Tamara Jewel Keepness - Missing 5 yr old.

[Jovin]

in Regina....

http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1089286083548_44?hub=TopStories

Jovin

[Casshew]

the search is intensifying for five-year-old Tamara Jewel Keepness.

Tamara, who lives with her mother and five siblings including her twin sister, was last seen at her downtown Regina home around 11 p.m. Monday.

The next morning, she was missing.

The circumstances of Keepness' disappearance -- from her bedroom overnight -- bear haunting similarity to those of Toronto's Cecilia Zhang.

It's a coincidence weighing on everyone who knows the missing girl.

"We hope that everything turns out okay," Keepness' aunt, Jamie Fabel told CTV. "We're just hoping for the best."

Described as aboriginal, with bobbed brown hair and brown eyes, Tamara stands at three foot five and weighs approximately 40 pounds.

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Thanx Jovan ~ I never heard anything about this little girl. I hope they have a break in the case soon.

[Jovin]

until my daughter sent me a copy of the article today from work.

[Casshew]

Gosh Jovan, this has not even been on the main Canadian news.. makes me wonder ~ is it because she is aboriginal?

[linnafay]

Cass..out west I have heard quite a bit about this story.

My question on this is...she was up at 11pm at night and she is five!! Does this seem unusual to anyone but me?

Next thing...they have described her clothing..tshirt, jeans, sandals...how come she was not in pjs at that time of night? Does anyone think that is unusual.


The feeling I got when Laci first went missing I am sad to say is the same feeling I have been getting from this missing little girl.


I honestly and truly hope my gut feeling is wrong.

[Casshew]

Yes.. the pajama thing immediately struck me as odd... when last seen she was wearing sandals & jeans? she should have been in her cozy jammies tucked in bed.

I am glad you are hearing about this story though... I definatly want to hear more about the circumstances of her disappearance and if there are any new breaks in the investigation.

[Ghostwheel]

The article above says she MIGHT be wearing jeans, etc. Kind of like she was wearing those the day before and might have put them back on or those are the clothes that her mother cannot find. Is there another article somewhere? I haven't found one yet.

[Doyle]

As storm clouds threatened and daylight faded, police and search and rescue volunteers stepped up efforts Wednesday night in the search for a missing five-year-old Regina girl.

"It's not like her to go off by herself," Troy Keepness said of his daughter Tamara Jewel Keepness.

Sitting on the front step of the home on the 1800 block of Ottawa Street, where Tamara was last seen Monday night, the worry and desperation was evident in Keepness' voice.
http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/news/story.html?id=2a0a859e-84db-4a39-821a-60963132560b&page=1

More than 50 people in Regina are still searching for a missing five-year-old girl.

Tamara Jewel Keepness hasn't been seen since she went to bed at her home on Monday night. The family called police on Tuesday when they could find not her.

Police say there are no signs of struggle or forced entry at her home.
Her father Troy is distraught. He says it's unlike his daughter to go outside and play by herself.

He spent the morning putting up posters asking if people had seen her.

"I haven't even been getting any sleep. Just worrying too much, it's hard to comprehend."
http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=sk_missing20040708

[linnafay]

As storm clouds threatened and daylight faded, police and search and rescue volunteers stepped up efforts Wednesday night in the search for a missing five-year-old Regina girl.

"It's not like her to go off by herself," Troy Keepness said of his daughter Tamara Jewel Keepness.

Sitting on the front step of the home on the 1800 block of Ottawa Street, where Tamara was last seen Monday night, the worry and desperation was evident in Keepness' voice.
http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/news/story.html?id=2a0a859e-84db-4a39-821a-60963132560b&page=1

More than 50 people in Regina are still searching for a missing five-year-old girl.

Tamara Jewel Keepness hasn't been seen since she went to bed at her home on Monday night. The family called police on Tuesday when they could find not her.

Police say there are no signs of struggle or forced entry at her home.
Her father Troy is distraught. He says it's unlike his daughter to go outside and play by herself.

He spent the morning putting up posters asking if people had seen her.

