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Name:  Kellisue Ackernecht

Date of Birth:  12/16/1972
Date Missing:  09/30/2008
Age at time of disappearance:  35
City Missing From:  Johnstown
State Missing From:  New York
Gender:  Female
Race:  White
Height:  5'10"
Weight:  135lbs
Hair Color:  Auburn
Eye Color:  Brown

Identifying Characteristics:  Wears glasses and a wedding band on her left hand, was last seen wearing tan pants, new white sneakers, and a Rite-Aid apron. She has a patch on her right cheek.

Circumstances of Disappearance:  Kellisue was last seen September 30th leaving her job as a shift supervisor at an Amsterdam Rite Aid around 9:45 p.m. She was driving a 10-year-old Saturn sedan. Three hours later, police found the car engulfed in flames a few blocks from her Johnstown home, with no sign of Kellisue. The car was parked in an area neighbors call Frog Hollow, near the Rail Trail. Police said this street wasn't the usual way Kellisue drove home. The car was completely destroyed by the fire. 

Medical Conditions:  According to her husband, she takes medication for depression, but stopped taking it before she disappeared. 

Investigative Agency:  Johnstown Police Department
Agency Phone:  (518) 736-4021
 

Vigil held for missing Johnstown woman
Sunday, October 19, 2008 

MOHAWK VALLEY, N.Y. -- It was an emotional night as family and friends of a missing Johnstown woman held a vigil in her honor.

Kellysue Ackernecht's was last seen leaving her job in Amsterdam on September 30th. Three hours later, police say they found her car, destroyed by fire, just three blocks away from her home.

Family and friends gathered near a rite aid where she was last seen. Many of them also drove down to the rail trail on West Montgomery Street; the exact spot where the charred remains of her car were found.

We want people to realize that Kelly was very well loved by her family by co-workers by friends you know. There's just a lot of people out there that care about her, worry about her, that love her and miss her, said Chris Clouston, Brother.
 
Police haven't named any suspects in the disappearance. If you have any information you're asked to call Johnstown Police who are continuing to investigate.

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JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. -- disappearance remains a mystery to police and her family, said Louise Sira, Fulton County District Attorney.

Kellysue Ackernecht, who was last seen driving away from the Rite Aid in Amsterdam, hasn't been seen in two weeks.

Main thing is where is she? Is she OK? Nobody seems to have that answer yet, said Tom Kilcullen, Kellysue's brother.

Kilcullen, simply wants to know what happened, concerned since he believes she would have called someone if she could.

For her not to have any contact with her daughter, that's really strange. Maybe she didn't call us, but not to check on her daughter, that's out of this world. It just wouldn't happen, Kilcullen said.

It's been two weeks since anyone has seen a Johnstown woman whose car was found on fire near her home. Our Steve Ference reports on the latest as some family members continue to reach out asking for help from anyone who may know anything.

We don't have any evidence of criminality. We don't know if perhaps she's accidentally missing, if she's hurt, she's injured. If she's fallen into foul play. We have no idea, Sira said.

Sira says Ackernecht left from her Amsterdam job that night around 9:30 p.m. Four-and-a-half hours later, her car was found a short distance from her Johnstown home, destroyed by fire.

The Johnstown Fire Department hasn't ruled that the fire was set intentionally, they haven't ruled out any mechanical defect or problem, Sira said.

We stopped by her home, basically a couple blocks from where the car fire happened. A woman answered the door, told us to talk with the police, then slammed the door on us. Authorities tell us no one is a suspect at this time and that her husband is "definitely not a suspect at this time."

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Johnstown Police Search For Missing Woman 
Oct 9, 2008 
 
Authorities are still searching for a missing woman.  Kelllisue M. Ackernect of Johnstown was last seen last Tuesday.

According to published reports her husband says he thinks someone might be holding Kellisue against her will, and if so, that it might be someone she knows.

The 1998 Saturn sedan she was driving was found on fire, shortly after she was reported missing.  Anyone with information on where Kellisue might be, is asked to call Johnstown Police at 518-736-4021.

Today a State Police Helicopter will search the area where Ackernect's car was found in hopes of also finding her. News 10 is in Johnstown and will bring you the latest on our website, and on air... starting on News 10 at Five.

He's been cooperating with the police department, as has been her entire family,Sira said.

All of this is leaving too many questions for Ackernecht's family and friends, like whether it really was foul play or if Ackernecht wanted to disappear.

In the time frame we're looking at right now, I don't want to say it, but I do fear the worst, unfortunately,Kilcullen said.

As the police continue their search and both investigators and family ask for anyone with information to call them.

If anyone's seen or heard from her, I don't care who you are, good, bad or indifferent, we'd like to know where she is and if she's okay,said Kilcullen.

Sira says you can call an anonymous tip line if you have any information that may help the family find some answers. That number is (518) 736-5561.
 
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Police looking for missing woman after car fire

JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. -- “She walked out with another person that night. They both punched out together. They both got in the car together. Everything seemed to be fine, then all of a sudden all this happened,� said Dennis Ackernecht.

