Another Missing Iowa Girl

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:50 am

Police Seek More Volunteers In Missing Child Search

Girl Was Last Seen Friday Morning

POSTED: 6:18 pm CDT July 3, 2005

UPDATED: 6:36 pm CDT July 3, 2005

FLOYD, Iowa -- Authorities in northern Iowa are seeking more volunteers to help them search for a 5-year-old girl who has been missing from her home since Friday morning.

Volunteers were meeting Sunday at the Floyd Community Center in Floyd, which is about 20 miles east of Mason City.

More than 460 people helped scour a three-mile area around the apartment complex where Evelyn Miller was last seen.

Evelyn was reported missing when her mother returned home from work at about 6:30 a.m. Friday.

Noel Miller said her children stayed at home with her boyfriend Thursday night while she worked.

When she got home the door to the apartment was partially open and Evelyn was gone.

Pilots from the Iowa Air National Guard flew over the corn and soybean fields with infrared equipment in hopes of finding the girl. About 40 volunteers on horses and 35 on all-terrain vehicles helped Saturday.

Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation and FBI agents are questioning all who had met or knew the girl and her family.

The Virginia-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children have helped send out 9,000 flyers with details and a picture of Evelyn. .

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:03 am

do you know the boyfriend's excuse or his history yet?

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:21 am

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Case Handled By: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children EVELYN CELESTE MILLERCase Type: Lost, Injured, Missing DOB: Aug 22, 1999Sex: FemaleMissing Date: Jul 1, 2005Race: WhiteAge Now: 5Height: 3'5" (104 cm)Missing City: CHARLES CITYWeight: 42 lbs (19 kg)Missing State : IAHair Color: Lt. BrownMissing Country: United StatesEye Color: HazelCase Number: NCMC1018166Circumstances: Evelyn was last seen at home around 6 a.m. on July 1, 2005. When she was last seen, Evelyn was wearing light blue flowered shorts and a light blue flowered shirt. She has a mark on the left side of her chest and a scar on her right knee. Evelyn's left bottom tooth is missing.

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:24 am

They are being pretty thight lipped about him.no name YET - The neighbors said they were a queit family..hard working mom - but never anything about the boyfriend..We are going up to help search after lunch...I will post this evening..This is so very close to my reletives house...So sad...but on the other hand-- the water and rivers are so swollen and still rising here- I sure hope she didn't get out and head to water...We have had so much rain.

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:52 pm

Nothing new today--Something is very strange though...people are really quiet about what to look for......

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:19 pm

I'm really hoping for another miracle.

robinseggs · Post by **robinseggs** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:29 pm

I found it strange that the mother didn't want to release the names of her fiancee's two friends (who were said to have also been staying at the apartment that night.) This makes me very suspicious. If one of my children were missing I don't care who was in this house--I would be releasing their names to anyone who would listen! Also, read on Fox news that boyfriend/fiancee passed lie detector test.

My biggest question is this..WHY ON EARTH was this little girl sleeping on the couch and not in pajamas safe in another room? Reports say she was clothed in play clothes and sleeping on couch when last seen. So sad. I don't care how much or little money a person has, all children need a stable nightly routine of getting their "jammies" on, brushing teeth and being provided a comfortable safe place to sleep AWAY from an outside door!!! Sorry, I get a little frustrated when I hear of these scenerios and then everybody wonders why the kid disappeared.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:27 am

sadly,she was murdered, unnamed person being held. press conference later..............Iowa Girl, 5, Found Dead....

minks · Post by **minks** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:31 am

Oh these stories are soooo heartbreaking.

How truly sad.

:(

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:44 am

My heart breaks for them..May her wings take you wherever you want to go now....:yh_angel

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:35 pm

I really, really didn't want to come into this thread because I was afraid of what I would read. Of course, I had to see. Stories like this break my heart and fill me with rage at the same time. I am normally not a violent person, but I would never have a problem with killing a person who could harm a child. I'd be able to live with myself too.

nvalleyvee · Post by **nvalleyvee** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:53 pm

mominiowa wrote: My heart breaks for them..May her wings take you wherever you want to go now....:yh_angel

What a prayer to say for them - very lovely Mominiowa

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Thu Jul 07, 2005 10:13 pm

A very sad day - I am glad they have closure and she is not being tortured by whom ever had her..They are sick and deserve to pay the price that they delivered to her..

What a beautiful little girl -

Examiner Completes Autopsy On Body

Officials Not Releasing Girl's Cause Of Death

POSTED: 10:08 pm CDT July 7, 2005

UPDATED: 10:50 pm CDT July 7, 2005

FLOYD, Iowa -- The state medical examiner has completed an autopsy on the body of Evelyn Miller.

Photos: From Scene

The examiner is not saying how the 5-year-old girl died because the information is still part of a criminal investigation.

Evelyn's body was discovered in Cedar River at about 7:40 p.m. Wednesday.

Evelyn was last seen asleep in her family's apartment by two acquaintances of her mother's fiancÃƒ© at about 2 a.m. last Friday.

Marilyn Dettmer, Floyd County's attorney, said no suspects are in custody.

The criminal investigation continues. Law enforcement officials searched the river on boats for any other traces of physical evidence. Authorities also sealed off Rotary Park Road, which leads to the spot where the child's body was found.

Earlier this week, two men were questioned by authorities and a search of their residence was conducted. But authorities have not called them suspects.

Dettmer said 1,300 volunteers gave about 9,000 hours of their time to help in the search.

Evelyn would have turned 6 years old on Saturday.

A memorial fund has been set up. Those interested in contributing can do so at:

First Security Bank & Trust

809 Clark St.

P.O. Box 577

Charles City, IA 50616

aznative2005 · Post by **aznative2005** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:31 am

I am new to this forum. I am from the town of charles city iowa where that sweet lil angel was kidnapped and murdered... First off i want to say my heart aches for the family..And my prayers and thoughts are with them... I got 2 small school age children and it scares me to death to think that someone is still out there.. They supposidly had a guy in custody for a day or 2 and they let him go.. It was the place where he was staying that they took all that evidence out of... i noticed that on www.iowasexoffender.org there is alot of sex offenders that have been released and they all seem to reside right here in charles city iowa.. And if you notice there all close to each other.. I undestand they have a right to live wherever also but not that close to each other and some are by schools or child cares...And all the people can tell us is to not worry things are ok.. No things are not ok.. There is a animal out there somewhere.. Thanks for your time..