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Hailey's mom to 911: Shawn's threatening to kill me
KTAB News has obtained 911 calls made in February 2010 related to a domestic dispute during which, according to police affidavits, Shawn Adkins allegedly threatened to kill 13-year-old Hailey Dunn and her mother.
Adkins is the boyfriend of Hailey’s mother, Billie Dunn, and the only confirmed suspect in the girl’s disappearance. According to police, Adkins was the last person to see Hailey on December 27: the day she went missing.
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Investigators mum on results of landfill search for Hailey Dunn
The search of the Abilene landfill last week may or may not have turned up evidence involved in the Hailey Dunn case, said Pete Kampfer, city manager in Colorado City and a spokesman for the task force investigating the teen’s disappearance.
“You can say they may have found evidence,” Kampfer said, adding that there has been no confirmation by task force officials about whether anything was found during the search of the Allied Waste Services landfill on Thursday and Friday.
About a dozen officers from the Abilene Police Department searched through piles of debris last week. Cadaver dogs, trained in locating human remains, were on the scene as well.
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Local searchers say extra help finding Hailey is appreciated
Searchers tell KTXS that additional help from national organizations in the search to finding missing teenager Hailey Dunn is appreciated – especially since each day it gets harder to find time to look for Hailey.
Shawnna McClinton and her children drove from Big Springs to the community of Dunn Tuesday to tie orange balloons on the bridge designated as a prayer site for Hailey.
"I can't explain it; my heart says go find her," McClinton said. "So that's what we're trying to do."
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Two organizations aim to unify community search efforts for Hailey
The Laura Recovery Center and the Klaas Kids Foundation are joining the search for missing teenager Hailey Dunn. They aim to educate members of the community on how to search more efficiently.
Both organizations have assisted in hundreds of cases. The Laura Recovery Center helped in the Elizabeth Smart search. They say they're not trying to take over the efforts; they just want to use their years of experience to help.
"We're coming in at the request of the family just to kind of assist the community search," said Brad Dennis, Director of Search Operations for Klaas Kids.
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Slideshow: Newly released images of Hailey Dunn
New images of Dunn have been released by one of her teachers, Andra Maxwell of Colorado Middle. Maxwell was able to release the images after receiving permission from the family.
The pictures show Hailey interacting with Maxwell and classmates.
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Hailey's tearful Father meets with organizers, searchers
The tearful father of missing 13-year-old Hailey Dunn met with searchers Wednesday morning before they went out looking for the Colorado City teen.
Clint Dunn and the group dubbed "Hailey's Angels" met at a bridge in the town of Dunn that's been turned into a makeshift vigil for Hailey. The site features teddy bears, pictures of Hailey, and messages that have been left for and about the girl.
The group read poems and prayed together as Clint thanked the volunteers for the continued efforts to bring Hailey home safely.
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911 calls won't help find Hailey, Mom says
The release of 9-1-1 calls made by Billie Dunn last February aren't doing anything to help find her missing daughter, Dunn said Tuesday night.
The calls were made shortly after Dunn had temporarily broken up with her boyfriend, Shawn Adkins, now a suspect in 13-year-old Hailey Dunn's disappearance.
Dunn called police on Valentine's Day last year, asking if an officer could keep an eye on her home, fearing Adkins would try to steal something while she was at work.
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Volunteers register to search for missing teen
About 40 volunteers registered to search for missing Colorado City teen Hailey Dunn. Two national missing children organizations set up a command center at the Colorado City Civic Center this morning.
The search efforts are being organized by the KlaasKids Foundation Search Center out of California and the Friendswood-based Laura Recovery Center for Missing Children.
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Billie Dunn: We're looking for a living breathing little girl
The parents of missing Colorado City teenager Hailey Dunn have not given hope. Far from it.
Hailey's mother, Billie Dunn, said Wednesday there's one primary message she wants out: "We're looking for a living, breathing little girl. We're not looking for a corpse."
She made this statement through a spokesperson, a family friend who answered the door at her house in Colorado City. Billie Dunn has not spoken directly with KTXS since KTXS first released the law enforcement affidavits last week.
