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Cadaver Dogs Focus on Mound of Dirt in Search for Missing Mom Jessie
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
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AP
Jessie Marie Davis
Jessie Marie Davis
UNIONTOWN, Ohio - Cadaver dogs searching for missing pregnant mom
Jessie Davis have been put on the scent of a fresh mound of dirt in a
waste area at Highland Park Street NW and Aultman Avenue, in Canton.
A sergeant with the Springfield Police Department called for the dogs
around noon Thursday when the mound was discovered. Five dogs and
their handlers are concentrated in an area off Highland Park, where a
lot of trash has been dumped.
The search party with the group has been asked to wait on a grassy
hill roughly 50 feet from where the cadaver dogs are concentrated.
Craig Cassidy was among the volunteers to discover the mound of dirt.
"We came across a mound that looked as though it had been freshly dug
up," he told FOX News. "They brought in five or six dogs." He said the
indication was that "there was something there," but he hasn't been
back to the site since.
The dogs are still on the scene.
One of the volunteer searchers, a 10-year-old boy, found a green rug
in the vicinity with a white pattern. The rug seemed to have been
there for a lengthy period of time.
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Missing Pregnant Mom Jessie Marie Davis Meanwhile, the Stark County
Sheriff's department has scheduled today's press conference for 5 p.m.
at the sheriff's office.
About 1,500 volunteers gathered early Thursday to assist in a new
search for Davis, many of them total strangers to the 9-months-
pregnant woman's family.
The volunteers formed a line about two football fields long before
they began combing Davis' neighborhood for clues to her whereabouts.
"We just really need to find her," her younger sister Whitney Davis
told FOX News on Thursday. "I feel very anxious. The first search we
did was nerve-wracking. I hope we find some kind of lead or some kind
of clue."
Texas EquuSearch, an internationally active search team, brought in
sonar equipment to northeast Ohio to check ponds and a remote-control
airplane equipped with a camera to look for any sign of 26-year-old
Davis.
"They're going to help us find Jessie, hopefully, bring her back
safe," The Associated Press quoted Whitney as saying.
Some of the 1,500 volunteers waiting for the search to start brought
their dogs or children. Many sipped donated bottles of water, and one
man had a hiking stick. People continued to join the line along a
sidewalk to sign up at a fire station to help.
"I think every single rock will be turned over on this search," said
organizer Tim Miller, who runs the internationally active search team
Texas EquuSearch.
Miller had expected about 200 volunteers Thursday and said he was a
bit overwhelmed by the turnout. His team also brought in sonar
equipment to check ponds and a remote-control airplane equipped with a
camera to look for any sign of Davis.
Whitney Davis wore a T-shirt with her sister's picture and the word
"Missing" in red letters.
"She's my sister and it's breaking my heart that we don't know where
she is," she told FOX.
Lisa Hoffman, who works for EquuSearch and has been involved in many
searches, said she had never seen such a large turnout.
"It's crazy. This is a high-profile case," she said.
Jessie Davis, whose baby is due July 3, was last heard from in a phone
call with her mother on June 13. Two days later, her mother checked on
her home in nearby Lake Township and found it in shambles, with the
furniture overturned, a comforter missing and her 2-year-old grandson
wandering around alone.
The little boy told investigators: "Mommy was crying. Mommy broke the
table. Mommy's in rug." A pool of bleach was on the bedroom floor, and
the contents of Davis' purse were scattered in the kitchen.
"We're holding onto that hope that maybe she's still alive out there,"
said Miller. "That would be the greatest thing in the world, but
realistically, we know after a period of time that that normally
doesn't happen."
Miller started EquuSearch his 16-year-old daughter, Laura, disappeared
in Texas and was found dead 17 months later. Funded through donations,
the group offers search-and-rescue training and uses specialized
search equipment to help recover human remains around the world and
search for missing children. It has worked on hundreds of missing
persons cases, including the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway,
18, in Aruba.
"We're probably looking at somewhat of a miracle in this case," Miller
said. "We also know if that person is deceased out there it's very
important we find them as quickly as we can find them so they can
determine cause of death."
On Wednesday, for the second time in three days, investigators
searched the home of the man who fathered Davis' 2-year-old son and
unborn daughter, although authorities have repeatedly said Canton
police officer Bobby Cutts Jr. is not a suspect.
Cutts, 30, told The (Canton) Repository he had nothing to do with
Davis' disappearance, and that he has slept little and had no appetite
since she vanished.
Sheriff's investigators and FBI agents carried out more than a dozen
white cardboard boxes, a few brown bags and three large black plastic
bags during a search that lasted more than three hours.
