OH OH - Katelyn Markham, 22, Fairfield, 14 August 2011 - #4

[tarabull]

Katelyn Markham Candlelight Vigil

Saturday January 14, 2012
5 - 6 pm

Main St Market and Planet Fitness (parking lot)
544 Patterson Drive, Fairfield, OH

Candlight Vigil for Katelyn Markham. Meeting in the parking lot of Main St Market and Planet Fitness Patterson Drive Fairfield, Ohio. Please be in the parking lot promptly at 5:00 pm. We will be departing the parking lot at 5:00 pm and walking to the Fairfield City Police Department on Pleasant Ave Fairfield. If you are unable to walk, or running late, you may park at the Fairfield Police Department on Pleasant Ave. This will be a respectful vigil to let the family and community know that we will not forget Katelyn. Friends and Family of Missing William F. DiSilvestro IV ( Billy D.) are also welcome to attend for Billy.

No protesting, no confrontation please. Everyone welcome! Candles will be provided. Dress warmly!

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1339860805&sk=friends&v=friends#!/events/139983126113450/

 

[tarabull]

New vigil set for missing woman
Jan 4, 2012

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The event has a Facebook page called “Katelyn Markham Candlelight Vigil.” One of its organizers is a Fairfield Twp. resident, XXXXXXXXX, who did not know Markham at all. This is the next in a series of planned monthly vigils.

...A $25,000 reward has been offered through CrimeStoppers for information about Markham’s disappearance, but police say there haven’t been any promising tips or leads in the case.

http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/new-vigil-set-for-missing-woman-1307724.html

 

[CincinnatiKate]

Sorry I was off a little - it's a 30 second drive or a 1 minute walk:

http://g.co/maps/9sgar

Its walkable, and I would bet money it has surveillance. I am sure its mentioned in previous threads but would someone remind me, is the Fairfield PD running this investigation, or Butler County Sherriff?

 

[wantjustice]

This case sure haunts me! It is like she disappeared into thin air. Where are you Katelyn?

 

[cluciano63]

It haunts me too...no sign of a struggle? Nothing to indicate a crime took place. Makes it very difficult for LE to determine what has happened when an adult vanishes in this way. Even with Lauren too; I know she was on record as having had a "patry" night of some sort, but still, no clues at all. I can't see Katelyn allowing her family to worry this long if she wanted to disappear herself and I am sure Lauren didn't leave on her own. But because some women (and men) in this age group do sometimes up and take off, it makes it very hard for LE to figure out what happened. And Katelyn did not seem to have any threatening elements in her life that we know of. A "weird" boyfriend maybe but no arrest records in their pasts have surfaced, no reason for her to run or for him to harm her, not even any history of fights have come to light. Her coming to harm that seems so unlikely from what we have heard, yet it seems to have happened...JMO

 

[wantjustice]

It haunts me too...no sign of a struggle? Nothing to indicate a crime took place. Makes it very difficult for LE to determine what has happened when an adult vanishes in this way. Even with Lauren too; I know she was on record as having had a "patry" night of some sort, but still, no clues at all. I can't see Katelyn allowing her family to worry this long if she wanted to disappear herself and I am sure Lauren didn't leave on her own. But because some women (and men) in this age group do sometimes up and take off, it makes it very hard for LE to figure out what happened. And Katelyn did not seem to have any threatening elements in her life that we know of. A "weird" boyfriend maybe but no arrest records in their pasts have surfaced, no reason for her to run or for him to harm her, not even any history of fights have come to light. Her coming to harm that seems so unlikely from what we have heard, yet it seems to have happened...JMO

It is so difficult. Without signs of a struggle, it appears she either left on her own or met foul play with someone she knew and trusted by going with that person. It is so strange! Unless she was just caught off guard by a stranger. I am afraid we might never know and that drives me crazy!

 

[Mustang Sally]

Katelyn Markham Candlelight Vigil

Saturday January 14, 2012
5 - 6 pm

Main St Market and Planet Fitness (parking lot)
544 Patterson Drive, Fairfield, OH

Candlight Vigil for Katelyn Markham. Meeting in the parking lot of Main St Market and Planet Fitness Patterson Drive Fairfield, Ohio. Please be in the parking lot promptly at 5:00 pm. We will be departing the parking lot at 5:00 pm and walking to the Fairfield City Police Department on Pleasant Ave Fairfield. If you are unable to walk, or running late, you may park at the Fairfield Police Department on Pleasant Ave. This will be a respectful vigil to let the family and community know that we will not forget Katelyn. Friends and Family of Missing William F. DiSilvestro IV ( Billy D.) are also welcome to attend for Billy.

No protesting, no confrontation please. Everyone welcome! Candles will be provided. Dress warmly!

