Everything to date, with reports reporting on other reports respectfully omitted.
Stuttgart residents urged to keep eye out for missing teen
Sep. 16, 2014 at 11:32 AM
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20140916/News/140919706
..hasnt been seen since sunday evening
Stuttgart Teen Still Missing
Stuttgart Daily Leader Sept. 18, 2014 LHK
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20140918/News/140919561
The teens mother reported the 15-year-old missing after she left home on Sunday evening
No amber alert
SPD
Criminal Investigation Division Lt. Mark Duke quoted
Stuttgart Police Department reports
Source URL:
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20140919/News/140919522
Stuttgart Police Department reports published in the Friday, Sept. 19, edition of the Stuttgart Daily Leader
Stuttgart parents seek help locating missing daughter
KATV
Sep 20, 2014 4:41 AM
http://www.katv.com/story/26582070/stuttgart-parents-seek-help-locating-missing-daughter
Video with JC and BR
BR gone like whisper in the wind"
1:50 - TS holding ping iPhone seen in one of Cassies selfies. This was not Cassies phone.
JC reported as saying late Sunday night, Cassie came home from the derby in Dewitt with her friend Hunter around 6:00 p.m. She was home for a short amount of time before she walked out the door while Judy and her fiancé Brandon Rhodes weren't in the room.
TS is reported as saying Cassie sent HS a text around 7:00 p.m. saying she was going to get cigarettes
Stuttgart Police Department reports
Source URL:
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20140922/News/140929952
Stuttgart Police Department reports published in the Monday, Sept. 22, edition
Stuttgart Police Department reports
Source URL:
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20140923/News/140929879
Stuttgart Police Department reports published in the Tuesday, Sept. 23, edition
Stuttgart Police Department reports
Source URL:
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20140924/News/140929837
Stuttgart Police Department reports published in the Wednesday, Sept. 24, edition
Stuttgart Police Department reports
Source URL:
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20140925/News/140929812
Stuttgart Police Department reports published in the Thursday, Sept. 25, edition
Missing Stuttgart Girl Last Seen Sept. 14
KARK
09/25/2014 04:16 PM
http://www.myarklamiss.com/story/d/...ast-seen-sept-14/38853/GJZMhtlYCU-fyDnIEIhy7g
She is 5'3" tall and weighs about 100 pounds. The teen has blonde hair and blue eyes
SPD, ASP, FBI Little Rock FO involved
FBI involved in search for missing Stuttgart girl
Sep 25, 2014 9:50 PM
KATV
http://www.katv.com/story/26629268/fbi-involved-in-missing-stuttgart-girl
FBI joins search
Quotes JC/BR interview of Friday Sept. 19
http://www.katv.com/story/26582070/stuttgart-parents-seek-help-locating-missing-daughter
Her daughter came home from an outing with a friend in Dewitt that previous Sunday night. She was home for a short time, said very little to her parents, and then walked out the front door. She has been gone ever since.
Stuttgart teen still missing after 2 weeks
Daily Leader, LHK
Sept 30, 2014
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20140930/News/140939990
SPD began the search and has now received assistance from both the Arkansas State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigations. The case is still classified as runaway, so no nationwide Amber Alert has been issued.
Suspicious vehicle leads to arson investigation in Stuttgart
Oct. 1, 2014
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20141001/News/141009947
Suspicious vehicle leads to arson investigation in Stuttgart Homeowner finds burned shelf; edger, car parts missing in storage shed
Foot search scheduled for missing Stuttgart teen Cassie Compton
Daily Leader, Staff Reports
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20141003/News/141009840
Request for volunteers of Airport search Saturday Oct 4, 2014
Search parties start for missing Stuttgart teen
KATV, Jordan Bontke
Oct 04, 2014 5:06 AM
http://www.katv.com/story/26702496/search-parties-start-for-missing-stuttgart-teen
Airport search for Saturday Oct 4, 2014
Still no Amber Alert
Video has Quotes from JC, TS and KJ and a brief shot from Sept 19 video interview with JC and BR
JC A runaway shouldnt be this hard to find
Mark Duke of the Stuttgart Police calls Compton's disappearance strange and unique. Duke went on to say Judy Compton and her fiancé Brandon Rhodes have been cooperative with the investigation. Judy Compton said Friday their phones were seized by authorities as part of the search."
