Karamjit Kaur, 16, MSG 9/30/09 from Reno, NV [FOUND SAFE]

[Lizziebeth]

Endangered Missing

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KARAMJIT KAUR
DOB: Aug 5, 1993
Missing: Sep 30, 2009
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Eyes: Brown
Race: White
Age Now: 16
Sex: Female
Weight: 140 lbs (64 kg)
Hair: Black
Missing From:
RENO
NV
United States
Karamjit was last seen on September 30, 2009. She is White of Indian decent. Karamjit was last seen wearing a black v-neck short sleeve t-shirt, bright blue cotton pajama pants and black flip-flops.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)

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Reno Police Department (Nevada) 1-775-334-2121

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=1132319&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US

[Lizziebeth]

Police Suspect Foul Play in Search for 16-Year-Old


Reno police need your help finding a missing Reno girl. Karamjit Kaur was last seen Wednesday at 6:30pm.
Posted: 9:11 PM Oct 1, 2009
Reporter: Christina Pascucci
Email Address: christina.pascucci@kolotv.com

RENO, NV - Karamjit Kaur was last seen riding her red and silver mountain bike from her residence on Anchor Point Drive in Reno Wednesday at 6:30pm. The bike was found in a drainage ditch nearby Thursday afternoon, and now Reno Police are treating the case as if foul play is involved.

Lt. Miike Whan of RPD says, "it wasn't accidentally put there, it looks like it was forced into this drainage ditch."

Karamjit was last seen wearing a black v-neck short sleeve tee shirt, bright blue cotton pajama bottoms, and black flip flops. She did not take any possessions with her when she left.

This is very unusual behavior for Karamjt and her family is concerned for her welfare. Police say they're investigating the disappearance as if foul play is involved.

If you have any information regarding the location of Karamjit Kaur, please contact the Reno Police Department at (775) 334-COPS or remain anonymous by calling Secret Witness at (775) 322-4900.

She is described as: East Indian 16 year old female DOB 8/5/1993 5’7 140 lbs long black hair, brown eyes, left canine tooth is longer, scar on forehead.

http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/63183362.html#

[Lizziebeth]

there is a video at the link above

[Lizziebeth]

Search Continues for Missing Teen Girl

Posted: Oct 01, 2009 7:48 PM EDT
Updated: Oct 02, 2009 7:58 PM EDT

Kellene Stockwell
Channel 2 News

Police suspect foul play in the disappearance of a 16-year-old Reno girl who has been missing since Wednesday.

Karamjt Kaur was last seen riding her red and silver mountain bike from her house on Anchor Point Drive in Reno.

They later found her bike, not the girl. Police say the bike was in a drainage ditch and it appeared to have been thrown or pushed there. "We've contacted every single sex offender that's registered in that area. We did that all through the night," says Lt. Mike Whan.

Kaur is 5'7, 140 lbs with long black hair and brown eyes. Her left canine tooth is longer, and she has scar on her forehead.

Karamjt was last seen wearing a black v-neck short sleeve tee shirt, bright blue cotton pajama bottoms, and black flip flops.

Police say Kaur didn't have a cell phone, purse or money with her. They say it looks like she was just going on a bike ride. "It's concerning because if she were to just go out with her friends and she decided to come back in the morning, then why is she still missing? There's either a reason for her disappearance, on her own will or it's criminal in nature," says Lt. Whan.

Most cases police investigate when a teen goes missing turn into a runaway situation, but they just don't think that fits this one. "She's new to school this year. Her and her brother go to the same school; they go everywhere together, they have lunch together. There's really no other friends that assoicate with them."

Family friend Bobby Singh says, "She just learned to ride a bike. So, how did she get this far? Something did happen."

Kaur and her family moved to the U.S. about eight months ago. The Indian community is small in northern Nevada and the Sierra - only about 150 families are in the area. "This is the first time it's happened in our community. So, that's why we're more concerned," says Paul Parawal.

Family members say she is very family oriented and wouldn't just take off. "Her mother had to leave for a couple weeks and she said, 'I wasn't even eating right because I was missing you so bad,'" says Parawal.

Lt. Whan adds, "We're in fear for her at this point until we can figure out where she's at."

