Police find skeletal remains of Amber Dubois in Pala
Sunday, March 7, 2010
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Escondido police announced Sunday the discovery of the remains of Amber Dubois in Pala. The Escondido teen went missing on Feb. 13, 2009 and has been missing since. She was 14 years old at the time.
The Escondido police department said that human skeletal remains found Saturday were positively identified as those of Dubois by the San Diego County medical examiner’s office using dental records.
Officials did not give details on the investigation or whether it’s related to the arrest of John Albert Gardner III, who was charged in the death of 17-year-old Chelsea King last week.
“We’d like to thank everyone involved in the search for Amber the entire community — everyone that helped search in the effort — and most of all our huge volunteer corps,” said father Maurice Dubois who spoke briefly at the Sunday announcement. ”
The murder case is still under investigation.
San Diego County Sheriff's Department divers head towards a creekside area at Kit Carson Park in Escondido on Friday. Searchers found her remains in Pala late Saturday.
Article:
http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-0.../police-find-amber-dubois-body-found-in-poway
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Remains of girl found in area of recent killing
Amber Dubois had vanished last year; Chelsea King's death led to arrest
updated 33 minutes ago
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Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher said the bones of Amber Dubois were found early Saturday in a remote area of the Pala Indian Reservation, and positively identified through dental records later in the day.
Maher declined to answer any questions during a brief news conference Sunday because he said the discovery is part of an ongoing murder investigation.
Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, appeared distraught at the news conference and thanked volunteers for their work on the year-long search.
The search for Amber picked up after 17-year-old Chelsea King was killed and a suspect — convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III — was arrested and charged last week.
Article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35753586/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
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Remains of Amber Dubois found in Pala
Originally published March 7, 2010 at 1:35 p.m., updated March 7, 2010 at 4:41 p.m.
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“The discovery was made in the early morning hours Saturday in a very rugged and remote area of Pala,” said Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher. “Escondido police and sheriff’s homicide detectives were following a lead in the case when they made the discovery.”
The remains, found north of the Pala reservation, were positively identified through dental records Saturday afternoon.
Maher, flanked by Sheriff Bill Gore and FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Keith Slotter, declined to answer any questions at the 5-minute news conference at the Escondido Police Department, citing the ongoing murder investigation. He said the investigation would be a joint effort between the three agencies. “Any details, no matter how slight, would be inappropriate to reveal at this time,” Maher said.
Amber’s parents, Moe Dubois and Carrie McGonigle, expressed their thanks for the immense search effort. “The entire community, everybody who helped out with the search effort, and above all our huge volunteer corps, they are the most dedicated people and without them we couldn’t have done anything,” said a tearful Moe Dubois.
Robert Smith, Chairman of the Pala Indian Band, said that he was unaware of the investigation and that he first heard about it on the news. “Our prayers go out to the family,” he said.
Reached by phone, Amber’s grandmother Sheila Welch said, “I am a very sad grandmother today.”
Two witnesses who knew Amber saw her walking on North Broadway near the football field with a tall, dark-skinned boy described as “doughy.” But she, nor the boy, were ever captured on security cameras near the front of the school.
Authorities renewed the search effort again last week, draining a murky pond at Kit Carson Park after receiving a tip that three girls had found a bag with hair around it in the pond in May. Divers scoured the pond and others combed the banks, but Escondido police concluded Saturday afternoon that no new evidence had been found. They made no mention of the concurrent search happening in Pala.
Investigators have not revealed if they’ve been able to interrogate Gardner regarding Amber’s case since his arrest.
Amber’s father on Saturday likened the ordeal to a hellish, never-ending rollercoaster ride that he just wanted to get off. “We need to have our closure. If she’s somewhere around, we won’t stop until we find her,” he said.
A $100,000 has been offered in the case. Sheriff’s officials declined to say if the reward money would be paid to anyone.
Amber Dubois
Video: Press conference announcing the discovery of the remains of missing Escondido teen Amber Dubois. 3:12
http://www.signonsandiego.com/video/?bcpid=33836215001&bclid=34778137001&bctid=70608863001
Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/07/bn07amberpresser/?imw=Y
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UPDATED: Authorities: Human remains identified as Amber Dubois
Posted: Mar 07, 2010 6:49 PM EST
Updated: Mar 07, 2010 9:42 PM EST
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During a press conference Sunday, authorities revealed that the skeletal remains of a 14-year-old Amber Dubois were found in a remote area of the Pala Indian Reservation. Dubois disappeared a year ago while walking to school.
