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Search continues for missing Idaho boy
by The Associated Press
Monday July 27, 2009, 9:12 AM
National Cener for Missing & Exploited ChildrenRobert Manwill

BOISE -- An 8-year-old boy from Boise has been missing since Friday, and the FBI has joined in the search.

Boise police say Robert Manwill went missing about 9:30 p.m. Friday in southwestern Boise and that he may have been headed to a party at a friend's house when he disappeared.

About 20 FBI agents and dozens of local residents were assisting in the search over the weekend.

The Boise Police Department says it will hold a press conference about the search Monday.

On Sunday, Deputy Chief Jim Kerns pleaded with the public for help finding Robert, who is described as 4 feet, 2 inches tall, about 50 pounds, and wearing blue jeans, black shoes, and either a brown shirt with the words, "Andy don't need no Mic" or a blue shirt with a superman symbol on the front.

-- The Associated Press

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/search_continues_for_missing_i.html

No AMBER ALERT?  ::MonkeyNoNo::

RBoise police continue search for missing boy with the help of rescue dogs
Anna Webb - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/25/09

Robert Manwill, 8, has been missing since Friday evening. He was last seen at 9:30 p.m. near his home in the 2800 block of West Cherry Lane.

Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue were called in Saturday morning. Five dogs are searching the area that includes two large canals and the Boise apartment complex where Robert lives near Vista Avenue.

Chris Harry, operations leader with the search and rescue team said the dogs turned up no trace of Robert Saturday afternoon.

Boise Police detectives conducted an extensive area search for Robert during the night, which continued into the morning. There is no evidence of foul play, and it's possible Robert may have spent the night with a friend.

He may have been wearing a brown shirt with writing on the back: "Andy don't need no Mic," or a blue shirt, with a Superman symbol on the front. He was wearing blue jeans and black shoes. He is 4'11," weighs 50 pounds, and has brown hair and brown eyes.

If you've seen Robert, call Ada County Dispatch at 377-6790.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/845037.html

Search for 8-year-old Boise boy continues Sunday with no solid leads
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/26/09

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About 75 volunteers, including off-duty officers, Boise State University officers and residents, methodically scoured the neighborhood around Robert Manwill's home Sunday.

A pond in his apartment complex, which had been searched by divers, was drained in the evening to make sure Robert wasn't in it, a police spokesman said.

The 8-year-old went missing 9:30 p.m. Friday from the 2800 block of Cherry Lane, near Vista Avenue and Targee Street in Southwest Boise. The New York Canal is about two blocks south of the apartment complex where Robert lives.

Boise police filed paperwork to issue an Amber Alert immediately but were denied because the incident does not meet the national criteria, said police spokesman Chuck McClure.

Family members were the last to see Robert. Police at this point don't suspect any family member is involved in his disappearance.

Officers have been searching for him Friday night and have asked anyone who may have seen the boy, even for a moment walking down the street, to call them at Crime Stoppers, 343-COPS.

Robert is roughly 4 foot 2 inches tall, about 50 pounds. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, black shoes and a either a blue shirt with the Superman or Spiderman symbol on it, or a brown shirt that had the words "Andy don't need no mic" on it.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/846262.html

This is sad and shocking. No amber alert? An 8-year old child that weighs fifty pounds is missing and his parents don't know what he was wearing at 9:30 on a Friday evening?

BOISE - An 8-year-old boy has been reported as missing.

Family members told police that Robert Manwill was last seen walking out of his home Friday night on Cherry Lane around 9:30 p.m. Boise Police believe the boy may have been headed to a party at an unknown friends' house when he left.

He was possibly wearing a brown shirt with writing on the back "Andy don't need no Mic" or a blue shirt with a superman symbol on the front. He had on blue jeans and black shoes.

Manwill is 4'11' and weighs 50 pounds.

Manwill is still missing after an extensive area search Saturday and Sunday by Boise Police, Mountain Search and Rescue, and local volunteers.

In a press conference Sunday afternoon, Boise police confirmed 12 FBI agents will assist in the efforts to find Manwill.

According to police, crews will drain the pond at the Oak Ridge Apartments to see if the boy's body could be inside.

As of Sunday, there are still no leads to Manwill's location

Anyone who believes they have seen Manwill is asked to call Ada County Dispatch at 377-6790.
http://www.2news.tv/news/local/51696977.html

UPDATE: FBI now involved in search for missing 8-year-old boy

09:48 PM MDT on Sunday, July 26, 2009

BOISE -- We're now more than 48 hours into the search for Robert Manwill.
Police say they've received some information, but nothing that has led to Manwill.

After two days of searching the biggest question is still out there - what happened to Robert?
So far the answer from everyone is ‘we have no idea.’

"At this point, we don't know where Robert is. We're trying to determine what has happened, and we're pleading with the public for their assistance in locating Robert Manwill," said Deputy Chief Jim Kerns with the Boise Police Dept.

In addition to the public's help, the FBI is now involved.

20 FBI agents are in the area, and more could be on the way at a moment’s notice to help find Manwill.

"We're leaving no stone unturned in that investigation,” Kerns said. “We're looking at all of the potential leads. We're looking at all possibilities in our attempt to find out what's happened to Robert.”

Robert was last seen in his apartment complex on Friday around 7 p.m.
"It's tough. It really is tough, this is very difficult to go through as a family," said Trish Burrill, who is Robert's aunt.

Now, searchers are looking everywhere.

"Go out, look in your sheds, your garages, hiding places, abandoned cars, any place where a young child might hide," Kerns said.

That search included draining a 12 foot deep pond in the middle of Manwill's apartment complex.
Over 100 people roamed neighborhoods looking for anything and everything that might point investigators in the right direction.

"This kid, we thought he was at the park yesterday with us, well not with us with us. Which park? Ann Morrison," said some teenage girls.

Police aren't saying whether this information put them any closer to finding Manwill.
But they do say they won't stop until he's found and neither will Manwill's family.
"I don't recall a time where I've seen this much community support in Boise come out for a search,” said Lt. Doug Shoenborn. “It's really been nice to see a lot of support from the local community.”

"I will search until I find him. No matter what. I will search until I find him. Until he comes home," Burrill said.

The search efforts organized by the Boise Police Department are done for today.
We're told they will regroup in the morning and figure out the best way to proceed.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jul2509-missing_boy.76b69882.html

*Nut took out all the big spaces, lol....

On this video it talks about the birthday party. His mom told him he couldn't go so I guess they think he may have went anyway.

http://www.2news.tv/news/local/51696977.html?video=YHI&t=a

FBI to Join in Search for Missing Boy

The search continues for a missing 8 year old boy, and now the FBI is getting involved.

Charles McClure of the Boise Police department says they've handed out fliers, stopped cars, and searched a canal and a nearby pond trying to find Robert Manwill who was last seen Friday night about 9:30 near his home in the 2800 block of Cherry Lane.

http://www.670kboi.com/Article.asp?id=1429312&spid=18042

According to this video, some teenage girls saw Robert in Ann Morrison Park with other boys on Saturday afternoon.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jul2509-missing_boy.76b69882.html

According to the Idaho State Patrol sex offender registry, there are 408 RSO's within 5 miles of Robert's home. There are 70 within 1 mile. And there are 5-10 VERY close to his home.

2800 W. Cherry Lane address that has been given in reports. That's not his exact address, it's just the block given in media reports.

http://www.isp.state.id.us/sor_id/map_search.htm

http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10790517&nav=menu536_11_4_1

video of mom making a plea to the public

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jul2709-missing_boy.76b69882.html

11:55 AM MDT on Monday, July 27, 2009

Scott Evans/KTVB

Robert Manwill went missing Friday night.

