#7 - Hailey Dunn Missing in Colorado City, TX

Karma is a bitch...and will kick their asses. What goes around does come around at some point or another.

raine1953 wrote:They're going to get away with it. JMOHO.

Someone is....the question is WHO?

Weekend event hopes to fund future Hailey Dunn search efforts
Money will help continue search efforts

By Greg Kendall-Ball
Posted December 7, 2011 at 11 p.m.

A Party on the Patio fundraiser is planned for 1-6 p.m. Saturday. We just want to help the family have some closure" Diana Bien, fundraiser organizer $ID/:

Hailey Dunn disappeared from her Colorado City home almost a year ago, and hundreds of volunteers have spent thousands of hours searching for evidence of her whereabouts.

What were once daily searches dwindled to weekly, then monthly affairs, but one group has remained dedicated to finding the middle school student, who was 13 when she vanished.

To raise money to bring search and rescue dogs back to the area, the Hope for Hailey organization has organized a Party on the Patio from 1-6 p.m. Saturday in Abilene at Kent's Harley-Davidson in Abilene, 3106 S. Clack St.

Diana Bien, who organized the fundraiser, said generous donations from Abilene residents and businesses such as Mayfield Paper Co., United Supermarkets, Walmart and Al's Barbecue have allowed them to hold the event.

Entertainment includes musicians Jackie Johnson and Aces over 8s, and magician Jay Zugai.

Bien said barbecue plates will be served, but instead of selling tickets, they are soliciting donations.

"We're hoping to have a ton of people and raise as much money as we can," Bien said.

It costs about $1,200 — in addition to lodging, transportation and meal costs — to bring a search and rescue dog team to the area, Bien said.

"We're out to see her found one way or the other," she said. "We just want to help the family have some closure."

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I am glad to see that they are still looking for Hailey.

The won't find her because I think she is far away..dead or alive, she is not in the general vicinity or even possibly not in Texas or the country.

p.s. I think the same of HaLeigh Cummings. There is a good chance she was sold to a sex trafficker. However, my first thought is that she either overdosed on Oxy's thinking they were candy OR her father and Misty got into a huge argument re: Misty's weekend drug/alcohol fest and HaLeigh got in the middle of it, hit her head and died.

on this thread, but bottom line, IMHO neither will ever be found. I think the same of Kyron Horman. Although I do not believe he was "trafficked". Again,

Again, does anyone know if the wells on the private (and public) property have been searched???????

Here are pics of some wells in the area:

Thank you BJ!!!
If she's not in those wells then I believe she was trafficked. I just don't know if Shawn or Billie are smart enough to sell her and get away with it. If she's in one of those wells (I hate to even type any of this!) and if they all haven't been photographed (however they do that) then someone should be reaming LE a new one.

how hard ca it be to drop cameras in these holes ...but I have always thought this is where Shwn put her

Somewhere it's posted that many if not all of those wells are on private property but that shouldn't matter, if the property owners didn't give permission for LE to search they could have gotten search warrants. Shawn didn't seem to have brains for much and it wouldn't have been very hard to figure out how to throw her down one of those wells.

raine1953 wrote:Thank you BJ!!!
If she's not in those wells then I believe she was trafficked. I just don't know if Shawn or Billie are smart enough to sell her and get away with it. If she's in one of those wells (I hate to even type any of this!) and if they all haven't been photographed (however they do that) then someone should be reaming LE a new one.

I do agree with you raine.

BJ, those are some pictures of those wells.

Hailey Dunn, now 14-years-old went missing last December 27th. This Saturday doesn't mark the exact one year anniversary of her disappearance, but friends and family found that meeting up about two weeks early meant more people could show up to the vigil. They were probably right. When NewsWest 9 showed up, we saw dozens of folks coming together and hoping for Hailey's return.

Hope for Hailey Supporter, Diana Bien, says, "Somebody knows something and we don't know who that somebody is but I'm hoping and praying somebody will step forward and say, 'I saw something and I know something,' she's there, somewhere. Somewhere."

Since she vanished, countless search teams have covered Mitchell County in hopes of finding any trace of her.

Searches have dwindled over the months, but a strong force in the community is still holding onto hope, like Hailey's best friends.

"That's why I'm here tonight. I'm not giving up because I know she's out there and she's going to be found," Hailey's best friend, Heather Ruth, said.

"She was the nicest person I knew," Hailey's best friend, Beth Gutierrez, said.

On Saturday night, dozens of hopefuls gathered in the lot across the street from Hailey's Colorado City home, where a makeshift tribute lies. Tattered teddy bears hang across the fence. Many of them have been there now for a full year.

These folks know that one year later, others have given up the fight. However, they say there's no way they're doing that. They know Hailey is still out there.

Organizers planted a tree for Hailey and decorated it with lights. It's their way of keeping the Christmas spirit alive for the girl. A pastor from the local church was there to offer to words of support.

"Hailey's out there. Somebody knows something and I believe firmly that we need to know. The family needs closure. Everyone needs closure. The city needs closure. The town needs closure," Bien said.

Shawn Adkins, Hailey's mother's boyfriend, remains the only person of interest. Investigators say Hailey's case is still a top priority.

If you have any information on her whereabouts, please call (325) 728-5294 or 911.

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Hope persists a year after Texas girl went missing

SAN ANGELO, Texas — COLORADO CITY, Texas (AP) The memorial that stands across the street from the house where 13-year-old Hailey Dunn lived before her still-unexplained disappearance is a stark reminder of how much time has passed.A year ago this week.

New Christmas decorations hang next to faded and matted Valentine's Day teddy bears, Easter Bunnies and Fourth of July ribbons.
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Almost a year has passed, and there are no answers. But law enforcement officials believe the case will be resolved some say within a year.

