Jeremy Quinn, 38 MSG [REMAINS DISCOVERD] Since 09/02/08 From Keene, NY

[Grande]

Published September 03, 2008 01:24 pm
Search on in Keene for missing man
By KIM SMITH DEDAM
Staff Writer

KEENE — Department of Environmental Conservation officers and area firefighters are searching a section of mountain forest for a Keene man.

Jeremy Quinn, 38, was reported missing about 8 p.m. on Tuesday, officials said.

The search began as night fell and is continuing.

DEC spokesman David Winchell said nearly 50 people, including forest rangers, firefighters from Lake Placid, Keene Valley and Keene and other volunteers are combing woods northeast of the intersection of Routes 9N and 73.

“Family members became concerned after learning that Mr. Quinn had not gone to work,” Winchell said. “He was last seen at approximately 7 a.m. on Tuesday, September 2, and his unattended vehicle was located at approximately 7 p.m. at a private camp on Hickey Road in the Town of Keene.”

A Keene native, Quinn is a caretaker for several area camps and has family in Keene, including children.

A search command post has been set up at the Keene Highway Garage on Hickey Road.

Aerial search teams have been called in, along with several canine units.

State Police are assisting in the search, though, so far, nothing has turned up leading to any suspicion of foul play, officials said.

Hickey Road is a dead-end road off Schaefer Road, which connects 9N and Hurricane Road.

The area includes rugged terrain below the 1,742-foot summit of Corliss Mountain and the 2,083-foot summit of Jackson Hill.

The section of forest being searched is private land, Winchell said.

Quinn is described as caucasian, about 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, with blue eyes and a shaved head.

Anyone with information that may help locate him is asked to contact State Police at 897-2000.

http://www.pressrepublican.com/breakingnews/local_story_247132425.html

[Grande]

More Volunteers Join Search for Missing Man
Updated: Sep 4, 2008 08:11 AM CDT

More than 100 people will be involved in a search for a missing New York man Wednesday.

Jeremy Quinn, 38, of Keene, was last seen Tuesday morning. Concerned family reported him missing when he failed to show up for work.

According to David Winchell, spokesman for the DEC, Search and Rescue of the Northern Adirondacks (SARNAK) volunteers will be joining search efforts.

DEC Forest Rangers, New York State Police, Keene Fire Department, Keene Valley Fire Department, Lake Placid Fire Department and volunteers will also be searching on the ground. New York State Police Aviation and canine units are looking too.

Forest Ranger Captain Streiff stated Wednesday, "There has been a great out pouring of concern, support, and volunteers from the people of Keene and Keene Valley. In addition, all of the staff at the DEC office in Ray Brook have demonstrated their support of the searchers efforts in so many ways."

Quinn's wife is a DEC Region 5 employee. His unattended vehicle was located at approximately Tuesday night around 7 PM at a private camp on Hickey Road in the Town of Keene.

Jeremy Quinn is a male Caucasian, 5'5", 150 lbs, blue eyes and a shaved head.

Anyone with information that may help in locating Mr. Quinn is asked to contact the NY State Police at 897-2000.

http://www.fox44.net/Global/story.asp?S=8945733&nav=menu660_1

[Grande]

Search under way for missing Keene man
By KIM SMITH DEDAM
Staff Writer

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KEENE -- Department of Environmental Conservation officers and area firefighters are searching a section of mountain forest for a Keene man.

Jeremy Quinn, 38, was reported missing about 8 p.m. Tuesday, officials said.

The search began as night fell and continued Wednesday.

DEC spokesman David Winchell said nearly 50 people, including forest rangers, Essex County sheriff's deputies, firefighters from Lake Placid, Keene Valley and Keene and other volunteers were combing woods northeast of the intersection of Routes 9N and 73.

"Family members became concerned after learning that Mr. Quinn had not gone to work," Winchell said. "He was last seen at approximately 7 a.m. on Tuesday, September 2, and his unattended vehicle was located at approximately 7 p.m. at a private camp on Hickey Lane in the Town of Keene."

A Keene native, Quinn is a caretaker for several area camps and works at the AuSable Club. His wife, Sheryl, is employed by DEC, and the couple have two young children.

Keene Supervisor Bill Ferebee said the community remains optimistic that Quinn is all right.

"He was born and raised here; he is very familiar with the land."

Ferebee, who has known Quinn since he was a baby, characterized the missing man as "straight-laced, a salt-of-the-earth guy."

A search command headquarters was established at the Town Highway Garage near the transfer station.

By Wednesday evening, the entire parking lot was filled with vehicles of police, rangers and volunteers. The big double-bay garage doors were wide open, with a check-in station set up along two tables at its entrance.

