Justin Gaines 18 Msg 11/1/07 Atlanta, GA

[Pauli]

Search Intensifies for College Student


Family and friends of a missing college student from Gwinnett County met on Saturday morning to conduct their biggest and most organized search yet.

Family and friends of a missing college student from Gwinnett County met on Saturday morning to conduct their biggest and most organized search yet.

They have been looking for Justin Gaines, 18, a freshman at the Athens campus of Gainesville College, since he disappeared from Wild Bill's nightclub last week.

"Today's an important day," said Erika Wilson, Justin's mother. "I feel good. We're gonna go out there and stay focussed. We need to bring him back home to this family."

Justin's mother and stepfather have worked tirelessly to try to find him. They said they're encouraged by the fact that Gwinnett County police have developed some leads.

"I know they've been doing busy doing interviews and going to a few houses," said Steven Wilson, Justin's stepfather. "We don't have any specifics, but we know they're working on it."

For Saturday's search, organizers focussed on a four-mile radius around the cell tower that picked up Justin's last phone call to one of his friends last Thursday night.

"If there's anything suspicious, we're gonna mark it for the police and hopefully get Justin home," said Kelli McGill, Justin's aunt.

"We need him back, we need him back," said Justin's mother. "We all miss him very much."
Family and friends remain confident they will find Justin safe somewhere.

They're offering a reward to anyone who comes forward with information about Justin's whereabouts.

The reward stands at $2000 now.

For more information about how you can add to the reward fund, call Karen Beyers at 770-822-4556.
http://www.11alive.com/news/article_...storyid=106227

[Pauli]

Missing in Georgia: Justin Gaines

Posted by Steve Huff on 11/06/2007

Justin Gaines, an 18-year-old college student from the North Atlanta suburbs, has been missing for 5 days.

The muscular, blue-eyed college freshman came home from school in Athens last Thursday, November 1, and decided to go out to one of his favorite bars, Wild Bill's.

When Justin called a friend to come pick him up later in the night, the friend couldn't oblige.

By Sunday, Justin's mom, Erika Wilson, was worried. She got in touch with his friends and tried local medical facilities but found no trace of her son.

Police are now trying to track Justin's cell phone signal and look over any relevant video surveillance from the night Justin disappeared.

Justin Gaines had several online profiles, even a blog.

His MySpace, http://www.myspace.com/gaines54, is locked. The profile photo shows a well-built young man with short brown hair smiling for the camera.

When he was still playing fullback for the Brookwood High School Broncos, Justin created a Geocities website, where he listed some of his favorite hangouts and a few of his likes and dislikes. He wrote at the top of the page:

Hey. I'm Justin. I like to meet girls, hang with friends, play football, party, listen to music, watch movies, go to the beach, run, and go on my boat. I love to have fun and I'm up for trying anything.

Until 2005 Justin kept a Xanga: http://www.xanga.com/Gaines54. He wrote about typical high school stuff in the journal, including a beach trip with a friend and other visits to Wild Bill's:

Me and Kevin went to New Smyrna Beach. Chilled and it was awsome One night went to Club Paris and went to some Disney world Water Park and Unerversals and Island Of Adventure. Over all it was pretty pimp. When me and Kevin were at the beach we also got our ear pierced cause we were bored it pretty cool i guess...

[. . .]

We got back and i just been chillen and Hanging out with my baby and stuff. went to wild bills like a week ago with her. yesturday she came over and today Im going over to her house.She just the greatest gal ever.On Sunday me and a bunch of my boys are all going up to Six Flags. On monday school starts up it gunna suck. Im gunna miss the summer but i guess it will be alright.

Justin reportedly has two fake IDs. The names: Brad Shewe and Brad Allen. He has diamond studs in both ears and the last time he was seen, Justin was wearing a long-sleeved gray with "Abercrombie" stamped on the chest. He attends Gainesville State College in Oconee, GA and is normally good about checking in with his family.

It is hard to believe that someone in Justin's circle of friends doesn't know where he is. He'd obviously been hanging out at Wild Bill's for years. Though it's a big place, a frequent visitor like Justin may have had friends on the staff and plenty of other friends and acquaintances who would typically show up any given weeknight, just as he seemed to do.

Missing men simply don't receive the same news coverage as missing women. This may be because there is a (often mistaken) impression that men somehow bring about their own circumstances when they vanish -- that, or they meant to disappear and don't want to be found. Justin's youth and the known circumstances of his disappearance don't match well with an intentional disappearance.

Did Justin find a ride after all on November 1, 2007? The wrong ride?