Searchers found Amber's skeletal remains early Saturday on the Pala Indian Reservation, a sparsely populated area that occupies more than 12,000 acres in the northeast corner of San Diego County, said Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher. The county medical examiner's office confirmed later in the day the remains were Amber's through dental records, he said.
Video: Police: The remains of Amber Dubois found in Pala 3:22
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Video: Press Conference: Parents of Amber Dubois give statement 0:46
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Video: Press Conference: Authorities announce human remains identified as Amber Dubois 1:38
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4601781&flvUri=&partnerclipid=
Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12099609
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UPDATED: The Body of Missing Escondido Teen Amber Dubois Has Been Located
Last Update: 5:31 pm
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The body of Amber Dubois was located in the Pala area of northern San Diego County Saturday ending a mystery that began the day before Valentine's Day, 2009. Escondido police made the announcement Sunday afternoon during a brief news conference.
"The discovery was made in the early morning hours of Saturday, in a very rugged and remote section of Pala,'' Escondido police Chief Jim Maher said at a news conference. Pala is in northern San Diego County, about 25 miles from Escondido. The chief said detectives were following a lead when her body was found.
"Positive identification was subsequently made by the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office late Saturday afternoon by way of a dental records comparison,'' Maher said. "Her parents were notified in person by Escondido and sheriff's investigators Saturday night.
Investigators did not reveal Sunday whether Gardner played any role in the discovery of Amber Dubois' remains. There is no information about what lead investigators to the Pala area.
Word of a break in the case became apparent Sunday afternoon shortly before 2:00 p.m. when the San Diego County Sheriff's Department announced a news conference would be held about the case at 3:30 at the sheriff's headquarters in Kearny Mesa. Minutes later an announcement came that the location had been changed to the Escondido Police Department Heaquarters. During the brief news conference, Escondido police chief Jim Maher was the only official who spoke. Sheriff Bill Gore, who is facing his first election after being appointed to the position by county officials, stood silently behind Maher.
Gore told a few reporters after the news conference in Escondido that there would be a news conferece at the Sheriff's department Monday with more details of the case revealed.
The San Diego County Sheriff's department was the lead agency in the King case, even though the search area and crime scene were within the City of San Diego limits and within the jurisdiction of the San Diego Police Department. Sheriff Bill Gore and his public relations spokesperson, Jan Caldwell, conducted all news conferences and major announcements about the King case.
Video: Search For Amber
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=753629@xetv.dayport.com
Article:
http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local...dido-Chelsea-King/3WSDlxSD5UmLdlJnvhelsA.cspx
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UPDATED: Skeletal remains of missing Escondido teen, Amber Dubois found
4:27 PM PST, March 7, 2010
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Amber Dubois' body has been found in Escondido Park, confirmed by San Diego Sheriffs Department. Skeletal remains found in Pala were those of missing Escondido teenager Amber Dubois, the Escondido Police Department announced Sunday. Amber was 14 when she went missing more than a year ago while walking to Escondido High School.
Despite a months-long search by law enforcement, family and volunteers, her body was not found until this weekend. "The discovery was made in the early morning hours of Saturday, in a very rugged and remote section of Pala,'' Escondido police Chief Jim Maher said at a news conference. Pala is in northern San Diego County, about 25 miles from Escondido.
Gardner is a registered sex offender who lived in Escondido when Amber disappeared. Investigators were looking into any involvement he might have had with the girl, or in other unsolved crimes. Because Maher did not take questions, the source of the tip or any possible role played by Gardner was unknown.
Amber's father, Maurice Dubois, took a moment to thank everyone in the search for Amber, especially the hundreds of volunteers who looked for the girl every weekend for much of last year. "They were the most dedicated people you could ever imagine,'' Maurice Dubois said. ``Without them, we couldn't have done anything.''
Video: Amber Dubois Body Found Presser 3:00
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobe...ca27e33b/News/Amber-Dubios-Body-Found-Presser
Video: Timeline of search for Amber Dubois Video 1:26
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-tv-amber-dubois-timeline,0,184188.tivideo
Video: Amber Dubois Body Found Presser 3:34
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobe...ced85286/News/Amber-Dubois-Body-Found-Presser
Video: Amber Dubois Skeletal Remains Found 3:11
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobe...caa5/News/Amber-Dubois-Skeletal-Remains-Found
MAP: Locations where Amber Dubois went missing and where body was found
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-photo-map-amber-dubois-body,0,5041964.photo
Article:
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/news/kswb-amber-dubios-body,0,1591269.story
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Dubois tip didn't come from Gardner, source says
P.I. says the accused killer of Chelsea King didn't lead authorities to Amber's remains
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 5:58 p.m.
