Deceased/Not Found CO - Aarone Thompson, 4, Aurora, 2003 *A. Thompson guilty*

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mysteriew said:
More of the mother's statements. Not much new info from the investigation.
http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_323232219.html
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Even though the mother is not in a position to have the child live with her, how could she possibly have gone almost two years and not even one phone call with the children? She lives in a homeless shelter and didn't bother trying to check on these children for years. Now she wants the boy to live in the homeless shelter with her? I say no. I say hell no.
 
Jeana (DP) said:
Even though the mother is not in a position to have the child live with her, how could she possibly have gone almost two years and not even one phone call with the children? She lives in a homeless shelter and didn't bother trying to check on these children for years. Now she wants the boy to live in the homeless shelter with her? I say no. I say hell no.
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Amen to that.:clap:

It's a shame that there are people out there who look upon children as just pieces of property to do with, or to ignore, as they please.
 
I agree that the child doesn't need to be living in a homeless shelter.
And that probably she isn't ready to parent a child.
However, I don't think that not being in contact with the child should be an issue though. The father moved out of state, and refused to give her an address or phone number in order to keep in contact with the kids. That should not be held against her.
I do feel that steps should be taken to reestablish her contact with her son. See what she does with her life, and if she is able to straighen things out. But allow the child to know that he does have a mother out there who does love him enough to keep in touch.
 
Jeana (DP) said:
Even though the mother is not in a position to have the child live with her, how could she possibly have gone almost two years and not even one phone call with the children? She lives in a homeless shelter and didn't bother trying to check on these children for years. Now she wants the boy to live in the homeless shelter with her? I say no. I say hell no.
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She has at least one child who lives with her right now - a 15 year old daughter. When he left Denver with the two children they had together, Aarone and Little Aaron, he refused to tell her where he was going, and she had the four kids she already had to raise from other fathers. I don't think she's capable of much, really, and it was all she could do to raise the four she had without trying to track him down for her other two. His parents have now requested custody of Aaron the boy, and the girlfriend is pregnant again so they are requesting custody of the baby when it's born.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3237873
 
A team uniquely trained to unearth clandestine grave sites used a radar machine Sunday to scour the property where Aaroné Thompson may be buried.
NecroSearch International experts focused on the backyard of the home at 16551 E. Kepner Place, where the little girl lived with her father, his girlfriend and seven other children.

The Denver-based nonprofit - composed of several volunteer experts, including archaeologists, crime investigators and geologists - is looking for irregularities in the ground that are consistent with digging.

The team used floodlights to work through nightfall, but they wouldn't say if they found anything that would lead them to believe there could be a grave in the yard.

Seven other children lived in the home with Aaron Thompson and Lowe. They include Aaroné's 11-year-old brother Aaron, Lowe's five children and Lowe's younger brother. All have been placed in protective custody.
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4255662,00.html

Members of a nonprofit group that specializes in finding hidden graves have joined the investigation into the possible slaying of a young girl in Aurora.

"What we do is look for disturbances associated with a grave," said Necrosearch's Jim Reed.

"Much of what we do is to eliminate areas rather than to actually look for a target. It's important to note that we can't find bodies, persay, we're looking for disturbances associated with burying a body," Jim Reed said.

Holden said that Thompson and Lowe are meeting with advisors Monday night and are planning to hold a news conference on Tuesday. The family has not officially signed with an attorney.

Necrosearch only assists law enforcement agencies when it is called in to help. It is a nonprofit group of volunteers who charge nothing for their expertise.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/health/5371656/detail.html
 
Soon after her husband took her family on a new path to Denver without her, Lynette Thompson lost her way.

In the four years since, she has seen her family splinter, lost track of her children and bounced from friends' and family's homes to being homeless in downtown Detroit.

Now she is in a shelter wondering whether her youngest child, 6-year-old Aarone Thompson of Aurora, is dead and if she'll ever reconnect with all of her children.

Her oldest son, Kenyetta Fields, 19, who lived in Denver for nearly a year with Aaron Thompson and Lowe, says more could have been done to bring Aarone and her brother Aaron Jr., 11, back to Michigan.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3237873
 
Police complained Tuesday that the father of a 6-year-old girl who is missing and feared dead has refused to take a polygraph test, and said he and his live-in girlfriend have both rebuffed requests for interviews.

Police spokesman Marcus Dudley Jr. said Aaron Thompson and Shely Lowe are still considered "persons of interest" in the disappearance of Thompson's daughter Aarone. Thompson reported the girl missing on Nov. 14, but investigators say they believe she was killed as long as 18 months ago and accused Thompson of lying.

Dudley said police had also done interviews in Florida but declined to say why, or with whom.
http://cbs4denver.com/crime/local_story_326161531.html

Aurora police and the family of Aarone Thompson were both talking Tuesday about the case of the missing and presumably murdered girl, but apparently they aren't talking to each other.

"There's already been several new facts that have come to light to us that we need to ask them about. There's some inconsistencies in what they have been telling us."

The family has questioned why police aren't searching for the girl and instead are going on a "fishing expedition" in the family's back yard.

Dudley said the department is very disapointed that the family is calling for a search to resume even though they are not talking to investigators, who are trying to conclude their investigation. Dudley said that their last communication with Thompson was last Thursday when they executed the search warrant at his rental home at East Kepner Place.

He said officers suspended the neighborhood search because officers had looked anywhere and everywhere that a 6-year-old girl could have walked to and a tip led them to the family's back yard.

He said officers plan to be searching the Aurora home for another week.

Dudley said that the homicide investigation has expanded beyond Aurora, to Detroit and Florida. Aurora officers were in Florida Tuesday because the family was vacationing in Disney World over the summer and investigators were there to check out if Aarone was with them, 7NEWS reported. Detroit is where the family used to live.

During a countering press conference at Mount Gilead Baptist Church, the Rev. Acen Phillips, a family friend, and Aarone's grandfathers asked the community to help them search for Aarone and defended her father.

"The family is basically saying they are not concerned about the homicide investigation, but they are concerned that there's no one looking for their lost child. They want to make certain that if you keep on with the investigation, that's fine, but will somebody please help us find our child," Phillips said. "I say we ought to keep searching for a live child until you find a dead one."

The grandfathers would not say when was the last time they saw or spoke to Aarone, and would not speculate as to why Thompson and Lowe have not talked to police since being named "persons of interest."

During the news conference, a lead detective confronted Phillips and the two grandfathers, requesting to speak directly to Thompson and his girlfriend.

"We haven’t had a formal interview with Aaron Thompson since Nov. 14, the day she was reported missing. We have never had a formal interview with Shely Lowe. We are requesting that Aaron Thompson and Shely Lowe come to the Aurora Police Department for formal interviews today," Hansen said.

Phillips countered, "You've had an opportunity. You were there in the home when they called you. They talked to you then. You were there several days. There's been a lot of opportunities."

Nevertheless, Phillips said he will meet with attorneys to try to set up some sort of communication between the family and law enforcement.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/5380202/detail.html
 
Investigators on Monday carried shovels into the backyard of the home where 6-year-old Aarone Thompson was reported missing a week ago, and blue tarps shielded the east side of the home, where sounds of digging could be heard.

It was the same spot where next-door neighbor Harlan Schmidt said he saw a hole in the ground a year to three years ago.

Digging occurs only after investigators sense something is there, said Jim Reed, a geologist with Fort Collins-based NecroSearch International, which is conducting the search. Shovels are used to scrape away topsoil, then other instruments are used to dig without disturbing possible evidence, he said.

Aaron Thompson had said Aarone was turned away from Tollgate Elementary School in August, when her father couldn't produce her shot records.

"That's unlikely," said Georgia Duran, spokeswoman for Aurora Public Schools. "If you bring in a kid to register, we will work with the family to get them in school. There is a shot waiver form that the family can fill out. We don't have a register of her."
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3240418

Since their home became the focus of a homicide investigation last week, Aaron Thompson and Shely Lowe have lived out of a hotel room.
Other than the clothes they left their Aurora home wearing, the couple - who maintain their innocence in the suspected death of Thompson's daughter, Aaroné - have very little.

A well-known local pastor and his church are now stepping in to help the couple, saying they want to lend a hand because "that's what churches do for people in need."

Bishop Acen Phillips and the Mount Gilead Baptist Church have embraced the pair, offering to assist them through prayer, getting them clothes and finding a more permanent place for them to live.

Phillips, a well-known activist, said the church supports both Thompson and Lowe, whom Aurora police consider "persons of interest" in the disappearance of the girl, who would be 6 if she's still alive.

"We believe she's still alive," Phillips said of the girl, whom Thompson reported missing a week ago, but who police suspect may have been killed as long as 18 months ago.

Phillips said the church - where he pastored for several decades and which is now overseen by his son, Dale T. Phillips - would do everything it can for the two.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4258270,00.html
 
Aurora police have converged again on the home of missing Aarone Thompson this morning, with three crime scene investigation trucks and a wheelbarrow, in what appears to be plans to step up digging in the backyard.
A city utilities worker was also on scene, marking out sewer and gas lines -- a necessary step before turning soil over safely.

Officers have also summoned the owner of the rental home in hopes that he will walk through the residence with investigators to identify any changes in carpeting or paint since the family moved into the house, in the 16500 block of East Kepner Place.
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4262191,00.html

War being waged through the media by police and the family of missing 6-year-old Aaroné Thompson heated up Tuesday, with detectives confronting the girl's grandparents to urge them to get Aaroné's father and his girlfriend to talk.

"We haven't had a formal interview with Aaron Thompson since Nov. 14, the day (Aaroné) was reported missing," said Detective Randy Hansen of the Aurora Police Department, interrupting a news event held by Aaroné's grandparents at Mount Gilead Baptist Church in Denver.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3244109

A spiritual advisor for the family of Aarone Thompson said the family is willing to do anything to help find the missing girl.

But, when an Aurora police detective interupted the family's news conference to ask if they'd come down to the police station for interviews and polygraphs, the advisor said police had already had their chance.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/5388721/detail.html
 
This is one of the more bizarre child disappearance cases I've read. Or maybe it's the reporting that's bizarre. Or maybe it's both.

Poor little Aarone. I sure hope she's found.
 
I read an article that reported that this little girl was "reported" missing just hours after a social worker had come to the home to evaluate the family for a rent supplement.

I bet this social worker may have wondered where this little girl was. She may have asked for some verification as to where she is living if she was not with the family.

Then hours later her Father reports her missing............

Seems to me that with the Grandmother coming to visit, Social Services visiting, the Father had to come up with a story as to where the little girl was.

Then of course at that point he reports her missing to cover himself.

I wonder why no one outside of her immediate family knew of her existance. it seems that this family keept the children secluded.

If she did get murdered over 18 months ago, it would make sense that there would be no record of her attending school or registering for school.
 
Police continued Wednesday to look for evidence to support their belief that missing 6-year-old Aaroné Thompson was killed months ago, including resuming work at the family's central Aurora home and traveling to Florida.

Police spokesman Marcus Dudley said investigators had been to Florida to check out reports related to a family vacation to Orlando.

Also Wednesday, Jasbir Singh, landlord of the home at 16551 E. Kepner Place, returned with police to walk through the house looking for any modifications. When he emerged, Singh told reporters he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

Dudley said that search is focused on the basement. He added that the NecroSearch team - volunteer scientists who search for human remains - would return Saturday.

"That is the center of our investigation," interim Police Chief Terry Jones said Tuesday. "We're not done with that house. We're working it very methodically. This is going to be a very difficult investigation."

Aurora Public School officials say Aaroné was never enrolled. A family spokesman, Sam Riddle, told The Denver Post that her father said he tried to enroll Aaroné in August at Tollgate Elementary School but was turned away because the child lacked proper shot records. Aurora school officials say that is unlikely because the family would have been given a shot waiver and Aaroné would have been allowed to enroll.

According to a Genesee County, Mich., official, Aaroné's shot record was up to date through February 2003 and she most likely would have needed only booster shots. The official said that if her father didn't have a copy of Aaroné's shot record, he could have called and one would have been provided.

Meanwhile, Aaron Thompson Jr., had an awkward beginning this school year. He enrolled for the Aug. 16 start of school. But he was absent for more than two weeks and had to re-enroll in September. School officials couldn't say why he was not in school.
http://denverpost.com/news/ci_3247587

A social worker toured Aaroné Thompson's house for a routine annual visit - critical to the family continuing to receive state housing aid - just hours before the young girl was reported missing.
The Catholic Charities social worker, who was contracted by the state to oversee the family's case, visited the East Kepner Place house on Nov. 14 to determine whether they were still eligible for government subsidies.

It's unclear exactly how many of the 10 people who reportedly live in the house - the girl's father, Aaron Thompson, his girlfriend, Shely Mary Lowe, and eight children, including Aaroné - were present.

But such a review typically includes looking at conditions in the home, changes in income and the number of people the applicants are supporting.

Less than two hours after the social worker left the house with a promise that she would return, Thompson notified police that his daughter had run away.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4264260,00.html
 
A missing 6-year-old girl, who police say may have been dead for over a year, was reported missing less than two hours after a social worker visited her father's home last week, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Catholic Charities President Jim Mauck confirmed the Nov. 14 visit, but refused to provide details. The annual visit was to help determine if the family remained eligible for financial assistance, the Rocky Mountain News reported.

Aarone Thompson's father reported her missing that same day, telling authorities she had run away after an upsetting event.
http://www.courttv.com/news/2005/1125/missinggirl_ap.html

Heads bowed in prayer and eyes shut tightly, two of Aaroné Thompson's grandfathers stood amid a group of pastors huddled in a circle to ask God for the girl's safe return.
The two men - Jessie Cloman and Arnold Thompson - hope the community support continues today as they embark on their own search for the girl, whose father reported her missing Nov. 14.

The men say they don't want an adversarial relationship with Aurora police, who suspended a search for Aaroné on Nov. 17 because they said they believe she isn't missing but has been dead for up to 18 months.

