[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5453]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING FBI SPECIAL AGENT ROY JOHNSON

  Mr. ABRAHAM. Mr. President, I rise today to honor a brave warrior in 
the fight against child abduction. Special Agent Roy Johnson of the 
Detroit FBI Field Office is being honored today by the National Center 
for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) for his heroic efforts in 
rescuing Adam and Eleazar Alvarado, aged 11 and 3, from their 
abductors.
  Adam and Eleazar are the children of migrant farm workers from 
Mission, TX. They were abducted in Benton Harbor, MI, on October 14, 
1995. The boys had walked to a grocery store to buy potato chips while 
their mother was washing clothes in a nearby laundromat. They were 
abducted by Boyd Dean Weekly, a convicted child molester then out on 
bail on charges involving the sexual abuse of an 8 year old girl.
  Less than 10 days later Special Agent Johnson recovered the Alvarado 
children and arrested their abductor. Johnson accomplished this amazing 
feat by responding quickly and decisively to news of the abduction. He 
requested that NCMEC broadcast fax posters--in English and Spanish--of 
the missing children to all law enforcement agencies. Expeditiously 
searching out and following up on a number of leads and sightings, he 
concluded that the abductor was taking the children south. Special 
Agent Johnson then quickly and tirelessly disseminated information to 
all FBI field offices in the Southern United States. These efforts 
produced leads concerning possible sightings in Alabama, and it was 
concluded that Weekly was headed toward New Orleans. An FBI team set up 
surveillance in New Orleans' French Quarter. Soon thereafter the agents 
observed and arrested Weekly, who was driving a stolen car with the 
missing children in it.

  Special Agent Johnson's hard work, working with numerous offices and 
agencies, tirelessly following leads, disseminating information, and 
coordinating efforts, should inspire us all. His example shows that 
children abducted by strangers can be recovered safely if the response 
from law enforcement officers is swift, efficient, and thorough. I 
would like to congratulate him on a job well done, the other three law 
enforcement officers being honored by NCMEC for their extraordinary 
service resulting in the recovery of missing children, and NCMEC for 
its continuing, important efforts on behalf of children.

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