MN MN - Elle Ragin, 6, Mother Found Deceased, Northfield, July 2022

[Leve]

Minnesota police searching for missing 6-year-old girl after woman's suicide

Police are urgently seeking the whereabouts of Minnesota 6-year-old Ellie Ragin after she inexplicably went missing on Saturday afternoon.

www.foxnews.com

This doesn't sound good at all.

 

[Tealgrove]

Oh my Goodness. This is really bad.

Sigh…

 

[borndem]

Hmmm -- this is, I must say, a very interesting case.
Apparently the mom's death is a suicide. Period.
I'd like to know about the "how" of her death and why LE seems so sure it's suicide.

I can't imagine little Ellie just walking out of that house by herself unless some neighbors or relatives were close to the place where she and her mom lived, and we haven't heard anything about that -- I'm assuming LE already checked with neighbors, if there were any.
Little Ellie has disappeared -- either she is hiding, or has been taken by someone.
I hope, if she is with some people, she is in good hands. Also hoping that if she is, those folks with get in touch with LE.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Hmmm -- this is, I must say, a very interesting case.
Apparently the mom's death is a suicide. Period.
I'd like to know about the "how" of her death and why LE seems so sure it's suicide.

I can't imagine little Ellie just walking out of that house by herself unless some neighbors or relatives were close to the place where she and her mom lived, and we haven't heard anything about that -- I'm assuming LE already checked with neighbors, if there were any.
Little Ellie has disappeared -- either she is hiding, or has been taken by someone.
I hope, if she is with some people, she is in good hands. Also hoping that if she is, those folks with get in touch with LE.

I just said a prayer for a miracle. I fear she needs one. I wish we knew more about the mom and her habits. I sure do hope we don’t find the mom took her life because she took little Ellie’s life and hid her somewhere. There is a water area running through Northfield:

HEATH CREEK NEAR NORTHFIELD, MN

Monitoring location 05355020 is associated with a STREAM in RICE COUNTY, MINNESOTA. Water data back to 1965 are available online.

waterdata.usgs.gov

 

[Stunned]

Oh boy! Already missing 2 weeks?

 

[borndem]

Prayers from here, too.
Your and LE's theory for little Ellie's disappearance, sad to say, makes the most sense, @imstilla.grandma. And if it is so, WTH made mom do that? We have no idea what mom may have been dealing with in her life. Hoping for more details... As usual.
That creek is fairly good-sized, but if that sweet little girl's body is in there, it will be found sooner or later. SMH.
Hoping for good news, but...

 

[mpnola]

I dont understand this story. Thats never a good start. Who is this lady that "committed suicide"?

 

[mpnola]

"Hopeful for a positive outcome": Search continues for missing 6-year-old in Northfield

Investigators said they found the body of Ragin's mother, Lisa Wade, on Saturday when a relative called and requested a welfare check at her townhouse.

www.cbsnews.com

Ok, this says it's her mother and she could be involved. Still not making complete sense, but even worse.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

*The Facebook post shared earlier has a comment about the correct spelling of Elle’s name. Also last post I just saw has link to show Mom with little Elle looking so happy and cute…

Witnesses at the scene told FOX 9 there was a large group of people searching cornfields by the townhouses and flying drones overhead yesterday. Agents from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension were seen going in and out of the home Sunday morning.

Northfield PD continues search for 6-year-old girl after mother found dead

The search for a six-year-old girl in Northfield, Minnesota continued Sunday after her mother was found dead inside their home on Saturday.

www.fox9.com

 

[mpnola]

If anyone finds mom Lisa wade social media, can you please link? Thanks

 

[Stunned]

Wondering if there is a father around or any paternal relatives.

 

[ClaireNC]

Oh boy! Already missing 2 weeks?

Hopefully not! It could be that they are trying to create timeline of what happened the 2 weeks before the suicide. On the other hand, it could be the last confirmed sighting was 2 weeks ago.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

A former neighbor of Lisa Wade's wrote on Facebook: 'She is the sweetest little girl, and she had a wonderful family

Fears grow for missing Minnesota girl whose mother killed herself

Police in Minnesota are still search for a missing 6-year-old girl, a day after her mother was found dead after an apparent suicide.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[gliving]

https://twitter.com/Kirsten_TV
@Kirsten_TV

Update from Northfield Chief Mark Elliott - search continues. He says Elle was last seen at her home in Northfield where her mother was found dead on Saturday. They are using a helicopter, drones and other techniques to search the area.
@WCCO
2:30 PM · Jul 3, 2022

@Kirsten_TV

A helicopter is circling the cornfields near the home of #missing 6-year-old Elle Ragin.
@WCCO

https://twitter.com/x/status/1543673600493977600

https://twitter.com/Kirsten_TV
@Kirsten_TV

Crime scene tape is still up outside the townhomes in #Northfield where Elle Ragin’s mother was found dead Saturday. A neighbor I spoke to said police went door to door asking neighbors for information.
@WCCO

 

[gliving]

 

[katydid23]

This is so heartbreaking to see Mom and daughter smiling at each other. I cannot think of a scenario that makes sense.

No way that Mom would kill herself with her 6 yr old alive and well in the next room. I just don't believe that happened.

So Mom hopefully would have stashed her child safely with someone else, or sadly, maybe something bad had alrerasdy happened to the child, which triggered Moms suicide?

OR maybe it wasn't a suicide---and someone took the child?

 

[Kip]

This reminds me of the Timmothy Pitzen case (mom commited suicide and child is missing). Hope this sweet little girl is found safe.

 

[katydid23]

It said 'an apparent suicide,' in the police statement.

I wish it was more straightforward. It seems that it is open and could be homicide, or a staged suicide scene.

 

[mpnola]

It said 'an apparent suicide,' in the police statement.

I wish it was more straightforward. It seems that it is open and could be homicide, or a staged suicide scene.

And they say they think she is involved in the child's disappearance! It's why I want to see her social media. To get a better picture of what was going on to have some ideas of where the child might be. This is a hard one.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

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... Wade was found dead in her Northfield home from an apparent suicide on Saturday. Police believe she may have had something to do with Ragin's disappearance. Northfield Police Department

Investigators spent Sunday processing the apartment and Wade’s vehicle. Canine teams, drones and a helicopter from the Minnesota State Patrol all searched the area, with no results.

Northfield police search for missing 6-year-old girl

Investigators said the girl, Elle Ragin, is approximately 3’6”, 45 lbs., with brown curly hair and brown eyes. Her mother was found dead on Saturday.

www.mprnews.org

600 Maple Brook Ct
Northfield, MN 55057: