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Updated at 12:59 p.m. ET: The body discovered in a trunk along a Texas highway on Tuesday has been identified by the Dallas County medical examiner as 16-year-old Alicia Chanta Moore.

Greenville Police Department
Alicia Chanta Moore vanished on Friday.
Moore was reported missing Nov. 2 and was last seen getting off of a school bus at about 3:30 p.m. Friday near the corner of Bourland and Walnut streets.
What happened to Moore after she got off the bus remains a mystery. The school district's attempted to trace her school-issued iPad, but determined it had been reset and tracking disabled.
A construction worker found Moore's body in a trunk that had been dumped along Farm-to-Market 47 near a bridge railing, four miles north of the town of Wills Point, at about noon Tuesday.
Greenville Police Chief Dan Busken will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. Wednesday where more information is expected to be released.
Moore was last seen wearing a white shirt, black undershirt, green jacket, pink headband and black glasses. She was carrying a black backpack and was also wearing earrings and a necklace.
NBC 5's Greg Janda contributed to this report.


How horrible!! We live in a truly sickening world. Weather child or adult, no one is really safe from these scums of the world. I hope the family gets lots of support from friends and others in their time of grief if this turns out to be their daughter.
I agree.
"weather"?
@Ramay
Seriously? Kim posts a kind comment and all you get from it is a misspelled word? Wow.
Le'ts sea jusst howe petti a morron lik yu cann bee!
Exactly, bologna sandwich. Someone suffers a terrible tragedy and we want to argue about spelling?
If you are going to rant about other people's comments maybe you should learn the difference between a misspelled word and a misused word.
"weather" is spelled correctly
the thinker
Uhhh no $hit. Ramay attempted to correct a word by MISSPELLING it.
pay attention, thinker
Another tragedy, even more little girls are missing across America with their loved ones just waiting for the bad news.
The same old comments; reduced to themselves and fighting among themselves. One day you may understand that there are things more important than just yourself. The world does not turn around you, you are not the center of this universe.
Within the article there is this statement: " What happened to Moore after she got off the bus remains a mystery." Let me take an educated guess, one based on hundreds of thousands of previous attacks on innocent little children. This child was abducted by some monster, a pedophile, a creature for whom there is no cure.
There will, sadly soon be a mess of comments about prison and allowing the other inmates to serve the justice. More comments about castration. I suggest that the cops check that "registry" the national one for sex offenders. The one where these freaks must place his name after serving a year or two maybe in jail, a mere slap on the wrist....
How horrible for this little girl. No one will know her suffering and fright. How horrible for her family to have to live with this pain forever. And worse there will be more little kids destroyed tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow.
In short time we can drop them all at Guantanamo Bay with a shovel and seeds, a fish hook and line. The sharks will be the guards.
If all you can do is comment, please try and support some group in America who is working to stop this and who works to save those who have survived.
One is Focus Adolescent Services, Focusas.com There are others that I feel are doing good work. Support them, support the families, keep your eyes open and protect the children as your neighbors.
In the Bible there is an exception. Jesus said to turn the other cheek except when it came to those who harm children. He didn't mess with words on that. He said to weigh them down with stones and toss them into the water. The end.
you did ok till you got to the part about jesus.
he did not say that.
matthew 18:6 for those that want to see for themselves ...
Either you may not or teachers no longer teach morals. They don't give a damn. His hands will be slapped and death penalty opponents will preach that it is okay to breach a young lady's rights, and that you had better not compromise the rights of the scum that violated and murdered her. I disagree.
The putrid logic that capital punishment does not deter murderers is terribly flawed. This could easliy have been the killer's umpteenth kill. Take his life and see if it doesn't make a difference with HIM. Costly appeals? Bolderdash. Maybe one appeal, like he might have but DID not give to the girl. He doesn't mind killing so why should we? And I am not 'just sayin'.
He said to weigh them down with stones and toss them into the water. The end.
No, MrCool, Jesus DID NOT say that. As Tom said, go read Matthew 18:6 for yourself. Jesus said that if anyone harmed a child, his wrath would be so terrible that it would be better if the person was tied to a stone and tossed into the sea. Please don't misquote the Bible to justify your sense of "justice."