Detective Kelsey Alexander, the Colorado City policewoman who took the call the day Hailey was reported missing, has been the lead investigator on the case since the start.

"Nobody hides forever, eventually everything comes to light. One day we'll have definite answers, and every day we're getting closer," she said.

From the link above.
I don't believe a word that LE says. Maybe he means he hopes that sometime in a year's period someone will come and confess to them and then they can say case solved. Lazy and

From above link:
The investigation into the child pornography seized on several electronic devices owned by Adkins also is ongoing, but in another jurisdiction. Yeah sure.

Images depicting bestiality and other deviant sexual acts may be disgusting, she said, but as long as they're not being done in public, they're not illegal. No child pornography was seized in Colorado City, she said. What a joke that LE is. In the beginning it was just too much child porn to go thru' at one time. I don't even believe child porn was found..

It has been one year ago today that Hailey disappeared. That poor little girl....

Poor Hailey!

Today would be the perfect day for Billie and her fling to be arrested

Oh, wouldn't that be wonderful. Justice for Hailey!

It seems that LE failed Hailey big time. The citizens are searching and searching for Hailey.

Hailey Dunn - 1 Year Later 12/27/11

Colorado City, Texas – One year ago was the last time, 14-year-old Hailey Dunn was seen in Colorado City. At this time no arrests have been made and Hailey’s whereabouts are unknown. December 27, 2010 was the last time anyone saw Hailey Dunn, though a year has passed with no breaks in the investigation, law enforcement says it is still very active.

Initially, police thought Hailey Dunn was a runaway but as time passed and the investigation furthered, it became one of criminal. Shawn Adkins, Hailey’s mother's boyfriend was named a person of interest and is still the only person of interest today. Though it's been a year since her disappearance, police say they're getting closer to finding her every day.

"There are questions that are answered everyday that hadn't been answered before, I do know that this will all close, there will be closure for everybody," said Kelsey Alexander, Lead Investigator, Colorado City Police Department.

Alexander says she is emotionally invested in the investigation and prays for the day she can bring closure to the case. Tonight on CBS 7 news at 10, we'll have a special in-depth look at the past year in Colorado City, how the city is overcoming and the latest on the investigation.
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Task forces keeps searching for missing teen
By Carol Parsons
Posted December 21, 2011 - 3:25pm

The last thing on anyone’s mind when 13-year-old Hailey Dunn disappeared was that police would still be searching for her a year later.

“The most frustrating thing is I can’t touch her,” Colorado City Police Detective Kelsey Alexander, of the principal investigators, said. ” As every day goes by we’re closer. I would love to have her walking through this door but the big frustration is it’s one year later. As a police officer you sometimes get used to a crime committed and you have resolution. Crime, justice and recovery and it happens quickly. This hasn’t done that.” Tears well up and spill over in Alexander’s green eyes.

Another frustration which grows worse as the case progress are the rumors and accusations from outsiders which hinder rather than help police efforts.

”As investigators our job is to find Hailey,” Alexander said, “and I think it’s really sorry that people who don’t have anything to do with this case demand answers. It doesn’t get us any closer and just stirs up emotion. Rumors create hostile environments for everyone out there that follows this. This case and justice are more important than giving someone a feel-good-I-know-what’s going-on attitude.”

“This small community was put on the national map because of this tragedy,” Police Chief Roy A. “Tinker” Owens said. “My number one responsibility, in addition to Hailey, is to this community. The community doesn’t deserve to be hounded and riled up. This is not Austin, not San Angelo, not even Big Spring. This whole community got involved with the situation and this whole community has suffered. I’m going to protect this community first and foremost. I’ll take your help, but we’re going to do it the right way.”

Hailey’s family has not made it easier for the department either, with Billie moving several times and leaving no forwarding address or phone number where the police can reach her if and when they find Hailey.

The PD even gave Billie a phone for maintaining contact after Dunn’s personal cell was seized, but Dunn disconnected the phone.
“To my knowledge she’s never called this police department,” Tinker said, although he said Dunn has used other people to do her talking for her.

The investigation into Hailey’s disappearance began moments after Billie Dunn arrived at the police station on December 28.

Alexander spoke with Dunn “for a moment then agreed to meet her at home. We needed to start at the last place she was seen,” she said.
The school was contacted for a list of Hailey’s friends and Hailey’s name and birthdate was entered immediately into the TCIS and NCIS databases. Nixle, BOLO and teletype alerts went out, even as police officers began interviewing neighbors, family and friends.
Alexander searched Hailey’s room for notes, secret messages, journals, list of friends, anything that would give a clue to Hailey’s location, always asking the questions: where’s her toothbrush, where’s her coat, where’re the things important to a teenager?

Within the first 24 hours, the police were re-interviewing family and friends. Within a week, the District Attorney’s investigators were on the case and a week and a half out, Company C of the Texas Rangers, Ranger Phil Vandegriff and the FBI came aboard, moving the task force to the CC Thompson room.

“Blow-your-mind number of years of experience gathered in that room,” Alexander said. “They have protocols for missing and exploited children, step by step, here’s what you do.”

The protocols mirrored the same steps taken by Alexander and then interim Police Chief John Bivins after Hailey’s disappearance.
“Things were done in duplicate and triplicate,” Alexander said. “At times we were accused of harassing people as we tried to find this little girl.”

Searches were made on foot, in the air, with dogs and on horseback. The task force worked with land owners, lease owners and oil companies for anything strange or out of the ordinary.

Polygraphs were administered to Hailey’s family as well as every registered sex offender and searches made of sex offenders’ homes.
Help came from surrounding counties as members of law enforcement from Nolan, Scurry, Howard and farther afield lent time, personnel and expertise.