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Accused killer John Albert Gardner III had nothing to do with the tip that led law enforcement to Amber Dubois’ remains, according to a local private investigator who worked on the case.
Bill Garcia, hired by Amber’s family shortly after she disappeared, said he was told by a person with first-hand knowledge that the tip about the location of the remains did not come from Gardner, who was charged Wednesday with the rape and murder of Chelsea King, 17, of Poway. “The entire Chelsea King event emotionally pulled at somebody who had this information,” Garcia said. “They’ve seen the community in a lot of pain. Someone who had been afraid to say something finally came forward.”
Garcia said he’s long suspected Amber's body might be found in the Pala area, because any abductor would have wanted to get away from high-traffic areas quickly, and rural routes out of Escondido lead to the Pauma Valley. “We’ve spent a lot of time in the past year, working that canyon,” Garcia said. “You put yourself in the mindset of someone who would perpetrate this crime, and all the indicators point in that direction. It’s no mystery to me that’s where she was found.” He said his “suspicion” is that the remains were found in the northeast corner of the Pala reservation, “in an area that is difficult to get into and an area we have not searched.”
People.com initially reported that a hiker had stumbled on the remains, but a law enforcement source told The San Diego Union-Tribune that is not correct. People.com removed the reference in later versions of its story.
Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/07/dubois-tip-didnt-come-gardner-source-says/
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Remains Of Amber Dubois Positively Identified
Remains Of Escondido Teen Amber Dubois Found In Pala
POSTED: 3:09 pm PST March 7, 2010
UPDATED: 5:40 pm PST March 7, 2010
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Skeletal remains found in Pala were those of missing Escondido teenager Amber Dubois, the Escondido Police Department announced Sunday.
"The discovery was made in the early morning hours of Saturday, in a very rugged and remote section of Pala," Escondido police Chief Jim Maher said at a news conference. Pala is in northern San Diego County, about 25 miles from Escondido.
The chief said detectives were following a lead when her body was found.
Video: Press Conference: Remains Of Amber Dubois Identified
http://www.10news.com/video/22769617/index.html
Link: BringAmberHome.com
http://www.bringamberhome.com/
Link: AmberLeeAnneDubois.com
http://www.amberleeannedubois.com/
Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/22769185/detail.html
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Family statement
Posted: March 7, 2010 5:53 pm
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Amber Dubois's grandmother Sheila Welch released the following statement Sunday afternoon:
"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." Hebrews 13:2
Amber was joyfully received into her loving family at 2:46 p.m. on October 25, 1994 in Lakewood, California. She was taken from her family on February 13, 2009 while on her way to high school in Escondido, California. She was 14 years old. After a search of more than a year for her, her remains have been found. She was murdered by a person yet unknown.
Amber’s family expresses everlasting gratitude to the multitude of persons who have dedicated their time, resources, prayers and efforts into the year long search. So many of you have gone from strangers to friends during this time. We so wish that you had been able to meet our Amber and discover for yourself what an extraordinary young woman she was.
Having gone to Christian schools for most of her life, Amber weekly learned Bible verses and kept the words in her heart. She had a deep love of God, family, friends and animals. Her loss dims life as we know it and words cannot express the depth of our anguish. Forever we will treasure the goodness, joy, humor and love she brought into our lives in abundance. But, as the Scriptures tell us, "...the greatest of these is love." I Corinthians 13:13
Beloved Amber. You will forever be in our hearts as a flame of love that burns eternal.
Grandmom
March 8, 2010
Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_600c79ea-6ce4-52d1-9645-559a102266b6.html
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ESCONDIDO: Police chief's statement
Posted: March 7, 2010 6:05 pm
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Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher issued this statement regarding Amber Dubois at a press conference Sunday at Escondido Police Station:
I certainly had hoped that when the day came to do a press conference about Amber it would be under much different circumstances, but that was not to be.
With me today is Sheriff Bill Gore, FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Keith Slotter and Amber's parents, Moe and Carrie.
Through information developed in the course of the Amber Dubois investigation, human skeletal remains have been positively identified as being those of our missing 14-year-old Amber.
The discovery was made in the early morning hours of Saturday in a very rugged and remote area of Pala, which is in northern San Diego County.
Escondido police and sheriff's homicide detectives were following a lead in the case when they made this discovery.