Police asking for any information regarding boy

BOISE - Police continue to search for a missing eight-year-old Boise boy - and say they have no good leads into his disappearance.

Robert Manwill was last seen by family Friday night. Over the weekend, the search for the boy intensified, with hundreds of volunteers, police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation joining forces in an effort to find the child.

Helicopters from the Idaho National Guard have also joined in on the search, and are hovering over the area where he went missing - near Vista Ave. and Cherry Lane in Boise.

During a Monday morning news conference, police say they have received a number of leads - but nothing concrete that tells them where the boy may be.

The child’s family thanked the community for the response they’ve received, and for the large-scale search response.

"It's tough. It really is tough, this is very difficult to go through as a family," said Trish Burrill, who is Robert's aunt.

Police say this is one of the most important cases they’ve covered in a while – but despite the intense effort, they have so far come up empty.
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Robert Manwill
8-years-old
4' 2" tall
50 Lbs.
Last seen wearing jeans, black shoes, either a brown or blue shirt
Call 570-6457 with info

"At this point, we don't know where Robert is. We're trying to determine what has happened, and we're pleading with the public for their assistance in locating Robert Manwill," said Deputy Chief Jim Kerns with the Boise Police Dept.

Twenty FBI agents are in the area, and more may be called in.

"We're leaving no stone unturned in that investigation,” Kerns said. “We're looking at all of the potential leads. We're looking at all possibilities in our attempt to find out what's happened to Robert.”

Search crews have been looking in sheds, garages, abandoned cars, homes, in bushes, behind fences and anywhere a small boy could hide.

Officers and volunteers say they will not stop until he's found.

“I don't recall a time where I've seen this much community support in Boise come out for a search,” said Lt. Doug Shoenborn. “It's really been nice to see a lot of support from the local community.”

 

Police officers and over one hundred volunteers together in prayer before heading out to again look for a missing eight-year-old boy.

Robert Manwill disappeared late Friday night now 48 hours later he is still nowhere to be found.

"At this point we don't know where Robert is we're trying to determine what has happened and pleading with the public for the assistance to locate Robert Manwill", says Deputy Chief Jim Kerns.

Robert's mother tells police he was playing outside near their home before he went missing. Local police with the help of the FBI have been searching night and day hoping to bring some relief to a mother waiting in anguish.

"Please, please help me find my son. I need him to come home", says Melissa Jenkins.

Police say they are also following up on every possible lead but say it's going to take the entire community to help bring Robert home.

"This is a vulnerable child of eight and we need the publics help to help us find him", says Chief Kerns.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of 8-year-old Robert Manwill call the police tip line, 570-6457 or email findrobert@cityofboise.org.

http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10790517&nav=menu536_7

Mom - Melissa Jenkins

My own opinion is they need to drop the vehicle part of the Amber Alert. Just because no one saw a vehicle or another person does not mean it hasn't happened. If a child goes missing, it should be put our right away at least in a regional area and the longer gone, the more reaching areas. If I had been in Boise Idaho on Friday night, I could have easily driven to Los Angeles by this time, and I would have been in a slower big truck. That would be 950 miles. I am using this as an example, because when a child goes missing in a state, after 3 or 4 days they put it out only statewide. Totally unacceptable!

God bless little Robert Maxwell.   ::MonkeyAngel::

Police renew call for Boiseans to look for missing boy; 'No reason to believe Robert is not safe'
BY KATY MOELLER - kmoeller@idahostatesman.com
Published: 07/27/09

Boise Deputy Police Chief Jim Kerns speaks at a press conference Monday morning, issuing a renewed call for the public's help to find missing 8-year-old Robert Manville, who disappeared Friday evening from an apartment complex near the intersection of Vista Boulevard and Cherry Lane in Boise.
 
Polly Gorley peers behind a fence on Sunday afternoon as she and about 75 volunteers combed the neighborhood where Robert Manwill, 8, was last seen after he disappeared on Friday night near Vista and Cherry Lane.
 

BOISE, Idaho — Boise police are issuing a renewed call for the public's help to find missing 8-year-old Robert Manville, who disappeared Friday evening from an apartment complex near the intersection of Vista Boulevard and Cherry Lane in Boise.

They want anyone who lives or works around that area to look again in nooks and crannies and quiet spots — anywhere a 50-pound 8-year-old boy might be hiding.

"We hope to convey a message of hope... we have no reason to believe Robert is not safe," said Jim Kerns, deputy chief of operations for Boise police.

Police — with help from other local agencies and the FBI's Child Abduction Response Team — are also expanding their search beyond the half-mile around the apartment complex, which was combed over the weekend. Officials are also re-interviewing family members and neighbors.

Some 50 leads have come in, officials said, but none have panned out. The boy was last seen on the complex's playground after 7 p.m. Friday night and was gone by 9 p.m. Though some initial reports indicated the boy had wanted to go to a birthday party, police said they had no evidence of that.

"It's hard to speculate on his mental state," Kerns said.

About 20 FBI agents and dozens of local residents were assisting in the search over the weekend. Officials drained a pond near the apartment complex and were finishing the search Monday.

The police have set up a special phone line and e-mail address to make it easy for anyone who to contact them with information: (208) 570-6457 - and findrobert@cityofboise.org.

Robert is described as 4-feet, 2-inches tall, about 50 pounds, and wearing blue jeans, black shoes, and either a brown shirt with the words, "Andy don't need no Mic" or a blue shirt with a superman symbol on the front.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/846836.html

News conference video at link.

No reason to believe he is not safe? Are you KIDDING me?

He is eight years old and MISSING!

He is clearly NOT SAFE!

I agree.The vast majority (74%) of the abducted children who are murdered are dead within three hours of the abduction. (Source: Attorney General of the State of Washington, who did a study of cases reported to law enforcement in 1997)

I think all children should be treated as ABDUCTED until proven otherwise. Especially 8 year olds missing at 9:30 at night. A regionally/statewide amber alert should be put into effect ASAP, as a child's life may depend on it.

Somthin' stinks...

Who has a B-day party for a child after 9 PM ??? Or even at 7??? If there was a party, then the party kid must be near Robert's age, no?? In one report it says cops have no evidence that there was any party....

Some reports say he was last seen at 7 pm Friday, others say 9-9:30. Timeline is hinky. Much about this is hinky...  ::MonkeyNoNo::

ITA!!!!!!!  :smt091 :smt091

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll116/helpfindthemissing/map-20.jpg) map hat tip/Faith @ HFTM and this post is Faith's >>>
This is a good map of the area. To look around more- go to. http://www.bing.com/maps/

type in cherry lane boise, idaho, then click Birds Eye- you can move the map around and see what all is in the area.
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll116/helpfindthemissing/map-21.jpg)


Area is wayyyyyyyyyy close to Interstate 84
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=43.580702,-116.213593&spn=0.030062,0.027595&msid=113399659680391271186.00046fb362da75f7e9bb8&source=embed

Bare with me on this but this is interesting, possibly same person? (This Melissa S. posted bail in regards to this. I  realize this is a "common name" so maybe not the same person.

Mom suspected of seriously injuring infant

Story Created: Mar 4, 2009 at 2:20 PM MDT
Story Updated: Mar 4, 2009 at 2:20 PM MDT
By KBCI Web Staff
BOISE - A Boise mother has been arrested for allegedly seriously injuring her infant child last year.

Boise Police says they were called to a local hospital in October on a suspicious injury to a child call. Investigators determined that on the previous day a child under the age of one at the time had been injured at a East Boise home.

Authorities say the boy received what appeared to be serious head injuries during the incident. The child was turned over to the custody of State Health and Welfare.

