Forensic Astrology - AMBER DuBOIS missing 2/13/09

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Part 4B:

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Vigil planned for Amber Dubois
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 11:01 AM EST
Updated: Mar 08, 2010 11:08 AM EST
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A candlelight vigil is planned for 14-year-old Amber Dubois, the San Diego County girl whose remains were found more than a year after she vanished while walking to school.

The vigil is planned for 6:30 p.m. Monday at Escondido High School.

The Escondido girl disappeared on Feb. 13, 2009. Authorities say a tip led them to dig on the Pala Indian Reservation, where her skeletal remains were found Saturday.

Video: Amber's classmates react to discovery of her remains 1:31
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Video: Search for Amber Dubois comes to end, vigil planned 2:24
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Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12102034
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Parents of Chelsea King share grief with Dubois family
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 3:14 PM EST
Updated: Mar 08, 2010 3:19 PM EST
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The parents of Chelsea King, a missing girl now presumed dead, shared their grief with the family of 14-year-old Amber Dubois after the skeletal remains of Dubois were discovered over the weekend in a remote area of a Southern California Indian reservation.

The presumed body of King, 17, was found March 2 in a shallow lakeside grave.

"We have spoken with the Dubois family and our hearts go out to them in this time of deep sadness," Kelly and Brent King said Monday in a statement. "We share their indescribable grief for the loss of Amber's precious young life."

Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher said a tip led officials to the site, but he didn't elaborate or answer questions.

Video: Tip leads authorities to remains of Amber Dubois 3:37
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Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12103709
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Escondido classmates mourn Amber Dubois
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 9:21 a.m
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Tears mingled with raindrops outside Escondido High School Monday morning as students returned for class, a day after learning classmate Amber Dubois’ remains were discovered in Pala.

Students left flowers, cards and lighted candles at a banner calling for Amber’s safe return outside the school’s gates and signed a memory book, the ink running as the sodden skies soaked the pages. “She was just one of the sweetest people I knew,” said Hailey Kosinski, a sophomore and Amber’s friend. “It’s horrible this happened to her.”

Cards left at the banner for Amber, which has now become a makeshift memorial, expressed the feelings of many. “Dear Amber — You’re in a much better place now. May you rest in peace,” one read. Another, addressed to her family, said, “May memories bring comfort.”

Mark Rantz, an Escondido resident and rabbinical intern, stopped at the school to say a prayer. “I prayed the mourner’s kaddish,” said Rantz, describing it as a prayer of grief, and a prayer to celebrate the life God gave everyone. “I can’t imagine the horror (the family’s) or the horror of the King family,” Rantz said. “We carry the kids in our heart.”

Law enforcement investigators drive up a road off of Pala Temecula Rd. north of Highway 76 to access the the site where the body of Amber Dubois was found.

Mark Rantz of Escondido, a rabbinical intern at Kehilat Ariel Synagogue in Escondido, says the Mourner's Kaddish, a memorial prayer, at the memorial to Amber Duois in front of Escondido High School.

Jordan Sans, a sophomore at Escondido High School and a friend of Amber Dubois, places flowers on the ground in front of a photo of Amber at a memorial in front of the school, March 8, 2010.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/amber-dubois-classmates-escondido-high-school/
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Is Amber Dubois' Murder Related to Chelsea King's Murder?
March 8, 2010 1:29 PM
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Amber was last seen walking with a man about 300 yards from her school in Escondido, Calif. Feb. 13, 2009. A massive search was launched, but the investigation was hampered by the lack of physical evidence at the scene. Over a year later Chelsea, 17, was reported missing Feb. 25, after she didn't return from a jog in Lake Hodges, a park just outside of Escondido, Calif. about seven miles from where Amber went missing.

John Gardner, a registered sex offender, lived near where both girls disappeared. He has been linked to Chelsea's case, reportedly by DNA evidence found at the scene of her disappearance. He has since pleaded not guilty.

While the similarities between the disappearances, along with physical similarities noted by Amber's father - they were both blue-eyed, teenage beauties - seem to link the two, there are also differences between the crimes.

One seems to have been careless: a body presumed to be Chelsea King's body was found relatively quickly near where she was last seen; whereas, Amber's case stumped investigators, and her body was found approximately 30 miles from her last known location nearly 13 months later.

Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20000145-504083.html
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Amber Dubois timeline: Follow the story
Monday, March 8, 2010
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Amber Dubois timeline:
March 8, 2010 - March 28, 2009
Article:
http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-03-08/local-county-news/amber-dubois-timeline-follow-the-story
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Escondido Police Link Amber Dubois' Death to Chelsea King Murder Suspect John Gardner
Last Update: 4:54 pm
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Escondido police revealed Monday afternoon that convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III is the focus of their investigation into the death of Amber Dubois.

Gardner is in custody on suspicion of rape and murder in the case of Poway teen Chelsea King.

Escondido police issued a one sentence statement Monday afternoon from Lt. Craig Carter saying "The Amber Dubois crime scene is still being processed and John Albert Gardner III remains a focus of the investigation."

It was the first time Escondido investigators had publicly acknowledged that the suspect in Chelsea King's killing was also the focus of the Amber Dubois investigation.

Gore told a few reporters after the news conference in Escondido that there would be a news conference at the Sheriff's department Monday with more details of the case revealed. Monday morning the Sheriff's department announced there would be no news conference today.

The Escondido police department has come under frequent fire for how the Amber Dubois case was handled. Most recently Amber's father said he wished the kind of search and investigative effort that the Chelsea King case received could have been launched for his daughter.

The San Diego County Sheriff's department was the lead agency in the King case, even though the search area and crime scene were within the City of San Diego limits and within the jurisdiction of the San Diego Police Department. Sheriff Bill Gore and his public relations spokesperson, Jan Caldwell, conducted all news conferences and major announcements about the King case.

Video: Amber Dubois Found Dead
Human skeletal remains found in Pala were positively identified as those of missing 14 year old Amber Dubois. 02/07/2010
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=754137@xetv.dayport.com&navCatId=5

Article:
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local...lsea-King-Gardner/3WSDlxSD5UmLdlJnvhelsA.cspx
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Amber DuBois' Family Disagrees on Who Killed Her
Father Believes It Was Jailed Sex Offender, Grandmother Thinks Someone Else
March 8, 2010
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The family of Amber DuBois, the missing California teenager whose body was found over the weekend, are divided as to whether she was killed by the same sex offender recently charged with the rape and murder of Chelsea King.

DuBois' grandmother and the private eye the family initially hired to find Amber, however, believe someone other than Gardner else is responsible for killing the Escondido High School student who vanished Feb. 13, 2009.

"The M.O. [modus operandi] for Gardner doesn't fit," said Michelle Bart, spokeswoman Dubois' grandmother Sheila Welch. "He stalks his prey and waited for girls in secluded areas where he could take advantage of them. Amber was walking outside in plain sight with other kids on her way to school. She was excited to get to school that day. She had Valentines and wanted to buy a lamb."

The lamb was part of DuBois' project as a member of the Future Farmers of America.

"Someone had to get her attention, and it is likely it was somebody she knew or trusted," Bart said.

San Diego County sheriffs have said Gardner has not cooperated with police since his arrest, diminishing the chances that he told investigators where to find DuBois' remains.

Authorities said Sunday they were given a tip that led them to find Dubois' body, but would not comment on the details of who led them to the girl's remains, or if she was buried in a shallow grave similar to the one in which King was found.
*Much More At Link!

Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TheLaw/am...led-chelsea-kings-suspected/story?id=10045235
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ESCONDIDO: Police say Gardner is focus of investigation in Amber killing
Posted: March 8, 2010 2:23 pm
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Registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III is under investigation in the killing of Amber Dubois, the Escondido teen who disappeared 13 months ago and whose remains were discovered near the Pala Indian Reservation on Saturday, Escondido police said Monday.

"The Amber Dubois crime scene is still being processed and John Albert Gardner III remains a focus of the investigation," Lt. Craig Carter, a spokesman for the department, said in a statement released shortly after 2 p.m.

Investigators work the area where the skeletal remains of 14-year-old Amber Dubois were found in a remote location north of the Pala Indian Reservation on Saturday.

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Locator map of Amber Dubois, Chelsea King recovery sites

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Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_6be400e8-2b01-11df-9d5e-001cc4c002e0.html
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Connection sought in teen murder cases
Monday, March 08, 2010
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The parents of Chelsea King are consoling the parents of another missing teen found dead in San Diego County. The skeletal remains of 14-year-old Amber Dubois were uncovered over the weekend, more than a year after the girl went missing. Investigators are trying to determine whether the two cases are linked to the same suspect.

Escondido Police are looking for answers in the murder of Amber Dubois. Her skeletal remains were found about 10 miles from Rancho Bernardo Park, where the body of 17-year-old Chelsea King was discovered. Police are looking into any connection between their murders.

Monday night, a candlelight vigil was scheduled to be held at Escondido High School.

"It's been hard, I've had to run out of quite a few classrooms bawling my eyes out," said Hailey Kosinski, a friend of Amber's for more than three years. "It just keeps coming and going. I'll never forget it as long as I live. I could always go to her if I was having a bad day and I'd end up laughing with her, about whatever, she could always find a way to cheer you up."

Video: Connection sought in teen murder cases 2:23
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Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=7319296
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Suspect in King homicide still a focus of Dubois
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 3:13 p.m.
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The convicted sex offender charged in the murder of Poway teenager Chelsea King remains the focus of the investigation into the slaying of Escondido teenager Amber Dubois, Escondido police said Monday.

Moe Dubois, Amber’s father, said Monday that he couldn’t discuss any details of the investigation that have been shared with him. He said police have not told the family what led them to his daughter’s remains. “We’re on a gag order,” he said.

Investigators have openly questioned whether Gardner played a role in Amber’s disappearance since semen on a piece of Chelsea’s clothing led to Gardner’s arrest on Feb. 28. The police statement appears to indicate that those questions remain even after the discovery of Amber’s remains.

The remains were found west of Pala Temecula Road, about three miles north of the historic Pala Mission and the Pala Casino. There is a single-lane asphalted road that leads up a steep mountain and then over a hill. The grave appears to be out of sight over the hill. Two law enforcement officers guarded the entrance to the road Monday morning keeping people out, and “no parking” signs were posted along the few turnouts within a half-mile either north or south of the road.

Dubois said he was eating dinner at a restaurant Saturday when he was called and asked to come to Escondido police headquarters, where he and Amber’s mother, Carrie McGonigle, were told the news. “Everything is going to change for us,” Dubois said. “It’s going to be so much different.”

Investigators from the FBI and other law enforcement organizations comb a rugged area of Pala where the remains of Amber Dubois were found over the weekend.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/gardner-still-amber-dubois-suspect/
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Cops: Gardner focus of Dubois murder
3:11 PM PST, March 8, 2010
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Escondido police said Monday that 30-year-old John Albert Gardner III remains a suspect after Amber's bones were found near Pala, more than a year after she disappeared near her school. Police did not elaborate in the statement. They said the crime scene is being processed after the remains were discovered early Saturday.

Helicopter video showed dozens of police investigators and vehicles Monday at the location north of the Pala Mission where Dubois's bones were found.

Video: Sky Fox Video of Investigators Combing Area Where Amber's Bones Were Found 1:44
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobe...-Combing-Area-Where-Amber-s-Bones-Were-Found-

Article:
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-gardner-dubois-suspect,0,7388521.story
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Search dogs came close in seeking Amber last year
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 3:30 p.m.
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In August, Jack, a short-haired pointer from Virgina and Quincy, a yellow lab from Maine, came to Escondido to find Amber Dubois. Apparently they came very close. The dogs are part of an organization called VK9 Scent Specific Search and Recovery Unit which is based in Virgina and dedicated to finding lost people. They were brought to Escondido at the behest of Amber’s family. Their travel expenses were paid through donations.

Sarah Platts, commander of VK9, said the dogs were taken to Amber’s home and picked up the girl’s scent and tracked it first to Escondido High School, then to Interstate 15. From there, Platts said, the dogs were driven up the freeway to each exit ramp, then brought out of the vehicles to sniff. That continued for about 12 miles until they exited at state Route 76. The dogs hit on Amber’s scent there, which they followed about six miles to the small community of Pala. At that point, Platts said, the dogs lost the scent.

The VK9 dogs are trained to track the scents of living humans. However Platts said dead bodies also leave a tractable scent if they were killed just before being transported. “Whether she was alive at the times she went there and then was killed, or whether she was already dead, we can’t know,” Platts said.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/search-dogs-came-close-seeking-amber-last-year/
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Grandmother: Police Ignored Report, 'Disrespected' Amber
Sheila Welch Says Dog Team Picked Up Trail 6 Months Ago
POSTED: 4:56 pm PST March 8, 2010
UPDATED: 6:24 pm PST March 8, 2010
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Amber Dubois' grandmother said she is bouncing between sorrow and anger -- with that anger directed at the Escondido Police Department. "She should be a sophomore in high school now. But she's not," said Sheila Welch, Amber's grandmother.

Welch told 10News she's a mixed-bag of emotions. She's sad for Amber, but angry at the police because she said they did not consider information gathered by privately hired scent-sniffing dogs. "They disrespected my granddaughter by ignoring the report," said Welch. The report showed the dogs had followed Amber's trail from Escondido to the Pala area last August.

Platts said her team started their search at Amber's Escondido house the first night they were in San Diego County. The dogs took them from the home, past the school and onto Interstate 15. The team put the dogs in a truck, drove north and got out at every exit to search. "Then we just started working down the interstate until we reached the Pala exit. At that point the dogs wanted to exit the road," said Platts. The team worked their way inland to a spot near where police found Amber's remains. "It's always questionable when it's an asset that's brought in by the family. They're held a little bit suspect by the police versus an asset the police department themselves have brought in," said Platts.