One week ago, Dennis Ackernecht says his nephew's wife, Kellysue Ackernecht, left her job at the Rite Aid in Amsterdam just like any other evening.

�She got out of work 9:30 that night. Well from 9:30 to 2:30 when the cops woke me up, I don't know where she was,� said Ackemecht.

Three hours after she left work, firefighters were called to West Montgomery Street in Johnstown to put out the fire that destroyed her car.

“Just a car totally burned up. Gone. No tires, nothing. Everything was gone. Even the steering wheel was gone,� Ackernecht said.

It's a mystery police have been working to figure out since Monday. A Johnstown woman who went missing after leaving work, a car fire and no trace of the woman since then. Our Steve Ference reports on the case as the family asks for your help in finding her.
 
And one week later, Kellysue Ackernecht, described as 5-feet, 10-inches tall, weighing 135 pounds, a former teacher’s aide at a Johnstown school, is nowhere to be found.

“We had a few people looking the next day. We were looking,� Ackernecht said. “We didn't find anything.�

“We did an initial search the night of the missing person report. We used the city K-9 at the time. Since then, we increased the search, increased the number of dogs. Yesterday we had the Capital District K-9 training group come to the area and we did a grid search,� said Johnstown Police Lieutenant Mark Gifford.

The area, known as Frog Hollow, is right by the Rail Trail, a jogging path not too far from the center of Johnstown.

We were unable to reach her husband, who's been quoted in the local paper saying he believes someone may be holding her against her will. Police don't think that's the case.

“We have not eliminated any possibility. We're leaving no stone unturned. Every lead that's reported to us or we come across, we exhaust,� Gifford said.

Some of the questions police are now grappling with are why her car ended up about a 30 second drive from her home and then why did it burst into flames?

“I know her daughter's missing her. Hey, if you're out there, come home, you know?� Ackernecht said.

While her family, including her ten-year-old daughter, wonders what happened, police ask anyone with information to call them.

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Search continues for missing woman
October 8, 2008
CBS 6

Police are still searching an area off West Montgomery Street in Johnstown where a missing woman's car was found burned last week near the rail trail.

Kellisue Ackernecht, 36, was last seen October 1st leaving her job at Rite Aid in Amsterdam at around 9:30 PM.

Police said the burned car was found in Johnstown down the street from where Ackernecht lives with husband and 9 year old daughter.

Police are not commenting on whether they suspect foul play.

Please contact Johnstown Police Department at (518) 736-4021 if you have any information regarding this case.
 
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Search for missing Johnstown woman intensifies 
 
JOHNSTOWN -  Dennis Ackernecht said rumors have been flying about his nephew Jayson, who is married to Kellisue Akernecht. The 36-year-old Johnstown woman has been missing since October 1.

"Jayson is a good boy. And whatever happened to her, he's got nothing to do with it," said Ackernecht.

Kellisue was last seen September 30th leaving her job as a shift supervisor at an Amsterdam Rite Aid around 9:45 p.m. She was driving a 10-year-old Saturn sedan. A co-worker told us by phone that nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Four hours later, police found the car engulfed in flames a few blocks from her Johnstown home, with no sign of Kellisue.

The car was parked in an area neighbors call Frog Hollow, near the Rail Trail. Police said this street wasn't the usual way Kellisue drove home.

That has fueled speculation, even though police said they are not leaning toward arson in the car fire. They've used K-9 units to search the wooded area nearby, and are following leads.

"It could be a missing person. It could be foul play," said Johnstown Police Lt. Mark Gifford. "We are not ruling out anything at this point. The person could be voluntarily missing also."

But Dennis Ackernecht, who lives a few houses away from the scorched road, doubts that Kellisue would run away. He said she loves her daughter and her job. And said the family - and her husband - are very worried.

"He's holding up pretty good but I know deep down inside it's killing him. And we're all worried about her," he said.

We also spoke with Kellisue's sister, who said she did not know who would want to harm Kellisue.

On Thursday, a State Police helicopter was scheduled to continue the search.
 

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Search continues for Kellisue

Updated: 11/10/2008 08:09 AM
NORTHVILLE, N.Y. -- Imagine if one of your family members just vanished. That's what the family of Kellisue Ackernecht is dealing with. The Johnstown woman has been missing since the end of September after leaving work at Rite Aid. Her car found here a few miles away on fire three hours later.

"We are not eating, we are not sleeping well we want her home," said Karen Clouston, Ackernecht's sister-in-law.

Then think about what you would do as the days went by. As investigators search for answers, her family started a search of their own, with pictures in hand along shores of the Great Sacandaga Lake.

"We are hopeful we find something, some information that we can pass on to the police. At least try to get some sort of closure," said Chris Clouston, Ackernecht's brother.

The edge of Sacandaga was just one spot people were looking on Sunday. More than 40 volunteers headed out to various locations within a 20 mile radius of Johnstown.

"It's based upon a timeline from Johnstown area where her car was found. We are looking in any direction that might give us a clue," said Chris Clouston.

