ID - Robert Manwill, 8, Boise, 24 July 2009 - #2

[SuziQ]

ITA Nurse. My son and I were laughing so hard over something silly this morning and we're waiting for pizza now. And my DD, who lives in a college town, has been texting me about her cool new beach cruiser bike with a wicker basket. Life is good for us. I feel extremely bad for those kids who's life is a living hell. It's happening to too many kids. I think I hit the boiling point reading about the that only got two years and freed with time served for killing his GF's two year old little girl. And the poor little boy beaten to death who DFS got a dozen calls prior. Aye aye aye....

 

[Fairy1]

Looks like they did do the presser:

http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/852938.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Landfill Searched as Thousands Look for Missing Idaho Boy
Saturday, August 01, 2009
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Thousands of volunteers helped search for an 8-year-old Idaho boy who vanished more than a week ago, and authorities scoured a local landfill in the hopes of finding evidence.

Boise police said more than 2,300 searchers helped Friday in the effort to find little Robert Manwill, who disappeared July 24 after leaving his mother's apartment.

The boy's father, Charles Manwill, lives in New Plymouth and has had custody since 2008. Robert was visiting his mother in Boise when he was last seen.

Police called on volunteers to carry out a massive search for the boy on Friday, the one-week anniversary of his disappearance.

Volunteers combed a 1-mile to 2-mile radius around the scene where he was reported missing.

Article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,536082,00.html?test=latestnews

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[KaylynnCouture]

I'm praying for closure today, and praying even harder to see Robert reunited with his father today. Come home Robert. Everyone is waiting, and praying. :rose:

 

[Angel Who Cares]

I'll bump yesterday's article's here for reference for everyone! :wink:

Part 1:

The search for Robert: Investigators bring in buckets, shovels into backyard of Southwest Boise home :cry:
Published: 07/31/09
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8:44 p.m. Crime scene investigators have brought buckets and shovels and set up a canopy with walls in the backyard of the home at the 6600 block of Southdale Avenue.

A crime scene investigator works in the backyard of a home in the 6600 block of Southdale Avenue Friday afternoon as part of the search for missing eight-year-old Robert Manwill.

Article:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/Boise/story/851769.html
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Search for boy takes grim turn
August 1, 2009
Updated 16 minutes ago
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The search for a missing 8-year-old took a grim turn Friday as police suggested he could be "the victim of a tragic event" and searched the apartment of his mother, who has a history of harming another child.

Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said new evidence recovered in a Thursday and Friday search of the apartment of the boy's mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins, had detectives tracking new leads.

"The evidence we've uncovered shows that there are suspicious circumstances surrounding Robert's disappearance," Kerns said during a press conference. "Volunteers assisting in the search today are being given the information by search team officers that Robert may indeed be injured or the victim of a tragic event."

During the course of the day, investigators also descended on a cordoned-off section of Ada County's Hidden Hollow Landfill and the backyard of a home on Southdale Avenue in Southwest Ada County.

Jenkins pleaded guilty in March to a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child following an October 2008 incident that fractured her infant son's skull.

Jenkins "did willfully inflict" the injury to her other son "by striking the child's head on a surface, causing a fracture to the child's skull," on Oct. 19, 2008. She was sentenced to 29 days of work release, fined $75.50 and put on probation for two years, according to court documents.

That child is the son of Jenkins' boyfriend, Daniel Edward Ehrlick. The boy was in the care of the state Department of Health and Welfare through at least February, according to court documents. The agency will not release his whereabouts, citing policy.

Jenkins has a third child, a 2-year-old daughter fathered by a third man, who has custody of her. Jenkins has visitation rights. Ehrlick, who has been convicted of burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia, is banned from being alone with the girl, but court documents don't say why.

Article:
http://www.idahopress.com/news/?2009-08-01-Search-for-boy-takes-grim-turn
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Searchers get ominous direction
August 1, 2009
Updated 25 minutes ago
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Grace Routh turned up to search for missing Robert Manwill on Friday and found a different mood than when she helped on Tuesday.

Initially, Routh said, volunteers received broad descriptions of what to look for &#8212; clothing and anything suspicious or unusual. At the search Friday, however, the description changed because of the progression of the case to a criminal investigation.

"You're looking for an injured boy or something worse," Boise Police Sgt. Greg Oster, operations officer for the west site at Garfield Elementary School, told volunteers. "You're looking for anything out of the ordinary. You're looking for smells, you know what I'm talking about folks."

"All of us know it's seven days into this thing; lets be realistic," Oster told the Idaho Press-Tribune after the final search had gotten under way at the west site. He added that investigators still hope to find Robert safe.

Article:
http://www.idahopress.com/news/?2009-08-01-Searchers-get-ominous-direction
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Search for Robert Manwill turns grim
Man 'sick' as police search his yard; father of mother's boyfriend says son accused him
Published: 08/01/09
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The man whose Boise home and yard were being searched Friday night for evidence related to Robert Manwill's disappearance says he knows the 8-year-old's family but has no idea what may have happened to him.

Evan Wallis told the Idaho Statesman that he doesn't know what police are looking for at his rental home in the 6600 block of Southdale Avenue, near Five Mile Road in Southwest Boise.

"If it's going to help anything, do it," Wallis said. He said he knows Robert's mother and her boyfriend but is much closer to the boyfriend's brother, David Ehrlick. "I'm innocent. I'm an innocent bystander."

On Friday, police said they had discovered "suspicious circumstances," and as night fell authorities were searching Wallis' backyard.

The Statesman interviewed Wallis at David Ehrlick's home in the 2800 block of Bannock Street. Also interviewed there was Daniel Ehrlick Sr., the father of David Ehrlick and Daniel Ehrlick Jr.

Daniel Ehrlick Sr. said that his son Daniel had accused him of taking Robert and that police had questioned him repeatedly.

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THE BACKYARD SEARCH, A STOLEN SUBURBAN
Wallis said the police were digging up his backyard after bloodhounds picked up a scent at his house.

He said his black-and-gray Chevy Suburban was stolen July 22 after someone came into his house and took the keys. He found it Monday after returning from a weekend away and called the Ada County Sheriff's Department.

When officials investigated, he told them of his connection to the Ehrlick family.

"I mentioned that I know these guys. I've met the little boy," Wallis said.

"It makes me sick to know this is going down at my house right now," he said. "I didn't do nothing back there. I'm not going to say for the record nothing's back there because I don't know. Maybe something did happen along the lines when I was out of town."

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EHRLICH'S FATHER: MY SON ACCUSED ME
A man Robert called "Grandpa" said Friday that he has been questioned repeatedly by investigators after his older son accused him of taking Robert and told investigators the same thing.