Platts said Escondido police never responded to her report. "If they considered us credible, I don't know. I didn't quite get that feeling that they were very interested in what we had done, though," said Platts.

Video: Grandmother Of Amber Dubois Blasts Escondido Police Over Handling Of Case 2:30
http://www.10news.com/video/22774960/index.html

Video: Dubois Investigators Face Rugged Pala Terrain
http://www.10news.com/video/22780757/index.html

Video: Police: Gardner Eyed In Teen Murder Probe
http://www.10news.com/video/22780649/index.html

Video: Students React To News That Amber Dubois' Body Was Found
http://www.10news.com/video/22777001/index.html

Video: Police: Missing Calif. Girl's Bones Found
http://www.10news.com/video/22771355/index.html

Video: Dubois Family Watched Gardner After Girl's Disappearance
http://www.10news.com/video/22723258/index.html

Video: Search Dogs Join Hunt For Amber Dubois 8/29/09
http://www.10news.com/video/20469584/index.html

Video: Special Dogs Flown In To Help Search For Dubois 8/19/09
http://www.10news.com/video/20464588/index.html

Video: Candlelight Vigil Held For Missing Escondido Girl 7/14/09
http://www.10news.com/video/20046159/index.html

Video: Search Center For Missing Teen To Close 6/6/09
http://www.10news.com/video/19673925/index.html

Video: Vigil Held For Missing Escondido Teen 5/14/09
http://www.10news.com/video/19457440/index.html

Video: Video Hopes To Create New Leads In Amber Dubois Case 4/24/09
http://www.10news.com/video/19273434/index.html

Video: New Surveillance Footage Could Help In Amber Dubois Case 4/24/09
http://www.10news.com/video/19268521/index.html

Video: Two Months Later, Escondido Teen Remains Missing 4/14/09
http://www.10news.com/video/19172528/index.html

Video: Search For Missing Teen Taking Toll On Family 3/16/09
http://www.10news.com/video/18942145/index.html

Video: Search For Missing Teen Passes Three-Week Mark 3/7/09
http://www.10news.com/video/18876678/index.html

Video: Reward Increases As Dubois Search Continues 3/5/09
http://www.10news.com/video/18857442/index.html

Video: Private Investigator: New Theories About Girl's Disappearance 2/24/09
http://www.10news.com/video/18781501/index.html

Video: Parents Seek Better Communication About School Threats 2/24/09
http://www.10news.com/video/18780776/index.html

Video: FBI Joins Search For Missing Escondido Girl 2/20/09
http://www.10news.com/video/18755087/index.html

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/22780380/detail.html
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Police: Gardner Eyed In Teen Murder Probe
http://www.clickorlando.com/video/22780649/index.html
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Amber Dubois' parents upset with investigator
March 8, 2010 at 11:31 a.m., updated March 8, 2010 at 12:52 p.m.
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The parents of Escondido teenager Amber Dubois say they are angry about misinformation being spread by a private investigator the family hired shortly after Amber disappeared in February 2009. Amber’s father, Moe Dubois, said Monday that neither he nor Amber’s mother, Carrie McGonigle, have spoken to private investigator Bill Garcia since their daughter’s skeletal remains were discovered Saturday near Pala. “Carrie is livid that he is going out and speaking on behalf of the family,” Dubois said. “We haven’t talked to him.”[

Garcia told The San Diego Union-Tribune in a phone interview Sunday afternoon that the tip leading investigators to Amber’s remains did not come from John Albert Gardner III, the man now facing murder charges in connection with the death of 17-year-old Poway High School senior Chelsea King.

A few minutes later, when he was asked again about the tip and how he knew it didn’t come from Gardner, Garcia said, “I talked to someone who knows it first-hand.” He said he couldn’t say any more without getting into trouble. Garcia changed his story when contacted Monday.

“What I said was somebody close to the family called me and said they had found Amber’s body near the Riverside County line,” he said. “That’s all they told me. I then said it’s my belief that the tip did not come from Gardner. That was just my opinion. I haven’t been told that.”

Garcia said he has not worked for the family in almost a year but has been doing some investigating on his own and feeding all of his findings to a contact with the Escondido police. He said he gave interviews on Sunday only to let parents know they still have to guard their children from predators because it’s unclear if Amber’s killer is still out there.

Dubois said law enforcement has not told the family what led investigators to Amber’s remains, nor whether Gardner is a suspect. He also said they have been asked not to talk about the case. “I wish I could talk to you guys because you’ve been there for us since the beginning,” Dubois said. “But we’re on a gag order.”

Photos: Images from the Amber Dubois investigation
http://www.signonsandiego.com/photos/galleries/2010/mar/07/amber-found/

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/dubois-parents-unhappy-with-private/
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Video: San Diego 6 News Webcast
Amber Dubois vigil. Border agents hit by car. Suspect in 35 robberies in court. Fuel cell push for homes & businesses. Improving weather forecast. 11 a.m. 3/8/10
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=754609@xetv.dayport.com&navCatId=5

Video: Amber Dubois' Classmates
Classmates at Escondido High School remember Amber Dubois after her body was found this weekend. 3/8/10
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=754503@xetv.dayport.com&navCatId=5

Video: San Diego 6 Webcast 3/8/10
Amber Dubois' remains discovered, high speed chase, Highway 80 mural, three story snowman.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=754612@xetv.dayport.com&navCatId=5

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Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Part 5B:

'We Will Never Heal': Amber's Parents
Updated 5:46 PM PST, Mon, Mar 8, 2010
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The parents of Escondido teenager Amber Dubois say they will never heal completely but believe changes in the legal system will help them deal with their loss. “I was walking around in a fog all day,” said Dubois about Saturday, when he learned his 14-year old daughter, missing since February 2009, would never return home.

Escondido police announced they were acting on a tip when they found skeletal remains near Pala Saturday morning. By late Saturday, dental records had helped investigators positively identify those remains as belonging to Amber. “I have closure,” Amber's mother Carrie McGonigle said Monday. “It’s not the outcome that we wanted but you know what, we know where she’s at. I would hate to go through life not knowing.” “We know she’s safe now, she’s not being hurt anymore but there’s still a lot of justice that needs to be done,” said Dubois.

Amber's parents, divorced but united in the need to find their daughter, said that they've grown closer over the difficult year and they now vow to fight together to see changes so that other parents will not suffer the same pain. “We have a big fight ahead of us,” he said. The two say they have reacted differently to the many developments in their daughter's case. When one is up, the other is down. When one is having a bad day, the other is having a good one.

McGonigle drove to the area near where her daughter's body was found Sunday night, "just because that's what I do," she said. They plan to attend the vigil Monday night at Escondido High School. "People have been so good to us," said Dubois. "Their hearts have gone out to us over and over again, all year long.

Video: There's Justice That Needs to Be Done
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/There_s_Justice_That_Needs_to_Be_Done_San_Diego.html

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/We-Will-Never-Heal-Ambers-Parents-86985867.html
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ESCONDIDO: Somber mood at Amber's high school; vigil set for 6:30 p.m.
Posted: March 8, 2010 9:25 am
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Students, staff and teachers filed into Escondido High School on Monday morning, with the grim discovery of Amber Dubois' body heavy on their minds. The bookish high school freshman vanished while walking to the school Feb. 13, 2009, under similar dark rain clouds that drenched the suburban campus Monday morning. She was 14. Law enforcement discovered her skeletal remains in Pala on Saturday.

A vigil, organized by Amber's family, is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday at the high school. The public is asked to bring its own candles.

Teachers spoke with their classes at length about Amber and issued safety reminders, students said. The school also observed a moment of silence in honor of the teen Monday morning.

Classmates also wrote messages on large banners that will be presented to Amber's family. "It's just so hard to believe that someone so alive could have their life taken," said Karen Truong, 14, a freshman at the school who knew Amber from middle school. Truong and others observed growing sets of memorials to Amber along north Broadway in front of the school. Hand-written notes, candles, stuffed animals, including Amber's favorite animal, a wolf, lined the sidewalk.

Near the school's football field, close to where Amber was last spotted alive, three teens from Escondido High's student government placed plastic cups along a fence spelling out the words "Aren't we worth protecting?"

Escondido High School students console each other and sign remembrances as they gathered at a memorial for 14 year-old Amber Dubois out front of the school Monday. Amber's skeletal remains were found in a remote area of the Pala Indian Reservation on Saturday.

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Escondido High School students console each other and signed remembrances as they gathered at a memorial for 14-year-old Amber Dubois out front of the school Monday.

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Escondido High School Principal Rich Watkins addressed questions about 14 year-old Amber Dubois out front of the school on Monday.

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Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_66bad3c7-e206-5551-86eb-04307f4679c3.html
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Police: John Gardner Suspected in Amber Dubois Murder
6:53 PM PST, March 8, 2010
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Police now say convicted sex offender John Gardner is the focus of the investigation into the murder of Escondido teenager Amber Dubois. The slain teen's skeletal remains were found Saturday in Pala, a small town in the Pala Indian Reservation, which stretches more than 12,000 acres in north San Diego County. Authorities say an unspecified tip led them to a remote area west of Pala Temecula Road, about three miles north of the historic Pala Mission.

There is a single-lane asphalted road that leads up a steep mountain and then over a hill. The grave appears to be out of sight over the hill.

On Monday, Escondido police Lt. Craig Carter issued a statement saying, "The Amber Dubois crime scene is still being processed and John Albert Gardner III remains a focus of the investigation."

Video: KTLA: Vigil Held After Body of Amber Dubois Found 3:28
http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/82e6b...Amber-Dubois-Found-Elizabeth-Espinosa-reports
Article:
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-amber-dubois-search,0,2295221.story
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Amber Dubois' body is found a year after she disappeared
Police say the teen's skeletal remains were found in north San Diego County. The suspected slaying of another young girl nearby may have helped lead investigators to Amber.
March 8, 2010
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A yearlong search for a missing 14-year-old girl from Escondido has ended with the discovery of her skeletal remains in a remote area of northern San Diego County, police said. Amber Dubois, who disappeared last year on her way to school, was identified through dental records after police found her remains Saturday in rugged terrain near Pala, Calif. The discovery was announced Sunday by Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher at a brief news conference.

Police had refocused attention on the Dubois case after a registered sex offender was arrested last week in connection with the suspected murder of Chelsea King, a high school senior from nearby Poway. The suspect, John Albert Gardner III, lived a couple of miles from where Amber vanished near Escondido High School. Maher did not disclose whether Gardner, who is being held without bail, is linked to the Dubois case. He said an unspecified lead led investigators to the remains.

Maurice Dubois, 40, of Buena Park expressed mixed feelings at the time, wanting closure but hoping that a "monster" like Gardner wasn't linked to his daughter's case. "I'm living a nightmare. I keep trying to wake up out of it, but it's not happening," Dubois said last week.

Gardner's preliminary hearing is scheduled for next week.

Inspectors comb through the chaparral along Aruba Road in northern San Diego County, near where the body of 14-year-old Amber Dubois was discovered.

Map: Amber Dubois' remains found
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-amber-dubois8-2010mar08-g,0,4699140.graphic

Article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-amber-dubois8-2010mar08,0,2071942.story
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Amber's parents: Turn anguish into action
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 8 p.m.
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The parents of slain Escondido teenager Amber Dubois called for stiffer penalties and tougher enforcement of existing laws to protect children from predators as they joined more than 1,000 mourners for a candlelight vigil Monday night. The vigil held in a courtyard at Escondido High School came hours after police said the convicted sex offender accused of killing Poway teenager Chelsea King remains the focus of the investigation into Amber’s slaying.

Moe Dubois, Amber’s father, asked for those gathered to turn their anguish into action. “Please take a minute for every tear you have ever shed for Amber, for Chelsea, and for any other child who has suffered at the hands of these predators, and come back tomorrow and take just as many minutes of action in our fight to protect our children,” he said. “Hope will never sleep.”

Amber’s mother, Carrie McGonigle, said: “We do need to make changes and hopefully with the support of all the parents, we’ll be able to change the laws to make things safe.”

After the parents spoke, the crowd sang “Amazing Grace” softly as they held their candles in the air.

Escondido High School held a candlelight vigil Monday night for Amber Dubois, whose parents were among the speakers at the emotional gathering.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/ambers-parents-tell-crowd-turn-anguish-action/
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Expert Weighs In On Likelihood Of Local Serial Killer
POSTED: 7:09 pm PST March 8, 2010
UPDATED: 7:12 pm PST March 8, 2010
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Two murder investigations with two very similar stories are now in full stride. While local authorities are saying very little, they did bridge the gap between the Chelsea King case and the Amber Dubois case by declaring sex offender John Garder -- accused in the death of King -- a focus of the Dubois investigation.

Sheldon Zhang, who studies criminal patterns at San Diego State University, told 10News, "Kidnapping, kidnapping teenagers in this case, Chelsea King's case … it's a sign there's a sex offender out there, not just random serial killers." Zhang said by looking at the information available, it can be predicted that both crimes were committed by people who wanted to do more than just kill their victims. He said if they just wanted to kill, they may have picked someone other than teenage girls. "There are a lot easier targets," Zhang said.

Zhang said it's easy to look at the King and Dubois cases and think they are connected. While that may or may not be true, he said what is true is that whoever killed both girls has similar taste in victims. "Just look at their faces. They're in the prime age; they're prime targets for sex offenders. My hunch is that both cases involve sex offenders, but whether these two cases are connected, I have no idea," said Zhang.

