CO - Jessica Ridgeway, 10, Westminster, 5 Oct 2012 - #1

[dillysmom11]

@WestminsterPD confirms items found during searches today, still determining if any have connection to #JessicaRidgeway #AdamsCo #Denver

Hello, Knox. :seeya: Any update on this?

 

[shefner]

Yes, It was on the news most of the day.

Sorry, I've been gone all day and just got in and I'm trying to play catch-up now.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

I am praying she will be found and is ok.

 

[LisaCougar]

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingn...ght-search-fails-find-10-year-old-westminster


More than 700 volunteers joined Westminster police officers, firefighters and the FBI in a massive search for a 10-year-old girl who disappeared Friday morning during the first three blocks of her walk to school.

 

[Ms Suzanne]

Are they searching for her with cadaver dogs too.

 

[Seek&Find]

Only 3rd Amber Alert issued in CO this year per Fox31. (We usu. watch 9News @ 10.). Officials said they'll leave up the Amber Alert signs "for as long as it takes."

 

[Seek&Find]

Missing Colorado Girl has KC Ties

Girl missing from Denver has ties to Independence


Glad she's getting coverage in other states.

Scratch that. She's getting international coverage!

UK Daily Mail: Girl, 10, goes missing while walking to a park THREE BLOCKS from home on her way to school

 

[Knox]

Hello, Knox. :seeya: Any update on this?

Not that I've seen DM

 

[scorekeeper]

Cheryl Preheim‏@CherylPreheim

New estimate on volunteers who searched for #JessicaRidgeway is 800. Her Mom tells police community support means so much

 

[scorekeeper]

Matt Flener‏@mattflener

JUST IN: "She is a beautiful, wonderful little girl and we want her back.” #jessicaridgeway 's great grandmother Donna Moss

 

[scorekeeper]

9NEWS Denver‏@9NEWS

We are hearing from the great grandmother of #JessicaRidgeway who lives near Kansas City with her father. More on 9NEWS at 10pm

 

[Knox]

Matt Flener ‏@mattflener Great-grandmother and dad of #jessicaridgeway live together in Independence, Mo. She says police came to search their house yesterday.

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

I live just south of her neighborhood and joined the search for a few hours this afternoon today. Our group searched a park/open space area in my neighborhood, about 2 miles south (as the crow flies) of where she disappeared.

FWIW, she does not have a 1.3-mile walk to school. Like any of the kids around here, I'm sure she took the straightest path, which would be across the open space to the back end of the school and then to wherever her classroom is. That's typical for all the schools in the area. The news reports seem to assume that she stays on the road the entire way, but if she did, there's no way she'd make it to school on time (she reportedly left at 8:30 and school starts at 8:50. The average person walks about 1 mile in 20 minutes, kids tend to be slower). Many kids walk to school in this area.

Regarding the attempted abductions in the area: those both took place miles south, around 58th Ave and maybe a little further north. Last fall a man tried to lure kids into his car a couple of times too, though not near a school, and none of them were north of 80th Ave. All of these attempts were several miles south. Obviously, that doesn't stop someone from coming further north, but all other attempts had been concentrated in a very different area that's at least a 15-20 minute drive with traffic and stoplights and all.

What is more concerning is that on Memorial Day, a man grabbed a woman jogging and put a cloth smelling like some sort of chemicals over her mouth and nose. She fought her way free. There was a similar attempt in 2010. Reports that say Labor Day are incorrect, and I know this because I'd just run that same trail at Ketner Reservoir the evening before. IIRC, the attempt took place on the west or northwest part of the reservoir; Witt Elementary is directly north of the reservoir, just across the street.

This is typical suburbia. There are no homeless people hanging out in our parks, much less sleeping there overnight. Unfortunately, that makes it much more likely that it was someone she knew, probably living very close to her house, or someone who had been watching the school kids for a few days.

Thank you for the info regarding your community!

and... :welcome4:

 

[Knox]

Matt Flener ‏@mattflener Great grandmother of #jessicaridgeway says this case is “not a custody issue”

 

[SmoothOperator]

I'm in Denver metro and Jessica's alert ran across our screens pretty late last night. We prayed right away, and have continued to. It's hard to know what to hope for beyond her just being safe somewhere.

That said, I can't shake that there's some niggling something here, other than abduction. Not sure what, just a subjective sense that could be wrong. It could just be that the delay remind me of Kyron. (Yes, I'm following local news so I know mom works graveyards and didn't get the calls.)

I wonder if aunt & grandma work, were they home that morning or anytime during the day, etc?

The school day starts at Witt at 8:50 am per their newsletter.. The media or LE could've rounded the time, but it's been reported she left her house at 8:30 to walk 1.3 miles to school. Per these stats, it takes the average young woman ~ 15 minutes to walk one mile, walking as quickly as possible. Per this study, the average child takes 20 minutes to walk 1 mile. So, that timeframe's pretty tight for a child to leave the house, greet friends, not meander, and get to school and in class on time. Could be the timeframe and/or the mileage of the route the kids used was reported wrong. (My map app points to a shorter, faster route.)

Also, as linked here previously, there happened to be a custody hearing about Jessica in Missouri the very day she went missing.

link

Strange coincidence on the timing?

I've been through a difficult custody case with an ex. Why wasn't Jessica's mom at that hearing?

I wonder what time the hearing was and if there was any word back to CO that it didn't appear to go well, someone had safety concerns and panicked...?

Maybe the best hope here is that Jessica has been tucked away somewhere irt custody concerns, that'll be uncovered soon, and she's found safe and warm.

Still praying, still hoping she's found soon.

Moo

Whoa if coincidence its certainly a mighty big one..

As most are of the opinion that rarely in abduction/murder cases/investigations are there ever truly this type of mere coincidences..of course there are exceptions that are purely what they appear to be, a mere coincidence..but imo way more often than not when there is an abduction/murder and a mighty big coinky-dink such as this..well..its just not a coincidence..jmo and not at all attempting to state that this coincidence is somehow related to Jessica's abduction..it very well may be totally unrelated and coincidental.. Am merely discussing how in many other cases we learned something was as it first appeared or was presented as..

Just to be clear not stating the parents are one iota involved, but rather speaking in much more general terms about other abduction/murder cases..:moo:

 

[Knox]

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/livevideo

Grandma speaking

 

[Knox]

9NEWS Denver ‏@9NEWS Update from @WestminsterPD just into 9NEWS - They are following over 100 tips in the case of missing Westminster girl #JessicaRidgeway

 

[Knox]

That interview with Grandmother was so quick, I caught Dad's first name but not last. It did not sound like Ridgeway.

 

[Knox]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...40864236.49739.222558184447365&type=1&theater

 

[Knox]

Westminster Police ‏@WestminsterPD We have moved our command post back to the PD. We are no longer at the rec center. #jessicaridgeway