"I haven't even been getting any sleep. Just worrying too much, it's hard to comprehend."
http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=sk_missing20040708


The father does not live in the house with her, so he would likely only know she went to bed because her family told him she did.

The amber alert was started I think Tuesday night was the first I had heard about it...so at least it was alerted pretty quickly.

It is on the news here every half hour. I hope she is found alive and well

[linnafay]

Gosh Jovan, this has not even been on the main Canadian news.. makes me wonder ~ is it because she is aboriginal?


Cass your comment about her being aboriginal is interesting. While I lived in Ontario, I never ever saw any bias towards native peoples...but then again I rarely saw native families in Collingwood. Out west here, there are huge populations of natives living on reserves...and I must say the first year I was here, I was shocked with how many people would make comments about them.

If you want to know more about it..PM me :blowkiss:

[Casshew]

Hi Linnafay :)

Where did you live in Ontario?

I also have not ever noticed any comments here but when I worked in Winnipeg and Edmonton it just seemed to me that community is thought of as second class citizens. :(

Any news on this little girl??

[Love_Mama]

I hope they find this little girl SOON.............
It was interesting when they say she's an aboriginal.......here in the lower states we'd just say she's a native.

Five years old is a very little girl............I'll prayer for her.......
xxxxxxxooooooooo
mama

[linnafay]

Hi Linnafay :)

Where did you live in Ontario?

I also have not ever noticed any comments here but when I worked in Winnipeg and Edmonton it just seemed to me that community is thought of as second class citizens. :(

Any news on this little girl??



Hi Cass

I was in Saskatchewan for the weekend..went to Saskatoon to see John Edward (crossing over with John Edward). The radio in Saskatoon said they have been searching every day for her, but to no avail. They brought in police cadets to do some land searches, but I must say, I have not heard of any dogs being used. I wonder why?

In Ontario I lived in Collingwood. Home of Blue Mountain, although after living out west here, I must say its more of a mole hill. :)

[Casshew]

Hi Cass

In Ontario I lived in Collingwood. Home of Blue Mountain, although after living out west here, I must say its more of a mole hill. :)
Yeah ~ I had the same kind of experience when I was in Germany and we went to see the rhine falls... give me a break! :doh: It was like water splashing over a rock compared to Niagra Falls LOL

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Weird that they are not using the scent dogs for this little girl.

[Doyle]

While searchers aggressively followed up on leads, a Regina Police spokeswoman is hinting time may be running out for a happy ending in the case of Tamra Keepness.

"The likelihood of a happy ending to this becomes more remote," Elizabeth Popowich told reporters about what may be the largest missing person's case in Regina's history.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1089555158343_19/?hub=TopStories

The family of a five-year-old Regina girl missing for nearly a week welcomed news that police are following up suggestions from the dreams and visions of aboriginal elders.

"That makes us feel better," said Eleanor Keepness, Tamra Keepness's aunt. "We believe that. That's our Indian way. That's the way we were brought up." Earlier, Regina police spokeswoman Elizabeth Popowich acknowledged that police have been acting on such guidance.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2004/07/09/533675-cp.html

Lorena Keepness calls her daughter Tamra the "mischievous twin."

The five-year-old likes to explore. She's also as smart as a whip -- the kind of kid who can rattle off her full name, address and birthday without hesitation.

"She's an adventurous little girl. There's not much she's afraid of," Lorena Keepness said of her daughter in a few bright moments yesterday in what has otherwise been a bleak week.

Tamra Jewel Keepness disappeared after 11 p.m. on Monday from the downtown Regina home that she shares with her mother, twin sister and four other siblings. She was reported missing by her mother on Tuesday at 12:15 p.m.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040710/MISSING10/National/Idx

The family of a five-year-old Regina girl missing for nearly a week welcomed news that police are following up suggestions from the dreams and visions of aboriginal elders.