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False Rumors spreading about Dunn's whereabouts
Rumors circulating online that a body was found in a landfill are not true, Colorado City city manager Pete Kampfer said.
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Adkins Lawyer: Phone records could be incorrect
The lawyer representing the only named suspect in the disappearance of Hailey Dunn, Shawn Adkins, says that phone records placing Adkins in the vicinity of the Dunn residence early on Dec. 27, when he told authorities he was somewhere else, could be incorrect.
Fort Worth-based attorney Sidney Lyle told KTXS News on Wednesday that, in his own experience, phone records can show use in one area when the phone user was in a different location.
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CPS investigating Dunn Family
A reliable source told Bigcountryhomepage.com that the family of Hailey Dunn is being investigated by Child Protective Services. CPS said it cannot confirm that information.
The missing girl's mother, Billie Dunn, said her 16-year-old son is currently staying with relatives in Snyder.
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Hailey's older brother taken into temporary state family protective custody
KTXS learned Wednesday that Hailey Dunn's older brother, David, has been taken into temporary custody of Child Protective Services.
Colorado City Manager Pete Kampfer said it is common practice to remove a child when a situation like this occurs, just to protect David.
Meanwhile, also on Wednesday, for the first time, law enforcement worked with volunteer searchers and two national foundations to give them direction.
KlaasKids and the Laura Recovery Center Foundation trained volunteers Wednesday morning how to go about searching for Hailey.
Hailey's father, Clint Dunn, joined the group of about 55 searchers, to offer up his support.
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Investigation narrows in case of missing teen
A man authorities believe was the last person to see a missing Texas cheerleader is the focus of the investigation and his attorney said he has offered all the information he knows.
Shawn Adkins, the live-in boyfriend of Hailey Dunn's mother, is the only named person of interest in the girl's December disappearance, authorities said Wednesday.
Adkins' attorney, Sidney Lyle of Odessa, told CNN affiliate KTAB in Abilene he has advised his client not to speak further with the media. And he told affiliate KTXS that Adkins has cooperated with law enforcement.
Lyle did not respond to CNN's attempts to talk to him.
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Missing teens brother staying with relative
The brother of missing Colorado City teenager Hailey Dunn is staying with a relative, family members said Wednesday.
Pete Kampfer, city manager of Colorado City, confirmed the report and said the Texas Department of Protective and Family Services was involved in the placement of 16-year-old David Dunn in another home.
Officials at Child Protective Services, however, could not confirm involvement in the case, said CPS public information officer Marleigh Meisner.
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Hailey Dunn's parents overwhelmed by number of volunteer searchers
The parents of Hailey Dunn, who disappeared from Colorado City more than three weeks ago, said they were overwhelmed Wednesday by the outpouring of support from volunteers who showed up to search for their daughter.
By 3 p.m., almost 50 volunteers had signed on to help with the search, organized by two national organizations — the KlaasKids Foundation and the Laura Recovery Center for Missing Children.
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"Billie is in denial" says Nancy Grace guest
Wednesday night on HLN's "Nancy Grace," one of the guests labeled Hailey Dunn's mother, Billie, as being in denial about who Shawn Adkins, her boyfriend and only named suspect, might be.
Now, it's expected that Adkins cannot and likely will not be arrested until some hard evidence, like a body, turns up.
"A body is pertinent to a successful prosecution," says Colorado City City Manager Pete Kampfer.
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Investigation narrows in case of missing teen
A man authorities believe was the last person to see a missing Texas cheerleader is the focus of the investigation and his attorney said he has offered all the information he knows.
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Hailey Suspect to 911: Billie says she wants to die
KTAB News has obtained a fourth 911 call stemming from a February 2010 domestic dispute during which, according to police affidavits, Shawn Adkins allegedly threatened to kill 13-year-old Hailey Dunn and her mother.
Adkins is the boyfriend of Hailey’s mother, Billie Dunn, and the only confirmed suspect in the girl’s disappearance. According to police, Adkins was the last person to see Hailey on December 27: the day she went missing.
