Texas Group To Search For Blaggs
Same Group Found Body Of Missing San Diego Girl
POSTED: 1:40 p.m. MST March 25, 2002
UPDATED: 2:16 p.m. MST March 25, 2002
The search for a missing mother and daughter from Grand Junction, Colo., will be expanded next month.
Mesa County has enlisted help from the
nonprofit community organization that helped find a missing San
Diego, Calif., girl.
Mesa County Sheriff Riecke Claussen has asked the Laura Recovery
Center Foundation in Friendswood, Texas, to help officials stage a
large-scale search for Jennifer and Abby Blagg (pictured, left) next month.
On Nov. 13, Michael Blagg reported he found a pool of
blood on Jennifer's bed and both his wife and daughter missing. Authorities said that he is a suspect in their disappearance, but he has not been charged.
The Laura Recovery Center Foundation searched the area
surrounding San Diego and found the body of Danielle van Dam.
The newest search will last between ten and 15 days and enlist
up to 1,200 volunteers from the community, Claussen said. It will
encompass a 45-mile radius around the Blagg home in Grand Junction.
Claussen said it is unusual for authorities to ask for outside
help in a possible homicide investigation, but he was impressed by
the foundation's recent success in finding the body of Danielle Van
Dam.
The Laura Recovery Center was founded in 1997 when a local Texas girl, Laura Kate Smither, was missing. More than 6,000 volunteers helped search for the girl. Volunteer searchers found her body 17 days later.
On Nov. 13, Michael Blagg reported he found a pool of
blood on Jennifer's bed and both his wife and daughter missing. Authorities said that he is a suspect in their disappearance, but he has not been charged.
The Laura Recovery Center Foundation searched the area
surrounding San Diego and found the body of Danielle van Dam.
The newest search will last between ten and 15 days and enlist
up to 1,200 volunteers from the community, Claussen said. It will
encompass a 45-mile radius around the Blagg home in Grand Junction.
Claussen said it is unusual for authorities to ask for outside
help in a possible homicide investigation, but he was impressed by
the foundation's recent success in finding the body of Danielle Van
Dam.
The Laura Recovery Center was founded in 1997 when a local Texas girl, Laura Kate Smither, was missing. More than 6,000 volunteers helped search for the girl. Volunteer searchers found her body 17 days later.
Previous Stories:
Additional Resources:- February 13, 2002: Blagg Released From Hospital
- February 12, 2002: Blagg 'Saddened' By Suicide Attempt
- February 7, 2002: Michael Blagg Critical After Suicide Try
- February 6, 2002: Blagg Questioned In Grand Junction
- February 6, 2002: Blagg Questioned In Grand Junction
- December 13, 2001: Blood Identified From Missing Mother
- December 5, 2001: Blagg Moving From Grand Junction Home
- December 3, 2001: Blood Tests Expected In Grand Junction Case
- November 30, 2001: Investigators Removed From Grand Junction Missing Case
- November 29, 2001: Blood Tests 'Focus' Missing Mom, Daughter Case
- November 20, 2001: Nationwide Appeal Made For Missing Mother, Daughter
- November 19, 2001: Search For Missing Mom, Daughter Expands
- November 17, 2001: Cost Of Investigation Into Missing Mother, Daughter Mounts
- November 15, 2001: Mother, Daughter Missing As Mystery Grows
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