Amber LeeAnne Dubois 14, Msg 02/13/09, (Remains Found) Escondido CA

[sarahhod]

Escondido police search for missing 14-year-old

2:00 a.m. February 16, 2009


ESCONDIDO: Police are looking for a missing 14-year-old Escondido girl.
Amber LeeAnne Dubois was reported missing Friday evening. Relatives said they had last seen her walking to Escondido High School about 7:10 a.m. Friday, police said.
Her family said the disappearance was “completely out of character,” police said.
Amber is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall, 140 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Police were checking into a possible sighting of her at 6 p.m. Saturday, walking with two other teens near Palomar Medical Center in Escondido.
Anyone with information is asked to call Escondido police at (760) 839-4722.



http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/16/1m16pubsafe001256-public-safety/

[sarahhod]

ESCONDIDO: Police investigating disappearance of teen

| Saturday, February 14, 2009 11:56 PM PST

ESCONDIDO ---- Police are investigating the disappearance of a 14-year-old Escondido High School student.

Amber LeeAnne Dubois was last seen at 7:10 a.m. Friday walking toward the school, Sgt. Craig Miller said Saturday night.

Her parents reported her missing Friday afternoon. Miller added that the parents said Dubois has never run away and that for her to do so would be "completely out of character."

Dubois is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall, 140 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes, Miller said. She was wearing dark clothing when last seen.

Police have contacted the girl's friends and associates. They believe she is in the Escondido area.

Anyone with information about Dubois is asked to contact the Escondido police at (760) 839-4722.


http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/02/14/news/inland/escondido/z065d0afc140b76938825755e00216b60.txt

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http://www.10news.com/news/18723301/detail.html

Search Continues For Missing Escondido High Student

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POSTED: 6:51 am PST February 16, 2009
UPDATED: 7:33 am PST February 16, 2009

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- The search for 14-year-old Amber Dubois is continuing Monday.

Dubois has been missing since Friday morning when she didn't show up for class at Escondido High School. Family and friends hope someone comes forward with information.

Amber was last seen by the mother of one of her friends walking next to the school's practice field.

The field is just steps from the main campus and at 7:15 on a school morning, it's a busy scene.

Amber's loved ones hope that someone saw something. And they want that person or those persons to come forward.

[sarahhod]

Missing teen's family puts up Web site to aid search

2:00 a.m. February 17, 2009
http://media.signonsandiego.com/img/photos/2009/02/16/met-amber_t350.jpg?1640fae913a1dac1b26c7eb88806b9f9b03 41305 Amber Dubois -
ESCONDIDO: The family of a missing Escondido girl has set up a Web site to help in the search.
Amber Dubois, 14, was last seen shortly after 7 a.m. Friday while walking to Escondido High School, said her father, Maurice Dubois. She lives a few blocks from the school with her mother, stepfather and stepsister.
Maurice Dubois said it was unlike her to be absent.
“She's a very structured girl,” he said. “She never misses school. She never misses anything. . . . When she's five minutes late, she calls her mother to tell her why she's going to be five minutes late.”
Amber also was excited about school Friday because she had a $200 check for an agricultural program and Valentine's Day gifts for her friends.
The Web site is amberleeannedubois.com (http://amberleeannedubois.com/). It has pictures and contact information. She is described as 5-foot-5, 130 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing dark clothing.
A report of a possible sighting of her Saturday in downtown Escondido is now considered unreliable, Maurice Dubois said. –M.R.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/17/1m17pubsafe23946-public-safety/

[sarahhod]

We, Amber's family, are grateful to the all of the newspapers, television and radio stations in San Diego County for covering the story of the disappearance of our amazing Amber. Our heartfelt gratitude to everyone holding a good thought and keeping Amber and her safe return to her family in their prayers.

Amber is an intelligent and loving young lady. Animals are important to her and she was excited to be getting her lamb as a school project at Escondido High School, Escondido, CA on the day she disappeared.

She is an avid reader, good with electronics and computers, loves wolves and collects them, and, she takes time to text with her Grandmom.

She is an excellent horsewoman, a good student and artist, and believes in God.

We cannot bear the thought of life without her.

Please help if you know anything by calling the Escondido Police Department (Detective Estrada, 760 839-4758) Thank you.







Ht: 5'5"
Wt: 130
Short medium brown hair - bright blue eyes.
Date of Birth 10/25/1994
Last seen wearing black pants, black hoodie and black sneakers
Last seen 7:10am Feb. 13, 2009 on North Broadway in Escondido, CA - walking toward Escondido HS (believed to have been on west side of street)

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[Faith]

Classmates of Missing Girl May Hold Clues

updated less than 1 minute ago

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Amber Dubois,14, was last seen just after 7 a.m. on Friday about a block from Escondido High school. The girl's parents said she was especially excited to get to school to exchange Valentine's Day gifts with friends.

Four days later, police investigators were on campus questioning Amber's classmates.

Amber's parents, Carrie Bess McGonigle and her husband, Maurice Dubois, spent the weekend posting nearly 2,000 of Amber Dubois throughout Escondido.

"No one has seen her," Carrie said. "It's like she vanished."

"It hurts a lot," said the teen's father, Maurice Dubois. "I love my little girl to death. She's my baby and I want her home."

On Saturday, police received a report of Amber seen walking near Palomar Medical Center with two other teens but have been unable to confirm that report, according to the North County Times.

The high school has surveillance cameras throughout the campus, but it's unclear if police have reviewed them.

The teen's cell phone was activated for a few seconds Saturday afternoon, but other than that, her parents said, it has been off since she disappeared.

Escondido Union High School District released a statement to parents Tuesday suggesting they remind their own children to pay attention to their surroundings and walk in groups.

"We are concerned about Amber and are working in conjunction with the Escondido Police Department," the statement reads.

Anyone with information about Amber is asked to call Escondido police at (760) 839-4722.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29244638/

[sarahhod]

Escondido 14-Year Old Missing for 4 Days

Contributor: Jenny Hamel (http://www.sandiego6.com/content/news/bio.aspx?content_id=3919f288-7ae3-45b9-b910-884f15402818)
Contributor: Elex Michaelson
Contributor: San Diego 6 News Team
Last Update: 12:30 am


http://www.sandiego6.com/media/news/7/a/4/7a43604e-8b3d-4ba7-a1d9-aeee87eb8222/Story.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:void%280%29;) Amber Dubois, 14, hasn't been seen since she was walking to school Friday. (Photo: Escondido Police)



ESCONDIDO - Escondido police and family members continued their search Monday for a 14-year-old girl who was last seen Friday morning.
Amber LeeAnne Dubois was last seen walking to Escondido High School along Broadway Avenue at 7:10 a.m. wearing dark clothes, said Escondido police Lt. David Mankin. She was walking from her home on Fire Mountain Road.
It's believed the last known sighting of her was as she walked towards the school gates, near the football field, according to San Diego News Network Escondido editor Julie Pendray.
A search near Rincoln Middle School turned up no trace of the teen. Dozens of Search and Rescue volunteers went door to door looking for the teen. The search was based on information from a teen attending Rincoln Middle, who said she'd seen DuBois walking near the school on Sunday night.Family members and friends tell SDNN's Pendray that Amber seemed excited to go to school Friday morning because she was getting her new lamb from the school's agriculture program.
Amber had saved her money to buy the lamb for a year, according to family members and had a check for $200 with her to purchase the lamb Friday.
According to Mankin, Amber has never run away, and family members said that it would be "completely out of character."
Police and family members have contacted Ambers friends and distributed fliers with her photo on them, he said. A copy of the flier is linked to this story on the right.
Police believe the girl is in the Escondido area, but would not say why. Amber is about 5 feet 3 inches and 130 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Family and friends have gathered at the family home to await any word on Amber.
Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle said, "she gets along with everyone, not into gangs or anything, or drugs, no boyfriend."
She said life without her daughter has been miserable. "Its numbing...no other way to describe it, I drive around at night for hours just looking for her."Mauric Dubois, Amber's father says there is no way Amber would have left on her own or with friends. DuBois said, "That's what's so scary. We know she doesn't. We know she hasn't called. We know somebody has her. We know something bad has happened some where."
Her father said all parents should take note of Amber's disappearance. "I hope every parent out there will take 2 minutes to hug their kid today and take another 2 minutes to take a look at our daughter and help us get our daughter back in our arms."
Anyone with more information as to Amber's whereabouts was asked to call police at (760) 839-4722, or their anonymous tip line at (760) 743-8477.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Escondido-14-Year-Old-Missing-for-4-Days/OaJ8wB1RSEyUrWTuM4z38A.cspx

Some comments also at the above link:-

[Roamer]

Praying Amber is found safe.

[sarahhod]

Search continues for missing Escondido teen

2:00 a.m. February 19, 2009


ESCONDIDO: Police and members of the Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue team continued looking yesterday for a missing teenager in a northern Escondido neighborhood near where she may have been seen Sunday night.
Amber Dubois, 14, an Escondido High School student, was reported missing Friday night by her family. She had been seen that morning walking to school.
On Tuesday morning, a student who knows Amber told police she was certain she saw Amber on Sunday night walking with someone near Rincon Avenue and Conway Drive, Escondido Police Lt. Bob Benton said.
Since then, authorities have been going door-to-door in that semi-rural neighborhood, passing out fliers and searching in outbuildings and secluded areas.
“Everything we're doing is based on speculation and conjecture,” Sheriff's Search and Rescue Coordinator Don Parker said yesterday.
Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, said the girl who reported seeing his daughter doesn't know her well and he fears it may not be a reliable lead.



http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/19/1m19pubsafe222052-public-safety/?zIndex=55176

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ESCONDIDO: Many resources used in search for teen

Similar search last May located girl

By CHRIS NICHOLS - Staff Writer | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:34 PM PST (https://secure.townnews.com/nctimes.com/forms/link/linkform.php?des=ESCONDIDO:%20Many%20resources%20u sed%20in%20search%20for%20teen)

ESCONDIDO ---- Despite the work of dozens of police officers and volunteers and the hundreds of fliers posted from Valley Center to Oceanside, there's been no sign of 14-year-old Amber Leeanne Dubois since Friday.

The brown haired, blue eyed girl doesn't fit the runaway profile, her family has said. She's been described as a bookish, sheltered girl who loves animals and has never talked about bolting from home.

Police say they have used every resource possible to find her, calling the search the biggest for a missing teen in recent memory.

Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton said between 20 and 25 investigators and community service officers have worked on the search, describing them as "almost our entire investigations division, as well as any additional staff."

Dozens more volunteers from the Sheriff's Department's search and rescue team helped scour the rural north Escondido area Tuesday and Wednesday, going door-to-door on several streets.

On Wednesday afternoon they were aided by a sheriff's helicopter. That helped give the team's leader a better lay of the land, said sheriff's Deputy Darryl Kimball, one of the department's helicopter pilots.

Those searches followed a tip from one of Amber's classmates at Escondido High School, who reported possibly seeing her near Rincon Middle School on Sunday.

Benton said Amber's father and mother, who are separated, along with the mother's boyfriend, all voluntarily took and passed polygraph tests. They have been ruled out as suspects, he said.

Amber's last known location was at 7:10 a.m. Friday, walking south on North Broadway toward Escondido High, Benton said. On the Web site her family set up, www.amberleeannedubois.com (http://www.amberleeannedubois.com/), the teen is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 130 pounds with short to medium-length brown hair and bright blue eyes.

Officers have interviewed numerous friends and classmates and watched hours of surveillance tape to try to find clues about the teen's disappearance.

Escondido police launched a similar but shorter search last year after another girl disappeared.

Benton said 11-year-old Alani Vera was found two days after she went missing, when her father was arrested in Mexico in connection with her disappearance.

Benton said the Dubois case is different from those of most runaways. All of Amber's family and friends interviewed have said running away would be "out of character" for the girl, he said. They've told police she's never run away or even talked about it.

"She's not the typical rebellious teen," Benton said.

The lieutenant said records show police had not responded to the Dubois home, in north Escondido, for any reason since October. He said he did not immediately have access to records of any visits before that month.

Amber's parents live apart. The father lives in the Los Angeles area and has taken part in the search. Neither the mother nor father could be reached Wednesday.

Dave Cave, the boyfriend of Amber's mother, said Escondido police have "given their 100 percent" in the search.

He said the family's message for the teen is that "we love you, we miss you and we want you to come home."

Benton said police have not ruled out the possibility that Amber voluntarily left home, but added that there's little evidence to show she did.

Whether she ran away or not shouldn't change how authorities search, said Lisa Prazeau, whose 16-year-old son attends high school with the girl.

"If they have the resources to use, then use them," said Prazeau, who lives near the rural north Escondido area searched Wednesday. "They need to use every thing they can. Time is of the essence."

Anyone with information about the case should call Escondido police at (760) 839-4722.

http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/02/18/news/inland/escondido/z48ed428a2b3df4a88825756100816695.txt

[sarahhod]

Sheds, Backhouses Searched for Missing Teen

NBCSanDiego.com
updated 8:17 p.m. ET Feb. 18, 2009

Searchers were looking in sheds and backhouses in North Escondido Wednesday, days after Amber Dubois was last seen about a block from Escondido High School.

“We're canvassing the whole neighborhood,” volunteer Mike Fisher said. “All these are big properties, they all have outhouses, and so if you're trying to hide out, there's a lot of places you could hide. We don’t know what's going on, but we’re checking it out.”

Amber Dubois,14, was last seen just after 7 a.m. on Friday about a block from Escondido High school. The girl's parents said she was especially excited to get to school to exchange Valentine's Day gifts with friends.

Dozens of people with the sheriff's department and Escondido police have been going door-to-door searching for Amber after a student said she had seen Amber near Rincon Middle School on Sunday with someone else. The student didn't know if that person was male or female. The search is in a one-mile radius of that sighting.

“The sighting on Sunday night was deemed to be as reliable as it could be,” Sgt. Don Parker said. “That's actually a really good sign, because according to the witness, she wasn't in any kind of duress. It didn't seem she was doing anything against her will,” Sgt. Parker said.

Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, said he was encouraged to hear of the latest lead. Amber's mother, who describes her daughter as a responsible student with good friends, says she finds it hard to believe only one person would have seen Amber walking around, given there are so many posters up. But she thanks all those searching for her daughter.

“I think it's the biggest break police have had, so I'm praying to god it was her. It makes me feel hopeful, but I don’t believe it so much,” Carrie McGonicle said.

On Saturday, police received a report of Amber seen walking near Palomar Medical Center with two other teens but have been unable to confirm that report, according to the North County Times. The teen's cell phone was activated for a few seconds Saturday afternoon, but other than that, her parents said, it has been off since she disappeared.

“This has been ongoing for several days, so as it goes on, we get more worried. But we're hoping this will have a good outcome,” Fisher said.

Escondido Union High School District released a statement to parents suggesting they remind their own children to pay attention to their surroundings and walk in groups.

"We are concerned about Amber and are working in conjunction with the Escondido Police Department," the statement reads.

Anyone with information about Amber is asked to call Escondido police at 760-839-4722.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29266420/

[sarahhod]

Family of missing teen hires private investigator


2:00 a.m. February 20, 2009


The family of missing teenager Amber Dubois has hired a private investigator long associated with local missing-children cases.
The FBI also is “providing investigative assistance” to Escondido police, FBI spokesman Darrell Foxworth said yesterday.
Amber, 14, was last seen Feb. 13 while walking to Escondido High School. There have been several possible sightings of her since, including one Sunday night that led police to search a northern Escondido neighborhood for two days. The family is not convinced any sightings are credible. Police said the person reporting the sighting was certain it was Amber.
Police are treating the case as a possible abduction but say anything is possible, including that the girl ran away.
“We have no indication that she has been abducted,” Lt. Bob Benton said.
Private investigator Bill Garcia, who has been involved in a number of high-profile cases in the county, said he is helping the family search for Amber, as well as aiding with publicity.
Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, who lives in Orange County and has custody of Amber on weekends, thanked the police for their efforts at a news conference yesterday in front of Amber's Escondido home.
Maurice Dubois said the family is convinced Amber has been abducted because it would be out of character for her to have run away.



http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/20/1m20pubsafe234436-public-safety/

[sarahhod]

Missing Girl's Parents Hire Private Eye

updated 11:47 p.m. ET Feb. 19, 2009


Local investigator Bill Garcia is now directing the search for an Escondido teenager missing since last week.

Garcia said he is handling the disappearance of 14-year-old Amber Dubois as a "stranger abduction," not as a runaway teen. He also said he was brought into the case because the Escondido Police are no longer actively searching for Amber.

Garcia will begin his own physical search later today.

In other developments in the case, Amber's parents, who are separated, along with the mother's boyfriend, all voluntarily took and passed polygraph tests, the North County Times reported. They have been ruled out as suspects, Lt. Bob Benton told the paper.

Searchers have been looking in sheds and backhouses in North Escondido, days after Amber was last seen about a block from Escondido High School.

“We're canvassing the whole neighborhood,” volunteer Mike Fisher said. “All these are big properties, they all have outhouses, and so if you're trying to hide out, there's a lot of places you could hide. We don’t know what's going on, but we’re checking it out.”

Amber was last seen just after 7 a.m. on Friday about a block from Escondido High school. The girl's parents said she was especially excited to get to school to exchange Valentine's Day gifts with friends.

Officers have interviewed numerous friends and classmates and watched hours of surveillance tape to try to find clues about the teen's disappearance.

Dozens of people with the sheriff's department and Escondido police have been going door-to-door searching for Amber after a student said she had seen Amber near Rincon Middle School on Sunday with someone else. The student didn't know if that person was male or female. The search is in a one-mile radius of that sighting.

“The sighting on Sunday night was deemed to be as reliable as it could be,” Sgt. Don Parker said. “That's actually a really good sign, because according to the witness, she wasn't in any kind of duress. It didn't seem she was doing anything against her will,” Sgt. Parker said.

Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, said he was encouraged to hear of the latest lead. Amber's mother, who describes her daughter as a responsible student with good friends, says she finds it hard to believe only one person would have seen Amber walking around, given there are so many posters up. But she thanks all those searching for her daughter.

“I think it's the biggest break police have had, so I'm praying to god it was her. It makes me feel hopeful, but I don’t believe it so much,” Carrie McGonicle said.

On Saturday, police received a report of Amber seen walking near Palomar Medical Center with two other teens but have been unable to confirm that report, according to the North County Times. The teen's cell phone was activated for a few seconds Saturday afternoon, but other than that, her parents said, it has been off since she disappeared.

“This has been ongoing for several days, so as it goes on, we get more worried. But we're hoping this will have a good outcome,” Fisher said.

Escondido Union High School District released a statement to parents suggesting they remind their own children to pay attention to their surroundings and walk in groups.

"We are concerned about Amber and are working in conjunction with the Escondido Police Department," the statement reads.

Anyone with information about Amber is asked to call Escondido police at 760-839-4722.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29283025/

Always good to hear that family have passed poly's, keeps the focus on other avenues.

[sarahhod]

ESCONDIDO: Family of missing teen clings to hope

No new leads in case

By CHRIS NICHOLS - Staff Writer | Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:59 PM PST


http://images.townnews.com/nctimes.com/content/articles/2009/02/19/news/inland/escondido/zcfe32ff1710ff89288257562006f20aa.jpg Maurice Duboise, right, the father of missing teen Amber Duboise, talks to members of the media at a news conference held in front of his Escondido home on Thursday. (Photo by Hayne Palmour IV - Staff Photographer)
http://images.townnews.com/nctimes.com/content/articles/2009/02/19/news/inland/escondido/zcfe32ff1710ff89288257562006f20aa1.jpg A photo of the flier the family of Amber Dubois has been distributing. (Photo by Hayne Palmour IV - Staff Photographer)


ESCONDIDO ---- The family of a bookish 14-year-old girl missing for six days believes she was abducted by a stranger and said it has hired a private investigator to bolster its search.

Maurice Dubois, standing next to private investigator Bill Garcia, held a press conference Thursday to ask for more public help in finding his daughter, Amber Leeanne Dubois.

The Escondido High School freshman was last seen Feb. 13 walking to school on North Broadway, family and police have said. A neighbor spotted her about 7:10 a.m. walking south near the school's football stadium.

A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigations confirmed Thursday the agency has offered help in the case.

Still, there have been no new leads for several days, police and family have said. That has led the family and Garcia to believe Amber was taken.

Dubois said Thursday he is clinging to community support and hope.

Hope is "everything" for the family, Dubois added, wearing jeans, sneakers and a worried look on his face.

"I don't want anyone to lose focus," the father added. "We need support from the community and friends."

The press conference was held in front of the blue-trimmed, two-story home on Red Mountain Place where Amber lived with her mother, Carrie McGonigle, who did not come outside the home. The quiet court includes tidy, well-landscaped suburban homes on the northeast edge of Escondido's city limits.

Police have described the search for Amber as the city's largest for a missing teen in recent memory. Police and family members said Amber does not fit the profile of a runaway, describing her as a good student, an animal lover and sheltered.

Her father and mother are separated. Maurice Dubois, who lives in Orange County, has participated in the search since the start, he said.

Amber's father and mother, along with the mother's boyfriend, all voluntarily took and passed polygraph tests, Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton said earlier this week. They have been ruled out as suspects, he said.

Benton could not be reached for comment Thursday.

An FBI spokeswoman declined to specify what kind of help it has offered.

"We have offered our assistance to the Escondido Police Department, but it remains their case until it is a confirmed kidnapping," said April Langwell, a spokeswoman for the San Diego FBI.

Garcia, the private investigator who said he has 17 years' experience, said computers from both the mother's and father's homes are being searched by authorities for any electronic clue the teen may have left.

He and Amber's father said the girl sent several text messages to her grandmother and one to a friend before going to school Feb. 13. They said the messages did not provide information about her whereabouts or seem suspicious.

The girl's cell phone was shut off shortly after the messages were sent, Garcia added, noting police relayed information about the phone to the family. The phone was turned back on once on Saturday afternoon when someone tried unsuccessfully to access the phone's voicemail and then shut off again shortly after, they said, adding no further readings from the phone have been retrieved.

Garcia said the phone was not on long enough for authorities to determine specifically where it was. Escondido police were not available to comment on the matter.

The investigator, his blue jeans and boots spotted with dirt, said he's continued to search several rural areas near Amber's home. He said he may organize a team of community volunteers to continue searching in coming days.

In the meantime, he urged residents in the north Escondido area to search their properties and report anything that's out of the ordinary to police.

Police and Sheriff's Department search and rescue volunteers scoured several areas near Rincon Middle School after getting a tip Amber may have been in the area.

Over the past week, Amber's father said, he's wrestled with a range of emotions from frustration to despair. While he praised local police for their help, he said the search must now go beyond city limits.

"It's been six days ... she could be anywhere in the country," he said.

Amber's family set up the following Web site: www.amberleeannedubois.com (http://www.amberleeannedubois.com/). It describes the teen as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 130 pounds with short to medium-length brown hair and bright blue eyes.

The family plans a candlelight vigil from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday in front of Escondido High.

Anyone with information about the case should call Escondido police at (760) 839-4722

http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/02/19/news/inland/escondido/zcfe32ff1710ff89288257562006f20aa.txt

[Roamer]

Praying for Amber's safe return.

[sarahhod]

Candlelight Vigil To Be Held For Missing Girl

POSTED: 6:29 am PST February 20, 2009
UPDATED: 6:43 am PST February 20, 2009


ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- A candlelight vigil will be held Friday for a missing 14-year-old girl whose family has hired a private detective to search for her.The FBI also is getting involved in the search for Amber Leeann Dubois, who has been missing for nearly a week, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.The candlelight vigil will be held Friday in front of Escondido High School. She was last seen walking to the school one week ago.The Escondido Police Department is treating the case as a possible abduction but is not ruling out the possibility she ran away, according to the newspaper.Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, who lives in Orange County and has custody of her on the weekends, said the family is convinced she was abducted, the newspaper reported.The family has maintained that running away is "completely out of character" for the teen.They said she is a good student who was excited about starting a school project that involved a lamb the Friday she disappeared.The family has hired private detective Bill Garcia, who has been involved in a number of high-profile cases in the county, the newspaper reported.Since her disappearance, there have been reported sightings of the teen, police officials said. But none has been confirmed by police.Amber is white, 5 feet 5, 130 pounds, with short brown hair and blue eyes.At the time of her disappearance, she was wearing dark-colored clothing, including a hooded sweatshirt and tennis shoes.Investigators are asking anyone with information about Amber's whereabouts to call Escondido police at 760-839-4722.

http://www.10news.com/news/18758266/detail.html#-

[DestinySearchOps]

This is going around twitter right now as a "Amber Alert"

http://www.bigcatdesigns.com/amber/amber.htm

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29300165/

Candlelight Vigil to be Held for Missing Girl

NBCSanDiego.com
updated 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

Family and friends of an Escondido teenager missing since last week will gather Friday.

A local investigator said Thursday that he is describing the disappearance of 14-year-old Amber Dubois as a "stranger abduction." Amber went to school last Friday morning and was spotted once or twice last weekend but has not been seen since. The girl's parents said she was especially excited to get to school to exchange Valentine's Day gifts with friends.

The teen's loved ones will hold a candlelight vigil for her at at 6 p.m. at Escondido High School at 1535 Broadway.

Local investigator Bill Garcia also said he was brought into the case because the Escondido police are no longer actively searching for the girl.

Garcia said he is handling the disappearance of 14-year-old Amber Dubois as a "stranger abduction," not as a runaway teen. He also said he was brought into the case because the Escondido Police are no longer actively searching for Amber.

Garcia will begin his own physical search later today.

In other developments in the case, Amber's parents, who are separated, along with the mother's boyfriend, all voluntarily took and passed polygraph tests, the North County Times reported. They have been ruled out as suspects, Lt. Bob Benton told the paper.

Searchers have been looking in sheds and backhouses in North Escondido, days after Amber was last seen about a block the high school.

“We're canvassing the whole neighborhood,” volunteer Mike Fisher said. “All these are big properties, they all have outhouses, and so if you're trying to hide out, there's a lot of places you could hide. We don’t know what's going on, but we’re checking it out.”

Officers have interviewed numerous friends and classmates and watched hours of surveillance tape to try to find clues about the teen's disappearance.

Dozens of people with the sheriff's department and Escondido police have been going door-to-door searching for Amber after a student said she had seen Amber near Rincon Middle School on Sunday with someone else. The student didn't know if that person was male or female. The search is in a one-mile radius of that sighting.

“The sighting on Sunday night was deemed to be as reliable as it could be,” Sgt. Don Parker said. “That's actually a really good sign, because according to the witness, she wasn't in any kind of duress. It didn't seem she was doing anything against her will,” Sgt. Parker said.

Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, said he was encouraged to hear of the latest lead. Amber's mother, who describes her daughter as a responsible student with good friends, says she finds it hard to believe only one person would have seen Amber walking around, given there are so many posters up. But she thanks all those searching for her daughter.

“I think it's the biggest break police have had, so I'm praying to god it was her. It makes me feel hopeful, but I don’t believe it so much,” Carrie McGonicle said.

On Saturday, police received a report of Amber seen walking near Palomar Medical Center with two other teens but have been unable to confirm that report, according to the North County Times. The teen's cell phone was activated for a few seconds Saturday afternoon, but other than that, her parents said, it has been off since she disappeared.

“This has been ongoing for several days, so as it goes on, we get more worried. But we're hoping this will have a good outcome,” Fisher said.

Escondido Union High School District released a statement to parents suggesting they remind their own children to pay attention to their surroundings and walk in groups.

"We are concerned about Amber and are working in conjunction with the Escondido Police Department," the statement reads.

Anyone with information about Amber is asked to call Escondido police at 760-839-4722.

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ESCONDIDO: Family of missing teen holds candlelight vigil

By CHRIS NICHOLS - Staff Writer | Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:00 AM PST (https://secure.townnews.com/nctimes.com/forms/link/linkform.php?des=ESCONDIDO:%20Family%20of%20missin g%20teen%20holds%20candlelight%20vigil)


http://images.townnews.com/nctimes.com/content/articles/2009/02/21/news/inland/escondido/z66ac4f077925e9d4882575640004116a.jpg Sixteen-year-old Shevy Klaus holds a flyer for missing teen Amber Dubois, 14, during a candlelight vigil for her in front of Escondido High School on Friday evening. (Photo by Hayne Palmour IV -- Staff Photographer)
http://images.townnews.com/nctimes.com/content/articles/2009/02/21/news/inland/escondido/z66ac4f077925e9d4882575640004116a1.jpg Annalise Wasburn, left, and Mary Thompson, right, both 15-year-old Escondido High School students, stand with other teens during a candlelight vigil for missing teen Amber Dubois, 14, in front of Escondido High School on Friday evening. (Photo by Hayne Palmour IV -- Staff Photographer)


ESCONDIDO ---- Family, friends and neighbors united Friday to hold a candlelight vigil for missing teen Amber Dubois one week after the 14-year-old girl disappeared on her way to school.

