After recent dental records confirmed that the remains that were found in Tillicum, WA as those of Adre’anna Jackson; Lakewood police are now being criticized for their searches.
Police conducted an extensive search last December in Lakewood for a missing ten-year-old girl.
But they were criticized at a community meeting last night for failing to search the empty lot where the girl’s bones were found this week.
Police Chief Larry Saunders says the overgrown lot about two miles from the girl’s home was not searched four months ago because it was not considered a very likely spot to find her. Tracking dogs showed no sign she might be there.
In hindsight, Saunders told the Lakewood meeting he wishes police had searched the lot.
(KIRO-TV)
The FBI is also been brought in to help investigate the death of Adre’anna Jackson.
Detectives continued to search the area for more bones and other evidence Wednesday. FBI investigators set up a grid to make sure their evidence recovery team scours every square inch of the footfall field-sized vacant lot where the bones were found, KIRO-TV reported.
April 7th, 2006 at 10:08am
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The sad but all too often expected conclusion came today in the disappearance of 10
year old Adre’anna Jackson. Police confirmed today that the remains found the other day were that of Adre’anna Jackson. God bless and rest in peace.
Police said skeletal remains found Tuesday in Lakewood are those of Adre’anna Jackson, the 10-year-old girl who disappeared last December.
At a news conference, Lakewood Police Chief Larry Saunders said the remains were positively identified Wednesday and the parents of the girl have been notified.
“The death of a child is a tragedy for the entire community,” Saunders said. “We are deeply committed to turning over every stone, initiating every effort to restore justice in this situation and bring closure to the family and community.”
(KIRO TV)
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Remains are those of missing 10-year-old Lakewood girl
Pierce County officials have identified the skeletal remains found recently in Lakewood as belonging to Adre’Anna Jackson, a 10-year-old girl who went missing in December.
Dental records confirmed the match, the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office said today. Neither the cause nor manner of the girl’s death has yet been determined. 
Police are scouring the 3-acre vacant field in which the remains were found in the Woodbrook neighborhood of Lakewood, and may be searching for clues there for several more days, said Lakewood police Lt. Bret Farrar.
He said it was too early to assume that Jackson was murdered and placed in the field. Accidental death is also a possibility, he said.
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Body found by Lakewood kids is 10-year-old girl missing since December
Police confirmed Wednesday that human remains found near a school are those of a 10-year-old girl who vanished in December.
Adre’anna Jackson disappeared Dec. 2 while walking to Woodbrook Middle School about two miles from her family’s home in this Tacoma suburb.
(The Olympian)
April 5th, 2006 at 09:46pm
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Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Fourth Street Church of Christ in Selmer, TN for the funeral of Matthew Winkler. 
The news media were not allowed inside the church, but those who attended the service said the minister was eulogized as a devoted husband and father.
Barbara Letson of Decatur, Ala., said Eddie Thompson, one of two people leading the service, didn’t mention Mary Winkler by name or describe what happened.
There has still been no motive as to why this tragic crime took place. Mary Winkler, the wife of the murdered pastor has allegedly confessed to the crime. However, this has not yet been confirmed. Church members stated that they had never seen any problems between the two.
Church members have said they saw nothing but a loving relationship between Matthew Winkler, a third-generation minister described as outgoing and full of charisma, and Mary Winkler, described as reserved but kind.
(USA Today)
Murdered pastor remembered at well-attended West Tennessee funeral
A young West Tennessee pastor who was shot to death a week ago was remembered today at his funeral as a man who loved his wife and was a good father.
Mary Winkler’s background growing up can be seen in this video.
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March 28th, 2006 at 04:32pm
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Jane Kling was reported missing from Vista last Monday was found deceased in Mexico. Jane Kling had been found slain in Mexico, about 45 miles south of San Felipe, with her 1997 Dodge Caravan near by.
Mexican law enforcement authorities notified the San Diego County Sheriff’s Homicide Division on Monday that Kling had been found slain in Mexico, about 45 miles south of San Felipe.
Kling’s 1997 Dodge Caravan was found in the vicinity of the area where her body was discovered.
The Public Ministry Investigative Office in Ensenada will be conducting the investigation into the cause and manner of death.
Anybody with information on Kling’s whereabouts is asked to call the San Diego Sheriff’s Department at (858) 565-5200, or her family’s phone line at (760) 917-6298.