"The terrain is not easy," Ferebee said of the landscape being scoured.

DEC Forest Ranger Capt. John Streiff said they were searching a large but confined area bounded by roads.

"It doesn't mean we're not looking beyond the roads," he said.

http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_248000100.html

[PinkPony]

Praying for a safe return.

PP

[Grande]

Keene man missing, rescue workers continue search
GEORGE EARL, For the News
POSTED: September 4, 2008

KEENE — After nearly 24 hours of searching, dozens of forest rangers, state police officers, firefighters and other volunteers have not found Jeremy Quinn, a 38-year-old Keene resident who mysteriously went missing Tuesday.

“It’s very frustrating because we have no leads,” Forest Ranger Capt. John Streiff of the state Department of Environmental Conservation said Wednesday afternoon from the search command post at the town of Keene highway garage. The DEC is leading the search, which went through Tuesday night. State police helicopter and canine units joined the effort Wednesday morning, DEC spokesman Dave Winchell said.

Not far from the command post, search crews were being deployed along Schaefer and Hurricane roads, which branch off from state Route 9N just east of its intersection with state Route 73. Branching off Schaefer Road is Hickey Road, where Quinn’s pickup truck was found unattended around 7 p.m. Tuesday near a house where he is a caretaker.

Quinn, a caretaker for several local properties, was last seen at about 7 a.m. Tuesday. Family members said they became concerned later that day after learning that he had not shown up to a work site. He had told family members that he planned to check on the house before going to another job site at the Ausable Club, Streiff said.

As of press time, searchers are still considering him a missing person, Streiff said, but he added that the long time lapse between when Quinn seemingly parked his truck Tuesday morning and when he was reported missing is worrisome for searchers.

Streiff said searchers don’t know that Quinn entered the house; his truck was parked a distance past the residence, which was considered unusual. He is a hunter and knows the area, Streiff said.

State police investigators have found no evidence of foul play or that anyone else was on the premises, Streiff said. Quinn was well liked and had no known enemies, according to Streiff.

As for what is next, Streiff said searchers will keep expanding the area in which they look.

Quinn is a Keene native and is married with children. His mother and brothers also live nearby.

Quinn is 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 150 pounds, with blue eyes and a shaved head. Anyone with information that may help in locating him is asked to call the state police at 897-2000.

http://www.lakeplacidnews.com/page/content.detail/id/500428.html

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Published September 04, 2008 11:45 pm
Not one clue found in search for missing Keene man
By KIM SMITH DEDAM

KEENE -- The search for a missing Keene man expanded Thursday into the Hurricane Mountain Wilderness Area.

But intensive efforts turned up not a single clue.

Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman David Winchell said no sign of Jeremy Quinn, 38, has been uncovered after three days of combing forests in Keene.

"Over 150 people searched the woods (Thursday) without finding Jeremy Quinn, evidence of his presence or clues to his whereabouts," Winchell said in a statement.

GRID SEARCH

The primary search focused on an area bounded by Route 73, Route 9N, Hurricane Road and Jackson Road in Keene.

"While searchers covered the whole primary search area, they focused considerable effort on two drainage areas, which were searched twice using Type 3 (grid) search techniques, searching from a different direction each time," Winchell said of the tactical approach.

"After three days of intensive searching, DEC forest rangers are confident that the efforts made over the past few days should have resulted in the location of a lost or injured person."

Forest rangers have concluded Quinn is not lost or injured in the primary search area.

The incident has been turned over to State Police as a missing-person investigation, Winchell said.

"Now, forest rangers will be assisting the State Police in the missing-person investigation."

TACTIC CHANGE

Today, rangers will lead six crews of volunteers from the local fire departments and community in roadside sweeps to search for any evidence that may suggest Quinn's whereabouts, Winchell said.

The Keene native disappeared Tuesday morning after calling to say he would be 20 minutes late to work at the AuSable Club.

An all-out search began Tuesday night, when Quinn was first reported missing by family.

State Police had begun conducting a parallel missing-person investigation.

"We've kind of switched roles with State Police this afternoon," Winchell said late Thursday afternoon.

Quinn's wife, Sheryl, works for DEC in Ray Brook; the couple have two young children.

Quinn's unattended vehicle was found on Hickey Lane, near a camp he takes care of off Schaefer Road, which connects Hurricane Road with Route 9N.

Hurricane Road circumnavigates a steep hillside of lower ridges below Hurricane Mountain and two smaller peaks.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Spearheading the search, Forest Ranger Captain John Streiff said that the outpouring of support from the community was essential in conducting a thorough search.