A legal order allowed investigators to obtain some of Davis' cell
phone records, which are being reviewed, Stark County sheriff's Chief
Deputy Rick Perez said at a news conference Wednesday.
Cutts, who also has two children with his wife, Kelly, said they are
separated but have not filed for divorce and that his wife knew he had
a relationship with Davis.
He said he last spoke with Davis at 8 p.m. on June 13, about 90
minutes before she last spoke with her mother.
Cutts' mother, Renee Horne, told the Repository that agents at her
son's house were looking for Davis' cell phone and a quilt missing
from the Davis's home.
Horne said FBI agents questioned her son twice Wednesday, and read him
his Miranda rights during the second interview. Investigators also
took Cutts' two cell phones, Horne said.
"I feel confident with all the law enforcement agencies working on the
case," Whitney Davis told FOX News. "We are happy with them and we
know they are doing the best they can right now. They can't share
every lead with us."
Meanwhile, authorities said DNA tests would not be finished until next
week on a newborn girl left on a porch about 45 miles away from Davis'
home. Authorities are trying to determine if the infant, less than 24
hours old when it was found Monday evening in Wooster, is related to
Davis.
A bottle and can of formula left in the basket with the newborn were
sent to be tested for fingerprints or any other evidence.
On its Web site, the FBI lists the case as a kidnapping. But FBI
spokesman Scott Wilson in Cleveland said the label is standard
whenever foul play is a possibility, and the agency doesn't know if
Davis was abducted or not.
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to Davis'
whereabouts. EquuSearch added a $5,000 reward.
Thursday morning, the volunteers gathered at the firehouse near a sign
that read, "Pray for Jessie," to help EquuSearch's efforts.
"My heart goes out to them," said Lisa Dillon, 47, who took a vacation
day from her state job to aid in the search. "I just want to help."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
............................................
Pray for Jessie?
Give me a break.
I have no pity for stupid people....who fall for hollywood movies
showing how smart and nice black men are.
Bullshit.
love
hank
..........................................................
Davis
Thursday, June 21, 2007
E-MAIL STORY PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
AP
Jessie Marie Davis
Jessie Marie Davis
UNIONTOWN, Ohio - Cadaver dogs searching for missing pregnant mom
Jessie Davis have been put on the scent of a fresh mound of dirt in a
waste area at Highland Park Street NW and Aultman Avenue, in Canton.
A sergeant with the Springfield Police Department called for the dogs
around noon Thursday when the mound was discovered. Five dogs and
their handlers are concentrated in an area off Highland Park, where a
lot of trash has been dumped.
The search party with the group has been asked to wait on a grassy
hill roughly 50 feet from where the cadaver dogs are concentrated.
Craig Cassidy was among the volunteers to discover the mound of dirt.
"We came across a mound that looked as though it had been freshly dug
up," he told FOX News. "They brought in five or six dogs." He said the
indication was that "there was something there," but he hasn't been
back to the site since.
The dogs are still on the scene.
One of the volunteer searchers, a 10-year-old boy, found a green rug
in the vicinity with a white pattern. The rug seemed to have been
there for a lengthy period of time.
(Story continues below)
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RelatedStories
Texas EquuSearch in the Business of Hunting for Missing Persons Fox
Facts: Key Players in Jessie Davis' Disappearance Officials Search
House of Missing Mom's Boyfriend Couple Who Found Abandoned Newborn
Girl Doubts Link to Missing Ohio Mom Jessie Davis Police Suspect Foul
Play in Disappearance of Pregnant Ohio Woman Police Searching for
Missing Pregnant Woman in Ohio Video
Hunt for Jessie 'Just Wonderful to See' Ex-Girlfriend of Ohio Cop
Speaks Out Mom: 'We Want Her Home' Jessie Davis' Family Goes 'On the
Record' Photo Essays
Missing Pregnant Mom Jessie Marie Davis Meanwhile, the Stark County
Sheriff's department has scheduled today's press conference for 5 p.m.
at the sheriff's office.
About 1,500 volunteers gathered early Thursday to assist in a new
search for Davis, many of them total strangers to the 9-months-
pregnant woman's family.
The volunteers formed a line about two football fields long before
they began combing Davis' neighborhood for clues to her whereabouts.
"We just really need to find her," her younger sister Whitney Davis
told FOX News on Thursday. "I feel very anxious. The first search we
did was nerve-wracking. I hope we find some kind of lead or some kind
of clue."
Texas EquuSearch, an internationally active search team, brought in
sonar equipment to northeast Ohio to check ponds and a remote-control
airplane equipped with a camera to look for any sign of 26-year-old
Davis.
