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A small plane piloted by 66 year old George F. Baker III, a New York Philanthropist is missing off Nantucket, MA.
The twin-engine Beechcraft was flying at 200 feet and was about 2 1/2 miles from Nantucket Memorial Airport when it disappeared from radar around 4:45 p.m., said Jim Peters, an FAA spokesman.
The plan was en route from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, Peters said. Baker filed a flight plan through the Islip Flight Service Station on Long Island, Peters said.
He said the pilot spoke to FAA air traffic controllers at Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod shortly before the plane disappeared. The plane already had been cleared to land at Nantucket airport, and the pilot did not issue a distress signal.
According to Baker’s wife, he is an experienced pilot who had been flying since he was 18.
Coast Guard spokeswoman Kelly Newlin said there was no immediate sign of any wreckage in the water or on land, although police told the Coast Guard they saw a red light in the water near the airport’s runway.
“We still haven’t found anything — no debris,” she said Friday morning.
UPDATE: December 3, 2005: NBC4, Search Ends For Plane Piloted By NY Philanthropist
BOSTON — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a plane piloted by a New York philanthropist that went missing off Nantucket, Mass.
The Coast Guard has not found any wreckage in the water or on land.
New England News (WHDH-TV): Search ends for missing plane piloted by NY philanthropist
The Coast Guard searched through the night, but did not find Baker’s plane. They suspended their search around 1:10 p.m. Friday, according to Coast Guard spokeswoman Kelly Newlin.
Nantucket police officers found a First Aid kit, a bottle of aviation lubricant and “a couple pieces of plastic” near Nobadeer Beach, but no other debris was immediately discovered, said Police Chief William Pittman.
“I don’t know if they came from the airplane or not,” Pittman added. “There’s nothing that points directly at that plane.” He said police planned to resume their search Saturday morning.
Palm Beach Post: Aircraft missing off Mass. piloted by zoo benefactor Baker
On Friday, the Coast Guard suspended its search of the waters near Nantucket Island for the twin-engine plane piloted by George F. Baker III, 66, whose family established the Harvard Business School. Baker is the senior trustee of the George F. Baker Trust, a foundation that in 1999 donated $500,000 for the redevelopment of the Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park.
In 1993, the trust donated $100,000 to help start a guided boat tour on the zoo’s Baker Lake. Several of Baker’s relatives have homes in Palm Beach County.
December 3rd, 2005 at 09:06pm
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Texas Equusearch and Tim Miller are going to Ocilla, GA to help aid in the search for the missing school teacher, Tara Grinstead. So far all search efforts have failed to produce Tara. According to sources Tim Miller landed in Georgia this morning and will be meeting with the LE.
Texas Equusearch (TES) in this search will be utilizing some high tech equipment that will include remote control airplanes equipped with night vision and a GPS tracking device.
TES will also be utilizing GPS devices recently donated by Academy Sports and Outdoors.
Tim Miller stated thats he is very optimistic and is very familiar with the type of terrain they’ll be searching in GA. Tim Miller said, “the LE is very dedicated in resolving the case as quickly as possible and have not let up in their diligent search efforts … we’re (TES) are simply another tool for the LE to use”.
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UPDATE: We have NOT stopped searching! Volunteers are needed this weekend 8am – 8pm Sat. & Sun. Please come!
TEXAS EQUUSEARCH RETURNING TO ARUBA
Also, Tim Miller and TES will be returning to Aruba to continue the search for Natalee Holloway in the next couple of weeks. Although initial reports state that the equipment is not coming from the FBI; however, TES was able to secure a boat, equipment and divers that can go 12,000 feet below. Thus the 1000 foot depth that was previously needed will be attainable.
More to follow …
November 18th, 2005 at 06:07pm
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WHIO TV 7 is reporting that Police in Dayton, OH that were searching for a missing person discovered a dead body on Thursday. Police said that the man had been shot to death and did suspect that the man had been a victim of foul play.
Authorities said the man was shot to death in a home located at 56 West Norman Avenue.
Police said officers have been working the missing person case for several days after relatives became concerned of the man’s whereabouts. Officers said they found the man’s car abandoned with a gun in it near North Main Street.
Detectives said the investigation led to the home where the body of a man was found. Police have not identified the man as the missing person they were looking for, but are waiting for positive identification.