Volunteers looked through brush, peaking into buildings and walking the lake's sandy shores. For investigators, answers have been hard to come by. Right now, in Ackernecht's case, there are no suspects and few clues.

"I miss her. She is very much loved. She is a very great person," said Karen Clouston.

"We would like to find a happy ending. We would like to have her come home," said Chris Clouston.

http://capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/127693/search-continues-for-kellisue/Default.aspx

Thank you so much Bleachedblack, for posting the article you found. Poor Kellisue has been missing quite a long time now. I hope a new lead turns up quickly for her sake. Awareness of her missing is vital.

Brother frustrated by search for woman
Canajoharie man urges JPD to seek assistance

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JOHNSTOWN - The brother of missing city woman Kellisue M. Ackernecht said Wednesday he's increasingly frustrated by the Johnstown Police Department's decision not to seek help from state police to help solve her more than six-week disappearance.

"I want some answers," Thomas Kilcullen said, although he added he is grateful for local police efforts so far.

Kilcullen, a Canajoharie resident, said he strongly urges the Johnstown Police Department to tap into more outside help, such as utilizing state police to help crack the case of his missing sister.

Ackernecht, 36, of 330 W. Main St., left her job at Rite Aid in Amsterdam just after 9:30 p.m. Sept. 30, police said. She was reported missing by her husband, Jayson Ackernecht, in the early morning hours of Oct. 1 - about the same time the car she was driving was found engulfed in fire at West Montgomery and Chestnut streets.

Kilcullen said he talked earlier this week to Fulton County District Attorney Louise K. Sira, who he said assured him that city police are "doing the best they can."

But Kilcullen said he thinks Johnstown police should be doing more, such as asking state police for more help in combing the "Frog Hollow" area where the burned car was found and reinterviewing witnesses.

"I think the case is going sour," Kilcullen said.

"We're doing everything we can, everything humanly possible," Johnstown police Chief Gregory Horning said Thursday.

Kilcullen said he has talked to state police several times, and he said they told him they are willing to help with the investigation - with a manhunt or whatever is needed. He said he specifically talked with Investigator Karl Meybaum of the state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Fonda.

"They're just waiting for the OK from the Johnstown Police Department," Kilcullen said.

Reached Wednesday at his office, Meybaum said, "The case is in the city because it's their case."

Meybaum said he "doesn't know enough about the case" to know whether state police should be called by Johnstown police.

"We've reached out to them and offered our assistance," the BCI investigator said.

In his opinion, Kilcullen said he thinks city police should have called in state police nearly 40 days ago.

State police did help with the search by use of one of its helicopters that hovered over the Frog Hollow area in October, but found nothing to tie into this case. The city Police Department has done foot searches with dogs.

The Johnstown police and the St. Johnsville Dive Team have combed the banks of the Cayadutta Creek leading nearly to Sammonsville.

Chris Clouston, one of Ackernecht's brothers, organized a search party Sunday in hopes of turning up something related to his sister. The search found nothing.

Kilcullen said state police officers have told him privately they "can't understand" why Johnstown police haven't called them into the case.

"I'm not saying [Johnstown police] are not doing their job," he said.

He suggested police look further into Jayson Ackernecht, who has declined comment to the media since doing an interview with The Leader-Herald when the missing person case first drew media attention.

Kellisue M. Ackernecht is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. Her family says she has "short brown, naturally curly hair with red highlights."

The family also says Kellisue was last seen wearing tan slacks, a black shirt, new white sneakers, tan stockings and brown glasses.

People may call Johnstown police at 736-4021 with confidential information on the case.

AES......please note that we need web links posted for copyright laws.
Thanks.

You are very welcome. I hope the family catch a break soon in locating Kellisue, they must be so worried. My prayers go out to them all. I will keep searching for info.

http://findkellisue.wordpress.com/

Sadly Kellisue is being forgotten, please help keep her name and face in the public.

Still trying to keep Kellisue's name in the public, sadly we are almost to Thanksgiving and no sign of Kellisue, no news, no leads nothing. I had the pleasure of meeting her brother today her family would like some closure. You can see the pain in his eyes. Law enforcement is either tight lipped or not actively working on the case.
Please keep Kellisue in your prayers this Thanksgiving.
http://findkellisue.wordpress.com/

 http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/...6-b46551a220c5
For Jayson Ackernecht, everyday since September 30th has been a struggle. That's the day his wife, 36-year-old Kellisue Ackernecht, disappeared.

"I cry day after day, night after night. I worry about her. My daughter worries about her, wondering where she is," Jayson says.

Kellisue was last seen that Tuesday night leaving her job at the Rite Aid in Amsterdam at about 9:45 pm. Later, at 1:45 am, the car she took to work that day was found on West Montgomery Street, just a few blocks from her home in Johnstown. It was completely engulfed in flames. Kellisue was nowhere to be found.

As police continue to investigate her disappearance, many in the city have formed their own opinions, taking to the blogs to voice their suspicions about her own husband.