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Spokesman: Hailey's body needed for successful prosecution
Colorado City's City Manager Pete Kampfer made one thing clear about the investigation into the disappearance of 13-year-old Hailey Dunn: whether she's the victim of a crime or simply ran away, law enforcement's focus is to find Hailey Dunn.
In an interview Wednesday with KTAB's Priscilla Luong, Kampfer reiterated that the law enforcement side of the case is intensifying. He says officers are working to corroborate the information and tips they've put together.
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Colorado City landfill targe today as part of search for missing teen\\
Law enforcement will be using cadaver dogs this afternoon to search the landfill in Colorado City for missing Colorado City teen Hailey Dunn.
The number of volunteers dwindled to about 20 today, due to the cold weather, organizers said.
Two volunteer search teams gathered for the second time this morning. They will be searching areas along Hwy 208 toward the community of Dunn, which is north of Colorado City.
“We will be looking in areas all along there,” said Brad Dennis of the KlaasKids Foundation, which is organizing the volunteer search for the 13-year-old.
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Large group of volunteers respond; few developments reported
After two national agencies arrived to help find missing thirteen-year-old Hailey Dunn, a good number of volunteers responded to the call.
About 40 people showed up to the Colorado City Civic Center on Wednesday morning to help the KlaasKids Foundation and the Laura Recovery Center with law enforcement search efforts.
The foundations taught volunteers tips on what to do and not to do, as well as different search tactics. The search was conducted within the city limits of Colorado City, where search parties were formed and identified with neon orange vests.
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Colorado City plans Friday for Hailey Dunn
Residents in Colorado City are planning another prayer vigil to help support the family of Hailey Dunn as well as law enforcement.
The service will be held Friday evening at 7 p.m. in the gym at First Baptist Church in Colorado City. The church is located at 3rd Street at Chestnut.
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Cadaver dogs search Colorado City lanfill today
Authorities confirmed to KTXS News that cadaver dogs from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice have arrived and will be searching the Colorado City landfill site Thursday afternoon for missing 13-year-old Hailey Dunn.
A worker at the landfill told KTXS that the FBI had notified landfill officials about the search. The dogs and their handlers came seven hours Thursday from Huntsville to reach Colorado City for the search.
Meanwhile, a frigid day Thursday decreased the number of volunteers searching for missing Colorado City 13-year-old Hailey Dunn.
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Authorities now searching Snyder landfill for missing teen
A waste facility in Snyder was the second landfill law enforcement searched to find evidence into the disappearance of Hailey Dunn who has been missing for over three weeks.
Cadaver dogs from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice were used at the Colorado City landfill and are currently searching at the Snyder Solid Waste Facility.
“We don’t know if there have been any hits,” said Pete Kampfer, city manager and spokesman for the task force investigating the disappearance of 13-year-old teen.
Investigators continued to search in Scurry County today.
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Hope fades for missing Texas teen
- In the face of grim evidence and fading hope, desperate volunteers continue searching for a missing West Texas girl.
Kevin Bowman and his brother on Thursday joined about 20 others to look for Hailey Darlene Dunn, a middle school cheerleader who was reported missing Dec. 28 from Colorado City, about 240 miles west of Dallas.
Kevin Bowman wiped tears away as he spoke about the teenager, saying there is "less and less hope" each day that Hailey is alive.
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Foundation leader helping Hailey's mother cope in Colorado City
Marc Klaas stayed close to Billie Jean Dunn on Thursday while helping to organize the search for her daughter Hailey Dunn, who has been missing for more than three weeks.
Klaas, the president and founder of the KlaasKids Foundation, is helping Billie Jean Dunn and her estranged husband, Clint Dunn, cope as they search for their daughter, who was reported missing Dec. 28. She reportedly last was seen the day before.
"I have been through what they are going through, and I can be an example of how you get through this," Klaas said. "I'm here to represent the end of the tunnel."
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Investigation narrows in case of missing teen
A man authorities believe was the last person to see a missing Texas cheerleader is the focus of the investigation and his attorney said he has offered all the information he knows.
