Scared Monkeys Discussion Forum

OSBI Request: Help in Search for Missing Eufaula, OK Family

Posted on 22. Oct, 2009 by smckinney.
0

10/22/09 — Texas EquuSearch was contacted today by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (“OSBI”), who requested our assistance in a search for a missing Eufaula, Oklahoma family.  The family, Bobby Jamison, Sherilynn Jamison and Madyson Jamison disappeared in Latimer County, and authorities are now searching a rural area near Red Oak.

 Tim Miller will be traveling to Oklahoma tomorrow morning to assist the OSBI in hopes of finding the Jamison family.

Major Search Effort Planned Friday For Missing Eufaula Family
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 5:09 PM CDT Updated: Oct 22, 2009 1:52 PM CDT
Featured Video

    *
        Authorities Plan Extensive Search For Missing Eufaula Family

Bobby Jamison is 44-years-old, 6'3", weighs 170 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. Sherilynn Jamison is 40-years-old, 5'07", weighs 105 pounds and has brown hair and eyes.

Enlarge this picture
Bobby Jamison is 44-years-old, 6'3", weighs 170 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. Sherilynn Jamison is 40-years-old, 5'07", weighs 105 pounds and has brown hair and eyes.
Madyson Jamison is 6-years-old and has blonde hair.

Enlarge this picture
Madyson Jamison is 6-years-old and has blonde hair.
Jamison's pickup truck was found in a rural area of Latimer County near an oil lease.

Enlarge this picture
Jamison's pickup truck was found in a rural area of Latimer County near an oil lease.
By Dan Bewley, The News On 6

EUFAULA, OK -- A mother, father and six-year old girl haven't been seen in nearly two weeks and authorities in Latimer and McIntosh counties fear the worst.

The family is from Eufaula. Their pickup truck was found near Red Oak last Saturday.

10/20/2009 Related Story: Authorities Search For Missing Eufaula Family

The FBI, OSBI, and a number of state agencies are working on this case, but authorities are worried about the family of three who disappeared in such a tough part of the countryside. Panola Mountain sits in rural Latimer County, covered with trees and surrounded by grasslands.

"It's only 6.5 miles from Red Oak," Sheriff Isreal Beauchamp, Latimer County.

It's where Sheriff Isreal Beauchamp is trying to solve a mystery. He's looking for Bobby Jamison, his wife Sherilynn, and their daughter Madyson. The family was last seen October 9th near Red Oak. They were looking to buy 40 acres of land.

Eight days later their truck was found by hunters. Inside the truck was their small dog, malnourished and in bad shape, according to the sheriff. The dog has since recovered.

Also inside the truck were their IDs, wallets and a substantial amount of cash.

"It didn't look like to me that they got out and walked, it just looked like they got out and that was it. They didn't take their coats, it was kind of cold that day, they didn't take their cell phones, of course they didn't take their dog," said Sheriff Beauchamp.

Sheriff Beauchamp says investigators have looked into the Jamison's past and there doesn't appear to be any signs that they were in trouble or looking to start a new life. He says there's no obvious reason why they disappeared.

For the last several days searchers have tracked through the countryside, but dense trees and hilly terrain have made the search very difficult.

"You know triple canopy, a lot of woods. There are trails, four-wheeler trails, walking trails, game trails but, for the most part, pretty rugged," said Sheriff Beauchamp.

A large search of more than 100 men and women, including horses, a helicopter, and a plane, is scheduled for Friday, but the sheriff is worried about the forecast of rainy weather.

    * Bobby Jamison is 44, 6'3", weighs 170 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. He has a back disability and may slouch when he stands.
    * Sherilynn Jamison is 40, 5'07", weighs 105 pounds and has brown hair and eyes.
    * Madyson Jamison is 6-years-old, has blonde hair and has missing baby teeth in the front of her mouth.

Anyone with information can call the Latimer County Sheriff's Office at 918-465-2161.
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Edit to add link per Sunny: 
http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=11356491

OOOpppsss forgot the link

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=11356491

Eufaula family remains missing in rugged countryside of southeast Oklahoma


EUFAULA, Ok. - Searchers tomorrow begin combing through a rugged area of southeast Oklahoma to find a family of three. Bobby Jamison and his wife, Sherilynn Jamison, and their 6-year old daughter, Madyson, have not been seen since October 9th. Latimer County Sheriff Isreal Beauchamp says the Panola Mountain area near Red Oak has dense trees and hilly terrain that make the search difficult. Beauchamp says, "You know, triple canopy, a lot of woods. There are trails, four-wheeler trails, walking trails, game trails, but for the most part, pretty rugged." He says eight days after they disappeared on October 9th hunters found the Jamison's truck containing their dog, which was still alive, their wallets and I-D's and a large amount of cash still inside.

http://krmg.com/localnews/2009/10/eu...s-missing.html
__________________

http://newsok.com//article/3410976?custom_click=rss

 Authorities seek clues in search for Eufaula family
Eufaula couple, daughter were last seen Oct. 8
BY MICHAEL KIMBALL    Comments Comment on this article10
Published: October 22, 2009

RED OAK — A Eufaula family whose pickup was found abandoned in Latimer County with their phones, IDs, money, coats and barely alive dog inside has been missing for two weeks.

Latimer County officials ask anyone with information about the Jamison family’s whereabouts to call the Latimer County sheriff’s office at (918) 465-2161.

The three members of the Jamison family — Bobby Dale, 44, Sherrilynn, 40, and Madyson, 6, — were last seen Oct. 8, Latimer County Undersheriff Matt Bohn said Wednesday.

The family’s pickup was found Saturday in a rural area near an oil property about 30 miles from their home, and the amount of money inside the vehicle was "substantial,” Bohn said.

A starving small black-and-white dog was found inside the vehicle when sheriff’s deputies went to investigate.