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1339860805&sk=friends&v=friends#!/events/139983126113450/

Bumping..............

So Glad to see that the community has not forgotten Katelyn Markham!

Where is amazingly talented Katelyn?

Dear God..Please Bring Katelyn Home to Those That Love Her

 

[JeannieC]

Has there been any indication that Tim Miller will return for another search?

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.journal-news.com/news/hamilton-news/new-vigil-set-for-missing-woman-1307724.html

By Eric Robinette, Staff Writer
Updated 5:34 PM Tuesday, January 10, 2012

FAIRFIELD — Friends and Family of Katelyn Markham will keep candles burning in the missing woman’s honor at a vigil next weekend.

 

[Desdemona]

http://communitypress.cincinnati.co...igil-planned-Katelyn-Markham?odyssey=nav|head

FAIRFIELD — Friends of Katelyn Markham will gather for a candlelight vigil at 5 p.m. today in an effort to let the community know Markham has not been forgotten.

Markham, a 22-year-old graphic arts student at the Art Institute of Ohio-Cincinnati, went missing on Aug. 13 and the disappearance remains a mystery to police.

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.fox19.com/story/16522482/vigil-keeps-hope-alive-for-missing-fairfield-woman

Posted: Jan 14, 2012 9:34 PM EST
Updated: Jan 14, 2012 9:34 PM EST
By Gordon Graham

Several dozen friends and family of Katelyn Markham braved the chilly temperatures to hold a candle light vigil for the missing woman.

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.journal-news.com/news/ha...s-missing-woman-on-the-forefront-1313004.html

By Denise Wilson, Staff Writer
9:50 PM Saturday, January 14, 2012

FAIRFIELD — Caring, thoughtful, motivated and talented are just some of the words mentioned by friends and family describing Katelyn Markham.

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

The vigil got good media coverage tonight.

Added about 30 files to the case archive:
http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Katelyn Markham -OH-/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ12

 

[jeffries]

Where is Katelyn? Why do we know precious little more now than we did last August? I certainly hope LE's silence is a sign that they are investigating quietly and diligently, and not that this case has gone ice-cold.

 

[Mustang Sally]

Bumping for Katelyn.....So sad to see her on page #3!

Dear God...Please Bring Katelyn Home To Those That Love Her!

 

[SurfieTX]

Her father, David Markham, was appreciative of the turnout for the vigil and the attention his daughter’s disappearance is getting.

“I think it’s fantastic,” he said. “I’m very grateful that people are not forgetting.”

Fairfield Police Chief Mike Dickey said he has two detectives assigned to the case who are constantly processing new information that comes in. He could not give details on the investigation, but assured the crowd that his department will never stop looking for Markham.

“We’re committed to finding her,” Dickey said, “whether it takes 90 days or 900 days.”

http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20120114/NEWS/301140072/

It's nice to hear that the police are still very committed to finding her.

 

[concernedmother]

This case haunts me. Will there ever be answers?

 

[JeannieC]

Hoping Katelyn will be found soon!

 

[CincinnatiKate]

I am local, and I am angry. Why isn't she mentioned on the local news? Can't they mention her name and remind the people here that she has DISAPPEARED? Why are people not terrified for every sister/girlfriend/wife in this small city? This doesn't happen here...OR DOES IT? I cannot believe this has been so swept under the rug--

 

[cluciano63]

Katelyn's case is just as mysterious as Holly Bobo's, in my opinion; both young women disappeared from their homes, although Katelyn probably vanished in the night (even that is not really certain.) I do NOT believe the cases are connected, just saying that in both cases, the young women had steady boyfriends with no apparent problems in their relationships. We WS'er's all know the odds of a BF being the perp and they are high. But in these two cases, it is really difficult to get a handle on what really happened-Katelyn's more so than Holly's, IMO, yet Holly's case seems to get far more attention and is thought to be far more "mysterious" by many (mostly thanks to her brother.) Katelyn's disappearance SEEMS to hold more of a possibility that someone she knew harmed her, at least to me, while Holly's could well be a stranger abduction, at least in the way of a stalker that she may not have known she had. But I guess with so little known about the circumstances of Katelyn's case, that could apply to her as well.

Clearly police in Katelyn's case are not making progress in making the boyfriend out to be the culprit, or if they are, they are certainly keeping it to themselves. Of course it could be a case of suspicions but not enough evidence, which seems to be a growing trend in these cases. And a very disturbing trend, IMO, in that it seems very difficult to arrest anyone in these missing persons cases, a la Stacey Peterson.

I don't have any answers, but it seems to me that LEA's are really not set up to handle missing cases very effectively. I am sure they do what they can, in most cases, but it does seem that they come to a wall early on in these cases and just can't break through.

JMO