[Dan Cooper]

BOLO

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Do you have the Michigan ping list for this?

Notice that she died her hair black. I am suspecting that she is more than a willing accomplice. Poor kid.

[WSGilcrest]

From the South Bend Tribune

The Saturday disappearance of 14-year-old Lindsey Ryan, of Jones, activated the Amber Alert system. Police believe Lindsey may have been abducted by 56-year-old Terry Drake, of Middlebury.

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[exnavy]

Thanks for the update, we are praying for her safe return.

[SendShaqtoIraq]

"possible plates of 406211A and/or 229929A -- both out of the state of Indiana."

Not if they read like this they aren't. Indiana plates are 2 numbers, 1 letter, 4 numbers. No variation

Teresa

[Luis Gonzalez]

"She has blue eyes, and investigators say she has died her hair black."

Proof reading at this newspaper needs improvement.

[GVnana]

The Yuba River canyon would be a nice place to dump a body, but I can't imagine they'd be dumb enough to give notice of their itinerary. From here, it's either I-80 to Reno or I-5 north to Oregon.

[SuziQ]

Frankly this doesn't sound so much like an abduction than a tryst. Of course with a 14 yr. old girl, she's not mature enough to be circumspect when it comes to her companions.

[Dan Cooper]

March 7, 2003

Missing girl hunted here 'Amber Alert' triggered when pair is recognized at Grass Valley motel

John Dickey

A nationwide search turned to Grass Valley Thursday as law enforcement officers scoured the area for a 14-year-old Michigan girl who reportedly was abducted by a convicted killer.

Lindsey Ryan disappeared from her parents' Jones, Mich., home early Saturday with 56-year-old Terry Drake. Ryan reportedly took guns, ammunition and $4,000 in cash.

Officials received a tip that the pair might be heading for Grass Valley and, in fact, Ryan and Drake checked into the Best Western Gold County Inn on Sutton Way on Tuesday.

A "Technology to Recover Abducted Kids" alert Wednesday by the California Highway Patrol was picked up by Central Valley television stations, prompting employees at the Best Western who saw the broadcasts Wednesday night to contact Ryan's family about the pair's brief appearance at their motel.

Employees at the motel would not discuss the matter with The Union.

Ryan

Authorities said the employees were suspicious about the combination of a 56-year-old man checking into a single-bed room with a young girl. Ryan and Drake had arrived at the motel in the Glenbrook Basin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, but reportedly left an hour later.

It wasn't until Thursday that the hunt took a darker, more desperate turn with the decision that Ryan, a home-schooled youth from a rural area, was reportedly abducted by Drake, a convicted killer and kidnapper who was paroled after serving time. Ryan met Drake at church, and chatted with him on the Internet. It was then that an "Amber Alert" was issued.

With that information, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office, the California Highway Patrol, the FBI and Sierra County Sheriffs Office scoured Nevada County campgrounds and hotels Thursday by road and by air, and also searched in Sierra County into the Downieville area, where the two were thought to have headed to camp.

Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal said his office received a number of phone tips Thursday about people who were seen who were believed to match Drake's and Ryan's descriptions. All turned out to be unfounded.

Royal said he didn't know if the two were still in the area.

The Nevada County Sheriff's office received a report Thursday at 11:22 a.m. claiming that a white truck matching the suspect's description was parked on a dirt turnout near Gracie and Banner Mountain roads. Deputies responded, but found a vehicle that didn't match the description.

After a search by air and road failed to find the two in Nevada or Sierra counties, law enforcement continued the search late Thursday throughout Northern California.

Info Box.

Terry Drake, 56, is described as a white male, 6-foot, 4-inches tall, with brownish-gray balding hair and multiple tattoos on both sides of his neck, his forearms and on other parts of the body.

Lindsey Ryan, 14, is a white female, with hair dyed black, blue eyes, 5-foot, 105 pounds, and braces.

They were driving in a white Dodge Dakota extended cab pickup with possible Indiana plates, 229929A. People with information should contact the Nevada County Sheriffs Office at 265-1471.

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An update from this morning's paper (www.theunion.com) with a little more information.

[Spyder]

Interesting update. I grew up about 30 miles from Jones and my parents still live there. If there *is* a Michigan ping list I'd like to be on it. Thanks!