If you think you've seen Justin Gaines or know where he is, you should call the Gwinnett County PD at (770) 513-5300.
http://www.truecrimeweblog.com/2007/...in-gaines.html

[Pauli]

JUSTIN GAINES


Display Flyer One Display Flyer Two
Age Now: 18
Height: 5'-10"
Weight: 185 - 200 lbs
Eyes: Blue Hair: Shaved/Buzzed Head
Scars/Marks/Tattoos: Both ears pierced with diamond studs.
Date Missing: 11/01/2007 Missing Age: 18
Last Seen:Duluth, Georgia

http://www.justingaines.com/

[Pauli]

Family, Volunteers Search for Missing Teen

POSTED: 3:31 pm EST November 10, 2007
UPDATED: 4:24 pm EST November 10, 2007


GWINNETT CO., Ga -- Friends of the victim stated that he has false identification in the name of Brad Allen and Brad Shewe. Justin is described as being 5"11' and 210 lbs with a muscular build. He has blue eyes and brown hair with a short buzz cut. Both of his ears are pierced with diamond studs. He was last seen wearing a long sleeve, gray shirt with "Abercrombie" written on the front, blue jeans with holes and flip flops. Friends and family spent the day Saturday searching for 18-year-old Justin Gaines. The teen was last seen on November 1 at Wild Bill's nightclub in Gwinnett County. Searchers fanned out on both sides of Interstate 85 near the nightclub, but reported little progress in the search for Gaines. Family members have started a reward fund for information which might help in locating him. So far, the reward stands at $2,000. To add to that fund or for more information, call 770 822 4556 Investigators have started attempts to track Justin's cell phone and obtain any relevant video from the area that he was last seen. Anyone who has information on Justin's whereabouts or if anyone has seen Justin is strongly encouraged to call the Gwinnett County Police Department at 770-513-5300. There will be a prayer vigil for Justin on Sunday (11/11/07) at 9am at Grace Fellowship Church (http://www.gracefellowshipchurch.com/), 1400 Dogwood Rd., Snellville.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/14560992/detail.html

[Pauli]

Search Intensifies for Missing Gwinnett Co. Teen
Last Edited: Saturday, 10 Nov 2007, 11:51 PM EST
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. (FOX 5) – The search for a missing college student intensified in Gwinnett County Saturday. Justin Gaines vanished from Wild Bill's nightclub a week ago and dozens of people joined his family and friends in the search for clues in his disappearance.

The 18-year-old college student was last seen at the Gwinnett County nightclub on November 1.

Gaines' mother, Erika Wilson, called police November 4 after her son failed to return home. She checked local hospitals, called his friends and turned up nothing.

As friends and family geared up for Saturday's massive search, Wilson had a special message for her son.

Justin if you can see me, hear me, please contact someone. We love you, we miss you, we need you home now," pleaded Wilson.


Dozens of volunteers gathered at Wild Bill's to aid in the ongoing search for Gaines.

"We have a four mile radius covered around Wild Bill's where he was last seen. That also includes a cell phone tower where we know he last accessed his phone when it came through," said Gaines' aunt, Kelli McGill.

"We were out here Thursday evening. A lot of people had seen him in the club so they received a lot of calls from that. They have been busy conducting interviews, they've gone to a few houses, we don't know any specifics," said Wilson.

Volunteers divided up into groups and searched the surrounding woods and thick underbrush for any sign of the missing teen.

"He is the light of so many people's world and we need to bring him home. He is missed so much," said McGill.
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pa...Y&pageId=3.2.1

[Pauli]

UPDATE AS OF 11/11/07:
a Private Investigator has been hired. please pray that he is led in the right direction and brings home our boy!

EQUUSEARCH out of Texas http://www.texasequusearch.org/ will be here tomorrow (Monday 11/12/07) to assist us in the search for Justin. BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP GUYS!!! We need donations becuase Tim Miller of EQUUSEARCH is a non profit organizartion. He does everything out of the goodness of his heart! Things we need donated:
1-transportation (either a doanted vehicle or a rental car at a nominal fee)
2-lodging (either a hotel room for him or someone who has the room at thier home)
3-food, water for the searches that he will be conducting
4-volunteers for the searches

PLEASE WE SERIOUSLY NEED THE HELP! PLEASE PUT THE WORD OUT FOR ANYTHING THAT TIM MILLER OF EQUUSEARCH WILL NEED.

START ASKING FOR MONEY!!! WE NEED TO RAISE THE REWARD AND GET IT INTO THE 5 FIGURES, YES WE NEED $10,000 OR MORE, we currently have $5000!!!

PLEASE GUYS SPREAD HTE WORD!!! THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP....ASK YOU PARENTS - ASK YOUR NEIGHBORS - ASK YOUR TEACHERS AT SCHOOL - IF ANYONE KNOWS SOMEONE IN THE EXPLORERS PROGRAM, PLEASE HAVE THEM CONTACT US, either myself, my mom, Karen Beyers or the Wilsons....God Bless You All!!!

http://boards.courttv.com/showthread...hreadid=318175

[Pauli]

Prayer vigil held for missing Gainesville State College student


SNELLVILLE - A prayer vigil was held Sunday at a Snellville church for a missing Gainesville College student.