If you have any information on her whereabouts, call police immediately or call Secret Witness at 322-4900. Your call will remain anonymous.

http://www.ktvn.com/Global/story.asp?S=11243846#

[Lizziebeth]

Search continues for missing Stead teen

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Karamjit's bike

Authorities are continuing the extensive search for a Stead teenager who was last seen riding her mountain bike through her neighborhood on Wednesday evening.

Officials from the Reno Police Department, Washoe County Sheriff's Office and Washoe County Search and Rescue scoured 16-year-old Karamjit Kaur's neighborhood for hours Thursday night and found her abandoned bicycle in a ditch not far from her home.

Kaur was nowhere to be found. The bicycle was located in the Anchor Point Drive area at 6:30 p.m.
Later in the evening police walked the streets, interviewing residents and looking for witnesses.
Kaur's parents say this is unusual behavior for their daughter and they do not think she had any reason to run away from home.

Police will not say if they think Kaur's disappearance is a kidnapping, but they did admit the circumstances seem suspicious, especially since Kaur did not take anything with her when she left her house.

One of Kaur's neighbors says they think the situation is scary.

"I'll make sure that my kids are picked up next week by family members," said neighbor Denise Ponsock. "I don't want them walking in the neighborhood until we find out what has really happened."

Kaur is about 5-feet-7-inches tall and weights about 140 pounds.

Police say they have reason to believe Kaur's bike may have been moved before they found it-- possibly by children.

Those with information are urged to call Secret Witness at 322-4900.

http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11248755#

[Lizziebeth]

Reno Indian-American community lending support to help find missing girl

Staff report • October 2, 2009

Update at 4:51 p.m.: Reno-area leaders in the Indian-American community said Friday they are working frantically in the search for missing 16-year-old Karamjit Kaur.

At the Sikh Temple of Reno on Selmi Drive, Amolak Powar, a temple leader, said he and others spent the day with Kaur’s parents and family. The Kaurs attend the temple, Powar said.

“It’s very tough for the family,” Powar said. “We are giving them our emotional support and are here for them.”

Rajan Zed, a local Hindu chaplain, said the community has rallied to offer their assistance to Kaur’s family as needed.

“The community is very worried and concerned about her,” Zed said. “We’re behind the family at this time and are willing to help as we are needed.”

Update at 2:49 p.m. Secret Witness is offering a reward for information leading to the whereabouts of missing 16-year-old Karamjit Kaur. She has been missing since approximately 6:30 p.m. on September 30, 2009.

She is described as an East Indian female juvenile, born August 5, 1993, approximately 5’7” tall, 140 pounds, long black hair, brown eyes, scar on forehead, left canine tooth is longer, wearing a black v-neck short sleeve t-shirt, bright blue cotton pajama bottoms, and black flip-flops.

Reno Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating the missing juvenile. Anyone having information relating to this incident should contact the Reno Police Department at 334-2115, Secret Witness at 322-4900, or www.secretwitness.com. REMINDER: All calls to Secret Witness remain anonymous, and Secret Witness pays rewards for information on all crimes.

Update at 2:15 p.m. Detectives say they suspect foul play in the disappearance of 16-year-old Karamjit Kaur. Details to follow.

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The Reno Police Department continues its search today for Karamjit Kaur, the 16-year-old girl from Stead whose family reported her missing late Wednesday after she went riding on the family bicycle.

Lt. Mike Whan said Kaur, pronounced "Core," told her family she felt hot and left the house on Anchor Point Drive at about 6:30 p.m. to ride the bike.

When the North Valleys High School student failed to return within a half hour, the family became worried, contacted other relatives and they began knocking on doors in the neighborhood and searching for her, he said.

“She had been wearing her pajamas and being out there in the cold is what really worried the family,” Whan said. “She had just been learning to ride the bike for the past month, so she normally only rode it in front of the house.”

One of the girl’s uncles who speaks English called the police at about 8 p.m. Wednesday to report her missing.

“Our officers spent about the whole night Wednesday and into Thursday morning canvassing the area,” Whan said. “We had Raven helicopters, Reno Police canine units out there and last night we contacted every registered sex offender in the area and we still have no investigative leads.”