Winchell said multi-agency search efforts resumed shortly after daybreak Thursday involving DEC Forest Rangers, DEC Environmental Conservation Police, State Police, State Police Aviation, Essex County Sheriff's Department, Keene Fire Department, Keene Valley Fire Department, Lake Placid Fire Department, Search and Rescue of the Northern Adirondacks, DEC regional staff, Adirondack Park Agency staff, AuSable Club staff and many local volunteers.

"The support of the community has been overwhelming," Winchell said, commending volunteer support crews providing food, water and other supplies.

http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_248234533.html?start:int=15

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DEC rangers call off search in woods for Quinn; now called a missing person
POSTED: September 5, 2008

KEENE - The state police no longer consider Jeremy Quinn to be lost in the woods and are now classifying him as a missing person.

An extensive three-day search for the 38-year-old Keene man whose truck was found at a remote private residence Tuesday has largely ended, uncovering no clues as to the whereabouts of a man with strong ties to his family and community. Officials say state police are investigating why Quinn is not being found in the woods.

"Over 150 people searched the woods (Thursday) in Keene without finding Jeremy Quinn, evidence of his presence, or clues to his whereabouts," state Department of Environmental Conservation spokesman David Winchell said in an e-mail.

Quinn is a caretaker for several local properties, including the Gunderson cottage on Hickey Road, where he is believed to have parked his truck at about 7 a.m. Tuesday. Family members said they became concerned later that day after learning that he had not shown up to another job site at the Ausable Club.

State police Zone Commander Capt. John Tibbitts said, "Usually when someone gets lost in the woods, they leave a trail," and Quinn left none. "You start with what you know, in this case, with the forest rangers, but investigators are working on other possibilities."

Tibbitts said those possibilities include foul play and that investigators are operating under the assumption that "he is somewhere where he cannot make contact with us."

DEC Forest Ranger Capt. John C. Streiff said if Quinn were lost or injured he would have likely been located in an area bound by state Route 73, Route 9N, Hurricane Road and Jackson Road as well as additional searches in the high country immediately north of the primary search area. Winchell said searchers thoroughly covered the boundaries of the primary search area, especially two drainage areas which were searched twice using Type 3 (grid) search techniques, starting from different directions each time.

"After three days of intensive searching, DEC forest rangers are confident that the efforts made over the past few days should have resulted in the location of a lost or injured person," Winchell said.

"Forest rangers have concluded that Jeremy Quinn is not in the primary search area and therefore is neither lost nor injured," Winchell said. "Therefore, the incident has become a missing person investigation with the state police as the lead."

Winchell said forest rangers will now be assisting the state police in the missing person investigation.

Today, rangers will lead six crews of volunteers from the local fire departments and community at large in roadside sweeps to search for any evidence that may indicate Quinn's whereabouts.

Quinn is a Keene native, a husband and a father of two young girls. His wife works for the DEC at the Region 5 headquarters in Ray Brook. His mother and brothers also live nearby.

http://www.lakeplacidnews.com/page/content.detail/id/500443.html

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Quinns' disappeaance has impact on Keene community
POSTED: September 5, 2008

KEENE VALLEY - The disappearance of Jeremy Quinn, 38, a well-liked member of the Keene community who was last seen around 7 a.m. Tuesday, has cast a pall over his Keene and Keene Valley community.

Many local volunteers have joined the search, led by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and headquartered at the Keene Town Shed. The longer the search continues without yielding any clue as to Quinn's whereabouts, the more oppressive the atmosphere in the community becomes.

On Wednesday, the first day of school for Keene Central, teachers welcoming students were bright and cheerful, but a visitor could sense an underlying feeling of tension. Some teachers were absent, either taking part in the search or helping the Quinn family. Superintendent Cynthia Ford-Johnston scheduled substitutes and made sure that the school functioned smoothly. Quinn's daughters Megan, a kindergartner, and Caitlin, a first-grader, attended classes.

"The whole town is on edge," said Carol Reed, who deals with the community all day at Valley Grocery, a store her family owns and runs.

In general, townspeople are on the same wavelength. Not a lot needs to be said when they meet on the street or in the post office.

"Any word?"

"Not yet."

People shake their heads.

On the other hand, there is a tendency to go over and over the known facts and try to puzzle out a solution to the mystery.

He was last seen at Stewart's, where he bought lottery tickets and a soda. He called the Ausable Club, where he works, and said he would be about 20 minutes late that morning. Never arrived at work. His family called police when he didn't come home that evening. Quinn frequently talks about how happy he is to be a father and family man, so people were alarmed when he didn't show up.

His truck was found at the Gundersons' summer home on Hickey Road in Keene, where he is a caretaker. He was going to check to make sure the water was turned off. The truck was found in the driveway with the truck keys and the keys to the house on the seat - and that's it.