Now, for the first time ever, Jayson is speaking out against those accusations.

"I would never harm my wife. I had nothing to do with this at all," Jayson says. "I had to have the police department come to my house and wake me up to tell me that my car was on fire."

Jayson has his own theory as to what may have happened. He believes his Kellisue is still very much alive.

"We think she just took off and left with somebody else," says Jayson. "Who, we don't know yet."

Now, Jayson has a message for his wife...A plea from both him, and their nine-year-old daughter. He says he wants her to come home.

Of course, as this investigation continues, anyone with information on Kellisue's whereabouts should contact the Johnstown Police Department at (518)736-4020.
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Thank you Nut44X4, I didn't realize I needed to include weblinks of articles. And thank you Allaster for posting the latest news slip on the Fox channel.

http://findkellisue.wordpress.com/
bumping for kellisue!

Missing woman’s sister unhappy with Johnstown Police

Steve Flamisch

The sister of a missing Johnstown woman is losing patience with the town police department.

Kellisue Ackernecht, 35, disappeared on September 30, a few days before her daughter’s ninth birthday. Her sister, Beth Manchester, said Tuesday that she believes the investigation is stalled.

“Absolutely,” Manchester said when asked whether she is frustrated with the Johnstown Police Department. “But I’m not going to say anything bad about anybody.”

The lieutenant in charge of the probe did not immediately return a CBS 6 phone call on Tuesday.

Police found Ackernecht’s care on fire less than a mile from her house on the night she vanished. There was no one inside the vehicle, police said. Subsequent searches of the area revealed no sign of the missing mother of one.

“It was very hard for Thanksgiving,” Manchester said. “I was with my son. We said a prayer for her.”

Though Manchester said she believes her sister is still alive, she does not understand why Ackernecht hasn’t called her loved ones — especially her daughter.

“We really wish she would come home,” Manchester said.

http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/police_1259137___article.html/manchester_sister.html

Johnstown chief confident case will be solved”


JOHNSTOWN - City Police Chief Gregory Horning said Tuesday he believes missing city resident Kellisue M. Ackernecht might be alive and may return back to her loved ones.

Horning also reiterated something he has said since she went missing Oct. 1 - her husband, Jayson Ackernecht, is not a person of interest in her two-month disappearance and has been very helpful to police.

“Jayson’s been very cooperative,” Horning said, including his periodic meetings with the lead investigator, Sgt. David Gilbo.

Horning said his department, Fulton County District Attorney Louise K. Sira and other area police agencies had a recent four-hour meeting on the case. The chief expressed optimism Kellisue Ackernecht is still alive.

“She’ll turn up,” Horning said. “All our hopes and prayers are with the Ackernecht family. We hope we’ll find her alive someplace.”

Meanwhile, family members of the missing city resident’s family this week are continuing to do things behind the scenes to keep her case in the media. They also say they are still upset by how the case is being handled by law enforcement.

Monday marked two months since she has been missing. Kellisue Ackernecht’s 37th birthday is Dec. 16. Her brother, Chris Clouston of Connecticut, said Tuesday he might be organizing a vigil for her birthday.

Although he can’t always break away from his job in Connecticut to help with the case, Clouston said he wants to keep his sister’s case in the spotlight, even if only through a vigil.

He said he’s “displeased” with the way city police and Sira have have handled his sister’s case. He said he wants more answers to his questions. Both Johnstown police and Sira continue to say Ackernecht’s disappearance remains a missing-person case.

Clouston said he’s going to make a concerted effort to contact area media.

Ackernecht, of 330 W. Main St., left her job at Rite Aid in Amsterdam just after 9:30 p.m. Sept. 30, city police said. She was reported missing by her husband in the early morning hours of Oct. 1 - about the same time the car she was driving was found engulfed in fire at West Montgomery and Chestnut streets, also known as Frog Hollow.

State police have helped the city Police Department as lead agency with the search by use of one of its helicopters that hovered over the Frog Hollow area in October, but found nothing to tie into this case. The city Police Department has conducted several foot searches with dogs and forest rangers. Johnstown police and the St. Johnsville Dive Team have combed the banks of the Cayadutta Creek leading to Sammonsville.

Lately, Horning said, his department has been “following a few leads here and there.”

He said there’s still no evidence of foul play and there is nothing new to report on the cause of the burned car.

“We’ve done everything humanly possible,” Horning said. “We’ve done a lot of leg work for leads that sometimes have gone nowhere.”

On the positive side, he said his department has “ruled out” several things in the case. Some of that has had to do with conversations with Jayson Ackernecht, Horning said.

Horning said he has conferred with “major crimes” experts in the region. He said they are telling him, “Your people are doing everything.”

“We’re a pretty competent police department,” Horning said.

Clouston said despite what city police say, he would like his sister’s family better apprised of what’s going on in the investigation.

“Something needs to be done,” he said.

He said he sent a letter to CNN legal and crime broadcast personality Nancy Grace.

