GUILTY TX - Amber Elkins, 20, Humble, 24 July 2011

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Prayers for her family and friends.

God bless Tim Miller and the Equusearch volunteers.
 

Body believed to be that of missing mother

Search volunteers on Sunday discovered a body believed to be that of Amber Chantel Elkins, a 20-year-old Humble mother, in a wooded area of Montgomery County, an official said.

Tim Miller, founder and director of Texas EquuSearch, said the body was found near a bridge around 3:30 p.m. Officials are awaiting positive identification of the body, but believe it's Elkins and notified her family, he said.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7677809.html#ixzz1TjKZLk8Q
 
It has been terribly hot here today. These searchers are heros under any conditions, but in this extreme and dangerous heat, they are true angels.
 
*JMO* said:
It has been terribly hot here today. These searchers are heros under any conditions, but in this extreme and dangerous heat, they are true angels.
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I heard the temperature is way over 100 and very humid. What dedication and tenacity for those who searched........bless them all! :)
 
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On local news now...showing the vigil, appears to be a good turnout.

They also interviewed Amber's dad again, very brief, but heartbreaking.

Suspect to appear in court tomorrow and autopsy / confirmation tomorrow or Tuesday (I think...dog was barking so couldn't hear that part well).

Video should be up soon here:
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8281261


eta: Another local news story / article.

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The body hasn't been positively identified yet and an autopsy is being performed to determine a cause of death, but Tim Miller, the director of Equusearch, said the body is that of a woman.

"It was dumped in an isolated area," said Miller.

Miller said his team was searching the area off Gene Campbell Road and FM 1314 after receiving some information from detectives, their focus was on the woods near some cell towers.

"So, we just had our people out there, just concentrating on areas around these cell towers that we had information on," said Miller.

Amber Elkins' father, Mike Elkins..."I'm doing everything and praying to forgive him," Elkins said. "Not for him...for me."

http://www.click2houston.com/news/28722887/detail.html
 
Body found by volunteers searching for missing mom

Now, authorities are working to identify it.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TX (KTRK) -- Volunteers searching for a missing Humble-area mother found a body Sunday.

According to officials, the body was found by a Texas Equusearch volunteer Sunday afternoon near F.M. 1314 in Montgomery County.

Search crews are wondering if it's the remains of Amber Elkins, a 20-year-old Humble-area mother who has been missing for a week.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8281261
 
Heartbreaking story here :(


They were shaken to tears as they took turns bouncing the 9-month-old girl on their laps, an infant who would never see her mother again.

A cousin and a sibling admired the baby's smile. Grandparents held the girl. An uncle watched, breaking into an grin to entertain the child with the pink bow in her hair. The body of her mother, 20-year-old Amber Chantel Elkins, had been discovered hours earlier in a wooded area near a bridge in Montgomery County, ending a week-long search.

Baby Ava Nicole Ferrata even clutched a candle that was half the length of her body as a vigil began late Sunday in honor of Elkins, a woman who relatives said tried to help everyone she met, even at her own peril.

"I will make sure she knows how special of a mother she had," said Ashley Davis, 25, Elkins' sister.
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Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7677809.html#ixzz1Tl05fEIQ
 
Prayers for the family. Thank God the baby is too young to remember much of this as she grows up. What a tragedy for Amber's family. My heart goes out to them.
I lived in Conroe between the ages of 12 to 15... it is VERY hot and humid there right now. Bless the searchers who had to tromp through those woods looking for her.
 
Elkins’ current boyfriend, 31-year-old James Davis Clarke, of Houston, was charged with Elkins’ first degree murder July 30 but has reportedly not been cooperative in the investigation. Clarke was charged in the homicide in the 177th Harris County District Court. A probable cause statement indicates Clarke shot Elkins to death with a firearm.

According to court documents, Clarke did not request appointment of a lawyer, but as of Monday morning no attorney of record was listed.
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Snipped from: http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/kingwood/news/article_99b332eb-9fa4-50a5-bcc3-cf35d7cc7d58.html
 
Rest in peace Amber. :rose:

My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends..especially her daughter, Ava.
 
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