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Botanical search goal: Find Baby Kate
Police seek team members to help
Ludington police are seeking the help of those with knowledge in plant identification for a two-day search for missing Baby
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The search is planned around the two-year anniversary of the infant's disappearance on Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29, 24 Hour News 8 has learned. It will focus on botanical evidence found on Phillips' shoes that investigators hope will lead them to where he left his daughter.
Detectives will seek the help of qualified participants and are planning an application process to prepare the team. Details on that process will be released at a press conference scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Ludington City Council Chambers.
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Investigators have elicited the help of several experts including some from Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and the Chicago Field Museum.
Dr. Frank Telewski, a botany professor at Michigan State University, testified at Phillips' trial last year and discussed plant matter found on shoes that were taken as evidence from Phillips' home.
Telewski was unable to specify the location the plant matter came from but at trial said the shoes had likely been in a wet area.
Tuesday, Telewski named one of the plants investigators have identified.
"We did attempt to germinate some of the seeds we found on the shoes last year, but the seeds did not germinate. Fortunately, we were able to get a positive identification of the seeds/fruit thanks to the expertise of a botanist over at the University of Michigan," Telewski said in an email. "The Carex (common name is sedge, a grass-like plant of moist areas) fruit were identified..."
Authorities will also focus on Sphagnum plants, a type of moss that grows in wet areas.
Police plan to release specifics on what they are looking for Wednesday.
http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/nw_mich/baby-kate-case-news-conference-on-april-3
Police seek team members to help
Ludington police are seeking the help of those with knowledge in plant identification for a two-day search for missing Baby
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The search is planned around the two-year anniversary of the infant's disappearance on Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29, 24 Hour News 8 has learned. It will focus on botanical evidence found on Phillips' shoes that investigators hope will lead them to where he left his daughter.
Detectives will seek the help of qualified participants and are planning an application process to prepare the team. Details on that process will be released at a press conference scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Ludington City Council Chambers.
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Investigators have elicited the help of several experts including some from Michigan State University, the University of Michigan and the Chicago Field Museum.
Dr. Frank Telewski, a botany professor at Michigan State University, testified at Phillips' trial last year and discussed plant matter found on shoes that were taken as evidence from Phillips' home.
Telewski was unable to specify the location the plant matter came from but at trial said the shoes had likely been in a wet area.
Tuesday, Telewski named one of the plants investigators have identified.
"We did attempt to germinate some of the seeds we found on the shoes last year, but the seeds did not germinate. Fortunately, we were able to get a positive identification of the seeds/fruit thanks to the expertise of a botanist over at the University of Michigan," Telewski said in an email. "The Carex (common name is sedge, a grass-like plant of moist areas) fruit were identified..."
Authorities will also focus on Sphagnum plants, a type of moss that grows in wet areas.
Police plan to release specifics on what they are looking for Wednesday.
http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/nw_mich/baby-kate-case-news-conference-on-april-3