MN MN - Madeline Jane Kingsbury, 26, mother of 2, Winona 31 Mar 2023

[annpats]

The locals have such love for a missing fellow Minnesotan. Well done, MN!

 

[kittycatclub]

I thought this was an interesting comment made by Megan on her TikTok from Sunday. Confirms what we are all thinking.

 

[mewmew]

Agreed:

NOT CASTING ASPARAGUS ON ANYONE OR SLEUTHING ANYONE NOT NAMED AS POI OR SUSPECT:

Wouldn't it be nice to know what hubby claims to have been doing in the 'key hours' in question?

Hehe…sorry, I had to giggle at this!!
You should never cast asparagus at anyone!

 

[Erutan]

I thought this was an interesting comment made by Megan on her TikTok from Sunday. Confirms what we are all thinking.

Thanks for sharing this.

 

[kccorona]

This is probably a minor detail I'm focusing on at the moment, but I really wonder what the daycare teachers/staff have told police regarding the parents' demeanor that last morning that both Maddi and kids' father dropped them off. Just wondering if maybe the fact that we haven't heard anything about that drop-off (aside from that being the last seen date/time of Maddi), means there was something significant about it that LE doesn't want to share publicly, for reasons related to it being an active investigation.

I imagine this was an important area of initial interviews/investigations, as the daycare was Maddi's last known outside point of contact (i.e. other than the kids' father). And, if there was something noted by the daycare providers, has it provided LE further indication/suspicion of what occurred after the drop-off?

Wondering about things like... Did Maddi linger longer than usual? Were either of the parents acting out of the ordinary? Were either of them less/more talkative than usual, withdrawn, etc.?

I do feel like sometimes we hear details like this from LE, things learned by interviews with outside people that add to the reasons that LE becomes concerned about foul play, rather than being a voluntary disappearance. Obviously in this case, we know LE considers her disappearance involuntary and believes foul play is involved, but just wondering if anything from the last adult contact with her may be supporting this thinking.

All my own thoughts/opinions.

 

[Joe Friday]

This is probably a minor detail I'm focusing on at the moment, but I really wonder what the daycare teachers/staff have told police regarding the parents' demeanor that last morning that both Maddi and kids' father dropped them off. Just wondering if maybe the fact that we haven't heard anything about that drop-off (aside from that being the last seen date/time of Maddi), means there was something significant about it that LE doesn't want to share publicly, for reasons related to it being an active investigation.

I imagine this was an important area of initial interviews/investigations, as the daycare was Maddi's last known outside point of contact (i.e. other than the kids' father). And, if there was something noted by the daycare providers, has it provided LE further indication/suspicion of what occurred after the drop-off?

Wondering about things like... Did Maddi linger longer than usual? Were either of the parents acting out of the ordinary? Were either of them less/more talkative than usual, withdrawn, etc.?

I do feel like sometimes we hear details like this from LE, things learned by interviews with outside people that add to the reasons that LE becomes concerned about foul play, rather than being a voluntary disappearance. Obviously in this case, we know LE considers her disappearance involuntary and believes foul play is involved, but just wondering if anything from the last adult contact with her may be supporting this thinking.

All my own thoughts/opinions.

Daycare drop off was prior to the 8:15 "goofy" text message exchange between Maddi and her sister Megan. Megan never indicated that Maddi seemed to be in any sort of distress at that time, which is the same time the father of the children say's they both returned home.

My hunch is after they returned home from the daycare, things went south, an argument ensued and things escalated from there.

Video of Megan talking about text messages: Missing Minnesota woman Madeline Kingsbury's sister talks about their last text and the search | Fox News Video

JMO

 

[bestill]

Daycare drop off was prior to the 8:15 "goofy" text message exchange between Maddi and her sister Megan. Megan never indicated that Maddi seemed to be in any sort of distress at that time, which is the same time the father of the children say's they both returned home.

My hunch is after they returned home from the daycare, things went south, an argument ensued and things escalated from there.

Video of Megan talking about text messages: Missing Minnesota woman Madeline Kingsbury's sister talks about their last text and the search | Fox News Video

JMO

Your hunch = my hunch.

 

[JC40]

Nancy Grace: Missing Minnesota Mom Madeline Kingsbury was Seeking New Place to Live Before Disappearance​

Nancy Grace: Missing Minnesota Mom Madeline Kingsbury was Seeking New Place to Live Before Disappearance

Missing Minnesota mother Madeline Kingsbury was in the process of finding a new home when she vanished late last month, a fact that CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace said may be a key aspect in the investigation. “She was looking for a new place to live. I find that significant,” Grace told Fox News on...

www.crimeonline.com

 

[MyJoey]

No updates ……

 

[ilovewings]

Nancy Grace: Missing Minnesota Mom Madeline Kingsbury was Seeking New Place to Live Before Disappearance​

Nancy Grace: Missing Minnesota Mom Madeline Kingsbury was Seeking New Place to Live Before Disappearance

Missing Minnesota mother Madeline Kingsbury was in the process of finding a new home when she vanished late last month, a fact that CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace said may be a key aspect in the investigation. “She was looking for a new place to live. I find that significant,” Grace told Fox News on...

www.crimeonline.com

I think we are all thinking the same thing and those thoughts are dark.
How much pressure are they putting on biological dad?
I presume she was living with him and then she decided to find her
Own place-- this is a recipe for disaster IMO

 

[BlueRidgeCat]

One thing I have not seen mentioned is any search of water - there being a lot of it in the vicinity that is reachable by plane in a few hours.