Searchers focused on the Sopwith Boulevard and Moya Boulevard area of Stead.

Thursday evening, police also stopped cars in the area of the missing girl’s neighborhood asking residents if they had seen the girl.

Police had found her bicycle about 3 p.m. Thursday about one-fourth mile from her home. It had been left at a skate board park near Silver Lake Elementary School off Red Baron Boulevard.

Whan said the bike was about 200 to 300 yards from the school and there was no evidence it had been struck by a car and dumped there and there was no evidence a struggle.

He said in 99.9 percent of runaway cases, the child returns, but Karamjit is not believed to have run away from home.

“She’s never done that before and the family says it is not in her character,” Whan said. “She has only been in the country eight months and it is not part of their culture. She normally doesn’t leave the house unless she’s with her brother or one of her sisters.”

Karamjit joined her family from East India.

The fact the bicycle was found about a quarter mile from her home is another concern for police because the family said she has never ridden that far from home before.

Whan said if Karamjit was abducted closer to her home, someone else might have found the bike and ridden it down to the skate board park, which would result in police searching the wrong area.

“The bike could have been put there by a kid who found it at another location and saw it lying on the side of the road, jumped on it and road it to the skate board park,” Whan said. “If that’s the case, it changes everything for us. If we knew where the bike had been left when (Karamjit) left it, we would be concentrating our search in that area instead.”

Whan said if someone did find the bicycle and rode it to the skate park, they need to contact the police department and there will be no repercussions.

“I don’t care who they are and I would say they just borrowed the bike,” he said. “We just need to know the last place she really was riding the bike in or if it was ridden to the skate park by another person.”

No Amber Alert was issued because law enforcement needs a vehicle and/or license plate number to help citizens and officers be on the lookout in those instances, Whan said.

http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091002/NEWS01/91002028

[Lizziebeth]

Updated: 7:18 PM Oct 2, 2009

Missing Stead Girl's Family Fears The Worst
A desperate family is pleading for the return of a 16-year-old daughter.
Posted: 3:07 PM Oct 2, 2009
Reporter: Auburn Hutton
Email Address: auburn.hutton@kolotv.com


RENO, NV - A desperate family is pleading for the return of a 16-year-old daughter.

High School student Karamjit Kour disappeared two nights ago from her home in Stead. It happened on Anchor Point Drive, at around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30th. Thursday, detectives found her bicycle thrown into a drainage ditch by the highway. Police say her disappearance is very suspicious.

Karamjit Kour moved to Reno less than a year ago from East India. Her family says she speaks little english, has no friends, and no reason to run away.

Dozens of family friends and members of Kour's Sikh temple scattered Friday in the Stead neighborhood, pasting up flyers of 16-year-old Kour, hoping someone would bring her back home.

"We know them very well. We go to the same temple, so we're trying to do what we can," said a member of her temple, Nav Bajawa.

Kour's family says she'd recently learned how to ride a bike, and often cruised the street in front of her home, always supervised by her family. Her father says whatever happened to her Wednesday, it must have happened quickly.

"She comes home, I watch. She rides her bike, my wife watches," said Sarinder Kour, Karamjit's father.

Search and rescue workers combed the hillsides and empty fields near Kour's neighborhood, hoping to turn up more evidence. Her family is staying close together, as they say they always do. Kour's bedroom is still untouched, her bed made--her gold watch on the night stand, just where she left it. They say her pink backpack is a reminder of her favorite color, and her love for school. Kour's mother says she doesn't know how she'll go on without Karamjit safe at home.

"Why did they do that? Why did they kidnap her?" asked Mantwt Kour.

Kour's father says his daughter didn't have a boyfriend, and she hardly talked to other students at North Valleys High School. Police say 16-year-old Kour doesn't fit the profile of a runaway, so they can only assume she's been the victim of some type of crime.

"Karamjit, come home please. I miss you. Your mom misses you," pleaded her dad.

Police are asking for assistance from the community tonight, in helping to find Karamjit. The Sikh temple and more than 200 Sikh families are also asking for support. They say Karamjit's tight-knit family needs her home in order to feel whole again.