Although several people close to the case have been arrested on other charges, no charges were filed for child porn found on a confiscated computer because the matter is out of the Colorado City police’s jurisdiction. No child porn was found at the Dunn home and Shawn Adkins’ cell phone is still in analysis.

“There was a bunch of deviant stuff, but no porn,” Alexander said.
Today the search continues as police track down every lead, “no matter how farfetched,” Owens said. Alexander is backtracking through the “Hailey Files”, reading and re-reading.

Search teams brought in a K-9 team over the weekend, and military volunteers arrived over the weekend to help with foot searches.
“You put the tracking information together with the information uncovered in questioning and the timeline and sightings and last conversations and cell phone pings all put together and that’s a lot. Investigators are good at making sense of all that,” Owens said.

Task force members are still working in different parts of the country, including Mexico, on different aspects of the case.
“We can have everyone back here within half an hour,” Alexander said.

Although Owens came on board after the initial investigation began, he has no illusions of being a miracle worker. “I don’t have that ability and that gift. I only bring a fresh perspective,” he said. “There’s nothing I could do any more or any better than they have already done.”

“Just because it’s been a year doesn’t mean hope’s up,” Alexander said. “In the long run, there’s nothing that’s unseen, and good or bad nothing lasts forever. This isn’t going to stretch on forever. There will be closure one way or the other.”

The police department urges parents to be involved in their children’s lives, “to know where they’re at, what they’re doing, and who their friends are,” Owens said.

“Your job as a parent is to supervise and guide,” Alexander said. “You’re not doing the kids any favors if you don’t know their friends, the parents of their friends, phone numbers where your child can be reached, etc.”

Not just for the obvious, but also in case of emergencies. Encourage parents at homes where children are visiting to contact the parents if activities or locations change so a parent can reach their child at any given moment.

Taking precautions for online social media are becoming more imperative, as well.

Cyber predators aren’t what they appear, according to Alexander. There are growing numbers of incidents where youngsters meet “youngsters” online only when it’s too late do they realize online personalities “can be anybody,” she said.
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LE sure sounds like they are on the defense. JMOO.

Not a thing has changed in this case. The mistakes were made early. Considering it a runaway case allowed more time to cover up crime scene.
Perhaps if TR and FBI had been involved from the get go, things might be different.
I would have loved for BD and SA to be seperated from the start and see what different stories were told.
We may never know.

Unfortunately I agree w/ every word you just said gnreed.
Good to 'see' you again but what horrible circumstances it's under.

Taking Hailey Dunn's steps a year after her disappearance
December 28, 2011 7:52 PM
BY CELINDA HAWKINS

It has been a year since 13-year-old Hailey Dunn went missing from Colorado City and Tuesday the dedicated volunteers who have been diligently searching for her did something a little different to commemorate the anniversary of her disappearance.

They walked what is believed to be the same path she walked before she vanished.

Hailey Darlene Dunn, the sparkly-eyed cheerleader who should have been enjoying her ninth-grade year at Colorado High School, was last seen walking the blocks around her home on Chestnut Street. The last reported sighting of the teen was at 3:15 p.m. by Shawn Adkins, boyfriend of Hailey’s mother Billie Jean. Adkins is the sole person of interest identified by police.

Hailey was to have walked to a friend’s house to spend the night Dec. 27, 2010, but she never arrived. The next day, her mother reported her daughter missing. For about the first week, law enforcement assumed Hailey was a runaway, and evidence wasn’t collected during the critical first 48 hours.

So Tuesday, a handful of searchers led by Kristy Lloyd, met at her former home on Chestnut and walked the trail established by the search dogs early last year.

“We wanted to do something a little bit more personal to help all the searchers cope with the fact that she has been gone for so long,” Lloyd told me Wednesday.

Throughout their walk, the searchers sprinkled yellow rose petals. There were 13 roses to mark her age when she disappeared, and they dropped petals from 12 of the roses to mark the 12 months that have passed since she vanished.

“We dropped them along the path that she last took,” Lloyd explained.

They left a candle on the front porch along with the 13th rose.

“It was really hard walking that path knowing that was the last time she was ever seen,” Lloyd said. “It was very emotional for all of us.”

After all of the searches, in area landfills and throughout the rural areas in Mitchell, Scurry and Howard counties, very little if any physical evidence has been discovered.

Mitchell County Sheriff Patrick Toombs said the case is largely circumstantial at this point and when all of the forensic computer evidence is retrieved, the district attorneys may begin to build their cases.

But investigators are combing through a mountain of circumstantial evidence which includes computers confiscated from Atkins’ mother’s house in Big Spring, his grandmother’s house in the community of Dunn in Scurry County and a memory stick from Billie Jean’s bedroom drawer in Colorado City.

Toombs said the task for forensic computer experts is to determine whether the pornographic items found on the computers was spam or whether someone intentionally accessed it. The next question they must answer is who was accessing the child porn sites.

Investigators continue to follow up on leads. During the past year, sightings have been reported in other states and even in Mexico City, Toombs said.

“But so far nothing has turned up,” Toombs said.

While the billboards, banners and fliers fade, those searching for Hailey say they will not give up.

A week ago, a vigil was held in the small park across the street from her former home, and Billie Dunn and Adkins traveled from their new home in Travis County to attend. The pain was evident in Billie Dunn’s face, in pictures published in the Colorado City Record.

A somber crowd hung Christmas ornaments on a lighted tree and Billie Dunn placed an angel on top of the tree.

“This month has been hard,” Dunn told the Record. “This is the first Thanksgiving and Christmas without Hailey.” She described the past year as “a nightmare.”

“I hurt for her, for my son and for myself, but there’s nothing I can do about it,” Dunn told the newspaper.

