HAILEY DUNN - 13 yo (2010) - Colorado City (W of Abilene) TX

kiwimom wrote:

ladibug wrote:Hailey is only 13 years old, wouldn't you think her friend, or friend's mother would have called to find out where she was when she didn't show up to spend the night? That is sad that she was missing for so long before her mom knew it. Just thinking how when my sons were that age all of us moms were in contact with one another about who was staying with whom, when and where.

Because LE originally said that the evidence pointed to her having run away, my guess is that she lied to her Mom about staying at her friends but never intended to. The friend possibly didn't know about the lie and she and her family her family wouldn't have known she was missing. Perhaps she was going to meet someone else and stay somewhere else. The fact that she didn't come home the next day though means she is in extreme danger. I hope like hell she wasn't going to meet someone she met on the internet. That's becoming so common these days. Despite kids being warned about it most teens always think they know better and we're all paranoid fun police!
I hope LE and searchers have gone round to all the motels within a 50 mile radius with her photo. They are often taken to a motel it seems.

On NG tonight the scroll at the bottom of the screen read dogs hit on motel and LE is reviewing surveillance tape.

Fliers of 13-year-old Hailey
Dunn can be found just about anywhere in Colorado City and the young
teen's disappearance is the talk of the town.

"It is so uncommon to have a
runaway in Colorado City and I suspect this is true in other smaller
towns," Radio Owner Jim Baum, said. "So, as much as we could put her
name, her weight, her description and her height and weight and phone
number of the mother, then that's what we did."

Baum says everyone in town is
worried about the missing teen. Members of the community even donated
$10,000 to have her safely returned home.

"To tell you the truth, this is
the first time, and I've been here 30 years, that we've had a runaway
like this. It's so uncommon," Baum said.

Police say Dunn was last seen on Monday, December 27. She was on her way to a friends house but never made it.

"Officers are working this as a
missing person's investigation and we are pursuing leads night and day
to find Hailey," Colorado City Police Chief, John Bivins, said. "We will
not rest until Hailey is found."

Police first thought she was a
runaway, but her mother and friends say she was a happy child and she
didn't take anything with her.

Now Colorado City Police, Snyder
Police, Mitchell County Sheriff's deputies, Texas Rangers and the
District Attorney's Office are searching for the girl.

After this much time has past, many fear this may be more than just a runaway case.

"First couple of days for sure a
runaway. next several days you stop and think and now after a week as a
parent myself, I worry that it's not a runaway," Baum said.

Hailey Dunn is 13-years-old and weighs about 120 pounds. She has hazel eyes and brown hair with blond streaks.

If you have any information about her whereabouts, please call the Colorado City Police at 325-728-5294.

the caption reads " police using bloodhounds to find missing teen, dogs picked up scent near a motel, checking surveillance "

Colorado City Ups Reward To $25,000 For Return Of Hailey Dunn


COLORADO CITY, Texas -- Officials with the city of Colorado City tell KTXS News that the reward has been upped from $10,000 to $25,000 for the return of missing teen Hailey Dunn.
The city manager of Colorado City also told our crew on the scene that the city has three times asked that an Amber Alert to be issued, but the request has been denied three times.

Dunn was last seen Dec. 27. The Colorado Middle School student told her mother's boyfriend she was spending the night at a friend's house. However, she did not spend the night there, and she hasn't been seen since.

If anyone has any information on her whereabouts, they are to contact the Colorado City Police Department at 325-728-5294.

http://www.ktxs.com/big_country_news/26367589/detail.html

Texas Rangers and national media now involved in search for missing teen

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Colorado City City Manager Pete Kampfer told us both Hailey's father and friend Mary Beth said they weren't expecting a visit from Hailey. Police have not named any suspects as of Tuesday.

Hailey Dunn disappeared without a trace until bloodhounds searched the area. Officials say the dogs picked up her scent near the Western Suites off Interstate 20. Even though the dogs responded strongly to the area, there was no sign of Hailey. She was last seen with her mother's boyfriend.


Investigators say Hailey's mother's boyfriend could not take a polygraph because he was on prescription drugs. Billie Jean told Nancy Grace that her boyfriend, Adkins, would take a polygraph test Wednesday morning.

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=13779246

Boyfriend of Missing Girl's Mom: "I Would Never Hurt Hailey"


What was talk of the town is slowly becoming talk of the nation.
"I would never do anything to that little girl," said Shawn Adkins, boyfriend of Hailey Dunn's mother, "I love her with all my heart."
Adkins was the last person to see the missing Colorado Middle School cheerleader alive before she disappeared on December 27.
"It's frustrating, you know, what she said about me," said Adkins, "but it really doesn't bother me because my main focus is just Hailey."
Despite red flags being raised on Adkins, Hailey Dunn's mother, Billie Jean Dunn says the speculation from Nancy Grace viewers doesn't bother her.
"I just was so thankful for the attention," said Dunn, "that's all, I just wanted Hailey's face up there."

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http://bigcountryhomepage.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=328246

Texas Rangers, sheriff deputies, police and your average citizen are all
searching for 13-year-old Hailey Dunn who has been missing for 10 days
now.

Police are considering Hailey a missing person and
according to CNN's Nancy Grace, Hailey's mother's boyfriend, Shawn
Adkins, will be taking a polygraph exam this morning, but police have
not released any suspects at this time. Investigators had said earlier
that he could not take a polygraph because of prescription drugs.

The current reward for information leading to Hailey being returned home has been raised to $25,000.

