Jessica's room is the way she left is, with the addition of cards and photos on her bed.
Posted on 03/01/2005 6:28:07 AM PST by MisterRepublican
HOMOSASSA, Fla. — The full-scale search for a missing 9-year-old girl ended its final day as law enforcement officers turned to child abduction experts for help.
Investigators and hundreds of volunteer searchers have uncovered little evidence during five days of scouring the rural area where Jessica Lunsford disappeared, and the full-scale search was suspended Monday afternoon.
"To continue this, we would be spinning our wheels," said Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy.
Instead, law enforcement officers were turning to 20 experts from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help crack the case. They planned to focus on a three-quarter mile radius area around Jessica's home.
Jessica's father described the change as a second phase of the investigation. After making a plea for her safe return while choking back tears, he expressed confidence that his daughter would come home.
"Just drop her off. I'll come get her," Mark Lunsford answered when asked what he would say to whoever had Jessica. "I know whoever has got Jessie, they have to have a heart."
He also expressed gratitude for the outpouring of support. "It's been overwhelming, the people that have shown up," he said. "It makes me feel real good to know everyone's trying to help me out."
Lunsford said he remains convinced that his daughter did not leave home voluntarily even though authorities have uncovered no evidence she was abducted. He said it's unlikely Jessica was lured away.
"She just didn't go with strangers," Lunsford said. He said authorities also are looking for a stuffed purple dolphin missing from his daughter's room.
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Mark, we're going to find her.
Good Lord!
Yes, Cherry. It is all just so sad. I just want to wrap my arms around Jessica's father. He and his pain just go right to the center of my heart. You make some very good points in your post, Cherry. And it's just a shame that what you have observed is ofttimes the case. The family needs all the prayers humanly possible.
This is the quickest end to a search for a missing child I've ever seen.
The evil perps that are nobody's get caught. Not the ones politically,socially,financially, professionally well connected IMO.
I have seen some dark dark days as a child......I have never trusted anyone except God as an adult, and my son and dogs.
Dot to dot creeps prey on kids who have no one watching out for them.
Not if she knew the person. Not if a hand was over her mouth. Not if she was still asleep or very groggy and disoriented and whispers were calming her.
Also, the dog didn't bark.
Think it was the grandmother that said the dog liked to curl up under the bed covers or something. Might not have heard anything to bark at.
The grandparents were close by.
They didn't hear her alarm clock either, so why would they hear someone that was trying to be quiet?
It had to be someone she knew, who let her take her doll.
It wasn't a doll. It was a stuffed dolphin.
The alarm clock bothers me. The father hears it when he gets home but doesn't check on Jessica and ask her to turn it off.... ? the grandparents didn't hear it...... ? This was supposed to be a school day. Jessica would need to get up to get ready for school, so why not make sure she was getting up since the alarm was going and not being turned off???
Then, he is not well-spoken, but his heart speaks, and it speaks volumes about his care and concern and love for his daughter. Who cares if he is a "'dis" and "'dose" type talker? I know plenty of eloquent speakers who don't give a hoot about their children
Oh, and a whole lot of people, even "intellectuals" watch Nascar races. LOL
Thanks. I was wondering about that. Dead prostitute found floating in the lake ... serial killer? Wonder if they'll ever make an arrest or even bother to investigate this.
"To continue this, we would be spinning our wheels," said Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy.
That's the end of that, I guess...
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So he says. Anyone see him enter the home? What time did he get home? When he got ome and heard his daughter's alarm clock ringing, why didn't he go make sure that she was getting up and getting ready for school and turn off the alarm so that it would wake the rest of the people in the house?
Sorry to hear how your childhood went. Did you ever find your grandmother or mother?
I thought that the grandfather had not yet taken the voice stress test.
Here's a recent article that *claims* he passed a lie detector but I have no idea of the news channel's reliability--oh, I see it's the AP posted on their site:
Child abduction experts get involved in Lunsford case
HOMOSASSA, Fla. Child abduction experts are getting involved in the search for Jessica Lunsford. She's the nine-year-old Florida girl who vanished from her home almost a week ago.
Law enforcement officers are turning to 20 people from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help crack the case. They will focus on a three-quarter mile radius area around the girl's home.
The full-scale search was suspended yesterday. Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy says to continue it "would be spinning our wheels"
Authorities have uncovered no evidence the girl was abducted but her father says he's convinced she didn't leave voluntarily.
The girl's father and grandfather have passed lie-detector tests.
During our first training dive at one particular walk bridge, we found a Harley Davidson, about 200 blasting caps, a safe, a shotgun, and six or seven handguns. This was in Austin, TX. I hate to think what the rivers and harbors around NY hide.
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I agree with you...
We have no clue as to what went on between the mother and the father. More often than we care to admit, the hurt of a marriage gone bad clouds the judgement of both parties as far as the kids concerned. The kids become pawns and many times the parents do not realize it.
It is human nature.....It is something I am sure all broken families must have to deal with. It does not make either one of them more of a suspect than anyone else. It makes them human.
The important thing is that Mom and Dad sat together last night pleading for Jessica. It may not be easy and it may have been strained, but they did it. When Jessica returns home I think they will realize Jessica needs both of them in her life.
Every one of us has acted selfishly in our lives at one time or another and sadly, it sometimes takes a tragedy like this to realize the one who suffers most are the ones who are the most innocent.
Jessica's room is the way she left is, with the addition of cards and photos on her bed.
On Greta's show last night, the father said that the grandfather had NOT taken the lie detector test and was scheduled to take it either today or tomorrow.
What I've just never seen anything like this happen so fast.
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