After a detailed investigation, detectives forwarded the case to the Ada County Prosecutor's office for review.

On Tuesday, Ada County deputies arrested the infant's mother, Melissa Jenkins, 29, for the felony injury to a child warrant.

This Melissa Jenkins myspace is http://www.myspace.com/147783625 (http://www.myspace.com/147783625)

Does anyone think this is the same person? I do not know how to post side by side screen shots so you would need to view pinkangels original link to the video of Robert's mother to compare with the above. There is a picture of this Melissa in my link below.


http://www.2news.tv/news/40736317.html  (http://www.2news.tv/news/40736317.html)

I just watched the HLN report on this. They said the boy was not going to a party...that was false reporting.

The boy was last seen on the complex's playground after 7 p.m. Friday night and was gone by 9 p.m. Though some initial reports indicated the boy had wanted to go to a birthday party, police said they had no evidence of that.

I really think these two "melissa's" are one of the same and this scares the hell out of me if so. If you pause the video of the mother the faces are almost identical, same nose, chin etc.

SAME PERSON IMO!!! OK.....now that I KNOW the two women above ARE the same person...lolllllll. I am not confused anymore, lmao.

Robbyn Please help us find ROBERT MANWILL.... I miss my little homie.  ::MonkeyEek:: http://www.myspace.com/423527420

Police will update public on search for missing boy at 7 p.m. press conference

BY KATY MOELLER - kmoeller@idahostatesman.com

Published: 07/27/09

BOISE, Idaho — The search for 8-year-old Robert Manwill continued Monday, on several fronts:
— A National Guard helicopter covered as much ground as the boy could have wandered on his own.
— Officers, FBI agents and some 100 volunteers canvassed the area around the Vista Boulevard neighborhood the boy disappeared from, including the areas around the New York Canal and nearby railroad tracks.
Police will update the media and public at a 7 p.m. press conference Monday night. Check back at IdahoStatesman.com for the latest information after that.

They don't look the same to me. ::shrugs::

If they are the same person, I am sure police are well aware of her past history. Parents are the first people they look at.

It's odd if it was her, why the other article didn't mention other children in the home.

ummmmm, now I am confused. I am OK now...lol. BUT...I still think I think the two above are the same person...or could be. I need more photos.

This forum has educated me about a lot of things -- many of which I have passed on to people in my little rural corner of the world.
But this Amber Alert needs to be changed or something else needs to be in its place that will become as well known.  Does anyone have any suggestions how we could begin to make this happen?

Here is a side by side of her at the news conference. She does look like the same woman.  ::MonkeyNoNo::

Oh yeah! If it isn't her, then she has a twin...with the same name...living in the same town  ::MonkeyEek::

Thanks for all of your updates on the case.  ::MonkeyAngel::
I thought it was odd also (If the same person) that in all the articles I read, there were no mention of any other children taken from the home either. In one of the articles I read about this March 2009 case the article referred to "Melissa Scott Jenkins".
Thanks for bringing a screen shot from the video over.
I did pause the video for this case of the mother in several places and it sure looks like the same person to me though I hope it isn't.  ::MonkeyConfused:: Time will tell. I also saw the fathers name (of Robert) is Charles Manwill but can not locate anything on him.

Thanks Nutt for bringing over that pic from the other myspace page!! I tried to bring over a screen shot from the video of the mom but lack the skills to do so...::MonkeyAngel::

The first picture I posted of her, where she is standing in front of the house didn't really look like her but it was an odd angle and her hair wasn't pulled back. She also looks older in that picture.

The news conference screen capture though convinced me, Nut.

Oh, geez this is not good!!! Thanks Pink for finding that new picture. I guess the media (if the same person) either has no clue of this or they have been asked not to print Moms prior history in fear of it affecting the on going search.

On the upside I am glad the FBI is involved. With all that has happened this year for once I am hoping for good news for a change.

It makes you wonder if it the are one in the same why did Charles Manwill (dad) not file for custody of his son after she had been charged for abusing the infant.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
March 04, 2009
 
 
03-04-09 Felony injury to a child warrant arrest


Boise March 4th, 2009 - On Tuesday (March 3rd) Ada County Deputies arrested a Boise woman on a Felony injury to a child warrant. The Warrant stems from a Boise City case that began last year.
 
Warrant Arrest: Melissa S Jenkins, 29, Boise
 
Charges: Injurty to a child (F)
 
What happened: On 10/20/2008 at approximately 10:39 PM Boise Police where called to a local hospital on a suspicious injury to a child. Investigators determined that on the previous day a child under the age of one at the time had been injured at a East Boise home. The boy received what appeared to be serious head injuries during the incident. The child was taken on imminent danger and turned over to the custody of State Health and Welfare. After a detailed investigation detectives forwarded the case to the Ada County Prosecutors Office for review. Yesterday (March 3rd) Ada County Deputies arrested a Boise woman, the mother of the child, on the Felony injury to a child warrant.
 
No further information is available at this time.
 
Release Prepared By:
Charles McClure
Boise Police Public Information
http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/NewsReleases/2009/page42172.aspx

     03/31/2009     Sentenced to Jail or Detention (I18-1501(1) {M} Injury to Child) Confinement terms: Jail: 30 days. Credited time: 1 day.
     03/31/2009    Probation Ordered (I18-1501(1) {M} Injury to Child) Probation term: 2 years 0 months 0 days. (Misdemeanor Supervised)

According to court records, she served jail time.
There is also records there for being sued by the State for Child Support. 

https://www.idcourts.us/

March 05, 2009
Boise mom arrested after son's head injury
 - STATESMAN STAFF
Melissa S. Jenkins, 29, turned herself in at the Ada County Jail Tuesday, hours after a warrant was issued for her arrest on a charge of felony injury to child.
Jenkins' 8-month-old son suffered a fractured skull in October and is in the custody of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Boise police reports. The child was taken to the hospital one day after he was injured, police said.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/v-print/story/687698.html

They pleaded it quickly down to a misdemeanor. ::shakes head::

Pink, this makes me physically ill.  A misdemeanor - WTH
 :puker:

I agree Sister. Marc Klaas just wrote an article about how the Amber Alert system is broken in his latest newsletter.

http://www.klaaskids.org/pg-newsltr.htm

Sister, me too! WTH indeed!

If they removed the baby, you think Robert would have been removed too. I am at a loss.

 http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/687165.html (http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/687165.html)

A 29-year-old Boise mother accused of fracturing her 8-month-old son’s skull in October is charged with felony injury to child.

Melissa S. Jenkins turned herself in at the Ada County Jail Tuesday, hours after a warrant was issued for her arrest by Ada County prosecutors.

The child survived and is currently in the custody of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, according to Boise Police reports.

Boise police began their investigation on Oct. 20, when they were called to a local hospital after medical staff reported a child with a suspicious head injury was admitted earlier that day.

Detectives determine the 8-month-old boy was injured the day before at an East Boise home and determined him in imminent danger.

Jenkins is accused of striking the baby’s head on a hard surface and fracturing his skull on Oct. 19, according to Ada County court records. Neither Boise police or Ada County prosecutors have released any other details on the case, including a possible motive for the injury or why it took four months to charge Jenkins with the crime.

Jenkins posted a $5,000 bond and left the Ada County Jail after being arrested Tuesday. A preliminary hearing on the case is scheduled for March 10.

The maximum possible penalty for a felony injury to child is 10 years in prison.

Pink, thank you so very much for sending me to his site.  He is an incredible man.