Daniel Ehrlick Sr., a former Marine who served in Vietnam, said he thought he saw Robert on the day he was reported missing when he stopped by Ehrlick Jr.'s apartment to drop off money to help pay bills.

"(Ehrlick Jr.) told me that Robert was down in the back. When I came to the door, I don't know if it was then that I spotted it, or I spotted it before, but I spotted another boy that looked just like Robert with a white T-shirt on," Ehrlick Sr. said.

Ehrlick Sr. and his youngest son, David, told a story of a boy that was constantly in trouble with his mother for the pettiest of infractions. David Ehrlick said that Robert was not allowed to go outside and play during a recent birthday party.

"It was scary around her with her children. Robert would get in trouble for everything. It didn't matter if it was asking a question, he'd get grounded. He'd have to sit on his hands," said David Ehrlick. "He's just a little boy."

Said Ehrlick Sr.: "That's why I was afraid to even say, 'Robert, let's go fishing.'"

4TH HEADLINE:
POLICE AT THE APARTMENT, THE LANDFILL, THE HOUSE
The police and FBI have been investigating some of the people closest to Robert - including the boy's mother, her boyfriend and his father.

After spending hours searching the apartment shared by Jenkins and Ehrlick Jr. - and removing at least two cars from the Oak Park Village apartment complex near Vista Avenue - police announced that they had found new evidence that showed Robert could have been "the victim of a tragic event." They asked the more than 2,300 volunteers scouring Boise to start looking for signs of a crime.

Meanwhile, officers converged on Wallis' home and cordoned off an area of the Hidden Hollow Landfill that had been left alone since trash was dumped there the morning after Robert was reported missing.

Landfill operators said they could use a backhoe to spread Saturday's refuse thin enough to be searched, if asked.

Boise police had said all week that they had no reason to suspect foul play and had no suspects. But friends and family members say officers had been examining several people close to Robert.

NEW UPDATED PHOTO GALLERY: Search for 8-year-old Robert Manwill
http://www.idahostatesman.com/258/gallery/848267.html

A crime scene investigator works in the back yard of a home in 6600 block of Southdale Drive Friday afternoon as part of the search for missing eight-year-old Robert Manwill. Two neighbors peer through cracks in the fence to watch. Police have not said what they are looking for at this location.

Article:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/852598.html
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Search for missing Boise boy takes grim turn
12:03 PM Fri, Jul 31, 2009
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Editor's note: We have been experiencing technical difficulties today. To bring you the story, we are presenting this stripped down version of KTVB.COM
UPDATE - 10:04pm: Ada County Sheriff's Deputies and Boise Police Officers spent Friday evening searching a home on Southdale St. near Five Mile and Lake Hazel. Officials received a search warrant, and began looking through the scene at 6:15 p.m.

The people who rented the home spoke exclusively to KTVB and said they knew the Manwill family, but would not elaborate further.

Officers began searching the backyard of the home, including an RV and car. The search also focused on an area of disturbed earth. Equipment from Boise State University was brought in - which was said to be sonar.

Later, a group of seven people used a series of four foot rods and went through the area. They also used shovels to probe the dirt.

They then marked off the area with red evidence flags. The work wrapped up just before 10 p.m. Friday night. It is not known what was found - if anything.

Police will resume the search Saturday morning.

Article:
http://blogs.ktvb.com/breaking/2009/07/police-evidence-manwill-was-in.html
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Latest on missing Idaho boy 8:12
Added On July 31, 2009
The search intensifies for missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill. HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell has the latest.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/07/31/jvm.manwill.latest.cnn
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This is to the right near the bottom of this article in this idahostatesman!

ROBERT MANWILL'S FAMILY AND THEIR FRIENDS
Robert Manwill: The 8-year-old boy who has been missing since July 24.

Melissa Scott Jenkins: Robert's mother.

Charles Manwill: Robert's father, who has been divorced from Jenkins since October 2002.

Daniel Ehrlick Jr.: Jenkins' boyfriend.

Daniel Ehrlick Sr.: The father of Ehrlick Jr. He said his son accused him of taking Robert.

David Ehrlick: Ehrlick Jr.'s younger brother.

Evan Wallis: David Ehrlick's friend whose backyard was being searched Friday night.

Trisha Burrill: Robert's aunt and a family spokeswoman.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/852598.html

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[fhc]

this came up, too

http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/stories/ktvba-aug0109-friday_search.9a7daa8a.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Part 2 For Reference: (Yesterday's articles bumped from thread #1!)

Investigators at Ada County landfill
Story Created: Jul 31, 2009 at 3:23 PM MDT
Story Updated: Jul 31, 2009 at 3:24 PM MDT
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Authorities are currently at the Ada County landfill.

At this time, it's unclear whether this investigation is connected to the case of missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill.

A reporter on scene says an area of the landfill has been cordoned off. A deputy on scene says he was told by Boise Police to go to the landfill and "sit on some trash."

When asked whether the landfill investigation is connected to the missing boy, he said he couldn't confirm and referred any questions to Boise Police.

Stay tuned for details.

NEW VIDEO: Investigators at Ada County landfill
At this time, it's unclear whether this investigation is connected to the case of missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill. A reporter on scene says an area of the landfill has been cordoned off.
http://www.2news.tv/news/52215662.html?video=pop&t=a

Ada Landfill:
http://media.2news.tv/images/090731_landfill_search1.jpg

Article:
http://www.2news.tv/news/52215662.html
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UPDATED: Search for missing Boise boy takes grim turn
Published: 07/31/09
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A Boise search for a missing 8-year-old took a grim turn as police suggested he may be hurt - or worse - and searched the apartment of his mother, who has a history of harming another child.

Police and FBI detectives Friday coordinated more than 1,500 volunteers in a massive search for Robert Manwill, who reportedly disappeared July 24 after leaving his mother's apartment on the southwest side of Idaho's capitol city.

Early in the week, investigators said they had no evidence suggesting foul play.

But Deputy Chief Jim Kerns changed course Friday, saying new evidence recovered in a Thursday night search of the apartment of the boy's mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins, has detectives tracking new leads.

Boise police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said volunteers on Friday covered a 1 1/2-mile to 2-mile radius around the scene where the boy was reported missing.

The search is believed to be the biggest attempt to find a missing person in the city's history, Hightower said.

Article:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/531/story/852051.html
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UPDATED: The search for Robert: Police plan next update for noon Saturday
Published: 07/31/09
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3:27 p.m. Boise police say they don't plan to have another update until noon Saturday.

If developments call for an additional briefing, the media will be notified, spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said

3:15 p.m. An Ada County sheriff's deputy has been asked to guard a portion of the Hidden Hollow Landfill for Boise police and make sure nothing is disturbed. A spokeswoman said the officer at the scene drives a crime scene investigation truck.

