Chelsea King, 17, Missing 2-25-2010 Rancho Bernadino CA (BODY FOUND)

[Tracygirl]

It is 7:15, the presser was at 6:30

San Diego County
SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE INFORMATION SHEET
PAD-3 9/01 REPLACES TS25
InformationType: Information
Subject of Release: Sheriff's Press Conference
Other Information:
Person Providing Information: Lt. Mike Munsey
Email Address of Provider:
Telephone number of Provider: 858-565-5555
Fax number of Provider:
Date of Release: February 28, 2010
Time of Release: 5:30 pm
INFORMATION:
Date of Occurrence: February 28,2010
Time of Occurrence: 6:30pm
Location of Incident: 18448 W. Bernardo Dr. San Diego
SYNOPSIS:
The San Diego Sheriif's Department will be holding a press conference at the Cheslea King Search Command Post at
6:30 pm this evenin

[Tracygirl]

SAN DIEGO -- In a news conference going on right now, sheriff William Gore has said the police do have a suspect in custody. Stay with 10News.com and 10News for the latest developments.

An multi-agency effort to find a 17-year-old girl who failed to return from a run near Lake Hodges on Thursday resumed Sunday.

More than 1,000 volunteers turned out to search for Chelsea King on Saturday, and sheriff's deputies said they were investigating if her disappearance might be related to an assault in December.


Chelsea's BMW was found in Rancho Bernardo Community Park, where she often went to run. San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore said his investigators were working with San Diego police to determine if her disappearance was connected to a Dec. 27 assault on a woman at the Rancho Bernardo park. He declined to give details of that case.

Brent and Kelly King, Chelsea's parents, met with volunteers at the start of Saturday's search, where a big crowd turned out to help look for the Poway High School senior despite the rain. "It's a reflection of who she is and what kind of person she is," Brent Kelly said. "She's that kind of kid that everybody loves and it shows."

Saturday's search included law enforcement officers in a helicopter equipped with infrared sensors, divers and tracking dogs.

Investigators are looking at Chelsea's cell phone, which was found in her car, and her home computer for clues.

Chelsea, a member of the San Diego Symphony and a straight-A student, failed to come home from an after-school run, and her parents reported her missing about 6 p.m.

She is white, about 5 feet 5 inches and 115 pounds, with blond hair and blue eyes.

Deputies asked that anyone with more information call the sheriff's department at (858) 565-5200. Copyright 2010 by City News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Link per Tracygirl. http://www.10news.com/news/22678790/detail.html MB

[Tracygirl]

http://www.10news.com/news/22678790/detail.html

Sorry here is the link

[mizjay]

Thanks TracyG    Boy, if you didn't read that carefully the part about a suspect would be missed!   

[Tracygirl]

Uggg I can't find anything else right now on it, that was the only thing so far.

[Live*Learn*Love]

A suspect has been arrested in the case of missing teen Chelsea King, according to investigators.

John Gardner was arrested outside a restaurant in Escondido around 4.30 p.m. Gardner is a registered sex offender on the Megan’s law website.

King, 17, went for a run about 2 p.m. Thursday at Rancho Bernardo Community Park. She never came home.

Check back for details on this breaking story.

Source: Suspect Arrested in Case of Missing Teen Chelsea King | NBC San Diego



http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Suspect-Arrested-in-Case-of-Missing-Teen-Chelsea-King--.html

[Tracygirl]

Ok found this and it has his name....


A suspect has been arrested in the case of missing teen Chelsea King, according to investigators.

John Gardner was arrested outside a restaurant in Escondido around 4.30 p.m. Gardner is a registered sex offender on the Megan’s law website.

King, 17, went for a run about 2 p.m. Thursday at Rancho Bernardo Community Park. She never came home.

Check back for details on this breaking story.



Source: Suspect Arrested in Case of Missing Teen Chelsea King | NBC San Diego


I looked up a john Gardner and there are 2 registered, one is a transiant out of Alameda CA, (nor cal) and the other is out of Riverside County, Lake Elsenor. Not sure if it is the same person as it didn't say what state he was registered in

[MuffyBee]

Thank you for the updates Tracygirl and Live*Learn*Love.  Hopefully there will be more information soon. 