The Town Shed has been a beehive of organized activity, with more than 100 volunteers joining DEC rangers and local fire department personnel.

"The Lake Placid Fire Department has been here since the first night," said John Streiff, a forest ranger captain who serves Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties as well as Essex County.

New York State Police are investigating Quinn's disappearance. Also involved in the search event are the Essex County Sheriff's Department, Ausable Club employees and employees of the town Of Keene.

Town Supervisor Bill Ferebee and Sheila Ferebee were using the town's shuttle van to carry searchers to their sites and back.

"Jeremy Quinn is a hometown boy," Streiff said. "We have had excellent cooperation from his family and friends as well as total strangers and the agencies."

Quinn, a volunteer firefighter, is the youngest of eight children in a tightly knit family with a history of service to community and their church, St. Brendan's Catholic in Keene. His sister-in-law, Cricket Quinn, is one of the volunteer crew who has been coordinating and organizing food brought in for people involved in the search. When asked to name the contributors, she started rattling off businesses and individuals.

The owners of Town and Country Gourmet sent in food, along with pastries to be taken to Jeremy's mother; they want her to eat. Diane Purdy cooked hamburgers for the crew on Wednesday. Valley Grocery, the Ausable Inn, the Deershead in Elizabethtown, the Noonmark Diner ...

"I'm not going to be able to give you all the names without leaving people out," Cricket said finally, making it clear that, with such a tremendous outpouring of help, there is no way to give everyone who donates individual credit.

"That's not the point anyway," remarked Kristy Deyo, who had made a delivery and was coming in to check what more was needed.

"We are being very, very well fed," Streiff said. "That's important for people involved in a search."

Asked how Jeremy Quinn's mother, Patricia Quinn, is holding up, Cricket said, "I think her faith is what is getting her through. ... The girls know that their father is in the woods and that people are looking for him, but they don't know how serious it is."

And on Friday, the town prepared for another day.

http://www.lakeplacidnews.com/page/content.detail/id/500444.html

[Grande]

Concerned Town Turned Upside-Down In Missing Man's Search
Friends: 38-Year-Old Man's Disappearance Hard On Children
UPDATED: 9:32 am EDT September 7, 2008

KEENE, N.Y. -- State Police and Forest Rangers continue to look for a 38-year-old man from Keene, N.Y.

Jeremy Quinn disappeared the beginning of last week and the town of Keene has turned itself inside-out trying to find him.

"Jeremy was a member of the community," said fellow fireman Ron Konowitz. "He's a dad -- he has a daughter in school."

Friends said his disappearance is hard on his children.

"They're asking their mom every night when they go to bed, 'Where's daddy?' and I guess she's told them he's lost in the woods," said lifelong friend Peggy LaRose. "But I mean that's going to keep going on until they find something."

Despite days of searching New York State Forest Rangers and State Police haven't found any clues of Quinn's whereabouts.

Forest ranger Charlie Platt said the search started with help from the Fire Department and grew to include police dogs, and then more searches on foot.

"We marked the boundaries of what they had covered with string so they would go out with one person laying the string," said Ranger Platt.

The web of string spans more than a 1000 acres. Each string shows the path of a volunteer searching for any sign of Quinn.

"A tremendous response," said Platt. "The family was at the command post every day. The outpouring -- because everybody knew Jeremy was incredible."

The search is far from over officials say, and until it reaches some conclusion Quinn's friends said the town won't sleep.

"These things don't happen here -- that's why I've always liked to live here," said LaRose. "It's a safe place to be. It's where I raised my four daughters and I felt safe."

http://www.wptz.com/news/17411725/detail.html

[PinkPony]

Thanks Grande for keeping this updated.

I noticed in one of the links that Jeremy's truck was found in the the Gunderson driveway with keys to the truck and house laying on the seat.

I'm sure LE searched the Gunderson property but I'm wondering if Jeremy happened on something there and was harmed?

I wonder if there are any old wells or mine shafts on that property?

PP

[Grande]

Your welcome PP.

Here's the link to a website established by friends and family of Jeremy;

http://%22www.findjeremy.org/

[Pauli]

Grande your link for Jeremy was not working

http://www.findjeremy.org

[Grande]

Grande your link for Jeremy was not working

http://www.findjeremy.org

Thanks Pauli!

[PinkPony]

Thanks Pauli and Grande:0012:

PP

[Grande]

Published September 08, 2008 12:02 pm -
Reward offered, Web site up, as search for missing Keene man continues.
By KIM SMITH DEDAM
Staff Writer

KEENE — Family and friends have posted a $10,000 reward for information that leads to finding Jeremy Quinn.

The Keene man, with a wife and two small daughters, has been missing for nearly one week.