"It appeared it had been in the truck for a long time,” Bohn said.

Police, fire and highway patrol crews, along with several volunteers, began a search Saturday. Six dog teams joined the search Sunday, but nothing other than the pickup was found, said the undersheriff.

A search of the area near the pickup was suspended Monday while officials considered other ways to try and find the Jamisons, but small groups of people familiar with the terrain continued to look for evidence, Bohn said. Another full-scale search is scheduled for Friday, but authorities have few leads.

Bobby Jamison is 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighs about 170 pounds and has brown hair and eyes, Bohn said. Sherrilynn Jamison is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs about 105 pounds and also has brown hair and eyes. Madyson has blond hair.

Bobby Jamison took out a protective order against his father, Bobby Dean Jamison, in May, but Bohn said it has been dismissed and appears unrelated to the disappearance of the younger Jamison and his family.

First I heard of this was last night...strange .....hope that they are safe somewhere..
what I heard last night was that the family was looking for some land to buy..

Hi Cookie...that is what I heard as well. I am glad TES is going. They are really experts in this rugged type of environment.

http://newsok.com/search-for-eufaula-family-picks-up-to-beat-dangers-of-hunting-season/article/3411255

(http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab34/lindsayo1980/missingbobbyjamison.jpg)

(http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab34/lindsayo1980/missingmadysonjamison.jpg)

(http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab34/lindsayo1980/missingsherrilynnjamison.jpg)

what in the world could have happened to this family????

http://www.4029tv.com/news/21409284/detail.html

Search For Missing Family Turns Up New Clue
POSTED: 10:28 pm CDT October 23, 2009
UPDATED: 11:01 pm CDT October 23, 2009

RED OAK, Oklahoma -- On Friday, Latimer County investigators found what could be a key piece of evidence in the case of a missing Oklahoma family.

The only sign of Bobby and Sherilynn Jamison and their 6-year-old daughter Madyson was their abandoned truck discovered Oct. 17 near the Panola Mountains.

Inside the Latimer County sheriff's department found money, coats, cell phones and the family's dog.

During a search on Friday, investigators found a pocket knife. Sheriff Israel Beauchamp said pictures of the knife would be shown to the Jamison's family members to determine if it was a knife the couple owned.

Beauchamp said the search for the family would conclude Friday evening and would not resume unless new evidence or leads come into the sheriff's department.

Beauchamp said an FBI agent will remain on the investigation team since a missing child is involved.

http://newsok.com/search-picks-up-to-beat-dangers-of-hunting-season/article/3411255
 Search for Eufaula family picks up to beat dangers of hunting season
BY JOHNNY JOHNSON    Comments Comment on this article0
Published: October 23, 2009

RED OAK — The search for a missing Eufaula family is racing the clock with black-powder hunting season beginning on Saturday, Latimer County Undersheriff Matt Bohn said Thursday.
Multimedia
Photoview all photos
More Info
How to help
Anyone with information about the Jamison family’s disappearance is asked to contact the Latimer County Sheriff’s Office at (918) 465-2161.

"That will just about make it too risky to be out there searching after that,” Undersheriff Matt Bohn said.

A hunter found the GMC pickup of Bobby and Sherrilynn Jamison and their 6-year-old daughter, Madyson, about 30 miles from their home on Saturday and alerted a nearby landowner, Bohn said.

The landowner then remembered seeing the white pickup with a yellow flashing light on top on Oct. 9 and called the sheriff’s office.

Bohn said Jamison bought a used utility truck, and the yellow light is not connected to his livelihood.

The family’s disappearance is a mystery with rumors and theories circulating, Bohn said, but the sheriff’s office has not ruled out anything.

About 100 searchers this morning will comb through the sometimes unforgiving Panola Mountain area near where the pickup was found, while helicopters and a plane search from above, Bohn said.

"It’s very rugged terrain,” Bohn said.

"There’s timber, rocks, snakes, hogs, mountains and dense underbrush here and there.”

The sheriff’s office is working with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, firefighters, emergency management officials, and search and rescue teams. Untrained volunteers are being asked to stay home, Bohn said.

"We’re only using trained searchers and people who are familiar with the area,” Bohn said.

"We don’t need someone else getting lost or hurt so we have to have two searches going on.”

The sheriff’s office has already conducted searches in the area including some using dogs, but today’s push is going to be a larger, more concentrated effort, Bohn said.

Read more: http://newsok.com/search-picks-up-to-beat-dangers-of-hunting-season/article/3411255#ixzz0UrNoISUV

RED OAK, Oklahoma -- On Friday, Latimer County investigators found what could be a key piece of evidence in the case of a missing Oklahoma family.
During a search on Friday, investigators found a pocket knife. Sheriff Israel Beauchamp said pictures of the knife would be shown to the Jamison's family members to determine if it was a knife the couple owned.

Beauchamp said the search for the family would conclude Friday evening and would not resume unless new evidence or leads come into the sheriff's department.

http://www.4029tv.com/news/21409284/detail.html

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=11377285

Loved Ones Speak Out On Search For Missing Eufaula Family
Updated: Oct 24, 2009 10:11 PM EDT

LATIMER COUNTY -- Another search of a Green Country mountainside Saturday didn't turn up any new clues in the disappearance of a missing Eufaula family.

Bobby and Sherilynn Jamison and their six-year-old daughter, Madyson, haven't been seen since October 9th.

As investigators continue looking for leads, the family's loved ones are getting more and more worried.

"I hate the fact knowing that we might all end up going to funerals, but if that's God's plan, then that's God's plan," said Charla Heffley, Bob Jamison's cousin.

Volunteers have spent the past two days scouring Panola Mountain in rural Latimer County, where the family's abandoned truck was found.