[Edward]

Everybody will go silent while this fellow gets legal representaion.
All family members of victim have to be informed.
Probably lots of reasons why the news is not posting info yet.

 

[Edward]

Is John on out list in Ambers case ??

[Tracygirl]

Is John on out list in Ambers case ??

I would guess this is the one considering the other one is in Nor Cal and this guy is registered just up the 15. He is a big guy! Edward I have no seen him before. It said he was at his mothers home by the park so he visits the area.

http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/cgi/prosoma.dll?searchby=offender&id=18601061E8554

[Live*Learn*Love]

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KABC) -- San Diego investigators arrested a suspect after finding evidence that linked him to a teen who went missing Thursday.

Police arrest 31-year-old John Gardner outside of a retail store Sunday at around 4 p.m.

Gardner is a registered sex offender from Lake Elsinore. In a press conference Sunday night, police would not divulge any details of what evidence they found that linked Gardner to the missing teen. They did say that homicide detectives were currently interviewing Gardner.

Seventeen-year-old high school student Chelsea King from Poway went for an after-school run around Lake Hodges Thursday and hasn't been seen since.

Her BMW was found in neighboring Rancho Bernardo Community Park

All weekend long, about 120 law enforcement officers and over 1,000 volunteers have been combing open areas using tracking dogs. Divers are also searching the lake.

The teen's mother is begging for her daughter's safe return.

"Anybody out there, if you know anything please just help us bring her home," said the teen's mother, Kelly King. "She's such a good girl, and she needs to come home."

King attends Poway High School and is a straight-A student. She's also a member of the San Diego Symphony.

Investigators are looking at several leads, including the assault of another woman in the same area in December.

They're also looking at King's cell phone that they found in her car, as well as her home computer for clues.
(Copyright ©2010 KABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)


http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=7303452

[Live*Learn*Love]

that link above has an image if someone can bump it over here

[MuffyBee]

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=7303452

[Edward]

Thank you everyone.. 

[klaasend]

[Live*Learn*Love]

InformationType: Information
Subject of Release: Arrest of Person of interest in Chelsea King case
Other Information:
Person Providing Information: PIO Jan Caldwell
Email Address of Provider: comm.center@sdsheriff.org
Telephone number of Provider: 858-565-5555
Fax number of Provider:
Date of Release: 02-28-2010
Time of Release: 7:40 pm
INFORMATION:
Date of Occurrence: 02-28-2010
Time of Occurrence: 4:20 pm
Location of Incident: Rancho Bernardo Community Park area

SYNOPSIS:
At approximately 4:20 P.M. this afternoon (February 28th), investigators with the Fugitive Task Force arrested 30 year-old
John Albert Gardner III. He was arrested in connection with the disappearance of 17 year-old Chelsea King.
During the course of this extensive investigation evidence was discovered that linked Gardner to Ms. King in such a
manner as to warrant his arrest.
At this time it would be in the best interest for the successful prosecution of Gardner that the evidence not be revealed in a
public forum.
Gardner was taken into custody outside of a business in the 19000 block of Lake Drive in Escondido, without incident. He
was taken to the Sheriff's Administrative Center in San Diego, where he is being questioned by Homicide investigators,
which is normal protocol in these types of cases. This investigation is ongoing, specific criminal charges against Gardner
are still being determined.

[mizjay]

Wonder if they checked the data base when the woman was attacked before. She elbowed the guy in the nose, maybe bloody?

[klaasend]

They need to question him about Amber as well 

[darla]

Last Name: GARDNER    First Name: JOHN    Middle Name: ALBERT
 



 
   
Description    Offenses    Scars/Marks/Tattoos    Known Aliases
Last Known Address:    33210 GILLETTE ST
LAKE ELSINORE, 92530
County:    RIVERSIDE
Zip Code    92530
Date of Birth:    04-09-1979
Sex:    MALE
Height:    6'2"
Weight:    230
Eye Color:    BROWN
Hair Color:    BROWN
Ethnicity:    WHITE

Offense Code    
Description
288(a)    LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS

    * None

    * None

THE REGISTRANT MAY HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY RELOCATED