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/22781253/detail.html
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Police: Gardner Focus Of Amber Dubois Investigation
Teen's Remains Found Over Weekend
POSTED: 2:40 pm PST March 8, 2010
UPDATED: 7:37 pm PST March 8, 2010
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Police said they are eyeing John Albert Gardner III in the death of Amber Dubois, whose bones were found Saturday in a remote area of the Pala Indian Reservation.

A police statement did not elaborate on the investigation and only said the scene was still being processed. Police Lt. Craig Carter did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking further details. FBI teams worked under rainy skies during their search of the mountainous area of dense shrubs and rocks.

His public defender, Michael Popkins, did not respond to a phone message. Gardner was expected to make his second court appearance Tuesday in the potential death penalty case.

Police have not revealed how they learned the location of Amber's remains, saying it was part of the ongoing investigation. Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, also declined to say what led authorities to the remains.

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/22778772/detail.html
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Police: John Gardner focus of Amber Dubois murder investigation
Posted: Mar 07, 2010 6:49 PM EST
Updated: Mar 08, 2010 9:54 PM EST
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Police have not revealed how they learned the location of Amber's remains, saying it was part of the ongoing investigation. Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, also declined to say what led authorities to the remains.

However, she said she was grateful for the sense of closure after the long hunt for her daughter. "I'm managing," McGonigle said in a brief interview. "It was a roller coaster the last year and now we have closure, which is more than a lot of parents have."

Like Chelsea's parents, McGonigle said she planned to become active in efforts to prevent attacks on other children. She said she was busy preparing for a candlelight vigil for her daughter Monday night. Brent and Kelly King shared their grief with Amber's family. "We have spoken with the Dubois family and our hearts go out to them in this time of deep sadness," the Kings said in a statement. "We share their indescribable grief for the loss of Amber's precious young life."

Video: Amber murder investigation now focused on Gardner3:49
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4605114&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: Tip leads authorities to remains of Amber Dubois 3:37
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4603764&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: Search for Amber Dubois comes to end, vigil planned 2:24
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4603601&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: Police: The remains of Amber Dubois found in Pala 3:22
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4601931&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12099609
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Shocked, scared and angry: San Diego reacts to Amber Dubois murder
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 10:11 PM EST
Updated: Mar 08, 2010 10:21 PM EST
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The discovery of Amber Dubois' remains and the subsequent murder investigation has rocked the county. San Diegans are shocked, scared and angry in the wake of hearing the tragic news. In this News 8 video story, more emotional reaction from the community.

Video: Shocked, scared and angry: San Diego reacts to Amber Dubois murder 2:00
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4605162&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12106322
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Candlelight vigil for Amber Dubois
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 11:01 AM EST
Updated: Mar 08, 2010 10:39 PM EST
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A candlelight vigil was held Monday at Escondido High School for 14-year-old Amber Dubois, the San Diego County girl whose remains were found more than a year after she vanished while walking to school.

The Escondido girl disappeared on Feb. 13, 2009. Authorities say a tip led them to dig on the Pala Indian Reservation, where her skeletal remains were found Saturday.

Video: Students gathering for a vigil for Amber 2:35
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4605220&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: Amber's school taking her loss very hard 2:25
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4605121&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: Amber's classmates react to discovery of her remains 1:31
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4603768&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: Search for Amber Dubois comes to end, vigil planned 2:24
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4603601&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12102034
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Video: Cold Cases Revisited In Light Of King, Dubois Events 2:06
http://www.10news.com/video/22781054/index.html

Video: Dog Team Captain Says Police Ignored Report 1:59
http://www.10news.com/video/22781036/

Video: Authorities Focus On Gardner In Dubois Case 2:10
http://www.10news.com/video/22781355/

Video: Amber's Grandmother Speaks About Her Anger With Police 1:41
http://www.10news.com/video/22780802/

Video: Dubois Investigators Face Rugged Pala Terrain 0:54
http://www.10news.com/video/22780757/
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Disappearance of Leticia still haunts many
Young girl’s abduction in ’89 brought national attention
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 12:03 a.m.
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The discovery of Amber Dubois’ skeletal remains along a remote road near the Pala Indian Reservation this past weekend brought back painful memories of a similar discovery in the same brush-filled canyon 19 years ago today. Leticia Hernandez, 7, had been missing for 15 months when a caretaker working on property off Pala Temecula Road found a human skull. Dental records from Leticia, an Oceanside second-grader, were a match. The discovery that day, March 9, 1991, ended a search that had captured the nation’s attention as sightings of the black-haired girl — usually in the company of a blond-haired couple in a maroon sedan — spread across the country. The case was featured on the TV shows “America’s Most Wanted” and “Unsolved Mysteries” and was listed for a year as the nation’s top child-abduction case by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. It even spawned a song, “Leticia We Love You,” written by an Oceanside police detective.

For those touched by Leticia’s case, the discovery of remains identified as Amber, a 14-year-old Escondido High student missing for 13 months, was like the tearing away of scar tissue. It hurt. “That’s really eerie,” said Doug Sebastian, founder of KinderVision, a nonprofit child-safety organization that sprang up from the Leticia case. “That’s pretty isolated out there. Unfortunately, we’ve got a north San Diego County dumping ground for missing kids.”

Leticia’s killer has never been caught. A registered sex offender who was 40 at the time and lived a block away was reportedly the subject of a federal grand jury investigation in the weeks after her remains were found. The only apparent connection between her case and the current investigation is the proximity of the remains — Leticia’s on the east side of the road, Amber’s on the west — roughly two miles south of the Riverside County line.

Leticia lived about 25 miles away, in an apartment in the 1300 block of Bush Street, a block east of Interstate 5. On Dec. 16, 1989, two days after her 7th birthday, she was playing in the front yard about 5 p.m. while her mother went to a nearby laundry room. When her mother returned 10 minutes later, the girl was gone. The medical examiner eventually concluded she had died within three months of her abduction. Leticia had five siblings when she disappeared. Attempts to reach them for comment yesterday were unsuccessful. Her mother died of cancer in February 1998.
*Much More At Link!

Leticia Hernandez’s remains were found 19 years ago today in the brush near Pala.

LETICIA HERNANDEZ TIMELINE
*Dec. 16, 1989: Leticia, 7, disappears while playing in the front yard of an Oceanside apartment building.
*Dec. 27, 1989: Police report a sighting of Leticia with a blond-haired man in a Buckman Springs rest stop. More sightings follow across the country.
*Feb. 4, 1990: “America’s Most Wanted” airs its second segment on the case, generating more leads. Police ultimately look at 2,600 tips.
*March 9, 1991: A skull is found along Highway S16; dental records match it to Leticia.
*March 23, 1991: About 450 people attend a memorial service.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/09/disappearance-of-leticia-still-haunts-many/
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Vigil Held For Amber Dubois
Updated 7:04 AM PST, Tue, Mar 9, 2010
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A sea of lights twinkled in the night as more than 1500 people held candles at Escondido High School to remember 14-year old Amber Dubois. "She always had something funny say even if she was sad, she would always make you happy, that's just how she was,"said Escondido High School student Samantha Campos. "It's really scary because it's so close to home,"said classmate Cherise McCoy. "It could have been anybody and it's tragic that it had to be somebody like her."

Many people came from other areas of San Diego County to take part in the candlelight vigil including Leah Wilson. She lives in Poway and her son went to school with Chelsea King. "That's why we're here tonight, to let them know that we support them, we love them and we don't want this to happen to another child,"said Wilson with tears in her eyes.

"We do need to make changes and hopefully with the support of all the parents, we’ll be able to change the laws to make things safe," said Amber's mother Carrie Mcgonigle. Amber's father told everyone that it would be his life's work to make sex offender laws tougher. "Three years ago, we the people of California voted Jessica's Law in, to date the ACLU has dragged it into court claiming it unconstitutional and that these predators have rights," Dubois said.

On Tuesday, students and faculty are being encouraged to wear the color red, in honor of Amber.

Video: Candlelight Vigil for Amber Dubois
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Candlelight_Vigil_for_Amber_Dubois_San_Diego.html

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Candlelight-Vigil-For-Amber-Dubois-87084817.html
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Latest updates and developments:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/two-stolen-lives/
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More Than 1,000 Mourners Gather To Remember SoCal Teen
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Maurice Dubois (doo-BWAH') and Carrie McGonigle spoke on a chilly Monday night before the somber crowd at Escondido High School, near the spot where their daughter Amber Dubois vanished on Feb. 13, 2009, on her way to school. They called for laws to better protect children from predators.

Maurice Dubois evoked his daughter's favorite animal, the wolf. He said wolves hunt together to catch their prey and that parents must band together to protect their children. McGonigle said she worries every time she sees a child walking alone.

Police say a registered sex offender charged with murdering another teen girl last month is a focus of the investigation into Amber's death.

Video: Police: Gardner Eyed in Teen Murder Probe
http://video.ap.org/?t=By Section/U.S.&g=0308dv_teens_killed&f=1139966

Article:
http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/87111737.html
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Hundreds turn out at vigil for Amber Dubois whose body was found near Temecula
Candles and flowers multiplied, accompanied by notes. “Someone so special can never be forgotten,” one read, and another read, “You will be remembered.”
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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After school let out Monday, Escondido High School was like so many other schools; sneakers squeaked on the gymnasium floor, student athletes jogged across campus, and teens squealed and laughed in the school’s parking lot. Just outside the high school’s gated grounds, though, was a reminder: Despite signs of life, Monday was not like any other day at Escondido High School. A curbside memorial grew for 15-year-old Amber Dubois along the south gate of the school. Candles and flowers multiplied, accompanied by notes. “Someone so special can never be forgotten,” one read, and another read, “You will be remembered.” A small, stuffed white lamb – a symbol of innocence – was tucked behind a tightly-bound bouquet of yellow daffodils.

Students struggled with the grim news Monday, said 17-year-old Nathan Pedersen, a junior and a friend of Amber’s. “It’s hard to accept,” Pedersen said. “The not knowing was really starting to get to me and at some point I just wanted closure. But I’m shocked. I was still hoping there was a chance we’d find her alive. “She was a special person and she had a lot to offer our world. But we’re celebrating the things she did offer in the 14 years she was around, and we’re letting her and her family know how much we loved her and how much we miss her.” Pedersen, who runs track for Escondido High School, said he’s running this week’s meet “for Amber and Chelsea.”

“In cases like this, we talk about closure,” said Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher. “I don’t think anyone who experiences something like this ever truly gets closure … [But] If not closure, we can certainly get justice.” Maher told the crowd the Escondido Police Department, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, the FBI and other agencies will “continue to do everything else to bring this investigation to a successful resolution and prosecution.”

Maurice “Moe” Dubois, Amber’s dad, and Carrie McGonigle, Amber’s mom, thanked the crowd Monday for their well wishes, and authorities and volunteers for searching for their daughter for more than a year. They also encouraged parents to educate children about safe behavior. “As parents, we need to make a change for the protection of our children,” Moe Dubois said.

Hundreds of people turned out for a vigil for Amber Dubois of Escondido after her body was foound just south of Temecula.

Article:
http://www.swrnn.com/southwest-rive...ber-dubois-whose-body-was-found-near-temecula
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Mourners Remember Amber Dubois At Candlelight Vigil
March 9, 2010
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For the second night in less than a week, hundreds of mourners gathered for a candlelight vigil to grieve the loss of a young San Diego County girl. This time it was for 14-year-old Amber Dubois.

Amber’s parents, Maurice "Moe" Dubois and Carrie McGonigle, addressed the crowd and urged them to turn their tears into action in the fight against sexual predators. "Please take a minute for every tear you have ever shed for Amber, for Chelsea and for any other child that has suffered at the hands of these predators," pleaded Dubois, "and come back tomorrow and take just as many minutes of action in our fight to protect our children." McGonigle said laws need to be changed. "I still see a lot of children walking by themselves and it scares me," she said

Gardner, 30, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murdering Chelsea and raping or attempting to rape her, and attempting to rape another woman in December, a potential death penalty case. A spokesman for the San Diego County district attorney's office, Paul Levikow, declined to comment Sunday on the investigation into Amber's death.

More than 1,000 people gathered for a candlelight vigil at Escondido High School to remember 14-year-old Amber Dubois on March 8, 2010.

Photo Gallery: Candlelight Vigil For Amber Dubois
http://www.kpbs.org/photos/galleries/2010/mar/09/amber-dubois-candlelight-vigil/

Map: Disappearances of Chelsea King & Amber Dubois
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=e...-117.21513&spn=0.593772,0.280023&source=embed

Article:
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/mar/09/mourners-remember-amber-dubois/

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Tuba · Mar 9, 2010

nursebeeme said:
Astros,
what is your thoughts on JAG being the perp (in re: to the event of her remains being found)? tia

Post #32 in this thread explains his connections to this victim. I don't think you saw that analysis. Nothing has changed it.

concentric · Mar 9, 2010

There is another post by Starsleuth saying the captor is a sex offender, but is lanky.http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lanky

Are both analyses correct? Are there two perps. working together?

pittsburghgirl · Mar 9, 2010

concentric said:
There is another post by Starsleuth saying the captor is a sex offender, but is lanky.http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lanky

Are both analyses correct? Are there two perps. working together?

Well, that analysis wasn't on this board. Me, I stick with what Tuba says.

mikeysmommom · Mar 9, 2010

WOW I just read his Birthday is 4/9/79 mine is the same except my year is 59,geeze that is upsetting.Who wants to share a birthday with a possible serial killer!