Secret witness is offering a cash reward for information in this case that leads to an arrest and prosecution. You can remain anonymous by calling 322-4900.

http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/63325212.html

Video @ link. Her parents speak out. It doesn't sound like her mom speaks english

[Lizziebeth]

Reno police seek clues into teen's disappearance


Friday, October 2, 2009


10-02) 15:47 PDT Reno, Nev. (AP) --

Reno police asked for the public's assistance Friday as they seek clues into the disappearance of a teenage girl who went for a bike ride and never returned.

"It appears foul play is involved in the disappearance of Karamjit Kaur," police Lt. Mike Whan said.

Kaur, 16, came to Nevada eight months ago from East India. On Wednesday, she told her family she was hot and left her house around 6:30 p.m. to ride the family's bike. She had no possessions with her.

When she didn't return within a half hour, the family started looking for her and then called police.

The girl was dressed in a short-sleeve T-shirt, bright blue cotton pajama bottoms, and black flip-flops.

Officers searched through the night Wednesday with dogs and helicopters. They went door-to-door talking to neighbors and contacted registered sex offenders in the area.

"We still have no investigative leads," Whan said.

Kaur's red and silver mountain bike was found Thursday afternoon about a quarter mile away at a skateboard park.

"She had just been learning to ride the bike for the past month, so she normally only rode it in front of the house," Whan told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

He said authorities do not believe she ran away.

"She's never done that before and the family says it is not in her character," Whan said. "She has only been in the country eight months and it is not part of their culture. She normally doesn't leave the house unless she's with her brother or one of her sisters."

Whan said it's unknown whether Kaur left the bike at the park, or if someone else found it elsewhere and then left it there. There was no sign the bike had been damaged by a car.

But he said knowing how the bike got there, and where it was when Kaur was last with it, is key to their investigation.

"If we knew where the bike had been left when she left it, we would be concentrating our search in that area instead," he said.

Kaur is described as 5-foot-7, 140 pounds, with long black hair, brown eyes, and a scar on her forehead.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/02/state/n140656D04.DTL&type=business#ixzz0Sq1H49Mu

[Roamer]

Bless her heart. I hope they find her soon!

[Lizziebeth]

3 teen boys sought who may have seen missing girl Karamjit Kaur

By Lenita Powers • lpowers@rgj.com • October 3, 2009

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Surinder Mathon, father of missing girl Karamjit Kaur, left, listens as his friend Harry Thandi translates an answer to a question regarding his daughter in the family home in north Reno Saturday



5:53 p.m. update: A witness reports seeing three male juveniles in the area of Becon Cove and Moya Boulevard on Wednesday night between 6:45 and 7 p.m., Reno police report.


It's believed these juveniles were riding a skateboard in the area and possibly saw the missing girl Karamjt Kaur riding her bike. Information on direction of travel or if she was with anybody else is critical information.


These three males are described as follows:


#1- Possible Asian male, 13 to 15 years of age, wearing glasses, long black suit coat, tan shorts, black high-top tennis shoes and white socks.


#2- Possible white male, 13 to 15 years of age, with long hair and wearing a white T-shirt and tan shorts.


#3- Possible Hispanic male, 13 to 15 years of age, with a skateboard and wearing gray shorts and brownish T-shirt.


The Reno Police Department is asking residents that live in the area if they know who these boys might be. If you do or have any information regarding the location of Karamjt Kaur, please contact the Reno Police Department Investigative Tip Line at (775) 745-3521 or remain anonymous by calling Secret Witness at (775) 322-4900.


2:30 p.m. update: The father of missing Karamjit Kaur implores whoever has taken his daughter to return her safely to her Reno home.

"Whoever took her, bring her back safely. Drop her off. We just want her back," said Surinder Mathon, 50.


"She is very nice. She is a smart girl."


Family members and friends are gathered at the gir's Anchor Point Drive residence, where Kaur lived for the last eight months. They were waiting for news.


"We just hope she's coming back. It's the only hope we can have," said Harry Thandi, a close family friend. "We're hoping for the best."

1:45 p.m. update: Searchers called Reno police detectives to the Stead industrial area after discovering a t-shirt, blankets and beer bottles near and beneath a bridge at the end of Echo Avenue.