Shawn Adkins, the live-in boyfriend of Hailey Dunn's mother, is the only named person of interest in the girl's December disappearance, authorities said Wednesday.
Adkins' attorney, Sidney Lyle of Odessa, told CNN affiliate KTAB in Abilene he has advised his client not to speak further with the media. And he told affiliate KTXS that Adkins has cooperated with law enforcement.
Lyle did not respond to CNN's attempts to talk to him.
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Hailey Dunn search and investigation pushes on
While there have been reports that evidence was found in the search of landfills in Snyder and Colorado City Thursday, the spokesperson for the investigation tells KTXS if anything substantial had been found he would have known about it and yet the search continues.
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No confirmation ef evidence found in landfill searches
After one of Nancy Grace's producers reported Thursday evening that law enforcement has found evidence directly connected to Hailey Dunn during landfill searches, Colorado City's City Manager Pete Kampfer says he can't confirm that. Kampfer says if major developments of that nature occurred, he'd likely know about it.
Crews searched landfills in Colorado City and Snyder Thursday afternoon. One week prior, law enforcement and cadaver dogs searched Abilene's Allied Waste Services.
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Aerial video: Inside the Colorado City landfill
Searchers returned to the Colorado City landfill Thursday in their ongoing investigation into the disappearance of 13-year-old Hailey Dunn.
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More searches needed, Billie Dunn calls reports "untrue"
Marc Klaas, founder of an advocate group to help find missing children, tells KTAB's Tiffany Tatro that not as many volunteers showed up to assist in search efforts as he was hoping for Friday morning.
Klaas made a plea for help Thursday afternoon. He and members of his group are helping to organize volunteer searchers. They're also receiving help from the Laura Recovery Center.
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No evidence found in Thursday's landfill search
Thursday's search of the Colorado City landfills turned up no evidence in the disappearance of 13-year-old Hailey Dunn, the Mitchell County Sheriff told bigcountryhomepage.com today.
The search included cadaver dogs. Searchers arrived at around 1:30 p.m. and left before 3 p.m. They combed over things that may have been missed the during their initial search of the landfills.
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Dunn, Law Enforcement debunk Nancy Grace reports
Billie Dunn couldn't be happier about having her missing daughter's face on TV sets across the country. While Dunn appreciates all the attention Hailey is receiving, she's not happy with everything that is being said.
Hailey Dunn's disappearance from Colorado City has been featured on HLN's "Nancy Grace" four nights this week. Billie Dunn says some moments in the show have been difficult to watch and experience.
"It makes me mad. It frustrates me that ratings are more important to some people than my daughter being found," said Dunn.
Billie Dunn tells KTAB News that not everything that's been said on the show is entirely true.
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Vigils, searches continue but no progress announced about missing teen
The outpouring of support for Hailey Dunn and her family continued Friday as about 115 people attended a vigil at First Baptist Church to pray for the safe return of 13-year-old Hailey, who has been missing for more than three weeks.
Donations of food and beverages have been pouring in for volunteers. The local Dairy Queen has been providing breakfast and coffee for the volunteers throughout the week, while Pizza Hut has provided lunch.
Sweetwater Mayor Greg Wortham brought over several cases of Girl Scout cookies Thursday. Other individuals are offering donations through www.websleuths.com.
"We have food through the weekend," Dennis said. "We've had calls from Atlanta, (Georgia), Illinois and Colorado asking, 'What can we send you?'"
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Missing teen's father putting faith in God that his daughter will be found
Friday night hundreds of people came to the First Baptist Church in Colorado City for a prayer vigil for Hailey Dunn. "Everybody is going to get together and pray for Hailey at the same time and give it to the Lord," said her father Clint Dunn.
After nearly 4 weeks, Clint said he's putting his faith in God that his daughter will be found. "Definitely I've put my trust in God. I guess you call upon God in your most desperate moments."
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Intimate prayer session held for Hailey Dunn
About 150 people came to the First Baptist Church of Colorado City to pray for Hailey and one group close to her passed out special reminders of the lost little girl.