The Escondido High School freshman was last seen Feb. 13 walking to school on North Broadway, family and police have said. A neighbor spotted her about 7:10 a.m. walking south near the school's football stadium.

Despite an aggressive police and community search, there have been no leads in the case for several days. Family members fear Amber was abducted by a stranger. They and police have said Amber, with her love for school and positive disposition, does not fit the profile of a runaway.

Friday night's vigil was held outside Escondido High. Many of the approximately 200 people wore T-shirts with Amber's name and picture on them. Some, clutching candles and loved ones, spoke of hope. Others expressed fear and despair over the teen's disappearance.

"You hold onto your kids a little harder," said Anita Warren, her 9-year-old daughter, Alana, at her side. The Warrens live about 10 houses from Amber's family in north Escondido, they said.

"I'm just hoping she could be anywhere," added Larry Spoo, who lives near Amber's family, "somewhere she can break free and call for help."

Speaking just after 9 p.m., Escondido police Sgt. Craig Miller said there was no new information about the case.

Amber's family has praised the police for their work, which included door-to-door searches of north Escondido earlier this week. To bolster their search, however, the family has hired San Diego private investigator Bill Garcia.

Garcia, along with community volunteers, plans additional searches of north Escondido this weekend.

They hope to find the girl classmates described Friday as having a zeal for life, and being a committed friend.

"She can always make me smile," said Jennifer Morris, a freshman at the high school, who said she's known Amber a couple of years.

"Amber's not the type of person not to go to school," said Taylor Doyle, 15, who said she's known Amber all her life.

At the vigil, Amber's mother and father thanked the community for their support. They noted that local businesses and residents have had donations including donuts and coffee and the printing of thousands of fliers with Amber's name and picture on them.

"All these candles," said Maurice Dubois, the teen's father, "Hopefully they're going to light Amber's way home."

http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/02/21/news/inland/escondido/z66ac4f077925e9d4882575640004116a.txt

[sarahhod]

Dubois case now a week old


February 20, 8:54 AM
by Dave Thomas, San Diego News Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/x-833-San-Diego-News-Examiner)



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Will the help of a private investigator solve the case of missing Escondido teen Amber Dubois? Her family and friends hope so.Dubois, 14, who went missing a week ago today, was last seen walking to school around 7 a.m. last Friday. The teen never made it to her school, however, leaving family and friends wondering just what happened to her.
With Escondido police scaling back their search, a private investigator and the FBI are turning their attention to the case.
Private investigator Bill Garcia is now involved in the case, both in looking for Dubois and providing information about her disappearance. According to news reports, Garcia is leaning towards the idea that Dubois was abducted and did not go off on her own.
Several reports that Dubois was spotted in parts of Escondido last weekend are now looking like they are not credible, according to police.
While the Elizabeth Smart case proves there can be miracles, each passing day brings a little less chance of a happy ending to this story.
In an effort to keep the case in the news, the teen's loved ones are holding a candlelight vigil for Dubois tonight at 6 p.m. at Escondido High School at 1535 Broadway.
In the meantime, take a good look at the picture of Amber Dubois.
People do not just vanish into thin air. Someone had to see something last Friday morning. Hopes are that that person will come forward sooner rather than later.

http://www.examiner.com/x-833-San-Diego-News-Examiner~y2009m2d20-Dubois-case-now-a-week-old

[sarahhod]

Investigator Explores New Lead


updated 9:15 a.m. ET Feb. 21, 2009


A local investigator in the case of missing Escondido teenager Amber Dubois, said a woman, who looks a lot like the missing 14-year-old, told him that some men got out of a van February 2 near Escondido High School and approached her.

When the men asked her to get in the van, she said no, and they chased her, Bill Garcia said. The woman said she ran into an elementary school and escaped.

Garcia said that he is describing Amber’s disappearance as a "stranger abduction." The teen disappeared on her way to school last Friday morning and was spotted once or twice last weekend but has not been seen since. The girl's parents said she was especially excited to get to school to exchange Valentine's Day gifts with friends.

Garcia said he was brought into the case because the Escondido police are no longer actively searching for the girl.

Amber’s family is working on a reward for anyone who helps to find their daughter. They said they’re not sure how much yet, but they will announce the amount at a vigil being held Friday at 6 p.m. at Escondido High School at 1535 Broadway.

A search was also scheduled to resume Saturday morning at 6 a.m. in Escondido. Searchers will comb the area from Interstate-15 to Harrah’s Casino.

The mother of murdered 24-year-old Brittany Hart will join the search, Amber’s parents said. Robert Carson murdered the Santee woman in 2007.

In other developments in the case, Amber's parents, who are separated, along with the mother's boyfriend, all voluntarily took and passed polygraph tests, the North County Times reported. They have been ruled out as suspects, Lt. Bob Benton told the paper.

Searchers have been looking in sheds and backhouses in North Escondido, days after Amber was last seen about a block from the high school.

“We're canvassing the whole neighborhood,” volunteer Mike Fisher said. “All these are big properties, they all have outhouses, and so if you're trying to hide out, there's a lot of places you could hide. We don’t know what's going on, but we’re checking it out.”

Officers have interviewed numerous friends and classmates and watched hours of surveillance tape to try to find clues about the teen's disappearance.

Dozens of people with the sheriff's department and Escondido police have been going door-to-door searching for Amber after a student said she had seen Amber near Rincon Middle School on Sunday with someone else. The student didn't know if that person was male or female. The search is in a one-mile radius of that sighting.

“The sighting on Sunday night was deemed to be as reliable as it could be,” Sgt. Don Parker said. “That's actually a really good sign, because according to the witness, she wasn't in any kind of duress. It didn't seem she was doing anything against her will,” Sgt. Parker said.

Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, said he was encouraged to hear of the latest lead. Amber's mother, who describes her daughter as a responsible student with good friends, says she finds it hard to believe only one person would have seen Amber walking around, given there are so many posters up. But she thanks all those searching for her daughter.

“I think it's the biggest break police have had, so I'm praying to God it was her. It makes me feel hopeful, but I don’t believe it so much,” Carrie McGonicle said.

On Saturday, police received a report of Amber seen walking near Palomar Medical Center with two other teens but have been unable to confirm that report, according to the North County Times. The teen's cell phone was activated for a few seconds Saturday afternoon, but other than that, her parents said, it has been off since she disappeared.

“This has been ongoing for several days, so as it goes on, we get more worried. But we're hoping this will have a good outcome,” Fisher said.

Escondido Union High School District released a statement to parents suggesting they remind their own children to pay attention to their surroundings and walk in groups.

"We are concerned about Amber and are working in conjunction with the Escondido Police Department," the statement reads.

Anyone with information about Amber is asked to call Escondido police at 760-839-4722.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29306087/

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Family Organizes Search Effort for Missing Escondido Teen

Posted: Feb 21, 2009 12:57 PM EST
Updated: Feb 21, 2009 01:12 PM EST

A candlelight vigil was held Friday evening for a missing girl whose family believe was abducted.
The vigil was held in front of Escondido High School, the last place where Amber Dubois, 14, was seen.

Dubois has been missing for a week. Family members have hired a private detective to help with the search. Bill Garcia has been involved in several high-profile missing persons cases, including the search for Danielle Van Dam.

Dubois' family is organizing a search effort Saturday. A command post will be set up at the Calvin Christian Church at the corner of Broadway and Vista avenues in Escondido. The search was scheduled to begin a 6 a.m. and continue throughout the day.

Anyone with information about Dubois' whereabouts is asked to call Escondido police.

[sarahhod]

Teen vanishes on way to school

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By Emanuella Grinberg
CNN


(CNN) -- Last Friday the 13th was supposed to be a special day for 14-year-old Amber Leeanne DuBois.
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Loved ones say Amber Leeanne DuBois, 14, would never go anywhere without telling her parents or friends.
She left her home in Escondido, California, around 7 a.m. for school with a check in hand, a down payment on a baby lamb that she was going to raise and care for as part of her Future Farmers of America class.
It was a day that she'd been looking forward to for more than a year, her family says. But she never made it to school and hasn't been heard from since, prompting authorities to launch a massive search for the missing teen.
"She would not have given up that lamb for anything," her mother, Carrie McGonigle, said. "She's a wholesome kid. She doesn't run amok like most teenagers. She did not run away, I guarantee it."
Her cell phone was turned on once for about 20 seconds the day after she disappeared and has not been turned on since then, Escondido Police spokesman Lt. Bob Benton said.
Her mother and her live-in boyfriend voluntarily submitted to polygraph tests and passed, Benton said. Amber's father, who lives in Orange County, California, and other relatives have been interviewed, he added.
A classmate reported seeing Amber a week ago on Sunday, walking with an unidentified person about half a mile from her home, Benton said.
"We don't know the circumstances of her disappearance or the person she was walking with, but being 14 years old and missing as long as she has without ever having gone missing before is very suspicious," Benton said.
The FBI (http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) is assisting the Escondido Police in the investigation, said Special Agent Darrell Foxworth from the agency's San Diego office.
"The assistance that we are providing includes conducting interviews and following up on leads as they develop," Foxworth said.
Amber's parents insist she would never stay away from home for so long without notifying them, leading them to believe she was abducted.
"As a person who knows my daughter very, very well, I'm 95 percent positive she's not just wandering around the area," said her father, Maurice DuBois. "If she was abducted by stranger -- hopefully not -- she could be anywhere in the U.S, Mexico by now. Eight days is a long time to be missing."
Amber's parents say she was a not-so-typical teen who shunned social networking sites like MySpace.com and Facebook and preferred reading, drawing and spending time with friends at home over hanging out at the mall.
"When she'd get in trouble, I'd have to take her books away," McGonigle said, chuckling as she recalled her daughter's habit of hiding under her bed sheets with a flashlight so she could read late at night.
Her first passion was animals, a lifelong devotion that began with her first horse, Rojo, and led to her joining the FFA when she entered high school.
Two weeks before she disappeared, she wrote her mother a letter urging her to let her buy the lamb she planned to name Nannette, outlining how she would care for it and suggesting it would look good on her resume, McGonigle said.
"I know in my heart that there's nothing that would take her away from that lamb. She would never miss that day. That's how I know she didn't just run away," McGonigle said.
"I go to sleep thinking she's going to be walking in my room any minute saying, 'Mom, I'm back.' But now it's just becoming a numb feeling."
Members of the community of Escondido (http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Escondido), a bedroom community of San Diego, have been generous with donations of money, resources and manpower in the efforts to locate Amber, her mother said.
A candlelight vigil at Escondido High School on Friday night drew about 200 people, Amber's friend Hailey Kosinski said, in a show of support that brought a measure of comfort to her family and friends.
Hailey, who has known Amber since the sixth grade, said she could always count on her to brighten her day when she was feeling down.
"She smiles and tells you everything's going to be OK and you just feel better," she said. "She's sort of shy when you first meet her, but once you get to know her, she's the kindest person you'll ever meet."
The 14-year-old described her friend's disappearance as a rude awakening to the dangers of ordinary life.
"It makes you think of the many, many situations that could occur when you're walking on the street, or when you walk away from friends for just a little while," said Hailey, who has spent most of her free time in the past week posting fliers on traffic poles and in stores.
"It's the most horrible, gut-wrenching feeling to know your friend is out there and there's nothing you can do to help her. You feel so powerless."

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/22/amber.dubois/

[sarahhod]

Massive search for missing teen

Published: Feb. 22, 2009 at 10:32 AM

ESCONDIDO, Calif., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The family of a missing Escondido, Calif., teen says she was looking forward to getting a (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/22/Massive_search_for_missing_teen/UPI-11231235316770/#)lamb the day she vanished on her way to school. Amber Leeanne Bois, 14, disappeared Feb. 13 with a check in hand for a lamb she planned to raise for her Future Farmers of America class, her mother, Carrie McGonigle, told CNN.
"She would not have given up that lamb for anything," McGonigle said. "She's a wholesome kid. She doesn't run amok like most teenagers. She did not run away, I guarantee it."
Bois' cell phone was turned on once for less than a minute the day after she vanished and has not been activated since, said Lt. Bob Benton of the Escondido Police.
Two days after her disappearance, a classmate reported seeing her walking with an unidentified person about half a mile from her home, CNN reported Sunday.
"We don't know the circumstances of her disappearance or the person she was walking with, but being 14 years old and missing as long as she has without ever having gone missing before is very suspicious," Benton said.



http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/22/Massive_search_for_missing_teen/UPI-11231235316770/

[sarahhod]

Hundreds Search Rugged Terrain for Missing California Girl

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Amber DuBois

The family of a missing 14-year old California girl launched an all-out search Sunday morning that extended into the local mountains, television news station San Diego 6 reported.
Hundreds of volunteers combed through rugged terrain in search for Amber LeeAnne DuBois, who was reportedly last seen shortly after 7 a.m. on Feb. 13, while walking to her high school in Escondido, Calif.
The FBI is “providing investigative assistance” to Escondido police, an agency spokesman told the San Diego Union Tribune on Saturday.
Investigators said Amber — who was last seen wearing black clothing and a backpack — talked to a friend on her cell phone as she walked to class that morning. She has not been seen or heard from since, police said.
The teen's father, Maurice DuBois, said reports of a possible sighting of his daughter Saturday were considered unreliable. He said Amber is very structured, and not the type of girl to run away.
The family is hoping that the Tour of California bicycle race — which is expected to draw thousands of spectators to Escondido on Sunday — will heighten public awareness and help in finding Amber.
Local media outlets reported Friday that there may have been an attempted abduction in the same area where Amber was last seen.
The family's private investigator Bill Garcia told San Diego 6 that a woman was almost abducted by a man driving a white utility vehicle in Escondido two weeks before Amber was reported missing — though police have not yet determined a credible link between that case and Amber's disappearance.
Meanwhile, family members have set up a Web site (http://www.bigcatdesigns.com/amber/amber.htm) with pictures and contact information for the missing girl, and are pushing for the search to go nationwide.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,498150,00.html

[Faith]

Search Continues For Missing Teenager

POSTED: 1:08 pm PST February 21, 2009
UPDATED: 1:55 pm PST February 21, 2009

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Video: FBI Joins Search For Missing Escondido Girl (http://www.10news.com/news/18767145/detail.html#)




ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Family members and hundreds of volunteers searched the Escondido area Saturday for clues in the case of a 14-year-old girl reported missing more than a week ago.

Amber Leeanne Dubois was last seen walking to Escondido High School on Feb. 13.

About 200 people attended a candlelight vigil in front of Escondido High School on Friday night.

"All these candles, hopefully, they're going to light Amber's way home," said her father, Maurice Dubois.

Via a Web site set up to help search for Amber, the family asked volunteers to meet at Vista Avenue and Broadway at 6 a.m. They will search again on Sunday.

The family is adamant that Amber did not run away.

The family has hired private detective Bill Garcia, who has been involved in a number of high-profile missing cases in the county.

The FBI joined the investigation this week and are providing assistance to Escondido police.

http://www.10news.com/news/18767145/detail.html

[Faith]

Myspace

MISSING Amber Leeanne Dubois

http://amberleeannedubois.com MISSING CHILD 2/13/09"

Female
100 years old
ESCONDIDO, California
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Last Login: 2/22/2009

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Family Website

http://amberleeannedubois.com

[sarahhod]

Teen's Father: "I Can't Look for a Body, I Can't"
NBCSanDiego.com
2/22/2009

An estimated 300 volunteers showed up to help in the search for a missing Escondido girl Saturday, private investigator Bill Garcia said. The 14-year-old went missing on Friday February 13. She was last seen walking to Escondido High School.

Volunteers signed in, teams were formed, and areas to be searched divided among them.

“Take plenty of fliers,” Garcia told the volunteers. “I believe we still have a lot. Share them with residents you run into.”

These volunteers don't know Amber, but said they had to do something to help.

“I have three daughters myself, and I can't imagine what those parents are going through. I would want the same,” Mary Schmit said

“It's right in our own backyard. Just knowing something could happen to anybody, anytime,” Raquel Suitts said.

Amber's father told us how much he appreciates the support.

“It's touching, it really is, when you see a community come out,” Maurice Dubois said.

He explained why he could not take part in this particular effort to find his daughter, not wanting his worst fears realized.

“As far as me doing the search, I don't think I could, just because of the fact that I can't look for a body, I can't,” he said.

Searchers said they understood, and want him to know they will do all they can to bring his daughter back home.

“It would just be so scary,” Schmit said.

“We're all keeping our eyes open, anywhere we go, we're all there right with him,” said Suitts.

Areas being searched include:

- El Norte Parkway
- Interstate-15 east to Lake Wohlford
- North to Palomar Mountain
- West along state Route 76 to Riverside County

The mother of Brittany Hart is also showing her support to the family.

"I just want to give the parents my moral support because I know what they're going through," said Karen Hart.

Her 24-year-old daughter Brittany went missing in 2007. Brittany was murdered and her body was found in a rural area of East County. The man accused of killing her is heading to trial for the murder.

Meantime, more than 200 people came out in support of the family Friday evening. People held candles outside the school in hopes Amber would be brought safely home.

"Basically, it kind of hits home because I know how I'd feel if I'd lost a child," said Escondido resident Amy Clark.

"It's not just the county, the word is spreading across the country and everyone is praying for her and her family," said family friend Joe Peters.

Amber's parents are grateful for the large turnout and support they've gotten since Amber disappeared.

"A lot of people loved Amber and they still do, they want her home," said her mother Carrie McGonigle. Carrie says she last saw her daughter before she headed to school. "Someone has her, she's not just hiding from me or hiding from the house, someone has her".

The possibility of abduction scares everyone, especially parents.

"My mom doesn't even let me walk around the streets anymore, she's afraid it'll happen to me," said Amber's friend Taylor Doyle.

Amber's father believes his daughter is still alive and he vows to never stop searching for her.

"I sleep an hour or two a night, and last night I don't even know if I got that," said Maurice Dubois.

If, by chance, Amber did runaway, Carrie McGonigle has this message for her daughter.

"Just come home, you won't be in trouble, just come home," McGonigle said.

The family is offering a $500 dollar reward for any information about her whereabouts. Her father says the reward money will go up as more donations come in.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29319138/

[sarahhod]

California teen disappears on the way to school


February 22, 9:07 AM
by Elaine Peabody,
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14 year old Amber DuBois

14 year old Amber DuBois left her home in Escondido California around 7 a.m. last Friday the 13th. She was on her way to school and had plans later to make a down payment on a lamb she was planning to raise as part of her Future Farmers of America club. Amber never made it to school and her family hasn't seen her since.In cases involving teenagers, police often suspect a child has runaway. However, those closest to Amber say that is impossible, and based on the information provided by friends and family, authorities have launched a large-scale search. Carrie McGonigle, Amber's mother, said "She would not have given up that lamb for anything. She's a wholesome kid.... She did not run away. I guarantee it." Her mother and her mother's live-in boyfriend both voluntarily took and passed polygraph tests. As is customary in missing persons cases, other family members-including Amber's father-are being interviewed.
The Escondido Police Department is receiving help from the FBI, and a classmate of Amber's reported seeing Amber walking with an unidentified person a week ago in an area near her home. Police are also investigating her cell phone records and have discovered that her phone was turned on for about 20 seconds the day after she disappeared but has not been turned on since.
Amber's family and the community of Escondido are heartbroken by her sudden disappearance. Hailey Kosinski, a friend who has known Amber since the sixth grade, said Amber is the kind of person who "Smiles and tells you everything is going to be OK and you just feel better."
To provide tips or information call the Escondido Police Department at 760-839-4722.
For more information visit the Amber DuBois website (http://www.bigcatdesigns.com/amber/amber.htm).

http://www.examiner.com/x-2993-Albuquerque-StayatHome-Moms-Examiner~y2009m2d22-California-teen-vanishes-on-the-way-to-school

[texanne]

I had hoped that this girl would show up, having simply gone off with pals somewhere. I pray she is found safe. That is very rugged countryside to search in. My daughter took part in a search there for a little girl somes years back, and there was just so much area to cover. I feel so sorry for her parents and what they are going through. Please, God let this child be found safe.

[Faith]

P.I. hired in search for missing teen Dubois

FBI Investigators continued to search for Amber Leeanne Dubois, 14, who has been missing since last Friday, February 13th.

Her father, Maurice Dubois suspects that she has been abducted. The family has made clear that it does not believe Amber ran away.

The family hired a private detective, Bill Garcia, who has been involved in a number of high-profile missing cases in the county.

"We don't believe suicide, we don't believe that runaway was an issue," Garcia said. "None of her things were missing. The little cash money that she has remains."

Garcia said that he believes Amber was abducted by a stranger, meaning that she could be anywhere.

The FBI joined the investigation this week.

KGTV's Juliette Vara reports.

Video
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http://www.necn.com/Boston/Nation/2009/02/22/PI-hired-in-search-for/1235359612.html

[SavannahStar]

Oh my gosh.......heartbreaking case! I pray that she is found safely...but it does look very, very ominous.

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[Faith]

Family, Friends Step Up Search for Amber


updated 3 minutes ago

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An estimated 300 volunteers showed up to help in the search for a missing Escondido girl Saturday, private investigator Bill Garcia said. The 14-year-old was last seen walking to Escondido High School on Friday, February 13.

Volunteers signed in, teams were formed, and areas to be searched divided among them.

“Take plenty of fliers,” Garcia told the volunteers. “I believe we still have a lot. Share them with residents you run into.”

Some of the volunteers don't know Amber, but said they had to do something to help. “I have three daughters myself, and I can't imagine what those parents are going through. I would want the same,” Mary Schmit said

“It's right in our own backyard. Just knowing something could happen to anybody, anytime,” Raquel Suitts said.

Amber's father appreciates the support. “It's touching, it really is, when you see a community come out,” Maurice Dubois said.

He explained why he could not take part in this particular effort to find his daughter, not wanting his worst fears realized. “As far as me doing the search, I don't think I could, just because of the fact that I can't look for a body, I can't,” he said.

Searchers said they understood, and want him to know they will do all they can to bring his daughter back home.

Areas being searched include:

- El Norte Parkway
- Interstate-15 east to Lake Wohlford
- North to Palomar Mountain
- West along state Route 76 to Riverside County


The mother of Brittany Hart is also showing her support to the family. Karen Hart's 24-year-old daughter Brittany disappeared in 2007. Brittany's body was found in a rural area of East County. The man accused of killing her is heading to trial for the murder.

Meantime, more than 200 people came out in support of the family Friday evening. People held candles outside the school in hopes Amber would be brought safely home. Read article here

"Basically, it kind of hits home because I know how I'd feel if I'd lost a child," said Escondido resident Amy Clark.

"It's not just the county, the word is spreading across the country and everyone is praying for her and her family," said family friend Joe Peters.

Amber's parents are grateful for the large turnout and support they've gotten since Amber disappeared.

"A lot of people loved Amber and they still do, they want her home," said her mother Carrie McGonigle. Carrie says she last saw her daughter before she headed to school. "Someone has her, she's not just hiding from me or hiding from the house, someone has her".

The possibility of abduction scares everyone, especially parents.

"My mom doesn't even let me walk around the streets anymore, she's afraid it'll happen to me," said Amber's friend Taylor Doyle.

Amber's father believes his daughter is still alive and he vows to never stop searching for her.

"I sleep an hour or two a night, and last night I don't even know if I got that," said Maurice Dubois.

If, by chance, Amber did runaway, Carrie McGonigle has this message for her daughter.

"Just come home, you won't be in trouble, just come home," McGonigle said.

The family is offering a $500 dollar reward for any information about her whereabouts. Her father says the reward money will go up as more donations come in.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29319138/

[Faith]

Search underway for missing California teen

ESCONDIDO, Cal. -- The well-publicized case of a missing California teen has a Canadian trucking connection.



Fourteen-year-old Amber LeeAnne Dubois, who has an aunt who operates a truck permit business in Quebec, went missing on her way to Escondido High School in Escondido, Cal. Feb. 13. She was on her way to purchase a lamb as part of a school project, officials stated.



However, she has not been seen or heard from since disappearing that Friday morning and family and law enforcement agencies are looking for information. The family says she is not the type to run away from home.



Dubois is: 5’5”; 130 lbs; has short, medium brown hair and blue eyes; born 10/25/94; last seen wearing black pants a black hoodie and black sneakers; and was last seen at 7:10 a.m. Feb. 13. Anyone with information about the missing teen is asked to call local police at 760-749-TIPS (8477).

http://www.trucknews.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=96396&issue=02232009

[sarahhod]

Runaway or Foul Play? Where Is Amber?


Family Believes Amber DuBois, 14, Was Abducted Before School


By SARAH NETTER
Feb. 24, 2009
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Amber DuBois (http://abcnews.go.com/US/comments?type=story&id=6940098) was getting ready for school the last time her family saw her 11 days ago.
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Amber DuBois (http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PublicHomeServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US), 14, was last seen at her house in Escondido, Calif., Feb. 13. Her family believes the teen was abducted.
(ABC News Photo Illustration/National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)

The dark-haired, 14-year-old was sitting at the kitchen table Feb. 13, excited about a baby lamb she was going to purchase for her California high school's Future Farmers of America project. She spoke with a friend on the phone and prepared to head to school.
She never made it.
More than a week later, dozens of community members have continued their search of the Escondido, Calif., area, and the teen's family has hired a private investigator to help with the search, frustrated, they say, that police treated Amber as a runaway -- which officials deny.
"Unfortunately, in my mind, I'm about 98 percent positive she was in the wrong place at the wrong time and got abducted by a stranger," her father, Maurice "Moe" DuBois, told ABCNews.com.
The theories of what exactly happened to Amber are numerous. Police have reported sightings (http://www.ci.escondido.ca.us/police/news/releases/02-15-09.pdf) of the teen after her disappearance, while the private investigator says her friends may know more than they're letting on.

[URL]http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6940098&page=1

[texanne]

I would actually rather think she is with friends somewhere than abducted. As much trouble as kids can get into, the possibility that someone grabbed her is chilling...and very probable. There are a lot of kids on the street in the San Diego area..and she could very well be with some of them. I hope they are checking places like Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, and the other hangout areas.

[nanabillie]

I just saw Nancy Grace's show about Amber and it certainly does not seem she would run away. A young girl wanting to buy a lamb for FFA, Future Farmers of America, and give Valentines at school, does not seem like someone who would leave the safety of her own home. In my opinion. And I hope I am wrong. This time running away would be what is hoped for, I would think. I pray for her she is safe.

[texanne]

I just saw Nancy Grace's show about Amber and it certainly does not seem she would run away. A young girl wanting to buy a lamb for FFA, Future Farmers of America, and give Valentines at school, does not seem like someone who would leave the safety of her own home. In my opinion. And I hope I am wrong. This time running away would be what is hoped for, I would think. I pray for her she is safe.


I just watched the same show. The fact that she did not take a change of clothing, the cash in her room, has not cashed the check she had with her, nor used her cell phone adds up to an abduction. The strange thing is the attempted abduction of another young woman that looks so much like her. San Diego is right on the Mexican border also. So many scary things in this case.

[CSAFD]

Latest on Missing Escondido Girl

Last Update: Feb. 24, 2009

There is another possible theory behind the disappearance of Amber Dubois. The 14-year-old girl has been missing since Friday February 13th. Amber's family and Private Investigator Bill Garcia are piecing together what they think may have happened. Their primary theory remains that Amber was abducted by a stranger while on her way to school, but now another possibility is developing.

“Either someone that knew Amber or knew of Amber may have played a cruel prank on her being that is was Friday the 13th and the Valentine's day holiday,” says Garcia.

According to Garcia, based on talks with Amber's friends, Escondido High School has seen its fair share of cruel and unusual pranks. Specific details on what kind of pranks were not released.

“I don't feel in my heart, even though I've heard stories of it, but I don't feel in my heart that any child would hold a prank on this long,” says Amber’s father, Maurice Dubois. Dubois says from day one he's felt that Amber was abducted.

Residents in San Diego County are reminded of Amber nearly everyday, but now her search is gaining National and even International attention; but Escondido will remain the primary area of search. “It was disgusting, within two miles of her school there are 29 registered sex offenders,” says Dubois.

The family has launched a new 24 hour hotline. If you know anything, you can now call 1-888-55-AMBER and you can remain anonymous. You are also urged to call Escondido Police at (760) 839-4722. You can also log on to www.amberleeannedubois.com.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Latest-on-Missing-Escondido-Girl/glZVEOPuJU6Tpv0R0QtFMw.cspx?rss=800

[Amusedtdth]

Latest on Missing Escondido Girl

Last Update: Feb. 24, 2009

There is another possible theory behind the disappearance of Amber Dubois. The 14-year-old girl has been missing since Friday February 13th. Amber's family and Private Investigator Bill Garcia are piecing together what they think may have happened. Their primary theory remains that Amber was abducted by a stranger while on her way to school, but now another possibility is developing.

“Either someone that knew Amber or knew of Amber may have played a cruel prank on her being that is was Friday the 13th and the Valentine's day holiday,” says Garcia.