Reno Police Detective Allan Fox said it appeared the area was used for partying by youths and the discovery was unrelated to the case of Karamjit Kaur.


"We'd rather overkill than miss something," Fox said.


As a precaution, Fox planned to have a cadaver dog inspect a nearby area where some recent digging has occurred.



1 p.m. update: Searchers are combing the industrial areas of Stead in the on-going search for a missing Reno girl.


Karamjit Kaur was last seen Wednesday riding her bicycle,

By foot, on all-terrain vehicles and their four-wheel-drive vehicles, they are inspecting brushy fields, parking lots, and landscaped areas near industrial buildings in the area of Moya and Lear boulevards.


"We're trying to be as meticulous as we can," said Randy Post, a volunteer with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office Hasty team. "If the brush gets thicker, we try to walk closer together so the chance of detection remains the same."


Searchers also inspected dumpsters and looked around parked big-rig trailers and storage areas and under bridges.


Among places searched are anywhere persons might seek shelter during a cold night, Post said.

11:15 a.m. update: There’s been several tips from the public and also from interviews for detectives to follow in their search for a missing 16-year-old Stead-area girl, Reno Police Department Lt. Mike Whan said this morning.

Karamjit Kaur was last seen Wednesday riding her bicycle and police have been looking for her.


“Actually, it’s been very successful overnight, since the last press release,” Whan said. “We’ve got a whole bunch of Secret Witnesses (anonymous tips) now.”


The tips have been about girls who look like Kaur and also about suspicious people in the North Valleys area, Whan said. They are following up on Secret Witness reports.


They’s also received possible leads from interviews.


“We can’t go into details on those yet, though,” Whan said.


A command post has been set up at the Shell Station on Red Road Rock and officers are still going to vacant and foreclosed homes looking for signs of people. If the house is unlocked or shows signs of forced entry, police will go inside, Whan said.



A cold front is expected to move through the area tonight, but Whan said that does not concern him.



8:30 a.m. update: The Reno Police Department reports nothing new this morning in the search for Karamjit Kaur. a 16-year-old Stead-area girl missing since Wednesday.



Police are sending more people out today to knock on doors and ask people if they've seen Kaur or have any other information that might help them find her.



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North Valleys High School students sounded a somber note at their homecoming football game celebration Friday, handing out fliers and putting a sign of one of the halftime floats that said “Help Us Find Our Classmate, Karamjit Kaur.”

A North Valleys sophomore who has been missing since 6:30 p.m. Wednesday when she went to ride her bicycle in front of her home near Stead, Karamjit is believed to be a victim of foul play, Reno police said Friday. Police plan to continue searching the North Valleys area today for Karamjit.


The 16-year-old had moved to this country eight months ago, police said.


Even though she was an English language learner at the school, her grades were outstanding, said Principal Cinda Gifford.


“She has a tremendous work ethic, and she’s very well respected by her teachers and her classmates,” Gifford said.


Emily Bassett, treasurer for the sophomore class, helped paint the homecoming signs and print the fliers urging people to help find the missing teenager.


“It makes me angry, especially that someone did this to someone new to this country,” said Bassett, who has a history class with Karamjit. “And I live in the same area as her, so it’s kind of frightening to think it could happen to me or someone else here.”


Reno police Lt. Mike Whan said Kaur, pronounced “core,” had told her family she felt hot and left about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to ride the family’s red-and-silver mountain bike in front of their house on Anchor Point Drive.


When she failed to return within a half hour, the family became worried, contacted other relatives and they began knocking on doors in the neighborhood and searching for her, Whan said.





“She had been wearing her pajamas, and being out there in the cold is what really worried the family,” he said. “She had just been learning to ride the bike for the past month, so she normally only rode it in front of the house.”


One of the girl’s uncles who speaks English called the police to report her missing.
The uncle, Joginder Singh, said after the family searched for Karamjit, they called the hospitals and then the police.


“They are not taking it serious and think she will come back tomorrow,” Singh said. “She just barely started school here and so no friends, no phone or any access, so we know for sure someone kidnapped her. They keep thinking she run away and she come back, but I told them, this won’t happen. She has no friends, no boyfriends, no fights or any kind of argument. (Thursday) they started getting serious.”