This is from the Idaho Statesman. It is a "user comment" that follows the article. ::MonkeyShocked::

Replying to skippinalong (July, 27 1:37 PM):
"I agree they need to issue an Amber Alert!!! Also why would responsible parents allow an 8 year old to walk unsupervised to a party at a "un-known friends" house? This all stinks to me, the whole thing.":
The boy is my neighbor. He only stays there in the summer, with his mother and step father. Good kid, great manners. And, YES, there is much that has yet to be told which doth stink.

 http://www.idahostatesman.com/273/story/846836.html?commentSort=TimeStampDescending&pageNum=2&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container (http://www.idahostatesman.com/273/story/846836.html?commentSort=TimeStampDescending&pageNum=2&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container)

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Search intensifies for missing 8-year-old
More than 100 volunteers join effort; no evidence of foul play
BY KATY MOELLER - kmoeller@idahostatesman.com
Copyright: © 2009 Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/28/09

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Darin Oswald / Idaho Statesman
Teams of volunteers join with Boise police Monday in searching for Robert Manwill, missing since Friday night in the area of South Vista in Boise. Officials said the boy could hide in a very small space if he wanted to. "Act like you're looking for a lost baseball," Officer Will Reimers told the volunteers.

ELSEWHERE
Video: Press conference about search for 8-year-old Robert Manville
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Why no Amber Alert?
Amber Alerts get information about abducted children quickly into the hands of media outlets, law enforcement agencies and even highway departments that operate electronic billboards.

The U.S. Department of Justice has some rules, though, about when such an alert can be issued:

- There has to be a "reasonable belief" the child was abducted.

- Police have to believe the child is in "imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death."

- There is enough descriptive information about the victim and the abduction that it will be helpful to release it.

- The child is 17 years or younger.

Have you seen Robert Manwill?
Police are asking anyone with information to call or e-mail them with anything that could help:

- (208) 570-6457

- findrobert@cityofboise.org

Pam Yancey skipped her hair appointment Monday afternoon when a pair of plainclothes FBI agents showed up at her Oak Park Village apartment in Boise.

Yancey answered questions, filled out a questionnaire and let the men search her apartment and her car. It was the third time since Friday that law enforcement officials had come knocking, and the second time she let them search her apartment.

She said she didn't mind because scores of local and federal police officers and hundreds of volunteers are conducting an unprecedented search for an 8-year-old boy who has been missing since Friday night.

"I just hope they find the kid," Yancey said.

Boise police say family and others last saw Robert Manwill on a playground at the apartment complex where his mother lives. He went missing between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, according to Deputy Chief Jim Kerns. Police say there is no evidence of foul play.

The complex is about a half-mile north of Interstate 84, just off of bustling Vista Avenue. It's near the strip mall on Vista that has a liquor store and the Willowcreek Grill, and has three entrances - on Cherry Lane, Targhee Street and Shoshone Street.

Cars were stopped on Vista Avenue on Friday night so police could talk to motorists about whether they'd seen the missing boy. Two motorists complained to the Boise Community Ombudsman Pierce Murphy that the checkpoints were too intrusive.

Byron Ryals was dismayed when the officer asked for his driver's license and called in his license plate.

"I've never been through a checkpoint like this, where I was shaken down," said Ryals, 80, noting that the 40-minute wait meant his wife didn't get her medication on time that night.

The police department underscored the gravity of the situation Monday.

"This is the most important investigation that we have had in a long time," Boise police Chief Michael Masterson said at a press conference Monday.

Kerns said he's been with the Boise Police Department for 27 years and doesn't remember another child going missing for this long. The department took 154 missing-child reports last year and 86 through June this year - and most are quickly resolved. The department said it filed within a few hours of the report the paperwork for an Amber Alert - a fast and wide-ranging notice designed to find abducted children - but it didn't meet the necessary criteria, including a reasonable belief that an abduction has occurred.

Police are investigating about 75 tips received since Friday. An Oak Park pond was drained, but no evidence found.

Initial reports indicated that the boy may have gone to a birthday party, but police have since said they found no evidence of a party.

The search area expanded Monday and police asked for public help in the hopes that someone might find the boy in one of the many "nooks and crannies" in or near his neighborhood. Police urged residents to look for any place a boy might hide - under bushes, in cars or garages.

"The family has said that he likes to sneak around and crawl in little places. He's an inquisitive little kid," said police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower.

From an Idaho National Guard helicopter, police scanned the New York Canal and nearby railroad tracks and pools. Police interviewed sex offenders registered in the area.

About 126 volunteers from the community teamed up with police officers for a ground search of public areas starting about noon Monday. The search teams were looking beyond the half-mile radius from the apartment where the boy was staying with his mom to about 1 mile away, Boise police Lt. Michael Majors said. A similar police-volunteer effort focused on the inner circle Sunday.

Robert lives with his father in New Plymouth, but was visiting his mother and her family Friday, police said.

Another ground search will be conducted Tuesday, Majors said. He praised Idaho Mountain Search & Rescue Unit coordinating volunteers who showed up to help.

The search-and-rescue workers also responded to a police request for search dogs Saturday and Monday. Spokesman Rick Thompson said they were air-scent dogs; such dogs are good for finding missing people in avalanche debris. A second request seeks tracking dogs, which are trained to hone in on specific scents.

Boise residents Sherry Blanchard and Debbie Pew weren't part of the official search Monday, but they were out in the Oak Park neighborhood with fliers in hand to search for the boy. They looked under trees and bushes as they walked near the Oak Park apartments.

"It's just heartbreaking," Blanchard said.

The pair said they - along with a team of Boise police officers - had already looked in an abandoned house for the boy.
[url] http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/847786.html?commentSort=TimeStampDescending&pageNum=1/url]

Quote from local in comment section:
http://www.2news.tv/news/local/51696977.html#idc-ctools (http://www.2news.tv/news/local/51696977.html#idc-ctools)

Quote by Concerned_GMA:


Robert was not at his father's house, Chuck Manwill, he was at his mother's house, Melissa Jenkins, on visitation who has limited visitation when he went missing. His mom's BF let Robert go outside alone and noticed him missing around 9 to 9:30. No one knows who the BF is. Robert's father & Stepmom has custody of him.

I think this is why LE asked Chuck not to speak anymore.

My prayers for Robert's safe return.

Day 3 Search For Missing Boise Boy Comes Up Empty
Updated: July 27, 2009 11:26 PM

A search for a missing 8 year-old boy is entering its fourth day Tuesday morning, and despite following over 70 leads police still have found no sign of Robert Manwill.

"This is the most important investigation we have had in a long time", says Police Chief Michael Masterson.

The investigation into the disappearance of eight year old Robert Manwill is more than 72 hours old at this point. Family members reported Robert missing late Friday night from a playground at their apartment complex. Hundreds of volunteers along with police have gone door to door searching for the eight year old boy but nothing has turned up.

"Our hope is to find Robert today and we are very hopeful that will be the outcome", says Deputy Chief Jim Kerns.

Police along with over one hundred volunteers have searched the neighborhood every day expanding the perimeter by a half mile each day. The search also hit the air on Monday. Police still have no idea where Robert is or why he disappeared.

Crews finished draining a pond near the boy's apartment Monday but came up with no signs of the 8-year-old. They've also interviewed residents in the apartment complex a second time as they try to narrow down a possible timeline. They also sent out another plea to the public for help. "Please check area's around your home the sheds garages, abandoned vehicles any place were a little boy might hide," Kerns said at an evening media briefing.

Investigators also questioned sex offenders in the area. The Idaho Sex Offender Registry shows there are 71 registered sex offenders with in a mile of his home.

"We are not ready to say that Robert was abducted we don't not have any indication that Robert was abducted", Kerns said early Monday.

In the meantime family members still holding out hope Robert will be found safe and sound.