10/23/2009  Related Story: Searchers Looking For Missing Eufaula Family Face Big Challenges

"A lot of worry, wondering if they're still alive, wondering why they can't find them. I'm just praying to God, to everybody, that they are alive and that they can come back home," said Connie Kokotan, Sherilynn Jamison's mother.

Kokotan says her daughter's family loved the outdoors and the Latimer County sheriff says they were looking to buy 40 acres of land in the area where they disappeared.

Kokotan also says investigators are looking for a man who lived with the family last summer in their Eufaula home.

"Nothing makes sense. I don't even understand why they were up that far, away from their home," said Connie Kokotan.

The sheriff says that part of the county is very dangerous, with rocky terrain and thick trees. It's very easy to get lost.

Kokotan is praying her daughter, granddaughter, and son-in-law are simply somewhere else and hopes someone, somewhere, has that crucial bit of information that will solve the mystery.

"I can't understand why this has happened to them and I'm hoping that they can be returned safely home," said Connie Kokotan.

Saturday marked the beginning of the black-powder deer hunting season and the sheriff says that will make it even more dangerous for search crews to look in the mountain.

•Bobby Jamison is 44, 6'3", weighs 170 pounds and has brown hair and eyes. He has a back disability and may slouch when he stands.
•Sherilynn Jamison is 40, 5'07", weighs 105 pounds and has brown hair and eyes.
•Madyson Jamison is 6-years-old, has blonde hair and has missing baby teeth in the front of her mouth.
Anyone with information can call the Latimer County Sheriff's Office at 918-465-2161.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20091025_12_A17_REDOAK533949&rss_lnk=11

Officials: Search for missing family from Eufaula scaled back
 
By AP Wire Services
Published: 10/25/2009  2:35 AM
Last Modified: 10/25/2009  2:35 AM

RED OAK (AP) — The search for a missing Eufaula family continued Saturday in southeastern Oklahoma, but the size of the search party was scaled back.

The Latimer County Sheriff's Office said Saturday's search was limited to a select number of ground personnel working with aerial searchers.

Bobby Dale Jamison, his wife, Sherrilynn, and their 6-year-old daughter, Madyson, have been missing for about two weeks. Latimer County Sheriff Israel Beauchamp launched a search for the family when their pickup truck was found in the Red Oak Mountain area Oct. 17, eight days after a resident remembered seeing the family.

The pickup was parked at a well site, about 30 miles from the family's Eufaula home. Inside the pickup, investigators found Bobby Dale Jamison's wallet, Sherrilynn Jamison's purse, maps, a GPS device, a substantial amount of cash and a cell phone last used Oct. 8.

Beauchamp said the family had gone to look at a couple of 40-acre plots of land for possible purchase and that they apparently planned to move a shipping container to the secluded mountain area and live there.

Mud-slicked roads made search conditions treacherous Friday, and Beauchamp said he planned to scale back the search Saturday, the first day of black-powder deer hunting season, because it would be too dangerous to have crews searching heavily wooded areas.

Beauchamp said he was not ready to call the search a "recovery" effort for bodies, but as the days have turned into weeks, some searchers have begun to prepare themselves for the worst.

Monty Jackson, a searcher and former state forester, said he doesn't make assumptions about what has happened or what he expects to find.

"We'll just look and see if we can find some clues," Jackson said. "It's hard to say what's going to happen."

Beauchamp said thick foliage and windy conditions also hampered air searches.
By AP Wire Services

http://newsok.com/hunter-fatally-shot-in-latimer-county-accident-charges-could-come/article/3412280

BY JOHNNY JOHNSON   
Published: October 27, 2009

Hunter fatally shot in Latimer County accident; charges could come
Men didn’t have licenses, official says

GOWEN — A deer hunter was fatally shot in a Latimer County accident that occurred less than 24 hours after Sheriff Israel Beauchamp, citing the onset of hunting season, greatly reduced the number of people searching for a missing Eufaula family.

The shooting happened 25 miles from where the missing family’s pickup was found.

John A Morgan, 44, was shot and killed by Jack Zearley, 69, while they were hunting deer about 6 p.m. Saturday in the Gowen Mountain area, Beauchamp said.

"I would hope that this shows how dangerous it can be out there,” Beauchamp said. "We haven’t called off the search. The search is still going on. But we don’t have mass individuals out there walking around in the woods aimlessly anymore. We can’t afford to have anybody else shot.”

County and state officials are searching for Bobby and Sherrilynn Jamison and their daughter, Madyson, 6, of Eufaula, who were last seen more than two weeks ago in the Red Oak Mountain area.

Beauchamp said while the Saturday shooting appears to have been accidental, the two Hartshorne men were hunting illegally when Zearley fired a high-powered rifle at a deer that was between the two men. The shot struck Morgan.

When he realized his friend was shot, Beauchamp said, Zearley left the younger man on the mountain and drove to the police station to report the accident.

Zearley said his friend already was dead when he left him, but Beauchamp said investigators haven’t been able to verify that.

Because the accident involved a high-powered rifle instead of a muzzle loader, the men weren’t wearing hunter orange safety clothing and neither man had a hunting license, the incident could result in criminal charges once the information is presented to the district attorney, he said.

The state medical examiner’s office said Morgan died from a gunshot wound to the chest. His death was officially ruled a homicide. Zearley was not arrested

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=12&articleid=20091027_12_0_EUFAUL21206&rss_lnk=12

National group joins search for missing Eufaula family
By Associated Press
Published: 10/27/2009  2:39 PM
Last Modified: 10/27/2009  2:39 PM

EUFAULA — A national group that helps look for missing children is joining the search for a missing family from the Eufaula area.

Six-year-old Madyson Jamison, her father Bobby and mother Sherilynn have been missing since Oct. 7.

Latimer County Sheriff Israel Beauchamp says the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is offering its help. The center has placed Madyson Jamison's photo and information about her on its Web site.

