Travelers drew concerns
INQUIRY: Relatives of a child-











suspect say he brought children along on visits.
Buchanan's Family
Ron Baker, a distant cousin who lives in Arkansas, said he was shocked by the allegations. Baker said Buchanan, whom he referred to as "Uncle Earl," became his legal guardian after his mother died when he was 7.
Baker said while he lived with his grandparents in California, Buchanan would send him money to pay for clothes and food. When he left the Army and moved back to Arkansas, Buchanan helped him buy a home.
"He always took care of me. When I got in a bind, I'd call him up. I can't say nothing bad about the guy," Baker said.
Buchanan's brother, Winford, of Las Vegas, said Thursday that the two siblings have been estranged for two years.
"I hope he ends up paying for crimes he's been charged with," he said, declining to comment further.
Bill and Kathy Buchanan, the Arkansas couple, said
they thought it was strange when Earl Buchanan visited them about three years ago with two girls, about 11 and 13 years old. Buchanan wanted to adopt the older girl because she came from a troubled background, the couple said.
"I said, 'You've got to be out of your mind,' " Bill Buchanan recalled.
About six months earlier, Buchanan had brought a boy about 12 to Arkansas. The couple said they had not had the same concerns that time because Buchanan acted like a big brother to the boy, who, they were told, was from a poor family.
Earl Buchanan has been married three times and has two sons and one stepson, the Arkansas relatives said.
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