We have an element in our society that is very, very sick. Usually the deviants are well hidden. Being a Christian I believe that these deviants are either demons or under the influence of the dark one. Individuals need to protect themselves with prayer and educate their children to do so also. We also need to keep our eyes open. There are flags and we need to be educated to what they are. Bless the loved ones of whoever was in that trunk on the side of the road in Texas. I hope and pray that the torment they will suffer is treated with the balm of the love God and decent people feel for them. I myself would go totally mad about these things without my faith. I cannot imagine how those who do not believe make it.
too bad the most monstrous people tend to be "christian", huh?
I hate to even have to agree with you David, but it sure as Hell seems that way. I am so tired of reading and hearing about these senseless cases of tragedy. As a recovering Christian and now mostly just Agnostic, I still find my self wanting to plead for "God" to stop all the madness. Where are all of the "Real Heroes?" It has to stop or be stopped and for all of the people out there that want to abolish the Death Penalty, you need to step aside and let these monsters die as terribly as they have killed the innocents. GOD HELP US ALL!!!! (I still don't have a problem with some one having faith, I think it is honorable and at least a sign of a caring individual. I have no problem with some one Else's faith, unless it interferes with doling out exact justice to a convicted [POS] twisted, sick, killer.)
Don't be a bigot, David White.
david white-You spout nonsense, lies, and defamation.
ap-2718492, and Lou7777777, what did David say that isn't basically true? He didn't spout and lie or defame anyone, and I implore you to prove other wise with actual facts.
Hey lou how do you defame a nonexistent entty that makes worlds in 7 days and lets republicans walk the earth?
and your facts are what David? First, just because someone claims to be a Christian doesn't make them a Christian. Also, out of the millions that are Christians, a few that do end up bad people is still a miniscule percent exploited by media. Also... last time I checked, there are murders every day, and generally speaking, by people of gang orientation that are not Christian. You sir, are a fool.
Yeah, they're "well hidden" ... right in front of our eyes.
Not that some dead TX'n in a trunk has anything to do with mythology, but as a point of fact, murder and mayhem are part and parcel of Abrahamist DOGMA - as is stoning your wife, beating your children, killing gays and owning slaves.From public discourse, we learn Good Xtians have no problem executing the innocent as TX does and NO ONE on the national or international level has EVER denied the basic premise of Abrahamist faith - that your life, your child's life AND the lives of total strangers are worth LESS than their right to Abrahamist fanaticism. when the Pope decries child marriage, when the black-turbaned Ayatollahs & the headbobbers of Jerusalem together as one to DENY the horrors their fringe groups commit upon the world - THEN Xtians, Islamists and Jews together can say they value life over death. Until then, the death cults encourage fanatics because THAT'S where the money is. Look t up...
Xtians !! i love that!! i gotta steal it.
This fellow is lucky. He dosen't have to endure 4 more yrs. of obama.
I'm an atheist and I don't protect myself with prayer. I protect myself with a Glock 17 Gen 3, a Mossberg 500 12-gauge, and an AR15 equipped with: a laser, EoTech 552 holographic sight, EoTech G33 switch-to-side magnifying scope, Accutact corner sight (for shooting around corners) , and Israeli-made dual handgrip/bipod.
I'm ready for any dirtbags, and any dirtbag that did that to one of my kids would take a dirt nap.
@Pagan- sounds like you might even have a dog named Precious and a girl in a dry well in your cellar.
According to (some) Christian beliefs, God has everything that you're going to do all written down before you're even born. That whole predestination thing. So if God already has 'such and so will be murdered on such a date' is praying really going to change that?
And if praying makes God erase something that he's already predestined to happen, then who really has the power to change things--Him or you? If praying changes His mind, then he's not really all powerful and all knowing, and responsibility for your own destiny then lies with you.
And of course, the Bible says that God is in every man and woman, and nothing happens without his say-so--Satan only has the power God allows him, right? So either God was inside whoever did this, or he stood back and allowed it to happen...which circles back to the argument that prayer doesn't change anything.
It's contradictions like this that are part of the reason why I'm not Christian anymore (was raised Catholic by a devout Irish Catholic family.)
JFC: I don't have a dry well or a cellar, I own 2 cats not dogs, and I have a Master's Degree in computer science and several years of military service.
Pagan: You sound very very scared to me. I'm a conservative gun owner and I own a number of guns too, but I don't announce it to the world what I own and the makes and models. Maybe if you found a little religion you wouldn't be so scared of dying. No matter what you do about it, or how hard you try, you are going to die just like everyone else no matter how many dirtbags you kill or want to kill or guns you own.
The people who do horrible things to kids might call themselves Christian, but they are no more Christian than the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorists are Muslim.
