Found Deceased KY - Kandi Green Gonzalez 36, scared, called mom, jumped in creek, Prestonsburg, 1 Jun 2021 *Reward*
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Why did the family have to hire a SAR team?
Because the Kentucky police showed no interest.
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A massive search is being conducted today, June 19 for Kandi.
Anyone wanting to participate please go to Bonanza Church on Abbott Rd to check in. You will be assigned an area to search; you will be asked to check out once you are done.
A massive search is being conducted today, June 19 for Kandi.
Anyone wanting to participate please go to Bonanza Church on Abbott Rd to check in. You will be assigned an area to search; you will be asked to check out once you are done.
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WHERE’S KANDI? 36-year-old woman jumps into Kentucky creek, disappears
Anyone with information is asked to please call the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office at 606-886-6171 or the anonymous tip line at 606-949-2020.
Anyone with information is asked to please call the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office at 606-886-6171 or the anonymous tip line at 606-949-2020.
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Praying today's search will yield clues about Kandi's location.
It would be very helpful to know more about the moments leading up to her altercation with her boyfriend, that resulted in her being, "thrown out." This might give clues as to what was happening with Kandi's state of mind from the time we saw her on video in a homeowner's yard and just before she entered the creek.
It would be very helpful to know more about the moments leading up to her altercation with her boyfriend, that resulted in her being, "thrown out." This might give clues as to what was happening with Kandi's state of mind from the time we saw her on video in a homeowner's yard and just before she entered the creek.
To have 3 sets of people (boyfriend, boys in car and home owner) treat you badly and not help is just awful. What is wrong with that community?!?
Please don't assume, from the limited information we have, that she was actually mistreated by the people mentioned. We don't know with certainty what her state of mind was. She may have been behaving so bizarrely that the others were frightened of her.
Yes, they probably were a bit frightened, but from the video we've seen, Kandi wasn't violent towards them, nor did she have a a weapon, nor was she verbally aggressive.
It appeared to me she was in a catatonic state of fear, confusion and bewilderment.
I didn't say the people she encountered mistreated her, but they were a slack with genuinely helping her as a fellow human being in distress, and the boys in the car were judgemental and rude.
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Is there video of the boys in the car interacting with Kandi?
I think in the video, one of the boys from in the car has got out in the yard and is telling the woman who owns the house that Kandy is 'crazy'.....
Aside from that, I don't believe there is anything else.
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Search continues for Kandi Gonzalez
Here’s one of the latest articles regarding Kandi missing; it includes an interview with the Floyd Co sheriff.
June 20
“We’ve had numerous resources in trying to find Kandi but so far no luck,” said Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt.
Deputies, K9 crews and local first responders were out once again searching for Kandi Green Gonzalez, who has been reported missing since Jun. 1.
“It’s the weirdest thing in the world,” Hunt said. “She was just wandering around somebody’s backyard and she runs through the creek and just disappears. Nobody chasing her. Nothing to suspect anything than she was just on her own, ran into the creek and so far she hasn’t been found.”
“For this last couple of weeks or week or so,” Hunt said. “They’ve called us continuously to tell us they’ve searched their buildings, they’ve searched their barns, even the underpinning of their house, everywhere on their property to try to help us rule out places that we don’t have to go back and search.”
Hunt says that cadaver dogs have replaced tracking dogs in the search.
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Sorry to keep coming back to this, but for whatever reason it still bugs me...
Merely my opinion, but once again the way the sheriff describes the circumstances around Kandi last seen in the homeowner’s yard does not seem to reflect what the snip of video that’s been shared nor what family has shared in other articles.
When I read the sheriff’s interview here, I read it as him saying Kandi just happened to be in someone’s yard for no apparent reason and then just decided to run to the creek, again for no apparent reason. JMO
Also, it’s so heartbreaking anytime you read cadaver dogs have replaced tracking dogs, but if Kandi didn’t make it out of those woods after this much time has passed, I just don’t know how there could be any other outcome. Heartbreaking indeed.
Here’s one of the latest articles regarding Kandi missing; it includes an interview with the Floyd Co sheriff.
June 20
“We’ve had numerous resources in trying to find Kandi but so far no luck,” said Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt.
Deputies, K9 crews and local first responders were out once again searching for Kandi Green Gonzalez, who has been reported missing since Jun. 1.
“It’s the weirdest thing in the world,” Hunt said. “She was just wandering around somebody’s backyard and she runs through the creek and just disappears. Nobody chasing her. Nothing to suspect anything than she was just on her own, ran into the creek and so far she hasn’t been found.”
“For this last couple of weeks or week or so,” Hunt said. “They’ve called us continuously to tell us they’ve searched their buildings, they’ve searched their barns, even the underpinning of their house, everywhere on their property to try to help us rule out places that we don’t have to go back and search.”
Hunt says that cadaver dogs have replaced tracking dogs in the search.
BBM for focus
Sorry to keep coming back to this, but for whatever reason it still bugs me...
Merely my opinion, but once again the way the sheriff describes the circumstances around Kandi last seen in the homeowner’s yard does not seem to reflect what the snip of video that’s been shared nor what family has shared in other articles.
When I read the sheriff’s interview here, I read it as him saying Kandi just happened to be in someone’s yard for no apparent reason and then just decided to run to the creek, again for no apparent reason. JMO
Also, it’s so heartbreaking anytime you read cadaver dogs have replaced tracking dogs, but if Kandi didn’t make it out of those woods after this much time has passed, I just don’t know how there could be any other outcome. Heartbreaking indeed.
