Posted: April 6th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
This is the new online news hub for the disappearance of Randa Jawhari. It is to serve as a place for the public to get information regarding her disappearance and to assist the media should they decide to interview her family.
Randa (pron. Ron-da) Jawhari has been missing since the evening of Tuesday, February 10, 2009. That night her mother was with her and helped her lay out her clothes for the next day. The last time anybody had any contact with her was around 11:30 p.m., when she was at her apartment on the 3000 block of Shiawasee Avenue in Fenton, Michigan. Though she is a heavy smoker, her cigarettes were left in tact at her place, and the only things missing from her apartment were a blue bathrobe and a brown jacket with white wool sleeves and a collar. The clothes that had been laid out had not been touched.
Randa is 42 years old, 5′1″ tall, approximately 100 lbs with curly brown hair, dark brown eyes, and a beautiful smile. She has bipolar disorder but had been on her medication and stable. She has family in Michigan and in Ohio. Randa is a mother, sister and daughter. Please help us find her.
Media inquiries can be directed to info@findranda.org.
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Posted: November 25th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: News | No Comments »
Anisse Jawhari (center, front), the mother of Randa Jawhari, is surrounded by three of her daughters and her daughter-in-law.
This story is from Tri-County Times:
“Where are you, Randa?”
By Sharon Stone
Published: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:28 AM EST
Fenton — It’s been 287 days and there is still no sign of Randa Jawhari, a Fenton woman who vanished without a trace, sometime during the very late night hours of Tuesday, Feb. 10 and early morning hours of Wednesday, Feb. 11.
As families across the country are getting together for Thanksgiving dinners, the Jawhari family must cope with the fact that one chair at the dining room table will be empty.
Randa, 43, was reported missing Feb. 11 after her mother, Anisse Jawhari went to her Shiawassee Avenue apartment and found the apartment empty. Randa had lived there for about five months. She kept in touch with her large family constantly by using her apartment phone.
Bracing herself for the upcoming holidays, Randa’s mother knows they will be difficult. “Anytime I’m by myself, I cry for Randa.
“I say, where are you, Randa?” Anisse said as she glanced at photos of Randa, on display in her Fenton home.
Anisse and her husband David will be hosting Thanksgiving dinner at their home and will be serving traditional family favorites, dating back to their Lebanese heritage. Anisse and David, and seven of their children were born in Lebanon.
After the elder Jawharis married, they came over to the United States to be with relatives in Ohio. They brought three of their children with them, and sent for the other four 10 months later after they settled in. Their youngest daughter, Diana, was the only child born in the United States.
After a visit to an uncle in Holly, the Jawharis moved from the Parma, Ohio area to Fenton and have lived in town ever since. The Jawharis own Beirut Restaurant in Linden.
Some of the Jawhari favorites include Chicken Hashwe, adorned with rice and nuts. Homemade hummus, baked eggplant, Fatoush salad and homemade dressings are also expected to bring some comfort to the large, family get together. For dessert, Anisse said Baklava, a big one, will be served, along with some fruit salad.
Anisse said she contemplated canceling Thanksgiving dinner, however, her son, Sam insisted everyone get together for the sake of the children. As the prayer is said, Anisse said the entire family will pray for Randa’s return.
Coping with so many unknowns has taken a toll on the family. Anisse does not understand why her daughter does not show up on the surveillance video that monitors the apartment complex parking lot. She does not know why Randa left a coat, her ID and her cigarettes behind.
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Posted: May 30th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: News | No Comments »
Dear Family and Friends,
Randa”s birthday is coming up on June 2. I hope you will join my family and I in honoring Randa on Saturday, June 6th, 2009 with a prayer vigil.
The Mill Pond Park Gazebo is located in Fenton next to City Hall:
301 S. Leroy St.
Fenton, Mi. 48430
(810) 629-2251
Please come and support my family and I at 7:00 pm. We will love to meet each of you. May you all be blessed with the peace of God!!!
~ Naheda Jawhari
Posted: May 30th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: News | No Comments »
by Eric Fish | Fenton Press
Saturday May 30, 2009, 2:01 AM
FENTON, Michigan – Almost four months have passed since Randa Jawhari disappeared from her Shiawassee Avenue apartment. Police detective work, a $6,000 reward, a highway billboard and social networking Web sites have turned up little information in attempts to locate her.
But the Jawhari family isn’t giving up on the search.
Last week, the family went from business to business in Fenton, reposting fliers detailing what they know about the woman’s disappearance. The family also has started a benefit fund and will host a vigil June 6 in downtown Fenton. Tuesday marks Randa Jawhari’s 43rd birthday.
“Hopefully, this will bring back an awareness that she’s still missing,” said her sister, Naheda Jawhari. “We had heard rumors that people thought she had been found.”
Randa Jawhari, described as 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 100 pounds, went missing from her apartment Feb. 11. There were no signs of foul play, and police leads have come up empty.
“There’s no more new leads,” Naheda Jawhari said. “(The police are) doing what they can, but they’re waiting for someone to basically say, ‘There she is.’ They’re not getting the information that they need to find her.”
The Jawhari family has set up the Randa Jawhari benefit account at The State Bank and will accept donations from community members. Naheda Jawhari said funds from the account will be used to further the search.
“It’s kind of difficult, especially with the way the economy is, to ask for anything like that,” she said. “We’re to the point where we have no choice.”
The June 6 prayer vigil will begin at 7 p.m. at the Fenton Millpond on South Leroy Street next to City Hall. Naheda Jawhari said the downtown area was always one of her sister’s favorite spots. The community is welcome to attend.
“It’s a park that Randa always enjoyed going to,” Jawhari said. “We just thought it would be appropriate to honor my sister with a prayer vigil.”
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Randa Jawhari should call the Fenton Police Department at (810) 629-5311.
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May 26, 2009 – Randa Jawhari Benefit Fund Established
The Jawhari family has put a hold on asking for financial help for as long as they could. This is so difficult, especially now with the economy the way it is. They have opened the “Randa Jawhari Benefit Fund” at The State Bank. All proceeds will help the Jawhari family to further help in the search of Randa. You can mail a check or money order to:
The State Bank
Attn: Mail Teller
PO Box 725
Fenton, Mi. 48430-0725
(810) 714-3914
(810) 629-3892
You may also make a deposit at any State Bank location.
The Jawhari family thanks you for your continued support, they appreciate all of you that have helped in Randa’s search, brought food, given them a shoulder to lean on and continue to pray for their family. May God’s blessings be upon you. May the peace of God rest upon you and your loved ones.
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April 28, 2009: Flint Journal: Fenton Police looking for man in connection with disappearance of Rand
a Jawhari
Fenton police Detective Ron Skarzynski said the man accompanied Jawhari on about five visits to a dentist’s office at Court Street and Dort Highway in October and November.
Jawhari was having a partial bridge made and a receptionist there told police the man seemed very impatient during the appointments.
The man was constantly asking how long Jawhari would be, said Skarzynski.
The dental receptionist recently met with a state police sketch artist and described the man with Jawhari as clean cut and 30 to 35. He was seen wearing a long, black leather jacket and silver chains around his neck.
Police want to talk with him to see if he has heard from her since she went missing.
Police have labeled the man a “person of interest” and said the investigation has not led them to suspect foul play in the disappearance.
