Jaden Dawson Cummins

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Left and Center: Jaden, circa 2008;
Right: Age-progression to age 3 (circa 2009)

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Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

  • Missing Since: March 28, 2008 from Franklin, Indiana
  • Classification: Family Abduction
  • Date of Birth: December 11, 2006
  • Age: 1 year old
  • Height and Weight: 2'0, 25 pounds
  • Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, blue eyes.
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    Details of Disappearance

    Jaden and her sister, Jasmine Cummins, and half-sister Sierra Emberton, disappeared from Franklin, Indiana on March 28, 2008. They were abducted by two non-custodial relatives, Laura Burton Vivas and Javier Solis Hernandez. Photographs and vital statistics for the abductors are posted below this case summary. Felony warrants were issued for them on October 31, 2008. Vivas is the Cummins children's paternal grandmother, and Hernandez is her boyfriend. Vivas had temporary guardianship of all three children. Jasmine and Jaden's father was in prison and was coming up for release when his mother and her boyfriend took the children.

    Vivas, Hernandez and the three girls may be in Mexico. They may be traveling in a red 1997 Ford F150 extended cab pickup truck with Indiana license plates numbered 758500L. The truck may be pulling a 1995 cargo trailer with Indiana license plates numbered 690579. The children's whereabouts are unknown and their cases remain unsolved.

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    Javier Solis Hernandez
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    Above: Javier Solis Hernandez

    Date of Birth: April 13, 1976
    Age: 31 years old
    Height and Weight: 5'0, 140 pounds
    Distinguishing Characteristics: Hispanic male. Black hair, brown eyes. Hernandez has the following tattoos: an unspecified tattoo on his right hand, a guitar and an eagle on his left wrist, a guitar with wings on his left arm, and a devil on his left arm.

    Laura Burton Vivas
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    Above: Laura Burton Vivas

    Date of Birth: January 17, 1960
    Age: 48 years old
    Height and Weight: 5'6, 200 pounds
    Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Brown hair, hazel eyes.

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    Investigating Agency
    If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
    Johnson County Sheriff's Office
    317-736-5155

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    Source Information
    The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
    The Indy Channel

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    Updated 3 times since October 12, 2004.

    Last updated May 15, 2010; age-progression added.

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