Whan said that is not the case. He said 99.9 percent of teens who are reported missing return, but officers realized that Karamjit’s situation was different as soon as they arrived Wednesday night.


“We took it seriously from the very beginning, so that is a misperception on their part,” he said.


The family’s missing person report came in at 7:24 p.m. Wednesday, but since it was not a shooting or murder, it was put on a screen as a priority 3, Whan said. An officer called the family about 8 p.m. No one answered so he left a message. At 8:30 p.m., the family called back, and a report was completed and handed to the desk sergeant.


“The desk sergeant sent officers to look for (Karamjit), and as soon as they saw the circumstances, we sent a whole team up there to talk to the family and do a search from 9 p.m. until 5 or 6 in the morning,” Whan said.


On Thursday morning, the search included Raven helicopters and police dogs, he said. They also checked on every registered sex offender in the area.


No Amber Alert was issued because law enforcement needs a vehicle and/or license plate number to help citizens and officers be on the lookout in those instances, Whan said





Police started asking for the public’s help through the media about 4:30 p.m. Thursday. Later that evening, police stopped cars in the area of Karamjit’s neighborhood, asking residents if they had seen the girl.


Amolak Powar, president of the Sikh Temple of Reno where Singh is a committee member, said Friday that Karamjit’s uncle and family are very thankful for the Reno Police Department’s help.


Police found her bicycle at 3 p.m. Thursday about a quarter mile from her home. It had been left at a skateboard park near Silver Lake Elementary School between Red Rock Road and Stead Boulevard northwest of Reno.


Whan said the bike was about 200 to 300 yards from the school. There was no evidence it had been struck by a car and dumped there, and there was no evidence a struggle.


The fact that the bicycle was found about a quarter mile from Karmajit’s house is another concern for police because the family said she has never ridden that far from home before, Whan said.


If she was abducted closer to her home, someone else might have found the bike and ridden it down to the skateboard park, which would result in police searching the wrong area, he said.


“The bike could have been put there by a kid who found it at another location and saw it lying on the side of the road, jumped on it and rode it to the skateboard park,” Whan said. “If that’s the case, it changes everything for us. If we knew where the bike had been left when (Karamjit) left it, we would be concentrating our search in that area instead.”


Whan said if someone did find the bicycle and rode it to the skate park, they need to contact the police department and there will be no repercussions.


“I don’t care who they are, and I would say they just borrowed the bike,” he said. “We just need to know the last place she really was riding the bike in or if it was ridden to the skate park by another person.”


Karamjit’s uncle said her family is suffering and has been praying for her return.


“They are very sad. They are depressed and scared,” Singh said of his niece, who has one brother and three sisters.


“Her mother cries every day,” he said. “This is the second day, and everybody worries. The more time, the more fear we have.”

http://www.rgj.com/article/20091003/NEWS01/310030001/1321/news

Its a 5 page article. Stuff at the beginning are the lastest updates.

[Lizziebeth]

Searchers comb fields for missing Reno girl
The Associated Press
Posted: 10/03/2009 02:45:17 PM PDT
Updated: 10/03/2009 04:18:17 PM PDT


RENO, Nev.—Searchers on foot and ATVs combed fields and other areas Saturday near where a 16-year-old Reno girl was last seen while riding a bicycle.
Police suspect foul play in Wednesday evening's disappearance of Karamjit Kaur, a North Valleys High School sophomore who moved with her family from East India to Reno eight months ago.

Her father, Surinder Mathon, issued a statement Saturday pleading for her safe return.

"Whoever took her, bring her back safely. Drop her off. We just want her back," Mathon said. "She is very nice. She is a smart girl."

Friends joined the family at the girl's home Saturday.

"We just hope she's coming back. It's the only hope we can have," family friend Harry Thandi told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "We're just hoping for the best."

Searchers also inspected Dumpsters, parking lots and under bridges in their hunt for Kaur.

"We're trying to be as meticulous as we can," said Randy Post, a searcher with the Washoe County sheriff's office.

Reno police Lt. Mike Whan said detectives were following up on a number of leads, but he declined to elaborate.