According to Garcia, based on talks with Amber's friends, Escondido High School has seen its fair share of cruel and unusual pranks. Specific details on what kind of pranks were not released.

“I don't feel in my heart, even though I've heard stories of it, but I don't feel in my heart that any child would hold a prank on this long,” says Amber’s father, Maurice Dubois. Dubois says from day one he's felt that Amber was abducted.

Residents in San Diego County are reminded of Amber nearly everyday, but now her search is gaining National and even International attention; but Escondido will remain the primary area of search. “It was disgusting, within two miles of her school there are 29 registered sex offenders,” says Dubois.

The family has launched a new 24 hour hotline. If you know anything, you can now call 1-888-55-AMBER and you can remain anonymous. You are also urged to call Escondido Police at (760) 839-4722. You can also log on to www.amberleeannedubois.com.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Latest-on-Missing-Escondido-Girl/glZVEOPuJU6Tpv0R0QtFMw.cspx?rss=800

Unless something went terribly terribly wrong. I don't believe she ran away either. I'll be praying for Amber and her family for a safe return.

[texanne]

There are no signs that she ran away. At first I was almost hoping she did, so it would not be another abduction. Our children are not even safe on their way to and from school. I sit down at the bus stop every morning before daylight with the oldest grandson and a neighborhood girl because the Jr. High bus does not come through our loop. Are we going to have to go through the expense of a bus stopping at every house before we can feel our kids are safe? This is heartbreaking...and scary.

[AmyE]

Calif. Searches For Missing Teen

Amber Dubois, 14, walked the same mile to Escondido High School every day. But on Feb. 13, 2009, Amber was seen with an armful of Valentine's Day gifts only 300 yards away from the school, and hasn't been seen since.

Where Is Amber Dubois?

It's a question that's on many people's minds, even beyond the California town of Escondido. Since Feb. 13, 2009, Amber Dubois has been missing, and now cops, her family, friends, and community are searching for the missing teen.

Family members say Amber is a strong-willed but bookish girl who loves animals to the extent that, despite being a freshman at Escondido High School, she was looking into college programs specializing in animal sciences.

On Feb. 13, 2009, Amber not only had her books and Valentine's Day gifts for her friends, she also had a $200 check to put a deposit on a lamb that she was going to raise as a part of her school's Future Farmer's Association.

Amber's dad, Maurice Dubois, says the lamb was something that Amber was already cherishing the thought of and she wouldn't have missed turning in the deposit for the world.

But police say somehow, that's what happened. At 6:45 a.m., Amber sent four text messages to her grandmother before heading out the door to school.

The one mile walk from her home was something she did everyday. At around 7:15 a.m., she was seen by two family friends just about 300 yards from the school's front gate.

Hours later, school officials called Amber's home saying she hadn't shown up for class. Her friends hadn't seen her either. By the end of the day, the search for Amber had begun.

Search For Amber Dubois Continues

In the days after her disappearance, police say there have been a few unconfirmed sightings of Amber. On Feb. 14, 2009, a schoolmate thought he saw Amber near the Palomar Memorial Hospital in Escondido, Calif.

The next day, police say another schoolmate believed they saw Amber walking with someone near Rincon Avenue and Conway Drive at the north end of Escondido.

Police and search efforts in the areas have turned up few clues.

While family members believe that Amber may have been abducted, police say that there is no evidence that Amber was kidnapped. Police say her cell phone was turned on for a matter of seconds on Feb. 14, 2009, and hasn't been on since.

Amber Dubois is described 14 years old, 5'3" tall, and 130 lbs. Her parents say she just started wearing make-up and is considered shy. She was last seen wearing black pants, black sneakers, and a black hooded sweatshirt.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Amber Dubois, please call our hotline at 1-800-CRIME-TV.


http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=63583

[Amusedtdth]

Was hoping she'd been found :(

[nanabillie]

"Police say there is no evidence that Amber was kidnapped."
Quote from previous link at www.AMW.com/missing (http://www.AMW.com/missing) children. What is there evidence of? I just hate some terms. Somehow, to me, it sounds like that is probably not what happened. Sorry, I had to give my opinion this time. Delete if you need to.

[SavannahStar]

I'm just so worried about this girl. :frown:

[Amusedtdth]

Some commentary on Amber mixed in with the Haliegh case here:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0902/26/ng.01.html

[annalyzer]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29432035/

Family, Friends to Hold Vigil for Missing Teen

NBCSanDiego.com
updated 23 minutes ago

Another candlelight vigil will be held Friday night for an Escondido teenager who was last seen two weeks ago.

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Have You Seen Amber Leeanne Dubois?

Amber Dubois, 14, Amber went to school on the morning of Feb. 13 and was spotted once or twice in the following days, but has not been spotted since Feb. 15. The girl's parents said she was especially excited to get to school to exchange Valentine's Day gifts with friends.

The teen's loved ones will again hold a candlelight vigil for her at at 6 p.m. in Front of Escondido High School at 1535 Broadway.

Hundreds turned out for a similar vigil last weekend, many of them people who did not even know the missing girl but who said they felt like they had to be there to support the missing teen and her parents effort to find her.

Local investigator Bill Garcia said last week that he was brought into the case because the Escondido police are no longer actively searching for the girl.

Garcia said he is handling the disappearance as a "stranger abduction," not as a runaway teen. He also said he was brought into the case because the Escondido Police are no longer actively searching for Amber.

Officers have interviewed numerous friends and classmates and watched hours of surveillance tape to try to find clues about the teen's disappearance.

Dozens of people with the sheriff's department and Escondido police have been going door-to-door searching for Amber after a student said she had seen Amber near Rincon Middle School on Feb. 15 with someone else. The student didn't know if that person was male or female.

The Escondido Union High School District sent a statement to parents last week suggesting they remind their own children to pay attention to their surroundings and walk in groups.

[CSAFD]

Candlelight Vigil for Missing Escondido Girl
Feb. 27, 2009

ESCONDIDO - Amber Dubois has been missing for two weeks now, not seen since she walked to school in Escondido on Friday, February 13th.

Supporters are holding a candlelight vigil Friday night "to help us guide Amber's way home," according to a statement from her family.

The vigil will be held in front of Escondido High School at 6:00 p.m. The last confirmed sighting of Amber was near the school on Friday the 13th as she walked from home to school.

Her family is also organizing volunteers for a weekend flyer distribution.

A link to download copies of the flyer is on the right.

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ESCONDIDO - There is another possible theory behind the disappearance of Amber Dubois. The 14-year-old girl has been missing since Friday February 13th. Amber's family and Private Investigator Bill Garcia are piecing together what they think may have happened. Their primary theory remains that Amber was abducted by a stranger while on her way to school, but now another possibility is developing.

“Either someone that knew Amber or knew of Amber may have played a cruel prank on her being that is was Friday the 13th and the Valentine's day holiday,” says Garcia.

According to Garcia, based on talks with Amber's friends, Escondido High School has seen its fair share of cruel and unusual pranks. Specific details on what kind of pranks were not released.

“I don't feel in my heart, even though I've heard stories of it, but I don't feel in my heart that any child would hold a prank on this long,” says Amber’s father, Maurice Dubois. Dubois says from day one he's felt that Amber was abducted.

Residents in San Diego County are reminded of Amber nearly everyday, but now her search is gaining National and even International attention; but Escondido will remain the primary area of search. “It was disgusting, within two miles of her school there are 29 registered sex offenders,” says Dubois.

The family has launched a new 24 hour hotline. If you know anything, you can now call 1-888-55-AMBER and you can remain anonymous. You are also urged to call Escondido Police at (760) 839-4722.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Candlelight-Vigil-for-Missing-Escondido-Girl/glZVEOPuJU6Tpv0R0QtFMw.cspx?rss=800

[sarahhod]

Where did Amber go?

Candlelight vigil for missing teen held at school; police seek public's help

By J Harry Jones (http://www3.signonsandiego.com/staff/j-harry-jones/) (Contact (http://www3.signonsandiego.com/staff/j-harry-jones/contact/)) Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. February 28, 2009

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At Escondido High last night, Maurice Dubois wept after a prayer was said for his daughter Amber, now missing more than two weeks. Police are re-evaluating an early sighting of the teen and following numerous tips. (Earnie Grafton / Union-Tribune) -
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Anonymous tips for Amber Dubois
Phone: (760) 743-8477
Online: www.escondido.org/police (http://www.escondido.org/police) Information: bigcatdesigns.com/ amber/amber.htm


ESCONDIDO — It's been more than two weeks since Amber Dubois disappeared, and police have no idea whether the 14-year-old Escondido High School student has been abducted or left home on her own.
Now police are re-evaluating an early sighting of Amber and following numerous tips and leads, including possible links to other recent cases. Investigators believe help from the public may be the best way to find answers.
“We're looking for somebody out there that has information about something that took place, or maybe has a friend who knows something,” Escondido Police Lt. Craig Carter said. “If they don't want to get involved, they can leave an anonymous tip.”
Last night, a second candlelight vigil was held in front of the high school, attracting about 100 people.
In addition to local news coverage, the case has attracted national attention on television shows such as CNN's “Nancy Grace.” It is scheduled to be featured tonight on Fox TV's “America's Most Wanted.” Tips have poured in as a result, but most have not been fruitful.
Police say hundreds of students have been interviewed, and members of Amber's family have been given polygraph tests. The FBI has been assisting in the investigation.
Investigators also visited 53 homes in northeastern Escondido that have been abandoned due to foreclosures, Carter said. “Every day something new comes up that we follow up on,” he said.
One lead that police are trying to run down involves a white utility van.
Bill Garcia, a private investigator hired by the family, said a woman called him to report that on Feb. 2, she was walking to work along Mission Road in Escondido when a man in a white van pulled next to her and asked in broken English if she wanted a ride. She ignored him; he pulled over and got out, then drove off when she walked into a crowd of children at a middle school, Garcia said.
Four days earlier, a 12-year-old girl told sheriff's deputies that three men forced her into an older-model white utility van near Scots Way and Midland Road in Poway, drove around town for 20 minutes and then let her go. Police have consulted with the sheriff's detective on that case, Carter said, but so far no link has been established.
Investigators also have not been able to rule out the possibility that Amber ran away. Police say they evaluate cases based on a number of factors, including a missing person's age, habits and past history. Amber's family and friends have insisted it would be entirely out of character.
There also is no evidence of an abduction, and police categorize her as a “missing juvenile.”
“Everything is on the table,” Carter said.
Amber was seen Feb. 13, on North Broadway near Escondido High's football field, walking to school. She never made it to class.
A student who knows her reported seeing her about 5:30 p.m. the next day walking along Grand Avenue with other teenagers not far from Palomar Medical Center in downtown Escondido. Carter said it appears the account is highly credible.
Investigators are no longer as confident about a second sighting, a student who said she saw Amber walking in northeastern Escondido two days after she didn't show up at school. It prompted authorities to spend two days searching the area. The student didn't know Amber personally, Carter said, and may have been influenced by seeing a poster about the missing girl several days after the sighting.
Garcia also has been checking out various tips and leads. Hundreds of volunteers have scoured areas in Escondido and elsewhere.
This weekend, volunteers will be distributing color fliers throughout the North County. More than 30,000 have been printed, Garcia said.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/28/1m28amber00330-where-did-amber-go/?zIndex=59979

[SavannahStar]

That photo of Amber's dad is just heartbreaking! :frown:

[Faith]

Escondido Police Need Help Locating Suspicious Man
Police: Too Early To Know If Connected To Dubois Dissappearance

POSTED: 11:16 am PST February 28, 2009
UPDATED: 11:45 am PST February 28, 2009

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Police asked for the public's help in finding a 20-something man who has been offering rides to girls walking home from school in the Oakhill area.

Three girls reported that a man in a small white compact offered them a ride home, said Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton.

In each case, the man approached the girls just after 3 p.m., he said.

It is too early to know if these incidents are connected to the disappearance the Amber Dubois, Escondido police said. Amber, 14, was last seen walking to Escondido High School more than two weeks ago.

One girl was in the 1400 block of Oakhill Street, and another was at Boyle and Rose Street, he said. The other location was unavailable.

When the girls declined a ride, the man drove off, Benton said.

The may be a Honda or Toyota, he said. The partial license plate is"5W00" or "5WWM," Benton said.

The man was described as a white man in his early 20s, with eye glasses and short dark hair, Benton said.

Anyone with more information was asked to call Escondido police at 760-839-4722; the anonymous tip line is 760-743-TIPS.

http://www.10news.com/news/18817934/detail.html

[CSAFD]

Missing Teen on "America's Most Wanted"
Updated 2:38 PM PST, Sat, Feb 28, 2009

It has been more than two weeks now, and police still have no idea what happened a missing teen.


"America's Most Wanted" is joining the search for Escondido's Amber Leeann Dubois, featuring the mysterious disappearance of the 14-year-old girl in an episode of the television show Saturday night.

Amber was last seen walking to Escondido High School on the morning of Feb. 13.

Witnesses who reported seeing a girl believed to be Amber the first weekend she was gone, but Escondido police have not confirmed those sightings.

Her family told "America's Most Wanted" that Amber left for school carrying Valentine's Day gifts for her friends and a $200 check for a deposit on a lamb she planned to raise as part of her school's Future Farmer's Association.

The family told producers of the show that Amber sent four texts to her grandmother before leaving the house that morning for the roughly mile long walk to school. Amber was last seen by two family friends only about 300 yards from the school's gate.

Amber's family is adamant that she did not run away, and they fear someone may have abducted her. On Friday, they held a second candlelight vigil in front of the high school.

"One of the most frustrating things about Amber's disappearance is the helplessness that we all feel about wanting to help, so much and not knowing what to do," said family friend Joe Peters to the crowd at the candlelight vigil.

This weekend, her family is organizing another search for Amber. Volunteers also will go door-to-door, handing out fliers.

Police interviewed hundreds of students at Amber's high school. The girl's family members were given polygraph tests.

The FBI is assisting police in the investigation. Amber's family also hired private detective Bill Garcia.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Missing-Teen-on-Americas-Most-Wanted-.html

[packy]

I wonder too about the van that one girl said that she ran away from.

My prayers for Amber to be returned home safe.

[Faith]

Family website

http://www.bigcatdesigns.com/amber/amber.htm

[Faith]

AMW is talking about Amber's case now. I pray this brings her home safe.

[sarahhod]

Missing Teen on "America's Most Wanted"


NBCSanDiego.com
updated 10:15 a.m. ET March 1, 2009


It has been more than two weeks now, and police still have no idea what happened to the missing teen.


"America's Most Wanted" is joining the search for Escondido's Amber Leeann Dubois, featuring the mysterious disappearance of the 14-year-old girl in an episode of the television show Saturday night.

Have You Seen Amber Leeanne Dubois?

Amber was last seen walking to Escondido High School on the morning of Feb. 13.

Witnesses who reported seeing a girl believed to be Amber the first weekend she was gone, but Escondido police have not confirmed those sightings.

Her family told "America's Most Wanted" that Amber left for school carrying Valentine's Day gifts for her friends and a $200 check for a deposit on a lamb she planned to raise as part of her school's Future Farmer's Association.

The family told producers of the show that Amber sent four texts to her grandmother before leaving the house that morning for the roughly mile long walk to school. Amber was last seen by two family friends only about 300 yards from the school's gate.

Amber's family is adamant that she did not run away, and they fear someone may have abducted her. On Friday, they held a second candlelight vigil in front of the high school.

"One of the most frustrating things about Amber's disappearance is the helplessness that we all feel about wanting to help, so much and not knowing what to do," said family friend Joe Peters to the crowd at the candlelight vigil.

This weekend, her family is organizing another search for Amber. Volunteers also will go door-to-door, handing out fliers.

Police interviewed hundreds of students at Amber's high school. The girl's family members were given polygraph tests.

The FBI is assisting police in the investigation. Amber's family also hired private detective Bill Garcia.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29445082/

[sarahhod]

New Lead in Case of Missing Teen

NBCSanDiego.com
updated 2:16 p.m. ET March 1, 2009



"America's Most Wanted" has joined the search for Escondido teen Amber Leeann Dubois, featuring the mysterious disappearance of the 14-year-old girl in an episode of the television show Saturday night.

Have You Seen Amber Leeanne Dubois?
With millions of people watching nationwide, family members hope exposure on the show will bring Amber home.


“It hits a lot of viewers, 15 million I heard, and they catch a lot of people,” Amber's mother Carrie McGonigle said. But she couldn't watch the show.

“It brings me to tears,” she said, “I choose not to.”

Amber was last seen walking to Escondido High School on the morning of Feb. 13.

Her family told "America's Most Wanted" that Amber left for school carrying Valentine's Day gifts for her friends and a $200 check for a deposit on a lamb she planned to raise as part of her school's Future Farmer's Association.

The family told producers of the show that Amber sent four texts to her grandmother before leaving the house that morning for the roughly mile long walk to school. Amber was last seen by two family friends only about 300 yards from the school's gate.


Meantime, Amber's mother said police were looking into a new tip Saturday night. Amber was seen walking with a tall boy the day she went missing.

“They are thinking it was a high school student. They want to make sure. They want to talk to him and no one has come forward yet,” McGonigle said.

This weekend, her family organized another search for Amber. Volunteers have been going door-to-door, handing out fliers.

Police interviewed hundreds of students at Amber's high school. The girl's family members were also given polygraph tests, they all passed.

The FBI is assisting police in the investigation. Amber's family also hired private detective Bill Garcia.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29452288/

[texanne]

I just made a phone call to someone who stays in contact with one of those outfits in San Diego that does the door-to-door circulars (the little bags with pizza cupons, etc). They work the Escondido area. I am hoping they will pick up some of the pictures of Amber and add them to each of the door hangers. I hope they will do it, but will not know till tomorrow. The guys that run the company are pretty good at that sort of thing. One of them was even involved in the search for the little girl that went missing (and was found murdered) several years ago. Wish me luck.

[SavannahStar]

I keep checking here hoping for some good news..:1222423:

[Amusedtdth]

I just made a phone call to someone who stays in contact with one of those outfits in San Diego that does the door-to-door circulars (the little bags with pizza cupons, etc). They work the Escondido area. I am hoping they will pick up some of the pictures of Amber and add them to each of the door hangers. I hope they will do it, but will not know till tomorrow. The guys that run the company are pretty good at that sort of thing. One of them was even involved in the search for the little girl that went missing (and was found murdered) several years ago. Wish me luck.

Thats great Texanne, Good Luck!!!

[annalyzer]

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/04/n98618184323/

$60,000 reward offered in Dubois disappearance

Tip line: Anyone with information about Amber Dubois is asked to call (760) 743-TIPS (8477)

By J Harry Jones
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
6:43 p.m. March 4, 2009

ESCONDIDO – Reward money totaling $60,000 is being offered for information regarding missing Escondido teenager Amber Dubois, nationally known missing children advocate Marc Klaas announced Wednesday.
Meanwhile, police and Sheriff's Department Search & Rescue team members searched rugged terrain in northern Escondido Tuesday evening and Wednesday for any sign of the 14-year-old girl who disappeared while walking to Escondido High School the morning of Feb. 13.
The reward is split into two segments. Fifty thousand dollars is offered for information leading to the girl's safe return while $10,000 is offered for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for her disappearance.
“(The family) want to get Amber home alive, therefore the majority of money has been allocated to that end,” Klaas said at a news conference outside Escondido High School Wednesday. “But they also understand that there might be darker scenarios and that that might not be possible.”
The reward money has been donated by individuals and businesses who prefer to remain anonymous, Klaas said.
The Dubois family asked Klaas and his KlaasKids Foundation for Children to help in the search for Amber. Klaas created the organization after his daughter, Polly, was kidnapped from her Northern California home and murdered in 1993.
“We feel we have a couple ideas that might help them to move this forward,” Klaas said of the investigation.
Escondido police Lt. Craig Carter said the department has received about 80 tips and each is being investigated.
About 50 people participated in the latest search after local teens told police about an area in northern Escondido known as “the caves” where youths sometimes go. Search coordinator Don Parker said nothing useful was found.
At the news conference, Maurice Dubois, Amber's father, was asked if he had any message.
“Amber, if you're hearing this just know that your family loves you, and we can't wait to have you back in our arms,” Dubois said. “We miss you immensely and we will do everything we possible can to have you home as soon as we possibly can.
“And if you're out there and you know anything regarding this, please help us get our daughter back.”

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Searchers Comb East County for Missing Girl

NBCSanDiego.com
updated 11 minutes ago

New developments are being reported in the case of an Escondido girl missing since mid-February.

Amber Dubois was last seen walking to Escondido High School on the morning of Feb. 13. Her family told "America's Most Wanted" that the 14-year-old left for school carrying Valentine's Day gifts for her friends and a $200 check for a deposit on a lamb she planned to raise as part of her school's Future Farmer's Association.

At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Amber's family announced a major increase in reward money. The family is now offering $60,000 for information leading to the girl's safe return and the arrest of the persons involved in her disappearance.

Also at the news conference, child-safety advocate Marc Klaas said his foundation is also helping the family search for Amber. In 1993, Klaas' daughter Polly was abducted in Northern California. She was later found dead, a murder victim.

Klaas said his foundation, Klaaskids Foundation for Children, which helps missing and exploited children, will provide support for the family as they search for their daughter.

In other developments, the Escondido police and the San Diego Sheriff's Department search-and-rescue unit have been searching for Amber on the Rincon Indian reservation, at the end of Rincon Road, where teenagers often hang out and party. So far, officers have not found any clues to Amber's whereabouts, according to Lt. Craig Carter of the Escondido Police Department.

Have You Seen Amber Leeanne Dubois?
With millions of people watching nationwide, family members hope exposure on the show will bring Amber home.

The family told producers of "America's Most Wanted" that Amber sent four texts to her grandmother before leaving the house that morning for the roughly mile long walk to school. Amber was last seen by two family friends only about 300 yards from the school's gate.

Police interviewed hundreds of students at Amber's high school. The girl's family members were also given polygraph tests, they all passed.

The FBI is assisting police in the investigation. Amber's family also hired private detective Bill Garcia.

[Aubrey]

New Sighting, New Search, New Reward For Amber

Updated: March 4, 2009 05:34 PM PST

There's new hope for the parents of Amber Dubois in the search for their missing daughter. There's been a new sighting reported, and a new search is underway.

Video at link:http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9949168


I came across this video just now, you have to watch it to get the full story. Media is reporting that a girl fitting Amber's description was seen with 2 other girls.

As much as I hate the thought that Amber might possibly put her family through a traumatic ordeal like this, I pray that this was her & that she is found.

[Aubrey]

I came across this article while looking for updates on Amber, it maybe nothing, but I thought to myself I wonder if there's a connection with this guy & Amber?


Suspect in Rape of East County Girl Now in Custody.

Police said Tuesday that a 27-year-old man was in custody on suspicion of abducting and raping a 16-year-old girl in the East County.

The man, Willie Kendall Williams, was arrested around 6 p.m. Monday at a relative's home in San Diego, El Cajon police Lt. Tim Henton said.

Williams allegedly forced the girl into a green older-model car in or near the 1100 block of East Main Street in El Cajon about 9 a.m. Monday, Lt. Steve Shakowski said.

According to the girl, Williams then drove a short distance, pulled over in an alley and sexually assaulted her before letting her go, he said.The teen said she saw a pistol in the sedan, according to police.

Link:http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9936708



Escondido is not that far from where this guy was arrested. I would like to think LE has probably questioned him regarding Amber, or at least I hope they have...

[Aubrey]

Brenda Van Dam To Join Search For Missing Teenager.

Seven years later, the kidnapping and murder of seven-year-old Danielle Van Dam is still fresh in our minds. Now Danielle's mother Brenda is getting involved in the search another missing teenager Amber Dubois.

For the full story, view the video. Link:http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9956920

[sarahhod]

Reward Offered for Information About Missing Escondido Teen

Posted: March 6, 2009 03:20 PM
Updated: March 6, 2009 03:20 PM

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It has been three weeks since Escondido teen Amber Dubois was last seen, and now a $60,000 reward is being offered for information about her disappearance. Nationally known missing children advocate Marc Klass, whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered in 1993, announced the reward offering Wednesday outside Escondido High.
Dubois, 14, was last seen walking outside Escondido High School. Anyone with information regarding her disappearance is asked to call police.


http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=9959353

[sarahhod]

ESCONDIDO: Two new searches for missing teen planned this weekend

Permanent search center opened

By CHRIS NICHOLS - Staff Writer | Friday, March 6, 2009 10:04 PM PST


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ESCONDIDO ---- Two new searches for 14-year-old Amber Dubois will be held this weekend, the missing girl's family announced Friday.

The family urged volunteers 18 and older to join them Saturday and Sunday starting at 8 a.m. They'll meet at a new search headquarters at 755 N. Quince St., near Mission Avenue in Escondido.

Also Friday, Brenda van Dam joined the search for Amber. The local woman is all too familiar with missing child searches. Her 7-year-old daughter, Danielle, was abducted from her Sabre Springs home in February 2002 and later murdered.

Amber's father stressed that the family and its many supporters are not giving up hope.

"Amber, if you're out there, we're coming to look for you," said Maurice Dubois, speaking in front of a bank of television cameras outside the center. "We'll have you home soon, sweetheart."

Amber, a freshman at Escondido High School, disappeared Feb. 13. She was last seen about 7:10 a.m. walking on North Broadway near the school's football stadium, family and police have said.

Her family and friends have said she does not fit the profile of a runaway, calling her a model student who never spoke about running away. They believe she was abducted by a stranger.

Escondido police have classified the case as a missing juvenile. They have said they do not have evidence to prove she was abducted or ran away.

Members of several nonprofit groups experienced in searching for missing children will help Amber's family this weekend.

Veteran search and rescue director Brad Dennis, of the Klaaskids Foundation, will lead the search. The foundation was started by Marc Klaas, whose 12-year-old daughter, Polly, was kidnapped and murdered in 1994 in Northern California. Marc Klaas has also joined the effort to find Amber.

This weekend's search will take place on rugged terrain and dirt roads throughout North County, Maurice Dubois said. Volunteers are asked to wear long pants and closed-toe shoes.

Dubois announced a $50,000 reward earlier this week for information leading to Amber's safe return. An additional $10,000 is offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for Amber's disappearance, he said.

Van Dam also spoke Friday, urging the public to help. Searches in 2002 for Danielle van Dam reached across the county and into Mexico. The young girl's remains were found several weeks later off a rural East County road.

"I know this community has come together once before to help our family find closure," van Dam said. "I'm asking that you please do it again for this family."

Van Dam's neighbor, David Westerfield, was convicted of the crime and sentenced to death in 2003.

Amber's father said van Dam provides the search with a recognizable public figure. She's also a support for the family during this arduous time, he said.

Inside the new search center, a small mountain of water bottles, granola and cereal bars already had been stacked Friday afternoon, just hours after volunteers moved in, Marc Klaas said.

The 7,500-square-foot space was donated rent-free to the family by a local businessman, Maurice Dubois said.

Rebecca Smith, Maurice Dubois' longtime girlfriend, said the last three weeks have been physically and emotionally grueling for the family. Amber's mother and father have been separated for several years.

To keep the group strong, Smith said, family members have tried to hold back their emotions and instead focus on the search. They've printed and posted thousands of fliers with Amber's picture on them, organized candlelight vigils and made countless phone calls asking the media and public for help.

And though they've stayed busy, there are times when the loss is too difficult to bear, Smith added. That's when they escape and cry alone ---- inside a bathroom with a fan on in Smith's case, so as not to weigh the rest of the group down, she said.

"We'll get through it," she added optimistically.

Escondido police continue to follow up on all leads, Lt. Craig Carter said Friday. They have received roughly 180 tips so far, more than double the number they had earlier this week, he said.

Police investigators are not taking part in this weekend's physical search, but will stay in close contact with search organizers to ensure the safety of the volunteers, Lt. Bob Benton said.

Trained volunteers from the Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue team will participate in the search, said sheriff's Sgt. Don Parker, who is that team's coordinator.

This will be the second large-scale search for Amber. A similar operation was organized one week after she disappeared. Several smaller searches by police and volunteers have canvassed the north Escondido area over the last three weeks.

Amber's family set up the Web site www.bringamberhome.com (http://www.bringamberhome.com/). They describe the teen as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 130 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information about Amber's disappearance is asked to call Escondido police at (760) 743-8477.

http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/03/06/news/inland/escondido/zed71432049388ec688257572001f5aeb.txt

[sarahhod]

Brenda Van Dam Joins Search for Amber

By Lauren Manary
NBCSanDiego.com
updated 12:17 p.m. ET March 7, 2009

Two searches are planned this weekend for a missing North County teen that has not been seen since the weekend of Feb. 13.

The family of Amber Dubois, 14, of Escondido will begin the search for their daughter Saturday and Sunday at their new search headquarters at 755 N. Quince St., near Mission Avenue in Escondido. Amber was last seen walking to Escondido High School on Feb. 13 and was seen once or twice in the following days.