"we want you to keep your eye's and ears open pay attention to every little detail and look for robert and bring him home," Robert's Aunt Tricia Burrill said Monday night.

The search will be expanded out to a mile and half radius on Tuesday. Police are not looking for anymore volunteers to help.

 If you have any information on the whereabouts of 8-year-old Robert Manwill call the police tip line, 570-6457 or email findrobert@cityofboise.org.

http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10790517&nav=menu536_9_7_1

From the sister of Roberts Bio Dad's New Wife - Afton Manwill:

The instance of Robert asking to go to a party was true but he had asked earlier in the day from the way I understand it. The mothers boyfriend had let robert go out to play sometime around seven while his mother was at work. Around nine to nine thirty it was noticed that Robert was gone. Why he was out playing by himself I JUST CAN NOT UNDERSTAND!! I have two sons of my own one is 9 and one just turned 5 on saturday. I NEVER let them go ANYWHERE unattended with the exception of my yard. Now I can't verify that all of what I have been told as true but this is the story to the best of my knowledge. My sister and Robert's father have primary custody of Robert while his mother has limited visitation. Her visitation was revoked a while ago until she completed some time in lock up and several hours of parenting/anger management classes for the fracture in her infants skull.

Mellisa had only limited visitation and robert was at her house durring one of her visitation times.

http://www.helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15748&page=6

Originally Posted by annalyzer 
Are there any other children at the mother's home besides Robert when he visits? In other words where is the baby that Melissa was charged with injuring?
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Posted by Doitlaynstyle
Charged and convicted. I just want that known. The baby is back in the custody of Melissa.post 73
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15748&page=8

Charged with a felony for causing a SKULL fracture to her infant child, pleaded it down, served 30 days total and the baby is back to her with a few months. WTF is wrong with our system???

There is a case in the crimes forum about a mom with known mental problems that chopped up and ate her baby...a baby that never should have been in her care!!

Who is protecting these children because clearly the family around them and the government agencies in place to protect them are NOT doing anything to protect them.

I am praying for Robert, that he is safe and found quickly.

I fear that mom or the step-dad (boyfriend) did something awful to this child or one of the many SO's in the area snatched him from the playground where he was playing for hours unsupervised and has done something awful to him.

I am just heartsick and disgusted.

http://www.idahopress.com/news/?id=25073
The search goes on for missing Boise boy Robert Manwill
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Tabitha Keily
tkeily@idahopress.com
Updated 6 hours 53 minutes ago
Tues., July 28, 2009
BOISE — After chasing more than 50 leads, Boise investigators say they still don't know the whereabouts of Robert Manwill, an 8-year-old who went missing Friday night.

Teams volunteers and police, including about 20 agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have combed the Boise area for Manwill, who was last seen about 9:30 p.m. Friday night in the 2800 block of Cherry Lane.

Family told police he may have been headed to a party at an unknown friend's house.

Detectives have created a tip phone line and e-mail for people to report any information they may have about Manwill's location. Police hope that as area residents return home from a busy weekend, more people could provide information.

Boise Police Department detectives said there is no indication Manwill was abducted. Since there is no evidence of abduction, police have limited the search to the Boise area.
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Clint Matthews, left, of Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue, and other members of the unit remove a tent and barriers from the command center Monday evening as they wrap up a day of searching for Robert Manwill, 8, of Boise, near his home on Cherry Lane. More than 125 civilian volunteers are expected to continue the search for Manwill today.
Greg Kreller/IPT
Robert Manwill tip line, e-mail

Anyone with information about Robert

Manwill's whereabouts can either:

    * Call the tip line: 570-6457
    * Call Crime Stoppers: 343-COPS
    * E-mail: findrobert@cityofboise.org

Have you seen this boy?

Police say 8-year-old Robert Manwill is 4 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 50 pounds. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, black shoes and a either a blue shirt with the Superman or Spiderman symbol on it, or a brown shirt that had the words "Andy don't need no mic" on it.

Boise, Idaho -- The search continues for 8-year-old Robert Manwill.

Family members were the last to see Manwill as he walked out of his Boise Apartment Friday. Boise Police are now saying they've never dealt with a case like this, and they're now very concerned for Manwill's safety. Up until this point, they haven't really said that.

Because of his age and the time he's been missing, 72 hours, they're now very concerned for his safety. As of Monday, the standing pond that is in Manwill's apartment complex, has been drained and there's no sign of him in there. They've also skimmed any standing water or canals in the area.

Police have also been in contact with any registered sex offenders in the area. They're really not telling us if they've got any good leads from them. However, they have told us they've gotten over 75 leads, but whether that means actual legitimate leads they're not saying.

Manwill's aunt, who is acting as a family spokesperson, had this to say at Monday's press conference:

"We want you to keep your eyes open, and your ears open we want you to pay attention to every detail and look for Robert look for him and bring him home that is our main goal. "

We have been told by the Boise Police that all of his family are in the area. Along with over 20 FBI agents, the Air National Guard is also offering its services. They've had helicopters combing the area around Manwill's apartment complex.




http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/story.asp?S=10800341&nav=menu439_2

http://www.2news.tv/home/ondemand/15768972.html

Suppose to be a presser shortly. I will take notes. You can watch live at link.

Crib notes from presser:

Day 4 - Robert is still missing.
Their single focus is finding Robert.
Appreciates all the family support and the family from out of town who are making the trip to Boise daily.
Team ADAM and the FBI are involved.
New Investigators are arriving daily.
Community has been actively involved and thanked them for being so.
100 Volunteers turning out daily to help the search, local businesses donating supplies and such to help support.
100 new leads. They can't discuss the leads because of the nature of the investigation.
They have contacted and interviewed over 100 SO's.
House to house checks will continue.
Often rechecking and re-interviewing is done, so if you see them checking an area again that they checked before or if they re-interview someone, they are just doing what they do in the normal course of retracing steps.
They mentioned they are concerned for Robert's safety. It has been too long.
Asks the community to check their property and all nooks and crannies for Robert. Also to download his poster at boisepolice.org and hang it whenever they can to help get his picture out there.

They are focusing on the timeline.
He was reported missing just after 10 p.m. to LE.
Police are asking all parents to question their children about any contact they may have had with Robert on Friday and if they have had contact, call the tipline. They want to document his movements for the day.

11:44 AM MDT on Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Edgar Linares/KTVB

Robert Manwill went missing Friday night.

BOISE -- Hundreds of police and volunteers are once again spread out across a wide area of the Boise Bench today hoping to find a missing boy.

Eight-year-old Robert Manwill has been missing since Friday night.

At this morning's briefing, Boise Police gave us an update on what Robert was wearing.

He has on faded blue T-shirt, with a Superman logo. He was also wearing blue jeans and dark sneakers.

Police told us there is no evidence of an abduction and family members continue to fly in from across the country for support.

We talked with volunteers from Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue. U sually they're looking for missing people in the mountains, but this week they're helping track Robert in the city.

"In the mountains our usual response may be 16 people," said George Gunn, Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue. "Again we'll have volunteers that will show up for a wilderness search. But here we had over 100 people that wanted to walk the streets and help look for this young man."

Search manager George Gunn says the role they're playing in Robert's search is volunteer organizer.

They're checking people in and making sure the same people sign out.

A small, but important role on an otherwise large search.

Gunn says searching for a person in the city has its own challenges compared to combing a mountain side.

"One of the big challenges with urban situation is this is a clue rich environment. There's all sorts of stuff and information out there that has to be sifted through.  Finding a candy wrapper here in the city it's hard to determine if it's associated with the young man or not," said Gunn.

Gunn says he and his volunteers will stay helping with the search until police no longer need them.