If you have any information about this case, contact Dayton police at 333-COPS.
UPDATE: November 11, 2005, WHIO TV 7, Body Identified In Missing Person Search
On Friday, the victim was identified as 32-year-old Jerome Weatherby. Police found him shot to death.
November 11th, 2005 at 02:30am
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The search still goes Teresa Halbach and she is still considered a missing person. 
However, Steven Avery has been arrested on an unrelated charge. It also appears that investigators have gathered a great deal of evidence from the Avery Salvage Yard. According to reports from investigators the following news was stated, “the State Crime Lab believes evidence it’s analyzing is human in origin, but he would not be more specific.”
Teresa Halbach is still a missing person but her disappearance has now resulted in Steven Avery’s arrest on unrelated firearms charges and what the Avery family calls a “round-up” of family to submit DNA and other evidence.
Calumet County Sheriff Jerry Pagel said “significant” evidence was gathered in the past 24 hours at Avery Salvage Yard in northern Manitowoc County. He said the State Crime Lab believes evidence it’s analyzing is human in origin, but he would not be more specific.
According to WBAY2 Steven Avery was arrested on a separate weapons possession charge.
Ken Kratz, the special prosecutor on the case, said Avery was arrested Wednesday afternoon for being a felon on possession of a firearm. A criminal complaint says a .22-caliber semi-automatic rifle and .50-caliber black powder muzzle loader were found in the bedroom of a trailer at 12932 Avery Road, along with magazines addressed to Steven Avery, leading investigators to believe he was staying in that trailer. They also found eleven spent shell casings in a garage.
VIDEO of today’s Teresa Halbach disappearance press conference
A Message From the Family – Teresa Halbach website
http://www.teresahalbach.com/ 
From The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Avery: ‘I’m going to jail … I can’t talk to you no more’
Steven Avery, who has been a focus of an investigation into the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman, told the Journal Sentinel shortly before 1 p.m. today that he was being taken into custody. “I’m going to jail. I can’t talk to you no more,” Avery said.
Man wrongly convicted now in center of new investigation
Since Saturday, investigators have searched the 40-acre Avery’s Auto Salvage lot near Mishicot and the family’s residences, seizing Avery’s car and the salvage yard’s flatbed truck in the hunt for signs of Halbach. The truck has since been returned.
“Is it a coincidence that this happened on his property? Maybe it’s just a coincidence. Maybe there’s more to do with it,” Halbach said when interviewed at his sister’s home in Hilbert, next door to their parents. “We trust that the (sheriff’s officials) will do a thorough search and investigation and eventually it will lead to answers.”
November 9th, 2005 at 06:10pm
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According to The Green Bay Press Gazette, the SUV vehicle of the missing Teresa Marie Halbach was found on Saturday in a gravel pit near the auto salvage yard operated by Steven Avery.
Searchers Saturday found the vehicle of a missing 25-year-old St. John woman in a rural gravel pit near an auto salvage yard operated by a man convicted of a 1985 sexual assault and exonerated by DNA evidence 18 years later, according to Manitowoc County Sheriff Ken Petersen. The auto salvage yard is owned by Steven Avery’s family.
Steven Avery, whose family owns the salvage yard, told the Herald Times Reporter late Saturday that he has “no idea” what happened to free-lance photographer Teresa Marie Halbach.
“I don’t know what happened to her,” he said in a telephone interview from his father’s vacation property near Crivitz. “That’s the honest to God truth. I just wish they’d find her, so we’d know what really happened.”
Avery commented as officers scoured his property between Mishicot and Maribel, where Halbach’s dark green 1999 Toyota Rav4 was found. Petersen said the presence of investigators on Avery’s property could be a “coincidence.”
Steven Avery denied knowing how Teresa Marie Halbach’s vehicle got into the “pit”.
Avery said he last saw the missing woman driving away from his rural property on Monday afternoon, after she had taken photos of one of his vehicles for Auto Trader magazine.
Avery denied knowing how Halbach’s vehicle got into what he called “the pit,” a storage area for junk vehicles used in his family’s salvage business. Avery said he hasn’t been in the pit “in quite a while.”Halbach has been to his home about 15 times in the last year to take photos of his vehicles for Auto Trader, Avery said.