Buttons were made by fellow 8th graders at Hailey's school that have Hailey's picture and a simple message on them, 'Have you seen me? Call 9-1-1.'
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Colorado City vigil held to keep hope alive for missing teen
To keep up hope for her safe return, Colorado City held a vigil for Hailey Dunn Friday night at the First Baptist Church gym.
People were handing out more than 600 buttons at the door, with a picture of Hailey and the message: "Have you seen me? Call 911".
Each button carried the message to never give up, no matter how long it takes.
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Hailey Dunn search update
People from all over the nation are doing what they can to help, combing the ground for any signs of the teenager and now more of those volunteers will be searching by air.
Several helicopters and crop duster airplanes have been donated by aircrews near Colorado City.
Searchers say having an aerial view will be another strategy that could lead to her discovery.
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Training searchers continues as does hunt for Hialey Dunn
Seventy volunteers assembled Saturday at the Colorado City Civic Center to renew the search for 13-year-old Hailey Dunn, who has was reported missing Dec. 28.
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Volunteers begin aerial search for Dunn
Volunteers took to the sky on Saturday for the first time in the search for Hailey Dunn.
Searcher Kyle Guthrie pointed out remote areas he didn't know existed from the passenger seat of a small plane.
"On the ground, you're looking at the same terrain over and over again. When you're in the air, you're looking at every single square mile there is," he said.
In just two hours, the plane covered about 250 miles of terrain in Snyder, Dunn, Ira, Colorado City, and several bodies of water.
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City manager assumes new duties on teens disappearance
A daily barrage of questions from the media was not in Pete Kampfer's job description, when he hired on as city manager in Colorado City over a year ago.
But questions from reporters are the norm for Kampfer since 13-year-old Hailey Dunn disappeared almost a month ago. The case has attracted much local and national media attention, and Kampfer is the primary liaison for information in the case.
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Hailey Dunn missing 27 days; national search organizations leave Colorado City
Two national search organizations who have helped in the search for missing Colorado City teen Hailey Dunn, have finished their job.
The Laura Recovery Center and Klaas Kids left Colorado City Saturday after five days of organizing volunteers and search parties.
About 60 volunteers showed up Saturday with a renewed sense of enthusiasm and with a formalized plan to search for Hailey Dunn.
Just days after the disappearance of Hailey Dunn, hundreds of community volunteers navigated six square miles of brush-filled land searching for the teen.
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Hailey suspect traveling between Dunn and Big Spring
Law enforcement sources tell bigcountryhomepage.com that the only named suspect in the disappearance of Hailey Dunn, Shawn Adkins, has been traveling between a home in Dunn, Texas and his mother's house in Big Spring over the last few days.
Colorado City's City Manager Pete Kampfer said it's his understanding Adkins has left the home at times. He noted Adkins remains under 24-7 surveillance and officers are aware of his whereabouts.
Since reportedly failing a polygraph exam on Wednesday, January 5, Adkins had been staying at a home in Dunn with relatives. For a number of days, Adkins rarely left. Volunteer searchers told bigcountryhomepage.com they often saw Adkins watching them while they combed through brush and wooded areas.
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Hailey Dunn update: Missing teen billboards across state of Texas
The search continues for missing Colorado City, Texas teen Hailey Dunn, as billboards bearing her face remind drivers in the state about her case.
Hailey, 13, was last seen on December 27. According to police, Shawn Adkins -- her mother’s boyfriend -- claims the girl told him she was walking a short distance to her father’s home and then over to a friend’s to spend the night. She never arrived at either location. Her mother, Billie Dunn, reported her missing on December 28.
Adkins has been named a suspect in the case by police and Billie asked him to move out of the home on January 5.

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Efforts continue despite departures of search teams
The departure of two major search organizations from Colorado City does not signal an end to efforts to find missing Colorado City girl Hailey Dunn, said Pete Kampfer, city manager and media liaison.
The Texas-based Laura Recovery Center for Missing Children helped supervise roughly 30 volunteer searchers Sunday morning and were scheduled to depart Sunday afternoon, Kampfer said.