"That makes us feel better," said Eleanor Keepness, Tamra Keepness's aunt. "We believe that. That's our Indian way. That's the way we were brought up." Earlier, Regina police spokeswoman Elizabeth Popowich acknowledged that police have been acting on such guidance.
http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=b713da00-3f61-4691-9bf0-7a9177417c51

[linnafay]

http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1089722696402_37?hub=topstories

http://sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/13/tamra_vigil040713.html


Dont know yet why they are suspending the search, but it doesnt look good.

[Lakergirl123]

The local news said last night that they were suspending the search to give the Rescue Team a much needed break - but who really knows?

[linnafay]

reward now being offered for any information about Tamara. The police believe she did not leave on her own.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/13/tamra_vigil040713.html

[Casshew]

Regina girl search called off


REGINA (CP) - An exhaustive ground search of the area where five-year-old Tamra Keepness disappeared more than a week ago has turned up nothing and police are now hoping that a $25,000 reward will prompt a tip that leads to her whereabouts.

"We will find Tamra," Regina police chief Cal Johnston told a news conference Tuesday. "And if there has been criminal conduct, we will find those involved." Dozens of police and civilian searchers have been checking manholes, dumpsters, fields and houses in and around Regina for a week since Tamra disappeared.

That has now stopped. She was last seen going to bed in her home in the city's downtown around 11 p.m. on July 5. She was reported missing the next day at about noon. Johnston admitted the outlook is bleak.


http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/07/13/538275-cp.html

[linnafay]

It appears there is more happening then we were first led to believe

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/14/Keepness_040714.html

However, Tamra's stepfather, Dean McArthur told the National Post the family have become "key targets" of the police investigation. McArthur said his wife was not home on the night in question and that their 11-year-old daughter has been pressured by police to implicate them.

McArthur told the paper he and Tamra's mother, Lorena, have also given police names of five people who may be connected with her disappearance, including a convicted sex offender.

Tamra disappeared from her bedroom on July 5 and was reported missing by her family the next day. Police called off the official search for the missing aboriginal girl Monday at 9 p.m.

http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1089817526800_85226726?hub=Canada

[Doyle]

The stepfather of Tamra Keepness was charged Monday with assault causing bodily harm after an alleged altercation at the family home the night she disappeared.

The charge came a week after police said they had some questions about what was happening in the home that night. "Our investigation has brought to light evidence of an assault," said police spokeswoman Elizabeth Popowich. "It certainly came out of the larger investigation into the disappearance of Tamra Keepness."
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=e0a167f7-501e-4dc8-83eb-b96650207010

[linnafay]

the story just gets stranger and stranger.

[linnafay]

http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1090429443791_85838643?hub=TopStories

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/21/tamra_040721.html

[Brains & NoBull]

Here (http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/keepness_tamra/) is the timeline of events in Tamra Jewel Keepness' disappearance, according to the CBC. The article provides links to all of the previous articles relating to Keepness.

Tamra's stepfather has been granted bail in the assault charge. The charge is unrelated to his daughter's disappearance, although the assault did occur just hours prior to her disappearance.

Could her disappearance be out of revenge for the assault?

[Brains & NoBull]

Police Revive Search for 5-year-old Regina Girl (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/30/tamra_040730.html)

The police are now searching Pasqua First Nation near Echo Valley. The area of the search is about six kilometres square with lots of bush, vegetation, and ravines.

Poor little girl. :(

[linnafay]

New Update

http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1091379295842_25?hub=topstories

[Brains & NoBull]

Police Stop Searching Pasqua Reserve for Tamra (http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/08/01/tamra_pasqua.html)

[linnafay]

I am betting the charred remains are Tamara. Very Very Sad

[Brains & NoBull]

Finding the remains in the stolen van and then haulting the search shortly thereafter certainly would indicate that the police think the remains may be Tamra's.

Tamra's step father was in a fight just a few hours before she disappeared (the fight resulted in that assault charge that he faced last month). My opinion is that the little girl was abducted as retribution for that prior assault, the abductors stole that van from her neighbourhood, and headed towards the Pasqua Reserve where they disposed of the van and her remains.

I think that the police had a hunch from the begining that Tamra was abducted by someone who knew the family and had been in the house before. That is why they were so focused on the family and their acquaintances from the begining.

