CO - Jessica Ridgeway, 10, Westminster, 5 Oct 2012 - #1

[bdawk20]

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/10/05/10-year-old-westminster-girl-missing/

I feel better knowing that the school attempted to alert her mother to the fact that she had not made it to school.
Very disheartening her mom didn't get the message for so long.

 

[nursebeeme]

http://www.9news.com/comments/293104/339/Amber-Alert-Missing-girl-never-made-it-to-school

comments at the end mention dad

 

[Knox]

I don't think they have released that yet, but assuming her home is in Westminster ..IMHO

Pretty sure this is it. She meets the friend at Chelsea Park.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1078...St,+Broomfield,+Colorado+80021&gl=us&t=h&z=16

 

[nursebeeme]

I had to work nights for years as a nurse when my son was little and my husband is active duty army.

I feel so bad for this mother.. I know how hard you can sleep when you work all night long.

 

[Knox]

RT @9news: #AmberAlert SEARCH: RT @WestminsterPD: We are asking the public to meet at Westview Rec Center 108th/Oak #JessicaRidgeway

 

[TGIRecovered]

Who was it that saw her last at 8:30 this morning? Was it Mom or was she still at work?

 

[Cubby]

sorry shef:
http://www.9news.com/news/article/293104/339/Police-search-for-missing-Westminster-girl

here is the article

10 years old, mom works grave yard so she sleeps through numerous phone calls. Who is on the emergency list at school? I have to give my sons school 2 emergency contacts. Did the school try and contact the emergency contacts if a parent can not be reached? Does the school have a list of emergency contacts?

Still catching up.

 

[Portabella]

I wonder if there are other siblings or is she is an only child. Did her mother see her off to school before going to bed or does the child see herself off. So many questions at this point. I am so disheartened that it took so long, if an abduction they got a BIG headstart...

 

[Amster]

I always had to put an emergency number for schools in addition to my number and hubbys number.

 

[nursebeeme]

Jessica lives with her mom, who works a night shift and gets Jessica ready for school in the mornings, but lets her walk to a nearby park where she meets some classmates to walk the rest of the way to school.
The classmates say Jessica didn't show up Friday morning.
Materasso said that when the school called home to say Jessica wasn't in school, her mom was sleeping.
Jessica's mom got the message just after 4 p.m. when she woke up, and that's when she called police.
Jessica is described as 4 feet 10 inches tall, weighing about 80 pounds with blond shoulder-length hair. She has blue eyes, and was wearing a black jacket and pink and purple colored glasses.
Police have made reverse phone calls to more than 12,000 homes in the area. Jefferson County School District also made a notification call to more than 400 families of students and faculty members.
Bloodhounds and other K-9 units from Westminster and from other agencies have been helping search the area including all nearby trails, and parks.
Bad weather has kept police helicopters grounded, Materasso said.


Read more: Amber Alert on for Westminster girl, 10, missing since 8:30 a.m. - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/breakingn...arching-girl-10-missing-since-8#ixzz28UGaMr2F


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more at link

 

[nursebeeme]

I wonder if there are other siblings or is she is an only child. Did her mother see her off to school before going to bed or does the child see herself off. So many questions at this point. I am so disheartened that it took so long, if an abduction they got a BIG headstart...

she saw her off to school (see link right above)

 

[shefner]

Can we have an Amber Alert in CO without a vehicle description?

 

[Portabella]

I had not thought of that, but your absolutely correct, I believe its standard practice to have several emergency contacts listed. So she never made it to Chelsea Park, I wonder how far the park is from her home? What route she takes. Busy streets or slow. Any chance of camera's.

 

[shefner]

My 4 children are in their 20's now but I always had to list emergency contacts for them. We never lived near family so I would usually ask a couple friends from our church to help in this area. They were glad to. One of them received a sick call for one of my girls when she was in middle school. They couldn't reach me and so they called my friend and she left work and picked my daughter up. She bought her some crackers and gatorade and stayed with her until she feel asleep. By then, they were able to reach me by phone and I hurried home.

 

[Kaliste]

I had to work nights for years as a nurse when my son was little and my husband is active duty army.

I feel so bad for this mother.. I know how hard you can sleep when you work all night long.

I really feel for this mama. Praying Jessica is safe where ever she is right now

 

[Knox]

Looks like the school is 1.4 miles from the home, 449 feet from home to park.

http://goo.gl/maps/f1PPx

http://goo.gl/maps/b9EgP

 

[nursebeeme]

http://kdvr.com/2012/10/05/westminster-police-search-for-missing-10-year-old-girl/

 

[Portabella]

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...rls-disappearance-investigated-in-westminster

Sounds like they are organizing now for civilians to help with search...IMHO

 

[nursebeeme]

http://www.startcolorado.com/eas/html/amber.htm

AA criteria for CO

(no car or perp needed)

do we actually see the AA up anywhere?

 

[shefner]

Wonder if she had a cell phone? I know some 10 year olds who do....and I was thinking that if she walks to school, she may have had one for emergencies or something.