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Fathers search for daughter ends
By Scott Parrott
Staff Writer
January 03, 2004
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BERRY | When Amy Files disappeared in September, her father, George Files, hoped she just moved away without leaving word.
The family posted fliers with her photograph throughout the area. The days passed, then a month, then two. Still, Files remained hopeful.
But when Christmas came and went without a phone call, the worry grew greater, and Files intensified his search. The search, he said, ended this week, down a narrow dirt road on the outskirts of the town, in the bottom of an abandoned well.
I dont know if we wouldve ever found her, if it hadnt been for word of mouth," Files said Friday, two days after Fayette County Sheriffs investigators found a womans body in the shaft off Flat Creek Road, submerged in about 6 feet of water.
The sheriffs department is working to positively identify the woman, who apparently was killedd. The state Department of Forensic Sciences is performing an autopsy.
But Files said he is sure it is Amy, who would have turned 34 next month.
Sheriff Hubert Norris said the woman appeared to be in her 30s. He said cables were tied around her neck, and the cables were weighed down with two concrete blocks.
We have suspects in the case," he said.
Files said someone who knew his daughter led him to the property where the well is located.
When he came to the well, he said, he didnt want to look inside.
I told the kid, 'I cant look down there, I just cant do it, " he said.
But he had been searching for months. He looked. It was dark, and he could see little.
It wasnt until later, after the sheriffs department deputies came, that he said his search for his daughter ended.
Now he is searching for justice.
I just want them to find the people that did this," he said. They shouldnt have done this
By Scott Parrott
Staff Writer
January 03, 2004
Email this story.
Discuss this story
BERRY | When Amy Files disappeared in September, her father, George Files, hoped she just moved away without leaving word.
The family posted fliers with her photograph throughout the area. The days passed, then a month, then two. Still, Files remained hopeful.
But when Christmas came and went without a phone call, the worry grew greater, and Files intensified his search. The search, he said, ended this week, down a narrow dirt road on the outskirts of the town, in the bottom of an abandoned well.
I dont know if we wouldve ever found her, if it hadnt been for word of mouth," Files said Friday, two days after Fayette County Sheriffs investigators found a womans body in the shaft off Flat Creek Road, submerged in about 6 feet of water.
The sheriffs department is working to positively identify the woman, who apparently was killedd. The state Department of Forensic Sciences is performing an autopsy.
But Files said he is sure it is Amy, who would have turned 34 next month.
Sheriff Hubert Norris said the woman appeared to be in her 30s. He said cables were tied around her neck, and the cables were weighed down with two concrete blocks.
We have suspects in the case," he said.
Files said someone who knew his daughter led him to the property where the well is located.
When he came to the well, he said, he didnt want to look inside.
I told the kid, 'I cant look down there, I just cant do it, " he said.
But he had been searching for months. He looked. It was dark, and he could see little.
It wasnt until later, after the sheriffs department deputies came, that he said his search for his daughter ended.
Now he is searching for justice.
I just want them to find the people that did this," he said. They shouldnt have done this
