Posted on 05/27/2004 8:26:01 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana
Cadaver Dogs Join the Search for Joanna Date: Thursday, May 27 @ 06:43:02 CDT Topic: National Amber Alert News
Cadaver Dogs Join the Search for Joanna Texas Her name is Shadow. A Siberian Husky trained to search out the missing - alive or dead. "What we're doing is eliminating places," said Captain Bill Drewell of the Lubbock Sheriff's Department.
On Wednesday, Shadow was helping the sheriff's department search through cars at a towing yard. "What we're doing is going to some of the areas that we didn't get to search over the weekend," said Drewell.
Over the weekend, 700 volunteers searched a 10 mile radius around the home of Joanna Rogers. With nothing found, the net was cast wider, utilizing the specialized talents of cadaver dogs to narrow the focus. "We have a thousand square miles here. We don't have a general area. So we're just trying to cover everything we can," said Drewell.
Forty officers fanned out across the county, but nothing new. There is still optimism, but there is also a very real gravity, an unspoken fear exemplified by shadow's occupation - cadaver dog. "The question's been asked, 'Are we looking for a body?,' We're looking for a person. We're optimistic, we have hopes, we gotta keep our hopes up. We're trying to find Joanna Rogers."
A WEB SITE HAS BEEN SET UP: http://members.cox.net/bringjohome/Joanna_Rogers_Info1.html
If you have information regarding the whereabouts of Joanna Rogers, please contact the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office at 1-806-775-1601 or 1-806-775-1604
Outside Lubbock, call 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) Case Number: NCMC988018
If you see Joanna, please call 911 or your local law enforcement agency immediately.
Lubbock Sheriff's office contact is Pam Carr, at pcarr@co.lubbock.tx.us
Info Request at Joanna's site
There was no sign of forced entry and the family's two dogs did not alert the household to an intruder. County authorities have analyzed the youngster's computer hard drive as well her mother's. They've interviewed co-workers, a boyfriend and others who might have seen Joanna before she disappeared. The Sheriff's Department has no substantial leads at this time, but believes foul play is involved.
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First I have heard on this amber alert. Do they have a suspect?
Do we have a name for the Boyfriend?
God bless her parents through this horrible episode, but I did find it "odd" that in their first local TV interview, as her parents described her, her mom would say "she has a part time job as a sandwich shop, she gets good grades,.." and her dad would say "she WAS a good girl, she WORKED hard,...." The mom actually corrected the dad in the middle of the interview and said "is, IS a good girl."
Not that I know of. He's probably a juvenile, so they won't release it.
Not long ago, they got on the news and said, "We know farmers are beginning to plant and work their fields. We are asking them to keep an extra eye out for body parts, or clothing items, or anything at all and report it to authorities. It's not uncommon for a farmer to find a blanket or a forgotten jacket from kids that might have been "parking" on the backroads and turnrows around here. There are no "wooded" areas to use for finding one's thrill on blueberry hill, so kids "park" in cotton fields.
Looks like household consist of mom, dad, brother ,sister and grandmaw, you will never guess grandmaw's name, realy far out IMO.
Well, don't hold me in suspense, what is grandmaw's name? (Other than grandma)
Nevada Fails, leaving out last name, could be grandpaw I guess.
It was grandmaw, had to recheck.
There is alot, and I mean ALOT of new construction (business, residential and road) going on around town. It wouldn't surprise me if she's under a slab or parking lot somewhere.
I wonder if cadaver dogs can sniff under concrete?
Why must we assume she is dead? If we must assume this then we need more info about boyfriends and such.But, sadly, this happens everyday in this country.
"I wonder if cadaver dogs can sniff under concrete?"
In some circumstances, yes. It depends on the the width, breadth and depth of the slab and where the body is in relation to all that concrete.
Friday morning BUMP for Joanna....
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