I just hope that Tamra is at peace. The whole story makes me sad. She was just an innocent child. :(

[Brains & NoBull]

The remains found in a burned out van near the Pasqua Reserve are NOT those of Tamra Keepness. Still no sign of the little girl.

Burned Out Van Not Being Linked to Tamra (http://www.inregina.com/inregina/SilverStream/Pages/pgCJMENews.html?id=8305)

[Brains & NoBull]

Man Claims to Have Seen Tamra Four Hours After Last Sighting (http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=sk_tamra20040810)

Very curious, indeed. I wonder what caused Tamra's step dad to assault this man who had been left alone with the children? I can not help but think that the family has more of an idea of what happen ed than they are letting on. :silenced:

[emma l]

Hi everyone, this is my first post on here.

Anyway, thats exactly what I thought. The guy gets assaulted by the father. The guy is the last person to see Tamara........then her father assaults him. V V suspect. But the police keep saying that the 2 incidents (Tamara dissapearing and the fight) are not connected. I'll guess at the fact the somebody knows more that they're letting on and the police suspect this........

[Brains & NoBull]

Welcome to the board, Emma. :)

I agree with you 100%.

Early in the investigation the police were focusing on the family and the many people that would go in and out of that house. I think that there was some other activity, crimminal in nature, that Tamra's family was involved with and that Tamra may have been abducted as retribution. I think that the family is afraid to tell the police everything that they know.

There is way more to this story than we will ever know. I just wish that people would start talking (even anonymously) and put this little girl first! :(

[Lakergirl123]

Now Tamara's biological father is charged with assaulting her step-father - when is this all going to end???

http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=sk_keepnessfather20040811

Tamra's biological father charged with assault
REGINA - The biological father of Tamra Keepness has been charged with assaulting her stepfather.


Troy Keepness


Police allege Troy Keepness attacked Dean McArthur Wednesday morning with a baseball bat.

Five-year-old Tamra Keepness disappeared from McArthur's home more than a month ago.

Police say McArthur sustained minor injuries.

Troy Keepness made a brief court appearance Wednesday and has been released until his next court date on August 25.

Keepness told reporters he went to Tamra's home to get answers about his missing daughter.

[Brains & NoBull]

Questions Linger over Night Tamra Disappeared (http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=sk_tamra20040813)

Alcohol, drug addictions, and crimminal records making the search difficult.

[linnafay]

still no word on Tamara...this is a sad sad story. I dont know who took her, or what happened to her, but I think someone who was in that house that night knows something they are not saying.

[gardenmom]

still no word on Tamara...this is a sad sad story. I dont know who took her, or what happened to her, but I think someone who was in that house that night knows something they are not saying.

Linnafay, this case haunts me so much. That little girl is so cute. I look everyday to see if there's anything new and there just is never anything promising. It seems like something funny did happen in the home that night. I keep wondering if they sold her for drugs, or if someone was molesting her and ended up killing her. What is going on with the burned out cars? I think police have a good idea what happened they are just waiting for some proof or a witness to break down.

[emma l]

Small news update article on little Tamara, nothing vastly new I'm afraid........Where IS she? :banghead:

"Tamra's stepfather: 'I would never hurt her'

REGINA - The stepfather of a Regina girl who has been missing for six weeks says he fears for his safety because police and people in the community believe he played a role in Tamra Keepness's disappearance.

"Of course I'm scared, you know, because I'm being accused of something that I had nothing to do with," Dean McArthur said in a lengthy CBC interview.".............snip

"He admitted in the CBC interview Thursday that he was out drinking most of the night Tamra vanished, after arguing with his common-law wife, Lorena Keepness. He said he came home briefly at 3 a.m. to check on the six Keepness children because their mother was also out.

According to another witness, Russell Sheepskin, who rented a basement apartment in the house and was supposedly babysitting the children, Tamra was sleeping on the couch at the time.

McArthur said he didn't even enter the house when he visited. Extremely drunk, he walked to his aunt's home to sleep on her couch. Nobody saw him along the way." snip..............

