EeneyMinnieMoe
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http://www.amw.com/missing_children/brief.cfm?id=25696
(I checked Minnesota sources and the suspect, John Duncan, was ruled out by police. As far as I can tell, the girl and the kidnapper are still missing. )
http://web.lexis-nexis.com.proxy.we...b-zSkVb&_md5=3ba0f0dad13a084e1593a4a8deebd114
(Excerpt from videotape)
KAELIN: Leanna is a beautiful little girl, very loving child. She had a way about her, just having to hold you and to hug you.
CHRISTOPHER: She loved all people. She--she never seen bad in everybody. Always with hugs and kisses--she had to hug and kiss everybody. We're still hoping she's gonna be home.
(Graphic on screen)
June 14, 2003
KAELIN: She needed to go see her friends, because that was something she had to do every day. I watched her walk up the street, and that was the last time I saw her.
CHRISTOPHER: The--the panic really started to set in after we'd gone to her last friend's house. As soon as it was dark outside, it really got--it really got bad. And we were--we were kind of thinking, well, maybe she found a new friend, and she was playing at a new friend's house. And we thought, well, maybe she fell asleep, and she'll wake up in the morning and--and she'll come home. By about 7:30, 8:00 in the morning on Sunday, it--it had really dawned on me that she's not gonna be easily found.
KAELIN: My husband had looked at me and said, 'Kaelin, she's gone.'
CHRISTOPHER: This happened the day before Father's Day.
Unidentified Child #1: You don't hear her little voice anymore, and it just makes you want to cry.
Unidentified Child #2: I'm hopeful that we'll find her. All I really want is her back.
KAELIN: I couldn't leave. I refused to leave the front of the house. I really, like, sat out in front of my house and didn't come inside the house for about four days straight.
CHRISTOPHER: You know, as--as time goes by, of course, y--you--you miss her more and more. You get more and more fears, more and more worries about what could have happened to her, what did happen to her or what will happen to her.
KAELIN: There are times that I think I can't live without her, and that's--those are my really bad days. But I miss her.
CHRISTOPHER: Daddy loves you. I miss you.
Please, Leanna, come home. We miss you. We're not gonna stop looking for you. We're not gonna sleep until we find you.
KAELIN: We love you, baby.
CHRISTOPHER: We love you.
KAELIN: Just come home.
(End of excerpt)
WILLIAMS: Please welcome Leanna's parents, Christopher and Kaelin, to the show.
Christopher, any clues at all?
CHRISTOPHER: They've had several leads, nothing that's brought us, you know, to any real, real direction.
WILLIAMS: A neighbor actually saw her knocking on the neighbor's door of a friend that she was gonna go see.
CHRISTOPHER: Yes. That was the...
WILLIAMS: So you...
CHRISTOPHER: The neighbor across the street had--had watched her walk up, you know, to the door and knock. Then he--she turned around and came back down the sidewalk. And then at that point, he went back to doing what--what he was doing, and nobody saw her direction or--or a vehicle or anything. She just vanished.
KAELIN: Like she vanished.
Ms. BROWNE: Is there anybody that--in that area by the name of (censored)?
KAELIN: How old?
Ms. BROWNE: I'd say 20-ish.
WILLIAMS: OK.
KAELIN: Is she still with us?
Ms. BROWNE: No.
CHRISTOPHER: No?
KAELIN: Where would we find her?
Ms. BROWNE: In--you know, it's either wooded or--I don't know why it s--always has to be wooded or water, whatever. But it's a wooded area, and it's a very shallow grave. This person drove, of all things, a yellow VW, that yel...
CHRISTOPHER: Is there any...
Ms. BROWNE: ...that really funny yellow color.
WILLIAMS: Is that wooded area in and near where they live...
Ms. BROWNE: Yes.
WILLIAMS: ...or is that distant from where they live?
Ms. BROWNE: No, it's not that far from where they live.
CHRISTOPHER: In a real thick, wooded area, or is it--is it a...
Ms. BROWNE: No, it's fairly sparse.
CHRISTOPHER: Fairly sparse, like a pine tree type--pine trees?
Ms. BROWNE: Uh-huh. Yeah.
KAELIN: Can you tell me why? What's--I mean...
Ms. BROWNE: Because there are so many--I don't want to say so many. It sounds like I'm, you know, pessimistic. But there are so many crazy people out there anymore. Remember the woman that...
KAELIN: But she didn't suffer, though?
Ms. BROWNE: ...watched her child go to the--the--to the bus, and right in front of her eyes disappeared?
CHRISTOPHER: When this--when this happened to her, was--was it over with quickly?
Ms. BROWNE: Yes, it was, very quick, yeah. And I'm telling you, you--I never believed in having, you know, leashes on kids, but I swear to God, you gotta have them Velcroed to you or something. I don't know what to do anymore.
KAELIN: Will we find her?
CHRISTOPHER: Yeah, will we find her?
KAELIN: So we can put her to rest?
Ms. BROWNE: Well, she is at rest, honey, 'cause she comes around you all the time. I'm surprised you haven't heard footsteps and things like that...
KAELIN: I have.
Ms. BROWNE: ...you know, in the house. Yeah, but I'm pretty sure you will find her. But, you know, I know it's important to find the body, but, you know, the body is so minuscule compared to her soul that's with God.
