he lured her to her death!
This story with it's tragic wnd is so sad..Thisman is out of prisin 3 months and this girl is dead ? when will be learn as a socoety to keep these men in prison for life? I know this soluation is unconstitutional but who cares? did he care? no! and now this beautiful young girl is dead. who has parties for 14 year olds and the like age? only acriminal/ sick person. he lured her to her death!
I cannot believe how smug this sorry excuse of a man looks in this photo.
JENNIFER, LOOK, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR "LOVE"??? HMMM, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING RIGHT??? OR YOU DO NOT HAVE A "MAN" TO ENJOY YOUR PERSONAL ACHIVEMENT'S??? And share CERTAIN FEELING'S!!! NOW, GIRL YOUR POINT OF VEIW IS VERY INTERESTING!!!
nancy – im a lifetime resident of great bend ks. this tradgedy has shocked our small town to its very core. i have 3 daughters of my own and have a very close eye on this case. it does not suprise me that the man the authorities have in custody and are focusing on for the murder is not from this area. he could not have known what the reaction of this small midwestern town would have caused. our small city is truely in shock. our prayers go out to the family. what a horrific thing to have to endure. keep your bright spotlite on this case nancy, parrents have to realize how dificult the advancement of technology has made parents jobs tougher i.e cell phones
I WANTED TO WRITE AND SAY I LOVE YOUR SHOW AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE BEAUTIFUL. COULD YOU WISH ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONIGHT ON YOUR SHOW MONDAY THE 30TH PLEASE BUT TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY AND I WONT BE HOME TOMORROW BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU COULD DO THAT FOR ME SANDY MOORE BEND OREGON
I really just had a question? Have the authorities got the package that this guy mailed to Texas?? It doesn't make sense to mail the items he said he mailed, it would be cheaper to buy new close then mail them home. I think this guy was probably mailing some kind of souvenir he kept from this little girl he murdered. My heart goes out to her family. What a horrible way to lose a child.
What was a 14 year old going out for at that time of night? Also having aq 19 year old boyfriend...Com e on....A disaster aiting to happen
What that man did to her was wrong he should be electrocuted
I can't believe those of you who are judging the mother. Don't you think she feels bad enough about the loss of her daughter without having to hear your nasty comments.
why isn't anyone questioning why Longoria had scratches all over his right hand in the tv interview? where else does he have scratches? And how did he get them? True, I would not let my daughter go out at that time of night with a 19 year old male but it happened and it doesn't make it right.
I live in Kansas. This is a very sad story. But why are we even thinking about the death penalty? We have it but Kansas is AFRAID to use it. To bad we can't send this case to Texas. Because they have the guts to use the death penalty. If Kansas won't use it then stop wasting tax payers money for a death penalty hearing and the extra expense to keep someone on death row. Put him in general population. I'm sure those people will be able to end this. Shame on Kansas. Grow some balls. Learn to stand up to criminals and show them the same "No Mercy" that they showed their victims.
My daughter went missing Sunday night in Great Bend. Because she was seen getting into a car with an unknown hispanic male , they have her listed as a runaway. She would not of runaway in an unknown place. We are not from Great Bend. I have flyers everywhere and posts on my facebook. We need to find Katie. She is 5ft 3in 170lbs. She was last seen getting into a green honda civic with another girl that Katie is not familair with. Please look at the flyers look for Katie and the other young girls. Katie as a mental handicap and she would of contacted me or her father or her friends from home. No one has heard from her.
I lived in Kansas until I was 10 yrs. old. Salina, Manhatten,
Great Bend....ofcourse, it was a much simpler time....I just can"t
understand why a little 14year old would be allowed to go out that
late for ahour....was she a wild child that couldn"t be controlled?
How very sad that theperson who finally controlled her, killed her.
I hope that that man isinjail for the rest of his life...Why was he out
Of jail anyway? What on earth isgoing on with our laws and courts.