He was last seen at Stewart’s in the hamlet of Keene buying a soda around 7 a.m. last Tuesday.

He called AuSable Club, where he works, to say he’d be 20 minutes late.

Jeremy’s truck was found after he was reported missing about 7 p.m. near a camp on Hickey Lane, a dead-end dirt road off Schaefer Road. The keys were in the truck.

SEARCH CONTINUES

Jeremy’s disappearance launched an all-out search involving hundreds of volunteers organized by the Department of Environmental Conservation.

Despite four days of intensive grid searches up and down forest ravines around Hurricane Mountain wilderness, not one clue turned up.

The DEC search was turned over to State Police Friday as a missing-person investigation.

Andrew Quinn, Jeremy’s older brother, who owns a restaurant in Lake Placid, said pieces of string still mark the grids searched, north to south, east to west using GPS coordinates in four square miles around where Jeremy went missing.

The family has not given up the search.

“It’s not over,” Andrew said. “Yesterday (Sunday), there were six groups out there looking in small, contained areas. We’re also hoping people will tell us if they saw something. Basically, the family wants to say the DEC did a great job on the search, and we know the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and State Police are working as hard as they can on this. We want to thank all the volunteers.”

Smaller groups are retracing steps, he said, looking for clues to Jeremy’s disappearance.

Amy Quinn, Jeremy’s sister-in-law, said family and friends have put up a cash reward and launched a Web site to help expand the search.

“Family and friends of Jeremy Quinn have offered a $10,000 cash reward for information resulting in finding Jeremy. A Web site has also been established: www.findjeremy.org

“Please help my 4- and 6-year-old nieces find their daddy. We need more publicity so that anyone who may have a clue will step forward. Someone knows something, somewhere, but they may not even know that what they know is important.”

Keene Valley resident JoAnne Baldwin, co-owner of Deer’s Head Restaurant in Elizabethtown, helped coordinate the Web effort to broaden assistance to the Quinn family.

“What my advice is that anyone who can and wants to help could go onto www.findjeremy.org. There is a printable poster on the site. If they could download that and e-mail it to everyone in their address book, print it out, put it in their own place of work, post office, grocery store, that would help a lot. If they have more places they feel like dispersing posters, that would also be great.”

Getting posters to locations outside the region might reach someone who saw Jeremy at Stewart’s the morning of Sept. 2 or noticed anything on Hickey Lane.

SADNESS

The close-knit community of Keene is feeling a collective sense of loss, Baldwin said.

“I think the general feeling in Keene right now is this man has a wife and two young girls who need to know where he is. And the community is willing to help however they can. There’s a lot of speculation out there, but the truth is no one knows any facts.”

Janette Isham, a child-care provider who cares for the Quinn children, said Jeremy’s disappearance has mystified everyone.

“It doesn’t make any sense at all. He is very well known. He did everything for anybody. If you needed help, he’d be there.”

The extended Quinn family includes seven brothers and sisters, along with Jeremy’s wife and her parents next door.

“The family is being pretty strong right now,” Isham said. “They’re trying to go back to work and go back to the routine.”

But the strange disappearance has left a heavy sense of sadness in this small town.

The school is helping children of the community cope with the concept of disappearance, loss and missing people.

“It is affecting everyone,” Isham said. “Pretty much the whole family is the town.”

Missing-person posters were placed in a plastic bin at the Town Hall on Sunday for anyone wanting to disperse them.

http://www.pressrepublican.com/breakingnews/local_story_252120212.html?start:int=0

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Family of missing man appeals for help
By Don Lehman
dlehman@poststar.com
Published: Tuesday, September 09, 2008

KEENE -- Relatives of a missing Keene man are appealing to residents of the Glens Falls area for help in their search for a man who has been gone for a week with no explanation.

A $10,000 reward has been offered in the case.

Jeremy Quinn, 38, was last seen at a convenience store in Keene around 7 a.m. on Sept. 2. His pickup truck was found about 12 hours later at a camp on Hickey Lane in Keene, for which Quinn serves as caretaker.

His keys were in the truck, as were the keys to the camp, said his sister-in-law, Amy Fisher Quinn. Amy Quinn is a Glens Falls native who is married to Jeremy Quinn's brother.

Amy Quinn said the family is appealing to media outside the Lake Placid area because there were undoubtedly numerous hikers from Glens Falls and the Capital District who were in the High Peaks for the Labor Day weekend.

"Maybe they saw something at the time that didn't seem significant, but could be important," she said.

Jeremy Quinn is described as white, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds, with blue eyes and a shaved head.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a four-day search of the remote area that involved forest rangers, firefighters, search dogs and other volunteers, but no trace of Quinn was found.