Angel Who Cares · Mar 10, 2010

Part 6B:

Tracing Amber's last steps
8:55 AM PST, March 9, 2010
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When 14-year-old Amber Dubois left her home for school on Friday, February 13, 2009, no one knew it would be the last time she would ever walk that route or be seen alive again.

"The search for Amber has come to a close. Our hearts go out to family and friends. It is a loss for our school and community," said Escondido High School Principal Rich Watkins.

"Amber's been lost to us," Watkins added. "She'll live on in the memory of our staff and students as we try to move forward during this difficult time of healing."

Escondido police found the remains of Amber Dubois in Pala on Saturday. Monday, family, friends and people who never knew her, stopped by her high school to leave flowers, tokens, poems and their love at a makeshift memorial.

"I couldn't sleep last night, so early in the morning I got up and wrote a poem and dedicated it to this precious student," said Ivan Marjanovic, a retired Escondido High School custodian. "I'm sure everybody will miss her. Not only Escondido High School but the entire community and I'm sure the entire nation."

Video: Amber Dubois Latest 2:03
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobeta/a1cecd58-715a-4db2-a64b-a13fd869c131/News/Amber-Dubois-Latest

Video: Tracing Amber's Last Steps 1:56
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobe...-8b27c7a556c4/News/Tracing-Amber-s-Last-Steps

Video: Vigil Held For Amber Dubois 2:10
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobe...79aaceb61399/News/Vigil-Held-For-Amber-Dubois

Video: Parents Reactions To Tragedies 1:40
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobe...cb9c3409c/News/Parents-Reactions-To-Tragedies

Video: Sky Fox Video of Investigators Combing Area Where Amber's Bones Were Found 1:44
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobe...-Combing-Area-Where-Amber-s-Bones-Were-Found-
Article:
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-amber-school-route,0,1593644.story
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Video: Hundreds gather to remember Amber Dubois at vigil 1:56
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4606989&flvUri=&partnerclipid=
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Jailed suspect remains focus of investigation
Parents call for strict laws against predators
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 12:03 a.m.
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The parents of slain Escondido teenager Amber Dubois asked mourners last night to turn their anguish into action by pushing for tougher penalties and stricter laws to protect children from predators. Hours earlier, Escondido police said the investigation into Amber’s death remains focused on convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III.

Amber’s parents, Moe Dubois and Carrie McGonigle, joined more than 1,000 people at Escondido High School for a candlelight vigil in memory of their daughter, whose remains were found Saturday in a wooded hillside in Pala after a 13-month search.

Escondido police say Gardner, who was charged last week with raping and murdering Poway teenager Chelsea King, continues to be a suspect in Amber’s case. Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher told the hushed crowd last night that there’s never closure in a case like Amber’s but that their support helps the family heal. “The Escondido Police Department, San Diego Sheriff’s Department, FBI and all the other agencies have and will continue to do everything else to bring this investigation to a resolution and successful prosecution,” Maher said.

Chelsea’s parents, Kelly and Brent King, released a brief statement yesterday. “We have spoken with the Dubois family and our hearts go out to them in this time of deep sadness,” they said. “We share their indescribable grief for the loss of Amber’s precious young life.”

Amber Dubois’ parents, Carrie McGonigle and Moe Dubois, addressed last night’s vigil.

A candlelight vigil was held last night at Escondido High School for Amber Dubois, who disappeared Feb. 13, 2009, while on her way to school. Her skeletal remains were found Saturday near Pala.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/09/parents-call-for-strict-laws-against-predators/
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Dubois, King murders linked? 2:59
[ame]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2010/03/09/ng.remains.teen.cnn[/ame]

Dogs tracked scent 6:21
[ame]http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2010/03/09/ng.dogs.scent.cnn[/ame]
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Amber's Parents Ask for Help for Other Missing Children
Last Update: 3/09 9:30 pm
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The parents of 14-year-old Amber Dubois are not answering questions about whether they believe the suspect in the Chelsea King case was responsible for their daughter's disappearance. But after John Gardner's court appearance on Tuesday, Amber's father made a plea.

"There are many children," Maurice Dubois told the media. "You have the power to bring these children home."

Amber's father asked the media to help find other missing children, like Michael Guidry, who disappeared around Thanksgiving.
According to published reports, investigators suspect the 16-year-old was a runaway.

Mickey Guidry (aka Mike or Mikey)

Michael Guidry
http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/2826

Video: Amber Dubois Vigil 4:52
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=754701@xetv.dayport.com&navCatId=5

Article:
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local...lsea-King-Gardner/3WSDlxSD5UmLdlJnvhelsA.cspx
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Audio: John & Ken Talk Show-Amber Dubois 3PM (3/9)
Investigation May Have Been Botched
http://www.kfi640.com/mediaplayer/?...demand&item=18042972&feed_name=JohnandKen.xml

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Angel Who Cares · Mar 13, 2010

FYI: The articles that are related to both Amber & Chelsea, I have posted & will post in Chelsea's thread!

No need to post them twice for the astrolgers. :star:

*Check both astro threads for Amber & Chelsea for updated articles & videos! :wink:

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Photo Gallery: Amber Dubois: Missing Teen Murdered 1-30pics
http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-504083_162-10002754.html
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ESCONDIDO: Public memorial for Amber Dubois set for March 27
Posted: March 12, 2010 2:27 pm
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A public memorial for Amber Dubois will be held at 1 p.m. March 27 at Escondido High School, the teen's mother said Friday.

Marc Klass, a noted child safety advocate whose daughter, Polly, was kidnapped and murdered in 1993, will speak at the memorial, said Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle. Klass aided in the search for Amber.

A spokeswoman for the high school district could not immediately be reached.

More details about the memorial will be posted as they become available.

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_e21f891d-f23f-58ff-8404-c2cf4fd2dddd.html
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Ex-friend: Gardner sexually abused and suicidal over breakup
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 3:03 PM EST
Updated: Mar 13, 2010 11:18 AM EST
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Jennifer Brandt and Gardner weren't close in high school, but became friends shortly after they graduated from the Class of 1997 at Rim of the World high school near Lake Arrowhead, California. "He was a fun and crazy guy," Brandt said.

That was the John Gardner who Jennifer Brandt thought she knew, until his 2000 conviction for molesting and assaulting a 13-year-old girl. "Pretty much all of his friends were hurt and betrayed by him after that. We stopped all contact with him," Brandt said.

She hasn't spoken to Gardner since then. In fact, she says she hasn't even thought of his name in years, until he made national headlines. "It was shocking. This was a guy I hung out with, I stayed the night on his couch," she said.

Gardner also threatened suicide a couple years after high school when his then girlfriend Jennifer Tripp dumped him, said Brandt. Tripp is a couple years younger than Gardner and was still in school at the time of the breakup, according to Brandt.

"He missed her and he would cry about it and there was nothing left to live for without her," Brandt recalled Gardner telling her.

Brandt also believes Tripp – the girlfriend who broke Gardner's heart -- resembles both Chelsea King and Amber Dubois. "From the photos that I see… the blue eyes, the straight hair… they all look like the girl he dated in high school and broke his heart," Brandt said.
*More at link!

Audio: Lake Arrowhead Mountain News - Jennifer Brandt Interview
http://www.crestlinecourier-news.com/articles/2010/03/11/news/news1.txt

Video: Former friend reveals Gardner's confessions 2:23
http://www.760kfmb.com/global/video...Format=flv&clipId1=4618415&at1=News&h1=Former friend reveals Gardner's confessions&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: Ex-friend says Gardner told her he was sexually abused 1:42
http://www.760kfmb.com/global/video...mat=flv&clipId1=4617302&at1=News&h1=Ex-friend says Gardner told her he was sexually abused&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12131701
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REGION: Gardner drove 3 cars, was stopped several times
Murder suspect cited for marijuana possession, traffic violations
Posted: March 12, 2010 10:03 pm
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Over the last three years, registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III was stopped at least seven times in San Diego and Riverside counties for traffic violations.

He drove at least three separate cars, including one matching a vehicle involved in a 2009 Lake Elsinore attempted child abduction, according to officials and court records.

According to a citation from a June 11, 2009, traffic stop, Gardner was driving a gold 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix north of Escondido. (A car of similar make and model was seized Thursday from an Escondido junk yard and taken to a city holding facility.) He was cited for driving without insurance on Interstate 15 near West Lilac Road. The gold Grand Prix matches the description of a vehicle used in an attempted child abduction reported on Oct. 28, 2009, in Lake Elsinore.

Court records also show Gardner was convicted of speeding in June 2008 and of a red-light violation in December 2006. Details of those cases, including the type of car he was driving and where, were not available Friday.

Gardner is listed as an Escondido resident, living at a Rock Springs East apartment complex, on the citations from November 2008 and June and April 2009.

The complex is less than two miles from Escondido High School. Amber Dubois vanished Feb. 13, 2009, while walking to the school. She was 14 at the time and a freshman.

In addition to the June 2009 stop, Gardner's other traffic violations include:
-- Jan. 30, 2010; cited for expired registration and no proof of insurance in Lake Elsinore during a DUI checkpoint. He was driving a black 2002 Nissan Sentra at Corydon and Cereal streets.

-- April 2, 2009; cited for having an open container of alcohol, driving without a license and without a license plate on the front of the car in Escondido on El Norte Parkway at North Iris Drive. Gardner was driving a gray four-door Ford Focus at the time. The year was not noted on the citation.

-- Nov. 19, 2008; cited for misdemeanor marijuana possession while driving in Oceanside near Buccaneer Park. Gardner was driving a white 2004 Chevrolet Silverado truck at the time.

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_f6fa566f-fbaf-5e16-aee3-330412c4eeea.html
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Gardner not kept on short leash, documents show
Parole records indicate several infractions
Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 3:38 a.m.
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When John Albert Gardner III walked out of a Central Valley prison a free man in September 2005, state prison officials classified the convicted sex offender as a “high control” parolee.

That meant agents should conduct two face-to-face checks on Gardner every month, including one unannounced visit to his home. It also meant surprise drug testing, mandatory counseling and a vigilance on the part of parole agents reserved for the worst offenders.

The 43 pages of parole records released by prison officials Thursday do not show whether those practices were followed in Gardner’s 2000 case, in which he pleaded guilty to molesting a 13-year-old Rancho Bernardo neighbor.

But they do show that agents and their supervisors passed up opportunity after opportunity to return Gardner to prison — an action that might have safeguarded the lives of two North County teenagers. He is charged in the killing of one and is a focus of the investigation of the other.

“This guy should never had been released from parole,” said Caroline Aguirre, a retired parole agent of 24 years who has been following the Gardner case. “This business of sex offenders not being properly supervised has been going on for years.”
*Much More At Link!

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/13/gardner-not-kept-short-leash/
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Memorial for Amber to be held March 27
Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 4:05 a.m.
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The family of Amber Dubois is planning a public memorial for the Escondido teenager March 27 at Escondido High School’s stadium. Amber, 14, disappeared while on her way to the school Feb. 13, 2009. Her remains were found March 6 near Pala.

Her father, Moe Dubois, said plans are still being made for the memorial. Principal Rich Watkins said yesterday that the family reserved the stadium for 1 p.m. “We’re just waiting to hear what they would like, and we’ll support them in any way we can,” Watkins said.

Dubois said the family will hold a private burial for Amber on March 26 in Escondido.

The memorial will be the second this month for a slain North County teen.

A memorial service for Chelsea King is being held today at Poway High School. She disappeared Feb. 25 while on a run at Rancho Bernardo Community Park. Her body was found at the edge of Lake Hodges five days later.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/13/memorial-amber-be-held-march-27/
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Giving Predators No Place to Hide
Among the brush clearing volunteers was the father of slain teen Amber Dubois
Updated 12:53 PM PST, Sat, Mar 13, 2010
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In an effort to deprive predators and muggers of places to hide, volunteers helped clear overgrown brush from Kit Carson Park in Escondido Saturday morning.

Among those volunteers was the father of slain teen Amber Dubois.

“We’re making sure no predators can stalk their prey here,” Maurice Dubois said.

City Councilman Dick Daniels rounded up the volunteers to remove non-native brush and trim overgrown trees in the area, which is roughly 1 mile north of where Chelsea's body was discovered in a shallow grave near the shore of Lake Hodges.

Video: Mystery Surrounding Amber Dubois' Death Intensifies
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loc...mber_Dubois__Death_Intensifies_San_Diego.html

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Giving-Predators-No-Place-to-Hide--87591017.html

ETA: I'm working on the latest updates on Chelsea, & the links to her memorial mass in the astro thread, they will be posted asap! :wink:

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butterfly1978 · Mar 13, 2010

The article about the girl who went to high school with Garner I believe is unfair. In so many words I feel that she was blaming his ex by stating that his ex looked like both Chelsey and Amber, and that he was suisidal after the break up. I took that as her saying Its her fault because he was so distraught over the break up it lead him to do what he did. Im sorry this struck me the wrong way.

Angel Who Cares · Mar 14, 2010

March 17th Memorial Planned For Amber Dubois
POSTED: 11:27 am PDT March 14, 2010
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A March 27 public memorial is planned for Amber Dubois in Escondido High School's stadium.

A cause of death has not been established, but 30-year-old John Albert Gardner III, who has been charged in the slaying of 17-year-old Chelsea King, is being investigated in connection with her disappearance and death.

It's expected Amber will be buried during a private ceremony in Escondido on March 26.

More than 5,000 people filled Poway High School's stadium for a memorial tribute to Chelsea Saturday. Among the crowd were Amber's parents, Moe Dubois and Carrie McGonigle.