Lloyd said it was good that Billie Dunn attended the vigil, but wondered about Adkins’ motives for attending.

“I have pretty mixed feelings — we’re glad her mother is coming and being attentive,” Lloyd said. “(But) it is hard knowing the only person of interest is showing up. It makes us wonder: is he the one who did this?”

Toombs said he and investigators from the Colorado City Police Department hope to have some closure in 2012.

“There is not a week that goes by that her name doesn’t come up,” Toombs said. “Yes we would love to find her alive – that would be the greatest thing.

“Unfortunately I don’t believe she is alive,” Toombs said. “But I hope I’m wrong.”

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That is so wonderful that the people have not forgotten her.

Hailey, where are you???

Hailey Dunn disappearance
By Brian Bethel
Posted December 31, 2011 at 11:26 p.m.

On Dec. 28, 2010, 13-year-old Colorado City resident Hailey Dunn was reported missing by her mother, Billie Jean Dunn. The day before, according to her mother, she was to have walked to her father's home, just a few blocks away, and then gone to a friend's house to spend the night.

She never reached either place.

In the months since, hundreds of volunteers have searched for Hailey, to no avail, while the story quickly became a national news item.

Billie Jean Dunn's live-in boyfriend at the time, Shawn Adkins, remains the only person of interest named in the case.

Now, about a year after the disappearance, Hailey Dunn's father, Clint Dunn, has moved from Colorado City, reportedly to Houston, as has Billie Dunn, who reportedly moved to Travis County — with Adkins.

Local law enforcement officials say they have not given up hope.

In a recent news story about the disappearance, Mitchell County Sheriff Patrick Toombs speculated that the case could be solved within a year, while Colorado City Police Chief Roy "Tinker" Owens, who joined the department in July, said that "eventually, something is going to break."

"We firmly believe that at some point in the future, we will have some closure," he said.

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"At some point in the future? When? Distant Future? Near Future? NO Future???? And, both parents have literally "moved on".

Hope persists year after disappearance
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Stuffed animals left by well-wishers for the safe return of Hailey Dunn hang on a bridge in the missing teen's hometown this past March in Colorado City.

Posted: Sunday, January 1, 2012 4:00 am
by GREG KENDALL-BALL Abilene Reporter-News | 0 comments
COLORADO CITY (AP) — The memorial that stands across the street from the house where 13-year-old Hailey Dunn lived before her still-unexplained disappearance is a stark reminder of how much time has passed.

A year ago this past week.

New Christmas decorations hang next to faded and matted Valentine’s Day teddy bears, Easter Bunnies and Fourth of July ribbons.

The toys had been bright, colorful and new when they were tied to the railings of a bridge near Dunn, a collection of homes and a post office 10 miles north of Colorado City, a small West Texas town about 70 miles west of Abilene. That’s when the hundreds of volunteers who were searching for Hailey assumed she would be coming home — or would be found — soon.

The bridge just outside Dunn had been chosen for the memorial because it was near where Shawn Adkins — the only person of interest named in the teenager’s disappearance and the live-in boyfriend of Hailey’s mother a year ago — was living. Stephanie Boyd, a friend of Hailey’s father, Clint Dunn, said searchers wanted Adkins to have something to think about every time he drove across the bridge.

But Boyd said defacing of the memorial began and transportation authorities deemed it a traffic hazard, so it had to be moved. Colorado City officials allowed the use of the empty lot across from Dunn’s home on Chestnut Street, and today the memorial stands just yards away from the place Hailey Dunn last was seen.

‘Comes to light’
The stuffed animals and other items were left before revelations of drug abuse and domestic violence came to light. Before hundreds of pages of printouts about serial killers and mass murderers were discovered. Before child pornography was found.

The items were left months before Hailey’s parents moved away — Clint Dunn reportedly to Houston, Billie Dunn reportedly to Travis County, with Adkins.

Almost a year has passed, and there are no answers. But law enforcement officials believe the case will be resolved — some say within a year.

Detective Kelsey Alexander, the Colorado City policewoman who took the call the day Hailey was reported missing, has been the lead investigator on the case since the start.

“Nobody hides forever, eventually everything comes to light. One day we’ll have definite answers, and every day we’re getting closer,” she said.

Hailey Dunn was reported missing by her mother at 2 p.m. Dec. 28, 2010 — a Tuesday. The day before, she was supposed to have walked to her father’s house, just a few blocks away, and then go to a friend’s house to spend the night. She never arrived at either location.

Even though it was late December, she was reportedly wearing sweatpants, a T-shirt and flip flops. Her MP3 player and her favorite jacket — something friends said she would never leave the house without — later were found at her home.

No witnesses saw her walking anywhere between the two houses.

The last time law enforcement officials can confirm she was alive was the early morning of Dec. 27. Police have not revealed their source but are sure of that fact.

What happened to Hailey Dunn between that Monday morning and Tuesday afternoon — from the last time police know she was alive to the time she was reported missing?

Billie Dunn told police that Adkins had left the Dunn home for work in Snyder around 5:30 a.m. Dec. 27. Sometime before leaving for her job in Snyder at 6:20 a.m., Billie Dunn said she checked on Hailey, who was asleep in her room with the TV on. According to court documents, Delbert David Dunn, Hailey’s older brother, was spending the night at a friend’s house, and after Billie Dunn left for work, Hailey was alone in the house.

Trail of evidence
The same court documents state that Adkins arrived at work at Weaver Services Inc. at 6 a.m. Adkins told police he was fired that morning after an altercation with a supervisor. Adkins’ employer, however, said he arrived at work, got a drink from a machine in a break room, and left.

There was no altercation, and Adkins was not fired, the document states.

Adkins left the premises by 6:10 a.m., the documents state. He told police he traveled straight to his mother’s residence in Big Spring, about 50 miles away.