Friends and family of Justin Gaines, 18, gathered at noon at Grace Fellowship Church just one day after fanning out across the area of Gwinnett County where he was last seen ten days ago.

Gaines, a student at the GSC Oconee campus, was last seen the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 1. He was reported missing last Sunday by his mother.

According to the police report, Ms. Wilson said Justin came home Thursday night from Athens and told her he was going out with friends. He was dropped off at Wild Bill’s Thursday night. Later that night, he called his friend to pick him up, but his friend told him that he could not. When Justin had not returned home on Sunday, Ms. Wilson called 911.

Friends of the victim told police he has false IDs in the names of Brad Allen and Brad Shewe. Justin is described as 5”11’ and 210 lbs with a muscular build. He has blue eyes and brown hair with a short buzz cut. Both of his ears are pierced with diamond studs. He was last seen wearing a long sleeve, gray shirt with “Abercrombie” written on the front, blue jeans with holes and flip flops.

Anyone who has information on Justin’s whereabouts or if anyone has seen Justin is asked to call the Gwinnett County Police Department at 770-513-5300.

http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=203764

[Pauli]

North Ridgeville man’s son missing in Georgia

Lisa Roberson | The Chronicle-Telegram

NORTH RIDGEVILLE — A North Ridgeville man has endured many sleepless nights since learning his son has not been seen or heard from for more than a week after partying with friends at a bar in Georgia.

Gaines
Richard Gaines of Wallace Boulevard said his 18-year-old son, Justin Gaines, has been missing since 1 a.m. Nov. 1, when he was last seen at a bar called Wild Bills. Police have said there are no witnesses of how Justin Gaines left the bar.

Gwinnett County police Cpl. Illana Spellman said there have been reports that Justin Gaines got into an altercation with another patron at the bar. However, details remain sketchy about the altercation because the two friends who were with Justin Gaines that night have refused to cooperate with police requests, Spellman said.

Aside from a cell phone call logged at 1:33 a.m. when Gaines said his son called friends in hopes of getting a ride back to his mother’s home in Snellville, Ga., the Gainesville State College student has vanished without a trace.

“I’m out of my mind,” Gaines said Monday. “There’s no normalcy. Once that happens, everything that was going on just goes out the window. It just turns your life upside down.”

Police are investigating Justin Gaines’ disappearance as a missing person’s case as there has been no evidence of foul play, Spellman said. Media outlets in Georgia are reporting that Equasearch of Texas is joining the search for Justin Gaines.

The muscular, blue-eyed college student has lived in Georgia with his mother, Erika Wilson, stepfather and siblings since moving there more than 10 years ago, his father said. Still, the two have remained close, speaking often and chatting online. Gaines said the last time he talked to his son the conversation was about an upcoming visit home for Christmas. Justin Gaines has extensive family in the Lorain County area.

However, on Nov. 4 all those plans changed as Gaines said he received a phone call telling him his oldest child was missing. Since then, Gaines has logged many hours making phone calls, passing out fliers, trading e-mails and even traveling to Georgia to canvass the area around the bar. But, nothing has turned up to tell him what happened to his son.

“The hardest part is the not knowing,” Gaines said. “Nothing makes sense because he wouldn’t just walk away from everything. He’s got a lot going on in his life.”

How to help

A nationwide fund has been setup through National City Banks to help cover expenses related to the search of Justin Gaines. Anyone wishes to contribute to the Justin Gaines Search Fund should go into any National City branch bank.

http://www.chroniclet.com/2007/11/14...ing-in-georgia

[Pauli]

Posted on a Gwinnett County forum:

Gwinnett County Press Release issued around 1:45pm today (from Gwinnett Police PIO Corporal Illana T. Spellman):

There have been a lot of questions regarding the status of this case. As of late, this is still a missing persons case. There is still no evidence to support or deny foul play. The investigation has slowed over the past week due to lack of cooperation from some of Justin Gaines’ close friends and associates. This is a concern for the detectives working this case. The detectives want to strongly encourage those individuals to come forward and cooperate in this investigation which could possibly develop more leads into Justin’s whereabouts. Anyone with information can call the Criminal Investigations Section at 770-513-5300.

[Pauli]

Equisearch will be conducting a search tomorrow morning (11/15)at 8:30, meeting at
Berkmar United Methodist Church
http://www.berkmarumc.org/
675 Pleasant Hill Road, Lilburn, GA 30047
(Map on website)
Must be 18 w/ a valid ID
Closed toe shoes and Long pants must be worn