Tippers can also contact the family — which is offering a reward for information leading to Kling’s location — by e-mail, at HelpUsFindJane@yahoo.com
March 28th, 2006 at 12:08am
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The TBI issued an Amber Alert early Thursday for the Winkler’s daughters,
Breanna, 1, Mary Alice, 6, and Patricia, 8. The alert said the girls may be with their mother, Mary Winkler.
Matthew Winkler, a 31 year old Tennessee church pastor, was found shot to death in his parsonage. His family was missing and the above amber alert was issued. There was no sign of forced entry according to reports.
We’re just really puzzled,” Selmer Police Chief Neal Burks said Thursday. “We’re concerned about the safety of the children, also.”
Church members went searching for pastor Matthew Winkler late Wednesday when he didn’t show up for an evening service at Fourth Street Church of Christ, Burks said. He said they used a key to enter the parsonage and found him dead in a bedroom.
Winkler, 31, had been shot, and his family was gone, Burks said.
The chief declined to say if Winkler’s wife was considered a suspect. Investigators also weren’t sure if she had the children or if any outsiders were involved in shooting and disappearance, he said.
(Yahoo News)
AMBER ALERT ISSUED
A Statewide AMBER Alert has been issued by the Selmer Police Department for Breanna Winkler a 1-year-old, white female, Mary Alice Winkler a 6-year-old, white, female 3’0″ tall and weighs approximately 40lbs with dark brown hair and dark eyes, Patricia Winkler, a 8-year-old, white female, with dark brown hair and is 4’0″ tall and weighs approximately 60lbs.
They are possibly with their mother, Mary Winkler, she is a 32-year-old, white female, 5’3″ tall and weighs 120-125lbs.
They are believed to be traveling in a 2006 Toyota Sienna Van, dark gray or slate blue in color, with Tennessee License Plate NDX288.
Father dead, Tenn. family missing; alert issued
Now authorities are trying to find his wife Mary and their three daughters: Breanna, 1, Mary Alice, 6, and Patricia, 8. According to this Amber Alert, they may be in the family’s “dark gray or slate blue” Toyota Sienna van, Tenn. license plate NDX288. That Amber Alert has also contact information for authorities.
(USA Today)
If you have seen the vehicle, the mother or the children please contact the Selmer Police Department at 731-645-7906 or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND
UPDATE: Missing Family of Slain Minister Found Safe
In late breaking news, the wife and family of the slain Tennessee pastor were found this evening in Alabama.
Thursday night, the woman and the girls were found in Orange Beach, in southern Alabama, when a police office spotted their van parked on the side of the road and pulled over to help.
All were in good physical condition, Johnson said, and no one else was with them.
Johnson said investigators had learned about 1 1/2 hours before the family members were found that they might be in southern Alabama or the Florida Panhandle.
Mary Winkler “hasn’t been arrested,” Johnson said. “We want to talk to her and find out what she knows” about the slaying of her husband.
(FOX News)
Wife a Suspect in Killing of Minister
A popular and charismatic Tennessee minister was found shot to death in his parsonage, and authorities labled his wife a suspect after she and the couple’s three young daughters were found in Alabama on Thursday after a daylong search.
“We’ve known from the beginning that she was either a suspect or a victim,” said Jennifer Johnson, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations.
(AP via Yahoo News)
March 23rd, 2006 at 04:19pm
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Sally Blackwell, 53, had been missing since Tuesday morning when she didn’t show up for work. The woman had recently complained of threats that had been made against her.
A Child Protective Services worker whose body was found Wednesday in rural Victoria County had spoken of threats made to her at work, according to police and her family.
Tina Taulbee said her stepmother had spoken of threats she’d received as a program director for CPS. The agency investigates reports of abuse and neglect of children, and, if necessary, places them in foster care.
“In the 15 or 16 years she has been there, this is the first time she was actually scared,” Taulbee said.
(Houston Chronicle)
March 16th, 2006 at 06:59pm
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Small Plane Crashes in Calif., One Dead
Rescue crews pulled a plane crash victim alive from Santa Monica Bay 
and found the body of another after a small plane went down Monday morning. A third person was believed to be missing in the water, officials said.