The officer has cordoned off a section of the dump &#8212; people are still taking trash to other parts of the landfill.

2:49 p.m. Daniel Edward Ehrlick, the boyfriend of Robert's mother, was admitted to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center but has been released, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

She was unable to say when he entered the hospital or for what he was treated.

Deputy Paul Lim with the Ada County Sheriff's Department fixes a cone at an area at the top of a hill in the Ada County landfill near Hidden Springs on Friday afternoon. The police tape running about 50 yards is blocking off an area at the landfill and an officer is waiting for further instruction.

PHOTO GALLERY: Search for 8-year-old Robert Manwill Pictures 1-50
http://www.idahostatesman.com/258/gallery/848267.html

Article:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/851769.html
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Police find new evidence, suspicious in nature, regarding missing boy
July 31, 2009
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Boise police officials announced today they have new leads stemming from fresh evidence that suggests 8-year-old Robert Manwill went missing under suspicious circumstances.

"He may be injured or the victim of a tragic event," Boise Police Department Deputy Chief Jim Kerns told media at a noon briefing.

The search for the Boise boy continues and he is still missing, Kerns said. Overnight, detectives and the FBI found evidence that may bring investigators closer to knowing what happened, Kerns said. The circumstances around the boy's disappearance are "suspicious," Kerns said.

Manwill's family members present at the press conference included his father, his father's wife, an uncle and his aunt, Trish Burrill. Burrill said the family appeal to the public not to give up hope and to keep helping them to bring Manwill home.

The search for the missing boy began a week ago when Jenkins reported him missing. Manwill was last seen about 9:30 p.m. July 24 near his family's apartment home on the 2800 block of Cherry Lane, southwest of Vista and Overland.

Article:
http://www.idahopress.com/?2009-07-31-Police-update-public-on-missing-boy
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The Search For Robert Manwill Continues
Story Published: Jul 31, 2009 at 7:54 PM CDT
(Story Updated: Jul 31, 2009 at 7:54 PM CDT )
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Boise police say an 8-year-old boy missing for a week may have been the victim of a tragic event, and that new evidence suggests suspicious activity surrounding his disappearance.

Robert Manwill reportedly disappeared July 24 after leaving his mother's apartment in southwest Boise. Investigators initially said they had no evidence of foul play.

But Deputy Chief Jim Kerns told reporters today that new evidence has changed the nature of the investigation. Yesterday police searched the apartment of the boy's mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins.
So far, police say there are no arrests or suspects in the case.

VIDEO: The Search For Robert Manwill Continues
http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/52227457.html?video=YHI&t=a

Article:
http://www.kmvt.com/news/local/52227457.html
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More Than 1,600 Volunteers Search for Missing Boy
July 31, 2009
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They packed into three different locations across Boise to find 8-year-old Robert Manwill.

At South Junior High one woman said she volunteered because she is a mother and if her child disappeared, she would want people to come out an help her.

Boise's mayor appeared at all three locations to offer his thanks on behalf of the city. Dave Bieter said he was thrilled to see so many Boise residents show up.

"It's a great place to be mayor of. This is why," Bieter said. "You hope this sentiment continues - and it's alive and well and will be in the future."

Article:
http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10829706
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Pace Of Missing Kid Case In High Gear
July 31, 2009
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As of 3:30pm Friday the pace of the police investigation into the case of missing 8- year-old Robert Manwill has hit high gear with the mother&#8217;s apartment and now the county landfill declared crime scenes.

The Daily Paper is doing a great job covering the story and offers up a TIMELINE of events.

At the Oak Park Apartment complex near Cherry Lane and Shoshone, a U-Haul van is backed up to the apartment&#8230;officers will not say if it has been rented by police, but it appears it has. Last night coppers searched the apartment and also towed away the family vehicle.

Meanwhile, a portion of the landfill has been cordoned off by the Ada County Sheriff&#8217;s Department. For the first time, coppers are saying the boy probably met with injuries or worse&#8211;leading to speculation they found blood somewhere.

The GUARDIAN is getting both &#8220;warm fuzzy&#8221; reports of the community coming together to search for the boy and complaints of intrusive police questioning and repeated searches of private property. Citizens tell us they are afraid to refuse a search for fear of becoming a suspect.

Article:
http://boiseguardian.com/2009/07/31/pace-of-missing-kid-case-in-high-gear/
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Statesman Revelations In Missing Kid Case
July 29, 2009
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Reporters Cynthia Sewell and Patrick Orr of the Idaho Statesman offer up a BLOCKBUSTER STORY on Wednesday&#8217;s front page, detailing an unsavory past of the adults involved in the disappearance of Robert Manwill, the 8-year-old tot last seen in the area of Vista and Cherry Lane.

Their detailed account took a lot of effort sifting through court records and no doubt top editors agonized over the &#8220;public&#8217;s right to know&#8221; vs any defendants right to a fair trial. In this case the GUARDIAN thinks the paper put things in perspective and provided a community service.

Mom is on probation for fracturing the skull of Robert&#8217;s half brother, her boyfriend has a history of felony convictions and is banned from being alone with Robert&#8217;s half sister.

Adding to the tragic story, Robert&#8217;s father lost another son in 1993 when his then wife stabbed him to death in at Ft. Polk, Louisiana. Based on the Daily Paper story, father Charles Manwill had custody of the boy and doesn&#8217;t have a record&#8211;other than hooking up with women of questionable character.

Slow as they may have been off the starting blocks, the Daily deserves credit for putting the massive search in perspective. The latest info will no doubt shift the emphasis of the investigation. It also leaves open the possibility that citizens and police may have been on the proverbial wild goose chase for the past five days.

Article:
http://boiseguardian.com/2009/07/29/statesman-reveals-details-on-missing-kid-case/
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UPDATED: The search for Robert: More than 2,300 volunteers were 'extremely helpful'
Published: 07/31/09
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6:38 p.m. More than 2,300 volunteers turned out to search today.

"The search was extremely helpful," she said. Specific areas of interest now have to be searched by trained investigators.

"Developing leads" led police to the house on Southdale where investigators have converged Friday evening.

6:17 p.m. Investigators are searching the house on Southdale Avenue, looking for evidence that could be related to the disappearance of Robert Manwill.

5:53 p.m. Ada County Sheriff's Office crime scene investigators are preparing to do a multi-agency search of a house on Southdale Avenue in Southwest Boise. Boise police department will be lead agency for the search.

Officials at the scene said they are waiting for a search warrant.

5:45 p.m. Dave Neal, director of Ada County's solid waste management, said the part of the dump where Saturday's refuse was taken has been left alone since then.