Clouston said he has a source in Maine that may help with another K-9 search in the Johnstown area.

“They’ve done many cases nationally with positive results,” he said, declining to provide the group’s name.

He said his sister’s case continues to be on state and national missing-persons registers.

Clouston said people can find information about the case

on a Web site, www.findkellisue.wordpress.com.

Kellisue M. Ackernecht is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. Her family says she has “short brown, naturally curly hair with red highlights.”

People may call Johnstown police at 736-4021 with confidential information on the case.

Michael Anich covers Johnstown and Fulton County news. He can be reached at johnstown@leaderherald.com

http://leaderherald.com/page/content.detail/id/507933.html?nav=5011&actionAlert=commentadded#commentNum44380

I am sure that police have looked into every lead, but it just isn't and has not been enough, because Kellisue has not been found.

 http://leaderherald.com/page/content....html?nav=5011
Group marks woman’s birthday
Kellisue Ackernecht last seen Sept. 30

By MICHAEL ANICH/The Leader-Herald

JOHNSTOWN - At 7:09 p.m. Tuesday - on a dark crisp night in Frog Hollow -17 people sang a spirited version of "Happy Birthday" to Kellisue Ackernecht.

But the Johnstown woman wasn't there to enjoy the celebration of her 37th year of life, and that was the point.

The group of Ackernecht's family members, friends and acquaintances, and even strangers, met for a candlelight vigil in an effort to keep her name in the spotlight. Led by four of her siblings - brothers Thomas Kilcullen, Chris Clouston, John Kilcullen and sister Beth Manchester - the group stayed for several minutes at the spot just a few yards from where the missing woman's car was found burned in the early morning of Oct. 1.

"We just want her to come home safe," Manchester said.

The vigil was the second one held in Johnstown, as family members continue to scratch their heads about the whereabouts of Kellisue. Family members also have conducted their own searches for the woman.

"We just wanted everybody to get together to show everyone that we're missing her," Thomas Kilcullen said.

Clouston arrived at the vigil a few minutes after 7 p.m., having driven 196 miles from his home in Connecticut. Her planned to get right back in his car and drive back at the conclusion of the vigil.

"I'm glad you guys came around on short notice," Clouston told the group.

John Kilcullen's fiancee - Margo Kusaw of Johnstown lit candles along the posts on the bending curve where Ackernecht's car was found.

Absent Tuesday night was Ackernecht's husband, Jayson, who shares a home three blocks away with her and their daughter at 330 W. Main St.

The Johnstown Police Department has continued to treat the baffling case of the two and one-half month disappearance as a missing-person case. Police and District Attorney Louise K. Sira say they need evidence before they can even begin to build a criminal case in her disappearance.

What has been made public is the case is that Ackernecht left her job at Rite Aid in Amsterdam just after 9:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Johnstown police said. She was reported missing by her husband in the early morning hours of Oct. 1 - about the same time the car she was driving registered to him was found engulfed in fire at West Montgomery and Chestnut streets, also known as Frog Hollow.

City fire officials have said the vehicle is too burned to gain any evidence, but haven't closed their investigation.

Police have conducted searches, including one with the assistance of a state police helicopter, over the Frog Hollow area, but they found nothing tied to this case. The city Police Department has done several foot searches with dogs and used forest rangers. Johnstown police and the St. Johnsville Dive Team also have combed the banks of the Cayadutta Creek leading to Sammonsville.

Just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, vehicles started pulling up to the bend that parallels the Rail Trail. Participants in the vigil braved a 25-degree night to let everyone know they haven't forgotten Kellisue.

"I'm here to lend support because there needs to be more support," said Kalley Lee of Fort Plain - a complete stranger to Kellisue.

She said she doesn't know Ackernecht, but decided to get involved, as she has in other missing persons cases.

Lee has put together a Web site for everyone to remember Kellisue Ackernecht in their thoughts and prayers - www.findkellisue.wordpress.com. She said the Web site is free to her and she has the time during the day, staying at home to take care of a sick daughter.

Many of the people attending the vigil said they didn't want to criticize anyone involved in the case.

Thomas Kilcullen said he didn't think his sister was "capable" of torching the family car, no matter if she had any personal problems or not.

He also said it was unusual his sister would come up missing two weeks before own daughter's birthday.

When asked to give a message to Kellisue, many in the group simply said for her to call any family member. The group said it was sad the media - including TV stations invited - weren't keeping up with the story.

Kellisue M. Ackernecht is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. Her family says she has "short brown, naturally curly hair with red highlights."

People may call Johnstown police at 736-4021 with confidential information on the case.

Michael Anich covers Johnstown and Fulton County news. He can be reached at johnstown@leaderherald.com

No news, no publicity.....very sad.