Cellphone records obtained by police could tell a different story.

Adkins’ phone “pinged” a Verizon cell tower — Tower 724 — in Colorado City from 6:35 a.m. to 6:56 a.m. According to court documents, Verizon cellular tower records indicate Tower 724 would be used by someone at Dunn’s home in the 1800 block of Chestnut Street.

Adkins’ phone did not “ping” Tower 730 — which the cellphone company said someone at Adkins’ mother’s home in Big Spring would use — until 9:38 a.m.

Billie Dunn said Hailey had told Adkins about 3 p.m. that she was going to her father’s house, and she then would spend the night with a friend. Billie Dunn told police that around 6:20 p.m., she and Adkins drove to Snyder to make two withdrawals from an ATM. Billie Dunn later told police that the money was to buy illegal narcotics for herself and Adkins from someone in Scurry County.

They returned to the Dunn home in Colorado City to watch movies, she said. Then, she said, they went to bed about 9 p.m.

She learned around noon the next day that Hailey never had arrived at Clint Dunn’s house. After contacting Hailey’s friend, Billie Dunn said Hailey had not shown up there, either.

Billie Dunn reported her daughter missing to police at 2 p.m.

It did not take long for scores of volunteers to begin searching Colorado City and the surrounding area for the missing teenager. As days and weeks passed with no sign of the girl, the story spread across the nation.

Reporters and satellite trucks from national media outlets such as “The Nancy Grace Show” descended on the town. Local law enforcement officials fielded calls from as far away as New York and Australia.

National organizations such as Klaaskids and the Laura Recovery Center for Missing Children arrived with trained searchers. Billboards in the area showed a large photo of the teenager wearing her cheerleading uniform and “MISSING” in huge letters.

Hundreds of square miles were searched on foot, on horseback and off-road vehicles. Planes and helicopters searched from the air. Officials with cadaver dogs searched landfills as far away as Lubbock and Abilene. Whether to search nearby Lake Colorado City was debated.

But without success and as a cold February turned into a warm spring, then hot summer, the daily searches became weekly, then held monthly.

Finally, searches were held whenever a group could get together.

A release of balloons in late August coincided with Hailey’s birthday.

The number of searchers has dwindled, as have vigils and other events. Now just a handful of people away from law enforcement remain committed to finding out what happened to a popular teenager.

A year after the 13-year-old’s mysterious disappearance, people in town can be divided into three groups as to their relationship to the case, said Mitchell County Sheriff Patrick Toombs.

“There are those who have moved on, there are those who are still totally fixated on the case, and then there’s those somewhere in the middle,” he said.

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Here is another article I found that is exactly like the above but adds this:

Boyd, one of the first people to organize searches for Hailey, still is fixated. Searching for Hailey is her full-time job. She lives with her parents and works as much as she can on following up on leads.

"I keep searching because I want her found. I don't want a bad name for Colorado City. I have to keep searching and assuming she's alive," she said.

But she said it was a "kick in the gut" when Billie Dunn and Clint Dunn both appeared to give up hope and moved from Colorado City.

"What mother in her right mind is going to up and move 500 miles away from the home your daughter knows? That goes for Clint, too," she said. "It really sucks that Clint left, because he told me in the beginning he would never give up."

Even though she said she feels alone in her search, and feels that most of the town has lost hope and interest, she's not quitting.

"Until there is some physical evidence, I'm not giving up. I'm not giving up until Hailey is brought back here, one way or another."

Mark Merrell, principal of Colorado Middle School, said moving on does not mean forgetting.

"This is not something you'll ever forget. We'll by no means forget Hailey, but there are hundreds of other kids at the school that need our attention. You've got to move on somehow," he said.

Hailey's eighth-grade classmates moved on to high school this fall, but Merrell said she still had a lot of friends at the middle school.

There's a photograph of Hailey taped to the dry-erase board in Andra Maxwell's eighth-grade history classroom.

"I'm not planning on taking it down any time soon," Maxwell said.

She said students will still walk up to it, and say a quiet prayer for their friend.

Tammy Johnson, another of Hailey's teachers, said the lack of closure is the hardest part.

Emily Strain, the school's counselor, said she still gets visits from students who are having a hard time coping. Not knowing exactly what happened to Hailey makes it hard to move on, she said.

"I can't believe there are still no answers," said Joni Lacefield, Hailey's former math teacher. "It feels like something from a TV movie. I just can't believe it happened here."

People around town have their theories about what happened to Hailey ones they're willing to share and others they keep close to the vest.

Was she kidnapped? Did she run away? Was she sold into slavery to pay off a drug-related debt?

Alexander, the Colorado City detective, said the case had generated all sorts of stories and rumors "white noise," she called it, that had to be sorted through to get at the truth.

"This is still an open, active missing person case. We are following up on all leads and tips, and we're backtracking and reviewing things that have already been done," she said.

The investigation into the child pornography seized on several electronic devices owned by Adkins also is ongoing, but in another jurisdiction.

Images depicting bestiality and other deviant sexual acts may be disgusting, she said, but as long as they're not being done in public, they're not illegal. No child pornography was seized in Colorado City, she said.

Although Boyd believes there's only a 50/50 chance that the truth about what happened to Hailey will come out, law enforcement officials are confident the case will be resolved.

Sheriff Toombs said he believes the case will be resolved within a year.

Colorado City Police Chief Roy "Tinker" Owens, who joined the department in July and has been working to get up to speed on the case, is similarly confident.

"Eventually something is going to break. We firmly believe that at some point in the future, we will have some closure," he said.

He also believes police haven't been given all the help they can from Hailey's family.

"It's my opinion that, whether or not she was involved in Hailey's disappearance, Billie knows something, and she's not saying," he said.

