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Todd Scales.
Todd, if I may call you that, thank you so much for joining us on the phone as our expert panel listens. With the news that Joelle Lockwood has been
found, I have to ask you, sir, does that give you -- and I know you`re going through a nightmare of a situation right now, does it give you any
hope that your daughter who vanished just 20 miles away in the same time frame could also somehow disappear?
TODD SCALES, KRISTY KELLY`S FATHER (via phone): We can all hope so.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Is there...
SCALES: We cling to that.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Have police told you anything about your daughter`s disappearance?
SCALES: No, they haven`t. We`re still kind of waiting, I suppose. We know there`s still no clues, no evidence of anything.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: That`s unbelievable.
Now, the night your daughter vanished, she was out having a few drinks with some friends at a VFW hall.
Her cell phone was found inside the bathroom. The last trace of Kristy came from a surveillance camera down the street at a Tasty Freeze. And you
see it right there. It looks like Kristy`s SUV driving past about 20 minutes after she was last seen at the bar. But of course, it`s difficult
to tell who`s driving the SUV. Kristy drives a silver 2003 Nissan Xterra, license plate ZF858 [SIC]. She lives, I understand, just over a mile with
you, with the parents, with you, Todd, I understand, just about a mile away from the VFW hall she was hanging out at.
So what on earth, Todd, could have happened during that one mile or just over a mile after she`s last seen at the bar on August 15 and, in the early
morning hours, about
1:30 decides to leave?
SCALES: That is the question we would like some answers to also. Believe me, it`s ran through our mind many of times. It`s about a four-minute
drive from the VFW, so we have no idea what has happened.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Now I remember that we`ve covered this story before. She was talking to two friends. She happens to be friendly with the bartender.
I believe that bartender is a woman. She had just started at the bar, and she was being instructed, kind of, by the manager. And those two went off
to cash out the bar at the end of the night, and when they came back, your daughter was gone. But she had left her cell phone in the bathroom. Is
that accurate, sir?
SCALES: Yes, that would be accurate.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: They`ve talked to both those people, the manager, undoubtedly, and the female bartender. Did they get any sense that there
was any creep weirdo hanging out there that night who may have gotten fixated on your beautiful daughter? Any tips offered by these two
individuals? Have you talked to them?
SCALES: We have spoken with them, and no there was nothing like that going on that we`re aware of. Unfortunately, the VFW doesn`t have any
surveillance cameras in their parking lot. So once she went out to her car, we really have no idea what happened at that point.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Unbelievable. Well, I want to stop for one second. Let me ask you one more question, Todd, if I may call you that. Did your
daughter have any romantic interests, any boyfriend that she may have had a fight with, anything of that nature?
SCALES: None that she would have had a fight with that -- again, that I`m aware of. She was seeing a gentleman. He`s been helping in the search
efforts and doesn`t seem to be a suspect.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: And the cops won`t tell you a thing?
SCALES: Well, they`re like us. They`re still searching for answers also.