5 Yr Old Porter Stone Abducted From Children's Hospital *found*

[Rothase2]

Porter Stone is next in line for a heart transplant (cardiac myopothy- spelling?) at St. Louis Children's Hospital, but his father, Jeffrey Stone, and Jeffery's mother, Rhonda Matthews have taken him who-knows-where. They may be headed to CA or TX. Porter only has about 48 hours worth of medication in his IV pump, and his dad does not know how to work the pump. From KSDK News-

Jeffery Stone drives a silver Toyota Corolla with a California license plate of 6BMU445.

Details-

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) – An AMBER and SARAA alert were issued Tuesday after a 5-year-old heart transplant patient was reportedly taken by his father from a local hospital.

Police said Porter Stone was taken from St. Louis Children’s Hospital without permission by his father, Jeffery Stone, who is wanted for parental kidnapping.

According to the victim’s uncle, Porter is from St. Joseph, Missouri and was flown to St. Louis from Kansas City two days ago to be on a waiting list for the transplant.

The uncle, Ian Fife, said the boy was discharged around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.

“The father was with his son to go to the pharmacy to check on his meds. After we dropped off our stuff, we went back into find him and he was gone,” Fife said.

Officials said Jeffery Stone called the child’s mother, who was also at the hospital, and told her he was leaving with the child. Police tell News 4 that Porter's father does not have legal custody of him after the state of Texas gave his mom sole custody during legal separation. Porter's parents are currently going through a divorce.

Porter, who is next in line to receive a heart transplant, is reportedly still hooked up to an IV machine and doesn’t have his medications. According to officials, he was last seen wearing a grey tee shirt, black and white plaid shorts and Spider Man tennis shoes. He’s also carrying a back pack that contains medical equipment.

Police are searching for Jeffery Stone’s car, a silver four-door Toyota Corolla with California license plates. Investigators think Jeffery’s mother is also in the car. Officials said the father is about 6-feet-6-inches tall and weighs about 230 pounds. He has a shaved head and was last seen wearing a grey shirt, black shorts and a San Francisco Giants baseball cap.

The Stones have relatives near Fort Worth, Texas, San Francisco, St. Joseph and Hurcules, but police are unsure what direction the suspects may be headed in.

Doctors tell News 4 that Porter suffers from cardiomyopithy or a weakening of the heart muscle. It is a condition he was diagnosed with only six months ago.

Porter's mother is currently at an undisclosed location with family members.

for pictures-
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/317...ital-by-father
http://www.kmov.com/news/mobile/Poli...148767845.html

[tmdgirl]

WTF??? If that little boy dies, I hope his asshole of a father is charged with murder.

Seriously, what kind of person steals their child from a hospital, especially one that is set to undergo major surgery. I don't care if douchebag is pissed off at the mom, he should want what's best for his child.

I hope little Porter is found safe and makes it back to the hospital before something more serious happens to him.

[VAS1326]

I can't agree enough. What kind of person would do something like this? The boy is sick. He's on meds and a IV pump that dad had no idea how to work. Does he not give a shit about his child's well being?? I mean the boy is next in line for a heart. Once they have the heart time is precious in getting the surgery done. His son could lose his opporunity for life saving surgery. If the boy dies yes the father should be charged with murder. If he has to go to the bottom of a waiting list and dies waiting his dad should be charged with murder. How the Hell does the dad think he will get the boy medical care wherever he is going. They will want records and even if they treat him without records surely they will figure out who he is and that he is missing. So does dad plan on not getting care for his son. This is just aweful. I bet the poor mom is a wreck.

[Apostle of Chaos]

WTF??? If that little boy dies, I hope his asshole of a father is charged with murder.

Seriously, what kind of person steals their child from a hospital, especially one that is set to undergo major surgery. I don't care if douchebag is pissed off at the mom, he should want what's best for his child.

I hope little Porter is found safe and makes it back to the hospital before something more serious happens to him.

Dad prolly thinks the mom is setting up the whole medical thing or something (I've seen something similar happen with a friend). But yeah if the kid dies, God forbid, I hope the dad fries.

