In Loving Memory of Branson Perry
Details of Disappearance: Branson was last seen by his friend on April 11, 2001 at approximately 3:00 p.m in Skidmore, Mo. They were cleaning house for his father before he came home from the hospital. He told his friend he was putting jumper cables in the shed & would be right back. He has not been seen since. He left behind his van and personal belongings. The jumper cables weren't in the shed, but a few days later, they were placed there by an unknown person.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Cards Could Hold Clues to Cold Cases
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Still searching- David Lohr Article-Investigation Discovery
By KARA MURPHY
kara.murphy@timesnews.com
ALBION -- In the photos, one woman is wearing a floral blouse. Another has blue eyes that sparkle. A third, his red hair cut short, is wearing a suit and tie for his class photo.
They're all smiling.
They're all missing.
"They've all got a heartbreaking story," said David Lohr, 34, who is surrounded by posters of missing people at his office in Albion.
Lohr writes from his office about the missing and the dead on a blog called "Criminal Report Daily" for ID: Investigation Discovery, a 1-year-old digital cable channel that features true crime programs.
He spends his day researching and investigating unsolved cases.
Many of the stories catch at his heart. Which is why he's taken his interest in writing and researching crime a step further to involvement with the group Texas EquuSearch, a team that has aided in high-profile searches for missing teen Natalee Holloway and, more recently, for toddler Caylee Anthony, whose remains were recovered this month in Florida.
Lohr traveled with Texas EquuSearch to Florida to aid in the search for Caylee.
He was among the searchers who came close to the little girl's body, only to be turned away by knee-high water that had covered the wooded region.
"She was just 300 feet to the left of us," he said.
His interest in crime dates back to childhood.
"When other friends were buying GI Joe magazines, I was buying True Detective," he said.
After graduating from Northwestern High School, Lohr joined the Army. When he was discharged three years later, he returned to Albion and began his own Web site featuring serial killers.
In 1999, the Web site caught the eye of Marilyn Bardsley, then the executive director for Court TV's Crime Library. She asked him to write for Court TV's Web site. He worked for the Web site until 2007.
"He's a very good researcher," Bardsley said. "He's smart, he's determined, and he's clever. Plus he's good at writing. It's a good combination."
On some days, Bardsley said Lohr could ante up 300,000 hits on his blog.
"He's just good at getting people engaged," she said.
Lohr said some of his favorite subjects are the missing people that don't garner the attention of the likes of Nancy Grace and the morning news shows.
"A lot of them don't get the ongoing attention, the publicity that keeps their cases alive," he said.
That's why he keeps the pictures of Corrie Anderson, Jesse Ross, Linda Little, Ahren Barnard, Carlos Diaz, Brandy Hanna and Branson Perry posted in his office.
They remind him of who is still out there.
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Benefit Helps Solve Murder & Missing Person Cases
10/04/08
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - If you know something, say something. That's the message from local parents at a fundraiser for murdered and missing children.
Dozens joined together in Kansas City Saturday afternoon for the 65-mile benefit ride and poker run.
Organizers say the third annual ride drew the biggest crowd yet.
Parents welcomed the support but say nothing can take away their pain.
"In a way every day is a bad day because you just want to make up one day and not miss them so much and that's never going to happen," said Misty Kirwan.
Misty's son, 21-year-old Chris Bartholomew, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Westport last spring. But he wasn't the target.
"His killers are still walking the streets and nobody's talking," she said.
Becky Klino hasn't seen her son for seven and a half years. Branson Perry was last seen outside his father's home in Skidmore, Missouri.
"Branson had a heart of gold," said Becky.
Knowing Branson could be alive keeps Becky going.
"Chances are real slim and that's the hardest thing, but you have to keep believing."
Branson's stepfather drives a special van everyday. It has a picture of his son on one side and Chris Bartholomew on the other.
It keeps their faces fresh in the public eye. It's also a reminder that a senseless crime can happen to anyone.
"You don't know what's behind somebody's face. You don't know what's going to happen when you drive down the street. And it's scary," said Becky.
Branson Perry reward recently doubled to $20,000. Chris Bartholomew's reward is $30,000.