The search continues for Rachael Anderson

Missing since friday April 16,2010. If you have seen this women please call 509-758-2331

5' 4", 120lb, small stature, Black Hair, Brown eyes

KLEWTV

By Stephanie Smith

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CLARKSTON - Where is Rachael Anderson? Police, family, friends and much of the Valley want to know.

On Thursday Amber Griswold, one of Rachael's' daughters, talked about her mother and her connection to family.

"She's a mom of four," said Griswold. "She's a great mom. She's always there, very supportive. She is also a grandma. She has grandkids also."

Amber said her mother's disappearance is not a case of someone just leaving town.

"She cares for her family a lot, her family and friends. And she would never walk away," said Griswold.

She said her mother was being harassed and her mother's car vandalized.

"Her tires had just been slashed and I had to help her buy some tires because she had no money left," said Griswold. "Her window had been broken in, a couple other things done to her car. Muffler falling off, when she's driving away, oil pan, just random things like that."

The window on Rachael Anderson's car was broken while at work at St. Joe's. That's why she had a friend's car, a Yukon, when she went missing.

The SUV was found Wednesday afternoon in North Lewiston. Amber Griswold said her mom was also getting strange calls and text messages.

"All through the night, all day constantly," said Griswold. "She had no idea who's doing it, She had no idea where it was coming from. She didn't know who she could trust, who she couldn't."

Police said all indications are that Anderson was last seen in Moscow on Friday.

"Nobody knew actually she was going to Moscow. That was the thing, none of her friends knew," said Griswold. "She had prior plans with another friend in Clarkston and so she wasn't supposed to be in Moscow."

But it wasn't until Monday that family got concerned.

"I didn't even get concerned because Saturday, I had a barbecue and she told me earlier in the week, 'Oh I may not be there, I might be working (because she said she might work on Saturday) or I might be doing some other stuff trying to dig around and trying to figure out who's doing all this,'" said Griswold. "She said she probably wouldn't come, so when she didn't show up I didn't think anything of it and then I got a phone call on Monday saying she didn't show up, and then I knew something was wrong."

Along with posting fliers throughout town, Amber has started a FACEBOOK page to share information. As of Thursday afternoon there were over 2,800 members. With it, she is trying to dispel rumors.

"You know it's kind of hard to say (whether it was random or somebody she knew) because it could be the person supposedly that was stalking her or it could be totally just random chance that it happened to her and it was just someone that was passing through," said Griswold. "We don't know, we don't know at this point. Detective Halley (Asotin Co. Sheriff's Office) said it was okay that I said something about that there might possibly be suspects, but they are not even sure. They just don't have any evidence at this time."

Griswold said there were no signs of a break-in at her mom's Clarkston home.

Police have organized a task force comprised of officers and deputies from various local agencies. The FBI has also been notified but has yet to directly join in on the case.

Lewiston Police said there is security video from the bus stop where the SUV was found. They said they are going through three days worth of video from several different cameras.

If you have any information about Rachael Anderson or saw the GMC Yukon over the weekend, call the 24 hour police dispatch line 509-758-2331.

Tabitha Franklin, Mother of Three

“I love you, momma,” the seven-year-old scrawled on a sheet of loose leaf paper, written in pencil with occasional misspellings. “We have bin praying for you. We love you and don’t for get us.” by a child to a missing mother find a way to tear at your heartstrings.  Tabitha Franklin is the missing mother of three children who have been writing to her on MySpace and personal notes from home.  It's obvious they are missing her terribly and hoping they are not forgotten.  They don't realize, nor do they know why she is gone from their lives. Hannah, Gavin and Dawson just know that they want their mother home, it's a simple as that.

Tabitha was last seen on August 8, 2009 in Cullman, Alabama and reports say that she left a residence with an ex-boyfriend.  He states that he dropped her off to do some shopping and when he returned to pick her up she was nowhere to be found.

"She had an ex-boyfriend who there was a report of abuse and it was filed and later charges were dropped with threats to the family," says Stacey White, Tabitha's sister-in-law. 

According to the Cullman County Sheriff's office they have exhausted all of the leads they had and are now asking for the help of the public for clues.  Although the authorities are actively investigating the leads that come in, Tabitha's case is not considered a criminal matter.  The family fears otherwise and until there is word from "Tabby" they are pleading for help to find her.


Tabby's family and friends have a Cause page on Facebook where anyone can join and leave messages of encouragement for them.  A little girl writes to her mother:

"I love you mama this is your princess hannah i wish you were here everybody misses you the whole family does and were still trying to figure out where you are i know dawson and gavin loves you you use to call them prince and daddy misses you i love you mommy " 

Name:  Tabitha Franklin 

Alias:  Tabby 
Date of Birth:  09/15/1980 
Date Missing:  08/13/2009 
Age at time of disappearance: 28 
City Missing From: Cullman 
State Missing From: AL 
Gender:  Female 
Race:  White 
Height: 5 ft 6 in 
Weight: 140 lbs 
Hair Color: Blond 
Eye Color:  Blue 
Complexion: Fair 

Identifying Characteristics: Tabitha has 4 tattoos: An angel on her right arm, a scroll on left upper arm, a butterfly in between her shoulders on her back, and a rose on her ankle. She has 2 scars: a c -section scar, and a small scar on her nose. 

Clothing: She was last seen wearing a black dress. 

Jewelry: She usually wears dangling style earrings and often wears necklaces.