Man, you people attacking Christians for being terrible also attack a Christian (Bush) for removing a non Christian (Hussein) from this planet who actually DID kill millions of people. You want facts? Well, there it is.
Hurting children is not Christian, nor is it Muslim or part of any other religion that I am aware of. Stop trying to make associations where there are none. You people profess to be so smart but express such ignorance everytime you open your mouths.
OK paganponderer, you're a tough guy and have dominion over all others. Except for me of course. Is that what you want to hear??????
2.14 was spot on, Amanda-2017567!
This is the second body found in the trunk of a car in Texas. About a month ago, another body in/near Houston was found in the trunk also. This newest find is about East of Dallas near I-20.
The body wasn't found in a car trunk. It was a trunk one might pack things in for storage or travel.
Thanks for the info Citizen X, my bad for not realizing that when I read the article - good catch! :)
My prayers go out to the family of the victim in their time of sorrow, and also to the victim may he or she rest in peace.
I don't know how or when we will ever be able to stop mad men from doing these horrendous acts, but we must find a way. the number of these insane homicides seems to be occurring at a much faster rate than ever before. I fear for the youngsters and for their future.
Mad men OR women.
We stop them by executing them. The legal system just keeps letting them out to murder over and over.
Pray: Are you saying that "most" homicides are committed by convicted murderers that have been freed by the justice system?
I'd like to see a reliable stat to back that up...
Executions don't prevent them from murdering - it just prevents them from murdering again. Don't get me wrong - I'm all for the death penalty. But as long as humans keep breeding there will always be a given number of mutants bred that will commit heinous crimes. Laws don't prevent criminals from acting out, laws just establish levels of standards and penalties for infractions. The justice system is the menace to society by encouraging the prosecutors to focus on their win/loss record at the expense of justice.
Where is Dirty Harry when you need him.
Agreed. Recent events have bugged me so much that I spoke to my entire soccer team of early teen girls about creepy guys, how to identify potential threats (whether strangers or those of us they know), and how to get away from them. I don't know if it will ever help them, but I hope so if needed.
I hear you Lou, but speaking as a father, I have to think that most of the creeps we want to proctect our daughters from happen to be male. My daughter does have a school coach I am concerned with though.....she's one really creepy lady.
Another great article just filled with all kinds of information. If I had not read it I would probably know as much as I do now. Yes, you can reply and say that I don't know any more after reading it because I can't read or I am stupid, but really folks, do any of you consider this a well written informative article?
Larry,
I understand where you're coming from but they wrote only what they know about. If they knew more, they would've written it. They just want you to keep checking back for updates. Standard procedure. Keeps us on our toes.
Creek Dog
Actually, it's not keeping us on our toes.
It's a way to get "clicks" which get counted and the advertisers pay, then ultimately you and I pay those exagerated costs when we but the product.
It's all about the money. The story be damned.
I agree with Creek Dog. They can only report what they know. (technically)A body was found. They said it was human.They said the body was in one piece. Meaning: Not dismembered.They said a construction worker discovered the trunk with the remains inside, the time of day of the discovery, and the location. FM47 (farm to market) about 4 miles north of Wills Point. They told us the authorities on scene would not tell them anything other than it was human, it was dead, and no obvious signs of cause of death.
They also included the information on the missing girl from nearby Greenville and that the coroner had requested her dental records for the investigation, and the Police had informed the family that the body was that of a black female.
Unless they have a crystal ball and a Hollywoood CSI Team on hand, I must say the article at this point is pretty damn thorough actually. It has given me enough to know that once that trunk was opened and they saw it was a black female the Wills Point Police were notified and they were on scene to do a cursory identification, the coroner requested the dental records of a specific missing black female(keep in mind, coroners don't just start requesting dental records for missing teenagers until there is something to match them to). I think most people with any usefull gray matter can conclude that the Authorities know the body is that of the missing teenager and are waiting for confirmation from the coroner and of course the cause of death and any other important information that they feel you, Lawrence, are in need of.
They just want to be the ones to break the story. It tends to be counter-productive. This was such a F'd up report that there is little motivation to check back. It won't be updated because there has been such little exposure so far.
Living in north Dallas and knowing kids in our more rural Greenville neighbor, I am happy they are giving everything they know as soon as they know it. You can be bitter and negative, but I really think this is more of a public service. You don't have to read it if it does not apply to you.