"We had an extensive search, but came up with nothing, so we've turned it over to the State Police for a missing person investigation," said DEC spokesman David Winchell.

Volunteers have continued to comb the area since then.

State Police Investigator Stephen Ansari said investigators have found no clues as to what became of Quinn. There has been no activity on his credit cards or bank accounts, Ansari said.

"There's been nothing. It's like a spaceship came down and picked him up," Ansari said.

Quinn is the father of two daughters, ages 4 and 6, who keep asking for him.

"This is totally without explanation. He lives for his children," Amy Quinn said. "We keep telling them, 'He's lost and we're looking for him.' "

Quinn had not been despondent or had any problems of note before his disappearance, officials said.

He worked at the Ausable Club and was headed there that morning. He stopped at an area Stewart's shop to pick up a drink and a newspaper and to cash in a $20 scratch-off lottery ticket.

He had left a message at his workplace to report that before he planned to go into work, he was headed to check on a camp he watched, Amy Quinn said.

Quinn is also a volunteer firefighter who has helped dozens of lost hikers over the years.

For more information on the search, log on to www.findjeremy.org.

Anyone with information is asked to call the State Police at 897-2000.

http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/09/09/news/local/13894650.txt

[ADKR]

There was an extensive grid search covering 1,000 acres around the Gunderson home. Every building, shed, well, culvert, etc. was searched.

The trust now is to get the poster out far and wide. You can download it from this location:

http://www.kvvi.net/~missing/Jeremy_Quinn.pdf

In addition please note that many rumors are floating around and taking on a life of their own. Facts and opinions are being combined into new stories It is very hard to live in the "we don't know anything" world, but that is where we are.

[Grande]

Thank you for the update ADKR. My thoughts and prayers are with you and Jeremy's friends and family. Please keep us up to date on the progress.

[PinkPony]

There was an extensive grid search covering 1,000 acres around the Gunderson home. Every building, shed, well, culvert, etc. was searched.

The trust now is to get the poster out far and wide. You can download it from this location:

http://www.kvvi.net/~missing/Jeremy_Quinn.pdf

In addition please note that many rumors are floating around and taking on a life of their own. Facts and opinions are being combined into new stories It is very hard to live in the "we don't know anything" world, but that is where we are.

Welcome:happy0207: ADKR and thanks for answering my questions.

I felt certain the property had been searched but hadn't seen it in writing, so was wondering.

Are you close to the family? If so, please extend our prayers to them from HFTM.

Keep us updated on anything new.

PP

[PinkPony]

Thank you for the update ADKR. My thoughts and prayers are with you and Jeremy's friends and family. Please keep us up to date on the progress.


I didn't see your post Grande. GMTA

PP

[ADKR]

There was an extensive grid search conducted that covered 1,000 acres around the Gunderson home. Any building, shed, well, culvert, etc. was searched.

The community is now trying to get the poster out as far and wide as possible. You may download one at:

http://www.kvvi.net/~missing/Jeremy_Quinn.pdf

Because there is no evidence or clues, it is important not to speculate. This has led to wild rumors, none true. It is hard to live with "we don't know" but that is where we are.

[packy]

Thanks for the update, ADKR. Hope there is enough publicity out there that someone who was in the area that may have some iformation will become aware. If anyone can put the word out on Hiker's message boards that might help too.

[PinkPony]

Just checking in to see if there are any updates on Jeremy.

PP

[nicky]

Praying for a safe return and for family,friends, and searchers of Jeremy.

[ADKR]

It is with profound sadness that I report the discovery of Jeremy Quinn's body today (Wednesday).

He was found near the Nason's driveway on Highway 73 across from Norton Cemetery. The cause of death is pending.

[Pauli]

I am so sorry to hear this... My thoughts and prayers are with Jeremy, his family and friends.
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[PinkPony]

I am so sorry to hear this unfortunate news.

My prayers and thoughts to Jeremy's family and friends.

PP

[PinkPony]

Body Discovered Wednesday Afternoon




KEENE, N.Y. -- A body discovered Wednesday might be connected to an ongoing missing person's case.

New York State Police investigators said a person walking along Nasons Nubble Way in Keene came upon the body late Wednesday afternoon. The area is near a road that leads to a number of private camps.

State Police said the body is presumed to be that of Jeremy Quinn, 38, a father of two who disappeared last Tuesday. Police have deemed the death suspicious.

"We believe the body that was discovered is that of Jeremy Quinn," state police Maj. Richard Smith said. "The circumstances and location of the body are going to turn this investigation as a suspicious death investigation."

Police said a caretaker who works on the private property discovered a body about 200 yards into the woods from Route 9N. Investigators spent the day combing the area looking for evidence.