(AP via Yahoo News)
UPDATE I: Small plane crashes in Santa Monica Bay; 2 dead, 1 missing
A man and a woman pulled from the water both died, said Inspector 
John Mancha of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Rescue boats and divers searching for the third person believed to be aboard the plane were clustered about a half-mile southwest of Santa Monica Pier where the plane went down in about 19 feet of water.
UPDATE II:The host of one of the more fun games shoes of the 1980′s “Press Your Luck,” Peter Tomarken, and his wife were killed when their small plane crashed into Santa Monica Bay. There is also another missing from the crash.
Coroner’s officials identified the two bodies late Monday afternoon.
The plane was on a volunteer medical transport flight to San Diego to pick up a passenger who needed treatment at UCLA Medical Center. 
The Beech A-36 went down 200 yards offshore about 9:35 a.m. while apparently trying to return to Santa Monica Airport because of engine trouble.
(News 10)
Peter Tomarken was the host of one of the most popular game shows that had a cult following like no other. Big Bucks, big bucks … no whammies. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tomarken, Rest in Peace.
March 14th, 2006 at 12:47am
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Christina White of Milton has been missing since June 2005. Police in Saratoga County have identified the skeletal remains found in a wooded area on Friday as a young woman believed to be Christina White.
Investigators from the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department made the identification earlier today…two days after a hunter discovered the bones in a wooded area near Daketown Road in Greenfield…several miles from where Christina White was last seen at her family’s Ballston Spa home. Autopsy results are expected sometime Monday.
(FOX 23 WXXA)
Authorities ID remains
Police say bones are those of 19-year-old missing since June
GREENFIELD — Police have identified the skeletal remains discovered on Friday in the Daketown State Forest as a 19-year-old Ballston Spa woman who was last seen by family members in June 2005.
The remains are identified as Christina N. White, of Stockade Mobile Park, Ballston Spa. The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department would not release details on how the remains were identified.
(Post Star)
March 13th, 2006 at 12:24am
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We are saddened to report that Daniel Compton’s body was found today, Saturday, at around 2pm CST in a wooded secluded spot south of Atlanta going towards Macon. Our condolences to the Compton family, God bless Daniel Compton.
UPDATE: Daniel’s body and care was found in Lamar County, GA. The bar that Daniel was last seen in was in Fulton County.
Missing Georgia Tech student from Houston found dead
A 21-year-old student from Houston who was missing for two weeks was found dead today in the Atlanta area. Barbara Gibson of Texas Equusearch confirmed today that Compton’s body had been found, but she had no further information
(Houston Chronicle)
UPDATE: 3/5/06
21-year-old’s body found inside his car in woods; suicide suspected
A 21-year-old Houston student missing two weeks from classes at Georgia Tech in Atlanta was found dead Saturday in his car, apparently from suicide, a Texas search group leader said.
“It appears to be suicide,” Tim Miller, director of Dickinson-based Texas EquuSearch, said after Daniel Compton’s body was found inside his 1998 Honda Civic in a wooded area off a remote road about 20 miles south of Atlanta, near a town named McDonough.
Miller said it fell to him to tell Daniel Compton’s father, Jim, that his son was dead.
“He broke down and cried,” Miller said. “He said he could not believe it.”
(Houston Chronicle)
March 4th, 2006 at 05:35pm
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Today the sad discovery occurred of the body of an 8-year-old autistic boy, Jared McGuire, was found in a retaining pond across the street from his home. According to reports there were no signs of force and he was fully clothed. Jared McGuire suffered from severe autism.
Jared McGuire’s mother told authorities she had last seen him sleeping on the couch Thursday afternoon. After she reported him missing, police scoured the area dogs and a helicopter. Authorities suspect the body sank and then resurfaced.
A deputy spotted Jared in the pond Friday. An autopsy was planned Friday to determine the cause of death.
There were no obvious signs of trauma and the boy was fully clothed, Greenacres Police Lt. Michael Porath said. Authorities said the boy had severe autism. (CBS News)
Earlier in the day an Amber Alert was issued for Jared McGuire.
Amber Alert is out on an 8-year-old boy who authorities said was taken from Greenacres.
Police said Jared McGuire was abducted by a white male with gray or dark hair and a goatee. The man was wearing a collared long-sleeved, multicolored flannel shirt, blue jeans, white tennis shoes and a black cap.
February 24th, 2006 at 08:47pm
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