Positive identification was subsequently made by the San Diego County medical examiner late Saturday afternoon by way of a dental records comparison. The parents were notified in person by Escondido and Sheriff's investigators Saturday night.
I know this will be disappointing to all of you, but I cannot take questions today. This is an ongoing murder investigation and any details, no matter how slight, would be inappropriate to reveal at this point in time.
Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/article_917f2174-01ed-50f7-b953-3cd9b33eb0a8.html
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Video: Amber Dubois' skeletal remains found 3:07
News conference held announcing that the remains of Amber Dubois have been found in Pala.
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/escondido/vmix_7b5dd5a4-2a51-11df-85bd-001cc4c002e0.html
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Amber Dubois Facebook: Help us find Amber Dubois
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Police say they've found the remains of Amber Dubois
Posted: March 7, 2010 2:29 pm
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Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher said the remains were found early Saturday in a rugged area north of the Pala Indian Reservation and that a murder investigation is under way. "I certainly had hoped that when the day came to do a press conference about Amber it would be under much different circumstances, but that was not to be," Maher said. \
The heart-wrenching news came exactly one week after registered sex offender John Albert Gardner III was arrested for suspicion of rape and murder in the Feb. 25 slaying of 17-year-old Chelsea King of Poway. The 30-year-old Gardner pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the charges in the King case. Gardner reportedly lived in Escondido from January 2008 to January 2010. Police said they contacted him eight times during that span and began a fresh look at him and any possible ties to Amber.
Authorities refused to say if Gardner is being linked to Amber's slaying. “Any details, no matter how slight, would be inappropriate to reveal at this time,” Maher said.
Dubois and McGonigle, who are divorced, stood side-by-side at the news conference. Both had red, watering eyes and pained expressions.
San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said another news conference would take place on Monday and further details would be released at that time.
After the news conference, Maurice Dubois left the police station holding his longtime girlfriend Rebecca Smith's hand. The car they left in still bore large "Missing: Amber" decals on each side, with the teen's smiling picture and the phone number to Escondido police. McGonigle left surrounded by extended family. "I'm extremely sad," Amber's grandmother, Sheila Welch, said when contacted by telephone at her Los Angeles area home. "I don't think that thoughts really describe what happens when you find out someone you love so much was murdered."
Reactions to the news
Amber's best friend, Jade Fidel, was doing "horrible" after she learned the news while watching the live news conference on television, Jade's father Jeff Fidel said.
"I was in the other room, I didn't know," he said. "I just heard her (Jade) wailing and screaming. How is it they find one girl after two days and one after 14 months. "In the first two days that Amber was missing, they wouldn't stop calling her a runaway. Why didn't they search for Amber like they did for Chelsea."
Stephanie Dorian, a cousin of Chelsea's and a spokeswoman for the King family, said the slain girl's parents were informed of the news about Amber but were withholding any comment for now.
Amber's story
On the morning she was last seen, Amber ate a bowl of cereal, slipped on a hoodie and jeans and left for school, family members said. Nothing appeared out of the ordinary that drizzly winter morning. Her mother awakened her to say goodbye. They spoke about a lamb that Amber was looking forward to buying and raising as part of the school's Future Farmers of America program.
After Cave left that morning, police know little about what happened to Amber. A couple of neighbors told police they spotted her on her way to school. A boy was seen walking next to her minutes before she went missing. On Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, Amber's cell phone was turned on briefly and then went silent, police said.
Last reports of seeing her
A neighbor who had dropped his son off at school said he noticed Amber walking on the sidewalk as he drove north on Broadway. Another neighbor who was heading south on the same road to drop off her son said she nearly stopped to give Amber a ride because it was drizzling that morning.
She told police she did not stop because she believed Amber was walking with a boy. Both neighbors were seen on the school's security camera video dropping their kids off within minutes of each other, between 7:08 a.m. and 7:10 a.m. The young man was described as tall and dark-skinned, about high school age. Police have said he may have been the last person to see her.
The next day, Amber's cell phone was turned on, police have said. Someone attempted to check the phone's voice mail. The signal was picked up by a cell tower on Amber Lane in northern Escondido. The tower covers a five-mile radius, which means the phone could have been just about anywhere in Escondido.
On Friday and Saturday, searchers scoured Kit Carson Park following a report from a group of girls that they had seen a bag containing hair last May. The girls reminded their parents of that last week, and Escondido Police initiated the search in response. The search effort ended shortly after noon, apparently called off after Amber's body was identified.