Today more than 100 volunteers are helping in teams -- they will go out with officers.

The search has expanded to a mile-and-a-half radius.

Police want people to know that anyone can print out fliers to hand out to the public and encourage them to do so.

Click on this link to download or print a flyer.

If you've seen anything or have any information about Robert's disappearance call the tipline at 570-6457. It is staffed 24 hours a day.


http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jul2809-volunteers_missing_boy.85a06217.html

I am so worried about Robert.  When he wasn't found in a few hours or even by morning, it's just had me checking back here and checking the news to see if he's been found.  This is very, very bad.  I pray for his safe return. 

Boise police are working Tuesday to recreate a detailed timeline of what Robert Manwill did on Friday — the day the 8-year-old disappeared and sparked a more than three-day intensive search in his neighborhood around south Vista Boulevard in Southwest Boise.

Police now say the boy was last seen wearing a faded blue T-short with a Superman logo, blue jeans and dark tennis shoes. He went missing from a playground at his mother's apartment complex near the intersection of Vista and Targee Street — about half a mile from Interstate 84 and even closer to the New York Canal.

Police, FBI agents and more than 100 volunteers have scoured the neighborhood, looking for nooks and crannies where the boy may have hid — including tiny places where a small boy could tuck himself.

"Act like you're looking for a lost baseball," Officer Will Reimers told a group of volunteer searchers Monday.

"The family has said that he likes to sneak around and crawl in little places. He's an inquisitive little kid," said police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower.

Robert lives with his father in New Plymouth, but was visiting his mother and her family Friday, police said.

Police stopped traffic and searched nearby homes over the weekend. They have interviewed more than 100 registered sex offenders living nearby and chased 100 leads — none of which have panned out.

From an Idaho National Guard helicopter, police scanned the New York Canal and nearby railroad tracks and pools. A pond near the apartment complex was drained and searched.

Police have set up a dedicated tip line and e-mail address: 208-570-6457 and findrobert@cityofboise.org.

The family has thanked the more than 100 volunteers for their aid. But police said Tuesday they no longer need people to offer up their help in the search — although they still want anyone living in the area to take an extra close look at any place in and around their property the boy may be hidden.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/848190.html

I am worried too Muffy. I am not feeling a happy ending for this little one although I pray their will be one and I that my feeling is wrong.

I so want to be wrong. I want Robert home safe and sound and back with his Daddy.

INFO FROM WS
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87061&page=4

From impatientredhead at WS: Okay, looked up the father of the 8 month old who may or may not be the current boyfriend. He has a battery, probation violation, grand theft auto, two burglaries, fraud by bounced check, and some petty stuff from when he was younger. He is Jr and Sr has a bunch of financial civil cases so the money ones are bit harder to sort out. But he sounds like a real winner.

He also has a sealed case just like Melissa.

O/T - can someone help me find the articles about the cleaning lady from NJ (I think) that was murdered on the 8th floor of a building?  Not too long ago.  Sorry for O/T but her story has haunted me and I wanted to follow up.

http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=5643.0

for sister

http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=5643.0

Hope you didn't have lunch yet. It's grim details, hon.

FROM WS
Daniel Ehrlick Jr is the father of the 8 month old according the child support payable to foster care case.