The posters, flyers and emotional pleas from families are all too familiar to San Diego. The mother of an abducted and murdered 7-year old girl appeared at a news conference and begged for help in the search for Amber.

“I know this community has come together once before to help our family find closure,” said Brenda van Dam said of her daughter Danielle. “I’m asking that you please do it again for this family,” the North County Times reported.

David Westerfield, a neighbor, was found guilty of kidnapping and killing Danielle van Dam and was sentenced to death in 2003.

Amber's father believes his daughter is still alive and he vows to never stop searching for her.

"I sleep an hour or two a night, and last night I don't even know if I got that," said Maurice Dubois.

If, by chance, Amber did runaway, Carrie McGonigle has this message for her daughter.

"Just come home, you won't be in trouble, just come home," McGonigle said.

Although friends and family have said that Amber was a model student who would never run away, police have been unable to call the search anything other than a case of a missing juvenile. They have been unable to produce any evidence that would prove she was abducted.

Saturday’s and Sunday’s searches will be the second large-scale search for Amber, the last one taking place a week after she disappeared, the North County Times reported.

The family is offering a $50,000 dollar reward for any information about her whereabouts, and $10,000 for information leading to the arrest for those responsible for her disappearance.

Anyone with information regarding Amber Dubois’ disappearance is urged to call Escondido police at (760) 743-8477.


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[Aubrey]

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The grief on Brenda Van Dam's face is heartbreaking.

[Aubrey]

ESCONDIDO: Volunteers join search for missing teen

ESCONDIDO ---- Some 200 volunteers showed up in walking shoes Saturday to join one of 25 search teams that fanned out around Escondido looking for 14-year-old Amber Dubois.

Teams of between six and 20 people spent the day scouring swaths of rural terrain and going door to door, hoping to turn up some clue about the Escondido teen's disappearance.

While searchers found nothing conclusive Saturday, Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, said the effort helped narrow the possibilities of where his daughter could be.

"The more volunteers we get, the more areas we can exclude that she's in," said Dubois, who lives in Orange County but who has been helping head the search for his daughter in Escondido since she went missing more than three weeks ago.

A second search is planned for Sunday.

Link:http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/03/07/news/inland/escondido/z8150e83d5ef191d3882575720067ac89.txt

[sarahhod]

Awful uncertainty about missing teen drags on

2:00 a.m. March 9, 2009


It's no mystery how most teenagers die.
They die in car crashes. They die from cancer and other lethal diseases. They drown. They're poisoned. They overdose on drugs or alcohol. They commit suicide. They're murdered.
When tragic deaths make the newspapers, radio and TV – when the public learns a new name and stares at a picture of star-crossed innocence – something practical can always be taken away:
Drive safely. Support medical research. Be careful.
The point is, there's a moral to be mined from the certainty of what happened. A logical inference. A course of future action to make the world possibly less treacherous.
When teenagers vanish into thin air, however, there's no message. Short of installing a GPS tracking device inside young bodies, the moral instruction is a maddening mirage.
Until the missing child is found and crucial details revealed, mystery – or the interplay of bewitching possibilities – drives the narrative.
Hoping against hope, red-eyed parents implore the community to stay focused. They offer loving memories of their child and ask us to see her the same way, as a living person.
If the right emotional buttons get pushed, the media, acting as town criers, broadcast the appeals. Kind-hearted volunteers flock to comb the countryside, grid by grid.
Meanwhile, the fundamental questions – Was she kidnapped? Did she run away? Or was it something in-between? – can remain open to speculation, kind or unkind.
It's this brand of mystery that draws us north today, to the Hidden Valley.

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You can't move far in Escondido without facing photographs of 14-year-old Amber Dubois, the blue-eyed brunette missing since 7:10 a.m. Feb. 13.
Hearing the distress calls, I've attended two outdoor Amber news conferences.
The first was a couple of weeks ago, outside Amber's two-story suburban home, within walking distance of Escondido High School, where she is a freshman.
Maurice Dubois, Amber's father, made a point of thanking the assembled news media – a bank of TV cameras flanked by a handful of print and broadcast journalists – for keeping the Amber flame alive.
The purpose of the gathering, it turned out, wasn't to release new information about Amber's whereabouts – there wasn't any – but to introduce Bill Garcia, a San Diego-based private investigator who burnished his reputation as a missing-child hunter in the sadly successful Danielle van Dam search.
In Wild West terms, Garcia is the guy with a badge on his belt who is going to find his girl, dead or alive. The police were doing a credible job, Dubois and Garcia said, but Garcia was the family's point man on the ground.
After statements and questions, Garcia went off with the TV cameras to search a wooded area. Bushwhacking enlivens footage for the evening news.
Last week, at a gathering in front of Escondido High, Maurice Dubois raised the stakes again, introducing Marc Klaas, the nationally known crusader against child abduction. Garcia, standing to the side, appeared somewhat eclipsed by Klaas' star power.
Klaas talked about his foundation's ability to bring “new ideas” to the search for Amber. He outlined a long-term business plan to keep the hunt for Amber going strong for weeks, if not months. He recommended a search headquarters as well as Harley-Davidson fundraiser.
Klaas also discussed an unusually hedged $60,000 reward.
The lion's share of the reward – $50,000 – is for information leading to the safe return of Amber; $10,000 for information leading to an arrest of person(s) responsible for her disappearance.
“They want Amber to come home alive so the majority of the money has been allocated to that end,” Klaas said of the Dubois family. “We also understand there might be darker scenarios.”

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During the news conference, the sheriff's search-and-rescue team, acting on a tip, was roaming a nearby rocky hill for evidence that Amber was hiding out in a cave.
Amber's family rejects any runaway scenario.
Amber, they say, isn't the type. She was happy to be going to school on Friday the 13th – she was delivering Valentine's Day gifts to friends as well as carrying a $200 deposit check for a lamb, which she was looking forward to raising.
Until Amber is found, however, it remains a remote possibility – in reality, one of the lighter scenarios – that the teenager, whom a witness claimed she saw in downtown Escondido the day after she vanished, is on the lam.
But who knows?
Until the mystery is solved, Escondido is in a wired state of Amber alert.



http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/09/1m9jenkins2180-awful-uncertainty-about-missing-tee/

[sarahhod]

Family of Amber Dubois Determined to Keep Searching

Posted: March 8, 2009 06:47 PM
Updated: March 8, 2009 06:47 PM
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It has now been three weeks since the disappearance of Escondido teenager Amber Dubois, but family and friends of the 14-year-old-girl are still searching. On Saturday more than 200 volunteers gathered in another massive effort to find the girl, who was last seen on her way to Escondido High School on Friday, Feb. 13.
Friends, family members and even strangers volunteered at the new headquarters dedicated to the search for Dubois.
The Dubois family said more volunteers are needed, and a new search is scheduled to begin Sunday morning.

http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9967998

The first comment is very interesting at link.

[Aubrey]

ESCONDIDO: Weekend search turns up no trace of teen
Sunday, March 8, 2009 9:07 PM PDT ∞

ESCONDIDO ---- Despite the help of hundreds of volunteers, a second large-scale search for Amber Dubois turned up no trace of the missing teen this weekend, Dubois's family and police said.

Search teams set out Saturday and Sunday across brush-covered ravines and boulder-studded hillsides, scouring a roughly 5-mile-radius around the city for the bookish 14-year-old girl.

"We've had a huge turnout all weekend," said Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, exhausted but still upbeat Sunday afternoon. He estimated up to 350 people participated Sunday, up from roughly 250 Saturday, he said.

"The community's been great," added Carrie McGonigle, Amber's mother.

Local students posted light blue ribbons reading "Bring Amber Home" to lamp posts and traffic poles along Grand Avenue in downtown Escondido. Family and complete strangers taped fliers with Amber's picture to their cars and trucks.

"I think it's a healing process for everybody in Escondido," said Mark Eberlein, tired and dusty after searching for the teen Sunday. "We can't stand by and do nothing."

Amber, an Escondido High School freshman, disappeared Feb. 13 on her way to school, family and police have said.

Family believe Amber was abducted by a stranger. They have said she does not fit the profile of a runaway, calling her a model student who never spoke of bolting from home.

Escondido police have classified the case as a missing juvenile. They have said they do not have evidence to prove she was abducted or ran away.

Escondido police Lt. Chris Wynn said there was no new information about the case Sunday evening.

Amber's family said they hope to organize future searches and fundraising from a headquarters on North Quince Street just south of Mission Avenue. Their Web site, www.bringamberhome.com, describes the teen as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 130 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.

Link:http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/03/09/news/inland/escondido/z6ac52380775f112088257573007ff5a5.txt

[Faith]

Timeline Offers Clues In Disappearance Of Amber Dubois

Posted: March 9, 2009 08:37 PM

Updated: March 9, 2009 08:58 PM

It's been 24 days since an Escondido teenager went missing without a trace. In this News 8 CrimeFighters investigation, we take a closer look at the timeline in the disappearance of Amber Dubois.

Friday, Feb. 13 7:10 a.m.: Parents spot 9th grader Amber Dubois walking to school two blocks north of Escondido High School. It's the only confirmed sighting of Amber by two separate witnesses.

"There were other kids coming down Broadway. There were kids being dropped off at the south corner of the stadium," parent David Wahlquist said.

Because other students and vehicles are in the area, police say it's unlikely Amber was abducted from the street.

"The assumption is she continued past or went into the high school, but as far as an abduction, that would cause a commotion, and somebody would recognize that," Escondido Police Lt. Craig Carter said.

7:30 a.m.: Amber never shows up for class. The school leaves a voicemail for Amber's mother, but it isn't until 4 p.m. on Friday that the mother's boyfriend comes home from work to find Amber missing.

Later that night, Verizon Wireless resets the password on Amber's cell phone so Amber's frantic mother can access her daughter's cell phone voicemail.

"I'm trying to keep things positive but it's really hard," Amber's mother Carrie McGonigle said.

Saturday, Feb. 14: Amber's cell phone is turned on for less than 30 seconds and pings off a cell phone tower in North Escondido. Whoever turned it on tried to access voicemail but was unsuccessful because the password had already been reset.

"The person dialed #86 to attempt to reach voicemail, couldn't get through and then they turned off the phone immediately," Amber's father Maurice Dubois said.

Police flood the neighborhood near the cell phone tower with reverse 911 calls, but fail to locate Amber. On Saturday night in downtown Escondido, a former classmate reports seeing Amber walking with two teenagers on Grand Avenue near Palomar Hospital. The sighting is unconfirmed.

Sunday night, Feb. 15: Another unconfirmed sighting near the intersection of Rincon Avenue and Conway. Search and rescue volunteers canvas the area handing out fliers, but still no Amber. She's been gone one week now, and friends at a candlelight vigil say there's no way Amber ran away.

"I know for a fact that there's zero percent chance that she just took off. That's an impossibility to me," friend Jade Fidell said.

Private investigator Bill Garcia organizes weekend searches. Then on March 3, a neighbor reports three teenage girls hiking near caves above Eastern Rincon Avenue.

"One of them, looking through binoculars, looked a lot like her," Escondido neighbor Tom Davids said.

The girls are never located, and the sighting is once again unconfirmed.

March 6: the family sets up Amber search headquarters. National organizations join the effort, offering a $50,000 reward for the girl's safe return.

"This is a family that's desperately in need of assistance to recover their child," Marc Klaas of the Klaas Kids Foundation said.

Police continue to investigate more than 180 tips. Hundreds of volunteers searched again this past weekend, but still no sign of Amber.

http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=9975976

[Faith]

Missing teen's father releases letter to her

2:00 a.m. March 10, 2009

ESCONDIDO: The father of missing teenager Amber DuBois has written her a letter and is asking the news media to circulate it.

Maurice DuBois says “our hope is that she will see our letter and know that her family is doing everything possible to bring her safely home.”

The letter talks about how he would be spending time with her if she were home, and describes pictures taken by her friends and a beach camping trip last summer. It concludes: “Don't lose hope in our finding you. I will never lose hope in our search for you.”

Amber, 14, disappeared while walking to Escondido High School the morning of Feb. 13. The family is offering a $60,000 reward – $50,000 for information leading to her safe return and $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for her disappearance.

Anyone with information about Amber is asked to call a tip line at (760) 743-8477 or her father at (714) 231-1326. The family also has a Web site: http://www.bringamberhome.com/.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/10/1m10b2briefs234656-short-takes/

[CSAFD]

im wondering if this is going to be another Kara Kopetsky Case (and we may never know what happened) or a Brianna Denison Case where Amber's body will be found @ some point, dont give up hope that she still may be alive too, its the unanswered questions that keep us from not knowing.

[sarahhod]

Escondido teen's disappearance gets national attention

Jackie Carbajal (http://www.thecsusmpride.com/user/index.cfm?event=displayAuthorProfile&authorid=2665855)

Issue date: 3/10/09


Almost one month has passed since anyone last saw Escondido teen, Amber Dubois, but her face is a constant fixture throughout North County as search efforts to find her are still going strong. This past weekend, volunteer searches continued at the search and rescue headquarters located in an abandoned Escondido warehouse donated to the Dubois by a concerned citizen.

"We had a 7,500 square foot building donated to us. We're doing all of our work out of here," Amber's father, Maurine Dubois said in an NBC San Diego report on Saturday. "We have a separate mapping room where things are coordinated. It's much easier than trying to work out of a small trailer in a parking lot."

The command center is located at 755 N. Quince Street in Escondido, CA and remains open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday until Amber's return.

Hundreds of volunteers assisted over the weekend in the second large-scale search effort conducted since Amber's disappearance.

The fourteen-year-old Escondido High School student was walking to school on Friday, February 13, 2009 on North Broadway in Escondido. Two family friends reported seeing Amber a mere 300 yards from the school's gate at 7:10 a.m. Amber was carrying a handful of Valentine's Day gifts to give to her friends. Hours later, school officials called Amber's family to report that she had not shown up for her classes.

"I will have continuous, 100-percent hope until you completely prove it to me, there's a reason not to," Maurice Dubois said during a press conference. "I will never give up hope. Amber, if you're out there, you can guarantee I will never stop until we have found you and you're back home with us."

On Feb. 28, Amber's story appeared on the popular American crime stoppers show, "America's Most Wanted."

The Escondido Police Department reported that exposure on the show helped generate tips.

The Klass Kids Foundation is now involved in the search effort as well. Marc Klass, the program founder, is the father of Polly Klass, who was kidnapped from her home during a slumber party and murdered in 1993.

"The family has to keep the hope alive. They have to be the ones that are going to inspire others to go out and look for their child. If the family gives up, everybody gives up," Klass said, NBC reported.

The Dubois family recently increased their reward offering to $60,000, with $50,000 for information leading to their daughter's safe return and $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for her disappearance.

Anonymous individuals and businesses donated the reward money to the family.

"[The family] wants to get Amber home alive, therefore the majority of money has been allocated to that end," Klass told reporters at a news conference outside Escondido High School on March 4, according to the San Diego Union Tribune. "But they also understand that there might be darker scenarios and that that might not be possible."

Both Klass and Brenda van Dam, whose daughter Danielle van Dam was kidnapped and murdered seven years ago, are said to be helping the Dubois family with search efforts.

"I know this community has come together once before to help our family find closure," said Brenda van Dam, reported by the North County Times. "I'm asking that you please do it again for this family."

Though police say there is no evidence to suggest Amber was kidnapped, her parents and family attest that Amber was not the type to go anywhere without contacting them, telling the North County Times that for her to run away would be "completely out of character."

In fact, Amber was looking forward to bringing home a lamb she planned to raise as part of her school's Future Famer's Association project on the day she disappeared.

"She would not have given up that lamb for anything," Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle said, according to CNN. "She's a wholesome kid. She doesn't run amok like most teenagers. She did not run away, I guarantee it."

In addition to police efforts, the family hired private investigator, Bill Garcia.

According to Garcia and Escondido police, Amber's phone was last on for a few seconds on Feb. 14, 2009 when someone turned the phone on in an attempt to access the voicemail and then shut off the phone. The phone was not on long enough for police to determine its location. Amber sent her grandmother several text messages and one to a friend before she left for school the morning of her disappearance.

Police and search efforts so far yielded little leads.

On Feb. 20, Amber's family held a candlelight vigil in front of Escondido High. The North County Times reported approximately 200 people attended the vigil wearing t-shirts with Amber's name and picture on them.

At the vigil, Taylor Doyle, a lifelong friend of Amber's, told the North County Times, "Amber's not the type to not go to school."

Another friend of Amber's in attendance at the vigil was Hailey Kosinski. Kosinski described her friend to CNN as someone who is "sort of shy when you first meet her, but once you get to now her, she's the kindest person you'll ever meet."

"It's the most horrible, gut-wrenching feeling to know your friend is out there and there's nothing you can do to help her," Kosinski said. "You feel so powerless."

The family has put together a website, www.bringamberhome.com (http://www.bringamberhome.com), that features up-to-date information related to the case, hotline/contact information, and downloadable search flyers.

On the website, the family also thanks those involved in the rescue effort.

"We cannot express enough our heartfelt gratitude to every individual, church, religious organizations, and searchers holding a good thought and keeping Amber and her safe return to her family in their prayers."

"Thank you for helping to break through the darkness by being one of the lights that will bring our Amber home."

"We cannot bear the thought of life without her."



http://media.www.thecsusmpride.com/media/storage/paper1149/news/2009/03/10/Focus/Missing-3666684.shtml

[Amusedtdth]

im wondering if this is going to be another Kara Kopetsky Case (and we may never know what happened) or a Brianna Denison Case where Amber's body will be found @ some point, dont give up hope that she still may be alive too, its the unanswered questions that keep us from not knowing.

I've wondered on the possiblity that she has become pregnant and is afraid to tell her parents so she's hiding out somewhere...all the what if's...I'd just like to see her come home to her parents, buy her lamb and get on with the promising life shes seems to have.
:innocent0001: for Amber

[sarahhod]

'Don't Lose Hope'

Story at Link:- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29616806/

[annalyzer]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29623127/

A Dad's Letter to His Missing Daughter

NBCSanDiego.com
updated 25 minutes ago

Amber Dubois' father wrote this letter to his missing daughter more than three weeks after she went missing in the hopes she would read it and know her family was doing everything possible to bring her safely home. --Ed.

March 06, 2009

Amber,

Hello my sweetheart, this is Dad. It’s late Friday night and I wanted to write you this letter since you are not here with me. This was supposed to be our weekend together and this afternoon at about the time I should be picking you up from the train station I was thinking about what I could do to talk to you like we would be doing right now. So I decided that tonight I would write you this letter and get it out where you might get a chance to read it.

One of your friends brought over a CD with pictures of you and your friends at their birthday beach party. Some cool pictures of you guys, one is of you running in the water at night by the pier with a cool sunset behind you. It reminds me of our midnight grunion run while camping last summer and all the fun we had that night catching all those darn fish with our hands. I guarantee on our next run, I will catch more than you!!!

Your Teacher Mr. Reyburn is keeping your lamb, ( Nénette ) for you till you get back. You can bet your Mom is looking as hard as she can for you since she will be doing your barn clean-up duties until you return.

This is still my weekend, so I will be waiting to hear from you so I can come get you. Next Friday is the 13th again and it will be a month that you have been away, I don’t want to wait that long before I get my next hug from you. Well, I really just wanted to say we all miss you and love you very much. I hope you get to read this, or better yet I hope you are back in my arms soon, so I can tell you in person. Don’t lose hope in our finding you. I will never lose hope in our search for you.

Always Loving You,

DAD xoxo

[Faith]

I can't imagine how this family can cope. I pray Amber is found soon.

[Faith]

I am shocked there are no more news out there on Amber.

[Faith]

Escondido Firefighters Collecting Money to Find Missing Teen
Mar 12, 2009

Escondido firefighters used their boots this morning to collect donations from passing motorists for the family of missing teen Amber Dubois.

The 14-year-old was last seen walking to Escondido High on the morning of Feb. 13. She has no history of running away from home, but there is no evidence she was abducted, either, said Escondido police Lt. Craig Carter.

Law enforcement and civilian volunteers have conducted several unsuccessful searches for her in the Escondido area, and Carter said roughly 100 tips have produced no evidence of what has become of the girl.

About $60,000 in reward money has been raised through individual and business donations in an effort to encourage people to come forward with information on the missing girl. The money will also be used to defray family expenses related to the disappearance, such as taking days off work.

Today's fundraiser occurred at Lincoln Parkway and Broadway. About a half-dozen firefighters, with their boots in hand, took turns running up to motorists' windows so people could toss their donations into the boots.

The idea came from an annual Give Burns the Boot fundraiser for burn victims that area firefighters participate in.

The fundraiser has ended, but people wishing to donate can still drop off money at any of the city's fire stations.

Anyone with information on the missing teenager was urged to call (760) 743-TIPS

http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=14091

[tcroyalt]

This case is very strange. The area she went missing from is a wide and heavily traveled street, especially on a week day with lots of kids going to school and people going to work. It's hard to believe no one saw anything after seeing her close to the school (if she was abducted). My sister and I helped in the search last weekend and there is so much area to search without any clue or direction. It really doesn't seem that she ran away....no money, friends not knowing anything, no cell phone leads. Escondido is approximately 45 miles from the Mexico border (Tijuana) and the city of Chula Vista is the town closest to the border. Fliers have now been posted in Chula Vista and will soon be posted across the border too. I hope something comes up soon, this has to be the worst thing to have to go through. She needs to be found... If anyone knows anything at all...PLEASE let the family or the police know as soon as possible.

[Aubrey]

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/03/13/news/inland/escondido/zf21616fac48aae738825757800185a40.txt

ESCONDIDO: Vigil planned one month after teen disappeared

ESCONDIDO ---- Family members of Amber Dubois plan to hold a candlelight vigil Friday evening, exactly one month after the 14-year-old girl disappeared on her way to school, they said Thursday.

The vigil is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Friday in front of Escondido High School, where Amber was a freshman. Attendees are asked to wear blue in support of Amber and her family. Blue is the teen's favorite color, her father has said.

Amber was last seen about 7:10 a.m. Feb. 13 on North Broadway near the school's football stadium, family and police have said. Family have described Amber as a bookish, sheltered girl who never spoke of running away. They believe she was abducted by a stranger.

Police have classified the case as a missing juvenile, stating they have no evidence to prove what happened.

The case has gained local and national media attention with family holding several press conferences and community searches for Amber.

A reward of $50,000 has been offered for information leading to the teen's safe return. Another $10,000 is offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible.

The family plans another volunteer-driven search for Amber on Saturday and Sunday, starting at 8 a.m. each day. Volunteers are asked to meet at 755 N. Quince Street in Escondido to help. More information is available at www.bringamberhome.com.

[sarahhod]

$10k Raised To Continue Search

By Steve Luke
NBCSanDiego.com
updated 3:18 p.m. ET March 13, 2009


Firefighters raised close to $10,000 this morning with a boot drive at several major Escondido intersections for missing teenager Amber Dubois.

The firefighters say the community support was overwhelming. "There was a lot of god bless Amber and a lot of them told us to tell the family they're thinking about them" said firefighter Ryan Vierra.

The money is going to help with the grassroots search effort being put together by Amber's parents and friends.

The number of volunteers on weekends is between 500 and 600 people, and donations, everything from a store front where the search efforts are headquartered to food and supplies, are growing.

But, after nearly a month Amber is still missing.

Maurice Dubois, Amber's Father, said he still cries himself to sleep every night in his hotel room and still finds the strength every morning to pull himself out of bed and begin a new day with the optimism he says is essential to finding his daughter.

"Once one of us starts breaking down, the other sees it, they start breaking down. It really does Amber no good if we're all sitting here crying all day," said Dubois.

Friday marks one month since Amber's disappearance.

She was last seen in front of Escondido High School at 7:10 am before school on Friday February 13th.

Dubois said Friday March 13th will be difficult "tomorrow, there's not gonna be any chance of us not crying all day tomorrow."

Escondido Police and the FBI continue to investigate Amber's disappearance, but Maurice Dubois said tips aren't leading anywhere.

When asked if he feels closer to finding Amber today compared to the day she went missing, Maurice Dubois simply shook his head and said "No."


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29664454/

[Aubrey]

EXCLUSIVE: New details surface in Amber Dubois case, Missing Escondido teen's Web activity focus of search warrants.

ESCONDIDO ---- Friends of missing Escondido teenager Amber Dubois told police last month that the girl had been chatting with boys online, a situation that drew concern from one of her friends, according to court records obtained Friday.

And a forensic probe of the computer used by Amber and her family revealed a bump in Internet activity in the week before the teen's disappearance, according to an affidavit Escondido police filed last week to get a warrant to look at the computer communications of Amber, who went by the screen name "wolfintheend."

Article is really long:

http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/03/14/news/inland/escondido/z01d2d40cc4e7093388257579006e3580.txt

[Faith]

Search Warrant: http://www.nctimes.com/pdf/Warrant031209.pdf

[Faith]

Search For Dubois Continues, But Fewer Turn Out

POSTED: 8:32 am PDT March 15, 2009
UPDATED: 8:53 am PDT March 15, 2009

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- The number of volunteers looking for a Amber Dubois is waning as the 14-year-old girl passed the one-month-missing mark.

Maurice Dubois, the girl's father, said fewer than 100 volunteers showed up Saturday at the downtown Escondido makeshift command center to hand out fliers and search for his only child.

Last Saturday, there were 322 volunteers.

Their efforts continued Sunday. Organizers are asking searchers to meet at their headquarters between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 755 N. Quince St. in Escondido.

Amber's disappearance also has taken a toll on her family, he said. The girl's 5-year-old half-sister is in counseling and Amber's mother struggles every day, he said. Her parents, who are divorced, haven't worked since Amber disappeared on Feb. 13.

Escondido police have not released any leads on the case. Investigators could not immediately be reached for comment on this story.

Amber was last seen just 300 yards from Escondido High School as she walked to school the morning of Feb. 13.

National missing children advocates have joined in the search and Amber's story has been featured nationwide. There's a $55,000 reward for anyone with information leading to her safe return and an additional $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone responsible for her disappearance.

Dubois family members and close friends have taken and passed polygraph tests. Any computer that Amber may have used has been scoured by the FBI, and her father says she didn't have a MySpace account and there was no evidence that she chatted with any strangers online.

Volunteers are thanked, but also watched, he said. They're screened carefully to make sure they had nothing to do with her disappearance and are looking for information about the investigation, Dubois said.

"I try to spend most of my focus on thanking everyone," he said. "But we're also making sure there aren't any volunteers who are asking inappropriate questions or who are overly anxious."

A search is scheduled every day, but investigators don't disclose where they are sending people to look. The command center houses a closed-off room with maps marked with search areas.

Since Amber's disappearance was so mysterious, there is chance the girl was abducted by someone she knew, Dubois said.

Police and Amber's father have no strong theories on how she disappeared.

The Dubois' hired a private detective, Bill Garcia, but he isn't on the payroll anymore since KlaasKids Foundation joined in the search and duplicated Garcia's efforts.

Dubois said sometimes it's a good thing that investigators don't tell the family anything, even though it's frustrating.

"It's a two-fold thing," he said."By us not knowing or hearing the updates, we don't have a roller coaster of emotion. We don't start getting all the false hope. I guess it keeps us even keel, but it's hard. We don't know if there is any progress."

Dubois said he can't imagine how anyone could have abducted her and forced her into vehicle so close to the school and in front of other students.

"I find that hard to believe," Dubois said. "But if that means it's someone she knows, then who?"

Dubois said there's no chance that Amber skipped school that day. She had a perfect attendance and bragged to friends that she could keep that record for the whole school year.

She also was very excited about putting a deposit on a lamb that day as part of an agricultural project. Amber planned to become an animal behavior scientist when she grew up, according to her father.

http://www.10news.com/news/18934963/detail.html

[sarahhod]

Police sifting Internet for Amber Dubois clues

By Angela Lau (http://www3.signonsandiego.com/staff/angela-lau/) (Contact (http://www3.signonsandiego.com/staff/angela-lau/contact/)) Union-Tribune Staff Writer
1:18 p.m. March 15, 2009

Escondido police are sifting through the electronic trail that missing 14-year-old Amber Dubois left on Yahoo and social networking and writing Web sites in hopes of finding clues to her whereabouts.
Last week, police served a search warrant on Yahoo Inc., requesting information under Amber's screen name “wolfintheend.”
“We don't anticipate anything until at least next week,” Lt. Craig Carter said. “This is one of the many things we do in these cases. We did the same thing with her cell phone records.”
Amber has been missing for more than one month.
Police said the teen was last seen at about 7 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 13, walking with a tall, slender male of dark complexion. They were on Broadway, just 200 yards north of Escondido High School, where the teen went to school.
She never made it to class.
When police investigators interviewed a couple of her school friends, they said Amber had told them she was chatting on line with boys. When police searched the hard drive of Amber's family computer, they found a spike in Internet activity the week before her disappearance, and applied for a search warrant for Yahoo from the North County Superior Court.
Police also have applied for search warrants for social networking Web sites and, most probably, a writing web site that Amber used since she was an avid writer, Carter said. He was not in his office Sunday, and has been unable to name the sites that police are searching.
Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, said her daughter never told her she was chatting with boys on line.
“I don't know that is necessarily true,” she said. “That's why police are getting into her account. She didn't have a boyfriend.”
Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, who is divorced from Amber's mother, said the teen never mentioned on-line chats to him.
“Whenever she used my computer, I constantly monitored her. I grabbed her to see what she was doing because we don't want her on chat rooms,” he said. “I don't know who those friends are.”
Meanwhile, Amber's family and volunteers continue to search for her. About 90 volunteers participated Saturday. Another 85 volunteered Sunday.
Searchers have handed out fliers and posted them on lamp posts. Two billboards have been erected asking for information.
Anyone with tips can call an anonymous line, (760) 743-TIPS.
Online: For more information about the search for Amber Dubois, go touniontrib.com/more/amber.



http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/15/bn15amber-sifting-web/

[Aubrey]

ESCONDIDO ---- Fourteen-year-old Amber Dubois remained missing after another set of searches by family, friends and volunteers over the weekend, family and police said.