Instead, the grandfathers want the search - planned with volunteers today and Saturday around the Aurora neighborhood where the girl lived - to work concurrently with detectives' homicide investigation.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4265987,00.html

Interim Police Chief Terry Jones says a renewed search for missing 6-year-old Aarone Thompson will come up empty.

"This is a blatant fabricated cover-up of her death," Jones said.
http://kusa.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNA...MPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf
 
I wonder why these so called grandfathers werent more interested before in her welfare .I wonder how long since they have seen her hmmmm.:banghead:

These a$$holes have had a long time to get rid of any evidence ,I bet they thought they would get away with it after so long.Wonder when they will be arrested .They must be charged soon with giving a false statement at least.
 
Denver talk radio has been following the case closely. Here is a link to recorded interviews from various broadcasts: http://www.khow.com/cc-common/podcast.html

If any of you are interested you can listen to live streaming radio at khow. The am show (Peter Boyles) has been really interesting.
 
The father of Aaroné Thompson, the 6-year-old girl who was reported missing Nov. 14, has asked a judge to order the lead detective in the case to turn over his notes.

Aaron Thompson, 38, also is seeking records of the interviews with the seven children who were removed from his home after police were given a tip that Aaroné is dead, not missing.

Police are still seeking an interview with Thompson, Lowe or any members of their extended families, including Aaroné's grandparents, who recently flew in from Michigan.

Wednesday would be Aaroné's 7th birthday, and family members may have wanted to contact her.

Lowe's baby is due in early December, and family members would be visiting and perhaps seek out Aaroné.
Some inconsistencies in the case won't be reconciled until Thompson steps forward, investigators say.

The caseworker visit, however, does explain why a neighbor saw an unknown vehicle at the home earlier the day Aaroné was reported missing. The inspection was part of an annual housing review and "had nothing to do with the missing girl," said Catholic Charities president Jim Mauck.

The federal housing subsidy gave Lowe $819 a month on her $1,275 rent. Lowe was the applicant, and Thompson was listed as a member of the household. Neither Aaroné nor Thompson's son, Aaron Jr., were listed on the federal form that details the number of occupants, Highnam said.

It is unclear whether any of the children who are listed on the Section 8 application were at the home at the time of the visit, which was conducted when school was in session. Aaroné, however, wasn't attending school.

The visit isn't connected to the tip that led police to believe that Aaroné was dead, according to sources close to the investigation.

Nevertheless, Aurora's interim police chief, Terry Jones, said social services' involvement is pertinent to the investigation but wouldn't comment further. On Monday, Jones reverts to being deputy chief when Daniel Oates takes over as the new police chief.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3253251
 
Strangers and relatives of missing Aaroné Thompson braved a frosty morning Friday to search for the little girl, holding out hope that she might still be alive.
At 7 a.m., about 15 bundled-up searchers gathered at Rocky Ridge Park, responding to a plea for help from the child's grandfathers.

Just a day earlier, at an interfaith Thanksgiving church service, grandfathers Jessie Cloman and Arnold Thompson asked the community to join them in a search for Aaroné, who police say is dead.

With the help of Richard Berrelez, who heads a local organization that educates children about abduction, the volunteers were given a search grid. Since the turnout was smaller than expected, only one of the four areas was combed. Berrelez marked it Aaroné 5.

Thompson and Lowe did not attend the search because of complications with Lowe's pregnancy. Lowe, who is due to give birth the first week of December, was hospitalized Wednesday.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4268534,00.html

Aurora - Relatives of 6-year-old Aaroné Thompson walked the streets near her home Friday morning, passing out fliers and asking people who answered their doors whether they had seen the girl who was reported missing Nov. 14.

Berrelez handed out MapQuest maps to the searchers and instructed them how to graciously ask for help.

"You have to keep asking yourself, 'Is it in vain? Is it a waste of time?' " he said. "It isn't. It's a missing child. Today, we're creating a wave, to get people from around Denver involved.

"This is where you start. If we do nothing, we'll get zero results."
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3253148
 
With the parents refusing interviews and accusing the police, and with the police publicly accusing the parents, when this little girl is found, someone is going to be crucified.

If it becomes evident that the little girl did run away, the LE will be crucified. And if they find her and it is evident that the parents did something, then the commuinity will crucify the parents.

With the parents refusing interviews so soon into the investigation, I tend to believe they have something to hide. If Aarone did run away, then by talking with LE, the father and stepmother could produce info about witnesses who had seen Aarone in the last 18 mos. That would mitigate some of the story the witness who provided the tip told. But the parents won't even do that.
They could take an attorney to the police interview, if they questioned the fact that police might not treat them fairly. I just don't see any justification for them not meeting with police, if they really thought that their child was out there missing.
 
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