Brad Dennis, director of search operations for the KlaasKids National Search Center for Missing Children, left Saturday because of prior engagements in Florida.
The KlaasKids organization has been training volunteers and coordinating search efforts in Colorado City since Tuesday.
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Keeping your children safe: Know who you and your kids know
In the midst of an ongoing search for missing Colorado City teen Hailey Dunn, parents throughout the Big Country are thinking twice about how to keep their children safe when out of sight.
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Mom of Hailey's friend on the sleepover that never happened
Cecilia Garcia says she was shocked when Shawn Adkins, the live-in boyfriend of Hailey Dunn's mother, claimed Hailey was going to a slumber party at her family home on the night she disappeared.
"Obviously he's not telling the truth about her spending the night at Mary Beth's," said Garcia.
Garcia says at her house, it's not like these parties would happen out of the blue.
"Hailey has never spent the night here," she said.
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Live at 5pm: Find Hailey Dunn 4 weeks later
On Monday, KTAB News will present a special edition of KTAB News at Five that marks the four week anniversary since 13-year-old Hailey Dunn vanished from the town of Colorado City.
Hailey's disappearance has made an impact on the lives of almost everyone across the Big Country. Whether it's going to Colorado City to help search, tuning into the news to get updates, or logging on to the internet to check out the latest developments, Hailey's case has captured our hearts and attention.
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Raw Interview: Out of state tips in Dunn investigation
The Mitchell County district attorney is working to build a case in the disappearance of Hailey Dunn to hand over to a grand jury, Michell County Sheriff Patrick Toombs said. But right now, there isn't enough evidence to arrest the only named suspect, Shawn Adkins.
"Once that case is built and we have enough info to go on, then the arrest will be made and someone will be taken to trial in that case," he told KRBC reporter Jessica Reyes on Monday.
As leads continue to come in, investigators are trying to get all persons of interest cleared and narrow the case down to one person, he said.
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Investigation into missing teen nears one month
Monday marks four weeks since Colorado City teen, Hailey Dunn was last seen.
Law enforcement told KTXS Monday, though they continue to work several leads, they still have not had any breakthroughs in the case.
KTXS learned this weekend, authorities are investigating leads that took them to Tennessee.
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Billie Dunn no longer 'stuck in a rut'
For weeks ago, Billie Dunn never thought her life would change as much as is has – her 13-year-old daughter, Hailey, hasn't been seen since the Monday after Christmas.
"I'd just been in a rut sitting around here crying," she said. "I had no motivation to get out of the house."
But 28 days later, this distraught single mother has found inner strength.
"I know if I break down I won't stop. Once it starts it just keeps coming, so I know that I have to keep it together."
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Adkins being monitored, likely not under 24-7 surveillance
In the fifth straight week of the search for Hailey Dunn, investigators say they're getting new leads every day, but there's still no sign of the missing 13-year-old.
It's been 28 day since she disappeared, leaving her family, police, and even those who didn't know her looking for answers.
Colorado City City Manager Pete Kampfer says the investigation is mostly criminal at this point, but investigators are continuing to follow leads here in Texas and other areas of the country.
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Special Report: Find Hailey Dunn, 4 weeks later
On Monday, January 24, KTAB News presented a special edition of KTAB News at Five that marked the four week anniversary since 13-year-old Hailey Dunn vanished from the town of Colorado City. The bulk of the broadcast focused on what we know to be the fact of the case. You can click on the videos below to view the special report in its entirety.
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Numbers show missing children an all too common occurance
The case of Hailey Dunn, has brought missing children into the spotlight here in the Big Country, but in the United States, more than 2,000 children go missing every day.
Here in Texas alone, data collected by the National Crime Information Center shows more than 45,000 children were reported missing in 2010.
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Relatives on missing teen still hopeful
The words — inked in black paint on bright orange paper — hung between a green stuffed frog and a white stuffed bear on "Hailey's Bridge" on Monday.