[AngelFire]

I almost choked on what I was eating when I read the title. Where could those jackasses have taken this little guy and why? This is major crazy. I hope this child is found alive and with enough time to make it back to the hospital.

[Darsa]

Wow, please keep us updated on this one; I hope like hell that little boy is found quickly! O.O

EDIT: Oh thank goodness, it looks like he's been found :D

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/317...ital-by-father

[Rothase2]

FOUND NEAR CHICAGO- Mom is headed to Chi-Town to meet her son at a Chicago hospital!

St. Louis (KSDK) - Porter Stone, 5, and his father, Jeffery Stone, were found near Chicago, in Alsip, Illinois, so the Amber Alert has been canceled for the boy who police say was abducted by his father from St. Louis Children's Hospital.

Tiffany Stone, the boy's mother, says Porter was taken to an area hospital to be checked out and he is fine.

St. Louis police say Jeffery and his mother, Rhonda Marie Matthews, were with the boy and they were taken into custody. Both Jeffery and Matthews had felony warrants issued against them, for kidnapping, interfering with custody, and endangering the welfare of a child.

Tiffany is planning to travel to Chicago to be reunited with Porter, but is still coordinating things with family, police and the hospitals, according to NBC 5 News Chicago.

The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office charged Jeffrey Stone and Rhonda Matthews with kidnapping, interference with custody, and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

SARAA and AMBER alerts were issued Tuesday night after police say Jeffery took Porter from St. Louis Children's Hospital after being discharged.

Police say the incident happened at 4:05 p.m. Tuesday when Jeffery took his son to his car without permission. Jeffery then reportedly called the mother of the child to tell her he was taking him. The mother has custody of the child.

Porter was at the hospital because he is next in line for a heart transplant. Officials say he had been discharged from the hospital, and was wearing an IV bag that contained only 48 hours worth of medication.

Jeffery and Porter were believed to be headed for Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Officials there were alerted, but the boy was never spotted.

Porter's uncle says there has been an ongoing custody battle between the parents.

Tiffany tells the NBC affiliate in Chicago that she and Jeffery also have a two-year-old daughter together and that he had threatened to take both children, but never took action.

Tiffany says Jeffery and his family are from California and did not know of a Chicago connection.

[malq]

FOUND NEAR CHICAGO- Mom is headed to Chi-Town to meet her son at a Chicago hospital!

So it is confirmed that the mom has custody and the boy HAD been discharged from the hospital.
there were conflicting reports on these points.

[Tundratot]

Why did the father kidnap his son and take him to Chicago? This goes beyond any understandable custody wrangling. The boy's life and health are dependent on heart meds and an eventual transplant. If the dad thought he could take him somewhere better equipped, or that his condition were somehow related to the mother's care (like abuse), I maybe see that, but it doesn't sound like that's what it was at all. This guy just got all selfish at a very stupid moment?

[cubby]

Dad shouldnot ever be allowed within a hundred miles of this child ever again, I think he's proved how much he cares, he and his mother have pissed in their cornflakes where his son is concerned. And to get his mother to participate inthis insanity just defies imagination.....his parental rights should be cut off right now so that he never allowed near him again.

[Bridget217]

Yeah, I was trying to think of any logical reason that the father AND grandmother would do this. Can a mother with Munchausen by proxy create and maintain a situation where a child would APPEAR to need a heart transplant, thus making the father and grandma feel a need to take action? That seems far-fetched and thus, I think they are both mental cases and deranged to take such a medically fragile child away from the care he needs to survive. I also thought maybe they are among the group of morons that eschew medical care for easily curable/treatable illnesses, like diabetes or asthma and will let their kids die. I am so glad he is back with his mother and agree with the opinion that he should not be allowed near his children, he is a clear danger to them.

[DamagedGoods]

The father's sister was defending him in comments. She claims that essentially this was a case of turn-about being fair play as the mother had in the past taken the boy to another state without the father's consent.

Alright, I see 2 problems with this given the information at hand.