"They're going to help us find Jessie, hopefully, bring her back
safe," The Associated Press quoted Whitney as saying.
Some of the 1,500 volunteers waiting for the search to start brought
their dogs or children. Many sipped donated bottles of water, and one
man had a hiking stick. People continued to join the line along a
sidewalk to sign up at a fire station to help.
"I think every single rock will be turned over on this search," said
organizer Tim Miller, who runs the internationally active search team
Texas EquuSearch.
Miller had expected about 200 volunteers Thursday and said he was a
bit overwhelmed by the turnout. His team also brought in sonar
equipment to check ponds and a remote-control airplane equipped with a
camera to look for any sign of Davis.
Whitney Davis wore a T-shirt with her sister's picture and the word
"Missing" in red letters.
"She's my sister and it's breaking my heart that we don't know where
she is," she told FOX.
Lisa Hoffman, who works for EquuSearch and has been involved in many
searches, said she had never seen such a large turnout.
"It's crazy. This is a high-profile case," she said.
Jessie Davis, whose baby is due July 3, was last heard from in a phone
call with her mother on June 13. Two days later, her mother checked on
her home in nearby Lake Township and found it in shambles, with the
furniture overturned, a comforter missing and her 2-year-old grandson
wandering around alone.
The little boy told investigators: "Mommy was crying. Mommy broke the
table. Mommy's in rug." A pool of bleach was on the bedroom floor, and
the contents of Davis' purse were scattered in the kitchen.
"We're holding onto that hope that maybe she's still alive out there,"
said Miller. "That would be the greatest thing in the world, but
realistically, we know after a period of time that that normally
doesn't happen."
Miller started EquuSearch his 16-year-old daughter, Laura, disappeared
in Texas and was found dead 17 months later. Funded through donations,
the group offers search-and-rescue training and uses specialized
search equipment to help recover human remains around the world and
search for missing children. It has worked on hundreds of missing
persons cases, including the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway,
18, in Aruba.
"We're probably looking at somewhat of a miracle in this case," Miller
said. "We also know if that person is deceased out there it's very
important we find them as quickly as we can find them so they can
determine cause of death."
On Wednesday, for the second time in three days, investigators
searched the home of the man who fathered Davis' 2-year-old son and
unborn daughter, although authorities have repeatedly said Canton
police officer Bobby Cutts Jr. is not a suspect.
Cutts, 30, told The (Canton) Repository he had nothing to do with
Davis' disappearance, and that he has slept little and had no appetite
since she vanished.
Sheriff's investigators and FBI agents carried out more than a dozen
white cardboard boxes, a few brown bags and three large black plastic
bags during a search that lasted more than three hours.
A legal order allowed investigators to obtain some of Davis' cell
phone records, which are being reviewed, Stark County sheriff's Chief
Deputy Rick Perez said at a news conference Wednesday.
Cutts, who also has two children with his wife, Kelly, said they are
separated but have not filed for divorce and that his wife knew he had
a relationship with Davis.
He said he last spoke with Davis at 8 p.m. on June 13, about 90
minutes before she last spoke with her mother.
Cutts' mother, Renee Horne, told the Repository that agents at her
son's house were looking for Davis' cell phone and a quilt missing
from the Davis's home.
Horne said FBI agents questioned her son twice Wednesday, and read him
his Miranda rights during the second interview. Investigators also
took Cutts' two cell phones, Horne said.
"I feel confident with all the law enforcement agencies working on the
case," Whitney Davis told FOX News. "We are happy with them and we
know they are doing the best they can right now. They can't share
every lead with us."
Meanwhile, authorities said DNA tests would not be finished until next
week on a newborn girl left on a porch about 45 miles away from Davis'
home. Authorities are trying to determine if the infant, less than 24
hours old when it was found Monday evening in Wooster, is related to
Davis.
A bottle and can of formula left in the basket with the newborn were
sent to be tested for fingerprints or any other evidence.
On its Web site, the FBI lists the case as a kidnapping. But FBI
spokesman Scott Wilson in Cleveland said the label is standard
whenever foul play is a possibility, and the agency doesn't know if
Davis was abducted or not.
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to Davis'
whereabouts. EquuSearch added a $5,000 reward.
Thursday morning, the volunteers gathered at the firehouse near a sign
that read, "Pray for Jessie," to help EquuSearch's efforts.
"My heart goes out to them," said Lisa Dillon, 47, who took a vacation
day from her state job to aid in the search. "I just want to help."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
............................................
Pray for Jessie?
Give me a break.
I have no pity for stupid people....who fall for hollywood movies
showing how smart and nice black men are.
Bullshit.
love
hank
..........................................................