A media representative for the center, which is based near Washington D.C. in Alexandria, Va., said the photos are rotated throughout the day, but information can be pulled up by conducting a search on the Web site.

The family's pickup truck was found Oct. 17 after hunters reported it had been sitting by the side of the road for some time with a small dog inside. A large amount of cash was found inside the truck.

http://newsok.com/sheriff-scales-back-eufaula-family-hunt/article/3413519
 Sheriff scales back Eufaula family hunt
BY SHEILA STOGSDILL    Comments Comment on this article0
Published: October 31, 2009

 RED OAK – The Latimer County sheriff’s office announced Friday that the department is scaling back its ground search for a missing Eufaula family.
Multimedia
Photoview all photos

Bobby and Sherrilynn Jamison and their daughter, Madyson, 6, were last seen Oct. 9. Their pickup was found Oct. 17 near Red Oak, the sheriff’s department said. It contained the family’s dog, cell phones, clothing, cash and other items that make it appear the family was planning to return to the vehicle.

Since Oct. 17, the sheriff’s department has used aircraft with heat imaging devices, horse teams and 18 search dogs to comb the rugged terrain looking for the family. More than 300 volunteers and dozens of law enforcement officers have searched a 10-square-mile area but have found no signs of the family.

Sheriff Israel Beauchamp said there were no new developments but law officers were working around the clock looking for the missing family.

"After careful consideration, the decision has been made to scale back on ground search efforts but will continue on a smaller scale … until the Jamison family is found,” Beauchamp said in a prepared statement.

Anyone who has information on the family’s whereabouts or other information pertaining to the case is asked to call the Latimer County sheriff’s office at (918) 465-2161

Read more: http://newsok.com/sheriff-scales-back-eufaula-family-hunt/article/3413519#ixzz0VX1F80h2

http://www.adaeveningnews.com/statenews/local_story_307123415.html
Published: November 03, 2009 11:34 am       print this story 

Ground search called off for missing family

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After nearly two weeks of combing the heavily wooded Sans Bois Mountain area in southeast Oklahoma, the Latimer County Sheriff’s Office on Friday called off its ground search for a missing Eufaula family.

Investigators still are pursuing leads in the disappearance of Bobby Dale Jamison, 44, his wife Sherrilyn, 40, and the couple’s 6-year-old daughter, Madyson, but Sheriff Israel Beauchamp (BEE-chum) said no clues turned up in the search of the area so it’s being halted.

“If we get anything that leads us back out there, we’ll be back out there searching,” Beauchamp said. “But we’ve exhausted our resources and the few clues we did have.”

The Jamisons were last seen by a landowner in the Red Oak area on Oct. 8. A search was launched Oct. 17 after hunters came across the family’s pickup truck at a remote well pad site near a 40-acre plot they were considering buying, Beauchamp said.

Investigators found a wallet, purse, cell phones, a large amount of cash and Madyson’s small dog inside the truck. It appeared to authorities that the family had planned to return to the vehicle, and there were no signs of foul play.

Beauchamp said an extensive air and ground search involving more than 300 volunteers and dozens of law enforcement officers uncovered no signs of the family.

“It seems like they just stepped outside of their vehicle and disappeared,” he said.

While Beauchamp said his office and other agencies still are actively working the case, he acknowledged it is unlikely the family could have survived this long in the rugged terrain.

He said heavy rains hit the area during the time the family went missing, but that even rain-swollen creeks on the mountain would not be strong enough to sweep away the adults.

Beauchamp said both Bobby and Sherrilyn Jamison are disabled and do not work. He said Bobby Jamison was injured in a car accident, but he declined to elaborate on Sherrilyn Jamison’s disability.

The family often traveled to time-share units around the country, he said. They were originally from the Oklahoma City area, but had recently moved to Eufaula.

Family members of the Jamisons did not immediately return phone calls to The Associated Press for comment Friday.

Bobby Dale Jamison filed a civil lawsuit in Oklahoma County against his father, Bobby Dean Jamison, earlier this year in a dispute over ownership of a gas station in Oklahoma City. In the lawsuit, which is still pending, Bobby Dale Jamison alleges his father threatened his family.

The father denied those claims in a legal filing. Neither he nor his attorney immediately returned phone calls to the AP for comment Friday.

Beauchamp said he’s interviewed the father and doesn’t believe the court dispute has anything to do with the family’s disappearance.

“Nothing is leading us in that direction,” the sheriff said. “But at this time, we’re leaving everything open.”

Interesting pieces of information:

http://newsok.com//article/3410976?custom_click=rss

<snip>
"Bobby Jamison took out a protective order against his father, Bobby Dean Jamison, in May, but Bohn said it has been dismissed and appears unrelated to the disappearance of the younger Jamison and his family."

AND

http://www.adaeveningnews.com/statenews/local_story_307123415.html
<snip>
Bobby Dale Jamison filed a civil lawsuit in Oklahoma County against his father, Bobby Dean Jamison, earlier this year in a dispute over ownership of a gas station in Oklahoma City. In the lawsuit, which is still pending, Bobby Dale Jamison alleges his father threatened his family.

The father denied those claims in a legal filing. Neither he nor his attorney immediately returned phone calls to the AP for comment Friday.

Beauchamp said he’s interviewed the father and doesn’t believe the court dispute has anything to do with the family’s disappearance.

“Nothing is leading us in that direction,” the sheriff said. “But at this time, we’re leaving everything open.”

AND

http://www.adaeveningnews.com/statenews/local_story_307123415.html
Investigators found a wallet, purse, cell phones, a large amount of cash and Madyson’s small dog inside the truck. It appeared to authorities that the family had planned to return to the vehicle, and there were no signs of foul play.

.... if only dogs could talk out loud... the lil dog found starving in the truck might have plenty to say about what happened to the family.  It would be interesting to me to see the reaction of that lil dog now, to say, the older Jamison.  Would the lil dog be all 'waggity wag wag' of the tail in a 'so happy to see you!' kind of way... or would the lil dog, for example, be on the alert and growly as in 'how dare you leave me to starve, you SOB, and gimme back my family!' 