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/22837132/detail.html
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It was a week of heartache, tragedy
Authorities are focusing investigations on the same man in slayings of 2 teens
Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.
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It was a week that began and ended with heartache.

As the families of two North County teenagers found some closure, the criminal justice system moved ahead in the prosecution of registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III and politicians began calling for investigations and new laws.

The deaths of Amber Dubois, 14, of Escondido and Chelsea King, 17, of Poway continued to draw national attention as their families planned memorial services.

Several thousand people attended a sunflower-filled memorial yesterday to celebrate the life of Chelsea, who disappeared Feb. 25 while running in Rancho Bernardo Community Park. Her body was found five days later. Gardner, 30, of Lake Elsinore has pleaded not guilty to murder and rape.

Amber’s family began planning a similar service after police announced last Sunday that her remains had been found the day before. Amber disappeared 13 months ago while walking to Escondido High School. Escondido police have said Gardner is a focus of the investigation.
*Note: Timeline of the news breaks, how it unfolded in both Amber & Chelsea's cases!

**More at link!

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/14/a-regions-week-of-heartache/
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Amber Dubois memorial set for end of March
Posted: Mar 14, 2010 9:27 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 15, 2010 10:24 AM EDT
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A public memorial for Amber Dubois is planned for later this month. The memorial for Amber will be held at Escondido High School's stadium on Saturday, March 27.

Video: Amber Dubois memorial set for end of March 0:23
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4622233&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12140142

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Angel Who Cares · Mar 16, 2010

Video: Community Responds To Murdered Teens ~MAURICE DUBOIS (Father of Amber Dubois):
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*Included at link-Video Transcript:
GLORIA PENNER (Host): Community members gathered again this week in North County to mark another tragic loss. They remember 14-year-old Amber Dubois, whose body was found last weekend on the Pala Indian Reservation. At a candlelight vigil Monday night, Amber’s father, Maurice Dubois, spoke to the crowd.

MAURICE DUBOIS (Father of Amber Dubois): Please take a minute for every tear you have ever shed for Amber, for Chelsea, and for any other child who has suffered at the hands of these predators, and come back tomorrow and take just as many minutes of action in our fight to protect our children.

PENNER: The discovery of Amber’s body came one week after the body of 17-year-old Chelsea King was found near Lake Hodges. These tragedies are raising many questions in the community about safety, crime and laws to protect kids. Joining me to talk about the aftermath of these events are KPBS reporters Amita Sharma and Ana Tintocalis. And thank you both for joining us. So, Ana, what is the mood in the county over these deaths?

ANA TINTOCALIS (KPBS News): Well, I talked to a number of parents and obviously the loss of these two teenagers has touched everyone’s heart. Nationally in the world, and of course here in San Diego County. I think there is deep sadness, grief, just a deep sense of loss. And I think there's also disbelief. I heard a lot of parents say, “I can't believe this has happened in our community.” And I think that has led into this feeling of uneasiness. I think parents feel – the parents I talked to – feel like they have to rethink their own approach to child safety and neighborhood safety. I also get a sense of determination, like parents want to take back their neighborhoods. They want to get involved with helping legislation become more strict on sex offenders.
*Much more at link!

Download Video Or Go To link Below To Watch Video:
March 12, 2010 – We look at how the community is reacting to the tragic deaths of two local teenagers.
http://kpbs.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/video/2010/03/12/gardner.mp4

Article:
http://www.kpbs.org/videos/2010/mar/12/4695/
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Experts see flags, flaws in Gardner’s case file
Documents in 2000 conviction reviewed
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 12:05 a.m.
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Documents in the case, reviewed by the experts, show that Dr. Matthew Carroll, a psychiatrist who had evaluated him, said Gardner lacked remorse and “would be a continued danger to underage girls in the community.”

Here are excerpts from the scholars’ reviews:
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Jordan Satinsky is a police detective in Montgomery County, Md., and an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Maryland University College.

“As far as slipping through the cracks, I do not believe this occurred here. In my opinion, this is a horrible situation. His previous event would not have cause for a harsher sentence in this jurisdiction than yours.

“Gardner completed his prison sentence and was released. I do not know the circumstances of the murder case, but it is not unusual for an offender to graduate from attempting to have sex (or simulating a sexual event) to actually performing it.

“There is actually no way to predict whether or not this person would have offended again. The criminal-justice system can take its best guess as far as future offending. But the system is constrained by the rights of the accused. In other words, he did his time, he did not perform an act that would qualify for a civil commitment, and was released.

“The Chelsea King case is a horrible event. But I do not think that any of the people involved in the 2000 case could have predicted that this would occur. The system is set up to keep jail/prison overcrowding low and keep the public safe at the same time. It doesn’t always work.”
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*Much more at link!

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/17/experts-see-flags-flaws-in-gardners-case-file/
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Amber Dubois' Parents Want Answers
Updated 8:28 AM PDT, Wed, Mar 17, 2010
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The mother of Escondido’s Amber Dubois wants answers from prosecutors – how did her daughter die, when did she die and did she suffer? Carrie McGonigle talked to CNN’s Larry King Tuesday about the status of her daughter’s case.Amber disappeared in February 2009 and her remains were found near the Pala Casino on March 6.

John Albert Gardner III, the man facing charges in the death and disappearance of Poway teenager Chelsea King, has been called the “focus” of the Amber Dubois investigation.

McGonigle said authorities aren't telling her anything about why they believe Gardner may be responsible for her daughter's death.
"They said, 'In time, you will find out,'" McGonigle said.

Dubois’ mother said the family doesn’t even know how investigators got the information that led them to Amber’s body.

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Amber-Dubois-Parents-Want-Answers-88183537.html

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Zoe Bogart · Mar 16, 2010

butterfly1978 said:
The article about the girl who went to high school with Garner I believe is unfair. In so many words I feel that she was blaming his ex by stating that his ex looked like both Chelsey and Amber, and that he was suisidal after the break up. I took that as her saying Its her fault because he was so distraught over the break up it lead him to do what he did. Im sorry this struck me the wrong way.

I didn't take it that way at all. I thought the ex-friend was just saying the girls were similar, meaning Gardner likes that type of female, and his being distraught after the break-up simply was showing how emotionally unbalanced he could be. Sure people get upset after break-ups, but very few of us turn suicidal. I just thought his former friend was giving us insight into the psyche of the guy, not that she was making excuses for him and certainly not blaming the victims.

Odd how people read things differently, isn't it?

Thanks for all the updates, Angel. You do a wonderful job sleuthing this stuff and keeping us in the know. :kiss:

Angel Who Cares · Mar 18, 2010

REGION: Authorities give Amber's parents some answers
Details of the discussion not disclosed
Posted: March 17, 2010 9:24 pm
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A day after Amber Dubois' mother said in a national television interview that police were not giving her any information about her daughter's death, she got some answers.

Carrie McGonigle and Maurice Dubois, the parents of the Escondido teen whose remains were found earlier this month near the Pala Indian Reservation, said they spoke with law enforcement officials Wednesday.

"We had a conversation with them," Dubois said. "We have received answers to some of the questions that we had, and we are satisfied with the investigation at this point."

Dubois and McGonigle declined to comment further on what they learned.

Reached by phone Wednesday afternoon, McGonigle would only say that she spoke with law enforcement and that she was satisfied with the conversation she had.

Authorities have been tight-lipped about their investigation, saying that any comments they make could jeopardize their case

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_eec97776-2a39-59b6-a995-0a8f4f84faf2.html

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Angel Who Cares · Mar 20, 2010

New John Gardner file sheds light on prison, parole time
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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The 282-page file sheds light on incidents involving Gardner during his prison sentence from September, 2000 to September, 2005 for lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under 14 and his subsequent parole and supervision.

In a document dated Sept. 13, 2007, the Division of Adult Parole Operations reports that Gardner was in violation of his parole by residing within a half mile of any private or public school from kindergarten through 12th grade (page 231).

The document states that Gardner’s Mira Mesa residence was within 125.5 yards of the child development center for ages 2-5 at Miramar College. The document goes on to state “also located in the surrounding area is Scrips (sic) High School 356.2 yards and San Diego County Regional Park (Hourglass Park) 478.8 yards.”

In response to the violation of his parole, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ordered Gardner to be monitored via GPS from Sept. 25, 2007 through Sept. 26, 2008. (page 233). Gardner remains a suspect in the investigation in the death of 14-year-old Amber Dubois, who went missing Feb. 13, 2009. Dubois’ remains were discovered in Pala on March 7. She disappeared Feb. 13, 2009, four months after Gardner’s GPS monitoring expired.

The preliminary hearing for Gardner is set for Aug. 4, 2010 and a gag order was signed in the case on March 9.
*More at link!

Download Gardner’s central file (pdf)
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/News/gardner_doc/Gardner_Redacted_Central_File.pdf

Article:
http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-0...aw-to-release-central-file-for-albert-gardner
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Amber’s parents told few details
Police say their ‘hands are tied’ by gag order
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.
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“We talked to (Escondido police), and we’re satisfied with what they told us,” McGonigle said yesterday. “Moe and I were both given an update today, and we are content for now.”

Escondido police Lt. Craig Carter said McGonigle and Dubois spoke with a department representative. “We have talked to them,” Carter said. “We’re just trying to tell them to relax and let the system work, and we tried to explain that our hands are tied” by a gag order issued by a judge last week.

In most crimes, until an arrest has been made, police are hesitant to share information with victims or their families in order not to risk compromising the investigation. Even after an arrest, it can be awhile before victims and their families know the whole story.

In a 1993 case, two young boys in South County were abducted near the Otay River and raped and killed. The homicides went unsolved for eight years until a DNA hit linked them to a man named Scott Erskine.

His trial began in 2004, and it was only weeks before opening statements that the boys’ mothers were told the details of their sons’ horrific deaths. They had waited more than 10 years for the information. Erskine is now on death row.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/18/ambers-parents-told-few-details/
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REGION: GPS monitoring of sex offenders is useful, but limited, experts say
'It can't tell you what they're doing'
March 20, 2010 5:15 pm
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California voters in 2006 overwhelmingly approved Jessica's Law, which mandated that the state's sex offenders be monitored for life with a GPS unit.

With a GPS, or Global Positioning System, unit strapped to every sex offender's ankle, police would be able to look at a computer and see exactly where these potentially dangerous individuals were at all times.

But more than three years after the law's passage, only a fraction of the state's registered sex offenders wear a GPS unit, which uses satellites to pinpoint a person's location. In San Diego County, only those on parole and a handful of high-risk probationers have them.

How it's used
The offenders are monitored at two levels, based on the risks they pose.

Parole agents monitor 2,192 of the offenders "actively," following a parolee's whereabouts in real time on a computer map several times throughout the day while also scrutinizing their tracks, Hinkle said.

Some 4,796 parolees deemed a lower risk are monitored "passively," with agents checking them by computer a couple of times a day, he said.

Gardner let unit run low
But letting a battery get low, as Gardner did four times, doesn't kill the GPS or prevent monitoring. That violation would usually prompt a warning, as it did in Gardner's case, Hinkle said.

Lifetime monitoring unlikely
Jessica's Law author Sen. George Runner, R-Antelope Valley, told the state's Sex Offender Management Board in 2007 that the lifetime GPS monitoring provision was intended to apply to people paroled after the law passed, with local police taking over the responsibility for buying and monitoring the technology, according to a press release from Runner's office.
*Much more at link!

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_f5a1ebb3-ed8e-5f48-8aac-888778e2fa9b.html
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P.I. says he called sheriff before Amber's body found
He was reminding them of previous findings by dogs
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 4:53 p.m.
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A private investigator hired last year by Amber Dubois’ grandmother says it’s possible, but not likely, that a tip he gave to the Sheriff’s Department could have led to the discovery of the 14-year-old girl’s remains on March 6.

Lawrence Olmstead, a Los Angeles-based private investigator, says that a day before the Escondido teenager’s skeletal remains were found about three miles north of Pala, he called officials and said they should focus in that area because tracking dogs back in August had traced the girl’s scent there.

Did his call lead investigators to Amber? “It’s hard to say,” Olmstead said today.

Olmstead said he is convinced that Amber had to have been alive when she was taken to the Pala area because the dogs only track live scents.

However, Sarah Platts, commander of VK9 and owner of one of the dogs, said in an interview last week that is not necessarily true, that in fact if someone had recently been killed and then taken somewhere, their scent could still be ascertainable.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/19/pi-says-he-called-sheriff-ambers-body-found/
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Private Investigator Directs Deputies To Pala Reservation
Larry Olmstead Was With K-9 Team That Picked Up Teen's Scent Last Aug.
POSTED: 11:34 am PDT March 19, 2010
UPDATED: 8:39 am PDT March 20, 2010
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When Amber Dubois' remains were found in a rugged area of the Pala Indian Reservation, many thought accused killer John Gardner had provided authorities with the tip -- a theory the San Diego County Sheriff's Department has not confirmed to be true.

But a private investigator hired by Amber's grandmother to find the missing teen told 10News he was with highly trained scent dogs when they first led them to the reservation last August.

Two days after deputies discovered Chelsea King's body, Larry Olmstead felt he had to do something. Olmstead said he was frustrated with the Escondido Police Department and contacted the sheriff's department to tell them where search dogs had tracked Amber's scent last August.
*Editor's Note:
Private investigator Larry Olmstead told 10News he called deputies days after Chelsea King's body was found. He was frustrated with the search for Amber Dubois. Olmstead told us he alerted the sheriff's office that dogs brought in by the family had found a live scent near the Pala Library in August. The next day, sheriff's deputies searched the area and found Dubois' remains a few miles away near the Pala Indian Reservation. It was not our intention to imply Olmstead knew the location of Dubois' body.