Full article
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/08/20/mcarthur_keepness040820.html

[Juliana]

Well that's strange. The stepfather went by the house late at night "to check on" the kids because they were home alone, but he didn't even go inside? How did he intend to check on them if he didn't even go inside?

imo

[emma l]

Indeed! I dont have children but when I babysit for my cousins I'm paranoid and constantly check on them. I even used to go up to the baby and touch her to make sure she was breathing........THATS checking on them..........

[Brains & NoBull]

Rumours Take Toll on Tamra's Family (http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=sk_keepness20040820)

~SNIP~

Lorena Keepness says it likely happened the next morning, sometime between 9:00 and 10:20. She says that's when the front door was open.

However, Keepness says police are also considering other possibilities. She says they've asked if the disappearance could be related to a drug debt.

Keepness says police have been suspicious because the adults in the house were all drinking the night before, and that's affected their recollections.

She says they've also suggested it could be linked to an argument she had the previous night with her husband.

"Because we don't have solid time frames, like we could be off here and there, they think that we're lying. And because of the argument the night before, they think, it just leads them to speculate more. And it was just an argument."

Regina police say they have several working theories about the case. But they won't talk about any of them.

~SNIP~

My heart goes out to this little girl. :(

[gardenmom]

nOW THE parents are complaining because all this has caused people not to trust them and they will have a hard time getting a job. What!!! They don't even have jobs NOW? I remember reading they had just gotten custudy back of their children. Don't child services make sure they family has a job before they are allowed back? Not only that but they are supposed to go through drug counselling. My parents were foster parents for many years. One child they had for 4 years and her mother had to go through a lot of classes before she could get her back. Some foster chidlren they had never did get to go back because they were so screwed up.

This whole story just stinks!

[Brains & NoBull]

Tales Differ on Tamra Keepness Whereabouts

There are discrepancies in the stories told by people who saw Tamra Keepness in the hours before she vanished from her Regina home.

The whole story can be found here: http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=0823tamraversionsAugust232004

[emma l]

Tamaras dad held on new assault charge................This time on a woman. What is going on?

Tamra Keepness' dad held on new assault charge
Canadian Press

REGINA — The biological father of a missing five-year-old girl was denied bail Monday on an assault charge against a woman.

Troy Keepness, 29, is to appear in court again next Monday. He has been in custody since Friday after a woman named Jennifer George was assaulted at a Regina home.

Details of the assault are covered by a publication ban -- standard practice for most bail hearings -- but police have given no indication that the assault is in any way linked to the disappearance of Tamra Keepness.

Tamra has been missing since early July. Police have been unable to determine what happened to her, despite an exhaustive search and an extensive criminal investigation.

Troy Keepness is already facing one assault charge and was out on bail when the second charge was laid. snip..............

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1093311688786_18?hub=Canada

[linnafay]

Tamaras dad held on new assault charge................This time on a woman. What is going on?

Tamra Keepness' dad held on new assault charge
Canadian Press

REGINA — The biological father of a missing five-year-old girl was denied bail Monday on an assault charge against a woman.

Troy Keepness, 29, is to appear in court again next Monday. He has been in custody since Friday after a woman named Jennifer George was assaulted at a Regina home.

Details of the assault are covered by a publication ban -- standard practice for most bail hearings -- but police have given no indication that the assault is in any way linked to the disappearance of Tamra Keepness.

Tamra has been missing since early July. Police have been unable to determine what happened to her, despite an exhaustive search and an extensive criminal investigation.

Troy Keepness is already facing one assault charge and was out on bail when the second charge was laid. snip..............

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1093311688786_18?hub=Canada


What a messed up family the poor little girl was living with.

[Brains & NoBull]

Tamra's Father Blames Assault on Stress

http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=keepness_assault040902

[Brains & NoBull]

Police take Tamra search to Muscowpetung First Nation

http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=tamra040907

[TisHerself]

Thank you Brains I have been following this case on here. I hope they find this little girl alive but I know it does not look good. I am praying for her.