There is an attachment at the link, but I can't open it.
http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87061&page=4


~~~~~~~~~
my note: we do not know the name of the current BF ... it may not be the named man above.
This is getting complicated....

Fact sheet, Monday, July 27th, 2009, 7:00 p.m.

Find Robert Tip Line: 570-6457 or findrobert@cityofboise.org

Robert is being considered an endangered missing child, and has been since he was reported missing, because of his age and the length of time he’s been away from home.

Leads:

Up to approx 75 leads that investigators are following. At this time, because of the nature of the leads, details of those leads cannot be disclosed. However, citizens are encouraged to continue to provide any information, including sightings of Robert beginning Friday morning, July 24th.

Assisting Agencies:

Because of the importance of this investigation, investigators from national law enforcement and missing children’s associations, and several local, Treasure Valley law enforcement agencies are helping Boise PD in the search and investigation including; FBI, National center for Missing and Exploited Children – Team Adam, Ada County and Canyon County Sheriff’s Offices, Meridian, Garden City, Idaho State Police, officers with the Treasure Valley Metro Violent Crimes task Force.

House to House Search:

More than 40 officers assisted today with the house to house search. That search in the immediate area of Robert’s disappearance is continuing.

Volunteers:

126 Volunteers coordinated by Boise Police, with assistance from Idaho Mountain Search & Rescue. Search & Rescue helped check in and coordinate, identify, and sign in volunteers.

At this time, no additional volunteers are needed. Same group of 120 + volunteers will continue their grid search tomorrow (Tuesday)

Volunteer search went in a grid ½ mile to one mile from child’s residence. Searched railroad tracks, around the New York canal, culverts near I-84, area shopping centers, sidewalks and neighborhood streets.

Volunteers were split into 9 groups, each with an officer assigned to assist them. Ten Boise Police officers are assigned to help with the volunteer search effort.

Volunteers include a wide variety of community members, from retired folks, to parents with children, to teenagers wanting to help.

Volunteers are looking for anything that would help identify where Robert is or has been, possibly items of clothing or personal affects. Volunteers are searching only public areas. If they find anything that may be of importance, they contact a police officer, who evaluates it for possible evidence.

Sunday, July 26th, volunteers search the public areas from the child’s apartment residence to ½ mile out.

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children recommends searching public areas up to one-mile from where the child was reported missing, so at this time, the volunteer search has gone beyond that.

The volunteer search effort will continue tomorrow, Tuesday, July 28th.

Helicopter Search:

An Idaho Army National Guard helicopter conducted an aerial search of the area, searching for a different perspective from the air, looking over an area where an 8 year old boy might walk or wander from his home.

Pond Search:

Boise City Public Works assisted with draining the large pond in the apartment complex. Investigators searched the mud bottom of the empty pond and found no evidence of Robert.

Registered Sex Offenders:

Officers are continuing to interview registered sex offenders in the area of Robert’s disappearance.

Missing Child Reports made to Boise Police:

2008 – 154
Jan 1 thru June 30, 2009 – 86
Some of those reports turned into runaway reports. All other missing child reports were resolved, typically within few hours, some with the public’s help following a media release.

Amber Alert:

Please log onto http://www.amberalert.gov/guidelines.htm
Please read and understand what the Amber Alert is, it’s goals and objectives. The Amber Alert is for confirmed child abductions. Confirmed child abductions are rare and unique from an investigative perspective. They rely on urgency and suspect information to get the publics attention.

Background:

Robert was reported missing to Boise Police approx 9:30 p.m., Friday, July 24th.

A family member and a neighbor tell police he was last seen in his apartment complex on the 2800 blk of Cherry Lane, southwest of Vista and Overland in Boise. The exact time of where Robert was last seen is still being investigated. Robert was visiting his mother, her husband and family when he was reported missing. Robert typically lives with his father, his wife and family in New Plymouth.

Robert's Description: Robert Manwill is 8 years old, roughly 4'2, weighing approximately 50 lbs. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, black shoes and a either a blue shirt with the superman or spiderman symbol on it, or a brown shirt that had the words "Andy don't need no mic" on it.

The first news release was issued by Boise Police Saturday morning at 4:45 a.m.. Although there was no evidence of foul play at that time, officers were, and still are very concerned for Robert’s safety based on his age and the length of time he had been away from home.

What Can People Do:

A missing person flyer is available to download at www.boisepolice.org. Citizens are welcome to print and post the flyer in appropriate area.

Anyone with any information about Robert, or who may Find Robert Tip Line: 570-6457 or findrobert@cityofboise.org
http://www.cityofboise.org/

Thanks Nutt and Pink, yes, I had read before.  I was hoping for an update on her murderer.

It may not be the father. She has been divorced at least twice.

She may not be with the baby daddy.

The above "fact sheet" from the police says he was visiting his mother, her husband and family.

I assume then she is married to Mr. Jenkins???

Thank you PinkAngel for all of you hard work on this and so many other cases!

I too am worried that this small child will not make it home to his daddy.  It bothers me Robert was left in the boyfriend/husbands care while Melissa was a work.  This individual's name has not been released to the public. He is not on the news pleading for Robert's safe return. No one can cofirm if he was Robert's step-father or some fly-by-night boyfriend.  I am worried he did something to Robert and had a few hours to cover it up.   ::MonkeyNoNo::

 ::MonkeyNoNo::What Moron would give this baby back to it's mother? I am so pssd right now! What a flippin joke that is. I bet if the media had followed through and updated the case till the end the public would have put pressure on the DA and she would not have gotten that baby back!!!

She pleaded the same month she was charged. Was a misdemeanor "injury to a child" instead of felony child abuse (with a sentence of up to 10 years)

She served 30 days, 2 years probation, took some parenting classes and it's July, just a few months later and she has the baby back already.

Wonderful system protecting the children isn't it? Poor poor babies.

I ranted a page or two back, you must have missed it. ;)

http://videos.idahostatesman.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=5306307&item_in%20dex=1&all=1&sort=NULL  (http://videos.idahostatesman.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=5306307&item_in%20dex=1&all=1&sort=NULL)

In the above presser for the 27th, I think the man standing with Melissa (frame starting at 1:00)
must be the stepdad. I am gonna go out on a limb here but my hinkymeter is flying high while watching his body movements!! He looks like he is "aggravated" or "miffed" to be there during the presser almost like he has better things to be doing. Melissa does look somewhat distraught.
 I think when it is all said and done Melissa and "stepdad" are going to be the ones responsible for this child's disappearance.  JMO-Already, she didn't have custody of Robert and then she is arrested for injuring her other baby-I see a pattern!!! There had to be a really good reason why she did not have full custody of Robert.

I hope I am wrong, but  I think this stinks to high heaven and CPS definitely did not do it's job regarding these two children.  ::MonkeyNoNo:: :smt013

Welcome burkieandemmie, can I call you bande for short? ;)

That is my worry also, that either him or mom may have did something awful to Robert. They haven't named him or confirmed in any articles. Although he is mentioned as being Melissa's "husband" in the LE fact sheet above I posted.

I have been praying since I started the thread and slept very little. Not only Robert has me worried, Lindsey, Haleigh, Amber and all the others have me worried.

This is a worse pandemic than any FLU. Our children are being stolen, murdered and abused and little is being done to protect them.

It makes me sick to my stomach and angry as mother wolf wanting to protect her cubs.

I did see your rant and feel exactly the same way. This system is crap, I swear the people working at CPS must be there just to eat there lunch! I mean did they even read the case files? Negligance at it's finest....

Thanks for the link to the idaho court cases where you can search by name. That was very interesting. It looks like several "babies daddys" have been involved with Melissa. ::MonkeyShocked::

My Hinky Meter busted a spring on page 1  ::MonkeyNoNo::

Yup, mine too. The nine thirty at night and the party put mine on full tilt.

Please be okay, little one.

 ::MonkeyAngel::

Praying that he he is found before nightfall.

Search and rescue scans I-84 for missing Boise boy


Story Updated: Jul 28, 2009 at 7:25 PM MDT
By Jen Wahl
Video

BOISE - They'll go wherever and whenever they're needed.

On Tuesday, Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue teams were deployed to the dangerous sidelines along the I-84 to search for missing eight-year-old Robert Manwill.

Jerry Newland, president of Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue, says it's the behind the scenes work that allows his crews to get out in the field and dig for clues.

"They're searching the sides of the roadways along the Interstate, where Boise Police didn't want people out in the untrained area," Newland said.

The search and rescue teams are all volunteers with expert training in large scale operations like the search for Robert.

Newland is one of the brains behind the new electronic command post. He says staff members track dozens of volunteers who check in and out throughout the day.

Then they enter the information into an electronic database, where they keep track of every community volunteer and the field crews.

Newland says even though Manwill has been missing for four days now, they're still not giving up hope.

Police have set up a special phone line and e-mail address to make it easy for anyone who to contact them with information: (208) 570-6457 - and findrobert@cityofboise.org.

http://www.2news.tv/news/51941952.html

Bless all the angels out searching day after day for this little guy.

Search for missing Boise boy, Robert Manwill, will continue Wednesday
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/28/09

Boise police say they will resume their grid search for missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill Wednesday.

The family, through Robert's aunt, Trish Burrill, called for continued community support in the search.

"Anyone who has Robert in their heart is invited to wear a green ribbon upside down until Robert is found," she said.

Boise police worked Tuesday to recreate a detailed timeline of what Robert Manwill did on Friday — the day the 8-year-old disappeared and sparked a more than three-day intensive search in his neighborhood around south Vista Boulevard in Southwest Boise.

Police now say the boy was last seen wearing a faded blue T-shirt with a Superman logo, blue jeans and dark tennis shoes. He went missing from his mother's apartment complex near the intersection of Vista and Targee Street — about half a mile from Interstate 84 and even closer to the New York Canal.

Police, FBI agents and more than 100 volunteers have scoured the neighborhood, looking for nooks and crannies where the boy may have hidden — including tiny places where a small boy could tuck himself.

"Act like you're looking for a lost baseball," Officer Will Reimers told a group of volunteer searchers Monday.

"The family has said that he likes to sneak around and crawl in little places. He's an inquisitive little kid," said police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower.