Special Section: Amber Dubois Investigation
http://www.10news.com/amber-dubois/index.html

Link: BringAmberHome.com
http://www.bringamberhome.com/

Link: AmberLeeAnneDubois.com
http://www.amberleeannedubois.com/

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/22890061/detail.html
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Gardner's truck repossessed four days after Amber Dubois went missing
Posted: Mar 20, 2010 2:14 AM EDT
Updated: Mar 20, 2010 7:56 PM EDT
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A white pickup truck once owned by accused killer John Gardner has become the focus of crime scene investigators in the Amber Dubois murder case. Records obtained by News 8 show the truck was repossessed from Gardner just four days after the 14-year-old went missing.

The repossession documents prove Gardner was still driving the truck when Amber Dubois vanished while walking to Escondido High School on February 13, 2009. Now, forensic investigators are combing through the truck looking for key evidence that could link Gardner to the student's death.

FBI agents seized the vehicle on March 10, 2010, telling the new owner they needed to check out the truck for DNA. "It is very likely (Amber Dubois) was in a vehicle, potentially that vehicle at some time," forensic DNA expert Suzanna Ryan told New 8.

Ryan believes if Amber was in that truck, investigators will find something: blood, hair, or perhaps bodily fluids. "Even if the surface area of the vehicle was cleaned, it's possible a mixture of DNA from both individuals could have sunk deeper into the fabric," Ryan said.

If clothing was found at the spot where Amber's skeletal remains were discovered on March 6 in Pala, investigators will try to match those clothing fibers, too. "So if we have clothing evidence from the victim, we can match that back to fiber evidence that still might be in that vehicle," Ryan said.

At the time the pickup was repossessed, it was missing one outside mirror and also had damage to the tailgate. If you think you may have seen John Gardner driving that white pickup truck near Escondido High School, police would like to hear from you.
*More at link!

PDF: Notice of Repossession
http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/kfmb/misc/repo_letter.pdf

Article:
http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12174713
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Amber’s love of animals big part of service
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.
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Amber Dubois loved animals, and her public memorial service a week from today will feature many. “We’re going to have a menagerie of animals because Amber was such an animal lover,” said her father, Moe Dubois.

Dubois said the trick is going to be making sure the butterflies aren’t eaten by the red-tailed hawk or doves, and that the hawk and doves aren’t eaten by the monkey, black wolf or python.

The hourlong memorial is set for 1 p.m. at Escondido High School’s stadium, Dubois said. Featured speakers will be Dubois; Amber’s mother, Carrie McGonigle; several of Amber’s friends; and a couple of Amber’s teachers.

“The star of the animal show will be a black wolf named Frankie, which is used for Hollywood movies,” Dubois said. “It’s a beautiful black wolf.” Amber was infatuated with wolves for years, and her bedroom walls were filled with photographs and paintings of them. The San Diego Zoo and the Del Mar Fairgrounds are providing most of the animals. Almost everything for the service has been donated, Dubois said.

The service will be held just yards from where Amber, 14, was last seen alive at 7:10 a.m. on Feb. 13, 2009, as she was walking to school that Friday morning.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/20/ambers-love-of-animals-big-part-of-service/
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ESCONDIDO: Forum on Megan's law to be held at arts center
March 20, 2010 4:41 pm
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Authorities on Tuesday will hold a forum to talk about ways to strengthen Megan's Law, the state law that allows the public to track the whereabouts of sex offenders in their communities.

The two-hour informational panel at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, will include presentations by Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego, San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, Escondido Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler, Escondido police Chief Jim Maher and Escondido Union High School District Superintendent Ed Nelson.

Authorities are holding the forum in response to the recent slayings of two local teens, Amber Dubois and Chelsea King. John Albert Gardner III, a registered sex offender, was charged earlier this month with raping and murdering Chelsea and is a focus in the investigation of Amber's death.
*The forum, sponsored by the Escondido Chamber of Commerce, is free and open to the public. The event runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at the art center's 1,500-seat concert hall, 340 N. Escondido Blvd. in Escondido.
**For more information, call the chamber at 760-745-2125.

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_ca9e0b0c-626c-5494-bd84-2d3f7105973d.html
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REGION: EPD was watching more than Gardner
17 staffers spend some time tracking sex offenders
March 20, 2010 5:08 pm
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Accused murderer John Albert Gardner III is the most infamous registered sex offender to inhabit Escondido in recent memory. But he was only one of nearly 200 sex offenders Escondido police tracked, and continue to track, in the inland North County community.

Under state law, local law enforcement agencies must record the home and work addresses and vehicle information for all sex offenders living in their jurisdictions. Sex offenders must notify police when that information changes, and officers must record it. Aside from that, there's little police are required to do to monitor the offenders ---- unless the agency decides to seek them out during compliance checks.

Carter, an Escondido police spokesman, said his agency's officers met with Gardner eight times during the two years he lived in the city, as part of its sex offender-tracking program. He would not elaborate on those meetings or whether Gardner was interviewed specifically related to Amber's disappearance, citing a recent court-imposed gag order.

How EPD's program works
The Escondido Police Department's monitoring team is comprised of two lieutenants, two sergeants, eight officers and four detectives, all of whom have duties aside from the team. The unit also includes an administrative coordinator whose sole job is to manage local sex offender files. The team checks, in person, whether the offenders truly live at their registered home, work at the job they've listed and drive their specified vehicle.

Sex offenders range from rapists to child molesters to those convicted of indecent exposure. The identities and addresses of lower-level sex offenders, such as exposers, are sometimes shielded from the public by law. As such, the number of convicted sex offenders in a given city is often greater than that shown on the Megan's Law Web site, http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov.

Escondido police declined to say how often or when compliance checks are made. They don't want sex offenders to know when they're coming, they explained.

"A very proactive and logical approach"
Lindon Lewis, an Escondido-based state parole supervisor, said Escondido police have worked diligently to track the city's sex offenders. Over the past three weeks, since Gardner was arrested, they've asked Lewis and others what more they can do, the parole official said.
*Much more at link!

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_62141dc7-621f-5f16-aefc-efb0b450768b.html

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Angel Who Cares · Mar 22, 2010

Gardner's truck repossessed four days after Amber Dubois went missing
Posted: Mar 20, 2010 2:14 AM EDT
Updated: Mar 20, 2010 7:56 PM EDT
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A white pickup truck once owned by accused killer John Gardner has become the focus of crime scene investigators in the Amber Dubois murder case. Records obtained by News 8 show the truck was repossessed from Gardner just four days after the 14-year-old went missing. The repossession documents prove Gardner was still driving the truck when Amber Dubois vanished while walking to Escondido High School on February 13, 2009.

Hashemi owns the Value Cars dealership in National City. "We had an offsite sale at Qualcomm Stadium and he bought the vehicle there. It was a 2004 Chevy Silverado truck," Hashemi recalled.

At the Qualcomm Stadium tent sale, Hashemi remembers Gardner traded in a red 2000 Chevrolet Tracker with 266,795 miles on it. The registered owner of the Tracker was Gardner's mother, Cathy Osborn. The transaction stuck in Hashemi's mind because the mileage was extraordinarily high for a 2000 Tracker.

Gardner purchased the white Silverado on October 15, 2006 with 34,918 miles on it. "Evidently he did not make payments," Hashemi said. "They repossessed the vehicle on February 17, 2009."

When it was repossessed, the Silverado had 115, 695 miles on it, according to records provided by Hashemi. That means Gardner put 80,777 miles on the Silverado over the course of 28 months, which averages out to about 35,000 miles per year.

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No sign of teen turns up in desert search
Monday, March 22, 2010 at 2:31 p.m.
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About 70 people, including Amber Dubois’ father, searched a remote section of the Anza-Borrego Desert over the weekend for a 16-year-old boy who has been missing since November but were unable to find any trace of him.

Mickey Guidry, a San Marcos High School student, has not been seen since Thanksgiving weekend when he took his parents’ Jeep Cherokee without permission to meet some friends in the desert, said family friend Chris Crawford. On Saturday, volunteers spent 10 hours scouring the rocky and rugged terrain in and around the trail where the Jeep was found. Crawford said they eliminated several areas but still have more places to look in the desolate and harsh environment.

The teen was at a campsite off Split Mountain Road in Ocotillo Wells when he left, presumably to go home. He drove off on an isolated dirt road. The Jeep was found that weekend broken down and abandoned on an off-road trail in Fish Creek Wash with the keys, the teen’s wallet and other belongings still inside, Crawford said. It was about eight miles from the nearest paved road.

The Sheriff’s Department conducted a search from land and the air about three weeks later and discovered a blanket that belonged to the teen about 1½ miles northeast of the abandoned Jeep. No other sign of him was ever found.

Crawford said the family appreciated the volunteers’ efforts, especially the help of Moe Dubois, who was instrumental in getting searchers organized.

More information can be found at:
http://mickeyguidry.com/

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/22/no-sign-of-teen-turns-up-in-desert-search/

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Angel Who Cares · Mar 26, 2010

‘Upbeat’ memorial to celebrate Amber
Escondido girl’s love of animals to be highlighted
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 2:31 a.m.
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On Saturday, a memorial for the freckle-faced freshman will be held at the Escondido High School stadium, an event her family has designed to celebrate Amber’s life and to comfort those aching over her death.

Amber’s memorial will pay tribute to Chelsea and to Danielle van Dam and Polly Klaas, two other slain children whose parents offered support to Amber’s parents over the agonizing months.

Brenda and Damon van Dam lost their 7-year-old daughter, Danielle, in 2002, when she was abducted from their Sabre Springs home by a neighbor and murdered.

Polly Klaas, 12, was kidnapped from her Northern California home by a stranger and murdered in 1993. Dubois and McGonigle asked Polly’s father, Marc Klaas, and his KlaasKids Foundation for Children to help search for Amber.

On Saturday, the parents of all four girls will release doves in their honor.

Agriculture teacher Mark Reyburn will join Amber’s parents and friends as a speaker Saturday. Amber also leaves behind a younger sister, Allison, now 6.

McGonigle said her hope for the memorial is that “everybody leaves knowing who Amber was and that everyone leaves knowing that she lived a good life.”
*More at link!

AMBER DUBOIS MEMORIAL
*When: 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday
*Where: Escondido High School stadium, 1535 N. Broadway, Escondido
*Shuttles: Noon to 3 p.m. from Escondido United Reformed Church, 1864 N. Broadway.

Article:
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Public memorial for Amber Dubois Saturday
Watch a live stream of the Amber Dubois memorial this Saturday starting at 1 p.m. on cbs8.com.
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 10:24 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 25, 2010 10:38 PM EDT
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A public memorial will be held this Saturday to remember Amber Dubois.

The 14-year-old's remains were found earlier this month north of the Pala Indian Reservation.

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REGION: Reward money in Chelsea, Amber cases goes unclaimed
More than $100,000 offered in Amber's case, family says
March 25, 2010 7:29 pm
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Thousands of dollars in reward money were offered by various organizations to anyone who could help solve the disappearance of two North County teens ---- Chelsea King and Amber Dubois ---- but it's unclear whether the bulk of the money ever will be claimed.

In the King case, the reward is no longer available because authorities found Chelsea's body.

In Amber's case, it's unclear who or what led authorities to her body, so the reward money remains in limbo.

More than $100,000 in reward money was offered in the search for 14-year-old Amber, the Escondido girl who was missing for more than a year until her remains were found March 6 a few miles north of the Pala Indian Reservation.

No one claimed the reward money that Crime Stoppers offered in each of the cases, Cox said, and it is unlikely that anyone will.

That is because no one made a tip through the organization that led to finding either of the girls, Cox said.

A source cannot give information directly to authorities to help them solve a crime and then claim the reward ---- the tip must have come through Crime Stoppers first to be eligible for the reward, she said.
*More at link!

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ESCONDIDO: Amber Dubois' memorial set for Saturday
March 25, 2010 8:11 pm
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With animals, video and live music, Saturday's public memorial for Amber Dubois is designed to be a bittersweet mix of a celebration of life and a heartbreaking goodbye. "People will be able to get to know Amber the way her family knows her and her friends know her," Amber's mother Carrie McGonigle said Thursday. "There will be a lot of stories told (about Amber)."

Amber's memorial service , which will run for about an hour, will include a number of animals ---- farm and exotic. Among them will be a wolf, the animal most dear to the teenage girl, McGonigle said. The Heroes, a longtime San Diego staple for weddings and corporate concerts, will provide live music at the service, said Karyl O'Brien, the spokeswoman for the Escondido Union High School District.

Amber's parents will speak at the event, which will also be attended by Chelsea's parents. Marc Klaas, a noted child safety advocate whose daughter Polly was kidnapped and killed in 1993, will speak at the memorial. Klaas aided in the search for Amber.

Also expected to attend is the family of Danielle van Dam, who was abducted from her Sabre Springs bedroom in February 2002. Her remains were found a few weeks later; a neighbor was convicted in her slaying and is now on death row.

Article:
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Preparations Begin For Amber Dubois Memorial
POSTED: 3:13 pm PDT March 26, 2010
UPDATED: 3:53 pm PDT March 26, 2010
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Escondido teen Amber Dubois was laid to rest Friday at a private service in Los Angeles, and the community will celebrate Amber's life at a public memorial on Saturday.