1. At the time of the mother removing the boy, she had full legal custody. Fair? Hell if I know, but legal? Yes.

2. He took his son almost 300 miles from the location he was receiving care for a very very serious medical condition at. According to Google maps the drive from the hospital to the where they were found is about 5 hours long. He had enough medication to last him 48 hours. Even IF he were planning to bring him back before then, why oh WHY would you drive around a sick child for a minimum of 9-10 hours in 2 days?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1451704.html

Illinois State Police caught up with the three at a motel in Alsip, a suburb south of Chicago, at about 3 a.m., and sent the boy, Porter Stone, to a hospital, although he appeared to be fine. When he was taken, he had as little as a day's worth of medication in his portable IV, St. Louis Children's Hospital said.
[...]

Jeffrey Stone's sister, Heather Minton, also was arrested but was not charged, Alsip police said.

It was not immediately clear Wednesday if Porter had been returned to his mother, who is in the process of divorcing Jeffrey Stone in Tarrant County, Texas, according to the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office. The Texas court awarded her custody of her son in December.
[...]

Jeffrey Stone, 33, called and texted his estranged wife several times to taunt her, St. Louis police officer Cole wrote in a probable cause statement. He called Tiffany Stone names, told her where he had their son and refused to let her speak to the boy, she said.

Porter appeared to be healthy until a few months ago, when he went to the hospital with flu-like symptoms. He was eventually diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, said Dr. Charlie Canter, medical director of St. Louis Children's Hospital's heart failure program.

Even if dad was being screwed over by the family court system, this was an absolutely idiotic move at best. Any hope in hell he had of gaining back custody in any form, of his son has been blown out of the water by this immature and endangering bit of moronic behaviour.

Judging by his actions though I'd guess that he's an asshole who rightfully lost custody. Let his sister say what she wants, actions speak louder than words.

[Rothase2]

I just thought I would add that St. Louis Children's Hospital is one of the best pediatric cardiac facilities in the world. People come from everywhere to be treated at Children's, for transplants and other procedures. My teenaged niece is a 'heart' kid, and were it not for Children's, she would not have made it past a few days old. That dad taking his kid five hours (more if you count the Chicago traffic) away from here... he's just a douche canoe. Did he he think St. Louis PD would just let him waltz on out of here? Um, NO.

ed: (sorry- made the mistake of reading some of the HuffPost comments and a couple of them were all "maybe Dad thought he could get better care elsewhere..." Which just pisses me off. St. Louis Children's Hospital is ranked #13 of US hospitals in peds cardiac care. Several of the hospitals ranked above it only hold that ranking because they are larger, not because they are more successful. There are no Chicago hospitals ranked above St. Louis Children's. Just because something is in the Midwest- and outside Chicago- doesn't mean it automatically sucks. None of y'all ever implied that, I just needed to vent. Thank you for your patience. We now return to your regularly scheduled crime blog.)

[LadyCygnet]

I just thought I would add that St. Louis Children's Hospital is one of the best pediatric cardiac facilities in the world. People come from everywhere to be treated at Children's, for transplants and other procedures. My teenaged niece is a 'heart' kid, and were it not for Children's, she would not have made it past a few days old. That dad taking his kid five hours (more if you count the Chicago traffic) away from here... he's just a douche canoe. Did he he think St. Louis PD would just let him waltz on out of here? Um, NO.

ed: (sorry- made the mistake of reading some of the HuffPost comments and a couple of them were all "maybe Dad thought he could get better care elsewhere..." Which just pisses me off. St. Louis Children's Hospital is ranked #13 of US hospitals in peds cardiac care. Several of the hospitals ranked above it only hold that ranking because they are larger, not because they are more successful. There are no Chicago hospitals ranked above St. Louis Children's. Just because something is in the Midwest- and outside Chicago- doesn't mean it automatically sucks. None of y'all ever implied that, I just needed to vent. Thank you for your patience. We now return to your regularly scheduled crime blog.)

Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is also a great hospital in St. Louis, and the medical professionals there saved my youngest niece's life when they discovered that she had three heart defects and were able to successfully surgically correct them.