“It was always just ‘hi, how ya’ doing,’ that kind of thing,” Avery said. “It was just business.”
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Anyone with information is asked to call the Calumet County Sheriff’s Department at 920-849-2335 or Calumet County Crimestoppers at 1-877-765-8327.
Missing woman’s car found in junk lot, Salvage yard belongs to family of freed prisoner
As police searched for clues into the disappearance of Teresa Halbach, a small group of family members and friends discovered her car Saturday in a salvage yard owned by relatives of a man who served 18 years in prison on sexual assault charges before being exonerated.
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November 7th, 2005 at 03:24am
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The search continues for Tara Grinstead as authorities and volunteers continue to search for a popular high school teacher who has been missing for two weeks.
But so far, authorities have found few clues as to what may have happened to Grinstead.
The clothes she wore Saturday night and her cell phone were found at her home. Her car was outside and unlocked, which her sister, Anita Gattis, said was unusual. Her pocketbook and keys were gone, police said.
Grinstead is single and lives with her dog and cat. There was no clear sign of a struggle at her home, police said. But a broken lamp was found in her bedroom and her alarm clock was found under her bed.
It is possible she was kidnapped, authorities have said. But Irwin County Sheriff Donnie Youghn said there are no suspects in the case.
As per the WMAZ 13, Town Searches for Missing Teacher
The family of Tara Grinstead, who has been missing for two weeks, now is offering a reward of $80,000 and has hired a private investigator in hopes of finding clues into the disappearance of Tara Grinstead.
The family of a woman who disappeared two weeks ago has now offered an $80,000 reward in the hopes of finding her.
The family of Tara Grinstead has also hired a private investigator to look for clues in the case.
There are no solid leads or suspects in the investigation, police said. Detectives are urging anyone with information to contact the Iwrin County Sheriff’s Office.
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November 6th, 2005 at 07:35pm
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According to WALB News there were massive searches yesterday and ones planed for today for the missing 30 year old teacher Tara Grinstead in the wooded areas of Ocilla and Irwin County.
More than 50 people on horseback and ATV’s searched the wooded areas of Ocilla and Irwin County for any sign of Tara Grinstead. Last Saturday was the last time anyone heard from the Irwin County High School Teacher.
“If you’re with someone and you’re going to go talk or whatever, this might be a place where you might come to talk and it’s also if you’re going to take, you know it’s a very secluded area,” said Sonya Popken, Volunteer.
Many volunteers turned up to help with Sunday’s search. Eight days after she disappeared, police say they have few clues about what happened to Tara.
Many volunteers turned up to help with Sunday’s search. Eight days after she disappeared, police say they have few clues about what happened to Tara.
“We’re looking at everything, we’re not ruling out whether it’s an abduction, missing person, we’re looking at any possibility,” said Chief Billy Hancock, Ocilla Police Department.
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Update from one of our Scared Monkeys, Shellbell:
The search went well. There were so many people there for support. Nancy Grace will be in Ocilla tomorrow night, and Geraldo on Tuesday. So this will get coverage. Please keep her family and friends in your prayers. And Tara if you see this please come home.
October 31st, 2005 at 06:19pm
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JESSE WAYNE STEEL, Jr had been missing since 10/26/05 in Texas. He is a 15 year old special needs teen who was last seen at home. Enter Texas Equusearch and the many inspired volunteers to help in the search for Jesse Wayne Steel, Jr.
The great news is that Scared Monkeys received an email from Joe Huston notifying us that Jessee was found safe and sound Saturday. We also received more information from one of the volunteers who took time out of her life to help find Jesse. If you ever want to know what one can do to help the many families in need who are missing their loved ones? Volunteer to help. No words can describe the thanks that families have and the rewarding feeling it provides to all when one sacrifices for people that have never met. The following is a story from one of out Scared Monkey members describing her first search ever. Congratulations Sunny in TX, we are all proud of your sacrifice to help others. Hear her story in her own words.
I sent in my volunteer membership application to TES a couple months ago. On Friday I was called to assist in a search for a missing 15 year old boy. He had been missing since just after school on Wednesday. He is 15 and has some learning disabilities. I had no idea what to expect so ….. I dressed in jeans, sneakers, a tee shirt and a long sleeve jeans shirt ….. took my water bottles and headed out at 7:30 Saturday morning.