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Powell County Search and Rescue Called to Aid in Search for Missing Woman
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JUNE 17
Powell County Search and Rescue received a request for assistance regarding a missing person case in Floyd county.
David Nelson with Hunter Hounds, of Estill County, made the request after one of his dogs was bitten on the nose by a copperhead. SAR Members Dwayne Estes and Jeremy Urekew along with Hunter Hounds were involved in the search for 36-year-old Kandi Gonzales of Prestonsburg who was reported missing.
Dogs with Hunter’s Houds located a shoe near the creek but Gonzales has yet to be found.
Dwayne from SAR described the muddy terrain of Abbott Creek difficult to traverse and heat as incredible. Searchers climbed up the mountain in groups of five for more than five hours.
Gonzales’s last communication was with her mother who stated her boyfriend had kicked her out.
I asked Dwayne with Powell County SAR how he felt leaving the scene. “I went home and thought of her all evening wishing we could have brought closure to the family.” As a team POCO SAR members all share these feelings all too often.
If you know the whereabouts or have any information about Kandi Gonzales contact the Kentucky State Police post at 606-433-7711.
Additional link (shares info on one of the SAR groups called in to help)
JUNE 17
Powell County Search and Rescue received a request for assistance regarding a missing person case in Floyd county.
David Nelson with Hunter Hounds, of Estill County, made the request after one of his dogs was bitten on the nose by a copperhead. SAR Members Dwayne Estes and Jeremy Urekew along with Hunter Hounds were involved in the search for 36-year-old Kandi Gonzales of Prestonsburg who was reported missing.
Dogs with Hunter’s Houds located a shoe near the creek but Gonzales has yet to be found.
Dwayne from SAR described the muddy terrain of Abbott Creek difficult to traverse and heat as incredible. Searchers climbed up the mountain in groups of five for more than five hours.
Gonzales’s last communication was with her mother who stated her boyfriend had kicked her out.
I asked Dwayne with Powell County SAR how he felt leaving the scene. “I went home and thought of her all evening wishing we could have brought closure to the family.” As a team POCO SAR members all share these feelings all too often.
If you know the whereabouts or have any information about Kandi Gonzales contact the Kentucky State Police post at 606-433-7711.
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I get the feeling she felt she was running for her life, made all the worse with people thinking she crazy, not terrorized. Is it possible someone known to her WAS after her, forcing her and her one shoe into a vehicle and driving her far from the search area?
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The sheriff says multiple extensive searches involving numerous agencies and volunteers using helicopters, drones, and dogs during the past couple weeks have come up empty.
The sheriff says a search team believes they tracked her over a hill to an area near another road, but they have no idea where she went from there.
Family of woman missing since June 1 desperate for answers
Maybe she made it out of the creek to the other road...?
But still....where did she go from there?
The sheriff says a search team believes they tracked her over a hill to an area near another road, but they have no idea where she went from there.
Family of woman missing since June 1 desperate for answers
Maybe she made it out of the creek to the other road...?
But still....where did she go from there?
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Kandi was very frightened of something. It wouldn't surprise me if she hid somewhere in the woods and she hasn't been discovered yet. Sadly, I just don't have much hope she is alive.
Eastern Kentucky is full of caves, both natural and man-made (old coal mines). She may have ventured into one and fallen into a pit. Or hit her head. The possibilities for disappearing by mishap there are endless.
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Family of woman missing since June 1 desperate for answers
Kandi has a 5 year old son? Did she run out of the house leaving him behind? Wondering if he was at his father’s on that day or perhaps at daycare.
Kandi has a 5 year old son? Did she run out of the house leaving him behind? Wondering if he was at his father’s on that day or perhaps at daycare.
Kandi and her ex-husband have shared custody of their son - he spends 2 weeks with each parent. Kandi had dropped him off prior to her disappearance. Her mom mentions it in this video with the man from "Brothers Underwater Recovery," who was recently in the area with his search dog to assist in search efforts:
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I have kinfolks that live in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky and I am familiar with that region of Kentucky.
It is common in that region during the summer for the temperatures to get into the 90's with 100 percent humidity.
When you're walking up on the steep mountains, not only do you need to wear a good pair of walking shoes, you also need to pay attention to your surroundings as well.
Among the wildlife that you can encounter are venomous snakes such as copperhead and rattlesnake which are known to hide in the high grass and bushes. Folks have accidentally got bitten by hiding venomous snakes when walking on the steep mountains.
You can also encounter a bear or a coyote when walking on the steep mountains and they have been known to hide inside a cave as well.
It is common in that region during the summer for the temperatures to get into the 90's with 100 percent humidity.
When you're walking up on the steep mountains, not only do you need to wear a good pair of walking shoes, you also need to pay attention to your surroundings as well.
Among the wildlife that you can encounter are venomous snakes such as copperhead and rattlesnake which are known to hide in the high grass and bushes. Folks have accidentally got bitten by hiding venomous snakes when walking on the steep mountains.
You can also encounter a bear or a coyote when walking on the steep mountains and they have been known to hide inside a cave as well.
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One article shared that a SAR dog was bit on the nose by a copperhead during one of the initial searches for Kandi.