Back on December 27th, Adkins had said Hailey was heading to
her father's house and then to her friend Mary Beth's house. Police say
neither the father nor Mary Beth said they were expecting a visit from
Hailey.

Three times, the Colorado City authorities have
been requesting an Amber Alert, but have been denied three times for
failing to meet the criteria.

http://www.amberalert.gov/guidelines.htm
Law Enforcement Confirms an Abduction

AMBER plans require law enforcement to confirm an abduction prior to issuing an alert. This is essential when determining the level of risk to the child. Clearly, stranger abductions are the most dangerous for children and thus are primary to the mission of an AMBER Alert. To allow activations in the absence of significant information that an abduction has occurred could lead to abuse of the system and ultimately weaken its effectiveness. At the same time, each case must be appraised on its own merits and a judgment call made quickly. Law enforcement must understand that a “best judgment” approach, based on the evidence, is appropriate and necessary.
Risk of Serious Bodily Injury or Death

Plans require a child be at risk for serious bodily harm or death before an alert can be issued. This element is clearly related to law enforcement’s recognition that stranger abductions represent the greatest danger to children. The need for timely, accurate information based on strict and clearly understood criteria is critical, again keeping in mind the “best judgment” approach.
Sufficient Descriptive Information

For an AMBER Alert to be effective in recovering a missing child, the law enforcement agency must have enough information to believe that an immediate broadcast to the public will enhance the efforts of law enforcement to locate the child and apprehend the suspect. This element requires as much descriptive information as possible about the abducted child and the abduction, as well as descriptive information about the suspect and the suspect’s vehicle. Issuing alerts in the absence of significant information that an abduction has occurred could lead to abuse of the system and ultimately weaken its effectiveness.

COLORADO CITY — The Colorado City police chief said his department has attempted three times to get an Amber Alert issued for Hailey Dunn, a 13-year-old middle school student who was reported missing Dec. 28, but the requests have been denied.

“In each of the three requests, we’ve been told that there is not enough information currently available about Hailey’s disappearance to issue an Amber Alert,” Police Chief John Bivens said. “The minimum standard for creating an Amber Alert is knowledge of a suspect, a description of a vehicle involved in an abduction, and/or a route and direction of travel.”

Bivens said the department will continue to pursue issuance of an alert with each new piece of evidence uncovered.

On Friday, bloodhounds were taken to the six motels in Colorado City. At Western Suites, which is located at 2233 Vine Street and is adjacent to Interstate 20 and near the Dunn home, the dogs picked up on Dunn’s scent in the parking lot, City Manager Pete Kampfer said Tuesday night.

The scent led to a door of a ground-floor room at the two-level motel that opened in July, he said, but there the trail stopped. A search of the 24 suites produced no other evidence, he said.

Cristie Roye, manager of Western Suites, said police studied surveillance tapes but did not see the missing teen. Motel staff, she said, did not recall seeing the teenager, either.

A copy of the missing person flyer distributed throughout the city was posted on the office door.

Kampfer also said Tuesday that the reward for information leading to the whereabouts of the teenager had grown past $10,000 but has not yet reached the $25,000 figure that was prematurely announced earlier in the day.

Dunn’s disappearance was featured Tuesday on the television show “Nancy Grace.”
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http://www.reporternews.com/news/2011/jan/04/hed-help-herey-hed-help-herey/?partner=yahoo_feeds

There have been few clues in the disappearance of a 13 year old Colorado City girl since she vanished 8 days ago.

For the second straight night, the case was featured on National TV, and some explosive details were released in the case.

Among them, Hailey Dunn may have been at a motel near her home and the boyfriend of Hailey's mother, who was the last person to see her, will meet with investigators on Wednesday.

Investigators have confirmed little about just what's taking place in the search for Hailey Dunn.

Hailey's mother Billie Dunn, on the other hand, revealed quite a bit about the investigation on the Nancy Grace program on HLN on Tuesday. Including new information not yet confirmed by authorities.

Dunn reports bloodhounds were able to track Hailey's scent from her neighborhood to the nearby Western Suites Motel.

Dunn says investigators are reviewing surveillance video from the motel.

The last person to reportedly see Hailey alive was her mother's boyfriend, Shawn Adkins.

According to HLN, Shawn Adkins is scheduled to take a polygraph test as early as Wednesday morning.

Billie Dunn reported that police have seized both Adkins' cell phone and her own.

She says any calls Hailey would have made the day she went missing would have been from Dunn's cell phone.

The phone Dunn says she hopes will lead to her daughter's whereabouts.
http://bigcountryhomepage.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=328237

UPDATE: Dunn's Mom's Boyfriend Taking Lie Detector Test
Wednesday, 11 a.m.:
Shawn Adkins, the last person to speak to Hailey Dunn before she disappeared, has been taken in for a polygraph test.

The Texas Rangers escorted Adkins into the Colorado City law enforcement center at 10:45 a.m.

http://bigcountryhomepage.com/fulltext/?nxd_id=328246

i wonder if there will be a press conference today -

COLORADO CITY, Texas -- Officials in Colorado City are continuing their efforts to discover evidence related to the disappearance of 13-year-old Colorado Middle School student Hailey Dunn.

Officials confirmed Wednesday that Shawn Adkins, the boyfriend of Hailey’s mother, has been administered a polygraph test. He was reportedly the last person who saw Hailey before she disappeared on Dec. 27.

Officials also confirmed that Hailey’s home is being searched Wednesday for any clues that may have been missed earlier.

The search was being conducted by the Texas Rangers, who searched the home and spent 10 minutes in an outdoor storage shed.
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