Circumstances of Disappearance: She was last seen at a friend's home in West Point , AL. She was then picked up by an adult male acquaintance and driven to Hueytown. The adult male stated that he dropped her off went to do errands and when he returned to pick her up, she was gone. 

Medical Conditions: None known 

Investigative Agency: Cullman County Sheriff's Department 
Agency Phone:  (256) 734-0342 Investigative Case #:  09010083 Print a Poster: http://www.projectjason.org/aan/AAN_TabithaFranklin.pdf 

UPDATE

Sept 5, 2011

Susan Powell: Familiar Scenario

If you follow this blog about missing mothers you know some of the familiar circumstances, phrases, and words that ring through most cases.  This case, again, sounds so familiar.  Many prayers go up for the safe return of Susan Powell, and may her children be loved and cared for.

DESERET NEWS

WEST VALLEY CITY — There are many theories about what could have happened to Susan Powell.
There are also assumptions about what already has happened.
But almost everyone who knows her agrees that Powell would never have left her two young boys, one reason why police are now calling the 28-year-old's disappearance "suspicious."
Josh Powell told the Deseret News he last saw his wife about midnight Sunday at their home. He said that was when he decided to leave the house and take his two sons, ages 2 and 4, camping "down south."
He said he didn't realize his wife was missing until a friend called him Monday and told him that police officers were looking for him and his family.
Since then, no one has seen Susan Powell. She failed to go to work Monday, and no one has an explanation about where she could be — not police, friends or family.
"It's a still a missing-person case, but the circumstances surrounding it are very suspicious," West Valley Police Capt. Tom McLachlan said Thursday. "Nobody can tell us where she is at, and she has not contacted family or friends that we know of."

Police obtained a search warrant for the Powell home, 6254 Sarah Circle, late Wednesday and have collected various pieces of furniture to submit for forensic tests. While he wouldn't go into specifics, McLachlan said Susan Powell "left items at the house that you would normally associate if you were going on a trip or going somewhere."
Susan Powell's father, Chuck Cox, said his daughter's purse and cell phone were still at the home. McLachlan said police focused their efforts on the home because it was the last place she was seen. An endangered-person alert was issued Monday, but police have heard nothing as a result of the alert.
"There's a lot of different scenarios you can put with the situation," McLachlan said. "Because we don't have enough information on any one of those possibilities, you have to work all of them. It keeps us busy."
About 100 of Susan Powell's friends, neighbors, co-workers and family members — including, for a short time, her husband and two sons — gathered in the cold at a candlelight vigil Thursday night at West View Park. In addition to holding lighted candles, they prayed for Susan Powell's safe return, shared stories about her, passed out missing-person fliers and sang "Silent Night."

"She's really special to us," said Crystal Peterson, who attends the same LDS Church ward as the Powells. "We just want to see her home. We want her home. That's all we want."
Investigators have interviewed Josh Powell and were working Thursday to verify what he had told them.
Josh Powell told the Deseret News that when he returned home Monday night, he discovered a front window had been broken out. The window had been broken by police, who worried the family might have been poisoned by carbon monoxide. Josh Powell said he didn't see "any sign of anything" out of the ordinary inside.
When asked what was going through his mind on the fourth day since his wife's disappearance, he said it was "hard to concentrate," before going into detail about how he had placed cardboard in the broken window.
Close friend and neighbor Kiirsi Hellewell, who has become the self-appointed advocate for Susan Powell because the woman's family lives in Washington, has pieced together a detailed timeline of events. She said she walked home from church with Susan Powell and her sons around noon Sunday. Another friend from her LDS ward ate dinner with the Powells Sunday evening. That friend told Hellewell she left the home shortly after Susan Powell said she wasn't feeling well and Josh Powell announced that he was going to take the boys sledding and then go eat.
Josh Powell said he last saw his wife around 12:30 a.m. Monday as she headed to bed.
Josh Powell described his wife as a "really good mother" who enjoys singing in her church choir and doing art projects with her boys.
"She really takes care of us," he said. "She's really committed to the family, and I guess she puts up with me, too, and does a good job of it."
Neighbor Stephanie Olson said as soon as she heard her neighbor was missing, she had a bad feeling.
"I know she would never leave her kids," Olson said. "If anything, she would have left with the children while Josh was at work. She'd take her kids. I believe that 100 percent. She was really good with her children."
Olson and other neighbors said about a year ago, Susan Powell began talking openly in church about obtaining a divorce. Olson said Susan Powell was very open about her home life and the issues in her marriage.
"She wasn't shy," Olson said. "She talked about divorcing and trying to save money to leave him."
Hellewell started a Facebook group with updates about her friend. At this point, she said she has to keep busy, because if she stops to think about what may have happened to her friend, she "can't handle it."
She described Susan Powell as "very outgoing, very friendly, an instant friend to everyone." In addition to being funny, pretty, talented, healthy and athletic, Susan Powell is "fearless," Hellewell said.

"If she had any way to contact somebody, she would," Hellewell added. "She's not the kind to go and hide. She's not scared of anything."
In the meantime, as he tries to "get things normal," Josh Powell said he wants his wife to know that he and the two boys "love her and miss her."
"I want to try and do the best I can to get the word out, even if it's hard," he said. "If anyone knows where she's at, have them call police."
A candlelight vigil is scheduled for 9 p.m. tonight at West View Park, 6050 W. 4100 South.

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