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mikeysmommom · Mar 8, 2010

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/dubois-parents-unhappy-with-private/

Garcia changed his story when contacted Monday.

“What I said was somebody close to the family called me and said they had found Amber’s body near the Riverside County line,” he said. “That’s all they told me. I then said it’s my belief that the tip did not come from Gardner. That was just my opinion. I haven’t been told that.”

JBean · Mar 8, 2010

no discussion please. thanks

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Investigators comb area where bones found
10:50 PM PST, March 7, 2010
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A locked steel gate separates the public roadway from the area where Amber Dubois's skeletal remains were discovered Saturday in Pala. Beyond the gate is a private road where the investigation continues for any clues to who is responsible.

The area that's blocked off by police tape sits on a winding road just five miles north of the Pala Casino. Sheriff's deputies at the scene described the area as a remote and desolate part in the outskirts of San Diego County.

"We want to show the area where Amber's remains were found," Stacey Humphrey said as she stood near the scene where authorities discovered the skeletal remains of Amber. "Sheriff's deputies have put up this yellow tape and it's down this private road in a rural and desolate area where Amber's skeletal remains were found."

The deputies at the Pala scene told Fox 5 News that they are expected to be investigating the area through Monday.

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Vigil planned for Amber Dubois
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 11:01 AM EST
Updated: Mar 08, 2010 11:08 AM EST
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A candlelight vigil is planned for 14-year-old Amber Dubois, the San Diego County girl whose remains were found more than a year after she vanished while walking to school.

The vigil is planned for 6:30 p.m. Monday at Escondido High School.

The Escondido girl disappeared on Feb. 13, 2009. Authorities say a tip led them to dig on the Pala Indian Reservation, where her skeletal remains were found Saturday.

Video: Amber's classmates react to discovery of her remains 1:31
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Video: Search for Amber Dubois comes to end, vigil planned 2:24
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Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12102034

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Parents of Chelsea King share grief with Dubois family
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 3:14 PM EST
Updated: Mar 08, 2010 3:19 PM EST
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The parents of Chelsea King, a missing girl now presumed dead, shared their grief with the family of 14-year-old Amber Dubois after the skeletal remains of Dubois were discovered over the weekend in a remote area of a Southern California Indian reservation.

The presumed body of King, 17, was found March 2 in a shallow lakeside grave.

"We have spoken with the Dubois family and our hearts go out to them in this time of deep sadness," Kelly and Brent King said Monday in a statement. "We share their indescribable grief for the loss of Amber's precious young life."

Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher said a tip led officials to the site, but he didn't elaborate or answer questions.

Video: Tip leads authorities to remains of Amber Dubois 3:37
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Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12103709

sarx · Mar 8, 2010

Amber's Grandmother will be on Nancy Grace tonight.

Voice4theSilent · Mar 8, 2010

Escondido Police Link Amber Dubois' Death to Chelsea King Murder Suspect John Gardner

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local...lsea-King-Gardner/3WSDlxSD5UmLdlJnvhelsA.cspx

Voice4theSilent · Mar 8, 2010

http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12099609

Police: John Gardner focus of Amber Dubois murder investigation
Updated: Mar 08, 2010 2:25 PM PST

Wise Old Owl · Mar 8, 2010

Here is a link to one media outlet that is going to live stream the presser -

presser at 3:30 (pacific time)

http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12099232

JBean · Mar 8, 2010

Amber DuBois' Family Disagrees on Who Killed Her

Father Believes It Was Jailed Sex Offender, Grandmother Thinks Someone Else

The M.O. [modus operandi] for Gardner doesn't fit," said Michelle Bart, spokeswoman Dubois' grandmother Sheila Welch. "He stalks his prey and waited for girls in secluded areas where he could take advantage of them. Amber was walking outside in plain sight with other kids on her way to school. She was excited to get to school that day. She had Valentines and wanted to buy a lamb

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TheLaw/am...led-chelsea-kings-suspected/story?id=10045235

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Escondido classmates mourn Amber Dubois
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 9:21 a.m
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Tears mingled with raindrops outside Escondido High School Monday morning as students returned for class, a day after learning classmate Amber Dubois’ remains were discovered in Pala.

Students left flowers, cards and lighted candles at a banner calling for Amber’s safe return outside the school’s gates and signed a memory book, the ink running as the sodden skies soaked the pages. “She was just one of the sweetest people I knew,” said Hailey Kosinski, a sophomore and Amber’s friend. “It’s horrible this happened to her.”

Cards left at the banner for Amber, which has now become a makeshift memorial, expressed the feelings of many. “Dear Amber — You’re in a much better place now. May you rest in peace,” one read. Another, addressed to her family, said, “May memories bring comfort.”

Mark Rantz, an Escondido resident and rabbinical intern, stopped at the school to say a prayer. “I prayed the mourner’s kaddish,” said Rantz, describing it as a prayer of grief, and a prayer to celebrate the life God gave everyone. “I can’t imagine the horror (the family’s) or the horror of the King family,” Rantz said. “We carry the kids in our heart.”