Creek Dog,
I disagree. I think it was a poorly written article. The reference to where she was found, "in a trunk" on the side of the highway, failed to make it clear that this was NOT the trunk of a car, but a trunk for storing clothing or other such items. I agree that they can't release information they don't have, they can put the information they DO have into a comprehensible and literate article. This particular story doesn't meet that goal.
I seez what yer sezzin'...
How awful for her family. (and for her) I hope police can identify the piece of garbage that did this to her. The depraved, sick and twisted seem to be multiplying in this country at an alarming rate. It makes me afraid for the future.
The sick were always there. The Internet and the 24x7 news cycle wasn't.
What used to be a clip on the nightly news and an article in the local paper the next day is now flashed around the globe almost immediately.
I think XD is correct. Human nature does not change, but how it is reported on has.
This is sad, however; we need to fasten our seatbelts as we will be going over a lot of bumps on the road over the next 4 years.
I am curious as to where you were able to find information which ties this murder to politics?
I agree Sharkey. Maybe he should use that 7.62 on himself. Maybe that was a bit strong, but sometimes these things just have to be said.
so what you are saying is that now racists have a reason to be racists? That's what the core of the republican party is now you know...a bunch of dumb southern racists...
Oh how did i know race would be dragged into this look the point is a girl was killed and possible raped before (or possibly after) ok can we get back to this subject we dont need politics in this we dont need racist comments just please no ok have some common sense like everyone else on here and for those that did not mention race or politics THANK YOU
In fairness to Southerners, not all racists are Southern Republicans. There are a fair number of racist Indiana Republicans. (That state had the highest KKK membership once)
Obummer made murder political. He referred to the murders of four Americans as "bumps in the road". Benghazi may not ring a bell yet because NBCSnooze has avoided coverage of it. It is still an outcome of a youtube video.
This is just the ill continuation of the "Jack The Ripper" phenomenon. Even if he was elected, a President Romney could not stop this anyway.
Hey Rick the lib:
You said,"so what you are saying is that now racists have a reason to be racists? That's what the core of the republican party is now you know...a bunch of dumb southern racists..."
You are right Ricky. Every day Obama is in office and libs like you breed, "dumb" southern racists keep getting more racist and keep buying more guns and ammo to take care of business when the time is right. It's coming Ricky...huh, huh, huh errr duhh.
I agree it's going to get worse.
I too agree - it will get worse !!
My very sincere condolences to the family of the person found. Whether it is the Moore family or another. One one should be taken before their time by a sociopath.
I was hoping they were going to tell us it was Barak Obama. No such luck. Evil has triumphed. We didn't just lose an election, we lost our nation. R.I.P. second amendment. R.I.P. constitution. R.I.P. America. Let the wars begin.
Will you shut up with your stupidity?! Good grief! The same rant over and over again. It's pathetic.
Sorry there for your perceived loss midnightridr, but in reality, OUR NATON was just Saved from a complete corporate buyout and shipping off to China of what is left of the Middle Class of America. if Romney had won the Presidency, it would have been less than 3 years. Now, WE, the actual working Americans(yes, the middle class) have at least four more years to survive the republican nightmare that all-most destroyed the WHOLE DAMN WORLD. Get over it, you have four more years to cry about it.
Midnight, while I might agree with your sentiments, think about the consequences. We would have Joe Biden as President.
Obozo isnt' as stupid as he looks. There's a method to his madness.
Maybe so Bryan and Janine, but either way we can kiss freedom goodbye forever. Last night's election just drove the final nail in that coffin. Get ready for the ushering in of a one world communist dictatorship.
Okay Midnight, while I sadly don't necessarily disagree with the fact that the world is headed towards a "One World Government", we basically, just strategically avoided that consequence for at least Four More Years by Re-Electing President Obama versus Romney. Romney did not care one iota about you, me, or any one in this Country making less than $500,000.00 a year, or any one who wasn't a fanatical, die-hard re-thuglican. That worthless turd, ted nugent said he might kill himself if Obama got re-elected, I will gladly supply the ordnance for him personally. America, and Americans just got a 4 Year reprieve from the depravity of the Republican party's plan to kill the American Middle Class. You should be rejoicing that fact and not trying to deny it.
At least we can partially agree on something. Like I said, either way, rep or dem, no matter, the America that used to be is history. All I see coming in the future is unrest, turmoil, and downright pure hell on this earth, worldwide. Good luck to all, but even with that, I don't believe the largest majority of us stands the chance of a glass of icewater in hell.