Friday, an Ada County sheriff's deputy officially cordoned it off with crime scene tape.

If police ask, the landfill workers can take Saturday's trash a foot at a time and lay it out flat, with a bulldozer, to be sifted through, Neal said.

Article:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/851769.html
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AMW-Robert Manwill Missing Child Unknown, ID
Robert Manwill will be featured on AMW tomorrow Aug. 1, 2009!
Catch AMW on Fox, Saturday Nights 9pm Eastern and Pacific, 8pm Central.
August 01, 2009

Link:
http://www.amw.com/show_archive/tv_detail.cfm?currentDate=2009-08-01
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AMW Missing DATA FILE FOR Robert Grant Manwill
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Boy Missing From Idaho Home
Cops say around 9:30pm on July 24, 2009, Robert Grant Manwill, 8, walked out of his home. Robert lives in the Oak Ridge apartment complex in the 2800 block of Cherry Avenue in Boise.

Since the time Robert was reported missing, the search has been exhaustive. Boise Police Patrol officers, Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue, FBI agents and volunteer residents of Boise have been scouring the surrounding areas for signs of the boy. So far the effort has been unfruitful.

Boise Police Detectives have been conducting interviews and following the many leads they&#8217;ve received since the announcement of Robert&#8217;s disappearance.

No leads have been proven credible. Police say while they have no reason to suspect foul play, they&#8217;re extremely concerned for Robert&#8217;s safety due to his age.

Robert is 4&#8217;2&#8221; tall and weighs 50 lbs. He has brown hair and eyes. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, dark tennis shoes and a faded blue t-shirt with a superman design.

LAST SEEN:
Boise, ID
Robert was last seen leaving his apartment complex on July 24, 2009 at approximately 9:30p.m.

Link:
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/case.cfm?id=67176

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[FifthEssence]

That poor little boy. After reading the comments by Mr. Ehrlick, Sr. about what his son David ( younger bro to bf Daniel) said about Robert being punished left right and sideways by his violent mother, it breaks your heart when you think about how innocent and helpless these children are.
Tears are falling.


Bloodhounds, sonar, canopy tents, red flags, pole sinking, and landfills tell the story.
Although LE has been tight lipped about their findings at the apt, the following comment made to the searchers yesterday by the Sheriff confirms what we have all suspected:
http://www.idahopress.com/news/?2009...nous-direction

"You're looking for an injured boy or something worse," Boise Police Sgt. Greg Oster, operations officer for the west site at Garfield Elementary School, told volunteers. "You're looking for anything out of the ordinary. You're looking for smells, you know what I'm talking about folks."
"All of us know it's seven days into this thing; lets be realistic," Oster told the Idaho Press-Tribune after the final search had gotten under way at the west site.

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Part 3 For Reference: (Yesterday's articles bumped from thread #1!) :wink:

UPDATED: Missing Boise boy 'may be the victim of a tragic event'
Story Created: Jul 31, 2009 at 11:47 AM MDT
Story Updated: Jul 31, 2009 at 1:50 PM MDT
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Authorities say they now believe Robert Manwill's disappearance is based on "suspicious circumstances."
Jim Kerns, Boise Police deputy police chief, said Friday Robert is still missing but he may be injured.

"Overnight, we located evidence that may bring us closer to finding out what happened to Robert," Kerns said at a Friday news conference. "The evidence we've uncovered shows there are suspicious circumstances regarding Robert's disappearance."

"He may be the victim of a tragic event."

Friday's massive volunteer search for the boy will continue.

Just after 8 p.m. on Thursday, detectives started searching the complex including the apartment belonging to Robert&#8217;s mom, Melissa Jenkins.
It's now been a week since 8-year-old Robert has gone missing. On Friday, authorities and up to 1,000 volunteers are searching for the missing boy.

Police would not say what they were searching for, what they removed, or why the search is happening now. However, it has been confirmed that K9 units were brought in to help with the investigation.

VIDEO: Missing Boise boy 'may be the victim of a tragic event'
http://www.2news.tv/news/local/52202712.html?video=YHI&t=a

Article:
http://www.2news.tv/news/local/52202712.html
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UPDATED: Police: Robert May Be Victim of Tragic Event
Posted: July 31, 2009 12:15 AM EDT
Updated: July 31, 2009 04:47 PM EDT
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For the first time, Boise Police admit missing 8-year-old boy Robert Manwill's disappearance is suspicious. At a press conference this afternoon, Deputy Chief Jim Kerns revealed police found evidence to indicate Robert may be injured or the victim of a tragic event. Police would not say what evidence they found.

Also today, a crime scene van was seen at the Ada County Landfill. A portion of the landfill was marked off with crime scene tape. Boise Police will not confirm or deny if the crime scene van is related to the search for Robert Manwill.

Police showed up at the apartment complex on the Boise bench where Robert Manwill lives late last night and stayed until the early hours of this morning.

Police did tow away a car belonging to the family and removed several bags of items from the home. It's unclear exactly what was in the bags.

Article:
http://www.kivitv.com/global/story.asp?s=10823713
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Boise police: Missing boy may be victim of tragedy
July 31, 2009 2:34 PM ET
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Boise police say an 8-year-old boy missing for a week may have been the victim of a tragic event, and that new evidence suggests suspicious activity surrounding his disappearance.

Robert Manwill reportedly disappeared July 24 after leaving his mother's apartment in southwest Boise. Investigators initially said they had no evidence of foul play.

But Deputy Chief Jim Kerns told reporters Friday that new evidence has changed the nature of the investigation. On Thursday, police searched the apartment of the boy's mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins.

So far, police say there are no arrests or suspects in the case.

Article:
http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/story.asp?S=10827238&nav=menu439_2
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Robert Manwill Missing: Infant Brother's Head Fractured by Mother
Published: Jul 31, 2009
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Authorities are searching for a missing 8-year-old Boise boy - and have revealed that he may be injured or the victim of a tragic event.

As the search for little Robert Manwill continues, reports can reveal that his mother is on probation for fracturing the skull of the boy's infant brother.

The infant was removed from the custody of his mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins. Meanwhile, Robert has been missing for a week - and was last seen near Jenkins' apartment.

Robert has been living with his father, Charles Manwill, since 2008. HE was visiting with his mother, who has visitation rights, the night he went missing.

Authorities are saying that new evidence leads them to believe that Robert may be injured - or the victim of a tragic event. They would not release the details of the evidence found.

Volunteer workers are searching the area for any sign of the 8-year-old.

Developing...

Article:
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212247995.shtml
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Ada County Idaho - Live Police, Fire & Rescue Audio Feeds
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=547
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Missing Idaho Boy's Disappearance 'Suspicious,' Police Say
Friday, July 31, 2009
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Police investigating the disappearance of an Idaho boy missing for a week said Friday they are afraid the child may have been the victim of a tragedy.