Law enforcement investigators drive up a road off of Pala Temecula Rd. north of Highway 76 to access the the site where the body of Amber Dubois was found.

Mark Rantz of Escondido, a rabbinical intern at Kehilat Ariel Synagogue in Escondido, says the Mourner's Kaddish, a memorial prayer, at the memorial to Amber Duois in front of Escondido High School.

Jordan Sans, a sophomore at Escondido High School and a friend of Amber Dubois, places flowers on the ground in front of a photo of Amber at a memorial in front of the school, March 8, 2010.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/amber-dubois-classmates-escondido-high-school/

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Is Amber Dubois' Murder Related to Chelsea King's Murder?
March 8, 2010 1:29 PM
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Amber was last seen walking with a man about 300 yards from her school in Escondido, Calif. Feb. 13, 2009. A massive search was launched, but the investigation was hampered by the lack of physical evidence at the scene. Over a year later Chelsea, 17, was reported missing Feb. 25, after she didn't return from a jog in Lake Hodges, a park just outside of Escondido, Calif. about seven miles from where Amber went missing.

John Gardner, a registered sex offender, lived near where both girls disappeared. He has been linked to Chelsea's case, reportedly by DNA evidence found at the scene of her disappearance. He has since pleaded not guilty.

While the similarities between the disappearances, along with physical similarities noted by Amber's father - they were both blue-eyed, teenage beauties - seem to link the two, there are also differences between the crimes.

One seems to have been careless: a body presumed to be Chelsea King's body was found relatively quickly near where she was last seen; whereas, Amber's case stumped investigators, and her body was found approximately 30 miles from her last known location nearly 13 months later.

Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20000145-504083.html

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Amber Dubois timeline: Follow the story
Monday, March 8, 2010
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Amber Dubois timeline:
March 8, 2010 - March 28, 2009
Article:
http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-03-08/local-county-news/amber-dubois-timeline-follow-the-story

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Escondido Police Link Amber Dubois' Death to Chelsea King Murder Suspect John Gardner
Last Update: 4:54 pm
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Escondido police revealed Monday afternoon that convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III is the focus of their investigation into the death of Amber Dubois.

Gardner is in custody on suspicion of rape and murder in the case of Poway teen Chelsea King.

Escondido police issued a one sentence statement Monday afternoon from Lt. Craig Carter saying "The Amber Dubois crime scene is still being processed and John Albert Gardner III remains a focus of the investigation."

It was the first time Escondido investigators had publicly acknowledged that the suspect in Chelsea King's killing was also the focus of the Amber Dubois investigation.

Gore told a few reporters after the news conference in Escondido that there would be a news conference at the Sheriff's department Monday with more details of the case revealed. Monday morning the Sheriff's department announced there would be no news conference today.

The Escondido police department has come under frequent fire for how the Amber Dubois case was handled. Most recently Amber's father said he wished the kind of search and investigative effort that the Chelsea King case received could have been launched for his daughter.

The San Diego County Sheriff's department was the lead agency in the King case, even though the search area and crime scene were within the City of San Diego limits and within the jurisdiction of the San Diego Police Department. Sheriff Bill Gore and his public relations spokesperson, Jan Caldwell, conducted all news conferences and major announcements about the King case.

Video: Amber Dubois Found Dead
Human skeletal remains found in Pala were positively identified as those of missing 14 year old Amber Dubois. 02/07/2010
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Article:
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local...lsea-King-Gardner/3WSDlxSD5UmLdlJnvhelsA.cspx

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Amber DuBois' Family Disagrees on Who Killed Her
Father Believes It Was Jailed Sex Offender, Grandmother Thinks Someone Else
March 8, 2010
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The family of Amber DuBois, the missing California teenager whose body was found over the weekend, are divided as to whether she was killed by the same sex offender recently charged with the rape and murder of Chelsea King.

DuBois' grandmother and the private eye the family initially hired to find Amber, however, believe someone other than Gardner else is responsible for killing the Escondido High School student who vanished Feb. 13, 2009.

"The M.O. [modus operandi] for Gardner doesn't fit," said Michelle Bart, spokeswoman Dubois' grandmother Sheila Welch. "He stalks his prey and waited for girls in secluded areas where he could take advantage of them. Amber was walking outside in plain sight with other kids on her way to school. She was excited to get to school that day. She had Valentines and wanted to buy a lamb."

The lamb was part of DuBois' project as a member of the Future Farmers of America.

"Someone had to get her attention, and it is likely it was somebody she knew or trusted," Bart said.

San Diego County sheriffs have said Gardner has not cooperated with police since his arrest, diminishing the chances that he told investigators where to find DuBois' remains.

Authorities said Sunday they were given a tip that led them to find Dubois' body, but would not comment on the details of who led them to the girl's remains, or if she was buried in a shallow grave similar to the one in which King was found.
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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TheLaw/am...led-chelsea-kings-suspected/story?id=10045235

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

ESCONDIDO: Police say Gardner is focus of investigation in Amber killing
Posted: March 8, 2010 2:23 pm
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Registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III is under investigation in the killing of Amber Dubois, the Escondido teen who disappeared 13 months ago and whose remains were discovered near the Pala Indian Reservation on Saturday, Escondido police said Monday.