Quinn's car was found at a private camp in Keene after he didn't appear for work. Searches of the area on the ground turned up nothing for more than a week.

"It's a tragedy. It's such a tragedy," said Frissie Reed, of Keene. "My daughter grew up with him when she was in kindergarten here and knew his family."

Reed described Quinn as a "sweet boy," saying he was a responsible, caring human being.

"It's such a tragedy especially to the family and the community," Reed said.

State police continue to investigate and have not yet deemed the death a homicide.


www.wptz.com/news/17442453/detail.html

[nicky]

Body Discovered Wednesday Afternoon




KEENE, N.Y. -- A body discovered Wednesday might be connected to an ongoing missing person's case.

New York State Police investigators said a person walking along Nasons Nubble Way in Keene came upon the body late Wednesday afternoon. The area is near a road that leads to a number of private camps.

State Police said the body is presumed to be that of Jeremy Quinn, 38, a father of two who disappeared last Tuesday. Police have deemed the death suspicious.

"We believe the body that was discovered is that of Jeremy Quinn," state police Maj. Richard Smith said. "The circumstances and location of the body are going to turn this investigation as a suspicious death investigation."

Police said a caretaker who works on the private property discovered a body about 200 yards into the woods from Route 9N. Investigators spent the day combing the area looking for evidence.

Quinn's car was found at a private camp in Keene after he didn't appear for work. Searches of the area on the ground turned up nothing for more than a week.

"It's a tragedy. It's such a tragedy," said Frissie Reed, of Keene. "My daughter grew up with him when she was in kindergarten here and knew his family."

Reed described Quinn as a "sweet boy," saying he was a responsible, caring human being.

"It's such a tragedy especially to the family and the community," Reed said.

State police continue to investigate and have not yet deemed the death a homicide.


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I'm so sorry, I was praying this would turn out better. To everyone that knew and loved Jeremy:1222423:

[Grande]

My heart goes out to Jeremy's friends and family! It tears me up inside to know that Jeremy's children have to go through this. I will say a prayer for them and the entire community.

Rest In Peace Jeremy Quinn. :1222423:

[Nut44x4]

Body found in Keene is missing man
Man has been missing since last Tuesday

KEENE -- A dead man's body was found off Route 73/9N, a short distance up Nason's Nubble Lane late Wednesday afternoon.

State Police identified the body as that of Jeremy Quinn, a 38-year-old Keene native who has been missing since Sept. 2.
Hundreds of volunteers have scoured the woods in a relentless search every day since Quinn disappeared more than a week ago.

Town of Keene Supervisor Bill Ferebee called State Police in Ray Brook to report the discovery, which was made by a camp caretaker from Upper Jay.

Ferebee, several firefighters and Andrew Quinn, brother of the missing man, were standing near the Keene Fire Station talking about an accident in the Cascades when the camp caretaker pulled into the station to report finding a body in the woods.

"Ned (Whitney) and Andrew (Quinn) were standing outside the fire hall getting ready for another walk (to search for Jeremy) when (the caretaker) pulled up and said, �I think I found something,'" the supervisor said.

Andrew asked Ferebee and Whitney to go to the site without him, so the two men drove separately toward Nason's Nubble Lane.

The body was apparently discovered not far from where the private road divides at a Y heading up a small mountain toward two summer homes.

"I drove in my vehicle toward the location, about five minutes of 4 (p.m.). Ned was already coming back," Ferebee said.

Whitney pulled into the Fire Station and said, "It's him."

"He recognized him and his clothing," Ferebee said.

They went back to the Town Hall, where Andrew Quinn was waiting.

"Ned told Andrew, and I called Ray Brook," Ferebee said.

Keene neighbor and contractor Bob Hickey secured the entrance of Nason's Nubble Lane until State Police arrived.

Within a few minutes, nearly a dozen troop cars, State Police troopers and several Department of Environmental Conservation officers secured the site, blocking the entrance.

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[Grande]

Published September 11, 2008 10:30 pm - Police rule Jeremy Quinn's death accidental, trauma consistent with a fall from a rock ledge.
Quinn died from fall
Missing Keene man's death ruled accident
By KIM SMITH DEDAM
Staff Writer

KEENE -- Tragedy sank deep into the heart of a small community Thursday.

State Police revealed that Jeremy Quinn, who had been missing for 10 days when his body was found Wednesday, died from traumatic injuries sustained in a fall.

No marks at the scene indicated a fight or scuffle, officials said at a news conference, ruling out foul play.

Police did not specify the distance Quinn, 38, fell, but personal effects were located near where he landed.

His body was found in a crevice of a large rock, State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Capt. Robert LaFountain told a community that filled the Keene Town Hall.

"We believe he entered this crevice on his own to obtain shelter."