Maurice Dubois, Amber's father, said some "clues were turned over to Escondido law enforcement" that may be helpful in the case, though he said he did not know specifically what they were.

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/03/16/news/inland/escondido/z88e9a2e2395a49e78825757b0014483a.txt

[sarahhod]

Investigators: Amber Dubois Internet Use Increased Before Disappearance

Reported by: San Diego 6 News Team
Email: newstips@sandiego6.com
Last Update: 6:26 am


http://www.sandiego6.com/media/news/7/a/4/7a43604e-8b3d-4ba7-a1d9-aeee87eb8222/Story.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:void%280%29;) Amber Dubois, 14, hasn't been seen since she was walking to school Friday February 13th (Photo: Escondido Police)


ESCONDIDO - Amber Dubois's mother, Carrie McGonigle, says now that authorities have a search warrant to go into her ther daughter's Yahoo e-mail account she wants answers. McGonigle said, ""I would like confirmation. Yes, she's been chatting online with people. We're investigating these people."
The missing teen's family has insisted she did not participate in internet chat rooms, but investigators believe otherwise. Legal papers filed for a search warrant of her online accounts indicate her internet activities increased right before her disappearance more than a month ago.
The missing teen's mother said she's very skeptical of what two of Amber's friends told detectives. In a search warrant affidavit, the teens stated Amber told them she was online and talking to boys. McGonigle said, in response, "Kids are kids. They like to exaggerate, like I said I'll be surprised if it's true."
The affidavit states that Amber's Yahoo ID is "wolfintheend," and adds that the 14 year old's internet use spiked in the week prior to her disappearance. The affidavit also states that one parent saw Amber with a dark complected male when she was last seen near school.
Family friend Joe Peters debriefs some new volunteers searching for Amber on Sunday.
The number of volunteers totalled 85, dropping from the week before. Peters said he wouldn't be shocked if Amber were chatting with boys online, but doesn't think it would have an effect on why she's missing.
Peters said, "I wouldn't rule out anything. I would be surprised if that was a major factor."
McGonigle said, she's eagerly awaiting new information regarding Amber's internet use, and sends a message to her daughter.
"She's a smart girl. I would say use your brain and get yourself away from there. And that you're looking for her? And i love her."

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Investigators-Amber-Dubois-Internet-Use-Increased/BjqQI9XLB0GIw1vBrNDMRw.cspx

[sarahhod]

Search for Amber Turns Up Possible Evidence

Posted: March 16, 2009 02:45 PM
Updated: March 16, 2009 02:45 PM


Several items of possible evidence were found as volunteers searched the hills in the northwest part of Escondido for clues in the disappearance of 14-year-old Amber Dubois. The girl was last seen Feb. 13 as she walked to Escondido High School.
Sheriff's officials told KFMB-TV they found several items of clothing that will be analyzed during the week to see if they can be helpful in the search for the girl.
The North County Times reported that police subpoenaed cell phone and computer usage records recently and found that Amber was more active than usual in online chats the week before she disappeared.
Amber's father, Maurice DuBois, said Amber's disappearance has taken a toll on her family. The girl's 5-year-old half-sister is in counseling and Amber's mother struggles every day, he said. Her parents, who are divorced, haven't worked since Amber disappeared.
There's a $55,000 reward for anyone with information leading to her safe return and an additional $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone responsible for her disappearance.
A search is scheduled every day, but investigators don't disclose where they are sending people to look. The command center houses a closed-off room with maps marked with search areas.
Since Amber's disappearance was so mysterious, there is a chance the girl was abducted by someone she knew, Dubois said.
Police and Amber's father have no strong theories on how she disappeared.


http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10012681

[sarahhod]

Dad: 'Clues' Turned Over In Missing-Teen Case

NBCSanDiego.com
updated 3:00 p.m. ET March 16, 2009


The father of a missing teenager girl told a local paper that some "clues were turned over to" local investigators.

Maurice Dubois' 14-year-old daughter, Amber Dubois, was last seen Feb. 13 as she walked to Escondido High School.

Dubois also told the North County Times that the "clues" may be helpful but that he did not know anything specific about them.

Searchers that included family,friends and volunteers combed the county for the fourth weekend on Saturday and Sunday. KFMB reported that the searches had turned "up possible evidence." The station's Web site said representatives of the sheriff's department said several items of clothing had been located that would be checked for connections to the case.

In another heartbreaking development in the case, Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, said that she had been awakened twice in the middle night since she last saw her daughter by callers claiming to have Amber. Both calls, however, turned out to be made by crank callers.

Anyone with information about the case is being urged to call the Escondido police at 760-743-8477.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29724053/

[Amusedtdth]

Dad: 'Clues' Turned Over In Missing-Teen Case

NBCSanDiego.com
updated 3:00 p.m. ET March 16, 2009


The father of a missing teenager girl told a local paper that some "clues were turned over to" local investigators.

Maurice Dubois' 14-year-old daughter, Amber Dubois, was last seen Feb. 13 as she walked to Escondido High School.

Dubois also told the North County Times that the "clues" may be helpful but that he did not know anything specific about them.

Searchers that included family,friends and volunteers combed the county for the fourth weekend on Saturday and Sunday. KFMB reported that the searches had turned "up possible evidence." The station's Web site said representatives of the sheriff's department said several items of clothing had been located that would be checked for connections to the case.

In another heartbreaking development in the case, Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, said that she had been awakened twice in the middle night since she last saw her daughter by callers claiming to have Amber. Both calls, however, turned out to be made by crank callers.

Anyone with information about the case is being urged to call the Escondido police at 760-743-8477.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29724053/

I can't believe how cruel people can be. Like these parents aren't worried enuf w/out some cranks...:madranting94dp:
I am still praying for Ambers safe return!

[sarahhod]

Was Amber's fate determined by an online chat?

March 16, 7:47 PM · (http://www.examiner.com/x-833-San-Diego-News-Examiner%7Ey2009m3d16-Was-Ambers-fate-determined-by-an-online-chat#comments)http://image.examiner.com/images/blog/wysiwyg/image/090214amber_t350%281%29.jpg

As the mystery as to what happened to Escondido teen Amber DuBois is now more than a month old, authorities are following an electronic trail in the form of computer messages.
According to area police, DuBois was a regular visitor to the Internet, and clues as to what may have happened to her could rest there.
Dubois went missing back on Feb. 13 as she was walking to school. The 14-year-old freshman never reached Escondido High School that morning and police, family and friends have been looking for her since. According to her family, it is highly doubtful that the missing teen ran away.
In hopes of finding more clues, police last week produced a search warrant for Yahoo Inc., seeking more details about her screen name, which is "wolfintheend." Police hope they may find a message or other person online that may lead them to what happened to her, along with when and where it happened.
School friends reportedly told authorities that Dubois had been speaking to some boys online in the days leading up to her disappearance.
Did she leave willingly or was someone responsible for her disappearance? Police hope that question may be partially or fully solved by tracking her Internet visits.
Dubois, who reportedly did not have a boyfriend, apparently never confided in her parents, who are divorced, that she was chatting with boys online.
In the meantime, police are reminding the public that anyone with information about Amber's disappearance can call an anonymous line at (760) 743-TIPS.
While the Internet can produce a number of positive things, family and friends are likely hoping that Dubois did not meet someone online who may have had a hand in her disappearance. If that is the case, police will have to follow the electronic trail wherever it may lead them.


http://www.examiner.com/x-833-San-Diego-News-Examiner~y2009m3d16-Was-Ambers-fate-determined-by-an-online-chat (http://www.examiner.com/x-833-San-Diego-News-Examiner%7Ey2009m3d16-Was-Ambers-fate-determined-by-an-online-chat)

[sarahhod]

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Will Donate 15% of Your Check to the

Amber Leeanne Dubois Trust on
Tuesday, March 24th
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(Download Flyer Link) (http://www.bigcatdesigns.com/amber/Applebee%27s%20Flyer.pdf)
http://www.bringamberhome.com/

[sarahhod]

PRAYER DAY FOR AMBER Please Join Us by Registering Your Church
or Place of Worship
for a
PRAYER DAY FOR AMBER'S SAFE RETURN
Sunday, April 5, 2009
By registering your church
or place of worship
you will help Amber's family
and loved ones spread information on Amber's disappearance and encourage more widespread media attention
to Bring Amber Home!


Name of Church or Place of Worship

City

State

Your Name (Optional)

Your Message





http://www.bringamberhome.com/

[sarahhod]

Please Help Us Find Amber!

We are in continuous need of Volunteers
8am - 5pm
Everyday until Amber is home safely
for Flyer distribution
and Community Awareness
Organized Site Searches will Continue Every Weekend until Amber is home safely
Next search: March 21 and 22

Command Center location:
755 N. Quince Street
Escondido, CA 92025
(714) 883-6076

(Volunteers must be at least 18 and have valid ID)

Donations for Search and Rescue efforts are gratefully received and held
in Trust for that sole purpose.

Mail to:
"Amber Leeanne Dubois Trust"
P.O.Box 1557
Paramount CA 90723-1557

or walk-in Deposits are Welcomed at:

Comerica Bank - Escondido Branch
260 West Grand Avenue
made payable to:
"Amber Leeanne Dubois Trust"


http://www.bringamberhome.com/

[Heather]

I'm new to the site, so be patient with me and any silly questions I may have. Does anyone know if cell phone records will also allow the police to listen to Amber's voice mail messages? Someone wanted into her mailbox the Saturday after she went missing. Makes sense they would want to erase themselves. I'm sure the police have already thought of this but I didn't know if there was a way to access someone elses voice messages without their password info. This is so heart wrenching! I can only imagine what the family must be going through. My prayers go out to them.

[Heather]

After reading back a few pages I found the article which mentioned that Amber's mom got her cell phone messages the night she went missing. I guess that means there was nothing there after all. Why would anyone try to get into her voice mailbox? Could she have been spotted with two other girls when none of her friends know where she is? Just doesn't seem to add up. I'm watching my daughter play in the other room and I just can't imagine how a parent makes it through something like this. It doesn't matter if she left of her own accord or not, I just hope that she is safe!

[nanabillie]

So do I Heather. Welcome and don't worry about silly questions. I'm queen of silly questions. Probably of All questions!

[sarahhod]

NORTH COUNTY: Applebee's to hold benefit night for missing teen

By North County Times | Sunday, March 22, 2009 9:43 PM PDT


NORTH COUNTY ---- Local Applebee's restaurants will hold a benefit night for Amber Dubois on Tuesday, family of the missing Escondido teen said.

Fifteen percent of the proceeds from all participants will go to the Amber Leeanne Dubois Trust, which supports efforts to bring the 14-year-old home, the teen's family said.

To participate, download a flier from www.bringamberhome.com (http://www.bringamberhome.com/) and present it at one of 13 Applebee's restaurants. The locations include: Escondido, Oceanside, San Marcos, Temecula, Murrieta, Mira Mesa, Mission Valley, Clairemont Mesa, Rancho San Diego, El Cajon, National City, La Habra and Corona.

The benefit runs from 5 to 9 p.m.

Amber was last seen Feb. 13 walking to Escondido High School, where she is a freshman. Her family believes she was abducted by a stranger. Police have classified the case as a missing juvenile, saying they have no evidence Amber was abducted or that she ran away.

She is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 130 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information about her disappearance is asked to call Escondido police at (760) 743-8477.


http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/03/23/news/inland/escondido/z1a83ff1a8b4a077a882575820012fb58.txt

[sarahhod]

ESCONDIDO: Family of missing teen not giving up

By CHRIS NICHOLS - Staff Writer | Monday, March 23, 2009 7:33 PM PDT


ESCONDIDO ---- The number of volunteers searching for Amber Dubois has dwindled. Leads have dried up, and optimism has waned in the more than five weeks since the 14-year-old girl disappeared.

Still, Amber's parents are not giving up hope. They can't, they said.

"It gets harder and harder every single day," said Maurice Dubois, her father, who lives in Orange County but has stayed in an Escondido hotel since his daughter vanished Feb. 13 on her way to school. "Knowing that she's not here ... you want to do everything possible to get her back."

About 60 volunteers searched again Saturday and Sunday for the Escondido High School freshman. That's down from the hundreds of volunteers who helped earlier this month.

Carrie McGonigle, Amber's mother, said memories of her daughter keep her going.

"That's about the only motivation there is," she said.

Both parents said they hoped Tuesday's benefit at local Applebee's restaurants and Saturday's motorcycle run, raffle and barbecue will stoke new interest in their daughter's case.

From 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, 13 Applebee's in San Diego, Riverside and Orange counties will donate 15 percent of all checks from diners who bring in a flier found at www.bringamberhome.com (http://www.bringamberhome.com/).

Registration for the motorcycle run starts at 9 a.m. at The Swallow's Inn in San Juan Capistrano, 31786 Camino Capistrano. The ride will end at the search center established for Amber at 755 N. Quince St. in Escondido.

Her parents believe Amber was abducted by strangers. They described her as a bookish teen and a model student who never spoke of running away. Escondido police list Amber as a missing juvenile, noting they have no evidence she was abducted or ran away.

Very little new information has been released by police over the past month.

Both parents said they are eager to speak with police investigators this week about what they've learned from a forensic probe of the family's computer. A search warrant affidavit filed by police earlier this month said there was an increase in activity on the computer in the week before the teen's disappearance, but did not specify what kind of activity.

The affidavit also said a friend of Amber's told police the teen had been chatting with boys online.

Amber's parents have said they were unaware of their daughter chatting online.

While the family continues its search, emotions at Escondido High have calmed somewhat, said Karyn O'Brien, a spokeswoman for the Escondido Union High School District.

"I think there was a heightened concern (early on)," said O'Brien, noting warnings were sent out to parents and extra counselors were placed at the school right after Amber vanished.

O'Brien said the district is prepared to add administrators and counselors if and when Amber is found.

"We have a plan ... no matter what the resolution," O'Brien said.

Amber is described by her family as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 130 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.

Another search for the teen is planned Sunday.

Anyone with information about her disappearance is asked to call police at (760) 743-8477.

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/03/23/news/inland/escondido/z979dc148916552978825758200670db2.txt
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[Heather]

Frustration, frustration, frustration. Why wait so long to look at her internet usage? Newsflash; kids use the internet and are easily taken advantage of this way! Parents can not be everywhere at once and they do not always know what is going on. This doesn't make them bad parents, it just makes them human. I am sure hinde site is 20/20 but it doesn't make it any less frustrating. To Yahoo; someone's child is missing, how long does it take to push a few buttons! You are a huge company, I am sure you can afford to put someone on this right away. Also, the officer asked that those individuals being investigated, not be notified by Yahoo. Why am I able to access the search warrent/affidavit by simply clicking on a news article? If it is public record, fine. Make me work for it by following the appropriate channels. I'm an educated adult and I would not know how to get at the warrant through regular channels. Lucky for me I don't have to know anything, the press feels the need to spoon feed information to the public that may actually hinder this case! No disrespect intended, just banging my head over here! :duh:

[Roamer]

You aren't saying too much, Heather. You have some very good, valid points.

[Aubrey]

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/25/bn25dubois-no-leads/

Police seek new leads in Dubois disappearance

ESCONDIDO – An examination of the family computer of missing 14-year-old Amber Dubois didn't yield any significant leads, and police are now re-examining statements they've obtained and are asking anyone with new information to come forward.

“We really didn't get that much out of the computer,” Lt. Craig Carter said Wednesday. “There's nothing on the computer that's alarming or changes the course of the case.”

Amber is listed as a missing juvenile, and police still don't have enough evidence to classify her as either a runaway or the victim of an abduction, Carter said.

According to a search warrant affidavit, two students at Escondido High School told police Amber “was online and talking to boys,” something one of them said she warned her about. Police obtained documents from yahoo.com related to Amber's e-mail account, according to a search warrant inventory.

But Carter said it showed there wasn't much activity or anything of “sufficient nature” to link it to her disappearance on her way to school Feb. 13.

[Heather]

Where are you Amber? :sad0119:

[Aubrey]

Where are you Amber? :sad0119:

I'm disappointed that investigation of Amber's computer didn't turn up any new leads also. Maybe the police aren't telling the public everything, lets hope that's the case.

[Amusedtdth]

I'm disappointed that investigation of Amber's computer didn't turn up any new leads also. Maybe the police aren't telling the public everything, lets hope that's the case.

I was thinking the same thing. Amber, from what I've read just dosen't seem the type to just take off...I was really hoping she would have come home by now.
:innocent0001: for Amber and family

[annalyzer]

Bikers' fundraiser aids search for missing teen

By Mike Lee (Contact) Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. March 29, 2009

ESCONDIDO — Hundreds of bikers rumbled through North County yesterday to raise money for the six-week-old effort to find missing Escondido teenager Amber Dubois.

They roared down the coast from San Juan Capistrano to Carlsbad, then east to Escondido for a party with live music, a barbecue and a raffle. The event, like others in recent weeks, was designed to help pay for fliers, banners and other supplies in the search for Amber.

Amber, a 14-year-old freshman at Escondido High School, disappeared Feb. 13. Police continue to list her as a missing juvenile – not a runaway or necessarily a victim of foul play.

Yesterday's event was coordinated by the Peckerwoods Motorcycle Club, an East County group of Harley riders. Member Kyle Cearley of Lakeside said he was touched by news stories about Amber, and a few weeks ago he walked into the office building in Escondido that serves as the Amber search center.
“I just told them I would volunteer to do whatever they needed,” Cearley said. “There is a chance that she is still alive.”

Cearley eventually offered to organize a “poker run” to raise money from bikers, many of whom spend their weekends cruising Southern California's highways. Riders paid entry fees of $30 to $35, then collected poker cards at stops on the route in hopes of getting a winning hand. Sixty percent of the fees were designated for the Amber search and the rest went to prizes.
The event was expected to raise several thousand dollars.

In May 2007, the Peckerwoods were dubbed an “outlaw motorcycle gang” by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. An undercover investigation led to the arrests of 14 people with ties to the club for a variety of alleged violations, including assault and drug trafficking.
Cearley said the incident shouldn't detract from yesterday's fundraiser.
“It's not about us,” he said. “All we care about is helping find that little girl.”

Rally participant Tel “Teabag” Powney of Fallbrook said yesterday was perfect for riding, but the real reason he joined was to help the cause.
“I've got a 13-year-old daughter myself, and I can't imagine what these people are going through,” Powney said.

A $50,000 reward has been offered for information leading to Amber's safe return, and a $10,000 reward has been offered for a tip that leads to the arrest of the person or people responsible for her disappearance.
Staff writer J. Harry Jones contributed to this report.

HOTLINE
To offer information about the whereabouts of Amber Dubois, call the Escondido Police Department's community safety tips line at (760) 743-8477.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/29/1m29amber222251-bikers-fundraiser-aids-search-miss/

[Roamer]

Good for them. Outlaw or not, while riding they can see a lot of things someone in a car may not.

[Heather]

They have it right, it's not about them or what they have done, it's about helping to find Amber. Way to go Peckerwoods! The paper didn't even need to mention the background stuff on the bikers, we can only hope that they learned something from the bikers attitudes! :hifive:

[Heather]

Wasn't there an incident with a van around the time Amber went missing? A woman who escaped by running into a school?

San Diego police are looking for a man accused of assaulting three female students on their way to school.

http://www.10news.com/news/19057410/detail.html

[Heather]

http://www.10news.com/news/18865662/detail.html
Ok, this guy closely resembles the guy described by the three girls in the previous article. I would assume this guy is in jail though, but I can't find any info on him on the web. The thing is even if they have nothing to do with each other or with Amber, I am freaking out over just how prevelent this stuff is! These poor kids. It feels as if you either shackle your child to your side and watch their every breath or risk something terrible happening to them? Even if you shackle them to you, you risk being drug off with them and not actually being able to save them anyways. :71526:

[sarahhod]

Search for Amber Dubois continues; Local bands raise funds for search

April 5, 11:26 AM ·

The search for missing Escondido teen Amber Dubois turned up a notch Saturday as a number of San Diego County rock bands sponsored a concert at Kit Carson Park to benefit the search effort for Dubois.

Dubois, 14, who went missing nearly two months ago, has not been heard from or seen since being spotted walking to school around 7 a.m. on Feb. 13.

In an effort to raise money to assist in the search for Dubois, local bands Willie Psycho, With Bare Hands, Grieve for Tomorrow, Black Belt Jones, Fuzz Nuzzi, Desolace, Mr. Dubie, A Dull Science and Tabernacle played on a beautiful Saturday to raise money in the search.

Maurice Dubois, Amber's father, indicated that the concert funds would go to printing additional four-color "Missing" posters that he indicated now are displayed in cities throughout Southern California and in Mexico.

While another search was slated today for the missing teen, her family continues to hold out hope that the young girl is alive.

Family and friends said shortly after Dubois went missing that she would not have left on her own without contacting family members.

We all hope this story has a happy ending, but as the days continue to tick by without any good news, one must wonder if this drama will ever have a happy ending.

http://www.examiner.com/x-833-San-Diego-News-Examiner~y2009m4d5-Search-for-Amber-Dubois-continues-Local-bands-raise-funds-for-search (http://www.examiner.com/x-833-San-Diego-News-Examiner%7Ey2009m4d5-Search-for-Amber-Dubois-continues-Local-bands-raise-funds-for-search)

[Heather]

When will I check this page and read that Amber has been found? :45024:

[SavannahStar]

Still no news. I cannot imagine what her parents are going through!:girl_sad:

[packy]

Yes so sad for her family to not know where she is, and to think that someone made crank calls to them is so heartbreaking.

[nomadpatti]

According to her website, they have scheduled another search on Saturday, April 11.

http://www.bringamberhome.com/

Many prayers for her and her family.

[Faith]

I had a dream about Amber last night. I pray she is found soon. :1222423:

[nanabillie]

http://www.pollyklaas.org/missing/kids/amber-dubois.html
She is still listed at this site.

[sarahhod]

Search For Missing Escondido Teen Enters Third Month


POSTED: 2:37 pm PDT April 13, 2009
UPDATED: 4:29 pm PDT April 13, 2009


ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Family and friends of missing Escondido teenager Amber Dubois will hold a candlelight vigil Monday evening.
The Escondido Police Department is still investigating the 14-year-old girl's disappearance as her family continues with their search.
After two months, there has been no sign of Amber, who was last seen walking to school on Feb. 13 to Escondido High School.
Hundreds of volunteers have spread out across Escondido and surrounding communities in search of the teenager for clues which might lead to her safe return.
However, Amber's family said nothing substantial has turned up.
Police said the investigation continues with no new developments, and they said they would continue to follow up on all possible leads and nothing has been ruled out.
The Amber Dubois Search Center only operates on weekends, and Amber's family told 10News they are still in need of volunteers to help find the missing teen.
If you have any information about Amber's whereabouts, you're asked to call 760-743-TIPS.
A $60,000 rewards is being offered for information leading to Amber's safe return and information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for her disappearance.

http://www.10news.com/news/19169623/detail.html

[sarahhod]

ESCONDIDO: Family, police continue search for missing teen Amber Dubois
Amber Dubois, 14, went missing two months ago

By CHRIS NICHOLS - Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 7:43 PM PDT ∞

ESCONDIDO ---- The family of missing teen Amber Dubois and the police who have investigated her case for two months say they're not giving up hope, even as the flood of tips about Amber's disappearance has slowed to a steady drip.

The 14-year-old Escondido High School freshman vanished Feb. 13 on her way to school. Her parents and friends have described Amber as a bookish girl who loved horses, was a model student and never spoke of running away.

Her family believes Amber was abducted by a stranger. Police say they have no evidence to support either a runaway or abduction theory, and are looking at all possible scenarios.

There have been no significant developments in the case for weeks, causing added despair for the family and frustrating police.

"This has been a very frustrating and perplexing case for our investigators," Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton said. "To have a 14-year-old girl missing is a huge concern for all of us involved ... (Through the investigation) we all know Amber, obviously not as well as the family. She is very dear to us. We'll do anything to find her."

Benton said the department receives at least a half-dozen tips daily. Many are possible sightings and each one is checked out through phone calls, interviews or viewing surveillance video when possible, Benton said.

Police continue to receive bits of Amber's e-mail and online chat history through search warrant requests. Several family members and friends voluntarily turned over computers that Amber used, though none of the history so far has shown anything "out of the ordinary," Benton said.

Accessing Amber's computer history, on both her Yahoo! e-mail account and from several social networking sites, has been slow because much of the data is stored on servers overseas, the lieutenant said.

Benton added that police would like to speak with a young man who appeared to be walking with Amber on the west side of Broadway the morning she disappeared. Amber occasionally walked with classmates on the way to school, though the boy with a dark complexion doesn't match any of those classmates, Benton said.

"That is one of the unsolved questions in the case," he said, noting two neighbors independently said they saw Amber at 7:10 a.m. walking on Broadway near the school's football stadium ---- the last time anyone has reported seeing the girl. One of the neighbors said they saw her with the boy, Benton said.

Maurice Dubois, Amber's father, said the family will continue to organize weekend searches and events to raise awareness about their daughter.

Family and friends have held numerous candlelight vigils, press conferences and fundraisers to keep Amber's story in the news.

"We're not going to lose hope," said Dubois, noting that each passing day becomes more difficult.

Mark Klaas, whose daughter Polly was kidnapped and murdered in 1994 in Northern California, said he knows well what the Dubois family is going through. His daughter was found 65 days after she was abducted.

"(Two months) is closing in on despair," said Klaas, who now heads the KlaasKids Foundation, which works to stop crimes against children. "You start these (searches) with boundless hope that it will be a weekend project."

After weeks go by, your hope "hangs by a thread," he said.

Bill Garcia, a San Diego private investigator who worked for the Dubois family early in the search, said keeping Amber's name prominent is likely the best hope for the family.

The veteran investigator said he remains puzzled by the case, noting some kind of development typically surfaces by now.

To find new clues in a stalled case, he said, police typically go back to the beginning to find "any tidbit" they might have missed ---- something Benton said police are doing.

Volunteers are still needed for weekend searches, Dubois said. He urged off-duty military personnel with search experience to contact the family. Information about getting involved is available at the family's Web site, www.bringamberhome.com (http://www.bringamberhome.com/).

Amber is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, 130 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information about her disappearance is asked to call Escondido police at (760) 743-8477.

http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/04/14/news/inland/escondido/z3b74c76682d3c97f882575980062be3e.txt (http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/04/14/news/inland/escondido/z3b74c76682d3c97f882575980062be3e.txt)

[Heather]

This is so frustrating and disappointing! I can hardly imagine what her poor family must be feeling. Then you find out so many families have suffered this same fate. Too many! :innocent0001: Lord please end this suffering and bring Amber home. :innocent0001: I know some of you, family members who have suffered like this, are active on this site and I just want to say that I am so very sorry!

[nanabillie]

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By CHRIS NICHOLS - Staff Writer ESCONDIDO ---- Police want the public's help to identify a maroon pickup truck seen leaving Escondido High School at roughly the same time and place that 14-year-old Amber Dubois disappeared in February, officials said Thursday.

Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton described the truck as a newer full-size, four-door crew cab. It was spotted on a school surveillance camera about 7:10 a.m. Feb. 13 near the school's bus and maintenance yard on the north side of the campus, Benton said.

Police have said Dubois was last seen about 7:10 a.m. that day walking on Broadway just north of the school's football stadium, which is near the bus yard.

"We'd definitely like to contact the driver to see if they saw anything, if they know Amber or if they're connected to the investigation in any way," Benton said.

The video shows the truck entering the maintenance parking lot, stopping for about three minutes and then exiting from the same way back to Broadway.

The truck is described as burgundy or maroon and has chrome bed rails or tie-down rails with chrome running boards and wheels. It appears the tailgate is missing or the truck has a modified black tailgate to accommodate a fifth-wheel trailer.

There is no information on a license plate or driver description, police said.