TS - We just need the peace of mind to know she's okay and she's been taken care of this whole time,
Snyder is one of the many working to publicize Saturday's search party. She said for the past 20 days she's been asking law enforcement what they can do to help with the search.
100s join in search to find missing teen
THV11, Shelby Danielsen
October 5, 2014
Coverage of airport search.
Video @.24 Her mother tells me, there is no reason to believe her daughter ran away."
While search leaders couldn't reveal exactly why they chose this particular territory to search, they could say that they are following up on several leads.
TC "This big huge production to find hershe deserves it. We just want to know she's safe"
[TCs] son is good friends with Cassie and was the last person Cassie contacted the night she disappeared. She apparently sent him a text saying she was going to "go find a pack of cigarettes. (TS on video saying this at 1:17)
About two hours later, Cassie's mother, Judy Compton, had her boyfriend call Snyder to see if she or her son knew where Cassie was that night.
Sheriff Cheek has his father go missing in the past. "Just pretend that it's your child that you're looking for
JC was Too upset to go on camera- 2:10
Volunteers, law enforcement search for Cassie Compton Saturday
Daily Leader,
Oct. 6, 2014 at 12:49 PM
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20141006/News/141009771
Searchers included Leigh Kreimeier, Mary Kate Currie, Kris Kreimeier, Parker Aycock, Brittany Hurley, Meagan Kerr, Will Hahn, Sam Ingle and Sam Prislovsky, members of the Pine Bluff Police Department SWAT team and the Arkansas Department of Correction.
The groups searched areas between Casscoe and Almyra. The search, which officials considered a recovery mission, was unsuccessful.
Council discusses missing Stuttgart teen, approves agenda items
Author: LHK
Stuttgart Daily Leader
Oct. 8, 2014 LHK
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20141008/News/141009673
Only item discussed that was not on the agenda included the recent disappearance of [Cassie].
First LE-lead search including public (Sat, Oct.4, 2014)
in rural areas of Arkansas County near Casscoe.
Stuttgart City Council member Norma Strabala brought up the issue after all items were passed... saying she was present for the search Saturday.
Search includes SPD, FBI, ASP
Web Extra: Mother of Missing Stuttgart Teen Speaks Out
Fox 16, Lea Uko
10/13/2014 10:03 PM
http://www.fox16.com/story/d/story/...gart-teen-speaks/52416/JWVUOmrItkS92-1COXpLTw
Video interview with JC. See highlighted comments /times:
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...ia-Map-amp-Timelines*&p=11302034#post11302034
Vanished: Arkansas teen Cassie Compton
HLNTV, Luke Burke
October 13, 2014
http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/10/13/vanished-arkansas-teen-cassie-compton
Includes video of JVM phone interview with TS.
30 minutes after getting home, cops say Compton texted her best friend saying she was going out to buy cigarettes. Compton left her house and was not heard from again.
Transcript:
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1410/13/ijvm.01.html
BR "She was gone like a whisper in the wind.
JC "I`m so scared somebody kidnapped her. It`s dangerous. "
cops say she was last seen leaving her home-JVM
24 hours prior according to TS:
Saturday Sept 13th, 2014 TS friend picks up Cassie at home
Saturday Sept 13th, 2014 *We left at 3:30PM to go to the DeWitt Derby
http://www.dewittchamberofcommerce.com/ and the Dewitt County Fair website has no record of the fair or derby being scheduled in Sept 2014. Due to an online comment suggesting it was cancelled, I have emailed the fair asking for confirmation this actually happened.
Sunday Sept. 14, 2014 HS drives Cassie home around 6PM and purportedly arrived back at 6:45.
TS we were her safe haven
Sunday Sept 13, 2014 9:14PM started three calls from BR asking if Cassie was still there. HS tells TS that BR saw her get out of his truck and walk up the driveway. TS says BR should know she wasnt still with them (rephrased for clarity). TS tells BR to go to the police.
The FBI has visited family in Oklahoma.