[Rothase2]

Did she have the tetralogy of Falot (or however you spell it!)? That's a nasty and complicated one! My niece had truncus arteriosis. She's had three open hearts so far, and countless other procedures. We are fortunate to have some really truly excellent health care available here, so some of those commenters on HuffPost got me aaaalllllll riled up. I'll get over it. Eventually. :-) is you niece well? Is she old enough to go to camp? Children's has a sleep-away camp for a week every summer, just for heart kids, and it totally rocks! They have the cardiologists.and nurses go to camp with them, and everyone has a blast! Best of all, they all have matching scars, so no one feels weird about their situation. Check it out!

[DamagedGoods]

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/04/...er-kidnapping/

Police say Jeffrey Stone, 33; along with Porter’s paternal aunt, Heather Minton, 37; and his paternal grandmother, Rhonda Maria Matthews, 59, abducted him in St. Louis on Tuesday.

Porter’s mother has sole custody of the boy, but is in the middle of a bitter divorce from her estranged husband.

Tiffany Stone said mother said about 10 minutes after the abduction, Jeffrey Stone called and texted her saying he had their son.

Investigators said Jeffrey Stone called Tiffany repeatedly while on the run, calling her names and refusing to let her speak to her son.

Heather Minton is the same sister I noted in my previous post as having defended the dad.


As seen here:

http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/ne...4#.T5egLmGvKSo

"Get your facts straight before you report. first off Jeffrey Stone is the parent of Porter and there is no custody order in place for either party. Second it was not "in the process of being discharged" he WAS discharged from the hospital. Third Porter has all the medicine that is needed and will be admitted into a childrens hospital in another state by 1pm on Wednesday so he is in NO danger except for his psycho mom who smokes in front of him and last I checked that is not good for any child with ANY type of heart condition. Talk about sensationalizing a story and not having facts. Sounds like Jeffrey Stone has a case for defamation against these news outlets."

Annnddd,

"Porter is FINE just spoke to him not long ago. My brother is Jeff Stone. Tiffany Stone, the mother has NO custody order in place. Neither party does which is why after consulting with a lawyer he decided to remove Porter from her care. The state of Missouri started an AMBER alert which as I see is an abuse of the system based on false information given to them by the mother,Jeff is WELL within his rights to have his son in his care. The police cannot even arrest him if they found him, swear to god. Whats interesting is that I am reading all these stories and seeing how it changes and is mostly not based on any FACTS. Facts are Jeffrey is the father and there is no Divorce, legal separation or custody agreement on file in the state of Missouri. There is an order that was filed in Texas that is for JOINT CONSERVATORSHIP for the children, but does not dictate custody and interestingly enough she filed this in Texas on 3/1/2012 yet she is claiming residency in Missouri and collecting Medicaid for both of their children since before March. We see that as fraud and will be reported as such. Porter will be admitted into a childrens hospital early tomorrow afternoon I assure you my brothers ONLY goal is to get his son healthy and out of a house where they smoke in front of him constantly. "

I am really really curious as to what the brilliant plan they had here was. All 3 are being held on 1 million dollar bails so I guess she won't be facebooking anytime soon.

[DamagedGoods]

Probable cause statements:

Rhonda Matthews

Jeffrey Stone

Heather Minton

[Rothase2]

The stupidity of Dad and kin is astonishing. He didn't fill the scripts for heart meds, but is complaining that the mom smokes? WTF? Plus, by fleeing to IL from MO, they opened up a whooooole new kettle of fish. Maybe, maybe he could get someone to believe he was seeking better care, but then he taunts the mom? Clearly, he just wanted to f*ck with her, and the quality of care was not the issue at all. Dumbasses, all of them. Now he'll never get custody at all.

[Whisper]

Felony charges filed after heart patient taken from hospital

Jeffrey Stone

Rhonda Marie Matthews

Heather Stone Mitton

Porter

Porter

http://www.kctv5.com/story/17705473/...art-transplant

[Dakota Valkyrie]

A man who allegedly kidnapped his 5-year-old son from a St. Louis hospital was quickly tracked to a hotel outside Chicago after making a series of taunting calls and texts to his estranged wife, authorities said.
[...]

Jeffrey Stone apparently told the boy's mother that he was going with Porter to pick up the boy's prescriptions at the hospital pharmacy while she went down to her car, Wuellner said. Moments later, Stone allegedly called his wife and told her "he was taking his son," police said.
[...]