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Well, I hope the Sheriff is right and Hailey gets some justice in 2012.

I don't know what to think about how this case was handled. I supported CCity LE whole heartedly from the start. I still support them, but I have doubts about their veracity and ability to handle certain aspects of this case. However, I don't blame them at all for considering that this was a runaway case at the start. Hailey was 13 and smart; once LEOs started talking to the dipshit adults in her life, they probably figured she'd scrammed with good reason. I would figure the same. BUT, they should have been investigating a foul play scenario in parallel. And, I think they were doing just that.

They were interviewing and polying people quickly. They found the gaps and inconsistencies in Shawn's story right away (and thus got a full search warrant). They saw through Billie quickly. They searched and searched for Hailey. Bottom line is that there is zero proof as to what, if any, crime was committed against Hailey. The circumstantial evidence related to her effed up environment and the deviant adults in her life could point to several possible outcomes. Shawn and Billie Jean sure aren't shedding any light on the truth.

So, did Hailey run like the wind to get away from her hell hole? I don't think so (unfortunately), but it would be hard to prove to a jury that it couldn't have happened. Did Shawn and/or Billie forcibly relocate "nosy" Hailey somewhere because she was causing problems and arousing questions about their lifestyles? Maybe, but not likely, imo. Did they sell her? They aren't beyond doing so, imo, but Hailey is strong-willed and not so pliable, imo. I don't think she's a strong candidate for child trafficking, but it's possible she was sold. And, based only on what we know now, I think a jury would probably consider it reasonable that Hailey could have been abducted off the street.

I think Hailey likely died at the hands of her mother and mom's boyfriend; out of anger, lust or for some other messed up motive. But, I have reasonable doubt about that. If they were charged today and I was on a jury, I don't think I could convict on murder with what we know now. LE really needs to find Hailey before they can corner the lying couple (or someone in-the-know needs to spill the beans). Right now, it's not clear what crime to charge them with, imo. I don't think a jury would convict, so better to wait and doggedly pursue suspects and evidence imo. I hope CCity LE has some "buddies" over in Austin keeping an eye and ear open.

Where I doubt LE is on the porn aspect of the case. Was there or wasn't there child porn in those 108,000 images? It doesn't take 9 months for experts to figure that out, imo. Sure, it's a lot of work weeding out computer-generated images from actual photos and determining true child porn from barely legal porn. But, 9 months is a long time. If they were sure there were any illegal images, they could have arrested Shawn by now as he was the common user between the several devices. I wonder if a Grand Jury saw any evidence and refused to indict? I wonder if LE used accusations of child porn to outrage the public in attempt to get the lovely couple to cooperate or slip up. I wonder whether LE really thought they had found some, or if they were just bluffing. Not sure what to think about how that aspect of the investigation was handled. But, maybe we'll see some child porn charges after all. If so, it's sure been slow coming...

Sorry for the long post; haven't had the heart to post about Hailey in ages - the whole thing just makes me sad and angry. But, I never stop thinking about her. Back to lurking and hoping there is a break in the investigation and some answers and justice for Hailey in 2012.

truthbetold,

Again, I must say that I totally agree with you. You did a great job of posting your speculations of what might have happened to Hailey Dunn.

too!

TBT said:

Did they sell her? They aren't beyond doing so, imo, but Hailey is strong-willed and not so pliable, imo. I don't think she's a strong candidate for child trafficking, but it's possible she was sold. I think and have thought from the get-go that Yes, she was sold. I think that she was knocked out by Shawn..how, I don't know..he took her to that motel where her scent was traced. And, was taken by sex traffickers. I am sure that Shawn was paid dearly. Would bet six figures. OR, he had to pay back a drug debt. Either way, I do NOT think that at first, Billie had a clue..but as time passed, he gave her some song and dance and she bought what he was/is selling. It's no secret that Both are drug addicts. Billie admitted they made two withdrawls from an ATM to buy drugs. Why TWO?? Did they do crack or meth and wanted More? As, that is what those drugs do to you..make you want More. And, based only on what we know now, I think a jury would probably consider it reasonable that Hailey could have been abducted off the street. I agree. But, I do NOT think she was. That is a very small community. No one saw her. I think (as you stated above, PFF) Hailey would have fought tooth and nail had anyone tried to abduct her. I got the sense that Hailey had a good head on her shoulders and from living w/drugs, violence and dysfunction..was street smart. So, the possibility of her being "abducted off the streets" is slim to none IMHO.

I think Hailey likely died at the hands of her mother and mom's boyfriend; out of anger, lust or for some other messed up motive. But, I have reasonable doubt about that. So do I! If they were charged today and I was on a jury, I don't think I could convict on murder with what we know now. LE really needs to find Hailey before they can corner the lying couple (or someone in-the-know needs to spill the beans). Right now, it's not clear what crime to charge them with, imo. I don't think a jury would convict, so better to wait and doggedly pursue suspects and evidence imo. I hope CCity LE has some "buddies" over in Austin keeping an eye and ear open.One would think so. They are in Travis County and they don't play there. Since she is on probation and he is a POI, I hope both are being watched. If I knew their address, I would take it upon myself to "watch" them. It's not far from the kids house at all and I could easily swing it driving to and from Corpus to Bastrop.