Sablan organized the recent run in honor of Chelsea King. He's helping the Dubois family with the memorial preparation. "I'm just here because I have a 15-year-old daughter myself, and my heart goes out to the family of both Chelsea and Amber, because when I think of Chelsea I think of Amber, and when I think of Amber I think of Chelsea," said Sablan.

Four doves will be released in memory of Amber, Chelsea, Danielle Van Dam and Polly Klaas -- all young girls who've been murdered.

Mark Klass will host the ceremony, and the family of all four girls will be in attendance.

The stadium will be filled with 1,200 blue carnations, as blue was Amber's favorite color.

Brenda Van Dam, Danielle's mother, is actually organizing much of what will be seen Saturday.

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Governor makes sex offender board appointment
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 11:12 a.m
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filled one of three vacancies on the state’s 17-member Sex Offender Management Board Friday, appointing Robert Coombs, 30, the Sacramento director of public affairs for the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault. The positions on the Sex Offender Management Board are volunteer. The board was created in 2006 to make California communities safer from sex offenders.

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Amber, Chelsea Rewards Likely Going Unclaimed
Crime Stoppers helps in 3,900+ arrests, 105 homicides
Updated 4:15 PM PDT, Fri, Mar 26, 2010
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It's looking as though the reward money offered for help in the Chelsea King and Amber DuBois cases won't be collected any time soon -- if at all. The highest-profile, local reward program for crime-solving tips is San Diego County Crime Stoppers. That organization offers just a fraction of the money paid by other nonprofits and the governor's office. The public has often gotten big bang for those bucks.

Since the organization was established in 1984, Crime Stoppers has helped solve more than 3,900 crimes -- 105 of them, homicides. The governor's office has a $40,000 reward out in the DuBois case, but it's not payable until there's a conviction.

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Funeral Held for Amber Dubois
Updated 5:45 PM PDT, Fri, Mar 26, 2010
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The family of Amber Dubois held a service Friday ahead of Saturday's public memorial. The private funeral was held Friday in Orange County for Escondido teenager Amber Dubois, who was 14 years old when she was last seen alive on Feb. 13, 2009. The small service was just for family and friends.

A public memorial for Amber is planned for Saturday. It will begin at 1 p.m. at Escondido High School. NBCSanDiego will be live-streaming the services.

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Angel Who Cares · Mar 27, 2010

1PM Livestream Link: Amber Dubois Memorial
Watch as the community comes out to remember Amber Dubois, the Escondido teen whose remains were discovered a year after her disappearance.
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REGION: Sex offenders share lack of empathy
Experts say refusal to acknowledge crime increases chance of new offense
March 26, 2010 7:53 pm
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Some are young, some are old, some are middle-aged. They can be poor, wealthy or middle-class. Some are smart, some not so smart.

While researchers say sex offenders fit no typical profile, they share the characteristics of deviant sexual arousal, interests or preferences, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Center for Sex Offender Management.

Those include sexual contact with young children or adolescents; sexual contact with others against their will; inflicting pain or humiliation on others; taking part in or watching violent acts; exposing themselves in public; and secretly watching others undress or engage in sexual contact.

When they commit their crimes, nearly all sex offenders are aware that what they are doing is illegal and harmful to their victim, the center says.

Lack of empathy
San Diego clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Mantell has worked with sex offenders for decades and says most share a characteristic: "These are people with tremendous deficits of empathy."

Sex offenders are almost always victims of some type of abuse when they were young. Gardner, for example, told authorities after his arrest in 2000 that he often was beaten by his father, whom he described as an alcoholic.

Someone who kills in the commission of a rape or an attempted rape, as Gardner is accused of doing, is considered a "lust murderer." "They enjoy watching their victim suffer," Mantell said.

No simple cures
A report issued by the California Sex Offender Management Board in January cautions that there is no magic formula for identifying, treating or monitoring sex offenders. "No two sex offenders pose the same level of risk, nor can they be managed or supervised in identical ways," the report concluded. "Similarly, policymakers and the public should be suspicious of any one technology or strategy which promises to solve the problem of sex offenders."

Politics and recidivism
Calls for mandatory "one-strike" laws that would lock up a sex offender for life after a single conviction came shortly after Gardner was arrested. In fact, numerous studies of convicted sex offenders show that the majority are never arrested for a second sex offense.
*Much more at link!

*California sex offender recidivism breakdown:
~Returned to prison because of new sex offense within three years: 3.5 percent
~Returned to prison because of a new nonsex offense within three years: 4.5 percent
~Returned to prison for parole violation: 35.5 percent
*Source: California Sex Offender Management Board January 2008 Report to the Legislature. Study followed 4,287 sex offenders released from state prisons in 2003.

*General recidivism rates among 2005 California parolees returned to prison within two years:
~Vehicle theft: 67 percent
~Possession of a controlled substance: 62 percent
~Robbery: 52 percent
~Burglary: 52 percent to 59 percent depending on classification of crime
~Forgery: 48 percent
~Arson: 46 percent
~Sexual penetration with an object: 34 percent
~Lewd act with a child: 32 percent. This is the charge for which Chelsea King homicide suspect John Albert Gardner was convicted of in 2000.
~Rape: 28 percent
~Murder: 3.3 percent
*Source: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The individuals in the study were returned to prison because of new offenses or violation of their parole conditions.

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Brittany Hart's family ready to push for Chelsea's Law
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 10:55 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 26, 2010 1:57 AM EDT
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A registered sex offender murders a young woman and dumps her body in a remote area. We're not talking about Chelsea King or Amber Dubois. We're talking about the murder of Brittany Hart in 2007. Now the Hart family is joining a call to action. "Here it is three years later and there's not a second that goes by that Brittany's not on my mind," said Brandy Reynolds, Hart's sister.

When sex offender Robert Carson grabbed a hammer and beat 24-year-old Brittany Hart to death in his Spring Valley home, nobody proposed a one-strike law or lifetime GPS monitoring for sex predators. "It's horrible. It took Brittany and Chelsea and Amber to finally get somebody to listen and do something about these monsters," Reynolds said. "There are so many similarities between Gardner and Carson it is baffling," Reynolds said. "And how they let these monsters back out on the streets, I will never understand."

Robert Carson pleaded guilty to murder to avoid the death penalty and received 91 years to life in prison. He currently is being evaluated at the Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa, but will soon be transferred to another state prison.

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UPDATED: ESCONDIDO: Hundreds mourn at Amber's memorial
Parents of slain teen, others, to address large crowd
March 27, 2010 1:11 pm
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Hundreds of mourners filled the football stadium at Escondido High on a sunny and windy Saturday afternoon for a final bittersweet goodbye to Amber Dubois. Among the first speakers was Cody Doyle, one of Amber's best friends, who cried as he talked about her. "Amber and I weren't the most normal crayons in the coloring box," Cody said

Amber's father, Maurice "Moe" Dubois, walked through the crowd of mourners, hugging supporters as a San Diego band played live music ---- songs requested by Amber's family. Among the selections: "Sweet Child of Mine" by Guns and Roses, and "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac. Later, speaking during the service, Amber's father said it had been difficult for him to prepare his remarks. He asked people to do more to protect children."Amber didn't have to die for nothing," he said. The north end of the field played host to a stage with two giant television screens.

During the service, the Escondido High chapter of the organization gave her an FFA jacket in her daughter's memory, and about a dozen of the club's members stood nearby, holding flowers. Teacher Marc Reyburn, the school's FFA advisor, said that from this point forward, a student will continue to raise a lamb in Amber's name to "finish what Amber wanted to do so badly."

Near the end of the memorial, the parents of Polly, Danielle, Chelsea and Amber released doves in memory of their daughters. Moe Dubois kissed the head of one of the birds before releasing it. His longtime girlfriend, Rebecca Smith, released a dove in remembrance of all other missing children. The service ended with Amber's cousins and little sister releasing dozens of doves.

Afterward, Moe Dubois paused from visiting with mourners to speak of what has become his personal cause: finding missing kids. "We are going to be there for the next family," he said. "We are not going to stop."
*Much more at link!

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Amber: Share your memories or express your condolences
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Amber Dubois remembered for love of animals, reading
1,000 gather at Escondido High, near where she went missing 13 months ago
March 27, 2010 at 2:58 p.m.
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On Saturday, Amber's friends and some of her teachers spoke of the girl's love of reading and animals and of her compassion and intelligence. Amber’s cousin, Tessa DeViso, said she was glad so many people had come to the celebration. She said she missed Amber.

Marc Klaas, a nationally known missing child advocate and activist who helped Amber’s family organize search efforts early on, received a loud ovation when he said the person responsible for Amber’s death must be punished to the full extent of the law, as all those who harm children must. “This is absolutely absurd,” he said.

Father Moe Dubois talked about Amber's sense of humor and how she would pluck little hairs from the back of his ear while he was driving. He also echoed Klaas' comments and asked everyone who has cried for Amber or Chelsea to take one minute for each tear to get involved and pressure lawmakers to strengthen and fund laws designed to protect children.

Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, thanked the Escondido Police Department for all their hard work and for their kind handling of her constant inquiries. "She was a great kid," she said. "She was filled with a lot of love. She’s going to be missed a lot."

The end of the ceremony featured the parents of Danielle van Dam, Chelsea King, Polly Klaas and Amber releasing doves in their child’s memory, and then in memory of all missing children.

Work at Escondido High School continued into the late morning as volunteers prepared for the Amber Dubois memorial celebration.

Photo Gallery: Amber Dubois Memorial
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Friends, family promise to never forget Amber Dubois at service
Saturday, March 27, 2010
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More than 1,500 people attended the service, which was upbeat at times. A band played Guns N’ Roses, Journey and Fleetwood Mac songs, and speakers shared funny stories. A video played with Amber singing off-key, and a photo slideshow showed the girl making silly faces and standing in the rain, catching raindrops with her tongue. And at times, the service was heart wrenching. Speakers choked up and cried, and recalled Amber’s warm personality and quirks.

Taylor Doyle, a family friend, said one of her favorite memories with Amber was the homecoming dance. Amber didn’t care for makeup and didn’t like to dress up, but Taylor and a friend made her dress up. Taylor said Amber’s “radiance and beauty” shined that night. “Amber and I were supposed to go to college together,” Taylor said. “We wanted to have a friendship like [our moms] have. [And] once we graduated … I hoped to have kids, and raise them together with her. Now I’m robbed … We were supposed to be friends forever.”

Mark Klaas, whose daughter Polly was abducted and murdered in 1993, spoke throughout Amber’s memorial. Klaas has become an advocate for strict sex offender laws and a staunch supporter of families whose children have been abducted or killed. Klaas helped organize search efforts for Amber and became friends with Amber’s mom and dad, Moe Dubois and Carrie McGonigle. “It’s not often in my experience that we find that one individual, an individual the vast majority of us never met, is able to bring a community together as Amber has done,” Klaas said.

The service also paid tribute to Polly, 17-year-old Chelsea King, and Danielle Van Dam. Van Dam was abducted and killed by a neighbor in 2002. King was killed in February. Her body was found in a shallow grave on Lake Hodges March 2. John Albert Gardner III, a registered sex offender, is charged with her murder, and investigators are trying to determine whether Gardner is linked to Dubois’ death too. The parents of all the girls released doves at the end of the memorial.

Klaas told the crowd it is time to hold politicians accountable for passing laws with tougher restrictions for sex offenders. “They said this wasn’t supposed to be sad [event] but my heart’s breaking,” Klaas said. “Every time I hear another one of these cases, every time I attend another one of these memorials for one of these beautiful children who were taken before their time … We’ve worked so hard, passed so many laws, and we keep thinking we’ve made a difference, but it keeps continuing. … We have to hold our politicians accountable. [Sex offenders] can’t keep getting away with this.”
*More at link!

Slideshow: Amber's Memorial
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Amber Dubois Timeline
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Public memorial held for Amber Dubois Saturday
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 10:24 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 27, 2010 5:31 PM EDT
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A public memorial was held Saturday, March 27 to remember Amber Dubois.

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Hundreds attend tribute for slain SoCal teen
Posted: Mar 27, 2010 8:16 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 27, 2010 8:16 PM EDT
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More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday on a sun-drenched track field at Escondido High School to hear stories about Amber Dubois from teachers and friends. A llama, a parrot, a monkey, a snake and a wolf all made appearances.

The ceremony ended when the parents of four young girls who perished released doves in their memoires. They included Brent and Kelly King, whose 17-year-old daughter Chelsea was killed after disappearing from a park last month.

Video: An emotional memorial today in honor of 14-year old Amber Dubois 3:20
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Remembering Amber
Updated 4:22 PM PDT, Sat, Mar 27, 2010
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One after another, speakers stood on the stage in front of a huge bouquet of purple flowers and talked of Amber's love for animals and her dream to work with them as a career. In front of them, a huge flower arrangement spelled out Amber's name on the stage.

Amber’s father Moe Dubois thanked the crowd for attending and supporting the family and then asked for their help to demand legislation be enforced. “Amber didn’t need to die for nothing. Chelsea [King], Danielle [van Dam], Polly [Klaas], these are all children taken far too young,” Dubois said. “We need to protect the children we have left.”

Amber Dubois’ death struck a chord with many according to Escondido High School Principal Rich Watkins who recalled the moment at a recent candlelight vigil where someone spontaneously started singing “Amazing Grace.” “My prayer today for Moe and Carrie and the family and everyone else here is that grace, that amazing grace would manifest itself in peace and comfort today and in the days ahead,” Watkins said.