"We've got a whole bunch of (anonymous tips) now" after news media coverage of the case, he said.

Whan said 99.9 percent of teens who are reported missing return, but investigators do not believe she ran away.

Kaur told her family she was hot and left her house around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to ride the family's bike outside their home.

The bike was found Thursday afternoon about a quarter mile away at a skateboard park. Police said they were unsure how the bike got there because Kaur usually just rode it near the house.

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Information from: Reno Gazette-Journal, http://www.rgj.com

http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_13479336

[Lizziebeth]

Bike: Info sought on bicycle Karamjit Kaur was riding, how it got to school
RGJ Staff • October 3, 2009


If anyone found Karamjit Kaur’s red-and-silver mountain bike and rode it to a skate park near Silver Lake Elementary School, the Reno Police Department needs that person to contact officers so they can determine where to focus their search for the missing 16-year-old.

There will be no repercussions for taking the bicycle, police said.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call 775-334-COPS or remain anonymous and call Secret Witness at 775-322-4900.

http://www.rgj.com/article/20091003/NEWS/91003020/1321/NEWS

[Lizziebeth]

Police talk to 3 boys, learn where girl was last riding bike

By Jeff DeLong • jdelong@rgj.com • October 3, 2009

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Marilyn Newton/RGJ

Family members look on as Surinder Mathon, father of missing teen Karamjit Kaur taks with family friend Harry Thandi Sautrday. The 16-year-old has been missing since Wednesday. Marilyn Newton/RGJ



10:15 p.m. update:The three juvenile males whom Reno police were looking for have been interviewed. They told Reno detectives that they found Karamjit Kaur's bike in the area of Shifting Sands Drive and Beach Cove on Wednesday night on the side of the street, next to the sidewalk, and they took the bike to the location where it was later found. They are not considered suspects in the disappearance of Karamjit.


Without assistance from the media and the public, the Reno Police Department would have never learned the true location where Karamjit was last riding her bike. Detectives are still looking for residents or witnesses to come forward on any information leading to the location of the missing girl.


Original story:


Searchers combed brushy fields, checked trash bins and peered under bridges Saturday in an increasingly worried search for a missing 16-year-old Reno girl.

Karamjit Kaur, who vanished Wednesday night while riding a bicycle outside her family's home, was the focus of a widespread search across the Stead area.

"It's needle and haystack right now," said Lt. Mike Whan of the Reno Police Department. "The timeline is getting concerning, especially with bad weather on the way."

Much of Saturday's effort focused on Stead's industrial area, where searchers deployed across fields on foot and all-terrain vehicles, looking for any evidence of Karamjit's whereabouts. Searchers also examined vacant, foreclosed homes in the area.

The North Valleys High School sophomore has been missing since 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, when she told her family she was hot and was going for a bike ride. Her family reported her missing when she failed to return.

Police, who said they suspect foul play in her disappearance, found her bicycle 3 p.m. Thursday about a quarter-mile from her home near a skateboard park.

Authorities reported receiving several tips about girls resembling Karamjit and also about suspicious people in the North Valleys area.

Police are also seeking three male juveniles witnesses observed in the area about the time Karamjit went missing Wednesday.


"We don't know if they know anything or not, but anything might help," Whan said.



At Reno's Bring Bri Justice Foundation, which was established after Brianna Denison's 2008 abduction and strangling, volunteers Saturday handed out hundreds of fliers with Karamjit's photograph and description.

"We just need to find her. We need to get the word out," said volunteer Amy Waddell. "Time is of the essence."

At the request of Reno police, the foundation is expected to organize a private search for Karamjit within a few days, members said. They are in contact with two national missing children organizations, the Klaas Kids Foundation and Laura Recovery Center, to arrange an effort just like the one undertaken when Denison was missing.

Searchers Saturday combed areas where someone might seek shelter during a cold night and probed stands of brush in fields between Stead industrial buildings. They looked for clothing or any other potential evidence.

"We're trying to be as meticulous as we can," said Randy Post, a volunteer with the Washoe County Sheriff's HASTY team. "If the brush gets thicker, we try to walk closer together so the chance of detection remains the same."