Where I doubt LE is on the porn aspect of the case. Was there or wasn't there child porn in those 108,000 images? The above article says "NO" but I don't buy it. I truly believe Colorado City and surrounding areas are chock full of deviant peeps and some MAY include members of LE. This is MY OPINION ONLY. But, it makes sense as yes, 9 months is More than enough time to go through all the video/flash drive and computer(s).It doesn't take 9 months for experts to figure that out, imo. Sure, it's a lot of work weeding out computer-generated images from actual photos and determining true child porn from barely legal porn. But, 9 months is a long time. If they were sure there were any illegal images, they could have arrested Shawn by now as he was the common user between the several devices. I wonder if a Grand Jury saw any evidence and refused to indict? Good point, TBT. However, IF they saw evidence of child porn and refused to indict, what does that say for LE in that area?????I wonder if LE used accusations of child porn to outrage the public in attempt to get the lovely couple to cooperate or slip up. I wonder whether LE really thought they had found some, or if they were just bluffing. Not sure what to think about how that aspect of the investigation was handled. But, maybe we'll see some child porn charges after all. If so, it's sure been slow coming...

I believe that if they were going to bring Shawn/Billie and whoever on CP charges, they would have done so already..another reason I think that it is a good possibility local LE is tainted. I also think that they suspect Hailey was trafficked out. I keep thinking of that article about the sex traffickers in Oklahoma..one state up. It's not a stretch IMO that she could be up there. If so, I pray she is alive and w/have the wherewithal to get the F out of Dodge when she can. I picture her showing up at a police station..similar to JC Dugard's case. Stranger things have happened.
Whatever happened to Hailey, I am convinced both Shawn and Billie KNOW. I don't believe Billie's feeble attempts to prove otherwise w/her "speech's" or her interviews on NG. As far as Clint, I think he is a "pu**y". Do I think he loves his daughter? YES..but I also think that drugs, not his child, are his priority. He has moved on to Houston, miles from Colorado City. He has gone on w/his life w/that nut job of a wife and MIL. I also see Billie becoming pregnant w/Shawn's child. If she isn't already. And, what of her drunken attorney? Is he still representing her? He is in some deep doo doo. I believe her probation is only one year. Please correct me if I am wrong..which would be up in March. Then what???

Great points Wrap.

I think most of us suspect that Hailey met with foul play and both Billie Jean and Shawn are involved. But, there is more than one viable theory as to what happened and no proof as to anything, except that Billie and Shawn are liars (proven by LDTs, changing stories, and Billie's arrest for lying to police). I can't see LE charging them with anything and getting a convinction until Hailey is found and/or someone ponies up verified details about what happened to her - too many possibilities to overcome reasonable doubt. JMO...

I agree..but keep going back to the fact her scent was traced to a seedy motel by RR tracks.

Wrapitup wrote:I agree..but keep going back to the fact her scent was traced to a seedy motel by RR tracks.

Except that those results were leaked by Billie on Nancy Grace and by Billie's friend (who posted here) on other crime boards. Billie said she wasn't supposed to talk about them, but then she did anyway (surprise). The unconfirmed scent tracking story was then reported again and again. Later, Billie's friend requested that all her posts related to the scent tracking be deleted from the other board I was following; the admins did so. In an article which featured an interview with LE spokesperson and City Manager Pet Kampfer, it was clarified that the dogs did not actually trace Hailey's scent to the motel as Billie had stated; instead, the dogs briefly hit on something near the motel. It was also noted that there was no surveillance of Hailey inside or outside of the motel.
Contrary to some reports, there was no scent of Hailey being tracked to a nearby motel. Tracking dogs at the motel reacted to something briefly – not an uncommon occurrence – but a thorough search turned up no further scent nor evidence of Hailey having been there.
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This doens't mean Hailey wasn't sold. Just that there's no evidence she was at that motel.

OK, Thanks...spaced that out..how ridiculous that the "other board" deleted that.

Another Somber Anniversary In Hailey Dunn Case – The Affidavits
By Jocelyn Tovar, KTXS News
POSTED: 11:17 am CST January 11, 2012
UPDATED: 1:24 pm CST January 11, 2012

ABILENE, Texas -- Wednesday marks another somber anniversary in the case of missing Colorado City teen Hailey Dunn.

Hailey Dunn was reported missing just after Christmas in 2010.

Wednesday marks the day exactly one year after KTXS exclusively obtained affidavits about the case through the Freedom of Information Act. The affidavits contained law enforcement statements that were used to justify search warrants to obtain more information.

The affidavits made it clear that investigators were looking at Hailey's mother, Billie Dunn, and her live-in boyfriend, Shawn Adkins, in the teen's disappearance.

The publication of the affidavits only intensified volunteers' desires to find Hailey.

One year later, Shawn Adkins remains the only named suspect in the case; however, there have been no arrests in the case.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AFFIDAVITS:
The information provided in the affidavits does not assign any guilt or innocence. They are used for investigative purposes only, and some information could even wind up as inadmissible in a court of law.

However, the affidavits provided explosive details about what law enforcement authorities found.

Information in these summary statements comes directly from the affidavits:
– Adkins previously had threatened the lives of both Hailey Dunn and Billie Dunn in February 2010.
– Both Adkins and Billie Dunn apparently held an ongoing, intense fascination with horrific films and brutal crimes. Seized in a box in their bedroom were numerous documents, some fictional and some past crimes, that covered such topics such as serial killers, ax murders, sexual sadistic activities, the occult, sex and death topics, motives for murder and mass murderers – including the killing of family members.
– Billie Dunn and Adkins hosted a number of friends for a New Year’s Eve party at their home – just three days after Billie Dunn reported Hailey missing. Adkins downplayed the party, stating they just had a few friends over to the house to have drinks on New Year’s Eve.
– Billie Dunn volunteered to take a polygraph examination, but when she arrived, she was found to be “under the influence of narcotics,” and she was dismissed from the test at that time. On her second attempt, the investigators concluded there was “deception indicated.” After the examination, Billie Dunn was given the chance to discuss and explain “why she failed the examination.” Officials said she couldn't explain them, and she ended the interview by walking out.
– Adkins twice refused to take polygraph examinations. Then he agreed to a polygraph, but after providing some inconsistent information, he ended this polygraph by walking out. Officials said he failed the polygraph, particularly concerning the whereabouts of Hailey.
– During his polygraph examination, before walking out, Adkins provided some positive reaction about knowing where Hailey Dunn is. Indications were that Hailey may be in Scurry County.
– Adkins and Billie Dunn made two withdrawals of cash from an ATM machine in Snyder, in Scurry County, at about 6:20 p.m. on Dec. 27 totaling $140. They told investigators the money was for purchasing drugs.
– Numerous statements made by both Adkins and Billie Dunn, particularly Adkins, have been inconsistent – some with initial denials, then admissions, then changed statements.

