Posted on 11/08/2007 6:59:29 PM PST by Luke Skyfreeper
By Todd G. Higdon
Daily News Staff Writer
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In the sixth day of the search for missing Rowan Ford, 9 of Stella, Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland informed the media at 3 p.m., Thursday, that Ford has not been found.
"We have covered a lot of ground, followed up a lot of leads," said Copeland. "From day one, we were in assistance with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Today, they offered assistance with another 25 personnel."
That brings personnel to 75 outside agency agents and officers.
Law enforcements personnel have searched Newton, Barry and McDonald counties.
Adding to Copeland's remarks, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Jeff Lanza said they are waiting some results of evidence, which was sent to the FBI's lab in at Quantico, Va.
"We are waiting some DNA results," said Lanza.
Asked if he would elaborate on what type of DNA samples, Lanza said, "I am not going to get into the specifics."
Lanza went onto say that "DNA processing takes several days to at the minimal."
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There have been no arrests in this case.
"We are still hoping to find her," Copeland said.
See more of this story in Friday's Neosho Daily News.
ping to those who’ve posted on the previous thread. Please let me know if you don’t want to be pinged regarding new info on this case.
About the only new thing I see here is the statement that they’re waiting on some DNA test results, which take a few days at least to come back. Refusal, naturally, to say what kind of DNA test results. Since there is no site known to be associated with the case other than the home and possibly family vehicles, I’m guessing the DNA probably comes from among those sites.
Missing Mo. girl found dead
By Marcus Kabel
ASSOCIATED PRESS
11/09/2007
OZARK, Mo. (AP) — A 9-year-old southwest Missouri girl missing for a week was found dead Friday in a sinkhole in eastern McDonald County, a law enforcement official said.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because authorities had not yet made an official announcement, said the body of Rowan Ford was found on private land near Powell, about 10 miles south of the girl’s hometown of Stella, a village of about 200 people.
Rowan was reported missing Saturday after her mother, Colleen Spears, returned home from a night shift at a Wal-Mart in a nearby town and couldn’t find her daughter. Rowan’s stepfather, David Spears, told investigators he last saw the girl asleep in her room around 10:45 p.m. Friday before he left her alone and went out with friends.
Colleen and David Spears spent much of the day looking for Rowan at the homes of acquaintances where they thought the girl might have gone, then reported the girl missing at 6:50 p.m.
Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland has said David Spears told authorities that he left the girl alone when he went out on Friday night and did not check on her after his friends dropped him off at midnight.
Spears also later told authorities that he called his mother sometime after 1 a.m. Saturday and asked to use her vehicle, Copeland has said. She took it to him about half an hour later, then stayed at his house while her son left in her vehicle for about 5 1/2 hours, Copeland has said. Copeland also has said that Spears has not been able to explain what he did in those 5 1/2 hours.
Spears, who has been staying with his parents, has said it was wrong for him to have left the girl alone.
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