Just some thoughts.  All IMO.   ::MonkeyCool::

Frustrating that there hasn't been much media coverage on this and no updates what so ever.I find it odd also the search was called off considering a child is involved. I wonder if TES has gone up there to do a search yet. ::MonkeyMad:: ::MonkeyMad::

The following is from TOPIX-(not fact, so take with a grain of salt) A poster claiming to be a friend of the Mom that is missing:

NIKI SHENOLD
United States|
#203
Monday Nov 2
 

Hi. I have been best friends with Sherilyn for 11 years. I SAW HER LAST ON SEPTEMBER FIRST WHEN SHE AND MADYSON SHOWED UP AT MY HOUSE. SHE WAS IN A BAD WAY EMOTIONALLY AND ACTING VERY BIZARRE,(EVEN FOR HER). THAT EVENING, WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE AND ARGUED, REALLY ARGUED. WE HAD NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION AS BAD AS THAT ONE IN THE ENTIRE 11 YEARS WE HAD BEEN FRIENDS. I AM BESIDE MYSELF NOW-I FEEL SO GUILTY AND I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY.
THIS IS WHAT I KNOW FROM OUR VISIT IN MY HOME THAT DAY.
SHE WAS IN MWC LOOKING AT RENT HOUSES. SHE SAID SHE WAS LEAVING BOBBY. SHE SPOKE OF THE MAN WHO HAD LIVED WITH THEM OVER THE SUMMER. THEY HAD ANSWERED AN ADD IN THE PAPER AND HIRED HIM TO HELP BOBBY WITH STUFF AROUND THE HOUSE(DUE TO HIS BACK) AND GAVE HIM ROOM AND BOARD IN RETURN. HE HAD NO VEHICLE. HE ENDED UP TELLING SHERILYN THAT HE WAS A WHITE SUPREMIST AND SHE SHOULD DIE BECAUSE OF HER INDIAN HERITAGE. THEY HAD HIM LEAVE THAT DAY. SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HER SON, COLTON HAD GONE TO LIVE WITH HIS FATHER. SHE SAID SHE SIGNED OVER RIGHTS TO HIM. THE SHERILYN I KNEW, WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE THAT-NOT FOR ALL THE $ IN THE WORLD, NOT IN A MILLION YEARS. WE TALKED ABOUT ALOT OF DISTURBING THINGS.... BUT THIS WAS ALL I FELT RELEVENT OR THAT WOULD NOT PAINT PEOPLE WITH A DIFFERENT BRUSH.
ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT BOBBY IS A KIND, GENTLE AND WONDERFUL MAN/FATHER. SHERILYN IS A GOOD PERSON WITH SEVERE DEPRESSION. SHE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED AS BIPOLAR WITHIN THE LAST 3 YEARS. THEY DID NOT HAVE $ ON THEM FOR DRUGS. THATS JUST ABSURD. AND THE DOG EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT WAS A SHITZUH PUPPY-VERY TINY. WHICH IS NOW BEING CARED FOR BY BOBBYS MOM. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE VET AND CHECKED OUT THOUROUGHLY. AND IS DOING WELL NOW.
I AM JUST SO SAD ABOUT ALL OF THIS. THE FBI CALLED ME AND ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT SHERILYN. BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING NEW. I HOPE I PUT SOME END TO SOME SPECULATION AND I HOPE PEOPLE WHO MAKE STUPID COMMENTS ABOUT ALIENS AND SASQUATCH WILL FIND COMPASSION AND STOP.
PRAYING FOR SOME NEWS.

http://www.topix.net/forum/source/kotv/T6L2D00L24TQGVREO/p9 (http://www.topix.net/forum/source/kotv/T6L2D00L24TQGVREO/p9)

I saw CNN ran a small spot this week on the case. This one baffles me: Also found this in the comments section of an early article:

I am Connie Kokotan, Sherrilyn Jamison's mother. My family has been missing since October the 8'th in the San bois mountains. The missing family is the Jamison family, Bobby, Sherrilyn and little Madyson. It doesn't seem possible that they could just go missing without a trace. I have recently found out that the FBI has closed the case and it is now considered a cold case. It appears that they walked a few feet from the truck and something happened to them, never to be seen again. I believe in my heart that harm has been done to them, but i pray that they didn't have to suffer. It hurts me to think about a number of things that could have been done to them. I have to live with that the rest of my life. The grief is overwhelming. My biggest prayer is that they can be found. God does do mighty things. It's bad enough that this has happened but i just found out that my daughter's mother-in- law has gotten a court order so that she has possession of the house, furnishings, money, and any thing on the outside of the house including 2 cars and the truck. There are 2 other pieces of property just down the street with a boat and a bobcat on it that she has control of as well. There is a great amount of money that should go to the 15 year old son for college and he was not with the family at the time the family went missing. If the money is given to her she is going to try to pay off the house,which the family had lost a great amount of income and had decided not to keep the house. She has a large settlement from her divorce. Her divorced husband (Bobby's father) died a couple of weeks ago and she is going to try to get every thing back from the settlement. I have no funding to stop her from taking everything, including family heirlooms. There is only 2 adults that should be taking care of this matter and that would be my son-in-laws mother and myself. I pray for God to watch this family. Thank you for any prayers. We need all the help possible. Connie

 ::MonkeyShocked:: ::MonkeyShocked::
Dec. 28, 2009 5:35pm CST | from koko40

http://www.koco.com/news/21397440/detail.html  (http://www.koco.com/news/21397440/detail.html)

Would this be an area where there is quicksand?? WTH could have happened to these people?

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl&q=Panola%20Mountain%20Red%20Oak%20OK

something really wrong with this case.  I think I'll tear into it.