Boise authorities told reporters that there are "suspicious circumstances" surrounding 8-year-old Robert Manwill's disappearance.

"Robert may be injured or be the victim of a tragic event," said Boise Police Chief Jim Kerns at a brief Friday press conference. "But he is still missing."

Earlier this week, news emerged that Robert's mother is on probation for fracturing the skull of the missing boy's infant half brother, who was removed from her custody by the state.

Boise police have previously said there is no evidence of foul play in the disappearance of Robert, and that the family is cooperating fully.

The missing boy's father, Charles Manwill, has had custody of him since 2008. Jenkins has visitation rights, and the boy was visiting her the night he disappeared.

Court records show a history of family tragedies involving children.

Article:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535914,00.html
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Police still searching for 8-year-old Robert Manwell, missing for a week
July 31, 2:34 PM
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Jim Kerns, Boise Police Deputy Chief of Operations, said &#8220;We are very concerned for Robert&#8217;s safety." But also said, "We hope to convey a message of hope&#8230; we have no reason to believe Robert is not safe.&#8221;

About 50 leads have come in, but none have led to any substantial information. Police said they have interviewed over 100 sex offenders within a two-mile radius of Robert&#8217;s home.

Article:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crim...or-8yearold-Robert-Manwell-missing-for-a-week
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Disturbing information released regarding the family of Robert Manwill
July 31, 2:56 PM
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Court documents reveal that missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill&#8217;s family has suffered tragdy and trouble with the law several times over the years.

Robert&#8217;s mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child in March after she fractured her infant son&#8217;s skull in Oct. 2008.

Jenkins&#8217; boyfriend and the father of her infant son, Daniel Edward Ehrlick, served time in prison and faced charges of burglary, possession of drug paraphernalia, and is not allowed to be alone with Robert&#8217;s half sister.

Robert&#8217;s father, Charles Manwill, has had custody of Robert since Jan. 2008. Records indicate that Jenkins could not care for him, but has had visitation rights. Robert was at his mother&#8217;s Boise Bench apartment the night he disappeared.

In 1993, Charles Manwill suffered a tragedy when his then wife, Silke Fatma Manwill stabbed their 4-year-old son, Michael, in the chest. She was charged with first-degree murder, but the charges were reduced to voluntary manslaughter. She was released from prison in 2002 after serving 10 years for the crime.

Article:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crim...leased-regarding-the-family-of-Robert-Manwill
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Police say Robert Manwill&#8217;s disappearance &#8216;suspicious&#8217;
July 31, 3:12 PM
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On Friday, Boise Police Deputy Police Chief Jim Kerns announced that missing Robert Manwill, 8, may be injured and that his disappearnce is based on "suspicious circumstances."

&#8220;Overnight, we located evidence that may bring us closer to finding out what happened to Robert,&#8221; Kerns said. &#8220;The evidence we&#8217;ve uncovered shows there are suspicious circumstances regarding Robert&#8217;s disappearance. He may be the victim of a tragic event.&#8221;

On Thursday evening, investigators searched the apartment complex from which Robert disappeared, including Melissa Jenkin&#8217;s [Robert's mother] apartment. They seized items from the apartment and also towed Jenkins' red SUV.

Article:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crim...-say-Robert-Manwills-disappearance-suspicious
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Boise Police Department News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 31, 2009
<snipped>
Latest News Conference on Missing Boy (Video) - Media Information

Watch the latest News Conference in the Robert Manwill missing child investigation, and to find media contact info.

Watch the latest News Conference:
http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/Multimedia/DepartmentVideos/LatestManwillPresserV5.wmv

Article:
http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/NewsReleases/2009/page45044.aspx
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Crowds Turn Out For Manwill Boy Search
Posted: July 31, 2009 03:36 PM EDT
Updated: July 31, 2009 03:52 PM EDT
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Hundreds of volunteers showed up throughout the Boise area Friday to help search for Robert Manwill, 8, who has been missing for a week.

The search effort was the latest attempt to find the little boy, and came after an overnight raid of Manwill's mother's Boise Bench apartment. Several bags were removed from the site and a vehicle towed from the apartment complex.

At South Junior High School, one of three locations throughout Boise where volunteers gathered, as many as seven hundred searchers donned orange vests and clutched water bottles, ready for a long day in the sun.

"We're moms and if our kid went missing," volunteer Tina Hansford explained, "We'd want people to come out and help us."

Boise Mayor Dave Bieter offered words of thanks and encouragement to the volunteers at So. Jr. High School as police teamed up with groups and instructed them to look near "roadways, parks or canals."

Article:
http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10827616
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UPDATED: Police: Evidence Manwill was injured
12:03 PM Fri, Jul 31, 2009
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Editor's note: We have been experiencing technical difficulties today. To bring you the story, we are presenting this stripped down version of KTVB.COM
Police say they have uncovered evidence that shows Robert Manwill, 8 may have been injured.

After an overnight search of his mother's Boise Bench apartment, police spoke to the media at noon Friday.

"Overnight, investigators from the Boise Police Department that may bring us closer to finding out what happend to Robert," Boise Police Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said. "Robert may be injured, but Robert is still missing. It is very important that we find where he is - or where he is not."

Just after 8 p.m., officers arrived at Jenkins' home. They removed a variety of materials, including cabinets and boxes. Canine dogs were also seen at the complex.

"He may be injured or the victim of a tragic event," Kerns said.

A car was also towed from the scene just after 12:30 p.m.

Investigators took down the police tape surrounding the apartment at about 4 a.m., but moments after the news conference was called, put the tape back up.

We are also getting word this afternoon that Ada County Sheriff's deputies have staked out an area at the Ada County Landfill. Police tape has marked off about a 40-square yard area. A crime scene lab was at the scene. Spokeswoman Andrea Dearden says the deputies are assisting in this investigation. At this point, they are just watching the area, no officers have been seen combing through any garbage.

A National Guard spokesperson told NewsChannel 7 that guardsmen are looking at the desert south of town for any unusual tire tracks or other things that may be out of place.

Searchers have been instructed to pay attention to smells and be on the alert for an injured boy or worse.

VIDEO: Jim Kerns Boise PD~Manwill news conference 07/31/09 3:07
YouTube - Jim Kerns Boise PD

Article:
http://blogs.ktvb.com/breaking/2009/07/police-evidence-manwill-was-in.html
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UPDATED: The search for Robert: Boyfriend of Robert's mother admitted to Saint Al's, then released
Published: 07/31/09
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2:49 p.m. Daniel Edward Ehrlick, the boyfriend of Robert's mother, was admitted to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center but has been released, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

She was unable to say when he entered the hospital or for what he was treated.