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The father of Amber Dubois, Maurice "Moe" Dubois, right, puts his arm around his ex-wife and Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, as Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher announces Sunday the discovery of Amber's remains in Pala.
Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_24b443c5-8634-598e-a5ff-2bea337f6d73.html
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SoCal Police: Missing Girl, 14, Found Dead
Mar 7, 2010 6:32 pm US/Pacific
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The bones of a 14-year-old Southern California girl who vanished more than a year ago while walking to school were discovered in a rugged, remote area, authorities said Sunday, less than a week after a registered sex offender was charged with murdering another teenage girl who lived nearby.
The search for Amber Dubois had produced few leads until 17-year-old Chelsea King disappeared Feb. 25, last seen wearing running clothes in a park about 10 miles south of where Amber was last seen walking with a man. A body presumed to be Chelsea's was found in a shallow, lakeside grave five days after Chelsea disappeared.
Searchers found Amber's skeletal remains early Saturday on the Pala Indian Reservation, a sparsely populated area that occupies more than 12,000 acres in the northeast corner of San Diego County, said Escondido Police Chief Jim Maher. The county medical examiner's office confirmed later in the day the remains were Amber's through dental records, he said.
A spokesman for the San Diego County district attorney's office, Paul Levikow, declined to comment Sunday on the investigation into Amber's death.
Gardner was registered as a sex offender in Escondido, a north San Diego suburb, from January 2008 to January 2010, with some gaps, police say.
Gardner is being represented by Michael Popkins, a public defender who declined to speak with reporters after Wednesday's arraignment. No one answered the phone at the public defender's office Sunday night.
Article:
http://cbs13.com/local/amber.dubois.found.2.1543746.html
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*Re-posted....So very sad that this was just taped March 4, 2010!
Larry King Live: Mother of missing teen speaks
Mar 04, 2010 Amber Dubois' mother talks about the possibility that the suspect in Chelsea King's slaying could have been involved.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uckdRm_wBw4[/ame]
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Community speaks out about Amber Dubois
Posted: Mar 07, 2010 9:15 PM EST
Updated: Mar 07, 2010 9:15 PM EST
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Throughout the past year community members have helped with the search for Amber Dubois. Now, News 8 is hearing from some in the community, after Sunday's announcement that remains found in Pala Saturday morning are those of Amber Dubois.
Video: Community speaks out about Amber Dubois 2:39
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4601953&flvUri=&partnerclipid=
Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12099954
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Dubois Family Publicist Upset With Response From Authorities
*Michelle Bart Feels Police Dismissed Results Of Search Dogs
POSTED: 7:08 pm PST March 7, 2010
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After the announcement Sunday afternoon that the remains of 14-year-old Escondido teen Amber Dubois were located in Pala, 10News spoke with the publicist hired by Amber's grandmother about the dogs the family brought out to search for the teen last year and the positive hit they received on the Pala reservation. Publicist Michelle Bart was noticeably upset in her interview with 10News' Itica Milanes. Bart broke into tears when describing the frustration she felt dealing with Escondido police. The dogs brought to locate Amber in August of 2009, were scent dogs with special training for cold cases.
10News reporter Steve Fiorina spoke with the veteran dog handlers who told him that they'd found clues on cases where the person had been missing longer than Amber Dubois had been at that point. The two dogs, Jack, a German shorthaired pointer, and Quincy, a yellow labrador retriever, were each trained to track an old scent but with different specialties. "Jack is a very air-sensitive dog," dog handler Sarah Platts said. "Quincy is detail oriented."
But Bart said the officer assigned to their search didn't seem interested. "The officer that was with us didn't do anything, he kept quiet the whole time just like he was our escort," she said. "It was unbelievable, just unbelievable," she said. "When the police came out and told all of you in the media that the dogs didn't hit on anything, nothing was found... my heart has been dropping because we could not say anything." Bart said she was assured by authorities that Escondido police and other law enforcement were going to look into the area in Pala where the dogs responded. "We gave our reports to cops that patronized us," she said.
Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/22770513/detail.html
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Caring strangers mourn Amber at Escondido High
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 7:49 p.m.
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Shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, Lori Coburn of Poway walked down Broadway next to Escondido High School and approached a poster asking for information on Amber Dubois’ disappearance. She pulled yellow ribbon from a bag and fashioned two bows, hanging them on each side of the poster on a fence outside the school. Coburn was already planning to go to the high school when her brother called her with the news that Amber’s remains had been found in Pala on Saturday.