[Brains & NoBull]

Police will not rule out van in Keepness case

http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=keepnessvan080904

[Brains & NoBull]

Search Efforts Continue for Missing Regina Girl

http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=search_tamra040909

[Brains & NoBull]

Man charged with stealing van near Tamra's home

http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=tamra_van040910

[Brains & NoBull]

Police suspend ground search for Tamra Keepness

http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=keepnes110904

[Brains & NoBull]

Keepness gets house arrest for assault

http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=keepness040916

[Brains & NoBull]

Timeline for Tamra

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/keepness_tamra/

[Brains & NoBull]

Canada Now report on the night of Tamra's disappearance. (Plays in Real Player)

http://sask.cbc.ca/tv/canadanow/media/infocus/monday.ram

CBC Radio report on Tamra's disappearance. (Plays in Real Player)

http://sask.cbc.ca/clips/Sask/ram-audio/Cameron_keepness041006_10.ram


Still hoping for Tamra's safe return...

[gardenmom]

Brains, thanks for keeping up with this case. It really haunts me. I hope for her safe return as well.

[linnafay]

I watched that video on the follow up of this case. I did not realize things were so bad at home. I could not believe the kind of house/life that little girl was living in. So sad.

Her mom kept saying how it was not her fault and it could happen to anyone...well I dont know about that. Most parents are home with their children...not out shooting up drugs,drinking and prostituting and leaving their little children alone.

Whoever did this knew this information about the family. Knew the children were frequently left alone without supervision.

[Brains & NoBull]

Police Still Searching for Missing Girl

http://sask.cbc.ca/regionalnews/caches/tamra_police041022.html

[amandab]

Brains-

Thank you for keeping us updated on this porr little girl....

-Amanda

[linnafay]

bumping this to keep Tamara in the spotlight...Hoping and Praying she is found.

[Brains & NoBull]

There has been no word on this case for quite sometime.

It is just so heartbreaking.

[Alta]

I have been following this story since Tamra went missing it is so sad they have no clue what happened to her.There is a website for Tamra if anyone is interested. http://www.tamrakeepness.org

[Brains & NoBull]

Woman charged with mischief in Tamra Keepness investigation.

http://sask.cbc.ca/regionalnews/caches/mischief041223.html

[Jenn]

How sad. Some people have no concept of decency. I have been following this case for awhile also and I am quite surprised that it is still unsolved. I thought that with all of the inconsistancies in the family and the "friend" that had stayed the night would lead to a confession. Just such a sad situation for Tamara. Praying for her today.


Merry Christmas!

[Brains & NoBull]

Woman charged with mischief in Tamra Keepness investigation allegedly beaten.


http://sask.cbc.ca/regionalnews/caches/sk_keepness20041227.html

[linnafay]

Woman charged with mischief in Tamra Keepness investigation allegedly beaten.


http://sask.cbc.ca/regionalnews/caches/sk_keepness20041227.html


so many secrets in this case. Someone knows something....

[Jeana (DP)]

Is everyone who ever came near this case a lunatic? What in God's name is going on there?

[SewingDeb]

Is everyone who ever came near this case a lunatic? What in God's name is going on there?

I've just started reading about this case and it does sound like a bunch of lunatics. Here's an article saying Rose didn't show in court:
http://sask.cbc.ca/regionalnews/caches/sk_keepness-rose20041228.html

Rose fails to show for court hearing
Last Updated Dec 28 2004 03:44 PM CST
REGINA – The woman charged with falsely providing information in the search for Tamra Keepness did not appear in court Tuesday morning.

INDEPTH: Tamra Keepness

Sherry Ann Rose was facing charges of mischief, after police renewed search efforts in the little girl's disappearance.

The public mischief is alleged to have occurred on or about September 3.

[Rocky]

Bump...

[CaliKid]

It's been nearly 9 months. Are Canadian authorities any closer to solving Tamra's disappearance?

[emma l]

It is almost a year since little Tamara Keepness went missing. And still no clues or ideas as to where she is............. No new news articles at all.

Heres all her google links

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=tamara+keepness&meta=


And her website http://www.tamrakeepness.org/

bless this little girl.

