POSTED: 8:00 a.m. EDT May 10, 2002
UPDATED: 5:02 p.m. EDT May 10, 2002
MIAMI -- Frustration is growing for law enforcers unable to find a child who has been missing more than a year.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced on Friday that it will offer a $25,000 reward to anyone with information on the child's whereabouts. (The number to call is (888) FL-MISSING.
DNA Proves "Precious Doe" In Kansas City Is Not Rilya Wilson
Kansas City Police say that the DNA of a headless body found in Missouri does not match that of a missing South Florida girl.

Speculation that the body, dubbed "Precious Doe" by residents in Kansas City, was Rilya Wilson, 5, was fueled by several similarities in both physical appearance and the fact that the beheaded body was found several months after Wilson disappeared.
The DNA comparison did not match.
There is also more news about the most recent caretakers for Wilson. Police say they provided deceptive answers in a polygraph test, but "the
deceptive results may be attributed to questions other than the
child," Miami-Dade County police spokesman Ed Munn said.
Munn also said he "can't say what they
were deceptive about," and that there was no "concrete evidence" that Riyla had been killed.
Miami-Dade police chief Carlos Alvarez would not say whether Pamela Graham and her sister Geralyn Graham, who claims to be Riyla's grandmother and was taking care of her, are suspects. But he did say,"Everybody involved in this case is being
investigated. Nobody is immune."
Ed Shohat, a lawyer for the Grahams, said police had not told
him about the polygraph administered last week.
When told of the police announcement, he said: "They seem to be
suggesting that it didn't really have anything to do with the
disappearance to the child."
Shohat said before the test was given, the Grahams were told by
police for the first time that Rilya may have been Precious Doe.
"From my experience, that would have been the worst possible
time to administer the polygraph on somebody," Shohat said.
Maria Shohat, also representing the sisters, said Geralyn Graham
has been hospitalized at an undisclosed location suffering from
dehydration.The Graham sisters were unavailable for comment, their
lawyers said.
Governor Speaks
Gov. Jeb Bush met in Miami with investigators today and said it's his
"hope and prayer" that the child would be found.
"We're doing everything we can to determine the whereabouts of
this child," Bush said.
Alvarez said investigators were making progress in the case and
following a number of leads. He said they have established a
timeline from Rilya's birth but acknowledged they had to fill in
many questions.
"Basically we're starting from scratch," Alvarez said.
More Concerns About "Grandmother"
There are also questions about the mental stability of Geralyn Graham, who said she handed over the 5-year-old child to someone claiming to be a state child welfare worker 15
months ago. Court records show that Graham suffered from dementia and needed her sister to serve as
her legal guardian.
Graham was suffering from the mental disease and needed
a legal guardian because of a May 1996 car accident, Pamela Graham,
the sister, wrote in response to a lawsuit in October 2001.
Geralyn Graham said Wilson was never returned after being
removed from the sisters' home in January 2001. The state agency
reported the girl missing April 25.
On Thursday, a judge refused to immediately open the state
child-welfare agency's file on Rilya but promised to make it public
when a police investigation into her disappearance ends.
Miami-Dade County detectives had argued the investigation would
be compromised if the file from the Department of Children and
Families was released, as at least six news organizations have
requested.

The top priority should be finding Rilya Wilson, then going
after whoever took the girl, Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman (pictured. left) said.
Nine months after Rilya's reported disappearance, Pamela Graham
wrote a letter in a landlord-tenant dispute in which she said she
was Geralyn Graham's guardian. She wrote that her sister "now
suffers from dementia."
The dementia was caused by the accident and "the numerous
surgeries afterward, including one on her spine to try to allow her
proper air and blood flow to her brain," Pamela Graham wrote.
Ed Shohat, attorney for the Grahams, said Thursday that Geralyn
Graham "is perfectly capable of normal activities."
"Spend any time with her and you'll recognize that you're
dealing with a very competent, intelligent person who appears to be
intact in every way," Shohat said.
He said she still has "mostly physical problems today" from
the 1996 accident. Shohat said he has not been able to talk with
her current doctor to get an updated assessment of any dementia.
Shohat said Pamela Graham is her sister's guardian for purposes
of a Social Security disability application. He said the sisters
would be unavailable for comment "for the next couple of days."
Pamela Graham wrote the letter in a lawsuit filed by their
landlord seeking unpaid rent.
A psychologist concluded in another lawsuit that Geralyn Graham
had suffered dementia, hallucinations and memory problems following
the accident. Graham had sued Alamo Rent-A-Car in August 1996 for
$2.5 million for injuries suffered when her sister ran over her
with a rented van.
In an Aug. 12, 1997, video deposition in the Alamo lawsuit,
Geralyn Graham said she does not remember her old jobs, being
arrested in Tennessee for food stamp fraud or being married.
Asked about the memory problems, she said, "I don't know when
it started. I don't know what's even going on with me."
Court records in the Alamo case show that Geralyn Graham had at
least 14 aliases, six driver's licenses and five Social Security
numbers.
Rilya moved in with Graham after being removed from the home of
Pamela Kendrick in April 2000. State officials had investigated
allegations of abuse there in 1998 involving other children, but
the inquiry was dropped, according to records.
Rilya was an infant in 1996 when the state placed her in the
care of Kendrick, whom the child's mother had met while dating
Kendrick's nephew.
"I was with her for the first three years of her life,"
Kendrick said in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press.
"I made it possible that she could have a normal life, because I
cared for her as my own."
Previous Stories:
- May 9, 2002: Governor Talks About Riyla Wilson Case
- May 8, 2002: Caseworker Issues Statement Regarding Missing Child
- May 7, 2002:
Judge Scolds DCF Over Missing 5-Year-Old
- May 6, 2002: DCF Heads To Court Today In Case Of Missing 5-Year-Old
- May 3, 2002: Investigators Looking Into Missing Child's Caseworker
- May 3, 2002: Case Of Missing 5-Year-Old Becomes Homicide Investigation
- May 2, 2002: State Launches Criminal Investigation Into Missing Girl's Case
- May 2, 2002: Grandmother Of Missing Child Talks
- May 2, 2002: Missing Girl's Mother, Grandmother Speak Out
- May 1, 2002: Decapitated Child Probably Not Missing Miami Girl
- May 1, 2002: Missing 5-Year-Old: Police Examine Body Found In Kansas City
- April 30, 2002: 5-Year-Old Girl Missing One Year Now
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