"We share the frustration of the family," Post said. "The unknown always gets to you."

Tim Ruff, a member of the sheriff's Specialized Vehicle Unit, searched a brushy area riding his ATV.

"We're looking for anything we can find, pretty much anything that would give us a clue," Ruff said.

About 1 p.m. Saturday, searchers discovered a discarded T-shirt, blanket and beer bottles beneath a bridge at the end of Echo Avenue. Reno police were notified and Detective Allan Fox responded to examine the scene.

Fox said it appeared that youths had been partying there and there was no connection with the missing girl. As a precaution, he asked for a cadaver dog to examine a nearby area where digging had recently occurred.

"We'd rather overkill than miss something," Fox said. "Our concern intensifies as time goes on. We hope it's just something like she chose to go off on her own; but as time goes on, that's less likely."

Fox asked that people -- particularly those living near Karamjit's Anchor Point Drive neighborhood -- report any recent changes in a person's habits or behavior that strikes them as odd.

Terry and Debi Gregory, next-door neighbors to Karamjit's family, described her disappearance as hugely disturbing.

"It puts a tension in the whole neighborhood. Nothing ever happened like that around here, and it's kind of scary," Debi Gregory said. "I just pray that she's OK."

Terry Gregory noted that children often walk the streets in the area and the idea that an innocent youth might have been snatched is alarming.

"It hits a real scary spot in your heart," he said.

Gregory said he and his wife were interviewed by detectives but could provide little help.

"I wish we could have seen something. Unfortunately, we didn't," he said.


http://www.rgj.com/article/20091003/NEWS01/910030342/1021/Council-to-hold-workshop/Police-talk-to-3-boys--learn-where-girl-was-last-riding-bike

[Lizziebeth]

Bring Bri Justice Foundation handing out fliers for missing Karamjit Kaur
By Jeff DeLong • jdelong@rgj.com • October 3, 2009

The search for a missing Reno girl is continuing today, with a growing mobilization among community members

At the Bring Bri Justice Foundation — formed in the wake of the 2008 abduction of Brianna Denison — volunteers are handing out fliers for people to distribute in effort to aid the search. The foundation is located at 5000 Smithridge Dr., Suite 9.


“We just need to find her. We need to get the word out,” said foundation member Amy Waddell.


“Time is of the essence,” she said.


About 3,000 fliers have been printed by the foundation and the Reno Police Department and 500 to 700 had already been distributed by about 10:30 a.m., Waddell said.


Sixteen-year-old Karamjit Kaur disappeared about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday while riding her bicycle outside her family’s home near Stead. Police say foul play is suspected.

http://www.rgj.com/article/20091003/NEWS01/91003005&theme=

[sarahhod]

Police: Missing Stead girl located in Indiana with brother-in-law

Staff Report • Reno Gazette-Journal • October 5, 2009



Reno police detectives said they found a missing Stead girl in Merrillville, Indiana this morning.

Karamjit Kaur, who was reported missing on Wednesday night, was found in a hotel with her brother-in-law, Parvinder Singh, Reno police Lt. Mike Whan said. Kaur was unharmed and is now in police custody, Whan said.
Detectives were able to track leads from North Valleys High School students and staff, who said they had seen Kaur at school with a Middle Eastern male, who was older than a student. The reports said he would visit with her during breaks.
Kaur was located at an America's Best Inn at around 5:45 a.m. Monday. Detectives worked through the night to locate her, with the assistance of the Reno office of the FBI and the Merrillville Gang Response Investigation Team, Whan said.
The circumstances around Kaur's disappearance are still under investigation to determine any criminal conduct, Whan said.
"The Reno Police Department wants to thank the public for their efforts in this case, which included numerous phone calls received and all the volunteers who searched the Stead area looking for clues in this case," Whan said.

http://www.rgj.com/article/20091005/NEWS/91005005&OAS_sitepage=news.rgj.com%2Fbreakingnews

[Pandabear]

Thankfully she's been found. All the way from NV to Indiana? This guy needs to be charged with something for taking her across state lines and for all the $$ that was spent looking for her in NV. :madranting94dp:

[Lizziebeth]

Thank God she's safe:)