2:20 p.m. As of 2 p.m., counted from all three staging locations, there were 1,687 volunteers. The 3 p.m. search will continue, and they plan to cover much of the same ground, just to be sure.

As one group of volunteers finished their shift, Boise Officer Kip Wills thanked them.

"No matter what, this is still a missing child," he said. "Your efforts are not wasted, they're not in vain. It's easy to get jaded."

1:14 p.m. Here's what came from the press conference &#8212; the latest news still &#8212; as recapped by Statesman police reporter Patrick Orr:

Boise police say they have discovered undisclosed evidence that shows &#8220;suspicious circumstances&#8221; in the disappearance of 8-year-old Robert Manwill and that he &#8220;may indeed be injured &#8212; or the victim of a tragic event.&#8221;

But Boise police have not identified a suspect or person of interest in the case, and officials say they still need the hundreds of citizen volunteers scouring the Vista neighborhood to look for Robert.

&#8220;Robert is still missing. It&#8217;s very important we locate Robert and or find any evidence that may help us locate where he is or where he isn&#8217;t,&#8221; Boise Police Deputy Chief Jim Kerns told a group of reporters Friday afternoon.

Kerns said volunteers should report anything that looks &#8220;suspiciously out of place ... that may point to where Robert is. Even if we find nothing, we&#8217;ve learned where Robert isn&#8217;t. That too is helpful.&#8221;

For the second time in 12 hours Friday morning, Boise police detectives and crime scene investigators searched the apartment from where Robert disappeared. Police officials haven&#8217;t said what the evidence is that leads them to believe Robert was injured but did say that was what officers were concentrating on Friday.

Manwill&#8217;s family members, including his father, Charles Manwill and his aunt, Trish Burrill, attended Friday&#8217;s press conference. Some wiped tears away from their eyes as Kerns spoke.

12:15 p.m. So far, 185 people have been checked in at Garfield Elementary for the noon search &#8212; the second round of volunteer units being sent to the streets.

Though Boise police say "suspicious circumstances" surround Robert Manwill's disappearance and he may be injured or "the victim of a tragic event," they are still sending out searchers, saying he could be alive and any evidence pointing to where he is could save his life.

But they are also asking people to look for anything out of the ordinary, and said the efforts are now a crime investigation.

12:10 p.m. While much of Robert Manwill's family, including his father, Chuck Manwill, and his aunt, Trish Burrill, attended the press conference, his mother and her boyfriend were not there.

Police searched their apartment Thursday night and began to cordon it off again mid-morning Friday.

12:01 p.m. Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said police found evidence last night that "suspicious circumstances" surround Robert Manwill's disappearance.

Canvas instructions distributed to volunteers searching for Robert Manwill:
http://media.idahostatesman.com/smedia/2009/07/31/11/page1.source.prod_affiliate.36.pdf

Map of the search grid distributed to volunteers:
http://media.idahostatesman.com/smedia/2009/07/31/11/page4.source.prod_affiliate.36.pdf

Video: Friday's press conference where police say they have evidence that "suspicious circumstances" exist in Robert Manwill's disappearance
http://videos.idahostatesman.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=5375879&item_index=1&all=1&sort=NULL

Photo Gallery: Search for 8-year-old Robert Manwill 07/31/09
http://www.idahostatesman.com/397/gallery/848267.html

Article:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/851769.html
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UPDATED: Police find new evidence, suspicious in nature, regarding missing boy
July 31, 2009
Updated 1 hour 57 minutes ago
<snipped>
Boise police officials announced today they have new leads stemming from fresh evidence that suggests 8-year-old Robert Manwill went missing under suspicious circumstances.

"He may be injured or the victim of a tragic event," Boise Police Department Deputy Chief Jim Kerns told media at a noon briefing.

The search for the Boise boy continues and he is still missing, Kerns said. Overnight, detectives and the FBI found evidence that may bring investigators closer to knowing what happened, Kerns said. The circumstances around the boy's disappearance are "suspicious," Kerns said.

Manwill's mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins, did not attend the press conference. Police did not release information about Jenkins' whereabouts, and said no arrest warrants have been issued related to Manwill's disappearance. Investigators roped off searched Jenkins' apartment Thursday night and removed items of interest.

An unidentified member of Robert Manwill's family wipes a tear from her eye during a Friday afternoon press conference at the Boise Police Department where Deputy Chief Jim Kerns announced that Robert may be injured or the victim of a tragic event.
http://www.idahopress.com/cms/artwork/articleimages/09/July/10307_medium.jpg

Article:
http://www.idahopress.com/news/?2009-07-31-Police-update-public-on-missing-boy
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Search for missing Boise boy takes grim turn
July 31, 2009
Updated 10 minutes ago
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A Boise search for a missing 8-year-old took a grim turn as police suggested he may be hurt &#8212; or worse &#8212; and searched the apartment of his mother, who has a history of harming another child.

Police and FBI detectives Friday coordinated more than 1,500 volunteers in a massive search for Robert Manwill, who reportedly disappeared July 24 after leaving his mother's apartment on the southwest side of Idaho's capitol city.

Early in the week, investigators said they had no evidence suggesting foul play.

But Deputy Chief Jim Kerns changed course Friday, saying new evidence recovered in a Thursday night search of the apartment of the boy's mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins, has detectives tracking new leads.

"The evidence we've uncovered shows that there are suspicious circumstances surrounding Robert's disappearance," Kerns said during a press conference. "Volunteers assisting in the search today are being given the information by search team officers that Robert may indeed be injured or the victim of a tragic event."

So far, police say there are no arrests or suspects in the case. Investigators were seen taking an SUV and other items during the search of Jenkins' apartment Thursday night.

Jenkins has been at previous press conferences, but didn't attend Friday. Police wouldn't say where she was.

Jenkins "did willfully inflict" the injury to her other son "by striking the child's head on a surface, causing a fracture to the child's skull," on Oct. 19, 2008. She was sentenced to 29 days of work release, fined $75.50 and put on probation for two years, according to court documents.

That child is the son of Jenkins' boyfriend, Daniel Edward Ehrlick. The boy was in the care of the state Department of Health and Welfare through at least February, according to court documents. The agency will not release his whereabouts, citing policy.

Jenkins has a third child, a 2-year-old daughter fathered by a third man, who has custody of her. Jenkins has visitation rights. Ehrlick, who has been convicted of burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia, is banned from being alone with the girl, but court documents don't say why.