THis is the most recent posting I can find>>
Kellisue you have not been forgotten. If you are reading this please contact someone so that we know you are safe.
Written by teamalex

January 15, 2009 at 5:35 pm

http://findkellisue.wordpress.com/2009/01/15/kellisue-remembered/

Hope your ready for this one

Turns out Kellisue's husband is now on myspace looking for a woman!
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...ndID=428835874
"About me:

I am a volunteer firefighter. I would like to find a women between the ages of 28 - 33. I am not into head games I do not want someone that will cheat on me I already had that relationship for 9 years, I want someone who will treat me and my daughter with respect ? I dont want know one night stands or any of that B.S. I am through with people threating me like I am a piece of dirt.

Who I’d like to meet:
Someone who likes to have a good time, will get along with me and my little girl"

You are so welcome...I am watching for news.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=428288890

Bumping for Kellisue

Jayson Ackernecht has became very active in the search for his wife. He has been in contact with TES, and their are plans in the future for a search!!! Just wanted to update everyone. Jayson is also planning a fundraiser to donate money to TES for coming and doing a search!

I met Jayson in person today. He has contacted Texas equusearch and is working on planning a fundraiser so the money can be donated to TES for coming and doing a search for Kellisue.
I guess we will see what happens.
He did express he had felt threatened by her brothers.
He holds a job, but has some health problems with seizures
I got to see a picture of Kellisue and Jayson's little girl, she is precious it makes every bit of work I have done on her website etc worth it. This little girl deserves closure.
I will not stop and will continue to help in any way I can until Kellisue is found.
http://findkellisue.wordpress.com/

 
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Company to join in search for woman
By MICHAEL ANICH, The Leader-Herald
POSTED: March 13, 2009
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JOHNSTOWN - Weather permitting, a Texas-based organization is planning to get involved in late March or early April in the local search for city resident Kellisue M. Ackernecht, who will have been missing six months by that time.

Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team, based in Dickinson, is planning to search for her, the agency and Johnstown police Chief Gregory Horning said this week.

Texas EquuSearch office administrator Sherry McKinney Monday said her all-volunteer agency was contacted by someone in Johnstown to help with the search for Ackernecht, who went missing the night of Sept. 30.

Ackernecht's brother, Thomas Kilcullen of Ames, said Kellisue Ackernecht's husband, Jayson Ackernecht, contacted the Texas agency.

Kilcullen credited another local volunteer - Kalley Lee -for encouraging him to contact Texas EquuSearch.

"I think Jayson deserves a lot of credit," Lee said Thursday.

He said Kellisue Ackernecht's husband is working hard on behalf of himself and his 9-year-old daughter to find Kellisue.

Lee said Jayson Ackernecht also set up a fundraiser - a spaghetti dinner - to be conducted from 5 to 8 p.m. May 4 at Lombardo's Restaurant in St. Johnsville. Proceeds from the dinner will go as a donation to Texas EquuSearch.

Kilcullen, who has led local searches for his sister, said Texas EquuSearch should be welcomed.

"I'm not sure they can do anything, but they've got more experience looking for missing persons than we do," he said. "Unfortunately, we feel she's not around [deceased]. That's my feeling."

Horning said Johnstown police didn't contact Texas EquuSearch, but verified Jayson Ackernecht was at the police station Thursday about the search organization's intention to come to Johnstown.

"We are a volunteer search and recovery organization funded all through donations," McKinney said. "We go all over the country."

The organization -also known as TES - has a Web site address of texasequusearch.org. The site says Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team was started in August 2000.

TES, a nonprofit organization, has more than 1,000 members.

McKinney said Kellisue Ackernecht's profile was due to be put up soon on the Web site.

She said Barbie Tarr, search coordinator for Texas EquuSearch, will be leading the local search.

Tarr said Thursday about 10 members of her agency will come to the Jamestown, N.Y., area from March 31 to April 6 to look for a different missing person. She said her agency wants to swing through New York state at the same time to actively search for Kellisue Ackernecht. She said she still has to get in touch with Johnstown police.

"We need to talk to law enforcement to determine what, if anything, we can do to assist them," Tarr said.

She said her agency won't search if there's a lot of snow on the ground.

Ackernecht, 37, of 330 W. Main St., was reported missing by Jayson Ackernecht in the early morning hours of Oct. 1.

She left her job at Rite Aid in Amsterdam just after 9:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Johnstown police said. She was reported missing about the same time the 1998 Saturn sedan she was driving was found engulfed in fire at West Montgomery and Chestnut streets, also known as Frog Hollow.

City fire officials said the vehicle was burned too much to gain any evidence, but haven't closed their investigation.

Horning said the search for Kellisue is ongoing.

"We're still investigating any leads that come," the police chief said.

He said he welcomes Texas EquuSearch.

Kellisue M. Ackernecht is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. People may call Johnstown police at 736-4021 with confidential information on the case.
http://findkellisue.wordpress.com/

    http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/mar/24/0324_missingsearch/

    By Jim McGuire (Contact)
    Gazette Reporter

    JOHNSTOWN — Texas EquuSearch, the organization involved in some of the most publicized missing persons cases in recent memory, will be in Johnstown in early April to look for 36-year-old Kellisue Ackernecht.