WILLIAMS: Gotta take a break. We'll be back right after this.
(I checked Minnesota sources and the suspect, John Duncan, was ruled out by police. As far as I can tell, the girl and the kidnapper are still missing. )
http://web.lexis-nexis.com.proxy.we...b-zSkVb&_md5=3ba0f0dad13a084e1593a4a8deebd114
(Excerpt from videotape)
KAELIN: Leanna is a beautiful little girl, very loving child. She had a way about her, just having to hold you and to hug you.
CHRISTOPHER: She loved all people. She--she never seen bad in everybody. Always with hugs and kisses--she had to hug and kiss everybody. We're still hoping she's gonna be home.
(Graphic on screen)
June 14, 2003
KAELIN: She needed to go see her friends, because that was something she had to do every day. I watched her walk up the street, and that was the last time I saw her.
CHRISTOPHER: The--the panic really started to set in after we'd gone to her last friend's house. As soon as it was dark outside, it really got--it really got bad. And we were--we were kind of thinking, well, maybe she found a new friend, and she was playing at a new friend's house. And we thought, well, maybe she fell asleep, and she'll wake up in the morning and--and she'll come home. By about 7:30, 8:00 in the morning on Sunday, it--it had really dawned on me that she's not gonna be easily found.
KAELIN: My husband had looked at me and said, 'Kaelin, she's gone.'
CHRISTOPHER: This happened the day before Father's Day.
Unidentified Child #1: You don't hear her little voice anymore, and it just makes you want to cry.
Unidentified Child #2: I'm hopeful that we'll find her. All I really want is her back.
KAELIN: I couldn't leave. I refused to leave the front of the house. I really, like, sat out in front of my house and didn't come inside the house for about four days straight.
CHRISTOPHER: You know, as--as time goes by, of course, y--you--you miss her more and more. You get more and more fears, more and more worries about what could have happened to her, what did happen to her or what will happen to her.
KAELIN: There are times that I think I can't live without her, and that's--those are my really bad days. But I miss her.
CHRISTOPHER: Daddy loves you. I miss you.
Please, Leanna, come home. We miss you. We're not gonna stop looking for you. We're not gonna sleep until we find you.
KAELIN: We love you, baby.
CHRISTOPHER: We love you.
KAELIN: Just come home.
(End of excerpt)
WILLIAMS: Please welcome Leanna's parents, Christopher and Kaelin, to the show.
Christopher, any clues at all?
CHRISTOPHER: They've had several leads, nothing that's brought us, you know, to any real, real direction.
WILLIAMS: A neighbor actually saw her knocking on the neighbor's door of a friend that she was gonna go see.
CHRISTOPHER: Yes. That was the...
WILLIAMS: So you...
CHRISTOPHER: The neighbor across the street had--had watched her walk up, you know, to the door and knock. Then he--she turned around and came back down the sidewalk. And then at that point, he went back to doing what--what he was doing, and nobody saw her direction or--or a vehicle or anything. She just vanished.
KAELIN: Like she vanished.
Ms. BROWNE: Is there anybody that--in that area by the name of (censored)?
KAELIN: How old?
Ms. BROWNE: I'd say 20-ish.
WILLIAMS: OK.
KAELIN: Is she still with us?
Ms. BROWNE: No.
CHRISTOPHER: No?
KAELIN: Where would we find her?
Ms. BROWNE: In--you know, it's either wooded or--I don't know why it s--always has to be wooded or water, whatever. But it's a wooded area, and it's a very shallow grave. This person drove, of all things, a yellow VW, that yel...
CHRISTOPHER: Is there any...
Ms. BROWNE: ...that really funny yellow color.
WILLIAMS: Is that wooded area in and near where they live...
Ms. BROWNE: Yes.
WILLIAMS: ...or is that distant from where they live?
Ms. BROWNE: No, it's not that far from where they live.
CHRISTOPHER: In a real thick, wooded area, or is it--is it a...
Ms. BROWNE: No, it's fairly sparse.
CHRISTOPHER: Fairly sparse, like a pine tree type--pine trees?
Ms. BROWNE: Uh-huh. Yeah.
KAELIN: Can you tell me why? What's--I mean...
Ms. BROWNE: Because there are so many--I don't want to say so many. It sounds like I'm, you know, pessimistic. But there are so many crazy people out there anymore. Remember the woman that...
KAELIN: But she didn't suffer, though?
Ms. BROWNE: ...watched her child go to the--the--to the bus, and right in front of her eyes disappeared?
CHRISTOPHER: When this--when this happened to her, was--was it over with quickly?
Ms. BROWNE: Yes, it was, very quick, yeah. And I'm telling you, you--I never believed in having, you know, leashes on kids, but I swear to God, you gotta have them Velcroed to you or something. I don't know what to do anymore.
KAELIN: Will we find her?
CHRISTOPHER: Yeah, will we find her?
KAELIN: So we can put her to rest?
Ms. BROWNE: Well, she is at rest, honey, 'cause she comes around you all the time. I'm surprised you haven't heard footsteps and things like that...
KAELIN: I have.
Ms. BROWNE: ...you know, in the house. Yeah, but I'm pretty sure you will find her. But, you know, I know it's important to find the body, but, you know, the body is so minuscule compared to her soul that's with God.
WILLIAMS: Gotta take a break. We'll be back right after this.
