GUILTY MI - Ricky Holland, 7, Williamston, 1 July 2005

[beakiebean]

I thought-and someone please correct me if I'm wrong-that the father was in the Army.

Becca

 

[petra]

I thought-and someone please correct me if I'm wrong-that the father was in the Army.

Becca

check. tabloidtrishas post #76, under her blog update oct 14.

doubt the army would print up flyers or not allow him to appear on media.
think i saw picture of both parents in a july 15/16 article when they spoke to local media. plus his name is out there all over media.

parents have 5 children, i was thinking maybe they are safe house/foster parents for endangered children.....:doh: but this makes it even worse!!!!

Thw whole situation stinks..just wish that this little boy would be found safe and soon.

Maybe family is under witness protection program????

just throwing out ideas...i can not believe their lack of involvement, what must the other siblings think about their security in this family..

BTW some good updates on tabloidtrishas blog

 

[tabloidtrisha]

check. tabloidtrishas post #76, under her blog update oct 14.

doubt the army would print up flyers or not allow him to appear on media.
think i saw picture of both parents in a july 15/16 article when they spoke to local media. plus his name is out there all over media.

parents have 5 children, i was thinking maybe they are safe house/foster parents for endangered children.....:doh: but this makes it even worse!!!!

Thw whole situation stinks..just wish that this little boy would be found safe and soon.

Maybe family is under witness protection program????

just throwing out ideas...i can not believe their lack of involvement, what must the other siblings think about their security in this family..

BTW some good updates on tabloidtrishas blog

@petra

Someone posted to my Ricky forum today. It is quite an interesting post. I will not post the whole thing here because the post was signed by "guest". The person claims to know the Holland's for a couple of years and it is a look "behind the scences" of what has happened with the investigation. Some of it is troubling, if true regarding police involvement.

Tim is an Intelligence Officer for the U.S. Army according to the post left on my forum.

Thanks for the headsup for my blog :blushing:

tabloidtrisha

 

[Mr. E]

This may be old news, but I just heard about it. They are erecting a billboard to aid in the recovery of Ricky Holland.

http://www.teamamberalert.net/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10644

I haven't heard anything about this boy in a long time. I hope people don't forget about him.

 

[fourboys]

Parents Talk About Local Missing Boy

Posted: Dec 9, 2005

Police conducted a lie detector test last week on Ricky's biological mother and her husband. The couple says they passed the test. For weeks this summer, police searched through woods looking for Ricky Holland. Ever since, a woman's been searching her soul for memories of that very same boy.

Casey Caswell, Ricky's birth mother: "What I named him when he was born was Ricky Baxter Gann I."

In her pictures, we see the boy wide eyed and smiling from ear to ear. Casey gave up Ricky at age three, she says, for his own protection, but once a mother, Casey is always a mother.

Casey Caswell: "He was my oldest. He was my first. I had him just before I turned 17. Me and Ricky were really close."

Since the search began, this nightmare's consumed her life.

Casey Caswell: "I worry about him every day."

Every day spent both fearing the worst and hoping for the best.

Matt Caswell: "I'm very scared that someone's got him and he won't ever be returned. I'm hoping he will be returned. I've never met him, but I feel close to him. I married his mother. He's not my biological boy, but he's my boy."

Three months after Ricky disappeared, Matt Caswell married Casey, and married into this family problem. He too has lost rights to a child from a previous relationship. He too thinks about it every day.

Matt Caswell: "I look at the pictures every day. It's a constant reminder, and I just think about what it would be like if it was my daughter that came up missing."

Now the couple just wants the truth in this case. The Caswell's say they were not involved, and now they are making a personal plea. They say anyone who has information needs to come forward, and until that time, -the pictures will stay up and they'll keep faith that the one they love will one day come home.

http://www.wlns.com/Global/story.asp?S=4225529

 

[dnrslucky1]

IMO Thats a bunch of crap!

 

[mysteriew]

IMO Thats a bunch of crap!

Hi dnrslucky1. Welcome to WS!
I can see how a mother who either gave her child up (or had the child removed from her, I am not sure which happened) would have her own set of guilt feelings to go through. Then to hear the child is missing, well that would cap it off. Even is she gave the child up voluntarily, that doesn't mean she didn't care for the child. IMO that meant she did care, at least enough to keep the child alive and to then gave him up for adoption, hoping he would do better with another family.

 

[dnrslucky1]

Mysteriew,

Sorry! I am judging, when I have no right! I just don't know what to think anymore. I live about 15 maybe 20 mins away from there. I seen this on the news when he was first reported missing, and kept watching and waiting! Nothing! Very little news, no posters! When I ask someone if they have heard anything, they will not even know who he is! To me it seems as if no one really cares. I have been in that area and have seen no posters, only a pic on the news. Infact I am amazed that there is a thread about him on here!

 

[petra]

Mysteriew,

Sorry! I am judging, when I have no right! I just don't know what to think anymore. I live about 15 maybe 20 mins away from there. I seen this on the news when he was first reported missing, and kept watching and waiting! Nothing! Very little news, no posters! When I ask someone if they have heard anything, they will not even know who he is! To me it seems as if no one really cares. I have been in that area and have seen no posters, only a pic on the news. Infact I am amazed that there is a thread about him on here!

It is sad to hear that there is no local coverage, no posters, no search parties looking for volunteeers, no vigils.......strange. Hope they haven't given up!!!

This story needs attention. Ricky should not be forgotten.

 

[Earthbound Misfit I]

Being you live so close to the area is there anyway you could try to get this case the media attention it needs and distribute posters or anything that may help find Ricky? I don't know your situation but if you could it would be great for you to email the local media and even email foxnews.com, cnn.com, msnbc, etc.