[KatherineQ]

I followed her case so closely for weeks and weeks, and think about her all the time.

Prayers she's ever found alive.

[CaliKid]

Poor Tamra. Prayers for her family. This must be such a difficult day for them.

[mysteriew]

It has been almost a year since a young Saskatchewan girl vanished from her home, and police are still looking for that elusive piece of information that could crack the case.

Six new investigators have been assigned to the Tamra Keepness file to review with fresh eyes each shred of evidence that has been dug up so far, Regina police Chief Cal Johnston said Wednesday. If nothing comes of that, Johnston said he will consider calling in outside investigators to see if there are any gaps in his officers' work.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2005/06/22/1099720-cp.html

[mysteriew]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1120340618368_84/?hub=Canada

For the mother of a missing little girl in Regina, the last year has been filled with a mixture of anxiety, sorrow and a stubborn hope that one day her daughter may be found.

Since Tamra vanished last July, Lorena Keepness says rumours swirling about what might have happened have caused her to fear going out in public. And she says police aren't helping when they publicly question her family's integrity.

Keepness is convinced Tamra was taken randomly by someone who still has her, and she prays her daughter will eventually be returned.

Early in the investigation, police said they had unanswered questions about events in the home the night Tamra disappeared.

They maintain that position to this day, though Regina police Chief Cal Johnston says several avenues of investigation are being explored.

Six new officers have been assigned to the case to review information collected to date - about 1,000 different threads. It's hoped fresh eyes may catch something.

If that doesn't work, Johnston plans to ask another police force to go over things again.

Keepness says she was told by a friend that he was approached by investigators and asked to become a "mole" within the family.

"He came and told us this," Keepness says. "They have been questioning him over and over."

She says the theory that investigators have been pushing is that somehow family members hurt Tamra and hid her body and that they are now covering it up.

Keepness says that's ridiculous.

Keepness, 32, does not try to hide the fact she has had a difficult life, and she admits she struggles with drug addiction.

[CaliKid]

How far is Regina from the U.S. border? Wonder if JED, the man who was holding Shasta Groene has ever been to Canada?

[Brains & NoBull]

News Story:
Vigil marks one year since Tamra disappeared (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1120564427816_12/?hub=Canada).

[amandab]

How far is Regina from the U.S. border? Wonder if JED, the man who was holding Shasta Groene has ever been to Canada?

According to this map (http://ca.maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=&csz=Regina%2C+Saskatchewan&country=ca&new=1&name=&qty=), Regina doesn't seem terribly far from the border.....you may have to back it out to "8" to really see it, though....

[Brains & NoBull]

How far is Regina from the U.S. border? Wonder if JED, the man who was holding Shasta Groene has ever been to Canada?
Regina is 149 miles from North Portal (the Can/US border).

I doubt that Duncan had anything to do with Tamra's disappearance though. Having previous convictions, there is NO way that he would be allowed to cross the border. More than likely, his victims are all stateside.

I keep thinking that Tamra's disappearance had to do with settling a "debt" so to speak. :(

[fourboys]

Searchers to use cadaver dogs

Saturday, October 08, 2005
The Leader-Post

A search team from Calgary with specially-trained dogs will scour areas of Regina this weekend as part of the ongoing search for missing Tamra Jewel Keepness.

City police spokesperson Lara Guzik Rostad confirmed Friday the Calgary team would spend three days searching Wascana Lake, Wascana Creek and north Winnipeg Street with dogs trained to locate cadavers and the assistance of city police.

Guzik Rostad said the search is not based on a new tip, but arises out of continuing investigation into the little girl's disappearance more than a year ago.

Keepness was last seen in her home at 1834 Ottawa St. around 11 p.m. the night of July 5, 2004. She was five at the time.

Police searched an area around Wascana Creek shortly after the girl's disappearance. Roads near the Regina airport were blocked to facilitate the search. There have also been extensive searches in and around the family home in central Regina, air searches of the city and surrounding areas, and a search near Echo Lake on the Pasqua First Nation.