Eufaula family’s fate remains mystery
Eufaula couple, missing since Oct. 9, told pastor of seeing spirits on roof, in their house
BY RON JACKSON and JOHNNY JOHNSON     1 Comment
Published: May 2, 2010

WILBURTON — The Sans Bois Mountain range holds many secrets, from Prohibition-era stills to Indian Territory legends of cave-dwelling outlaws. A recent mystery centers on the dark and bewildering disappearance of a Eufaula couple, who told their minister they were being haunted by demons and spirits.

Nearly seven months have passed since Bobby and Sherilyn Jamison and their 6-year-old daughter, Madyson, vanished from those mountains. Investigators have encountered a maze of possibilities when studying the family’s history, leaving open every scenario from murder to the staging of their own deaths.

Interviews with friends and relatives, court records and letters the Jamisons left behind depict a family in turmoil.

"Normally, you can go through an investigation, and one by one, start to eliminate certain scenarios,” said Israel Beauchamp, Latimer County sheriff. "We haven’t been able to do that in this case. With this family, everything seems possible.”

The Jamisons were last seen alive Oct. 9 by a local man as the family was looking for a plot of land for sale. Eight days later a hunter reported the family’s abandoned pickup at a well site in the mountains northwest of Red Oak.

Inside the locked, four-door pickup with the keys in the ignition they found Bobby Jamison’s wallet, his wife’s purse, a cell phone, a GPS unit, clothing and $32,000 stuffed in a bank bag beneath the driver’s seat. They also found Maizy, a family dog barely clinging to life.

There were no signs of a struggle.

"The dog was eating its own feces to stay alive,” Beauchamp said. "Why would anyone leave their family pet like that? Doesn’t make sense. Then again, nothing seems to make sense about this case.

"A lot of investigators would love to have as many leads as we do. The problem is they point in so many different directions.”

A topographical map of the mountain hangs in his office to remind him of the unsolved case. Lines crisscross the map, documenting the four massive searches that involved hundreds of volunteers, horses, mules, four-wheelers, 16 teams of cadaver dogs, helicopters and even an unmanned drone.

The 31-year-old sheriff, a former U.S. Army Ranger and drug officer, needs little reminding. His mind is consumed by questions and theories.

"Throughout this whole process, I’ve found myself going back and forth as to what might have happened,” Beauchamp said. "I’m at my wit’s end. I have asked for all the help I could get — 12 FBI agents, three OSBI agents, Troop Z (of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol), private investigators who have contacted me. I even belittled myself to the point where I listened to psychics.”


Demons and spirits
Gary Brandon, a Eufaula pastor, told investigators the Jamisons were engaged in spiritual warfare. He said Bobby Jamison told him he often saw "two to four spirits on the roof” of their lakeside Eufaula home.
Once, Bobby Jamison called Brandon to inquire whether there were "special bullets” he could use to shoot the spirits, the minister told investigators. He told the pastor he was reading the "satanic bible” for a natural remedy.

Investigative notes show Sherilyn Jamison told Brandon there were "three to four spirits” in the house, including children named Michael and Emily, and that Madyson often talked to Emily’s sister — a spirit that had wings. Sherilyn Jamison wasn’t afraid, though. She believed she had the gift to cast out demons.

Graffiti on a massive storage container outside their home also prompted questions. One message reads: "3 cats killed to date buy people in this area … Witches don’t like there black cat killed.” Beauchamp said the family planned to live in the container once they acquired mountain property.

Beauchamp said the paranoia could suggest an addiction to drugs, but has found no evidence they were users or dealers. Ruling out the role of drugs in the family’s disappearance is another issue.

The circumstantial evidence can’t be ignored, the sheriff said. Both had lost substantial weight in the months before vanishing. They carried large amounts of cash. And a security camera mounted at their house showed them moving in what Beauchamp described as trance-like motions.

"On the video sometimes they would just stop and stare,” Beauchamp said. "It was strange.”

Connie Kokotan, Sherilyn Jamison’s mother, now wonders about a comment Bobby made last summer.

"They were having financial trouble,” said Kokotan, 59, of Midwest City. "Bobby told Sherilyn, ‘I know where I can get the money, but I won’t involve you.’ But if they were involved in drugs, I never saw any.”

Kokotan lived with the family between March and June last year. She described her daughter as bipolar, and said Bobby Jamison lived with back pain from an automobile wreck in 2003.

"Sherilyn was a very strong-willed person, but I saw her change dramatically,” Kokotan said. "She became very illogical. One day she drove me to Oklahoma City and dropped me off on the street. She told me to, ‘Get ... out of my car.’ So I did.”


Murder-suicide?
Investigators have ruled out nothing, including murder-suicide. An 11-page letter from Sherilyn Jamison to her husband was found in the pickup. Beauchamp described it as "a hate letter” in which she derides him as a "hermit.”
Eufaula police found another letter in their home that dwelled on the spiritual realm of death.

"They were certainly a family obsessed with death,” said Beauchamp, adding that a .22-caliber pistol registered to Sherilyn Jamison is unaccounted for. Kokotan said she was with her daughter the day she bought the pistol "informally” from a Muskogee man.

"I think someone killed them, and they’re still up there,” Kokotan said.

Investigators entertained the idea the Jamisons staged their deaths. They owned two timeshares in Mexico and several across the United States, Beauchamp said. None have been used since they vanished.


Foul play?
Motives for murder are abundant. Beauchamp said that’s why every possible scenario remains open — robbery, revenge, a bad drug deal, even a professional hit.
A collective portrait of the family led investigators to conclude they were "scammers,” Beauchamp said. Both had been receiving disability checks. They were plaintiffs in at least two civil lawsuits, including one against Bobby Jamison’s father, Bobby Dean Jamison.