On the night before Hailey’s disappearance, her 16-year-old brother, David, indicated that when he left the house at 9 p.m. on Dec. 26, Hailey was playing one of his video games in the living room in the house. Based on her skill level with the game, David said he expected her to play probably until midnight.

Adkins told authorities that on the day Hailey disappeared that Hailey was going to her father’s house, less than a full block away, then on to a friend’s house. She never made it to either location.

Multiple witnesses told authorities that it was uncharacteristic for Hailey to be gone for long periods of time without checking in with her mother.

Law enforcement officials detailed what Hailey left behind at her home: cash, a toothbrush, hairbrush, contact solution, a new MP3 player – and a jacket that friends say she would not have left home without.

The weather was cold outside, but Adkins said he last saw Hailey leaving without the jacket and the personal items.
Officials report that Hailey was well-familiar with the area and that it can be determined that she would not have gotten lost going to houses a few blocks away. No witnesses reported seeing Hailey walking on the date she was reported to have left her residence.

At one point during the polygraph examination of Adkins, he was asked whom investigators should “look at,” and officials said Adkins responded by saying “both of us,” referring to himself and Billie Dunn.

One inconsistency in Adkins’ statements involved his employment on Dec. 27. Adkins told investigators that he was fired that day, but authorities contacted the employer, who said that Adkins was a good employee and that he hadn’t been fired.

Nevertheless, Adkins left his place of employment at 6:10 a.m. – within 10 minutes after he had arrived – on the morning of Dec. 27. He left work without speaking to anyone; he told investigators that he went straight to his mother’s house in Big Spring.

However, cell phone records indicate that Adkins’ cell phone was in contact with cell towers in the Colorado City area from 6:35 a.m. until 6:56 a.m., during the time when he said he was traveling to Big Spring.

Billie Dunn left for work at 6:20 a.m. on Dec. 27, and authorities said her cell phone was also in contact with the same cell tower during the same time period.

In these early morning hours, authorities believe that Hailey was home alone at the Dunn residence in Colorado City.

Later that day, in the afternoon of Dec. 27, Hailey’s brother David returned home about 4 p.m.

According to his father, Clint Dunn, David arrived about 4 p.m. and pounded on the front door for about five minutes, and no one would let him in the door.

David then let himself into the house through a window, where David said he saw Adkins in a hallway with a “deer in the headlights look.”

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Updated: January 12, 2012

According to the Colorado City record, Colorado City police officers were following a lead in the Hailey Dunn case this morning.

The article says officers were north of Colorado City following the lead, but it yielded no new clues as to the whereabouts of the teenage girl.

Chief of Police Roy Owens is quoted, saying it was a "bitter-sweet" development.

Hailey Dunn has been missing since December 2010.

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Makes Zero sense. Bittersweet but yielded no clues???? WTF??
LE in CC makes no sense. I gave up on understanding what they say.

LE in CC makes no sense. I gave up on understanding what they say.

LOL. I did NOT post that but I completely agree.

Color me Confused on Who posted the above quote on my post.

Maybe it was "bittersweet" for Owens as that is where he "first broke bread" as a teen. :scratch: :FBI:

No lie huh?

Hailey's case is another strange case to me. Adkins is still the only suspect, but they have not arrested him yet. They must not have enough evidence on him.

Poor Hailey, her mother and Adkins make me .

Cadaver Dogs Used To Search For Missing Teen Hailey Dunn

ABILENE, Texas -- After months of little organized effort to find missing Colorado City teen Hailey Dunn, cadaver dogs were out Thursday searching a property north of the town.
Many viewers called KTXS Thursday after seeing searchers on private property near the airport.
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The tip involved dreams, but no matter how far fetched, Roy Owens, chief of Colorado City Police, said authorities check into all tips about missing teen Hailey Dunn.

One such tip spurred the search Thursday morning of a private property near the airport using cadaver dogs.
"These are seasoned dogs that were used in this case from the beginning," said Owens.

The tip came from a person who specializes in finding grave sites on large private properties.

"We checked his track record (Who's "track record" and what were the "couple of different things" of which he speaks? Can anyone say Vague??) on a couple of different things," said Owens, "and he's been successful in finding those."

Thursday's search turned up nothing.

Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary since another big break in the case when KTXS obtained affidavits used to secure search warrants that included details about Hailey's mother and live-in boyfriend.

Owens said anniversaries play no role in the frequency of their searches.

"It could appear that way," said Owen, "but we've been working this thing (this "THING?" That is one hell of a way to talk about a missing person!) the whole time and will continue to work it until we get answers we feel should be answered."

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I advise all to Really watch Owen's demeanor, speech and the fact that he is shaking his head "NO" when discussing this "THING". Put it on full frame and let me know what you get from it. MOO.

In case anyone wishes to write Mr. Shawn Adkins a letter, his address is:
10401 North Lamar BLVD. Apt: 1203
Austin, Texas 78753

Done deal!! I know Exactly where this is. Might I inquire, is this also the home of his lying gf aka, the mother of Hailey?

gnreed,