In addition things can fall out of a small plane anywhere.

 

[youarentsilly]

DBM

 

[PommyMommy]

APR 11, 2023

Police call Minnesota mother’s disappearance ‘suspicious and involuntary’

The 26-year-old mom was last seen dropping her children off at daycare.

www.wspa.com

[...]

While police have called off the ground search in Winona, a southern Minnesota city located along the Wisconsin border, the investigation into Kingsbury’s disappearance is ongoing. Kingsbury’s mother, KN, said the family is hoping someone will come forward with information.

She told NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield that police have expanded their search into Houston County in Minnesota’s far southeast corner.

[...]

“She took care of her two babies. She had started graduate school in January, things were really finally looking up for her,” KN said.

[...]

 

[PommyMommy]

APR 11, 2023

Search for Minnesota mother Madeline Kingsbury draws thousands of volunteers: 'We are not giving up'

Missing Minnesota mother Madeline Kingsbury hasn't been seen or heard from since March 31 as her family and law enforcement search more than 120,000 acres of territory.

www.foxnews.com

[...]

Nancy Grace said on Fox News Channel's "America's Newsroom" that Madeline's text to her sister is where the timeline starts.

"I'm going with the text to the sister, the funny picture exchange. That couldn't be recreated by someone else," Grace said on the show. "You know when you joke and laugh on a text with somebody, they can't have your phone and recreate your personality, so that was real."

"That's the only thing I believe right now. She was alive and accounted for at 8:15 that morning."

[...]

 

[?!?]

APR 11, 2023

Search for Minnesota mother Madeline Kingsbury draws thousands of volunteers: 'We are not giving up'

Missing Minnesota mother Madeline Kingsbury hasn't been seen or heard from since March 31 as her family and law enforcement search more than 120,000 acres of territory.

www.foxnews.com

[...]

Nancy Grace said on Fox News Channel's "America's Newsroom" that Madeline's text to her sister is where the timeline starts.

"I'm going with the text to the sister, the funny picture exchange. That couldn't be recreated by someone else," Grace said on the show. "You know when you joke and laugh on a text with somebody, they can't have your phone and recreate your personality, so that was real."

"That's the only thing I believe right now. She was alive and accounted for at 8:15 that morning."

[...]

"That couldn't be recreated by someone else" -- surprised she would take such a leap / has she seen the exact exchange (I have not) / IMO it would depend on what it was...very brief, and it could be aped/mimicked by someone who knew her well.

 

[Knox]

<modsnip - wrong case>

“She’s my best friend. She was really funny as a little kid. She liked to pick out her own clothes and they never matched. And she loved wearing dark red lipstick that was always on her teeth,” Megan described.

When Madeline became a mom, Megan says she grew “insurmountably.” She describes it as a whole new life for her sister.

“We love to bake, we love Harry Potter, and she loves Lord of the Rings. And we try to take trips together just the two of us for quality time.”
Video:

Family of Madeline Kingsbury speaks out

Winona Police tells ABC 6 News that they will have new information in the investigation into her disappearance Tuesday.

www.kaaltv.com

I'm so sad for Maddi's Mom, IMO- she knows the reality of her daughters fate. She spoke loudly without telling us a thing ...
This family is so dignified in their responses. I hope their nightmare ends and Maddi is found quickly

 

[Doesitmakesense]

"That couldn't be recreated by someone else" -- surprised she would take such a leap / has she seen the exact exchange (I have not) / IMO it would depend on what it was...very brief, and it could be aped/mimicked by someone who knew her well.

Agree, I can think of two people I know i could pass as them in messages if I tried, and I think this mainly because one has little quirks with the way they spell certain words and the other is they way they string their sentences together. IMO the more individual the way they write the more easy it would be to fool others in believing eg oh that the way such and such does writes.

 

[kccorona]

"That's the only thing I believe right now. She was alive and accounted for at 8:15 that morning."

I agree w above posters. Unless there’s something to prove to her sister that Maddi was the one texting, I don’t know that it’s the best thing to rely on as far as establishing last known contact. I think though, that the time of the text is close enough to the time that she was seen by the daycare provider, that it doesn’t change the timeline *that* much. Although, it could change the locations they search if they’re relying on location from where she sent the text. But cell phone was found at home ultimately. I’m nearly positive LE has tracked its movements to the best of their abilities at this point though.

 

[cheko1]

Since the search is also down by LaCresant Mn & Brownsville is the next town. It's soon to become a Tristate hunt across the river from Winona is LaCrosse Wi. South of Brownsville is Lansing Iowa. There is nothing but huge bluffs & Mississippi river for miles. I've been fearing that scenario. Not sure how high the Mississippi is with flooding beginning.

 

[nocturnes]

The Nancy Grace episode had Madelyn’s sister on as a guest. There was a lot of good information. Sister MK was asked if Madelyn was looking for somewhere new to live and why. MK stated that Madelyn and the children’s father were not going to be continuing their relationship. On NewsNation, Madelyn’s mother said things in Madelyn’s life were “finally looking up”