TS: "Police have thoroughy investicated that lead regarding DB
TS: we didnt know [about issues in the home] until after the fact " I can`t really tell you where that came from
As JVL puts it "And that`s allegedly, purportedly according to you, which we can`t independently confirm, and I want to stress that."
Mark Klaas: There is not a cop shop in the US that is going to tell you to wait 72 hours"
Klass brings up the human trafficking possibility.
Missing Stuttgart Teen's Mother Speaks
Fox16, Leah Uko
10/13/2014 10:01 PM
http://www.fox16.com/story/d/story/klrt/20581/jxbJHmSRNkaJePXFoNHvtA
When Judy Compton woke up around 8 p.m., her daughter was gone.
On September 14th, Compton said she was sick and sleeping in her bedroom when she heard Cassie leave their home. Compton thought Cassie was coming back and realized a couple of hours later she didn't.
(note the time on this video player is in reverse)
Video .53: Dialing Cassies number and getting disconnected or no longer in service message.
Video .40 JC Youre not in trouble, baby, just come home..
According to police, there are still no hard leads in this case.
Mother of missing Stuttgart teen continuing search
Oct. 14, 2014 at 1:32 PM
daily leader, LHK
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20141014/News/141019848
Loose quotes from KATV TV interview, repeated from 9/25 article
There have been numerous sightings reported, a public search of vast rural areas and numerous prayers sent up since.
Cassie was believed to be wearing a blue tank top, blue jean shorts and her new cowboy boots, her mom explained.
JC I appreciate everything any body has done to help in finding her. I am staying in contact with the Stuttgart police, and they with the FBI. I am still searching on my own.
Individuals organizing search for missing teen in Stuttgart
Daily Leader, LHK
October 17, 2014 at 1:28 PM
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20141017/News/141019680
Allyn Wilson and John Whiteside asking for help with privately organized search for Saturday Oct. 18, 2014 atformer Ponders Auction parking lot, located at the intersection of 16th and Leslie streets. ...the majority of the search would be foot searches around the city in abandoned homes, cars and would like to go door-to-door, but that might not be possible.'
Erroneously states Cassie was reported missing on Sept 13. Repeats previous info, description, JC quotes
$1,000 Reward Being Offered in Missing Stuttgart Teen Case
KARK
11/01/2014 10:56 PM
http://www.arkansasmatters.com/story/d/story/kark/16628/H5XCgd7Hp0yGkiXvRwR7sA
Video from Channel 4
Cassie Compton disappeared on September 14th when, police said, she walked away from her home on 15th Street with only her cell phone.
Reporter Leah Uko reports JC "does not believe her daughter ran away."
BoboThis is the hardest case
Compton was considered a runaway until past leads contradicted that.
He said at the moment police were actively pursuing some leads, but if they did not find anything they would start the search over.
JC"Whoever is out there holding my daughter hostage, please have the heart to let her go. She's just a teenager.
Stuttgart missing teen family offering reward
Daily Leader, LHK
Nov. 5, 2014 at 9:37 AM
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20141105/NEWS/141109875
Coverage of Reward offered, repeat of previous JC quotes and case info
Letter to the Editor
Daily Leader, Diane West
Nov. 6, 2014 at 3:16 PM
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20141106/News/141109790
Contains one-sided SMS log
DW "A missing persons report was submitted to police the night she went missing"
This letter is not an official report by the paper and should not be taken as anything but 3rd party hearsay and possibly contains false/misleading information.
Cassie Compton's mother opens up about past
KATV, Jordan Bontke
Nov 08, 2014 4:31 AM
http://www.katv.com/story/27331290/cassie-comptons-mother-opens-up-about-past
JC says she was just removed from a sex offender list and [had] told police Cassie is possibly bipolar.
Video - JC teary quotes, Jordan paraphrasing that JC said Cassie was prescribed medication she didnt like taking.
JC "If her mood swings were bad, she would sometimes go out for a walk,
Her ex-husband assaulted her oldest daughter and she was charged with failure to protect her child. Judy said after she was forced into a plea deal, a probation officer told her she needed to register as a sex offender.
Article:
She came back from an outing with a friend in DeWitt, she spoke briefly with her mother Judy and her mom's now ex-fiancé Brandon Rhodes, then walked out the door and vanished.