    Ackernecht has been missing since Oct. 1, when her 1998 Saturn was found burning around 2 a.m. in the parking area at Frog Hollow at the end of West Montgomery Street. No one reported seeing her after she left work around 10 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Rite Aid on Route 30 in Amsterdam.

    As friends and family members await the search, they are also planning a spaghetti dinner benefit for EquuSearch, set for 5 to 8 p.m. May 4 at Lombardo’s Pizzeria in St. Johnsville. Meals, including takeouts, are $11. A 50/50 raffle will also be conducted.

    Kellisue Ackernecht’s husband, Jayson Ackernecht, is among those organizing the benefit. Fort Plain residents Kalley Lee and Deb Walsh and Kellisue Ackernecht’s brother, Thomas Kilcullen, are also working on the dinner.

    Jayson Ackernecht said he is now taking a leadership role in the search effort, after backing off last fall, when some of his wife’s relatives suggested he was responsible for the disappearance.

    “Not a damn thing,” he told The Gazette on Monday, when asked if he had anything to do with his wife becoming a missing person.

    “We have no clue about what happened … it’s a mystery,” he said. “I was home sound asleep with my daughter … I waited until midnight and then I went to bed,” he said. Usually, he said, “she was home by 10:30.”

    Ackernecht, who stopped talking to reporters in the days following his wife’s disappearance, said he remains alienated from his wife’s family. “I don’t have contact with any of them,” he said.

    Kilcullen said he welcomes EquuSearch, an organization with a wealth of experience. “They may know where to look,” Kilcullen said.

    He said he anticipates the search area will be a six-mile radius around the site where the car was parked. If his sister is in the area, he said, it is probable her body would be found in the vicinity of the car.

    If she is alive, as even some investigators contend, “it seems awful odd there have been no phone calls,” Kilcullen said. He said he is certain if his sister relocated she would have called him or another family member.

    “We’d kind of like some closure … is she around or isn’t she?” Kilcullen said.

    Lee said she volunteered for this effort out of gratitude to the donors and volunteers who aided her family when her 4-year-old daughter, Alexandra Handy, was diagnosed with leukemia. The child is now in remission and doing well, her mother said.

    “I reached out to Jayson,” Lee said, calling the situation “very sad.” After talking to Ackernecht, she said she does not consider him a suspect. “I don’t think Jayson did anything; he really misses her. When he talks about her he gets very emotional,” Lee said.

    Lee said EquuSearch did not request the fundraiser. “They’re not expecting anything,” she said.

    Johnstown Police Chief Greg Horning said his detectives have followed every lead in the case, but have hit some dead ends.

    He said he expects to coordinate search activities with officials of EquuSearch and said anticipates a team effort that may “find something.”

    Johnstown police, with assistance of other departments and state forest rangers, conducted a number of searches in the area where the car burned, along the Cayadutta Creek valley and surrounding, mostly overgrown former farmland.

    While detectives have yet to develop information that may solve the case, Horning said the investigation has eliminated many possibilities.

    “Until we have definitive answers, we’re still treating it as though she is alive,” Horning said.

    With so much time elapsed without an indication his wife is alive, Ackernecht said he is losing hope.

    “I hate to say it, but my feeling is, yeah, but where,” Ackernecht said, conceding the search may now be to recover a body.

    EquuSearch was founded in 2000 near Galveston.

    The organization’s Web site said it has about 1,000 members and conducts searches on land and in water using a variety of resources including dog teams, horse and rider teams, planes, a drone and helicopters.

    EquuSearch is also equipped with the latest technology.

    EquuSearch officials did not return a call for comment by late afternoon.

I have human remains in Rotterdam, NY. Apx. 33 miles from Johnstown
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/police_1262599___article.html/rotterdam_motel.html


update:
This report says remains there for several years
http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/police_1262599___article.html/rotterdam_motel.html
This report says they may know who it is
http://capitalnews9.com/default.aspx?ArID=137570

 ::MonkeyNoNo::
 I am sitting here helpless unsure what else we can do to help find Kellisue. We keep holding out hope for some news and the only thing that seems to happen is time just keeps passing by. Hard to organize a community search, when law enforcement does not show any support or interest in finding Kellisue. I am baffled a woman can go missing her car burnt and the police still consider her alive and well just on a 7 month "break" I wish I had some new things to report or to say but unfortunately we are back to square 1. Please keep Kellisue and her daughter close in prayer.

http://findkellisue.wordpress.com/

Rotterdam remains ID'd as Ernest Michalik http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/apr/19/0419_skeleton/

We have been informed Texas EquuSearch will not be coming to New York to perform a search for Kellisue.The spaghetti supper is still on, however Texas EquuSearch will not be accepting a donation.  The money raised from the supper will be put into a trust  account and will be used to help aid  in the search for Kellisue.  The family has been speaking to other organizations about performing a search for Kellisue. We will keep everyone up to date on search information.

