Amy and her father left for the farm sometime between 11 AM and 12 noon.
The drive to the farm takes between an hour and an hour and a half. Depending on whether you have to wait for the trains in Anoka, how many tractors you get stuck behind, how many red lights you hit, and how long you have to wait to get across some of the intersections, 95 in Isanti County can be very busy sometimes even back then. Usually, it's about an hour and 10 to 20 minutes.
I do not know and Marshall does not remember at this point how long the drive was to go up there.
I do know that both Lieut. Markgraf and the private investigator Dave Rogers drove up to our farm. Lieut. Markgraf told me that from the statement that the neighbor provided and the gas receipt that Marshall and Amys drive back from the farm would have been about 1 hour and 15 minutes. This I do remember.
The gas receipt was provided to law enforcement. The neighbors statement of the time also is something law enforcement has. Because I am working from memory, I can only give you estimates. Law Enforcement had all these details.
I can only provide what I think it is, not what I know for certain, it's been nearly 25 years.
I think the gas receipt was time stamped about 4:42- 4:52 PM but I'm not certain. I'm fairly positive that it was before 5 PM and after 4:30 PM.
Marshall does not recall right now whether he told Amy he was going to pay for gas and then go to the bathroom, or if he paid for the gas 1st and then went to the car to tell Amy he had to go the bathroom. He got the key for the bathroom and went. This bathroom visit was not just a quick urination. The bathrooms were located on the outside of the gas station. I don't think he really has any idea how long he was in there. It was probably a good 15 min. or more. The only thing he does know is when he returned to the car she wasn't there.
Marshall looked around the gas station both inside and outside, he looked in the back alley, up-and-down the streets, there were 2 stores next to the gas station one was a bakery, I don't remember what the other store was. But he did look through the windows of those stores to see if she was there.
He called me but the 1st time, I did not get to the phone in time. I really don't know what time the 1st call came, the one that I didn't get to the phone in time.
He called again and I got to the phone in time for the 2nd call. I answered the phone and he was quite frantic, he said I can't find Amy I can't find Amy she's missing she's gone. He was talking so fast that a lot of the other words I could not understand. I had to ask him to stop, slow down and then he told me what happened. He also asked was Amy at home had she walked home. He told me he had been looking all over for her. I do not recall how long this this phone call was. I believe the 2nd phone call came in sometime between 5:15 PM and 5:30 PM remember this is almost 25 years ago I'm not entirely certain of the time, perhaps it was a little bit later than 5:30.
Marshall hung up the phone and called law enforcement.
He told law enforcement that Amy was missing. The law enforcement dispatch told Marshall to go home and they would be sending an officer to our house.
Marshall called me back and told me that they would be sending an officer to our house. This 3rd call to me was within about 5 min. after he ended the 2nd call.
I was extremely shocked that the police told him to go home and I asked him, did you misunderstand? Did they really tell you to go home and they werent going to meet you there (at the gas station)? Marshall said, yes, they told me to go home. Marshall then told me that he was going to drive through the streets of Osseo towards the school on the chance that she may have decided to walk home.
I could not believe that the police had actually told Marshall to leave the gas station and told him to go home. I thought Marshall had to have misunderstood and so I then called police dispatch to ask them, did you really tell him to go home, and they said yes, we will be sending an officer to your house.
Marshall arrived at home, and asked, have the police been here already? I said no, and his response was, where are they? I called them again to ask, and they said they would be sending an officer in a little bit again. Well at least I think I called them again I may be mixing up the statement the officer will be there in a little bit with the previous call.
Please remember, it has been 25 years, this is only the best that I can remember.
The drive to the farm takes between an hour and an hour and a half. Depending on whether you have to wait for the trains in Anoka, how many tractors you get stuck behind, how many red lights you hit, and how long you have to wait to get across some of the intersections, 95 in Isanti County can be very busy sometimes even back then. Usually, it's about an hour and 10 to 20 minutes.
I do not know and Marshall does not remember at this point how long the drive was to go up there.
I do know that both Lieut. Markgraf and the private investigator Dave Rogers drove up to our farm. Lieut. Markgraf told me that from the statement that the neighbor provided and the gas receipt that Marshall and Amys drive back from the farm would have been about 1 hour and 15 minutes. This I do remember.
The gas receipt was provided to law enforcement. The neighbors statement of the time also is something law enforcement has. Because I am working from memory, I can only give you estimates. Law Enforcement had all these details.
I can only provide what I think it is, not what I know for certain, it's been nearly 25 years.
I think the gas receipt was time stamped about 4:42- 4:52 PM but I'm not certain. I'm fairly positive that it was before 5 PM and after 4:30 PM.
Marshall does not recall right now whether he told Amy he was going to pay for gas and then go to the bathroom, or if he paid for the gas 1st and then went to the car to tell Amy he had to go the bathroom. He got the key for the bathroom and went. This bathroom visit was not just a quick urination. The bathrooms were located on the outside of the gas station. I don't think he really has any idea how long he was in there. It was probably a good 15 min. or more. The only thing he does know is when he returned to the car she wasn't there.
Marshall looked around the gas station both inside and outside, he looked in the back alley, up-and-down the streets, there were 2 stores next to the gas station one was a bakery, I don't remember what the other store was. But he did look through the windows of those stores to see if she was there.
He called me but the 1st time, I did not get to the phone in time. I really don't know what time the 1st call came, the one that I didn't get to the phone in time.
He called again and I got to the phone in time for the 2nd call. I answered the phone and he was quite frantic, he said I can't find Amy I can't find Amy she's missing she's gone. He was talking so fast that a lot of the other words I could not understand. I had to ask him to stop, slow down and then he told me what happened. He also asked was Amy at home had she walked home. He told me he had been looking all over for her. I do not recall how long this this phone call was. I believe the 2nd phone call came in sometime between 5:15 PM and 5:30 PM remember this is almost 25 years ago I'm not entirely certain of the time, perhaps it was a little bit later than 5:30.
Marshall hung up the phone and called law enforcement.
He told law enforcement that Amy was missing. The law enforcement dispatch told Marshall to go home and they would be sending an officer to our house.
Marshall called me back and told me that they would be sending an officer to our house. This 3rd call to me was within about 5 min. after he ended the 2nd call.
I was extremely shocked that the police told him to go home and I asked him, did you misunderstand? Did they really tell you to go home and they werent going to meet you there (at the gas station)? Marshall said, yes, they told me to go home. Marshall then told me that he was going to drive through the streets of Osseo towards the school on the chance that she may have decided to walk home.
I could not believe that the police had actually told Marshall to leave the gas station and told him to go home. I thought Marshall had to have misunderstood and so I then called police dispatch to ask them, did you really tell him to go home, and they said yes, we will be sending an officer to your house.
Marshall arrived at home, and asked, have the police been here already? I said no, and his response was, where are they? I called them again to ask, and they said they would be sending an officer in a little bit again. Well at least I think I called them again I may be mixing up the statement the officer will be there in a little bit with the previous call.
Please remember, it has been 25 years, this is only the best that I can remember.