"We were told they were also planning to sue the Eufaula School District,” Beauchamp said. "Over what, I have no idea.”

One family friend questioned by investigators stayed with the Jamisons in Eufaula until being asked to leave at gunpoint.

"He had the barrel stuck in his ear by Sherilyn,” Beauchamp said. "At first you think, ‘Great, here’s someone with a motive.’ But the FBI cleared him.”

A man who lived a quarter mile from where the pickup was found is the last known person to see the family as they ventured up the mountain. He, too, was questioned.

"The man claimed he never saw the family after that,” Beauchamp said. "Nor did he see anyone else go up or come down.”

A security camera at the Jamisons’ home offered another possible clue. Before the trip to Latimer County, investigators saw Sherilyn place a brown leather briefcase in the pickup. The briefcase was never found.

"I think it might have held a lot of cash,” Beauchamp said. "I’ve gone back and forth on this thing, but my latest theory — based on how the truck was parked and what was found in the truck — I think they were forced to stop and got out of the truck to meet with someone they recognized. And I think they either left willingly or by force.

"What happened to them after that is a mystery. Will we ever find them? I sure hope so.”

http://newsok.com/familys-fate-remains-mystery/article/3458228

i had not heard about this till thursday, a friend from lawton ok stopped by
and we talked about a mutual friend dana from moline,il.she was living in
Eufaula,ok at the time, her father passed away and left her a sizable estate
dana
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100217_11_0_Arulin539014

anyway i did a search for more info on her hit and run, and ran across the
Jamison’s story, a link took me to WS,a lot of info there to get through in 2 days time, we read and discussed it,
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5313331#post5313331
our theory is
im sorry i forgot to save the links to each piece of info
but the info is in above link

since the keys were locked in the car in the ignition, with money, dog,
wallets, phones,this says to me, that the car had accidentally been locked up
maybe the car had stalled, i noticed in the car pic, the hood looks open
im guessing some bad guy/s may have came across them, maybe while looking
under the hood, so bad guy/s decide to rob them, found the Bcase with a lot
of cash...per the sheriff, he thinks the Bcase had a lot of $$$ in it....
the robber/s accidentally locked the car up, and didnt care because they have
a large amount of $$ that, the robber/s felt was worth an untimely end to
the family, since the family has not been found in, i think a 10 mile radius
they most likely were taken farther away
i think the reason all that money, 64k wasnt in the bank, the Jamison were on
SS disability, and you cant have that much $$$$, SS would tell u that u have
income u dont need disability income

theory 2
madyson, would inherit a 1/4 of a mill $$ estate, if the Gpa died
Gpa had heart probs, and was in a nursing home, so maybe the brother/s,
other family, knew Gpa was prob not going to live long, and the Jamison
scouting property trip, was a perfect time to make sure, no $$$, went
to madyson and parents
looking around net i did notice, their are a lot of unsolved crimes
in that area,makes you go hmmm

car and more pic
http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=124182170931194

more face book FIND-THE-JAMISONS
http://www.facebook.com/pages/FIND-THE-JAMISONS/124182170931194?v=wall

cords for car found
35.006097,-95.200653

next post some interesting comments, supposedly
friends and family

ran across this some intersting posts
interesting comments, supposedly
freinds and family
a lot of folks want what toby has from
two psychic friends


http://www.truecrimereport.com/2009/10/bobby_jamison_and_his_family_a.php

Toby said:
As crazy as it sounds, I had two psychic friends of mine come up with their impressions on this case. Out of respect for the family, I will not post their words here. I will share this info with anyone who leaves me an email address.

Posted 12/11/2009 at 04:00:25 PM


Deidre said:
Toby- Thanks for sending the information it was greatly appreciated.

Ty- Your questions about the news coverage were my exact sentiments when it was going on. In fact if I remember correctly it was several weeks before they whispered a word of the disappearance in the news. I kept wondering why the local police, FBI and OSBI (Oklahoma Bureau of Investigations), who were all involved from the start, had not gotten the word out or at least put out an Amber Alert for Madyson. It was very frustrating for me, to say the least. I just keep thinking if they were more proactive with the news someone my have seen something and we (Bobby and Sherrilyn's family) would have answers by now.

I do hope that you don't take this one crime as a complete dislike or leary of Oklahoma. I am Bobby's Cousin and believe me when I say that most of the time Oklahoma is a beautiful state with lots to see and do. The majority of the people are good, honest, hardworking people. We do have, like every other state, "bad apples" but from my experience they are the minority and I have lived here all my life.

Mike: Bobby is now on Disability due to a severe back injury he got in a car accident a few years ago and although I only meet Sherrilyn a couple of times at family reunions (due to the distance they lived from us) I believe she was a very good beautician.

Posted 02/24/2010 at 02:37:08 AM

Jennifer said:
Toby, I would like to know what your friends said about what happened as well. (bombers20@yahoo.com) I knew Bobby and use to work with him and I keep looking for updates on this case and I am amazed to see that there have been no updates from the media whatsoever. It definitely makes me wonder why. And for the person who mentioned Bobby killing the wife and child, I know stranger things have happened, but as someone who knew Bobby personally, I very seriously doubt he had anything to do with this. I think someone must have come upon them as they were parking the car or something. And for blindblowman...you sound like you know whatever it is your talking about, but you seriously need to look into using spell check.

Posted 03/30/2010 at 01:05:42 AM

Louisa said:
I am very familiar with the geographical area in which this family has disappeared. I am very familiar with the people who reside in that specific and surrounding area.

It is understandable why individuals would feel apprehensive regarding safety. However, for the most part in the area the truck was found and for an approximate 20 mile radius surrounding area, the residents of this area have lived there all of their lives. They have decades of generational history in the area and either know or are related to one another. Eccentric maybe, but overall very good God-fearing people.