Judy sat down with Channel 7 News on three different occasions; Friday (Nov 7) was the first time she sat down without Brandon Rhodes (first time she let them inside house).
JC I believe she would come back if she knew he was not in the picture"
Judy says Brandon was controlling. He was the first to pick up her phone when it would ring and he interrupted her conversations with authorities.
Detective Lt Mark Duke of the Stuttgart Police Department said Judy and Brandon are still considered suspects. Duke said he follows up on a couple of leads a day.
Stuttgart minor facing charges after giving false information
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20141110/News/141119968
Daily Leader, LHK
Nov. 10, 2014
13 year old arrested for 911 hoax claiming to be Cassie and lying to police twice. Calls traced to deactivated cell phone found inside his house.
2 months later, Stuttgart teen still missing
THV11
November 21, 2014
http://www.thv11.com/story/news/loc...-to-help-in-search-for-missing-teen/17449427/
THV11 spoke with Stuttgart police on Friday, Nov. 21 and officials said they have no leads.
Porch light vigil to be held for Cassie Compton
THV11
December 3, 2014
http://www.thv11.com/story/news/loc...vigil-to-be-held-for-cassie-compton/19873961/
Police still have no leads in her disappearance
Links FB page
Mother's plea for missing daughter's return on 16th birthday
KATV, Jordan Bontke
Dec 05, 2014 4:22 AM
http://www.katv.com/story/27553307/mothers-plea-for-missing-daughters-return-on-16th-birthday
Video of JC crying over cake:
0:23 Jordan states SPD told him they were "getting leads almost daily, then it slowed to 2-3 per week
Bobo reported as saying this is the hardest case he has ever worked.
2:05 JB states he asked SPD if knowing what the know now, would they have pushed for an Amber Alert or done anything differentlyand SPD replied they dont know if they could.
Article Repeats that she was last seen at her home
"Bobo said no one has been ruled out as a suspect, even Judy's former fiancé, Brandon Rhodes. Stuttgart Police have Rhodes in custody [for] criminal trespassing.
With the help of her attorney, Judy reached out to Rhodes by letter.
JC I told him not to call me, not to come near me, or not to come on my property or anything"
Quotes FBI statement
FBI Statement to KATV
Source URL:
http://www.katv.com/story/27553307/mothers-plea-for-missing-daughters-return-on-16th-birthday
The FBI released a statement to KATV on Thursday Dec 5:
The Stuttgart Police Department, Arkansas State Police, and the FBI are involved in a joint investigation to locate Cassie Kay Compton who has been missing since September 14, 2014. We are diligently checking out all leads and will continue in earnest to search for information related to her whereabouts.
Stuttgart honors missing girl Cassie Compton's birthday
THV11
Dec. 5, 2014
http://www.thv11.com/story/news/loc...ssing-girl-cassie-comptons-birthday/19918885/
Video:
Phone quotes from AM(fb page admin)
Compton was last seen on September 14th after she told her mother she was leaving the home to buy cigarettes
JC "I try to send messages to my daughter [on her cell phone] hoping to God she'll see them"
Stuttgart searching for missing teen, adult man
Dec. 7, 2014 at 4:00 PM
http://www.stuttgartdailyleader.com/article/20141207/News/141209736
Bill Gibbs missing since 11/27/2014
Erroneously states Cassie was reported missing on Sept. 13, 2014
No new leads or information has been released in the investigation, according to Stuttgart Police Department Assistant Chief Steven Bobo
$1000 reward
No indication if quotes/info are firsthand or repeats from other sources.
Her phone is all she took, her mother, Judy Compton, said recently when asked to describe that day. She left her purse, overnight bag and her (phone) charger in her purse.
Compton had just come home after staying the night with friends over the weekend. Nothing unusual, her mother said. She remembers saying, Hi, baby girl, as she affectionately called her, but she had been sick and in her bedroom. Judy Compton said she never heard the door open when she left
WHBQ Fox News Online posting of info
WHBQ Memphis
Feb 18, 2015 10:39 PM
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/story/28141829/cassie-compton
Contains just description from MP report.