Without providing details out of respect for the family, LaFountain said, due to his injuries, Quinn would not have been able to call out for help.

"People try to obtain shelter when they are seriously injured," LaFountain said. "Injury to the body was traumatic and resulted in a quick death. We believe Mr. Quinn died the morning he disappeared."

Dr. Michael Sikirica at Albany Medical Center conducted the postmortem examination on Thursday.

The few heartrending answers left many shaking their heads, faces flushed with emotion.

A lifelong Keene resident, Quinn placed a phone call to his workplace Sept. 2, saying he would be 20 minutes late.

He never arrived.

His truck -- the keys still in it -- was found at a summer residence he maintained on Hickey Lane, about three-quarters of a mile through wetlands, brush and steep terrain from where he fell.

Police found no shred of evidence indicating his path of travel between the two locations.

"We have tried every possible method in searching for items that could be directly attributed to him," Troop B Maj. Richard C. Smith Jr. said in an interview after the press conference.

"We found nothing to place him between the two locations."

Police don't know why Quinn climbed the rock ledge off Nason's Nubble.

"I can provide no reason why he would be there prior to his death," Smith said.

Quinn was in possession of a handgun at the time of his death, but it had not discharged.

"That was at the scene," LaFountain said.

Police said it was not a natural death; there was no health issue.

There was no evidence of alcohol.

They ruled out suicide.

Quinn left signs where he fell pointing to the crevice where his body was found.

CONUNDRUM

Details of the investigation settled with a measured chill, while questions replaced search efforts sustained here for more than a week.

"Ultimately, they may never be answered," Smith said.

"There is only one person who knows why Jeremy was at Nason's Nubble."

"It's a tragedy, and it remains a very deep conundrum for this community," said longtime resident Dan Plumley.

Police have not closed the investigation, but they reassured residents there was no reason to worry about public safety.

"There is absolutely no evidence that the community has any cause for concern for their safety," LaFountain said.

SEEKING SOLACE

Quinn's wife, Sheryl, works for the State Department of Environmental Conservation in Ray Brook.

DEC Forest Ranger Capt. John Streiff characterized the mood at the main office over the past few days as very solemn.

Co-workers are organizing an effort to support Sheryl in the coming days, weeks and months.

DEC Region 5 Director Betsy Lowe issued condolences after hearing Quinn's body had been found.

"We at the DEC are very sad about the tragic news of the death of Jeremy Quinn. Our thoughts, prayers and support are with Jeremy's wife, Sheryl, their daughters and the rest of their family."

A similar measure of kindness is being organized at the AuSable Club, where Quinn worked.

His supervisor Larry House said there are "a thousand Jeremy stories."

"He was always here, he always showed up for work, he was always happy, he was a delight to be around."

Quinn always talked about his two little girls, Megan, 4, and Caitlin, 6, House said.

"He'd have them with him whenever he could. He adored those two girls."

Quinn served as a firefighter in Keene Valley and then in Keene since age 16; he was an officer for at least 10 years, said fellow firefighter Ron Konowitz.

"He was an excellent fireman. He cared about people, and he was incredibly well-trained with the equipment," Konowitz said.

The loss is hitting his fellow firefighters very hard.

"Even after the search ended, we kept looking."

kdedam@pressrepublican.com

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[Brianne]

Thats so sad...

[standonrubble]

So, I really have no clue why I've decided to post now, of all times, I guess its just been a rough few months after the "One Year" has passed, and I felt the need to search Jeremy and was brought here. I worked with Jeremy doing care-taking at many properties, but most significantly at The Gunderson Property. My friend owns a landscaping company and I work with him, more so then than now because I am away at College, and we were JEremy's Go-To guys. He managed the buildings, we managed the lawns and other Property maintenance such as gutters, plants and driveways for the most part. I have not had a day where Jeremy and his family were not in my thoughts. I was only close to Jeremy the summer of 08 as I worked with him all summer right up until his dissappearance. The morning he went missing, we were planning on doing Gunderson's lawn, but instead went to a Leafblowing Job at my friend's Grandfather's hunting camp. I know we may not have made a difference in what happenned to Jeremy had we gone to Gunderson's that morning, but I can't help but to wonder. My friend and I were some of the first to respond to Gunderson's that first night for the search as we are boh firefighters and EMT's. It's like it was yesterday. I can remember almost every word exchanged that night and the next day. I spent the first day of my Senior year of High School in the Woods searching for Jeremy for nine hours, and went back the next day as well. I just have so many thoughts of JEremy and stories to tell, though mst are not apropriate for this thread so I will keep them for myself, but point being that he was a great man and is Greatly missed, and always will be. Thank you so much for giving me a place to share this with the world.