Thank goodness a bunch of Republicans lost. Because, before long we will accuse girls like this of committing suicide by climbing into a trunk and suffocating herself to death, rather than bringing the "gift of life" the rapist left in her womb. Others may argue her body would have shut out the rape sperm to begin with, so she was stupid to go committing suicide like that.
Thank God those Republicans lost!
I'm going to break one of my personal rules here........gridlock, go die already.
Black victim in Texas case closed
I suspect odb2, that nobody will ever accuse you of being a member of the intelligentsia
Shut up odb2. Our diversity in and around DFW is remarkable and should serve as a model. I assume you know nothing of Texas.
Here is a sad fact for you all, around 1000 people go missing every day in the USA, and are never heard of again. Their remains may be found the next day or the next year but they are dead none the less. We don't hear about them in the news unless it's some high profile case. Additionally, there are around 75-100 serial killers working the country that are known to law enforcement, and by known that is their mode of killing not identity or location. Having worked in forensics for the last 12 years I have seen some of the worst that man can do to another human being, now I work to help identify the missing using DNA technology and we are flooded with remains that go unidentified. Hopefully they can identify this person and give closure to the family.
American extremists again.
Wrong. Sick scum, period.
It doesn't matter the age, sex, race or political affiliation of the deceased. The fact remains that someone was killed, probably brutually, and then disposed of like last week's garbage. I feel for the family of the deceased and hope that the person or persons responsible will be found quickly and brought to justice.
How sad....thoughts and prayers with the family!
I guess someone messed with Texas!
Why would you say this? Someone killed a child. D***!
I say we just start sending these freaks to some island somewhere and start letting them sort themselves out. Seems like they nab one and 10 more pop up like that whacko mole game.
We can name it sickoland or something.
This is where capital punishment , (immediately applied ) would help to stop this, because the executed piece of @!$%# would NEVER do it again . Because you know some lefty parole board would let him out early claiming he's been "rehabilitated "
Very sad for this girl and sympathy to her family.
Who from around there knew to turn off the GPS tracking on her school laptop? That seems to point in the direction of a local with sufficent computer knowledge to do this.
rustyautumn, good work.
Possible someone from the school system that knew the Ipad was tracking the child.
Nice idea but all you have to do is do a reformat and reload the operating system. I am as computer illiterate as they come and I know how to do it.
The area is filled with criminals (many nice people as well of course). Anyone in that area who would kill a child would probably be familiar with remarketing stolen property as well. My wife is from the Greenville area, and the city has some pretty nasty areas.
rustyautumn that was the best comment on the board.
Sorry to read another story of yet another murdered girl... Messed up...
I didn't even know that this girl was missing! The last few missing girls, the story was blown up & all over...
Whats different in this abduction? Is it because the girl missing wasen't white? I'm white so don't troll me...
Just was curious as why this story wasen't blown up... The last girls had everyone & there Moms looking for them, FBI, Sheriffs, Police, & neighbors... I remember reading all the updates. I haven't heard a peep from this story! Sad that another little girl was murdered. This will stop if we start making examples of these People Men & Women, an earlier post said it was just Men that did this. Not true. Mostly Men, but women are pedophiles as well. My ex-girlfriend was molested from 2-13 by her aunt. Sad that this happens to innocent little girls & boys all over the world. We should really start hanging pedophiles after the first offense. We should take a Vote on a National level, whether or not to hang these people as soon as they are convicted. No appeals, do not pass go. Death. & then maybe just maybe this stuff will become a distant memory. Scare tactics could work in preventing atleast 1/4 of rapes & murders... Just my opinion... I don't believe in god, so to the family, may the Universe be good to you're family in the future...
And yet another child abduction tragedy. When will it ever stop? Maybe when we, as concerned citizens, take the time to look around us an pay attention to what is going on and step up when something just doesn't sound right.
Oh,. I forgot, @David White post 2.1 and the other 9 or so, you're jerks.
For child abusers and all kind of criminals: less jails and more cemeteries.
I have to wonder why, at the end of the article...they find it necessary to say what she was last seen wearing/carrying?
Maybe it will trigger a memory in someone, who then might remember where they saw her, and with who.
Find who did it, convict them beyond any doubt, and slowly skin them alive. They need to go out screaming in agony, begging for their mamas. If she was raped, castrate them before killing them, and maybe blowtorch their eyes out for good measure. Maybe when we resolve to be less cowardly towards these monsters they'll get the message. And if not, at least they will die experiencing some measure of the pain, horror, and agony of being murdered thay they forced on their victims. Send them all back to hell where they apparently came from.