Spaghetti Supper, Monday May 4, 2009, Lombardo’s Pizza, State Hwy 5 St. Johnsville New York, 5pm-8pm, tickets $11.00, 50/50 Raffle

http://angel760-truthwillbefound.blogspot.com/

Interesting

A Vigil will be held on Mongtomery Street, Johnstown New York
May 17, 7pm-8pm small prayer, reflection,remembering Kellisue Ackernecht and others who are missing Everyone is invited to join us
http://nationalvigilforhope.org/

Thanks for the updates allaster.  I hope the spaghetti dinner fund raiser went well yesteday.  I keep Kellisue & family in my prayers.  Lovinlife

http://kelliandjaysonackernecht.blogspot.com/ ::MonkeyShocked::

We need volunteers and team leaders to help with the search for Kellisue Ackernecht
June 28, 2009
8am-4pm
Johnstown area is focus exact spot to be announced
We need as many people as we can get to help out!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/search
http://findkellisue.wordpress.com/ ::MonkeyDance::

http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/abused-1267078-brother-sister.html

Missing woman's brother says she had been abused
Vigil marks one year since Kellisue Ackernecht's disappearance


October 02, 2009 11:50 PM
During a vigil for 36-year-old Kellisue Ackernecht, who vanished September 30, 2008, her brother told reporters his sister had been abused.

 

"There's been a lot of bad stuff that I probably shouldn't have found out that I found out," says Thomas Kilcullen.

 

He declined to name the person he claims was responsible.

 

"I'm sorry she was living a rough life I wasn't aware of until it was too late."

 

Ackernecht's husband Jayson was at the vigil but told reporters he was under a lawyer's orders to not talk to reporters. He did say he had nothing to do with his wife's disappearance and said he's like to know where Kilcullen is getting his information.

 

"The other side of the family has been trash-talkin' me and they can do whatever they want, says Kilcullen. "I don't care about them, I don't care about what my family thinks - I'm after my sister, that's what I'm thinking. There's been a little bit of abusiveness..."

 

Kilcullen said his sister may have done something wrong but said whatever it was it didn't justify her being harmed.

 

"Our sister worked for Johnstown School District and after this all came about a lot of the employees for JSC stepped up to the plate and gave us some information - and personally myself - that we've been relaying to Johnstown police about Kelli coming to work with - you know, hiding stuff with make-up and stuff like that."

 

He says his sister never told him who was hurting her.

 

"She was living in a very controlled environment, wasn't allowed to do too much without making phone calls or whatever, Kilcullen says, "and I personally had to sneak calls to her just to talk to her...it was hard for her to communicate. Nobody should have to live like that. If she wanted out and she's still alive, God bless her, but if she is out there I wish she'd call somebody in the family, I'll tell you that, because it's hard. We all miss her."

 

Kilcullen says his sister was planning a birthday party for her now ten-year old daughter two weeks before the disappearance. He says he cannot believe his sister would leave on her own.

 

"You tell me any woman in this world who's got a child of their own, that they gave birth to, and you tell me you're gonna leave that child behind and not communicate? If that's the case there's really something wrong."

 

Johnstown police spokemsan Lt. Mark Gifford said all leads have been exhausted but it's still an open case, where detectives follow up on new leads as they come in.  Gifford said nothing has been ruled out and there are no suspects.  District Attorney Louise Sira told CBS 6 News the police department has turned over nothing to her office

Forget Me Not
Candlelight Vigil
In Remembrance of Kellisue Ackernecht
June 14, 2010
126 W.Main Street Park
Johnstown, New York 12095
7pm – 9pm
Findkellisue@usa.com

We will be passing out Forget me not flowers, blue candles with purple ribbon
The event will be held at a historic park in the center of Main Street in Johnstown, New York. We hope to have a good turn out.
http://findkellisue.wordpress.com/

 ::MonkeyAngel:: 

There is a video here and the headline reads:

Potential New Evidence in Case of Kellisue Ackernecht

I can't view the video, but is was posted 11 hours ago.
http://www.cbs6albany.com/video/?videoId=593408269001&lineupId=1143371293&play=now

Some people went to the burned car and found some tape with a hair on it.  They turned it over to LE.

Listed as Cold Case at Texas Equusearch
http://texasequusearch.org/2009/03/ackernecht/
Missing: Kellisue Ackernecht (Kilcullen), Johnstown, NY 09.30.08

http://findkellisue.wordpress.com/
Kellisue M. Kilcullen/ Ackernecht


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Truth
Posted on October 22, 2011 by teamalex
Our quest for answers has not stopped. We have not given up, every year we gather together on the anniversary of Kelli’s disappearance and talk about her case, give support for one another and try to figure out what we can do to find her.
We really need someone to come out with truth, tell us where she is leave an anonymous tip to the police, send a letter to the police or to her brothers, send an email a text something. This is not about justice it’s about finding out where Kelli is so the madness can stop.  We need to find her three years is too long.  We are pleading to the person who has the answers to do something to free yourself from this. Please find a way to give us the answers. No questions asked just tell us where she is. Peace, love and hope. May God lead us to you Kellisue.

https://www.facebook.com/KellisueAckernechtMissing?ref=name