Benton said police had identified nearly all other vehicles on surveillance footage in the area that morning as those of students or school employees. They have not been able to identify this truck, he said.

Police have classified Amber's case as a missing juvenile. Her parents have said they believe she was abducted by a stranger, though police have said they do not have enough information to prove whether she ran away or was abducted.

The public is asked to call Beverly Marquez at (760) 839-4752 with information about the truck. Anonymous tips can be made at (760) 743-TIPS or at www.escondido.org/police (http://www.escondido.org/police).

Contact staff writer Chris Nichols at (760) 740-5426 or cnichols@nctimes.com (cnichols@nctimes.com).

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Red Truck Spotted Near Amber Dubois' SchoolWhat does the red truck have to do with the girl's disappearance?

By R. STICKNEY (http://www.nbcsandiego.com/results/?keywords=%22R.+STICKNEY%22&author=y&sort=date)
Updated 6:45 PM PDT, Thu, Apr 23, 2009
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Amber Dubois, 14, has been missing since February 13, 2009.

A surveillance video shows a red truck near Escondido High School the same morning Amber Dubois disappeared. Investigators want you to watch the video and help them find the truck's owner.
Amber Dubois Case HS Surveillance Video

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Raw video of the parking lot at Escondido HS on February 13, 2009 shows a red truck driving into the parking lot and then leaving around the time Amber...

The video is from the Escondido High School surveillance system of the school bus maintenance yard at approximately 7:10 a.m. on February 13.
A red pick up truck is seen entering the school maintenance parking lot, parking for approximately 3 minutes and exiting out of the same driveway back to Broadway Street.
The truck appears to be a newer full size four-door crew cab pickup truck. It is burgundy or maroon in color and is equipped with chrome bed rails or tie down rails with chrome running boards and wheels, according to police.
Also, it appears from the video, the tailgate is either missing or has a modified black tailgate to accommodate a 5th wheel trailer, police said in a written release.
Amber was last seen just after 7 a.m. Friday, February 13 about a block from Escondido High. The girl's parents said she was especially excited to get to school (http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Cops-Searching-for-Missing-Teen-.html) to exchange Valentine's Day gifts with friends. She also couldn't wait to pay for her baby lamb through the school's Future Farmer's of America program.
The teen's cell phone was activated for a few seconds the Saturday after she was last seen but according to her parents, hasn't been used since. Investigators announced the results of a computer forensics search (http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Cops-Discuss-Search-of-Ambers-Computer.html) of the teenager's computer, saying nothing on the computer offered up any clues as to the girl's whereabouts.
Volunteers launched a door-to-door search the weekend after Amber's disappearance. In the weeks that followed, family and friends held candlelight vigils (http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Vigil_Of_Hope_San_Diego.html) and organized search parties (http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Teens-Father-I-Cant-Look-for-a-Body-I-Cant-.html) to cover areas of Escondido and parts of the North County.
Even the television program "America's Most Wanted" has profiled the case. The family told producers of the show (http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Missing-Teen-on-Americas-Most-Wanted-.html)that Amber sent four texts to her grandmother before leaving the house that morning for the roughly mile long walk to school. Amber was last seen by two family friends only about 300 yards from the school's gate.
As of the two month mark, the number of leads had dwindled to about six per day.
Amber’s family says Amber was a model student who never talked about running away and they believe she was abducted.
The most recent tip came from two neighbors (http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Who-Was-the-Boy-With-Amber-Dubois--.html) who independently said they saw Amber at 7:10 a.m. walking on Broadway near the school's football stadium -- the last time anyone has reported seeing the girl. One of the neighbors said they saw her with the boy, according to Escondido police.
Amber sometimes walked with classmates on the way to school, but the boy doesn't match the description of any of those classmates, investigators said.
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New Video Surfaces in Amber Dubois Case

April 23, 2009

ESCONDIDO, Calif.- The Escondido Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying a pickup truck seen in a surveillance video recorded the day of Amber Dubois’ disappearance. The video is from the Escondido High School surveillance system of the school bus maintenance yard at approximately 7:10 a.m., on Friday February 13, 2009. The video depicts a red pick up truck entering the school maintenance parking lot, parks for approximately 3 minutes and exits out of the same driveway back to Broadway Street

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Police Thursday released surveillance video taken the day an Escondido teenager went missing.
The video shows a red pickup truck seen pulling into a bus maintenance yard at Escondido High School. It was recorded Feb. 13 at about 7:10 a.m., the same time Amber Dubois disappeared while walking to the school.
The girl's father is hoping someone will recognize the truck.
"It's just a vehicle that appears at the time of her disappearance, and they just want to rule it out as being a vehicle involved. They want the public's help in identifying the vehicle," father Maurice DuBois said.
The vehicle is described as a newer, full-sized four-door crew cab pickup truck. It is burgundy or maroon in color and has chrome bed rails, running boards and wheels.
If you have seen this vehicle or know who it belongs to, call Escondido police.

[nanabillie]

http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/2009/04/truck_sought_in_dubois_disappe.html

The latest local news from the Union-Tribune's newsroom

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April 23, 2009

Truck sought in Dubois investigation

Escondido police are asking for the public's help in identifying a pickup that was seen in a surveillance video on the day that 14-year-old Escondido High School student Amber Dubois disappeared more than two months ago.
The video is from the Escondido High School's bus maintenance yard. It was recorded about 7:10 a.m. Feb. 13, a Friday, the last day that Dubois was seen.
The video shows a burgundy or maroon pickup entering the maintenance yard parking
lot. The driver is there for about three minutes before leaving the same way onto North Broadway.
The truck is believed to be a newer full-size four-door crew cab pickup with chrome bed rails or tie-down rails with chrome running boards and wheels. The tailgate appears to be either missing or modified to accommodate a fifth-wheel trailer.
There is no description of the driver.
Anyone with information about the truck is asked to call Beverly Marquez at (760) 839-4752. Information also can be left anonymously at (760) 743-TIPS or on the Web site, www.escondido.org/police. (http://www.escondido.org/police/)
Posted by Susan Shroder | 06:06 PM

[sarahhod]

Video may provide clue to teen's disappearance

By Matthew Rodriguez (http://www3.signonsandiego.com/staff/matthew-rodriguez/) (Contact (http://www3.signonsandiego.com/staff/matthew-rodriguez/contact/)) Union-Tribune Staff Writer
8:26 p.m. April 23, 2009

Video may hold clues to teen's disappearance

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At approximately 7:10 am on 02/13/2009 a red truck pulls into view of a security camera in the upper left corner, parks to the right then leaves at about 7:13 am. Escondido Police are seeking the driver of the red truck.
by SignOnSanDiego



ESCONDIDO — Police are trying to identify the driver of a truck seen next to Escondido High School the day Amber Dubois disappeared on her way to class.
A surveillance video from a school bus maintenance yard off Broadway shows the truck enter the maintenance parking lot about 7:10 a.m. Feb. 13, park for about three minutes, and head back out onto Broadway.
Police said the truck appears to be maroon or burgundy and “is equipped with chrome bed rails or tie down rails with chrome running boards and wheels.” The truck also “appears to be a newer full size four-door crew cab.”
The tailgate is either missing or is black and modified to fit a trailer with a fifth wheel, police said.
A license plate or description of the driver is unavailable. Police are asking people with information on the truck to call Beverly Marquez at (760) 839-4752 or leave tips anonymously at (760) 743-TIPS.
Escondido Lt. Bob Benton said police have viewed the tape since the investigation began and have identified other vehicles as those of employees. “This one we haven't been able to identify,” he said.
Leads have been scarce since Amber, 14, was last seen walking to school more than two months ago. According to a search warrant affidavit, two students at Escondido High School told police that Amber had been talking to boys online, leading police to obtain documents from Yahoo! about her e-mail account. But an examination of the family computer didn't yield any leads.
Amber's family is offering a $60,000 reward – $50,000 for information leading to her safe return and $10,000 leading to an arrest. Since she disappeared, her family has maintained that Amber wouldn't have run away.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/23/bn24amber202630/?northcounty&zIndex=87662

[Faith]

Praying for Amber.

[Heather]

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Psychics-Search-For-Missing-Teen.html

Psychics Search For Missing Teen
It's been more than two months since Escondido teen Amber Dubois went missing and so far, investigators have no solid leads. But Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, is hoping that three "mediums" can help track down the 14-year-old girl. "I believe they can help find her," she said.

The women approached Carrie a few weeks ago and told her they wanted to help. "Not a day goes by that we do not think about Amber," said Pam. The women didn't want to reveal their last names.

"It's a gift, you want to give back and help people, and it's given to you for a reason, and you want to use it," said Cindy. Together, the women are hoping to combine their visions and help Escondido Police find Amber. "I see where she's at," said Laura. "I see where they have traveled; somebody took her and there's quite a few people involved."

The women unanimously agree that Amber did not run away, but is being held against her will. Two of them claim to have had "gut feelings" about an area called Gopher Canyon in North County. But when they searched that area, nothing was found.

The women admit that there are people who are skeptical and question their intentions. "We're doing this for free, at our own expense," said Pam.

McGonigle says the women are helping her narrow down the search. "These are the only ladies that the police really want to talk to, because they didn't know each other and they all came up with the same information," said McGonigle.

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[Naia]

If the red truck holds the key to Amber's whereabouts it shouldn't be hard to find if the description is accurate. Then again the truck could have been dumped for another vehicle or painted.
Prayers for Amber to be found soon. Her poor parents. :(

[Grande]

'A' icon represents the location the red truck of interest was seen;

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Street view of the parking lot the red truck of interest was seen;

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[sarahhod]

Amber search continues Mother’s Day weekend

By Julie Pendray (http://www.sdnn.com/?s=Julie+Pendray), SDNN (http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-05-05/news/local-county-news/poway-escondido-ramona/amber-dubois-search-continues-mothers-day-weekend)
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

http://www.sdnn.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/amber4-339x400.jpgAmber Dubois is missing since Feb. 13.

ESCONDIDO — The search for missing teenager Amber Dubois will continue on Mother’s Day weekend, but not on the day itself.
“It’s a really hard time for us,” Maurice Dubois, Amber’s father said. He will be in Escondido again for the weekend, staffing the search center, as volunteers once again head out to scour the city looking for the 14-year-old who went missing Feb. 13, outside Escondido High School.
Amber was last reported seen just a few hundred yards from the school gates at about 7:10 a.m. that day. A neighbor and friend of the family reported seeing her just north of the school district operations center driveway, on Broadway. Police released a school surveillance video on April 23 which showed a burgundy truck pulling into that operations center parking lot, parking for approximately three minutes, and quickly exiting the parking lot around the time of Amber’s disappearance. They are asking the public for information about the truck. Police have been looking for clues about it since February.
“It was right there, right then,” Dubois said. “That’s why it was so eye-catching to police. The police think Amber was taken between 7:10 and 7:13 a.m..”
Dubois said it is believed that Amber hadn’t yet reached the driveway when she was last seen. Police have said construction trucks were parked south of that driveway, toward the school gates, which would have blocked passersby from seeing much of the sidewalk where Amber would have been walking. No one has reported seeing Amber enter the school gates that morning.
On Monday night, parents of Escondido High School students received a phone message from principal Sue Emerson, saying that Dubois had requested, by letter, that all parents talk to their students about that morning. The message said that many students at the school had been interviewed, but that Dubois wants every child questioned by a parent, in case any further information can be gleaned.
“Parents can tell if a child is holding something back, or lying,” Dubois told San Diego News Network. I could always tell if Amber was holding back from telling me something. I want kids to know that they can call San Diego Crime Stoppers and leave an anonymous message and there’s no way that message can be traced back to whoever left it.”
Dubois’s letter (http://www.ehscougars.com/documents/DuboisLetter_eng.pdf), posted as a PDF in English and Spanish on the school’s Web site, asks parents “for a few minutes of your time to talk to your children about Amber and see if they know anything that may help us find our daughter.”
This weekend’s search will be conducted somewhere “within about a 10-mile radius of the school,” Dubois said. The exact search areas aren’t disclosed to the family. A mapper chooses the areas and works in coordination with the Escondido Police Department, he said.
The public is asked to contact San Diego Crime Stoppers with information at (888) 580-8477.

http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-05-05/news/local-county-news/poway-escondido-ramona/amber-dubois-search-continues-mothers-day-weekend

[Heather]

Still in my prayers.

[stephimia]

Praying for Amber's safe return

[LaciBlue]

:innocent0001: I am still Praying for Amber's safe return....

[Naia]

Prayers for Amber's safe return home.

[Heather]

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Ambers-Lamb-To-Be-Auctioned.html

"Amber's Lamb" To Be Auctioned
The day 14-year old Amber Dubois disappeared, she was carrying a check for $200 to buy a lamb. She never made the purchase.

Amber vanished on February 13th as she walked to Escondido High School and hasn't been seen since. But what has become of the lamb, who Amber had named 'Nanette'?

In the month's that Amber disappeared, Nanette has been cared for by the Agricultural club at Escondido High School, according to Amber's father Maurice Dubois. The school has incurred the cost of boarding and caring for the lamb.

Now, the plan is for the lamb to be auctioned off at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar. Any profits made from the sale will be given to the Amber Search Center.

There is at least one person who is hoping she can win the auction.

Amber's niece Kelly is hoping to raise enough money to buy the lamb herself and keep it in the family. She says if she's able to raise enough money, she'll keep the lamb at a farm or petting zoo with the hopes of one day giving it to Amber.

"To me, Nanette is a symbol that Amber is going to come home and I just want Amber to see her little lamb that she was so anxious to see that morning she disappeared," said Kelly. :frown:

[Amusedtdth]

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Ambers-Lamb-To-Be-Auctioned.html

"Amber's Lamb" To Be Auctioned
The day 14-year old Amber Dubois disappeared, she was carrying a check for $200 to buy a lamb. She never made the purchase.

Amber vanished on February 13th as she walked to Escondido High School and hasn't been seen since. But what has become of the lamb, who Amber had named 'Nanette'?

In the month's that Amber disappeared, Nanette has been cared for by the Agricultural club at Escondido High School, according to Amber's father Maurice Dubois. The school has incurred the cost of boarding and caring for the lamb.

Now, the plan is for the lamb to be auctioned off at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar. Any profits made from the sale will be given to the Amber Search Center.

There is at least one person who is hoping she can win the auction.

Amber's niece Kelly is hoping to raise enough money to buy the lamb herself and keep it in the family. She says if she's able to raise enough money, she'll keep the lamb at a farm or petting zoo with the hopes of one day giving it to Amber.

"To me, Nanette is a symbol that Amber is going to come home and I just want Amber to see her little lamb that she was so anxious to see that morning she disappeared," said Kelly. :frown:

Ahh, that is soo sweet.

[Faith]

Prayers for Amber

[sarahhod]

Truck Seen In Video May Link Amber Dubois, Molestation Cases

Posted: May 25, 2009 7:31 PM GDT Monday, May 25, 2009 2:31 PM EST
Updated: May 25, 2009 7:31 PM GDT Monday, May 25, 2009 2:31 PM EST


A four-door, burgundy-colored pickup truck may link the disappearance of 14-year-old Amber Dubois three months ago to the sexual molestation of two little girls at a pair of Wal-Mart stores in San Diego, it was reported today. Surveillance tapes from the two Wal-Marts showed a large, burgundy pickup truck that also may have been spotted on tapes recorded three months ago near where Dubois disappeared, The San Diego Union-Tribune said.
San Diego police immediately contacted Escondido detectives when they saw a burgundy pickup truck pop up in the Wal-Mart surveillance tapes, Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton told the newspaper.
No suspect has been named or arrested in any of the cases.
The man molested two girls, a 5-and 6-year-old, in separate incidents. On April 1, a little girl was abused at the Wal-Mart at College Grove, and the other on May 17 at the Wal-Mart on Kearny Mesa. Neither girl was seriously injured, according to the newspaper.
In those two cases, surveillance tapes showed a 25-to 30-year old, 6-foot-tall white man who drove what appeared to be a burgundy, four-door, full-sized truck with a silver or chrome storage box in the bed, the newspaper stated. The model is believed to be between 1998 and 2006.
In the Dubois case, a surveillance tape from a school-bus maintenance yard recorded a pickup entering the maintenance parking lot at 7:10 a.m. around the time she disappeared Feb. 13. The truck left 3 minutes later.
That burgundy truck was a newer model, full-sized, four-door maroon or burgundy truck with a crew cab. It was equipped with chrome bed rails or tie-down rails with chrome running boards and wheels, the newspaper reported.
But the appearance of the truck at College Grove and Kearny Mesa was slightly different, police said. The color of the pickup truck in those incidents was a "definite match," but the truck in the other cases is missing some of the customization spotted at Escondido, Benton told the newspaper.
But he added that there's a possibility the suspect "may have taken some things off" the truck.

http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=10419108

(http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php)

[sarahhod]

Police investigate possible link between assaults, missing teen

By Angela Lau (http://www3.signonsandiego.com/staff/angela-lau/) Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. May 25, 2009

ESCONDIDO — Escondido police are investigating the possibility that a man suspected of molesting two girls in Wal-Mart stores in San Diego could be connected to the disappearance of Amber Dubois, who was last seen walking to Escondido High School more than three months ago.
The link they are trying to establish is a burgundy pickup that appeared in surveillance tapes in both cases.
In the Wal-Mart cases, which happened in two locations, a surveillance tape recorded a 25-to 30-year-old, 6-foot-tall white man who drove what appeared to be a burgundy, four-door, full-sized truck with a silver or chrome storage box in the bed. The model year is believed to be between 1998 and 2006.
The assailant molested 5-and 6-year-old girls. One molestation occurred April 1 at a Wal-Mart on College Grove Way in Oak Park and the other May 17 at a Wal-Mart on Shawline Drive in Kearny Mesa. Neither girl was seriously injured. No suspect has been arrested.
In Amber's case, a surveillance tape from a school-bus maintenance yard showed a pickup entering the maintenance parking lot at 7:10 a.m., around the time Amber, 14, disappeared Feb. 13. The truck left three minutes later.
The pickup was a newer model, full-sized, four-door maroon or burgundy truck with a crew cab. It was equipped with chrome bed rails or tie-down rails with chrome running boards and wheels.
When San Diego police saw the truck on the Wal-Mart surveillance tape, they contacted Escondido police immediately Wednesday, Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton said.
Escondido's investigators studied the video and concluded the truck was apparently American-made, Benton said.
“The color was a definite match,” he said.
“The truck in the Wal-Mart case has no chrome running board, no chrome rail cap. It doesn't have all the attributes we are looking for. But then, the suspect may have taken some things off.”
In the search for Amber, Escondido police have checked out more than 900 tips that included burgundy trucks and sightings of the girl, but none has panned out, Benton said.
Amber's parents have maintained a search center at 755 N. Quince St. in Escondido, and have been sending 40 to 50 volunteers each day to search the city and surrounding areas for clues.
Yesterday, Amber's father, Maurice, said any kind of lead gives him hope.
Tips of Amber's whereabouts can be called in to (760) 743-TIPS (8477).
Amber's family has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to her return, and a $10,000 reward for information leading to arrests.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/25/1m25amber235228-police-investigate-possible-link-b/

[sarahhod]

Wal-Mart Groper May Be Linked To Teen's Disappearance

FOX 5 San Diego
2:25 PM PDT, May 26, 2009

ESCONDIDO -- A burgundy-colored pickup truck may link the disappearance of 14-year-old Amber Dubois three months ago to the sexual molestation of two little girls at a pair of Wal-Mart stores in San Diego.

Surveillance tapes from the two Wal-Marts showed a large, burgundy pickup truck that also may have been spotted on tapes recorded three months ago near where Dubois disappeared, the San Diego Union-Tribune said.

San Diego police immediately contacted Escondido detectives when they saw a burgundy pickup truck pop up in the Wal-Mart surveillance tapes, Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton told the newspaper.

No suspect has been named or arrested in any of the cases.

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Video May Hold Clue to Escondido Teen's Disappearance (http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/kswb-dubois-truck,0,6523903.story)


The man molested two girls, a 5-and 6-year-old, in separate incidents. On April 1, a little girl was abused at the Wal-Mart at College Grove, and the other on May 17 at the Wal-Mart on Kearny Mesa. Neither girl was seriously injured, according to the newspaper.

In those two cases, surveillance tapes showed a 25-to 30-year old, 6- foot-tall white man who drove what appeared to be a burgundy, four-door, full- sized truck with a silver or chrome storage box in the bed, the newspaper stated.

The model is believed to be between 1998 and 2006.

In the Dubois case, a surveillance tape from a school-bus maintenance yard recorded a pickup entering the maintenance parking lot at 7:10 a.m. around the time she disappeared Feb. 13. The truck left 3 minutes later.

That burgundy truck was a newer model, full-sized, four-door maroon or burgundy truck with a crew cab.

It was equipped with chrome bed rails or tie- down rails with chrome running boards and wheels, the newspaper reported.

But the appearance of the truck at College Grove and Kearny Mesa was slightly different, police said.

The color of the pickup truck in those incidents was a "definite match,'' but the truck in the other cases is missing some of the customization spotted at Escondido, Benton told the newspaper.

But he added that there's a possibility the suspect "may have taken some things off'' the truck.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-amber-dubois,0,4314038.story

[sarahhod]

Video by Amber's mom.

http://vimeo.com/4848395

This is Amber from birth until the time she went missing. I hope everyone enjoys the video.

:1187603408.CR.Mothe:1187603408.CR.Mothe

[LaciBlue]

To Amber's Mom and Dad,
The Video was beautiful,brought tears to my eyes....Just want you to know that I
will not forget Amber and my Prayer's are with Amber and Your family...
Praying that she will be returned home to you Safe and Soon...
We will never give up looking for her...
God Bless

[Heather]

What a beautiful slide show! God, please bring Amber home. :1187603408.CR.Mothe

[Faith]

Vigil is set for missing girl, 14
Search continues for Amber Dubois
By J. Harry Jones

2:00 a.m. June 12, 2009

ESCONDIDO — It will be four months tomorrow since 14-year-old Amber Dubois went missing while walking to school in Escondido, and a search center established shortly after she disappeared is closing down.

Every weekend volunteers have been scouring nearby hills for any sign of the teen, without success. The number of volunteers has dwindled to a point that only about 20 people have been showing up to help.

Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, said that the center will close this weekend and that future search efforts will concentrate on distributing fliers in Riverside and Orange counties.

“Most people know about Amber in San Diego,” she said. “But nobody knows about her further north.”

The search center, at 755 N. Quince St. in Escondido, will be the site of a candlelight vigil from 1 to 4 p.m. tomorrow, culminating in the release of balloons at 4 p.m.

McGonigle said she still harbors hope.

“I still feel she's alive and I still feel she's nearby,” she said. “We just have to find where.”

Police say they have followed up on about 900 tips, including false sightings of the teen, without anything concrete being found.

An examination of Amber's Internet activity so far has shown only that she visited sites that any normal 14-year-old girl would, Escondido Police Lt. Bob Benton said. Some records still have not been obtained because the Web site operators are based outside the United States. The FBI has been helping with the Internet side of the investigation.

Amber's cell phone has not been used since the day after she disappeared, when someone in northern Escondido tried to access her voice mail for about 20 seconds but gave up after realizing the password had been changed. Her parents had it changed when she didn't come home so they could listen to any messages that might have been left for her.

It now appears that a burgundy pickup truck seen on surveillance videotape of a school bus maintenance yard near Escondido High School about the same time that Amber disappeared is not the same pickup spotted in another case.

San Diego police are searching for a similar pickup in connection with the molestation of two young girls at two Wal-Mart stores in April and May. But Benton said the trucks appear to be different.

Police still classify Amber as a missing juvenile, saying there isn't enough information to say definitively whether she was abducted or ran away.

Nationally known missing children's advocate Marc Klaas will attend the vigil, McGonigle said.

Anyone with information about Amber's whereabouts is asked to call (760) 743-TIPS (8477).

Amber's family has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to her return, and a $10,000 reward for information leading to arrests.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/12/1mi12dubois2186-vigil-set-missing-girl-14/

[Naia]

I can't believe it's been 4 months since Amber disappeared. I hope and pray she is alive and well..............somewhere.
Come home honey, your parents need you.

[Faith]

Balloons carry hopes of missing girl's family
By J. Harry Jones

2:00 a.m. June 14, 2009

ESCONDIDO — Hundreds of blue balloons soared into the eastern sky above Escondido yesterday afternoon, carried by the wind.

Each bore a message about Amber Dubois, and maybe, her father said, one might be found by someone who knows something – anything – about what happened to the 14-year-old.

It was a somber, emotional gathering at the Amber Dubois Search Center yesterday afternoon. It marked the four-month anniversary of when the teenager went missing while walking to Escondido High School, and the donated building on Quince Street where searches have been coordinated is closing down this weekend.

“Sadly, this is the last gathering at this location, but it won't be the last thing we do because we will all keep on working until we bring Amber home,” said the girl's grandmother, Sheila Welch. “We can only look to the day when we can have a celebration when Amber comes home.”

Since shortly after the teen's disappearance, volunteer searchers have been scouring the countryside and hills within a roughly eight-mile radius of where Amber was last seen. They have found nothing.

“The good news, if there is good news, is that three months ago we came here to help the family organize a search effort to find a body,” said nationally known lost-child advocate Marc Klaas. “They have not found that body. That's exceptional news. That's very good news. Amber is out there, and we think Amber is alive.”

Klaas said a switch in strategy is about to take place: “We're not looking for a body. We're looking for a little girl.”

Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, spoke only briefly yesterday, tearing up while introducing Klaas. She said last week that she and others will concentrate on distributing fliers in Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles counties.

“Most people know about Amber in San Diego,” McGonigle said. “But nobody knows about her further north.”

Police say they have followed up on about 900 tips, including false sightings of the teen, without finding anything concrete.

Authorities classify Amber as a missing juvenile, saying there isn't enough information to say definitively whether she was abducted or ran away.

From the very beginning, her family has been convinced that she was kidnapped. Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, said he will never quit looking.

“It's unfortunate I'm in front of you again talking,” Dubois said. “Any of you who have been here from Day One know what our family is going through. It's been difficult, frustrating, sad.”

Although donated, the search center carries utilities and other expenses that would be better spent on other efforts, the family says.

“This is not going to be over until Amber is home,” Dubois said. “We're not stopping. People think that by closing this center, we're giving up. But we're not – not by any means. We won't give up until Amber is home.”

Dubois said some days have been worse than others.

“Easter was a very tough day for many of us,” he said. “Mother's Day was very tough on Carrie and me. Just around the corner is Father's Day. I'm not ready for it ... not without my daughter here.”

Klaas said it's imperative that Amber's case continue to be publicized.

“I think it's well-known that if the family stops searching, this case will go into the cold-case file very quickly,” he said. “Therefore, we have to create strategies to keep it moving forward, to keep it in the public eye ... so that Amber can ultimately be recovered. It really is the only goal that we have right now.”

One of those ways of keeping the story alive was yesterday's “raise awareness” balloon release. Dubois said that perhaps one of the balloons will end up in the hands of someone who knows something.

“We're leaving it up to Mother Nature,” he said.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/14/1m14amber235946-balloons-carry-hopes-missing-girls/?northcounty&zIndex=116379

[Faith]

I can't believe it's been 4 months since Amber disappeared. I hope and pray she is alive and well..............somewhere.
Come home honey, your parents need you.

I know, seems like yesterday.

I pray to God she is located soon. :1222423:

[Faith]

Search For Missing Teenager Continues

POSTED: 9:39 pm PDT June 13, 2009
UPDATED: 11:13 am PDT June 14, 2009

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- It has been four months since 14-year-old Amber Dubois was last seen after leaving home on her way to Escondido High School.

On Saturday, the center where volunteers have coordinated weekly searches is closing.

Escondido Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler, as well as Marc Klaas, founder of the Klaas Kids Foundation, were on hand to lend their support.

The search is not over, it is just moving to a new phase. "Amber is still missing and we are still looking for her even though the center is closing," said Carrie McGonagle, Amber's mother.

http://www.10news.com/news/19747914/detail.html

[Faith]

Missing teen's family pushes on after closing volunteer center

The parents of a California teen who disappeared on her way to school in February have closed the center that was the staging ground for search efforts, citing a lack of volunteers and a shift in direction.

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/CRIME/06/15/california.missing.teen/art.amber.cnn.jpg
Loved ones say Amber Leeanne DuBois, 14, would never go anywhere without telling her parents or friends.

But the parents of 14-year-old Amber DuBois say the search will continue with a small group of dedicated volunteers.

"We're absolutely going to keep going. Anyone who wants to volunteer can log onto Amber's site (http://www.bringamberhome.com/) and see where we're going to meet," Amber's father, Maurice DuBois, said.

The decision to close the center -- a nondescript, 7,500-square foot building donated by an Escondido businessman -- did not come easily.

"I don't want people to have the impression that we're giving up. I'm scared that the fact we're closing will make people stop volunteering, but we still need them because we won't stop looking until we find her," DuBois said.

