Missing Child: Evelyn Miller, Charles City, IA
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Charles City Child Missing
Megan Strader
MASON CITY,Iowa(KIMT)
Friday, July 1, 2005
A day of searching still has no one with any guesses as to where Evelyn Miller could be.
There are mixed feelings as to how she ended up missing.
Evelyn's mother and her family are in shock over the disappearance of their little girl.
Noel Miller tells KIMT NewsChannel Three, " I came home and at 6:19 I got ready to go to bed and looked over on the sofa where the kids were sleeping and Evelyn wasn't there. And I ran into the bedroom to make sure she wasn't there and she wasn't there and she wasn't so I knocked on all my neighbors doors to help me look for her."
But they didn't find her. And her family just can't see her getting up and leaving in the middle of the night.
"She never does this, she never would have done this...she's missing."
But the Floyd County Sheriff's Office doesn't believe she *was*taken from her apartment.
Sheriff Rick Lynch tells KIMT NewsChannel Three, "At this time it's a search. We believe in the possibility that the child wandered off and we hope that's the case. That's why we have a search and rescue on the ground searching the area."
Regardless of the circumstances surrounding Evelyn's disappearance, her family just wants to be able to hold her again.
"She's a cute little girl I just want her home."
A home that is now the center of a Search and Rescue Mission.
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July 1, 2005 - Floyd County
Missing Girl
Searchers continues to look for a missing girl in Floyd County. Five-year-old Evelyn Millier was last seen at 2:00a.m. Friday morning at her home north of Charles City.
A statewide Amber Alert has not been issued. Searchers combed the fields and woods near Charles City looking for any trace of Evelyn Miller. But with every step, no luck.
Rick Lynch is the Floyd County Sheriff ans says, "Right now, we have no evidence. We haven't gotten anything in the woods, cricks....or bean fields."
The five year old was last seen in her second floor apartment after answering the door. Her father was asleep. Her mother, Noel, was at work. She discovered Evelyn was missing. "We ran along, checked the grove, checked everything...we knew she wasn't home. My door was open. We knew something bad happened."
The sheriff says no Amber Alert has been issued because it doesn't meet state regulations. There's no suspect and no suspect vehicle. For the family, it's been an anxious wait.
Linda Christie is Evelyn's grandmother and says, "It's very frustrating. Very. Each second goers by, it's just a little bit longer that she's missing."
"She's a smart little girl. Loves to read and she listens to directions very good. It's unusual, they should've had an Amber Alert a long time ago," Evelyn's mother says.
Iowa State Patrol has flown over the area using infra-red detectors, police dogs, and rescuers with ATV's have spread out, but so far, there's no trace of Evelyn.
Evelyn has dark blond hair, hazel eyes and she was last seen wearing a light blue T-shirt and blue shorts with no shoes. Anyone with information should call police.