"The Amber Dubois crime scene is still being processed and John Albert Gardner III remains a focus of the investigation," Lt. Craig Carter, a spokesman for the department, said in a statement released shortly after 2 p.m.

Investigators work the area where the skeletal remains of 14-year-old Amber Dubois were found in a remote location north of the Pala Indian Reservation on Saturday.

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Locator map of Amber Dubois, Chelsea King recovery sites

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Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_6be400e8-2b01-11df-9d5e-001cc4c002e0.html

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Connection sought in teen murder cases
Monday, March 08, 2010
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The parents of Chelsea King are consoling the parents of another missing teen found dead in San Diego County. The skeletal remains of 14-year-old Amber Dubois were uncovered over the weekend, more than a year after the girl went missing. Investigators are trying to determine whether the two cases are linked to the same suspect.

Escondido Police are looking for answers in the murder of Amber Dubois. Her skeletal remains were found about 10 miles from Rancho Bernardo Park, where the body of 17-year-old Chelsea King was discovered. Police are looking into any connection between their murders.

Monday night, a candlelight vigil was scheduled to be held at Escondido High School.

"It's been hard, I've had to run out of quite a few classrooms bawling my eyes out," said Hailey Kosinski, a friend of Amber's for more than three years. "It just keeps coming and going. I'll never forget it as long as I live. I could always go to her if I was having a bad day and I'd end up laughing with her, about whatever, she could always find a way to cheer you up."

Video: Connection sought in teen murder cases 2:23
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Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=7319296

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Suspect in King homicide still a focus of Dubois
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 3:13 p.m.
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The convicted sex offender charged in the murder of Poway teenager Chelsea King remains the focus of the investigation into the slaying of Escondido teenager Amber Dubois, Escondido police said Monday.

Moe Dubois, Amber’s father, said Monday that he couldn’t discuss any details of the investigation that have been shared with him. He said police have not told the family what led them to his daughter’s remains. “We’re on a gag order,” he said.

Investigators have openly questioned whether Gardner played a role in Amber’s disappearance since semen on a piece of Chelsea’s clothing led to Gardner’s arrest on Feb. 28. The police statement appears to indicate that those questions remain even after the discovery of Amber’s remains.

The remains were found west of Pala Temecula Road, about three miles north of the historic Pala Mission and the Pala Casino. There is a single-lane asphalted road that leads up a steep mountain and then over a hill. The grave appears to be out of sight over the hill. Two law enforcement officers guarded the entrance to the road Monday morning keeping people out, and “no parking” signs were posted along the few turnouts within a half-mile either north or south of the road.

Dubois said he was eating dinner at a restaurant Saturday when he was called and asked to come to Escondido police headquarters, where he and Amber’s mother, Carrie McGonigle, were told the news. “Everything is going to change for us,” Dubois said. “It’s going to be so much different.”

Investigators from the FBI and other law enforcement organizations comb a rugged area of Pala where the remains of Amber Dubois were found over the weekend.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/gardner-still-amber-dubois-suspect/

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Cops: Gardner focus of Dubois murder
3:11 PM PST, March 8, 2010
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Escondido police said Monday that 30-year-old John Albert Gardner III remains a suspect after Amber's bones were found near Pala, more than a year after she disappeared near her school. Police did not elaborate in the statement. They said the crime scene is being processed after the remains were discovered early Saturday.

Helicopter video showed dozens of police investigators and vehicles Monday at the location north of the Pala Mission where Dubois's bones were found.

Video: Sky Fox Video of Investigators Combing Area Where Amber's Bones Were Found 1:44
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobe...-Combing-Area-Where-Amber-s-Bones-Were-Found-

Article:
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-gardner-dubois-suspect,0,7388521.story

Angel Who Cares · Mar 8, 2010

Search dogs came close in seeking Amber last year
Monday, March 8, 2010 at 3:30 p.m.
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In August, Jack, a short-haired pointer from Virgina and Quincy, a yellow lab from Maine, came to Escondido to find Amber Dubois. Apparently they came very close. The dogs are part of an organization called VK9 Scent Specific Search and Recovery Unit which is based in Virgina and dedicated to finding lost people. They were brought to Escondido at the behest of Amber’s family. Their travel expenses were paid through donations.

Sarah Platts, commander of VK9, said the dogs were taken to Amber’s home and picked up the girl’s scent and tracked it first to Escondido High School, then to Interstate 15. From there, Platts said, the dogs were driven up the freeway to each exit ramp, then brought out of the vehicles to sniff. That continued for about 12 miles until they exited at state Route 76. The dogs hit on Amber’s scent there, which they followed about six miles to the small community of Pala. At that point, Platts said, the dogs lost the scent.

The VK9 dogs are trained to track the scents of living humans. However Platts said dead bodies also leave a tractable scent if they were killed just before being transported. “Whether she was alive at the times she went there and then was killed, or whether she was already dead, we can’t know,” Platts said.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/search-dogs-came-close-seeking-amber-last-year/

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