This small bridge on State Highway 208 in the community of Dunn, about 10 miles north of Colorado City, has become a repository of gifts over the past few weeks as people attach stuffed animals and cards, and post notes of encouragement for missing Colorado City teenager Hailey Dunn.
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Authorities investigating if Dunn's case and a missing Lubbock teen are linked
Authorities in Colorado City are investigating if the case of missing teen Hailey Dunn, and a Lubbock 15-year old, who went missing and was found dead Monday, are connected.
At this time they do not believe the cases have anything to do with one another.
13-year old Hailey Dunn has been missing since December 27th.
15-year old Elizabeth Ennen went missing January 4th.
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The Hailey Dunn Story: KTXS archive, timeline of stories
Colorado City teenager Hailey Dunn has been missing since Dec. 27. The story has gone through twists and turns – from the Jan. 11 release of affidavits pointing toward suspect Shawn Adkins, to featured appearances on the “Nancy Grace” show and images of law enforcement searching several landfills. Law enforcement and volunteers have been searching for weeks.
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Raw: School releases video of Hailey Dunn
A picture might be worth 1,000 words, but sometimes a video of a person can give you a much better idea of what they look like.
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New leads checked in missing teens case
Investigators are continuing their search for 13-year-old Hailey Dunn in parts of Mitchell and Scurry counties — including areas previously explored.
"I know that they're corroborating as much as they can," said Pete Kampfer, Colorado City's city manager and media liaison for the law enforcement agencies investigating the girl's disappearance, on Tuesday. "I guess as a basis of a checklist, you want to make sure you've thoroughly gone over everything."
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Hailey's mom reacts to newly released video
New surveillance video released by Colorado ISD shows 13-year old Hailey Dunn about a week before she disappeared.
"It was very hard to look at," said Billie Dunn, Hailey's mother, "just seeing the way she walks, and recognizing it."
Billie spent Monday combing through surveillance video with Colorado ISD officials. The video was shot just before students at Colorado Middle School were released for winter break.
"I didn't think that it was possible," she recollects, "but I am definitely missing her more now."
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Hailey Dunn: Criminal Profile
Hailey Dunn was reported missing on December 28, 2010 from Colorado City, Texas. The last person to see Hailey is Shawn Adkins. He is the former live-in boyfriend of Hailey Dunn's mother, Billie Dunn. He has been named a suspect, in the case, but no arrests have been made. Numerous searches have been made in and around Colorado City, but these searches have not led to her recovery.
Criminal profiler, Glenn Owen, has been following the case. He provided the following profile that he would use as a tool to solve her disappearance.
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Group giving emotional, fiancial support to Dunn family
Tomorrow marks one month since Hailey Dunn was last seen, and her mother, Billie, is now getting some additional emotional and financial support from someone who has been in her shoes.
Diena Thompson form the Somer Thompson Foundation is in Colorado City today. Diena started the foundation after her 7-year-old daughter was abducted and murdered. She said she is providing financial assistance to the Dunn family and offering emotional support.
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Grass roots volunteers searching for missing teen persist
Operations went smoothly for Hailey's Search Center — a grass roots group of volunteers searching for Colorado City teen Hailey Dunn — despite the absence of two national missing children organizations.
Members from KlaasKids Foundation and Laura Recovery Center for Missing Children previously helped coordinate volunteer search efforts and have since left Colorado City.
"To tell you the truth, I was little bit scared at first, but I'm not (now)," said Gaye Hebert, one of several volunteers trained to organize the search. "I think they taught us well, and we really want to do it and that makes all the difference."
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Tomorrow marks one month since teen disappeared
Thursday January 27th will be one month since missing teen Hailey Dunn was last seen. We spoke to Hailey's mom about how she plans to keep the attention on her daughter.
Billie Jean Dunn says she'll do anything to make sure the public doesn't forget her daughter is missing. There's some talk about getting bikers involved in a ride for Hailey and Wednesday Billie Dunn got some help from another mother.
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Billie Dunn asking for answeres
It's now almost a month since Hailey Dunn went missing and her mom, Billie Jean, is starting to demand answers.