Initially, hundreds volunteered to assist in the search for Amber, who was last seen walking to Escondido High School on February 13. Relatives, friends and members of the community have met at the center every weekend since to plan searches and pick up fliers for distribution throughout San Diego County. http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/video.gif Watch more about this mysterious disappearance » (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/15/california.missing.teen/index.html#cnnSTCVideo)

As time passed without progress, the number of volunteers dwindled and leads slowed to a trickle, while bills for liability insurance, telephone service and electricity continued to come in.

Amber's mother said she never liked spending time at the center because it was a constant reminder that her daughter was missing. And while she is saddened by the implications of its closure, she maintains hope that the decision will help advance their efforts.http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/interactive.gif Hear Amber's parents describe her childhood » (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/15/california.missing.teen/index.html#cnnSTCOther1)

"It makes me sad because we used to have over 200 volunteers a day and now we have about 10," Carrie McGonigle said. "But people have lives, and even though I just want them to look for Amber, it's a lot of time to ask of someone. This way, we can use her search and rescue fund for getting the word out nationwide."

Multiple state and local agencies, as well as the FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, have been involved in the search.

Based on the time and location where Amber was last seen on February 13 by two witnesses who knew her, she should have crossed in front of a school surveillance camera about 100 yards away, Escondido (http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Escondido) Police Lt. Bob Benton said.

But she never made it, and around the same time, a red truck appeared in surveillance camera footage from a school bus parking lot. The quality of the image prevents identification of the truck, and authorities are still seeking to find out why it was there, Benton said.

Otherwise, investigators have been stymied by a lack of viable leads.

The "good news" is that searchers have covered a large chunk of Escondido without finding a body, which means they can take a new approach, said Mark Klaas, founder and president of KlaasKids Foundation, a child safety advocacy group.

"They've combed the area and found nothing, so it's time for a new direction," said Klaas, who created the foundation in 1994 to give meaning to the kidnapping and murder of his daughter, Polly.

Klaas said he met with the family on the weekend to discuss the possibility that the bookish teen is a victim of a human trafficking (http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/Human_Trafficking) ring that sold her into the sex trade.

"There's no doubt that there is a very robust and vigorous human trafficking problem in that part of the country, in and around San Diego, near the border. Unfortunately, you have to consider the scenarios: She's dead, she ran away or she was kidnapped," he said.

"It's about keeping hope alive and giving the family a way to remain proactive in the case," he said. "They have to keep hope alive because as soon as they throw in the towel, it's all over and there's no hope for this kid."

Benton said investigators were considering all potential angles, including the possibility that Amber had been abducted.

Amber's parents agree that it's up to them to keep the case alive, which is why they are expanding search efforts beyond San Diego County.

"At this point we've saturated San Diego County with fliers and publicity, so if she were in San Diego County and someone saw her, we'd know it by now," DuBois said.

"Four months is a long time. I feel she was abducted by a stranger and who knows where she could be at this point. She could be anywhere. It's very difficult to think about, but it's a harsh reality."
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/15/california.missing.teen/index.html

[Faith]

Reward for Information Announced:

$60,000 Reward*

Tips 760-743-TIPS (8477)

*$50,000 for information leading to the
safe return of Amber

$10,000 for information leading to the
arrest of person(s) responsible
for her disappearance

FOR DETAILS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REWARDS CALL 1-562-360-5162

http://www.bringamberhome.com/

[Faith]

I wish someone would come forth with information on Amber.

[Amusedtdth]

I wish someone would come forth with information on Amber.

Faith, this has haunted me since inception. Someone knows exactly what happened and I'll never believe that she took off on her own. The thought of someone stumbling across her in the future breaks my heart. Not only for her family but for what this talented, bright young woman could have contributed to our world. She's in my thoughts and prayers as is her family and friends. :innocent0001:
Amber, you are missed and loved.

[SavannahStar]

Faith, this has haunted me since inception. Someone knows exactly what happened and I'll never believe that she took off on her own. The thought of someone stumbling across her in the future breaks my heart. Not only for her family but for what this talented, bright young woman could have contributed to our world. She's in my thoughts and prayers as is her family and friends. :innocent0001:
Amber, you are missed and loved.

I ditto you and Faith. I think of this girl A LOT, and always read the thread when it is bumped up. It seems like she just disappeared off the face of the earth......it's so heartbreaking for her friends and family. Not something I would want to face in my worst nightmares. :sad0119:

[Faith]

Father pens emotional letter to missing daughter

2:00 a.m. June 22, 2009

ESCONDIDO: In an emotional, open letter to his missing 14-year-old daughter, Amber, Maurice Dubois described his pain and suffering on Father's Day:

“Since the moment you disappeared on February 13, I have felt like my heart has been ripped out of my body . . . ”

Dubois, 39, an electrical engineer, also said in the letter that this Father's Day would be his worst.

“I don't have my Amber here,” he wrote early yesterday. “It has been 128 days that our family has been torn apart, and each one seems longer (than) the last. There is not a day that goes by that I don't cry for hours before falling asleep.”

When reached last night, Dubois said he had spent a couple of hours in the day being interviewed by two TV stations about the search. Then, he spent some time fishing on a privately owned lake in Escondido.

He didn't catch anything. “I did get a couple hours of quiet time.”

Most of his waking hours are spent looking for Amber and coordinating efforts of roughly 600 volunteers.

Since Amber went missing the morning of Feb. 13 on her way to Escondido High School, her father hasn't worked a day at his regular job: designing cabling for computer systems for a firm in Brea.

Where does he find the strength and money to keep going?

“I've got a good family,” he said. “I've got a good partner: My girlfriend, Rebecca Smith, is there for me.

“We have a core of people – some who knew Amber and others who never met her – who are just dedicated. They won't stop until this gets done.” –M.A.


http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/22/1m22b2briefs235143-short-takes/?metro&zIndex=120560


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[Faith]

Late Saturday night, with Father's Day just hours away, Moe Dubois sat down to write a letter to his daughter ---- missing teen Amber Dubois.

His grief and melancholy would not stay inside any longer.

"I just had to air out my feelings somewhere," Dubois said of the letter, which he sent to local news outlets Sunday. "I needed to get it out."

In the letter, Dubois expressed his deep sadness and also his hope that he'll be reunited with his 14-year-old daughter who vanished on her way to school in Escondido more than four months ago.


http://images.townnews.com/nctimes.com/art/pdficon.gif Read the letter (http://www.nctimes.com/pdf/duboisetter062109.pdf)


http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll116/helpfindthemissing/letter-1.jpg


http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/06/21/news/inland/escondido/ze82f615fc6e3d2cf882575dd000aa268.txt


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[nomadpatti]

:1187603408.CR.Mothe
Amber, it is time to come home baby girl!

[SavannahStar]

Oh that letter is heartbreaking!!!!!!:1222423:

[Herz]

Wow. I hope Amber is found soon. I feel such pain for the families of missing children. I cant imagine how they feel.

[Grande]

My thoughts are with Amber's friends and family particularly her father after reading that letter.

[stephimia]

Wow, that letter brought tears to my eyes. I pray that Amber is found and comes home safely. I have a child too and I could never imagine living one day without him. The pain that this family is going through, I feel so sad for them.

[Jess]

It's so sad. Her father loves her so much! Come home amber! Where are you?? That letter is so incredibly heartbreaking.

[Grande]

Candlelight Vigil for Missing Teen
Last Update: 8:09 am

A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WILL BE HELD TONIGHT IN ESCONDIDO IN HONOR OF A MISSING TEENAGER.

14-YEAR-OLD AMBER DUBOIS DISAPPEARED FIVE MONTHS AGO TODAY.
THE VIGIL IS BEING HELD AT 8 P.M. IN FRONT OF BARNES AND NOBLE ON WEST VALLEY PARKWAY.

AMBER PURCHASED FIVE BOOKS AT THE STORE THE NIGHT BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED AND HAD ONE OF THEM IN HER BACKPACK AT THE TIME.
THE DUBOIS FAMILY IS ASKING THAT EVERYONE WEAR BLUE IN ORDER TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

ESCONDIDO POLICE HAVE CHECKED OUT MORE THAN 900 LEADS, BUT NONE OF THEM HAVE LED TO AMBER DUBOIS.

HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE CONDUCTED NUMEROUS SEARCHES FOR THE MISSING TEENAGER.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Candlelight-Vigil-for-Missing-Teen/NlOGtzC59USQNGqTj28uzg.cspx

[Heather]

5 months. :sad0119:

[Lilly]

5 months. :sad0119:

Praying that someone comes forward and Amber is brought home soon :1222423:

[sarahhod]

Six Months Later, Search Continues For Missing Escondido Teen

Last Update: 9:22 am


http://www.sandiego6.com/media/news/7/2/1/72108e2f-241a-46aa-9b4b-b3a44483ef46/Story.jpg (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:void%280%29;)

Escondido - It's been six months since she disappeared, and the search still continues for Amber Dubois.
The girl's father, Maurice Dubois, says they have not found any new information in the case.
The Escondido Police Department is asking the state for an additional $40,000 to increase the reward for information in the teenager's disappearance.
That would bring the total reward to $100,000.
The police department also has three of its officers assigned to the case full time.
They are still looking for the owner of a red pickup truck that was seen on surveillance footage near the school around the time Amber Dubois disappeared.
The girl's family has hired a private, specialized search team from Maine, hoping they will help lead them to new information.
Maurice Dubois says the team's search dogs have had a lot of success in other cases in picking up scents up to a year old.
A candlelight vigil for Amber Dubois will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in front of Escondido High School.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Six-Months-Later-Search-Continues-For-Missing/SwkTbsBYF0u2v9GExdP-rg.cspx

[texanne]

We must never stop trying to find Amber, or any of the other missing children. This is heartbreak a family should not have to go through. Prayers that Amber will be found.

[Heather]

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/aug/19/bn19amber-dubois-dog-missing/?metro&zIndex=151891

"Two specialized dog teams based in Virginia are in the North County on Wednesday to renew a search for missing teenager Amber Dubois, who vanished more than six months ago.
The 14-year-old was last seen Feb. 13 about 7:10 a.m. while walking to Escondido High School with a tall teenager who has never been identified. Despite widespread publicity and numerous searches, no trace of the girl has been found.
The dogs belong to the VK9 Scent Specific Search and Recovery Unit, a nonprofit organization, said Sarah Platts, the officer in charge of the group. They arrived with their handlers at Lindbergh Field about 10 p.m. Tuesday.
The canines, a 5-year-old yellow Labrador retriever named Quincy and an 8-year-old German shorthaired pointer named Jack, are trained to follow the odor of a specific person to the exclusion of all others and are often deployed on cases that have gone cold, Platts said.
On Wednesday, the dogs will be searching in areas Platts declined to specify and will have a dual purpose — to confirm whether Amber was actually at any of the places she may have been sighted, and to develop new leads — “ideas perhaps they never thought of,” Platts said.
The team will be in Escondido until Saturday, Platts said.
Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, said she was very anxious but also “absolutely hopeful” that something would turn up. She said that although search dogs had already scoured the area for her daughter, she thinks these dogs, with their special training, might be the key to finding Amber.
McGonigle said the team was meeting with Escondido police and would then come to her home before starting their search.
The organization is conducting the search at no charge to the family in return for reimbursement for travel expenses, Platts said.
They support law enforcement and assist in criminal cases including arson, assault, rape, homicides as well as missing-persons cases, and they also work with emergency-management agencies across the country.
They also partner with Project Lifesaver, a rapid-response program that deploys specially trained teams to locate wandering children and adults suffering from diseases such as Alzheimer's, Down syndrome and autism.
Their work has earned accolades from law enforcement. The police chief in Kenton, Ohio, credits the dogs for tracking the exact location and movements of a murder suspect weeks after crimes were committed. The man was arrested and later confessed to three killings, Chief John Vermillion said on the group's Web site."

[Naia]

I pray this beautiful young lady is found and reunited with her family.

[Roamer]

If anyone gets the Steve Wilkos show, they have a segment on Amber coming up today.

[Amusedtdth]

If anyone gets the Steve Wilkos show, they have a segment on Amber coming up today.

I miss it because of this burden called work but when I'm home I love his show. Did you get to see it and if so what was it about?
TIA

[Roamer]

The lead investigator and her parents just talked to the cameras, Amused.

They have a red pickup see near the school the morning she disappeared, but no real leads. Don't know who owns the pickup or if they had anything
to do with Amber.

It's got to be so awful...your child leaves for school, and you never see them again.

[SavannahStar]

I think about this girl a lot. I wish she would be found. Such a sad case!! :sad0119:

[Amusedtdth]

The lead investigator and her parents just talked to the cameras, Amused.

They have a red pickup see near the school the morning she disappeared, but no real leads. Don't know who owns the pickup or if they had anything
to do with Amber.

It's got to be so awful...your child leaves for school, and you never see them again.

I couldn't imagine how I'd be if my one of mine didn't come home. So basically all they did was repeat what we already know...

I think about this girl a lot. I wish she would be found. Such a sad case!! :sad0119:


I too think about Amber often. I personally don't think she left willingly either.

[Naia]

I think about this girl a lot. I wish she would be found. Such a sad case!! :sad0119:

I do too Savanah.

[Roamer]

Her parents said Amber was a very sweet, loving girl; that there was never a day passing she didn't kiss mom and tell her she loved her.

[Grande]

Police press on in their quest to find Escondido girl
Amber Dubois, 14, last seen in February
By J. Harry Jones
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. October 19, 2009

http://media.signonsandiego.com/img/photos/2009/10/18/UTI1476600_t350.jpg?1640fae913a1dac1b26c7eb88806b9 f9b0341305
Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton with shelves of binders containing information about the Amber Dubois case. (John Gastaldo / Union-Tribune)

In August, police thought they had found Amber Dubois, the 14-year-old Escondido girl missing since February.

For three weeks, they had been tracking a girl who had been seen near Garberville in Humboldt County.

“Somebody saw a flier and said, ‘Wow, I'm sure that's her,’ ” said Escondido police Lt. Bob Benton.

Escondido police contacted deputies in the county 700 miles away, and more fliers were distributed.

More tips came in. The girl looked like Amber, and she had told people that was her name. She had also told people she was from Escondido.

“We thought we had it solved,” Benton said.

But like so many leads and tips since Amber disappeared, the efforts were for naught.

Deputies found the girl, whose name really is Amber. And she had run away from her home in Escondido — Escondido Lakes, Wash. She was 17.

“Talk about your coincidences,” Benton said. “We thought for sure it was her. That's been the toughest part in the emotional roller coaster of getting what we believe are very credible tips and that Amber would be coming home, to the realization that it's not her.”

Escondido police, with the assistance at one time or another of dozens of law enforcement agencies — including the FBI — continue to search for Amber. They have been able to determine to some extent what didn't happen through a process of elimination, but what did happen remains a mystery.

Tips keep coming in about possible sightings. On Friday, Benton said, a tip prompted a search for Amber in South Carolina.

“Fresh eyes” in the department are reviewing thousands of pages of transcribed interviews and tips to make sure nothing has been overlooked.

“It's very frustrating from our standpoint that for the amount of time and resources we've thrown at this thing that we have yet to locate her or find out what happened to Amber,” Benton said.

Last seen Feb. 13

Amber was last seen at 7:10 a.m. Feb. 13 walking to Escondido High School on North Broadway. She was walking with a tall boy who has yet to be identified.

Two video recordings made from cameras at the school show that Amber did not keep walking toward the campus.

It's possible, though police think it unlikely, that she was abducted on the street. It's also possible she walked across the football field or turned around and headed north. The cameras would have recorded her if she had walked past the football field or near the main building.

By the next day, police were very concerned. They interviewed her family and friends.

“Essentially, we found out she is a normal 14-year-old,” Benton said. “She liked to read. She was somewhat of a loner, but it was very much out of character for her to be missing, and that's why we jumped on this case early on. We realized it was very suspicious. We've been working it full time ever since.”

On average, 550 missing-person reports come into Escondido police each year. Most concern teenagers, usually runaways found within a few days.

Nationally, it is estimated that more than 1 million children go missing for at least a short while each year. The vast majority are found within a day.

It has been more than eight months since Amber disappeared.

More than 500 interviews of friends, family, sex offenders and others have been conducted during the search.

More than 1,200 tips have come in. Many are useless, like suggestions that police check her cell phone records, which was done immediately. Some are far-fetched, like those from people claiming to be psychics who report such things as, “I see her standing by a white fence.”

A $100,000 reward for information has been offered.

Amber's cell phone went dead the morning she disappeared and was activated once, for only a few seconds, the next day.

“We don't know what significance that has,” Benton said.

Experts have dug into the computers Amber used, and even today some of the Internet activity isn't fully known because servers are located out of the country. Investigators say Amber didn't have any online activity that might suggest she was thinking of running away or that she was in contact with someone who might mean her harm.

A red pickup seen in a grainy video parked in the school bus lot near the football field has been all but dismissed as a lead.

“We think we've identified it,” Benton said. “We're hoping to confirm soon that the red truck had nothing to do with the case.”

Two months ago, police thought they had another strong lead.

They were getting tips about the sighting of a girl who looked just like Amber. She had been seen in the San Francisco area, as well as in parts of Central California and even Yosemite National Park.

Sam Rubin of Holtville said he picked up a girl and boy in Yosemite on July 29 or 30 who told him that they had been camping and that a bear had eaten their food.

On his way home, Rubin saw an Amber flier in a gas station in Lake Tahoe and was “99 percent” sure it was Amber he had picked up.

Police tracked the girl for weeks, and finally authorities found her in Clearlake, about 100 miles northwest of Sacramento.

She gave a false name, and Clearlake police sent Escondido her photograph. They, too, thought it was Amber.

It wasn't. It was a 15-year-old girl who looked remarkably similar and had run away from home in Antioch in the Bay Area three months earlier. She was returned to her mother.

Upcoming birthday

Amber will turn 15 on Sunday.

Her mother, Carrie McGonigle, and father, Maurice Dubois, have been doing all they can to keep Amber's case in the spotlight in the hope of generating more tips.

They've recently appeared on two nationally syndicated television shows and made headlines last month when they criticized the police for not doing enough. They have since met with police and have softened their criticism.

“There were some miscommunications,” Maurice Dubois said. “We were not told specifics about the case at the time. It's an open investigation, so we can't be told everything. We know that.”

The search and the waiting are difficult, he said.

“Yesterday was the eight-month anniversary of her disappearance. That was rough,” Dubois said Wednesday. “Planning a candlelight vigil for her 15th birthday, that's been rougher.”

The vigil will likely be at Lake Dixon in Escondido, but plans have not yet been completed.

Where do police go from here?

Benton said detectives will follow any new leads.

“If you're sitting at home reading this article and you think you have information that is significant — call,” said Lt. Craig Carter. “It's going to be that one piece of information that's going to push us over the edge. We'd like to have that one piece of information.”

Union-Tribune
J. Harry Jones: (760) 737-7579;

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/oct/19/police-press-their-quest-find-escondido-girl/

[packy]

That sure was a coincidence and hopes were up. So sorry that it didn't turn out to be Amber. Glad to hear they are putting fresh eyes on her disappearance.

[Faith]

Girl found in NY doesn't know who she is

http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wabc/cms_exf_2007/_video_wn_images/7079314_600x338.jpg


Estimated to be between 14 and 17 years old


The girl was found two weeks ago in Midtown and says she has no memory of her name, her home or her family.
"She is safe with us, and we are doing all we can to help her, but she needs to find her family," ACS Commissioner, John B. Mattingly said.




She says she just wants to know who she is and what happened to her.
At one point recently, she wrote down the name "Amber," and responded to the name on one occasion, but she says she has no idea whether or not it is her name.



http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7079278

[Faith]

A pic here of her smiling but we cannot post this pic here.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20315021,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

[Faith]

To discuss the unidentified girl go here:

http://www.helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?p=681000#post681000

[Nut44x4]

Thanks Faith...I was just getting ready to do that. :) :) .....BUT.....I was going to put it in WHo Am I ....

[Heather]

Wish it could have been Amber but when I didn't see freckles, I knew. : ( Still holding out for our safe return Amber. :1222423:

[Faith]

Amber will be on the front of People Magazine. We cannot post it here.

http://missingyouorg.com/?p=759

[AmyE]

Girl found in NY doesn't know who she is

http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wabc/cms_exf_2007/_video_wn_images/7079314_600x338.jpg


Estimated to be between 14 and 17 years old


The girl was found two weeks ago in Midtown and says she has no memory of her name, her home or her family.
"She is safe with us, and we are doing all we can to help her, but she needs to find her family," ACS Commissioner, John B. Mattingly said.




She says she just wants to know who she is and what happened to her.
At one point recently, she wrote down the name "Amber," and responded to the name on one occasion, but she says she has no idea whether or not it is her name.



http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7079278


More on Young woman:
The young woman is 5'6" tall; white, medium build, light complexion, short, straight blonde hair and blue eyes. She is very soft-spoken, likes to read and write, and has no discernable accent. She recently found herself recalling the words to what turns out to be an excerpt from a fantasy novel called "Fools Fete" by the author Robin Hobb. She says she has been writing a fantasy story featuring a heroine named Rian "who's been raised by the commander of the guard post on the edge of a fantasy kingdom. "
She has been reviewing materials designed to pass a GED exam for high school; she says she's able to do the math, and has no memory of previously reading the history and science materials but can easily retain the information.
If you recognize her, you're asked to call police at 212-694-7781, so she can be reunited with her family.

[AmyE]

I just noticed, the girl found in NY is identified as Kacie Peterson.

[AmyE]

Amber's Yahoo Screen Name "wolfintheend"

[Faith]

Today Marks 1 Year Since Amber Dubois Went Missing


By City News Service
February 13, 2010

Family and friends of a teenage North County girl who went missing a year ago today plan to put on a fundraiser this morning to help them pay for their ongoing search for her.
The Amber Dubois "Walk-A-Thon'' will begin at 8 a.m. at Escondido High, where the brown-haired, blue-eyed girl went to school and where she was heading when she vanished at age 14. The event will include a promenade around the campus track by sponsored walkers, a raffle and a silent auction.
Police have come up empty in their efforts to find Amber, described by loved ones as a studious, well-behaved adolescent with no history of running away.
Hundreds of interviews, follow-ups on more than 1,000 tips and searches of the teen's computer and cell-phone records have shed little light on what may have led to her disappearance while she was walking to school the morning of Feb. 13, 2009, according to Lt. Bob Benton, who has called the investigation one of the largest his department has ever undertaken.
Widespread publicity -- People magazine featured the case in a November cover story about missing children -- also has failed to generate meaningful clues about what has become of the high school freshman.
In a Jan. 13 essay on the family's Web site -- www.bringamberhome.com -- the girl's grandmother described the difficulty of enduring 11 months "not knowing where she is or how she is.''
"At night when sleep does not come, we wonder if she has a place to sleep or is locked up in someone's basement, or worse,'' the woman wrote.
"When we have a meal in front of us, we wonder if she is hungry and find the food has no interest. Where can she be?''
A $50,000 reward is being offered for Amber's safe return, and an additional cash incentive in the same amount offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction in California of the person or persons responsible for her disappearance.
Her family urges anyone with information about her possible whereabouts to call (760) 743-8477. Tipsters may remain anonymous.
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/feb/13/today-marks-1-year-amber-dubois-went-missing/

[nomadpatti]

Gardner is the RSO arrested in Chelsea King case!
<snipped>
Sheriff Gore said investigators are also looking into any possibility that Gardner could have played a role in the disappearance of 14-year-old Amber Dubois more than a year ago as she walked to Escondido High School.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Chelsea-King-missing-Poway-Rancho-Bernardo-jogging/zTLAKar0XUGyf78trbfHvg.cspx

[Grande]

Suspect in Chelsea King Case May Be Linked to Other Attacks
Despite Arrest of Sex Offender, Police Say There's No Sign of Chelsea King
By SARAH NETTER and DEAN SCHABNER
March 1, 2010

A sex offender arrested in the disappearance of California honors student Chelsea King may have been involved in two other attacks, including last year's abduction of a 14-year-old girl.

Police said they have evidence linking John Albert Gardner III, 30, to Thursday's disappearance of the 17-year-old King, who never returned home after jogging in a park north of San Diego. He was arrested Sunday.

San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said Gardner was not cooperating, but his publicized mug shot has brought in tips from the public.

"During the search the last three days we have obtained numerous pieces of physical evidence in the search scene. One of those pieces of evidence we were able to tie to John Gardner," Gore told "Good Morning America" today.

"So far we do not know where Chelsea is," the sheriff said. "It is a step in the right direction. We're confident we have the right man in custody. Now we've just got to find Chelsea."

King's parents, Brent and Kelly King, said they continue to hope their daughter will come home.

"We're holding up because we want our daughter back home, and everything we're doing is focused on our daughter," Brent King said.

Police and homicide detectives have been interviewing Gardner since his arrest. Authorities say there is a strong possibility he is linked to a December attack on a woman on the same jogging path King used and the February 2009 disappearance of 14-year-old Amber DuBois, who vanished on her way to school.

In the December attack, the female jogger was able to fend off her assailant by hitting him in the face with her elbow and escaping.

Kelly King said she couldn't remember now whether she or her daughter had heard about the December attack.

"I'm sure that I read it, but it's one of those things where you think thank God the person that was attacked was able to get away," she said. "You think that could never happen to you."

The search for King, a straight A student and avid runner, has drawn hundreds of volunteers. Authorities have used every resource available to find her, including a hi-tech drone aircraft flown by remote control and helicopters with infrared equipment as well as searches on horseback and with tracking dogs.

Teams have waded across the park's lake, while an underwater robot was used to take pictures on its bottom.

"You can't say enough," Brent King said. "It is so heartwarming to see the effort that's been being given. It's what sustains me every single moment. It's a testament to who my daughter is."

Gardner, of Lake Elsinore, was arrested outside a restaurant in Escondido. He was convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years, according to the California sex offenders registry Web site.

Chelsea is 5-feet-5 inches tall and 115 pounds, with strawberry blond hair and blue eyes.

She is a member of the San Diego Youth Symphony and a straight-A student at Poway High School, where she is due to graduate this spring.

The sheriff's department asked that anyone with information about King's whereabouts call 858-565-5200.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/TheLaw/chelsea-king-disappearance-suspect-linked-cases/story?id=9975272

[annalyzer]

Kit Carson Park searched in Amber Dubois disappearance

Originally published March 5, 2010 at 12:10 p.m.,
updated March 5, 2010 at 2:21 p.m.

SAN DIEGO — Authorities are searching a large area near a pond in Kit Carson Park in Escondido as they follow up on a lead in the Amber Dubois investigation.

Lt. Craig Carter said they got a call Thursday night from the parents of two boys who discovered a bag of hair in the park in May of 2009. The boys told their parents what they saw at the time, but the parents didn’t think anything of it until the recent Chelsea King homicide investigation.

Escondido police interviewed the boys, ages 9 and 11, Thursday night and began their search at the park.

Amber Dubois, 14, disappeared Feb. 13, 2009, on her way to Escondido High School, which is across town from the park.

“There is no reason to believe this is related to the Amber Dubois case, but we are looking into it,” Carter said.

Amber’s father, Moe Dubois, arrived at the park about noon Friday and met with investigators. He told reporters he is gratified someone had called in a tip and police had immediately pursued it, but he wasn’t getting his hopes up.

“I think this is very important to be looked at, but as far as finding a body, I find that very unlikely,” he said. “As law enforcement said, this is a very busy place and there have probably been about 50 birthday parties there since May.”

The spot is at the southern end of the sprawling park, near a picnic area and a playground. Early this afternoons, crews began clearing head-high brush and a Sheriff’s Department dive team was preparing to enter the pond. An FBI evidence team was also on scene.

Dubois said the search there added to the anxiety and emotion his family has been feeling in the wake of the Chelsea King homicide and the arrest of John Albert Gardner III, a registered sex offender who is now being investigated in Amber’s disappearance.

“This is right in the heart of his territory,” Dubois said. “He always preyed on teenagers, and this is where they gather.”

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/05/kit-carson-park-amber-dubois-search/

[LiveLaughLuv]

If there is a connection to Amber and Chelsea and the link is this predator Gardner III guy, I pray he will tell the truth and bring Amber home. This family is going through sheer hell with the implications of him possibly being involved with Amber's abduction alone has him fearful. He continues to have hope that Amber will be found alive and I too wish for the same outcome.

There are similarities in the girls look and their age, seems he's not far from the school in Escondido. So the odds are there, if they find DNA and link it to him, hoping he'll come clean and bring Amber home.

Praying..:innocent0001:

[Heather]

I am going to go back over the threads but I thought I remembered reading that two pairs of panties had been found with Chelsea King's body. I wonder if they have any idea who these panties belong to?

[AmandaReckonwith]

Case album started for Amber:

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Amber%20Dubois/

[Heather]

Well, I can find nothing like what I thought I had read. I thought I read something about two pairs of underwear were knotted and left near Chelsea's body. Maybe I am getting confused. Anyone else read something like this? :z0tdntknw:

[AmyE]

Heather, I do remember something to that extent, but can no longer find it. I will continue to look.