They placed on the fence above the poster two purple fabric flowers that light up. They also hung a note and card in a plastic bag to protect them from the rain that was falling.
“Dear Amber,” the note read, “You’re in a much better place now. May you rest in peace. You will be missed by everyone. Love, the Warren family.” On the same note was a message to the Dubois family from the Joyce family: “Words are hard to come by at a time like this. Please know that Amber is in a safer place now where she is loved.”
The family of Chelsea King, a 17-year-old Poway girl whose body was found Tuesday at Lake Hodges in a similar disappearance, posted a comment on Chelsea’s memorial Facebook page expressing sympathy for Amber’s family.
Sunday at Escondido High School, Jamie Clayton and her daughter Brianna, 5, came to pay respects, leaving a potted flower and signing the banner to bring Amber Dubois home.
Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/07/caring-strangers-mourn-amber-escondido-high/
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Video: Remains of Amber Dubois found 3/7/10 3:01
Authorities announced on Sunday that the skeletal remains of Amber Dubois, missing for more than a year, were found in San Diego County early on Saturday, March 6th.
http://www.kusi.com/home/86767002.html?video=YHI&t=a
Video: Skeletal remains ID'd as Amber DuBois 3/7/10 3:57
It's the news the parents of Amber DuBois did not want to hear. Skeletal remains found in the north county.. are those of the missing Escondido teenager. Authorities informed the public at a brief news conference at 3:30 this afternoon. KUSI's John Soderman has more.
http://www.kusi.com/home/86770052.html?video=YHI&t=a
Video: Escondido mourns Amber's death 3/7/10 4:42
This has not only been a tough year for the DuBois family, but also the entire Escondido community which spent countless hours looking for her.
Lena Lewis has more from Escondido.
http://www.kusi.com/home/86776942.html?video=YHI&t=a
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Site of Amber's remains is north of Pala Mission
It's the same road along which Leticia Hernandez was found in 1989
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 9:15 p.m.
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The body of Amber Dubois was apparently found about three miles north of the historic Pala Mission, in a woodsy area.
Authorities have not confirmed the location, but Escondido police perimeter tape is strung around a spot west of Pala Temecula Road — about 10 miles north of the city limits.
It's the same area where 7-year-old Leticia Hernandez was discovered 15 months after she disappeared from her Oceanside home in 1989.
As of this evening, the site was guarded by a lone Escondido officer who declined comment. Two police cruisers were parked nearby.
Pala Creek is near the area where Amber's body was apparently found. But because authorities would take no questions at the news conference, there is no official information about how or where her remains were situated.
On Sunday, the scene of discovery of Amber Dubois' skeletal remains were taped off on the west side of rural Pala Temecula Road about 3.5 miles from the intersection with Pala Mission Road near the Pala Casino.
Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/07/site-ambers-remains-north-pala-mission/
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Aug. 20, 2009: Specially trained dog teams join search for missing teen
Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 2 a.m.
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The dogs belong to the VK9 Scent Specific Search and Recovery Unit, a nonprofit organization, said Sarah Platts, the officer in charge of the group. They arrived with their handlers at Lindbergh Field about 10 p.m. Tuesday.
The canines, a 5-year-old yellow Labrador retriever named Quincy and an 8-year-old German shorthaired pointer named Jack, are trained to follow the odor of a specific person to the exclusion of all others and are often deployed on cases that have gone cold, Platts said.
She declined to specify where the dogs were searching yesterday, but said there is a dual purpose: to confirm whether Amber was actually at any of the places where she may have been sighted, and to develop new leads — “ideas perhaps they never thought of.”
Amber's mother, Carrie McGonigle, said she was very anxious but also “absolutely hopeful” that something would turn up. She said that although search dogs had already scoured the area for her daughter, she thinks these dogs, with their special training, might be the key to finding Amber.
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Quincy (left), a yellow Labrador retriever, and Jack, a German shorthaired pointer, were brought from Virginia to search for Amber Dubois, who disappeared in February.
OVERVIEW
*Background: 14-year-old Amber Dubois of Escondido was last seen walking to school Feb. 13 in Escondido. Her disappearance sparked dozens of searches in the past six months.
*What's new: Specialized search dogs were flown in from Virginia on Tuesday to develop new leads and confirm whether Amber was actually at any of the places where she may have been sighted.
*What's next: The dogs are scheduled to leave Saturday.
Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/aug/20/specially-trained-dog-teams-join-search-missing-te/
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