Billie Dunn's growing more frustrated, she tells us this past week has been especially hard because it marks the longest she's ever gone without seeing her daughter but she's trying to stay optimistic.
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Hailey's mom clings to hope
Four weeks ago few people outside of classmates and close friends had any idea who Hailey Dunn was.
Today, her face is known coast to coast and an entire community has pulled together to make her their own.
Hailey is a typical 13 year old according to her mother, “with hormones raging and little attitudes now and then, but no different from other friends’ 13-year-olds.”
“She’s really a good kid. She has a big heart,” Billie Dunn said.
Her room reflects her growing from little girl into young lady: trophies from softball, decorative pillows on her bed, a drawer of snacks – Hostess cupcakes and hot Cheetos, and pin up pictures of her favorite martial artist B. J. Penn.
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Attention on Hailey Dunn case slowing, one month later
Thursday marks one full month since 13-year-old Hailey Dunn vanished from the small town of Colorado City. Over the last 30 days, Hailey has captured the attention of the area and nation. However, the buzz surrounding the case is starting to slow.
Last week, authorities began talking about regional and national law enforcement agencies leaving the area and the investigation being handled primarily by the Colorado City Police Department and Mitchell County Sheriff's Office.
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[ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126544"]Volunteers scaling back search efforts for Hailey Dunn[/ame]
A volunteer search group trained by a national advocate group for missing children tells KTAB's Tiffany Tatro it will be scaling back its search efforts to find Hailey Dunn to two days a week.
Members of the group, trained by KlaasKids, say they'll be conducting their searches for the missing 13-year-old on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Still no sign of missing Colorado City teen one month after disappearance
Thursday marked exactly one month since Colorado City teen Hailey Dunn disappeared. As the weeks drag on, Hailey's mom has been consumed with trying to bring her daughter back home. It's not only been a drain emotionally, but financially. A missing children's organization has stepped in to help her pay the bills while she goes through this tough time.
Fliers have been passed out, search teams have come and gone and many vigils have been held to pray for Hailey Dunn's safe return, and one month later still no word on where she could be.
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Hailey Dunn now gone one month, classmates show support
Hailey's classmates are doing everything they can to make sure their friend is not forgotten because of advice from the founder of Klaaskids.
Hailey's principal, Mark Merrell, asked the founder of Klaaskids, Marc Klaas, his advice for handling this tough situation. Klaas told Merrel not to sweep it under the rug.
So Hailey's classmates have been filling a suggestion box in the school's cafeteria with their own ideas for how to find Hailey. They're also writing special prayers on the wall for everyone to see.
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Search for Hailey Dunn continues despite no new info
A group of about 15 law enforcement officials and volunteers once again scoured the open fields of Scurry County to search for missing teen Hailey Dunn.
Members of the Mitchell County Sheriff's Office, Scurry County Sheriff's Office, Texas Rangers, Colorado City Police Department and volunteers rode horses and four-wheelers as they searched private land in northern Scurry County near State Highway 208.
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Clint Dunn not giving up search for Hailey
Hailey’s father, Clint Dunn, is not giving up on finding his missing daughter.
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Police collect socks, hair found during Dunn search
Socks and hair were discovered during a search in Big Spring Friday morning.
Pete Kampfer, who has been acting as spokesman for the investigation, confirmed this afternoon that the items were found and collected by the Big Spring Police Department.
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Billie Dunn: There is another person that needs to be looked at
Billie Jean Dunn said there is another person that may lead them to Hailey.
Hailey's mom said she thinks there is another person to be investigated.
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'Have Hope': Hailey Dunn's family, friends stay optimistic
A sign outside Colorado Middle School reads "Have Hope" — two words that are uniting a school and a town and giving strength to a mother and father who desperately want to see her their daughter come home safe.
Friday marked a month to the day that 13-year-old Hailey Dunn was reported missing, and the girl's mother said she is finding strength in faith.
"I have to speak for her, and I have to just never give up on her," Billie Jean Dunn said. "I have to believe that she's out there or else I'm not gonna be able to stay strong."
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