Mysteriew,


Sorry! I am judging, when I have no right! I just don't know what to think anymore. I live about 15 maybe 20 mins away from there. I seen this on the news when he was first reported missing, and kept watching and waiting! Nothing! Very little news, no posters! When I ask someone if they have heard anything, they will not even know who he is! To me it seems as if no one really cares. I have been in that area and have seen no posters, only a pic on the news. Infact I am amazed that there is a thread about him on here!

 

[petra]

What a good idea RK !!!!

If dad's job is sooooooo sensitive he can not do anything like this....it would be wonderful to have some WS help.

 

[Earthbound Misfit I]

It sure would be nice to have WS help and especially nice to have the help of somebody in the area if possible. If not I guess we could all gang up on the national news and ask them to cover this story.

What a good idea RK !!!!


If dad's job is sooooooo sensitive he can not do anything like this....it would be wonderful to have some WS help.

 

[mysteriew]

Being you live so close to the area is there anyway you could try to get this case the media attention it needs and distribute posters or anything that may help find Ricky? I don't know your situation but if you could it would be great for you to email the local media and even email foxnews.com, cnn.com, msnbc, etc.

Actually, that is something that we can all do.
Local news tends to listen more to people from their area. But national news and talk shows will often listen to anyone from any area.
However, one thing covered in this thread is the parents reluctance to talk. Which they explain that is because of his employment, he cannot be in the media. I believe it has been suggested that he is an Intelligence officer for the US Army. Which leads me to a couple of questions. Is the child's disappearance related to his employment? And is there some kind of pressure being put on media to keep this out of the news?
Early on, this story actually had some fair coverage. Then it got quiet. Anyone brave enough to contact the army?

 

[dulcinea]

I lived about 20 miles away from Williamston when Ricky disappeared. (I now live 2500 miles away.) There WERE posters put up. He also had quite a bit of radio coverage, which I was pleased about. I don't know about local news as I didn't read the paper or watch local TV stations. Please don't think people in the area didn't care about this little boy. The posters remained several months after he disappeared. I saw them each time I went to the store. It's frustrating how there hasn't been much news as of late, but when all leads go cold I'm not sure how much anyone can say. Ricky is still very much on everyone's mind.

 

[mysteriew]

Hi Dulcinea, Welcome to WS!
Thank you for giving the local information about the reaction to the disappearance. That is always helpful. Do you know what the general opinion there is, on what happened to Ricky?

 

[michelle]

I wish they would find something on this little boy....

 

[Bobbisangel]

I'm sure this is someone related to the family. STILL, I don't buy it for a minute. TOTAL BS! I stewed on this ever since you posted it Tt, and Gimme a break! (Thanks for posting it, though!) NO WAY! NO HOW! There is NO JOB so important as to not being ALLOWED to/get PERMISSION to search for your missing child. To me, that is sooooo lame! Makes 'em look guiltier. If, that's possible...and it surely is!
Sorry, you were put in this family, little one. Praying for the detectives working this, and those that truly loved him.

I don't buy any of it either. Here is a part of what that "family member" had to say which makes the whole statement even more unbelievable:


"...Ricky's parents have not been silent. Due to the situation of having a foster child in the residence (by law the child had to be shielded from any media coverage)and Tim's job is VERY high security.


Because Ricky was a foster child...by law he had to be shielded from any media coverage!!!! Give me a break please. That is so much B.S. It doesn't matter if a missing child is a foster child or not....if the child goes missing their picture and info goes to the media. This was just this person's excuse for the parents not being more involved in the media.

I wish this little boy would be found. I can't imagine where he could be whether it was by the parents hands or he ran away. I don't believe that he is still alive after all of this time. He is just to little to make it out there on his own....unless someone picked him up and is just keeping him which is unlikely.

 

[mysteriew]

An area resident has mentioned that the posters were put up in the area. LE has been investigating, and there has been no mention that they were not cooperating with LE, LE has also not named them as suspects. The case actually got quite a bit of coverage when Ricky first went missing. Granted the parents weren't saying much, and blaming it on the hubby's job. But if he works for the Army, that wouldn't be unusual if he was in intelligence. It isn't unusual for the media to quit writing about a missing person, after they have been gone a while.
Just because there isn't media coverage, doesn't mean that the investigation is not being worked on. And this would not be the first or last LE dept. that refused to discuss what is happening with media.
I also feel frustrated that he hasn't been found. But I don't know that more media coverage would help here.

 

[dulcinea]

I don't know how most people feel about this case. No one talked about it expect to say that it was sad. I do know that lots of local people helped search for him.

When I first heard about this case I just assumed he had run away. If you read about his life before he was adopted by this family, it's not much of a stretch. He was used to going from place to place. His biological mother was a transient. He knew how to survive in unconventional circumstances. I applaud his natural mother for realizing someone could take better care of him. It must have broken her heart to make such a decision.

The more I think about this case and the more missing children cases I read, the more confused I become. I do NOT want to point the finger at his adoptive parents. It just strikes me as odd that they knew exactly what he had taken with him. I know if my child disappeared I couldn't do that. I could maybe tell you what clothes he had on, especially if he took a favorite outfit, but he has so many toys and we have plenty of food in our cupboards that I'm not sure I could tell you what he had taken with him. I have seen a lot of cases where so much detail about those kinds of things is given by people who are guilty and trying to over inform in order to prove their innocence. PLEASE understand that I am NOT accusing anyone, just stating on observation.

 

[aussiegran]

Welcome dulcinea

I have been watching the christine rudy thread and havent been looking here much but i agree there is something very hinky about this family and their story .I can t believe a 7 yr old can survive so long without being seen, I think there might be something we havent heard yet.I think I will go back and read up on this boy .