A woman who told police she and her boyfriend had kidnapped Tamra sparked an extensive search of the Muscowpetung First Nation in the fall of 2004, but the claims were found to be false. The woman received an 18-month conditional sentence after pleading guilty to public mischief for misleading police.

In the 15 months since her disappearance, police have received thousands of tips about Tamra's whereabouts and have completed hundreds of interrogations and interviews. A team of six investigators is currently conducting a thorough review of the information gathered during the investigation.

http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/news/story.html?id=344c3ec9-1a4f-43b6-a568-05e2ded03957

[mysteriew]

Specially trained cadaver dogs from Calgary were to scour areas of Regina this weekend as part of the ongoing search for a little girl who has been missing more than a year.

Lara Rostad of the Regina police said the search is not based on a new tip, but arises out of the continuing investigation into the disappearance of Tamra Keepness. Rostad said the Calgary team would spend three days searching Wascana Lake, Wascana Creek and north Winnipeg Street with dogs trained to locate bodies and human remains.

A team of six investigators is currently conducting a thorough review of the information gathered during the investigation.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2005/10/09/1255044-sun.html

[Bobbisangel]

It is doubtful that this little girl is still alive after all of this time. The mother complains about the police looking at her family but...the police always look at the family first....family, friends, etc. Then you get a family as screwed up as this one is/was and of course they are going to look even harder. They should expect it.

Mom must have been gone that night until 10:00 to 10:20 a.m. the next morning otherwise she would have known the little girl wasn't in the home. Little kids usually get up early and want breakfast. Who do they wake up when they want to be fed...in normal homes anyway? Mom says she thinks 10:00 to 10:20 was the time that Tamra went missing because that is when the door was found open.

Don't know when the stepdad came home. He says he was going to check on the kids but kept going and went somewhere...to his moms(?) to go to bed. That was at 3:00 in the morning. An odd hour to go check on the kids.

If the door was found open then someone must have opened it from the inside. Or someone with a key to the house opened the door. The police said they didn't find any proof of forced entry. Heck, at 10:00 to 10:20 all of the kids could have been up and out the door to go play somewhere. Was Tamra the youngest of the kids? If the person staying at the home was the last person to see this little girl and she was sleeping on the davenport..if I remember correctly...some perverted addict could have knocked on the door and she could have woken up and answered the door. Or if her mom was into hooking for drug money...didn't I read that... some "john" could have come over and decided if the mom wasn't available little Tamra would do...another knock on the door that Tamra might have answered. Heck, anything could have happened to this little girl considering her home life. Such a shame. It is so upsetting and makes me :sick: & :furious:

[Brains & NoBull]

This article is from last month.

Cops Say No New Leads in Ongoing Hunt for Tamra (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051011/tamrakeepness_searchcontinues_20051011/20051011?hub=Canada)

[Rle7]

Regina's police chief says the investigation into what happened to Tamra Keepness is being scaled back. Tamra was five when she disappeared from her family's home in July 2004.

Chief Cal Johnston says a team of six officers working on the file full time since last spring was cut to two last month. The other two will begin taking other cases in June.

Johnston stresses the case is by no means closed, nor is it considered cold.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2006/04/27/1552808-sun.html

[Rle7]

Three years and 1,500 tips later, the mystery of what happened to a five-year-old child who disappeared from her Regina home remains unsolved.

Tamra Keepness went to bed at about 11 p.m. on July 5, 2004, but it wasn't until noon the next day that someone noticed she was missing.

Her disappearance sparked one of the largest searches in Regina's history.

"It's really sad," said Erica Beaudin, one of the hundreds of people who searched for Tamra for months.

"I'm a mother of two daughters and two sons and I think about how I'd feel if I was Tamra's mom and dad. It's still really hard and it still chokes me up."

Regina police say her case is still active, with one officer assigned to the case.

"We fear that Tamra Keepness met with foul play but still we have to hold out hope," said police spokeswoman Elizabeth Popowich.

Lorena Keepness said she believes her daughter, who would be eight this year, is alive.

http://www.brandonsun.com/story.php?story_id=61505