Google Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?z=5&q=BOISE, Idaho&hl=en-US

Article:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hUXzIn-qwIqEY9RjeTeHqMRo83PgD99PM7481

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[Angel Who Cares]

The search for Robert Manwill: Boise police continue investigation but reveal no new evidence at press conference
Published: 08/01/09
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Boise police released little information in a noon press conference Saturday to update the community on developments in the disappearance of 8-year-old Robert Manwill.

Boise Deputy Chief Jim Kerns acknowledged that crews searched a home in Southwest Boise but he did not say what evidence crews removed. He said crews will continue to search all day in different places.

On Thursday evening, officers have searched the apartment of Manwill's mother and removed at least two cars and other evidence from the apartment complex.

On Friday, police activity intensified as volunteers continued searching for the boy or evidence of a crime. Meanwhile, officers cordoned off an area of the Hidden Hollow Landfill that had been left alone since trash was dumped there the morning after Robert was reported missing. Later that day, detectives also searched the back yard of a rental home in the 6600 block of Southdale Avenue, near Five Mile Road in Southwest Boise.


Article:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/852938.html
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Police continue to narrow leads in search for missing boy
August 1, 2009
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Boise Police Department Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said today that the investigation into the disappearance of 8-year-old Robert Manwill continues into day eight. Investigators have narrowed their areas of interest, which include a residence on Southdale Avenue in southwest Boise, but were unable to elaborate on why the home has become a focus of the investigation.

The home is "one of many areas of interest," Kerns said at a noon press conference. "What, if any evidence that was found there and exactly what the lead that led us there may not be something I am able to discuss at this time."

Ground-penetrating radar from Boise State University is being used in that investigation. Kerns said he could not identify all areas that have been searched or areas that will be searched in the future.

Article:
http://www.idahopress.com/?2009-08-01-Police-continue-to-narrow-leads-in-search-for-missing-boy
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Police probe Ada Co. home in Manwill search
01:10 PM MDT on Saturday, August 1, 2009
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Officers began searching the backyard of the home, including an RV and car. The search also focused on an area of disturbed earth. Equipment from Boise State University was brought in - which was said to be sonar.

Later, a group of seven people used a series of four foot rods and went through the area. They also used shovels to probe the dirt.

They then marked off the area with red evidence flags. The work wrapped up just before 10 p.m. Friday night. It is not known what was found - if anything.

Saturday morning, crews returned to the scene and began digging through the area searched the night before.

They then moved on to a small above-ground swimming pool in the yard. The Boise Fire Department helped drain the pool, and investigators removed it.

Crews then dug up the ground under the pool.

At about 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning, police crews left packed up the search materials, tore down a tent they had erected and left the scene.

Investigators probe a patch of land in the backyard of a home in S. Ada County with dowels as part of the search for Robert Manwill.

Article:
http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-aug0109-southdale_search_manwill.9a89aa7c.html
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Boise police search rental home, close off part of landfill in hunt for missing 8-year-old
Boise police search home in missing boy case
August 1st, 2009
<snipped>
Police have searched a rental home in southwest Boise and closed off a section of a landfill as they look for an 8-year-old boy who went missing more than a week ago.

Police searched his mother&#8217;s house Thursday night, and Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said new evidence in the case indicated the boy could be hurt &#8220;or the victim of a tragic event.&#8221;

On Saturday, police searched a southwest Boise home owned by Evan Wallis. Wallis told the Idaho Statesman he knows the family of Robert Manwill, but doesn&#8217;t understand why police are searching the rental home near Five Mile Road in Boise.

The renters of the home told KTVB-TV they knew the Manwills.

Article:
http://blog.taragana.com/n/boise-po...ndfill-in-hunt-for-missing-8-year-old-127797/

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[Dave AHFB]

reposting...again???

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Boise Police Department News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 01, 2009
<snipped>
Latest News Conference on Missing Boy (Video) - Media Information

Watch the latest News Conference in the Robert Manwill missing child investigation, and to find media contact info.

Speakers:
Deputy Chief Jim Kerns, Boise Police Department
Idaho National Guard Lt Colonel Tim Marsano
Family representative Trish Burrill

All the latest information will be posted at www.boisepolice.org

News media briefings will be held daily, until further notice, at Boise City Hall West, 333 N. Sailfish Place.

Watch the latest News Conference 08/01/09
http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/Multimedia/DepartmentVideos/LatestManwillPresserV7.wmv

For Latest Information:
http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/NewsReleases/2009/page45044.aspx

Article:
http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/NewsReleases/2009/page45044.aspx
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Search for missing boy becomes "focused"
01:36 PM MDT on Saturday, August 1, 2009
<snipped>
After a day of rapid developments into the search for missing boy Robert Manwill, the news again slowed to a crawl Saturday.

Boise Police Deputy Chief Jim Kerns told media during a noon briefing that the search is still ongoing, and has become "more focused," after a widespread effort involved more than 2,300 volunteers Friday.

Investigators spent much of Friday night and early Saturday searching a home on Southdale St. in S. Ada County, but those efforts ended at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday with no announced outcome. Kerns said the Southdale location is just one of a number of areas being looked at.

Kerns says a number of tips continue to pour in by phone, e-mail and U.S. Mail - more than 300 in all. He said a large amount of evidence has been collected, but they cannot detail what that evidence includes.

He said activity will continue by the hour throughout the weekend.

As has become common practice at the media briefings, Kerns was flanked by members of Manwill's family. For the first time, his older brother was present. Manwill's his father and wife, aunt, uncle and his maternal grandparents also attended the briefing.

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.

Article:
http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-aug0109-manwill_sat_morning.9a96d026.html
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Robert Manwill's uncle: Speculation about suspects is premature
Published: 08/01/09
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Robert Manwill&#8217;s uncle said speculation about criminal suspects in his nephew&#8217;s disappearance is premature.

Layn Branson of Boise responded Saturday to reports that Robert&#8217;s mother, Melissa Jenkins, and her boyfriend, Daniel Ehrlick Jr., were prime suspects.

&#8220;I would have to say that&#8217;s bunk right now because we haven&#8217;t been told anything,&#8221; Branson said shortly before Saturday&#8217;s press conference with Boise police. Branson&#8217;s sister, Afton, is married to Robert&#8217;s father, Charles.

Branson said he&#8217;s attended police briefings with family members and that there&#8217;s been no suggestion that Jenkins and Ehrlick are targets of the investigation.