I arrived and much to my surprise Joe Huston was the person in charge of this search/rescue operation…..a man we all know and have great respect for. And my respect has risen even higher after having worked with him. He is a kind, sincere, friendly, warm and a very focused and dedicated man.
All the TES people … (all volunteers) are fantastic. You immediately feel you are part of a very loving family. Each of them were warm, friendly caring and FOCUSED people.
After filling out my paper work .. ( this is done with each search you assist in) and meeting the other volunteers… we wait for instructions. Joe and others were looking at aerial maps, consulting with family members and plotting the search.
About 9AM we were gathered together and explained the initial search would begin in the WOODS! Oh my!! I had been looking at the woods thinking I am sure not gonna be going in there! All the sudden …. this voice screamed in my soul …. OH YES YOU ARE! I thought I had been possessed by a demon!! Let me briefly explain…I am deathly afraid of snakes…even the rubber kind……terrified…can’t even look at the on the TV…. It is explained we will be walking a grid type pattern, each searcher about 10 feet apart from the person on the right and left of you..once we reach our destination ( a creek) we would pivot around the point person on the far left of us and then walk back to the road. We would continue to do this until this area was cleared unless we found ‘something’. I am thinking no way can I walk into those woods…just no way…why would I even want to walk in these woods?? Suddenly one of the volunteer’s says, “well at least we shouldn’t have to worry TOO MUCH about SNAKES as it was a very cool morning and they SHOULD not be out.” I was praying, Oh I hope to God the snakes know that bit of information!!! At that point I didn’t think I could go on. I was going to have to tell them I couldn’t do it …. suddenly it became very clear…. there was a lost child……perhaps hurt, in those woods…..no food, water or warm clothing…..that demon was changed into an angel with that thought… something inside me clicked and I knew I WAS going to walk into those woods!!
We took our places and began walking….keeping our lines as straight as possible…right into the woods…..within 10 feet it was so dense it was nearly impossible to see the person on your right or left…..one of the instructions we were given was to make sure you could see or at the very least hear them at all times….the safety of the searchers are paramont…..the spiny, thorny vines were tearing into our faces, tearing into our arms and right through our jeans..sticking in our hair and heads……but we kept on going….deeper and deeper….one of the experienced TES volunteers brought a machete and she walked ahead of us trying to cut a path….finally we reach the creek…..a head check is done there and several times throughout the search and we begin the pivot turn.
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October 31st, 2005 at 12:57am
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According to the AP, rescuers are searching the Harlem River for a missing rower Monday after four members of a private rowing club went overboard following a collision with a power boat.
The accident, between 5:45 a.m. and 6 a.m., occurred after the four rowers left the Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse in a scull near the intersection of the Harlem River Drive and Dyckman Street in Upper Manhattan, said Detective Bernard Gifford.
Phipps said the 29-foot motorboat left very early in the morning, when it was still dark, from Piermont in Rockland County and was heading for a marina in Connecticut to be winterized.
The sleek scull was trying to make a turn at around 181st Street when the head-on collision with the leisure craft occurred, Phipps said.
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October 24th, 2005 at 10:40am
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Americas Most Wanted sent film crews to Tuolumne County to film segments on the search for a Nevada woman, Nita Mayo, who has been missing for more than two months. The producers focused their story of Tim Miller and Texas Equusearch but featured the story about the missing Mayo and the search for her and other type of work Miller does.
Crews from the TV show “America’s Most Wanted” were in Tuolumne County over the weekend, filming a segment on the search for a Nevada woman, now missing for more than two months.
Producers say the show on the search for Nita Mayo will run in late November or early December.
Last weekend’s search was organized by Tim Miller, a Texas man who founded a horse-mounted search-and-rescue group, EquuSearch, in 2000 in memory of his daughter Laura who was abducted and murdered in 1984.
“America’s Most Wanted” producers focused their story on Miller and EquuSearch, but featured the story about the search for Mayo as the type of work Miller does.
Nita Mayo’s children flew out to California for the large scale search in hopes of finding clues to their mother’s whereabouts and at the very least gaining national exposure to the case.
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October 21st, 2005 at 05:39pm
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