[Nut44x4]

Press Conference on now ...major development....
LIVE STREAM: Press Conference Related to Amber Dubois

http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12099232

[Nut44x4]

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Major-Development-in-Amber-Dubois-Case-Sources-86763297.html
here 2

[Nut44x4]

omg, they have found her skeletal remains...omg
no details...very short presser

[Nut44x4]

I bet Gardner cut a deal so he won't get death in Chelsea's case and told them where to find Amber.... jmo

[SavannahStar]

I bet Gardner cut a deal so he won't get death in Chelsea's case and told them where to find Amber.... jmo

That could be.

Oh, so sad. Well at least her parents know now. My prayers go out to them.

Poor Amber. I just fell in love with that girl, she seemed so wholesome and lovely. Maybe she rest in peace.

:1222423:

:1187603408.CR.Mothe

[Nut44x4]

Details on the news conference will be posted here on SanDiego6.com as soon as they are released. Watch full coverage tonight at 10:00 on San Diego 6 News.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Amber-Dubois-missing-Escondido-Chelsea-King/3WSDlxSD5UmLdlJnvhelsA.cspx

[Nut44x4]

I agree

[Nut44x4]

Remains Of Amber Dubois Found

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- BREAKING NEWS: The remains of Amber Dubois were discovered during a search Saturday, and identified by dental records, it was announced in a Sunday press conference about the case.

Just a day after the search of a pond at Escondido's Kit Carson Park proved to be unfruitful in the search for missing teenager Amber Dubois, authorities Sunday scheduled an afternoon news conference about the case.

Police refused to tip their hand as to any development sparking the news conference, which had originally been called by the Sheriff's Department for its headquarters, but then moved to the Escondido Police Department station.

more....

http://www.10news.com/news/22769185/detail.html

[SavannahStar]

Dental records. I was curious about that, how they identified her so quickly.

[annalyzer]

The Body of Missing Escondido Teen Amber Dubois Has Been Located

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ESCONDIDO - The body of Amber Dubois was located in the Pala area of northern San Diego County Saturday.

Escondido police made the announcement Sunday afternoon during a brief news conference that provided few details. No questions about the case were taken by investigators.

The discovery was attributed to a lead in the case, but no further information was provided.

Investigators say the skeletal remains were found early Saturday morning in a rugged and remote area of Pala. Positive identification made by the county medical examiner using dental records Saturday afternoon.

Amber's parents attended the news conference. Her father choked back tears long enough to thank the investigators and searchers who helped find his daughter.

Amber returned to public attention since the arrest -- by the Sheriff's Department -- of John Albert Gardner III in connection with the disappearance and death of 17-year-old Chelsea King in nearby Rancho Bernardo.

Gardner is a registered sex offender who lived recently in Escondido. Investigators were looking into any involvement he might have had with Amber, or in other unsolved crimes.

Amber was 14 when she disappeared more than a year ago while walking to Escondido High School. She has not been seen since.

The search at Kit Carson Park stemmed from a tip received Thursday that last May, three girls found a black plastic bag and human hair at the edge of a pond, said Escondido police Lt. Craig Carter.

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The search at Kit Carson Park stemmed from a tip received Thursday that last May, three girls found a black plastic bag and human hair at the edge of a pond, said Escondido police Lt. Craig Carter.

Detectives found a bag Thursday night, but it contained only mud and debris, Carter said. It was given to the FBI to analyze.

There is no information about what lead investigators to the Pala area.



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[AmyE]

RIP Amber. Prayers for her family and friends.

[AmyE]

Prayers for the kids who found the bag with hair and their family.

[Faith]

Rest In Peace, Amber. My condolences to your family and friends.

[CSAFD]

Teen Amber DuBois's Body Found a Year after Disappearance


Sunday March 07, 2010

The body of Amber Dubois, a 14-year-old Escondido teen missing for over a year, has been found in a rural area of northern San Diego County.

Dubois disappeared on the morning of Feb. 13, 2009, only about 100 yards from Escondido High School. Escondido police held a press conference Sunday to make the announcement and discuss details of the case, which received new attention this week after the murder of teen Chelsea King.

Sex offender John Albert Gardner III, 30, has been charged with the attack on King, which happened Feb. 25 as she jogged in a park near her home.

Earlier this weekend, police searched Dubois's neighborhood, including a pond in Kit Carson Park, and although they ended the search Saturday afternoon without any clues, a hiker coincidentally found her body in another part of the county that same afternoon, sources tell PEOPLE.

It was not immediately clear to what extent Gardner is now considered a suspect in Amber's murder. Escondido police tell PEOPLE they are withholding comment until the press conference. Dubois was featured along with other missing teens in the PEOPLE cover story "Vanished Without a Trace."

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20349283,00.html

[KittyMom]

I just looked at the news and saw this. I keep thinking about how she was so excited that day about the little lamb she was going to buy. Such a sweet thought. May the person who is responsible never have a minute's peace.

May Amber's family remember only happy things.

[packy]

My condolences to Amber's family and friends. May she finally rest in peace.

[Lizziebeth]

Rest In Peace Amber

[mollybrown]

RIP Amber! May God's peace cover your family with Love and Grace and may they find HOPE in HIS ever present comfort. :1222423:

[Emyo]

Oh, sweet baby. I am so sorry. There should not be such sadness in this world. May whoever is responsible be made to answer. May her parents accept the unacceptable. Oh, sweet baby, I am so sorry.

:sad0119:

[BOZGAL]

Prayers for her dear family. May this help bring closure and start their long road to healing.

What a beautiful young lady she was and I will never forget her happiness her Mother shared about her buying the lamb. :cray: Breaks my heart.

RIP Amber :1222423:

[Jute]

Rest in peace, Amber; during your all too short life, you have left those who love and care about you with beautiful memories.

My condolences to Amber's family and friends. May the fact that you now know where Amber is ~ with out Lord, if that is your belief, safe from harm forever ~ give you at least a small amount of peace. :sad0119:

[JoJoScorpio]

May this case serve as a reminder to LE that not all missing teens are runaways. My heart goes out to Amber's parents. Please let there be some lesson learned from this to help explain such a tragic and senseless loss. Darn it, sometimes life stinks. At least her parents don't have to wonder and worry anymore. RIP Amber and prayers for your parents.

[LiveLaughLuv]

My heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Amber. :give_rose:

Rest in Peace Amber :1222423:


Police are hot on the trail of the one responsible, rest peacefully knowing you will get justice, dear child...:sad0119:

:cray:

[Amusedtdth]

Wow...I'm happy that Amber has finally been found but am saddend to the core that it had to be like this.
RIP Amber..you've touched a nation and though we didn't know you, you'll never be forgotten.
My condolances to out to Ambers family and friends.

[Heather]

:1222423: RIP sweet Amber :1222423: My heart is broken, I can only imagin what your family and friends must be feeling. May your family, friends and all of us who were touched by your life find some form of comfort now that we know you will never fear or hurt again.

[Roamer]

My sincere condolences to Amber's family and friends. She rests now in the arms of the angels.

[LiveLaughLuv]

Authorities have discovered the skeletal remains of Amber Dubois, the 14-year-old girl who disappeared last year on her way to Escondido High School.

Police had re-focused attention on the case this week after a registered sex offender was arrested in the murder of Chelsea King, a high school senior from nearby Poway.

Amber's remains were discovered Saturday afternoon in a remote area near Pala in northern San Diego County, Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher said.

Investigators were following up on an unspecified lead and did not say if her death is connected to Chelsea King's. John Albert Gardner, 30, faces murder charges in that potential death penalty case.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/03/amber-dubois-remains-found-in-escondido.html


I do hope Amber's murder will eventually be linked to Gardner III..I wonder if there are any other young girls who are missing around the same area. He became a serial rapist/murder, IMO and hoping all his dirty deeds catch up to him. I believe he will face a DP charge...:g:

[LiveLaughLuv]

Picture emerges of suspect as deeply troubled
By Matthew T. Hall, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Jeff McDonald, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.


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A yearbook photo of murder suspect John Albert Gardner III.
Related story: Symphony cancels date after loss of Chelsea

Chelsea King archive: Stories, photos, video, links
Updates: Latest news on Chelsea King case


--------------------------------------------------------------------------RUNNING SPRINGS — He was popular with girls and made fun of by classmates. He ran errands for neighbors and discovered outdoor sports. He could be moody and aggressive when he didn’t take his medication.

By any measure, the adolescent years that accused killer John Albert Gardner III spent in this mountaintop village were the high-water mark of a deeply troubled life.

He was never a standout at Rim of the World High School, the all-weather campus along state Route 18 overlooking the Los Angeles Basin. Many teachers and former students at the Home of the Fighting Scots don’t even remember him.

But this is where Gardner, a 30-year-old convicted sex offender charged Wednesday with the murder of 17-year-old Chelsea King of Poway, also flourished.

It’s where he spent his formative years, where his mom bounced checks for the hockey equipment he needed, where he dated for the first time and where classmates teased him for being “dorky and unpopular.”

This is where he excelled at pottery, listened to country music and sang in the high school choir. Those who knew Gardner considered him bright, intelligent and full of promise.

But today Gardner is confronting life in prison — perhaps the death penalty — if he is convicted of killing Chelsea, the track star and French-horn player who went missing Feb. 25 while out for a jog at Lake Hodges.

“The person that we knew and the person that they’re describing are two different people,” said one of Gardner’s former neighbors, who did not want her name published because she fears her business would suffer. “In my heart, if he did do these things, I think it was just because he gave up,” the woman said. “He got tired of asking for help.”


Gardner was living in the Los Angeles suburb of Lawndale in 1990 when his mother filed for divorce from his father. The family packed up and moved to this San Bernardino Mountain vacation retreat after her divorce became official.

Catherine Jeannette Gardner also had two older daughters, then 17 and 18, from a previous marriage; she would have two more husbands before her son’s latest arrest.

His parents’ separation caused him extreme anxiety, eventually leading to hospitalization and psychiatric treatment, court records say. The divorce records show Gardner’s father was ordered to pay $70 a month in child support.

Even through the months leading up to their son’s 18th birthday, Gardner’s mother and father fought in court over money, custody and much more.

“I have left message after message for John but I never hear from him,” his father wrote to a family court judge in November 1996. “My Christmas gift to John was returned even though I sent it to the correct address.”

While enrolled in public schools, Gardner was identified as an SED child, or seriously emotionally disturbed. A psychiatrist noted that lithium helped the boy’s bipolar disorder until he had to discontinue the medication because of side effects such as irritable bowel syndrome.

more at the link:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/06/deeply-troubled-picture-emerges-of-suspects-life/





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Dubois tip didn't come from Gardner, source says
Accused killer John Albert Gardner III had nothing to do with the tip that led law enforcement to Amber Dubois’ remains, according to a local private investigator who worked on the case. Bill Garcia, hired by Amber’s family shortly after she disappeared, said he was told by a person with first-hand knowledge that the tip about the location of the remains did not come from Gardner.

Police defend response to December incident
When a 22-year-old college student reported she was tackled by a “football-player big” man along the jogging trails of Lake Hodges on Christmas break, San Diego police determined it was an isolated attack and not something to alarm the community about.

Missing kids a sad fact of life in county
The Laura Recovery Center tries to find missing kids. Sadly, they’ve been to our county too many times. They took part in the recent search for 17-year-old Chelsea King. They came last year to look for 14-year-old Amber Dubois of Escondido. In 2002, they searched for 7-year-old Danielle van Dam, missing from Sabre Springs. Later that same year, they helped in the effort to find 2-year-old Jahi Turner of San Diego.

It can, and does, happen here
Whenever a child is ambushed and killed by a stranger in San Diego County — a dozen horrific cases in the past 15 years — people commonly say, “We never thought it would happen here.”

Past child abduction and murder cases in San Diego County
San Diego County cases of abducted children and teenagers, who were murdered or are still missing.

[Heather]

I really feel that the person or persons responsible for making the decisions that led up to Gardner being set free should have to face the public and somehow be held accountable for their poor decision making. THEY WERE WARNED, which is more than the king family got. There are too many people in crutial roles making irresponsible decisions that cause others to suffer. Maybe these people would spend a little more time deciding if the suicidal father threatening to take his and his children's lives should have unsupervised visits or if the woman begging for a protection order should be granted one or if the preditor who likes little girls/boys should be released into the world. Beutiful, innocent children with bright futures. I am just sick! :nonono:

[KittyMom]

From the photos, he looks like a professional wrestler or football player. Has anything been said about whether he was into sports or working out? No way could these young girls fight off a guy so big.

[KittyMom]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/03/friends-remember-amber-dubois-as-police-seek-possible-link-to-chelsea-king-murder-suspect-1.html

Friends remember Amber Dubois as police seek possible link to Chelsea King sispect

[KittyMom]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hZxpBuPrX2vIYnBuZtCVLuNvBN6gD9EAI3S80

Vigil planned for SoCal teen after body found

Authorities say a tip led them to dig on the Pala Indian Reservation, where her skeletal remains were found Saturday.

When 17-year-old Chelsea King went missing last month San Diego, Maurice Dubois had a sinking feeling that his 14-year-old daughter had fallen victim to the same killer.

Amber Dubois vanished walking to school on Feb. 13, 2009, about 10 miles from where Chelsea was last seen in running clothes at a park. Amber's father noted their similar builds — 5-foot-5, thin, blue-eyed.

Gardner was registered as a sex offender in Escondido, a north San Diego suburb, from January 2008 to January 2010, with some gaps, police say.

He served five years of a six-year prison term for molesting a 13-year-old neighbor in San Diego in 2000; he saw her at a bus stop and lured her to his home to watch movies. He completed parole in September 2008.

[TigerLily]

Rest in peace, sweet Amber.

Prayers and condolences for Amber's family and friends.

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[Battnt]

I'm so sorry Amber...RIP now...:1222423:

God bless Amber's family and friends.

[Battnt]

Amber Dubois' parents upset with investigator

By J. Harry Jones, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Originally published March 8, 2010 at 11:31 a.m., updated March 8, 2010 at 12:52 p.m.

The parents of Escondido teenager Amber Dubois say they are angry about misinformation being spread by a private investigator the family hired shortly after Amber disappeared in February 2009.

Amber’s father, Moe Dubois, said Monday that neither he nor Amber’s mother, Carrie McGonigle, have spoken to private investigator Bill Garcia since their daughter’s skeletal remains were discovered Saturday near Pala.

“Carrie is livid that he is going out and speaking on behalf of the family,” Dubois said. “We haven’t talked to him.”

Garcia told The San Diego Union-Tribune in a phone interview Sunday afternoon that the tip leading investigators to Amber’s remains did not come from John Albert Gardner III, the man now facing murder charges in connection with the death of 17-year-old Poway High School senior Chelsea King.

A few minutes later, when he was asked again about the tip and how he knew it didn’t come from Gardner, Garcia said, “I talked to someone who knows it first-hand.” He said he couldn’t say any more without getting into trouble.

Garcia changed his story when contacted Monday.

“What I said was somebody close to the family called me and said they had found Amber’s body near the Riverside County line,” he said. “That’s all they told me. I then said it’s my belief that the tip did not come from Gardner. That was just my opinion. I haven’t been told that.”

Garcia said he has not worked for the family in almost a year but has been doing some investigating on his own and feeding all of his findings to a contact with the Escondido police.

He said he gave interviews on Sunday only to let parents know they still have to guard their children from predators because it’s unclear if Amber’s killer is still out there.

Dubois said law enforcement has not told the family what led investigators to Amber’s remains, nor whether Gardner is a suspect. He also said they have been asked not to talk about the case.

“I wish I could talk to you guys because you’ve been there for us since the beginning,” Dubois said. “But we’re on a gag order.”

Amber’s parents have sought publicity throughout their 13-month ordeal in hopes that one reader or television viewer might be prompted to call police with a tip that could solve the case. Dubois said he was eating dinner at a restaurant Saturday night when he was called and asked to come to Escondido police headquarters, where he and McGonigle were told the news.

“Everything is going to change now for us,” Dubois said. “It’s going to be much different.”

The remains were found west of Pala Temecula Road, about three miles north of the historic Pala Mission and the Pala Casino. There is a single-lane asphalted road that leads up a steep mountain and then over a hill. The grave appears to be out of sight over the hill.

Two law enforcement officers guarded the entrance to the road Monday morning to keep people out, and “no parking” signs were posted along the few turnouts within a half-mile either north or south of the road.

Amber, a student at Escondido High School, was last seen Feb. 13, 2009, as she walked toward the campus an hour before class.

Dubois said he understands law enforcement’s desire to keep facts quiet while the investigation continues.

“They don’t want to jeopardize the investigation and we don’t want that to happen either,” he said.

A candlelight vigil is planned for 6:30 p.m. Monday in front of Escondido High School.

Karyl O’Brien, a spokeswoman for the school district, said the event will be held under the archway near the school’s main entrance, at 1535 N. Broadway.

Staff writer Michael Burge contributed to this report.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/08/dubois-parents-unhappy-with-private/

[CSAFD]

Escondido Police Link Amber Dubois' Death to Chelsea King Murder Suspect John Gardner

Mar. 8, 2010

ESCONDIDO - Escondido police revealed Monday afternoon that convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III is the focus of their investigation into the death of Amber Dubois.

Gardner is in custody on suspicion of rape and murder in the case of Poway teen Chelsea King.

Escondido police issued a one sentence statement Monday afternoon from Lt. Craig Carter saying "The Amber Dubois crime scene is still being processed and John Albert Gardner III remains a focus of the investigation."

It was the first time Escondido investigators had publicly acknowledged that the suspect in Chelsea King's killing was also the focus of the Amber Dubois investigation.

Escondido police held a brief news conference Sunday afternoon to announce the search for Amber had ended after more than a year.

"The discovery was made in the early morning hours of Saturday, in a very rugged and remote section of Pala,'' Escondido police Chief Jim Maher said at a news conference.

Pala is in northern San Diego County, about 25 miles from Escondido.

The chief said detectives were following a lead when her body was found.

"Positive identification was subsequently made by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office late Saturday afternoon by way of a dental records comparison,'' Maher said. "Her parents were notified in person by Escondido and sheriff's investigators Saturday night.

The remains were found near Pala Mission Road and County Road S16. Sheriff investigators combed the grounds for evidence into this murder investigation.

Investigators close to the case tell San Diego 6 News a hiker discovered the remains, and then notified the authorities.

Amber's parents attended the news conference. Her father choked back tears long enough to thank those who worked fo help find his daughter. Volunteer searchers had worked most weekends since Amber's disappearance.

"They were the most dedicated people you could ever imagine,'' Maurice Dubois said. "Without them, we couldn't have done anything.''

Amber returned to public attention since the arrest -- by the Sheriff's Department -- of John Albert Gardner III in connection with the disappearance and death of 17-year-old Chelsea King in nearby Rancho Bernardo.

Additional counselors were available Monday at Escondido High School tohelp students cope with the weekend discovery of 14-year-old AmberDubois' skeletal remains, more than a year after the freshmandisappeared while walking to school.

The North County high school planned a candlelight remembrance for Amber Monday night at 6:30.

"Amberhas been lost to us but she'll be remembered in the memories of ourstaff and students," EHS Principal Rich Watkins told reporters thismorning.

Chelsea's parents said Monday they had talked with Amber's parents. “We have spoken with the Dubois family and our hearts go out to them in this time of deep sadness," said the statement from Kelly and Brent King. "We share their indescribable grief for the loss of Amber’s precious young life.”

Amber's grandmother, Shela Welch released an open letter Monday that she wrote thanking volunteers and supporters in the search for Amber. "We so wish that you had been able to meet our Amber and discover for yourself what an extraordinary young woman she was," said Welch.

The entire letter is printed below.

Gardner is a registered sex offender who lived recently in Escondido. Investigators were looking into any involvement he might have had with Amber, or in other unsolved crimes.

Investigators did not reveal Sunday whether Gardner played any role in the discovery of Amber Dubois' remains.

Amber was 14 when she disappeared more than a year ago while walking to Escondido High School.

The search at Kit Carson Park stemmed from a tip received Thursday that last May, three girls found a black plastic bag and human hair at the edge of a pond, said Escondido police Lt. Craig Carter.

Detectives found a bag Thursday night, but it contained only mud and debris, Carter said. It was given to the FBI to analyze.

There is no information about what lead investigators to the Pala area. Volunteers in the Amber search point out special search dogs hired by the Dubois family lead volunteer searchers to Pala shortly after Amber's disappearance. They complained Sunday that Escondido police did not seem to take the information seriously.

Word of a break in the case became apparent Sunday afternoon shortly before 2:00 p.m. when the San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced a news conference would be held about the case at 3:30 at the sheriff's headquarters in Kearny Mesa.

Minutes later an announcement came that the location had been changed to the Escondido Police Department Heaquarters. During the brief news conference, Escondido police chief Jim Maher was the only official who spoke. Sheriff Bill Gore, who is facing his first election after being appointed to the position by county officials, stood silently behind Maher.

Gore told a few reporters after the news conference in Escondido that there would be a news conferece at the Sheriff's department Monday with more details of the case revealed. Monday morning the Sheriff's department announced there would be no news conference today.

The Escondido police department has come under frequent fire for how the Amber Dubois case was handled. Most recently Amber's father said he wished the kind of search and investigative effort that the Chelsea King case received could have been launched for his daughter.

The San Diego County Sheriff's department was the lead agency in the King case, even though the search area and crime scene were within the City of San Diego limits and within the jurisdiction of the San Diego Police Department. Sheriff Bill Gore and his public relations spokesperson, Jan Caldwell, conducted all news conferences and major announcements about the King case.

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Amber-Dubois-Escondido-Chelsea-King-Gardner/3WSDlxSD5UmLdlJnvhelsA.cspx?rss=800

[packy]

A person on the Nancy Grace show said Amber was seen walking with a slim, dark complexioned man which at this point doesn't seem to fit the suspect in Chelsea King's murder. But as Nancy said we don't know what his appearance was like last year.

[Battnt]

Ambers poor gramma...OMG, she breaks my heart...:cray:

[CSAFD]

How Sex Offenders Are Processed

Mar. 8, 2010

John Gardner III, a registered sex offender, is suspected of multiple violent crimes. The allegations are raising concern for many about how closely sex offenders are monitored.

He's suspected in the death of Amber Dubois, 14, of Escondido. The missing teen's body was found Saturday in Pala.

Gardner has already been charged with the murder and rape of Chelsea King, 17, of Poway.

He is also charged with attacking a 22 year jogger in Rancho Bernardo Community Park. Gardner pleaded not guilty to both charges.

Riverside County Sheriff's Deputies are also investigating a possible connection to an attempted kidnapping in Lake Elsinore in October.

Gardner is a registered sex offender here in Riverside County. He admitted to molesting and beating a neighbor girl in 2000. He served five years in prison before he was released.

"They are required to register for the remainder of their life," said Deputy Randy Paulsen, with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Palm Desert station. Deputy Paulsen registers sex offenders in the local database which he says is connected statewide.

He says requirements for sex offenders are stringent.

"If they move, they have to notify the jurisdiction where they're moving from and where they're moving to," Paulsen said.

At least once a year, sex offenders are contacted and must update where they live, work, their phone numbers.

Our county's S.A.F.E task force also goes to their homes to do compliance checks. All registered sex offenders are listed on the California Megan's Law website allowing the public to check if a sex offender lives nearby.


There are 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country, said Mika Moulton, with Christopher's Clubhouse, a youth empowerment non-profit group.

Moulton says 100,000 thousand sex offenders are not listed though.

"(Who) are nowhere to be found. They've disappeared (or moved from) one state or another," Moulton said.



In Gardner's case, he was registered in San Diego County when police believe he attacked a girl in Riverside County. He wasn't considered a person of interest until recently.

Deputy Paulsen says even though sex offenders are monitored closely, the public should always stay vigilant.
"Just because a guy stays in compliance (and everything looks good), you never know," said Paulsen.

"We've got to train our children so they don't become victim," Moulton said, suggesting parents talk to their kids about what to do if they are attacked.

Gardner is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.

http://www.kpsplocal2.com/news/local/story/How-Sex-Offenders-Are-Processed/1WN1i9yfhUyJmWjmwlgsHw.cspx?rss=2276

[AmandaReckonwith]

Saved everything I could find all in one place, archive album for Amber Dubois:

http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Amber%20Dubois/



(most everything about John Gardner is in Chelsea's archive album)
http://s296.photobucket.com/albums/mm166/crankycrankerson/Chelsea%20King/

[Battnt]

More than 1,000 Mourners Gather to Remember Amber

ESCONDIDO--More than 1,000 mourners came together to honor Amber Dubois, the 14-year-old girl whose remains were found over the weekend near Pala, a remote area north of San Diego.

Amber's parents, Maurice Dubois and Carrie McGonigle, both addressed the somber crowd at Escondido High School. Instead of sharing many memories of their daughter, who vanished while walking to school on February 13, 2009, they focused on the future.

"Please take a minute for every tear you've ever shed for Amber, for Chelsea [King], and for any child who has suffered at the hands of these predators. Take just as many minutes of action in fighting to protect our children" said Amber's father.

Maurice Dubois evoked his daughter's favorite animal, the wolf. He said wolves hunt together to catch their prey and that parents must band together to protect their children. McGonigle said she worries every time she sees a child walking alone.

"Amber's with God and she's not scared anymore and she's not cold" said long-time family friend Edna Halbrook.

"All these people have something in common, they all love her" said Amber's cousin and best friend, Kelly Elsbend. "I think it is absolutely beautiful, if she was here, she would have been amazed!"

Amber's friend Amanda Spaziano said it is hard to get closure. "I don't think there is ever going to be closure. There's always going to be a place at the lunch table where she's not going to be. And she's not going to be there for all the things we experience. That's what I regret the most. She deserved it more than anyone did."

Spaziano wishes the community would have turned out in as large as number for Amber's initial search, as they did for missing Poway High School senior Chelsea King. "[Amber] wasn't as popular [as Chelsea] I suppose. I'm not sure. I don't judge anyone differently on money or looks. It is a huiman life and she should have been taken care of."

Amber's parents wouldn't say whether they suspect Chelsea's alleged killer took their daughter's life. Amber's cousin Kelly believes he did. "I hate him. I'm not a person to hate, but I hate him so much!"

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Amber-Dubois-Escondido-Chelsea-King-Gardner/3WSDlxSD5UmLdlJnvhelsA.cspx

[Battnt]

Relative Speaks Out

SAN DIEGO - One of Gardner's relatives phoned into a Los Angeles radio talk show and gave an in depth talk about the man now behind bars.

"He was impulsive and prone to violent outburst," the unidentified man said in a 26-minute exchange. "I was in shock I couldn't believe what I was hearing."

The man poured his heart out on the John and Ken radio show, telling listeners the FBI interviewed him, and just a couple of weeks ago he and Gardner got into a very bad argument. The relative said he kicked John out of his grandmother's Lake Elsinore home where he had been staying.

"There may be other victims out there. Some of this info needs to be shared every dot needs to be connected," he said on the air.

Gardner's relative believes he is behind other attempted abductions in Lake Elsinore and Rancho Bernardo. He even believes it's possible John has something to do with missing Escondido teen, Amber Dubois.

He said, "I hope not. I hope not. But at this point and time..."

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Chelsea-King-missing-Poway-Rancho-Bernardo-jogging/zTLAKar0XUGyf78trbfHvg.cspx

[Pandabear]

I'm so sorry to hear that Amber is deceased, but I'm glad that her family now knows the truth and can lay their beautiful daughter to rest. Living with the wonder has to be almost unbearable. My heart just breaks for them.

RIP sweet Amber. Fly with the angels darlin'. :1222423:

May God give law enforcement and the prosecutors the evidence they need to make sure you have justice sweet girl.

[KittyMom]

Relative Speaks Out

SAN DIEGO - One of Gardner's relatives phoned into a Los Angeles radio talk show and gave an in depth talk about the man now behind bars.

"He was impulsive and prone to violent outburst," the unidentified man said in a 26-minute exchange. "I was in shock I couldn't believe what I was hearing."

The man poured his heart out on the John and Ken radio show, telling listeners the FBI interviewed him, and just a couple of weeks ago he and Gardner got into a very bad argument. The relative said he kicked John out of his grandmother's Lake Elsinore home where he had been staying.

"There may be other victims out there. Some of this info needs to be shared every dot needs to be connected," he said on the air.

Gardner's relative believes he is behind other attempted abductions in Lake Elsinore and Rancho Bernardo. He even believes it's possible John has something to do with missing Escondido teen, Amber Dubois.

He said, "I hope not. I hope not. But at this point and time..."

http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Chelsea-King-missing-Poway-Rancho-Bernardo-jogging/zTLAKar0XUGyf78trbfHvg.cspx

I'm glad that someone in that family is willing to work with LE.