Photos of Amber’s life were edited in a video to several songs including Elton John’s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and Cindi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” Amber was a smart and loving student, as well as one who really cared about people, her fourth grade teacher told the crowd. She left an imprint on his heart one day when he asked if he could pet her horse. “First you have to look into its eyes,” she told him. “Do you see it?” she asked him. “Look hard, don’t you see its spirit?”

Convicted sex offender John Gardner -- who has been charged with the murder and possible rape of Poway teen Chelsea King, who was slain last month -- has been connected by police to the investigation into Amber's death.
*More at link!
*Editors Note: We had planned to live stream the memorial beginning at 1 p.m. Due to technical problems, we are unable to provide a live stream. NBCSanDiego will publish large portions of the ceremony and embed them into this article this afternoon. -- Ed.

Video: Amber's Mom Speaks at the Memorial
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Video: 'Amber Didn't Need to Die for Nothing:' Father
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Video: Dove Release Ends Amber's Memorial
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Video: The Amber Dubois Memorial: Broken Dreams
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Video: The Amber Dubois Memorial: Amazing Grace
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Murder Victim Amber Dubois Remembered at Escondido High School
Last Update: 4:24 pm
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Mark Klass, whose 11-year-old daughter Polly was kidnapped and killed in Petaluma in 1993, acted as host of the ceremonies for Amber, and also encouraged people to hold politicians accountable for the laws. "Her light was extinguished by evil,'' Klaas said.

"We have to find out who did this to this girl and prosecute them to the full extent of the law.''
Amber's friends and young cousins talked about her love of wolves and other animals. To honor her passion, a menagerie of animals was displayed at the football arena, including Frankie, a black wolf, and the sheep that bleated during the service. The cover of the program for the memorial featured one of Amber's drawings of a wolf.

Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, thanked Escondido police and others for their support, but added that "the past 13 months have been extremely difficult.'' Klass described McGonigle and Dubois as "two people fiercely determined to answer that question, 'Where's Amber?'''

The 1-hour, 45-minute memorial came to a close with the release of doves by the parents of the slain children. Mark and Violet Klaas held a single white dove, and boosted it in the air in memory of daughter Polly. Damon and Brenda Van Dam released a dove for their daughter, Danielle, kidnapped in Poway and murdered in 2002. Brent and Kelly King released a dove for Chelsea, and Dubois and McGonigle released one for Amber.

Dubois family spokeswoman Rebecca Smith flung a dove into the air "for all the children that remain missing'' and Amber's sister, Allison, and cousins, released dozens more doves that flapped away over the silent mourners' heads.

Video: Remembering Amber 4:44
The community is coming together at Escondido High School to remember Amber Dubois' life with music, animals, and poetry. 3/27/10
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=763431@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Article:
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local...ois-Remembered-at/Cq6-8lEDXUOPkjRQfOww5w.cspx

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Angel Who Cares · Mar 28, 2010

*Below set updated info from Sign On SanDiego article above...I couldn't edit it anymore..so I only posted what was new!

At the end of Saturday's memorial, Amber’s parents (above) and three other sets of parents released doves to pay tribute to their slain children.

100 doves were released at the end of the memorial.

"My name is Amber Dubois"
Please don’t cry sad tears for me
All of you here and my family
I am looking down from heaven up above
Waiting till we meet again, yet watching you with love.
I had so much to offer, so much more to give
I was denied the chance for this, long life not mine to live
For animals I came to help, or so it was I thought
My purpose now is different than one I ever sought.
I know that you are sad and you don’t understand
But take my word and rest assured that I am in good hands.
Amber Dubois, was my name and it will always be,
When you think of all your children, please remember me

Written by Carrie McGonigle in the memorial program

Photo Gallery: Amber Dubois Memorial
http://www.signonsandiego.com/photos/galleries/2010/mar/27/amber-dubois-memorial/

Coverage of the Amber Dubois memorial, including video
http://www.signonsandiego.com/amber-memorial/
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Activist says mental health clash helped free Gardner
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 12:05 a.m
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Before convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III was paroled in 2005, prison psychologists twice deemed him too dangerous for release but evaluators with the state Department of Mental Health disagreed both times, according to a prominent child-safety advocate.

Marc Klaas, whose daughter Polly was abducted in Petaluma and slain in 1993, said the stalemate helped Gardner avoid being placed in a mental hospital for treatment that could have kept him off the streets indefinitely.

Klaas said his information comes from Department of Mental Health employees who have seen the psychological evaluations on Gardner. His allegations raise further questions about how the state handled Gardner following his conviction in 2000 for molesting and beating a 13-year-old girl in Rancho Bernardo.

“Californians have made it very clear that public safety is a high priority, but the bureaucracy isn’t working,” Klaas said. “Dangerous people are being put back on our streets, and we are completely unaware of it.”

Kincaid, the mental health spokeswoman, said department evaluators “always err on the side of caution.” She said it’s not enough to conclude that an inmate has a mental disorder; the disorder has to be considered so serious that it requires hospitalization to get it into remission.
*Much more at link!

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/28/activist-says-mental-health-clash-helped-free/
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EXCLUSIVE: Ex-roommate details Gardner's past, in and out of prison
Man says corrections system failed teen's accused killer
March 27, 2010 11:10 pm
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"Some days, when he'd come in, he was just the nicest guy you could ever meet," said Gardner's former roommate at the East Pennsylvania Avenue home. "Some days you could just see it in his eyes: You'd just see anger ... just mad at the world." The roommate, who said he spent time with Gardner in and out of prison, contacted the North County Times last week. The Times verified the man's living arrangement with Gardner.

'Very short fuse'
He recalled Gardner's "very short fuse"; what he described as abuse years earlier by guards at a Tehachapi prison; Gardner's frustration over not being able to visit his twin boys; and a weekly group rehabilitation class he attended in Escondido with Gardner while the two were on parole for their sex offenses.

He emphasized that he was not speaking to gain publicity or to make excuses for Gardner. Instead, the man said, he hoped to expose a "broken" corrections system that he said contributed to Gardner's downward spiral. That path ended, the roommate said, with Gardner becoming a transient living out of his truck on the streets of Escondido, months before two North County teens disappeared.

Time at Tehachapi
Years before living with Gardner in North County, the roommate, who has a medium build, close-cropped hair and a thin mustache, said he spent time as an inmate at the same Tehachapi prison as Gardner. There, he said, he worked as a men's advisory chairman, smoothing problems between inmates and prison staff, often between Gardner and prison guards. "John had a problem with authority," he said. "(The guards would) push his buttons."

The roommate, who said his prison cell was downstairs from Gardner's, would calm Gardner and other inmates after they had been sent to "the cage" at Tehachapi. [/U]Records provided by a Sacramento-based prison spokeswoman show the roommate spent part of his 10-year sentence at Tehachapi.[/U]

Lacking rehab
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation does not provide rehabilitation for sex offenders while they are in prison.

'You could just see John slipping'
In early 2008, Gardner was earning more than $30 an hour as an electrician in Riverside County, the roommate said. Gardner gave up the job after a new parole agent required him to work in San Diego County, and his bills and frustrations mounted, his roommate said.

Later in 2008, Gardner, the roommate and all other sex offenders living at the Pennsylvania Avenue home were forced out by an agent from the local parole office, the roommate said. The residents were told the home was too close to a place where children gathered. Lewis, of the Escondido parole office, confirmed that an agent asked offenders to leave in 2008 after a storefront school facility opened in a nearby strip mall.

Gardner and the same roommate moved into a Vista sober living home on Lado De Loma Drive after being told to leave the Escondido facility, the roommate said. Just two months later, they were kicked out again. This time it was because the manager was not licensed to house the number of sex offenders living there, the roommate said.

"I understand the 'I don't want (sex offenders) in my backyard,'" the roommate added. "But how much sense does it make to boot them out (of a sober living home) and have them wandering around all night?"
*Much more at link!

Related Link:
John Albert Gardner III Special Reports Page
http://nctimes.com/special-section/news/gardner/

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_a4272961-2910-5cf8-bc76-03254061fb7d.html
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Video: Amber memorial
Amber Dubois' memorial
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Amber_memorial_San_Diego.html

Video: Tribute Held for Slain Teenager Amber Dubois 2:02
http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/4510b...-Teenager-Amber-Dubois-Juliette-Vahra-reports
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Remembering Amber
Mar 27, 2010 at 10:22 PM PDT
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For the second Saturday in two weeks, thousands gather in the north county to say goodbye to a teenager who died a tragic death. Amber DuBois was remembered today as a girl with a great love of animals and a vivid imagination.
KUSI's John Soderman spent the day at Amber's memorial celebration.

Video: Remembering Amber 5:12
http://www.kusi.com/home/89344907.html?video=YHI&t=a

Article:
http://www.kusi.com/home/89344907.html
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Video: Amber Dubois Memorial 3/27/10 2:30
Today at Escondido High School Amber Dubois left an indellible mark on those who knew her.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=763523@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: Amber Memorial 0:34
Friends, family and the community will remember 14-year-old Amber Dubois. 3/26/10
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=763228@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

Video: San Diego 6 News Webcast 3:56
Nimitz strike group homecoming. Haditha killing ruling at Camp Pendleton. Inmate suicide believed to be convicted killer Henry Lisowski. Amber Dubois memorial Saturday at 1 p.m. Weekend weather forecast. 3/26/10
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=763153@xetv.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5
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VISTA: Neighborhood was home to Gardner
Accused killer lived on Lado de Loma, ex-roommate says
March 27, 2010 11:10 pm
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It makes Betty Gilroy "almost nauseous" to know that accused killer John Albert Gardner III lived in her Vista neighborhood two years ago. She said she's very glad she pushed to have sex offenders removed from a sober living home on nearby Lado de Loma Drive in 2008 ---- a campaign that appears to have contributed to Gardner's removal. "I would do it again in a heartbeat," said Gilroy, the mother of an 18-year-old daughter.

Gilroy said Friday that she faced numerous obstacles to removing the offenders, including city and law enforcement officials who would not act on her complaints. Those "brick walls" make her even more upset, now that she knows who lived near her family. "It's all so infuriating to me," she said, noting she's tracked crime in her neighborhood

Vista city officials said Friday they do not have the authority to regulate sober living homes. "They're not regulated under our code," said Andrea McCullough, a city spokeswoman. State parole officials do have some authority over the residences, said Lindon Lewis, an Escondido-based parole supervisor. Sober living homes can house up to six residents without a license, Lewis said. Those six residents can all be registered sex offenders as long as the home is more than 2,000 feet from a school, park or other location where children gather.

A woman who answered the door at the Lado de Loma home said she was aware neighbors are not happy with the home's presence. "It's not like we're trying to do anything wrong," said the woman, who gave her name only as Brenda, and said she was a recovering meth addict. She noted that two of her five housemates are registered sex offenders.

Accused killer John Albert Gardner III lived at this group home on Lado de Loma Drive in Vista.

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Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/vista/article_46273db8-db8a-5010-9917-5143c7062ee9.html

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FifthEssence · Apr 16, 2010

Tuba said:
In no way do I wish to prompt hasty conclusions. There are some strong links between Mr. Gardner in custody, the long ago event and the victim. The Pluto of the walk to high school was exact in its square to Mr. G's Mars, 2° - 2°. The Pluto of Mr. G is exact in its conjunction to the Moon of the disappearance, 17° - 17°. The Mercury of that event opposes Mr. G's 29° Jupiter. His Uranus conjoins the victim's Jupiter, 20° - 20°. His natal Mars in Aries is inconjunct the victim's Sun, 2° - 2°. He was born with a Sun - Pluto opposition and rape with murder is a crime of domination, power and control--CONQUEST.

Uranus was rumbling near his natal Mercury and that big Saturn to Uranus opposition overhead squared his Neptune, 20° - 20°. Very significant to me was the YOD formed by Mars and Venus in opportunity sextile to his Saturn , for a crime that results from a powerful intent which does not meet acceptable norms or outlook on reality. Born with Mercury square Neptune, he is mentally & emotionally disturbed, boiling with hot fantasies, behaves in aberrant ways and deceives others with double damned lies. Keep in mind Saturn opposite Uranus was afflicting that.

With his Sun opposite Pluto for a lifetime, we could certainly class Mr. G as a Plutonian and the Sun of the event was square Amber's Pluto that morning. Neptune was hovering just a degree from the Sun.

Always look to the inner planets of a crime prospect because the outer planets may connect to an event and victim but so would the outer planets of millions born that season. Starsleuth is absolutely correct to point us to Mercury and look how important that inner planet is, opposing Mr. G's desperado Jupiter. Being another inner planet, his Mars squared by Pluto 2° -2° has extra weight in narrowing the fix on this individual.

Tight fit for sure!
As noted in this article, Gardner led authorities to her body.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/1...-sex-offender-leads-authorities-missing-girl/

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego County prosecutors say convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner led authorities to the body of 14-year-old Amber Dubois.

District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said Friday that Gardner agreed to lead authorities to the body on the condition that they could not use that information against him in court.

Dumanis says it was a difficult decision, but prosecutors had no other evidence or DNA to link him to the Amber's death.
Amber's bones were discovered March 6 in a rugged, remote area north of San Diego.
Gardner pleaded guilty Friday to murdering Amber and 17-year-old Chelsea King.
He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Zoe Bogart · Apr 17, 2010

For Amber's family, I'm glad he admitted to her murder. Chelsea's family are extremely brave and blessed to make that deal. It must have been torture for them to say, okay, no death penalty. There will definitely be a special place in Heaven for the Kings, right along side Amber's family.

I thank God for letting this man make the right decision, finally.

As always, Tuba, excellent insight. :blowkiss:

Thanks for the headsup, Fifth.

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