&#8220;We don&#8217;t know,&#8221; Branson said. &#8220;All we know is that they&#8217;ve been talked to.&#8221;

Boise Police Chief Mike Masterson said he is unaware of any list ranking suspects. &#8220;We are not focused on any on specific area,&#8221; Masterson said Saturday. &#8220;We are doing a thorough investigation.&#8221;

Layn Branson

See a photo gallery from the search for Robert Manwill:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/397/gallery/848267.html

Article:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/852991.html
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Melissa Scott Jenkins Proves Current Custody Rules No Guarantee Against Child Injury
Aug 1, 2009
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In this case, we have a woman, Melissa Scott Jenkins, who is the mother of three children, each with a different father (FoxNews, 7/31/09). In 2008, she pleaded guilty to willfully fracturing the skull of her infant son by striking it on "a surface." For that she was sentenced to 29 days of work release and fined $75.50. Prior to that incident, the boy was either in state custody or that of his father, and Jenkins had visitation rights.

Now a second of Jenkins's sons, eight-year-old Robert Manwill, is missing. Boise, Idaho police fear he may be injured and Jenkins isn't talking. Robert's father had custody of him and Jenkins had visitation rights. He disappeared during one of Jenkins' visitation periods.

Jenkins' third child is a two-year-old daughter, also in the custody of her father. Mercifully, she seems to remain alive and uninjured.

Feminist organizations like NOW oppose equally shared parenting on the spurious basis that, if fathers are allowed equal rights in family courts, children will be thrust into the hands of violent abusers. The reasons why that is a nonsensical argument are too numerous to mention in this posting, but the case of Melissa Scott Jenkins amply illustrates a few.

First, existing child custody laws don't do a great job of preventing injuries to children by their parents. In the Jenkins case, her willful fracturing of a toddler's skull was apparently insufficient to convince a court to restrict her contact with her other children to only supervised visitation, or less. Why? We don't know, but whatever the reason, the fact remains that under the current child custody scheme, parents injure children. If shared parenting were adopted, they still would. Shared parenting won't change human nature. To demand that it do so is to set the bar well too high.

Under any child custody system, Melissa Scott Jenkins apparently should at most have some sort of supervised visitation. That's because she's proven herself to be a serious danger to children
in her care. Equally shared parenting isn't about protecting the rights of women or men like her. Under equally shared parenting, courts will still have to decide on whether a parent presents a danger to a child. If she/he does, then appropriate measures can be taken to protect the child. If not, then 50/50 custody is the rule.

The next time a feminist organization like NOW argues in favor of the current, radically unequal system, remember Melissa Scott Jenkins.

Article:
http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks...tody-rules-no-guarantee-against-child-injury/

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[Melanie]

I can't break away from this thread. Last night I took a bottle of wine out to the deck to read a book and get away from bad news....I ended up back here on my bberry.....

Me too - though I can't drink the vino. I didn't get to bet until 1:00, then just laid there - praying.

Melanie

 

[cre8tive1]

Has anyone here discovered the name of the judge that let this woman off so leniently after she hurt her other small child that was taken away from her? I think these judges need to be held accountable in cases like this...Quite frankly I am outraged that she only got her hands-slapped! Is no-one else?

 

[tfrohning]

Boise Police Department News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 01, 2009
<snipped>
Latest News Conference on Missing Boy (Video) - Media Information

Watch the latest News Conference in the Robert Manwill missing child investigation, and to find media contact info.

Speakers:
Deputy Chief Jim Kerns, Boise Police Department
Idaho National Guard Lt Colonel Tim Marsano
Family representative Trish Burrill

All the latest information will be posted at www.boisepolice.org

News media briefings will be held daily, until further notice, at Boise City Hall West, 333 N. Sailfish Place.

Watch the latest News Conference 08/01/09
http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/Multimedia/DepartmentVideos/LatestManwillPresserV7.wmv

For Latest Information:
http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/NewsReleases/2009/page45044.aspx

Article:
http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/NewsReleases/2009/page45044.aspx
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Search for missing boy becomes "focused"
01:36 PM MDT on Saturday, August 1, 2009
<snipped>
After a day of rapid developments into the search for missing boy Robert Manwill, the news again slowed to a crawl Saturday.

Boise Police Deputy Chief Jim Kerns told media during a noon briefing that the search is still ongoing, and has become "more focused," after a widespread effort involved more than 2,300 volunteers Friday.

Investigators spent much of Friday night and early Saturday searching a home on Southdale St. in S. Ada County, but those efforts ended at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday with no announced outcome. Kerns said the Southdale location is just one of a number of areas being looked at.

Kerns says a number of tips continue to pour in by phone, e-mail and U.S. Mail - more than 300 in all. He said a large amount of evidence has been collected, but they cannot detail what that evidence includes.

He said activity will continue by the hour throughout the weekend.

As has become common practice at the media briefings, Kerns was flanked by members of Manwill's family. For the first time, his older brother was present. Manwill's his father and wife, aunt, uncle and his maternal grandparents also attended the briefing.

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.

Article:
http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-aug0109-manwill_sat_morning.9a96d026.html

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bbe
What, they don't know where they are? that crazy. Sorry I mis read...

 

[Melanie]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.

Well now that's strikingly odd. If you would want an update on your missing child, wouldn't you want to be there surrounded by family and friends. I know - too quick to judge, but this woman doesn't seem allright in the head to me. And don't the police know where she is (I'm sure they do). Sorry, this has guilt written all over it.

Mel

ETA: Maybe LE has them in a hotel and are doing a ton of questioning right now....I hope.

 

[tfrohning]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.

Well now that's strikingly odd. If you would want an update on your missing child, wouldn't you want to be there surrounded by family and friends. I know - too quick to judge, but this woman doesn't seem allright in the head to me. And don't the police know where she is (I'm sure they do). Sorry, this has guilt written all over it.

Mel

ETA: Maybe LE has them in a hotel and are doing a ton of questioning right now....I hope.

I thought the same thing, maybe Robert's dad wants to beat the crap out them. (maybe he alway did the boyfriend)
I try not to be one to judge to quickly, but not in this case, they know where Robert is or what happen. no doubt in my mind. My blood is boiling over this.

 

[Angel Who Cares]

cre8tive1 I seen the Judge's name that let Robert's mom(if you can call her one...I can't & would get a TO if I called her what I want too!) off with just a slap on the wrist for fracturing her 9month old yesterday in a comment in an article with a link. There were actually 2 Judges that over seen the case. I have to go do to the store shortly, but will try to see if I can find the names for you where I read it. Along with the link to the site that confirms the names.

I did read that one of the Judges is one who let off a teacher with probation only who was having sexual relations with a student!

I'll post the names & link as soon as I find it again!

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[Angel Who Cares]

I also read that Robert's mother's BF was in the hospital yesterday from a drug overdose....now keep in mind this could just be a rumor & is not backed up with any article or from LE at this time.

I read about this in the comments from this article as well as the Judges name in the case against Robert's mother:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/851769.html

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[Angel Who Cares]

UNCUT: Saturday Manwill news conference 08/01/09 6:11
http://www.ktvb.com/video/index.html?nvid=385237

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