Witness protection progams have nothing to do with what happened on that mountain side. Individuals whom are relocated through this program are not done in a manner that would create public concern or (for that area) the use of considerable resources to be paid by an impoverished county.

Suicide pact is also not applicable. There is no way this family would have had the personal knowledge base (from information available) to choose this location. There was never a land owner to question as has been stated on other web postings. This plot of land is still owned by oil companies.

What is certain is that the family knew the individual they had arranged to meet. He knew the area. According to information available, they had somewhat isolated themselves from people that had history with. It didn't appear they had any long historical connection to Eufaula. It has been said they loved the outdoors. I have not read anything in information available that indicated they had ever maintained a residence or was even familiar with that area of Oklahoma.

I have drawn many detailed conclusions after reading all news information available. I have sent these to the O.S.B.I. It is evident that the couple established a rapport with someone who was very familiar with this area. I believe the individual was a former resident with generational ties and years of personal history. I also believe that he is an avid outdoorsman who has explored/ had experiences over years in the area. Long term residents who are not outdoorsman are unable to navigate within this remote area.

In prior newscasts/ articles the home surveillance video footage reviewed by the police show Sherilynn placing a brown briefcase in the truck just prior to traveling to this area. From that point until they left, neither one of the couple removed the briefcase. This briefcase was NOT IN THE TRUCK FOUND ABANDONED. I am sure a large pre-determined amount of cash was present in the briefcase. The perpertrator was unaware of the bank bag shoved under the seat of the truck which contained $30,000. That is why this money was still in place and appeared to indicate robbery was not a motive. Robbery was definitely one of the primary motives.

Sherilynn's mother is quoted in a statement that infers the couple had possibly engaged in illegal activity during a period in which they faced significant financial challenges. Neither was employed and the father is stated as having received disability. Yet, they had acquired time shares and traveled with large sums of money. Their income did not provide the means to support their lifestyle.

The focus point should be what opportunity/ means was present to meet this individual and then have the repeated exposure to establish the rapport. I believe it occurred at Lake Eufaula. Facilities, such as an enclosed fishing dock that is heated allow avid outdoorsmen to pursue this form of recreation throughout the year. I believe it was by chance they met this individual while on fishing outings at the lake. Over time a trust level was developed. Other "regulars" who also pursue this form of recreation should be interviewed. They would have witnessed this development. Elimination of possible suspects should occur quickly. ONLY a prior long term resident that is an outdoorsman would have the required knowledge base to choose this location. Only a prior long term resident would be aware that the land is not owned by an individual, not for sale, and has many other access roads in which the area where the truck was found could be traveled to and left from without ever being seen.

THIS IS THE ONLY LOGIC BASED AND POSSIBLE SCENARIO.

The second course of action that is imperative is for the O.S.B.I. and F.B.I. to be contacted by all concerned residents via e-mail to apply STRONG, CONSISTENT pressure to solve this crime. The general public by outcry can apply the pressure necessary to generate the sense of urgency to these agencies needed AND DESERVED by this family for closure. I encourage everyone following this message bosrd to TAKE ACTION in this manner. I have.

There is a famous quote that was made during the time period in which the Holocaust occurred. EVIL IS ALLOWED TO REIGN WHEN GOOD MEN WATCH AND DO NOTHING. (paraphrased)

PLEASE EVERYONE DO SOMETHING. WITH A COLLECTIVE GROUP OUTCRY FOR JUSTICE MADE TO NATIONAL NEWS AFFILIATIONS AND THE ACCOUNTABLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FUNDED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS SUCH AS THE OSBI AND FBI, THE MEDIA COVERAGE AND SENSE OF URGENCY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDED TO SOLVE THIS HORRIFIC CRIME WILL OCCUR. COLLECTIVELY, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS SITUATION. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT IN THE UNITED STATES AN ENTIRE FAMILY CAN DISAPPEAR AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACCOUNTABLE AND PAID FOR BY OUR INCOME TAX CONTRIBUTIONS FAIL TO UTILIZE EVERY RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO SOLVE THIS CRIME. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEMAND THAT MORE ACTION BE TAKEN.

My deepest sympathy to the family still left for whom this terrible act is a constant companion. God Bless You and Keep You. May He bring you the justice and closure you and they deserve.

Posted 05/10/2010 at 07:57:38 PM

http://keepthesearchalive.wordpress.com/

Three Bodies Near Panola Mountain May Be That Of The Jamison Family
Posted on November 17, 2013   by keepthesearchalive

By keepthesearchalive

Details have emerged in the case of the missing Jamison family of Eufaula that early Saturday hunters have come across three bodies in the Panola Mountain area.

OSBI have contacted relatives of the Jamison family and forensic teams will be up on the mountain until Monday or Tuesday.

Obviously, this is a shocking turn of events in a similar manner as the McStay case. Many people felt the Jamison’s staged their disappearance- I included.

Personally, if this turns out to be confirmed by forensics as this family I will be devastated and shocked. It will make me wonder why so many people I interviewed in “high” places told me this family was not the victims of a crime. It certainly will cause me to revisit why people spooked me from my pursuit to keepthesearchalive for info.

 ::snipping3::

https://www.facebook.com/FINDTHEJAMISONS

I'm thinking the remains are probably theirs :(

They are in the process of ID'ing the remains.

http://www.okcfox.com/story/23993567/osbi-investigating-three-bodies-discovered-in-pittsburg-county

Found in a grave. :(

So very sad, especially since this includes the death of a child.    ::MonkeyNoNo:: 

Thank you for the updates iluvmua.  When you let us know in the McStay thread that the bodies of the Jamison family were found two miles from their truck, I wondered what the circumstances were and I couldn't find information at the time.  I think it was just getting out into the media.  Sadly, this is an obvious case of murder times three.  ::MonkeyNoNo   

 ::MonkeyNoNo::  update https://www.facebook.com/FINDTHEJAMISONS