During the 11 hours Porter was gone, Stone repeatedly called and texted his estranged wife, telling her he had their son but would not let her to speak to him, authorities said. An investigator wrote in an affidavit that police determined the cellphone wasn't being used in Missouri.

Authorities declined to confirm whether they tracked Stone to the Alsip hotel using his cellphone. But local officials said the Secret Service, which is often brought in to assist with cellphone tracking, helped in the investigation.

The boy's parents, who were married seven years ago and also have a 1-year-old daughter, are in the middle of a divorce in Texas, court records show. Tiffany Stone, who lives in St. Joseph, Mo., was granted temporary custody of both children in December, records show.

The couple had bounced around the country over the past five years, living in Texas, Oregon, Kansas and Missouri, records show. Jeffrey Stone filed for divorce in April. His wife, in a counter-petition, accused him of adultery and "other marital misconduct."

In an affidavit, Jeffrey Stone listed his only source of income as public aid from the state of Kansas.

"We never thought in our wildest dreams that he would do anything like this," Porter's maternal grandfather, Matthew Fife, told WGN-TV.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...re-child-abuse

[LadyCygnet]

Did she have the tetralogy of Falot (or however you spell it!)? That's a nasty and complicated one! My niece had truncus arteriosis. She's had three open hearts so far, and countless other procedures. We are fortunate to have some really truly excellent health care available here, so some of those commenters on HuffPost got me aaaalllllll riled up. I'll get over it. Eventually. :-) is you niece well? Is she old enough to go to camp? Children's has a sleep-away camp for a week every summer, just for heart kids, and it totally rocks! They have the cardiologists.and nurses go to camp with them, and everyone has a blast! Best of all, they all have matching scars, so no one feels weird about their situation. Check it out!

My niece has ASD (atrial septal defect), MVP, and something else--I can't remember what it is. She's recovered nicely, and she's a healthy, happy kindergartner. I'm not sure if my sister would feel comfortable letting her go to a sleep-away camp when she's so young, but maybe she'll be able to join them eventually. Thank you for sharing!

As for Porter's father, I think he didn't care about what was going on with Porter. I think he viewed his son as his "property" and wanted to take him away to "punish" his ex-to-be. I HATE it when people put the "wrongs" they have been done before the health and well-being of their children.

He's also effectively screwed himself when it comes to getting any sort of custody order in his favor. Transporting a kidnapped child over state lines is a federal offense, if memory serves. Why can't people just use the legal channels available to gain custody instead of pulling stupid (and in Porter's case, potentially deadly) crap like this?

[Tundratot]

The couple had bounced around the country over the past five years, living in Texas, Oregon, Kansas and Missouri, records show. Jeffrey Stone filed for divorce in April. His wife, in a counter-petition, accused him of adultery and "other marital misconduct."

As much fun as the he said/she said of a divorce spectacle can be, it's f***ing beside the point and fails to win hearts and minds when a sick child is endangered because of it. Dumbass! Pull your impacted head out of your anus and recognize that you can keep up a steady court assault ("court" is the operative term) without using your son to make a point.

As for Porter's father, I think he didn't care about what was going on with Porter. I think he viewed his son as his "property" and wanted to take him away to "punish" his ex-to-be. I HATE it when people put the "wrongs" they have been done before the health and well-being of their children.

Too right! If dumbass wants to make his point outside of court, he should stick to flattening tires and writing graffiti on the exes house. Still stupid and illegal, but far less so that interstate kidnapping.

[DamagedGoods]

The schadenfreude lover in me is tickled pink that after Heather Minton swore to god that her brother could not be arrested, not only was he arrested, but so was she.

[blacksheep]

I just wana smack that ignorant look off the grandmothers face.

Like she still believes they are going to give thelittle man a transplant without desperate need. I swear she's rolling her eyes!

[HeatherHabilatory]

Hmmm. So supposedly stupidity is hereditary.

[blacksheep]

Your gif is hypnotisingly cuteness.

I'm so glad the little boy is safe and I hope he gets his transplants asap xox