Robert lives with his father in New Plymouth, but was visiting his mother and her family Friday, police said.

Police stopped traffic and searched nearby homes over the weekend. They have interviewed more than 100 registered sex offenders living nearby and chased 100 leads — none of which have panned out.

From an Idaho National Guard helicopter, police scanned the New York Canal and nearby railroad tracks and pools. A pond near the apartment complex was drained and searched.

Police have set up a dedicated tip line and e-mail address: 208-570-6457 and findrobert@cityofboise.org.

The family has thanked the more than 100 volunteers for their aid. But police said Tuesday they no longer need people to offer up their help in the search — although they still want anyone living in the area to take an extra close look at any place in and around their property the boy may be hidden.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/848190.html?commentSort=TimeStampDescending&pageNum=1

7 p.m. press conference:

Comments from Deputy Chief Jim Kerns of the Boise Police Department:

Standing with me is Robert Manwill’s family. They are here to show their love for Robert and their support for our efforts to find him. They come from the Treasure Valley, and some from as far away as New Mexico. We thank them for being with us tonight under these very difficult circumstances.

8 year old Robert Manwill is still missing tonight , after an intensive four-day search that has involved… not only dozens of police investigators and support staff… but hundreds of Boise citizens.

This has also been an intensive four days for representatives of our local media.
Before we get into our update on todays search and investigation, I have to take a moment to thank all the members of our local Treasure Valley media….You’ve helped tremendously in our efforts by sharing Robert’s story, sharing with the community our efforts to find him, and for making so many aware that Robert is missing and how everyone can help. We thank media members for e-mailing us questions in advance of this press briefing so we can address them. Thank you for your time and respecting the time of the investigators.

There’s a poster of Robert on the Boise Police web site that citizens are downloading and posting around town. We also have several new images of Robert posted at www.boisepolice.org. As you can see from those pictures, he’s a handsome young man with a shy smile. We have one focus … finding Robert.

Dozens and dozens of volunteers have spent the past three days out in the hot sun searching for any sign of Robert. Dozens more have called the Boise Police Department asking how they can help. And we know that citizens have been checking their garages, their backyards and parked cars searching for Robert.

We have some of the best investigators in the country here in Boise working on this case.
Citizens are calling dispatch thinking they may have seen Robert in a park or on a street. We are responding to every one of those sightings.
We have yet to find Robert. But we’re hopeful.

We’ve had many questions today from media about the nature of the leads… who have we talked to… what can we say about certain people. We understand you have those questions and have the right to ask them. But we want you to understand, it’s the very nature of police investigations, that until the case is concluded… in this case… until we find Robert… specifics and details of this very active, ongoing, priority investigation cannot be released.

What I can say, is after four days of round-the-clock investigation, detectives have a lot of information and are following dozens of leads.

Our system of justice demands we focus on evidence. Our investigative experience tells us we cannot jump to conclusions. Right now this is about finding Robert…where ever he is.

Until Robert is found, every lead in any direction is being worked. Nothing is being discounted, everything is being scrutinized.

Moving onto the search today…

Today, approx. 40 officers continued their house to house search, talking to anyone who may have seen Robert. Specifically, the officers are, not only looking for evidence, but still trying to determine a timeline of Robert’s activities on the day he disappeared.

More than a dozen Registered Sex Offenders were contacted and questioned today. More than 100 Registered Sex Offenders within a 2-mile radius of where Robert disappeared have been questioned at least once by detectives.

Some 120 Volunteers continued their grid search… today focusing on several square blocks…. from Shoshone on the west… the New York canal to the south... Columbus on the east… and to Nez Perce on the north. Some of the areas searched today have been searched once… but investigators felt needed to be looked over again. Volunteers from Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue searched along the Interstate 84 between Broadway and Orchard.

The dedication and commitment of the volunteers… some of whom have been searching in the hot sun for 3 days now… is absolutely inspiring. Here at Boise Police, we had dozens more calls from citizens who wanted to help. To be sure we preserved anything a volunteer might find that may be of interest... and to be sure volunteers were safe and educated on how to conduct a proper and thorough search, the number of volunteers was kept to the size needed for the task at hand.

There have been questions from media as to why the volunteers aren’t searching longer, even when some would like to. First of all, we recognize these volunteers are just that – volunteering their time. They come from all walks of life, are taking time out of their lives and jobs to help us. We also realize what they are searching for….evidence…evidence of a little boy that may indicate where he’s been…where he is… or what’s happened. Should a volunteer come across evidence, that item must be carefully examined, documented and preserved.

Each day, following the volunteer effort, the search has to be evaluated and progress documented. Right now, we have ten Boise Police officers assigned full time to help with the volunteer search. That’s an intensive commitment that we feel in necessary.

We turned to our partners who have expertise conducting volunteer searches… locally that’s the Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue team. We also utilize expertise from Team Adam, from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who are here in Boise with us… and to members of the FBI, from their Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team. The FBI “CARD” team as they’re known, bring us national experts in searching for and investigating a missing child. The expertise of all these resources has been called upon by the Boise Police Department to help direct us and manage the search effort.

Any volunteer effort must be organized and managed carefully to be effective.

We thank those leading and directing the search… and especially those who have volunteered your time.

Since Sunday, the volunteers have helped us cover one square mile around the location where Robert disappeared…

We also appreciate all those who wish they could have been out here helping search for Robert. We don’t know what direction this investigation may lead. If we need additional volunteers, we will again turn to our community. Those of you who are helping us with thoughts and prayers… your efforts too are also greatly appreciated.

Also, we’ve had questions on how helpful other agencies have been to Boise PD.

I don’t know how to answer that excect to say – invaluable.

Every local police agency in this valley has – to some degree – dropped what they were working on to help in the search for Robert.

Officers from other local, state and federal agencies are pounding the pavement… doing interviews… making phone calls… doing what they do best… hoping to find this little boy.

The FBI has been tremendous. What citizens may not know is… the FBI is required to offer their services when any person of tender age – that means 12 years old or younger… is reported missing.

In this case, Boise Police called the FBI for their assistance and expertise very early in the investigation. We have a long standing and close partnership here in Boise with our federal colleagues.

But I can tell you, more than two dozen FBI agents and staff are in Boise looking for Robert – not because they have to – but because they want to be here. FBI agents are working side by side with Boise Police and other officers.

And they bring invaluable experience. Sadly, Robert is not the only missing child in the country. FBI resources bring to Boise experience, manpower, and brainpower.

So is Team Adam from the National Center for Missing and Exploiting Children. They too bring national resources, experience, and a genuine desire to help find Robert.

Having said that… getting back to leads… we still believe Robert is in Boise. At this time, we have no evidence he’s out of this area.

We’re still hopeful we’ll find Robert. We have the help of his family, our community, and of numerous law enforcement experts.

Media has also asked… what’s next… what happens if nothing turns up. That’s a fair question. But at this point, we are focusing on today and tomorrow… and we are still hopeful.

Leads continue to come in. Volunteers will continue their search efforts. Robert is very much alive in our thoughts and prayers.

Again – our investigative focus remains in Boise. Leads coming in have been numerous. Investigators are digging into every and all possible directions.

Remember the Find Robert Tip Line - 570-6457 or findrobert@cityofboise.org or Find Robert, PO Box 500, Boise ID 83701.

For tips of information coming from outside the Boise area, please call the toll-free number set up by the National center for Missing and Exploited Children - 1-800-THE LOST.

And thank you again to the citizens of Boise, the Treasure Valley, and other communities in Idaho. Thanks to the media, Robert has become a familiar face, a topic at family dinner tables, and a discussion around workplace water coolers.

We thank you all for your thoughts… prayers… and we will continue to keep the media and public updated as best we can this investigation continues.

I have faith in the Boise LE. They are doing a wonderful job trying to find this little guy. They called in all the right people, they are doing a proper organized ground search and they are keeping the media and Robert's community updated daily.

They are keeping the leads close to the chest but I can tell by the professionalism that they are looking at everyone in this child's life and anyone outside of this child's life as the evidence leads them. They are looking at all known sex offenders in the area. They are following up on tips coming in through Robert's tipline.

I pray their professionalism and expertise pays off and Robert is found safely and soon.

Tonight is the fifth night little Robert has not slept in his bed. It breaks my heart.

Five nights are five nights too many Robert has been missing!  I am praying he will be found by morning. 

OT...PinkAngel please feel free to call me bande. 8-)
I agree too many children are missing.  This is an epidemic that must stop!!!   

I started candle for Robert.  Every child deserves a candle.  Robert is listed under the group *rob m*.  His link is listed below.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=rob%20m

Trail of tragedy follows family of missing 8-year-old
In the hunt for Robert Manwill, an anguished family legacy emerges.

BY PATRICK ORR AND CYNTHIA SEWELL

Published: 07/29/09
 
Photo provided by Boise Police
Robert Manwill


"Anyone who has Robert in their heart is invited to wear a green ribbon upside down until Robert is found," said Trisha Burrill, the boy's aunt, Tuesday.

On the fifth day of an exhaustive search for a missing Boise boy, court documents revealed a family tale of abuse, tragedy and more.

Robert Manwill's mother is on probation for fracturing the skull of Robert's infant half brother, a boy the state removed from her custody.

Robert's mother's boyfriend has been convicted of burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia, and is banned by the courts from being alone with Robert's half sister.

Robert's father, meanwhile, has already lost a son. In 1993, his first wife stabbed their 4-year-old boy in the chest. She spent 10 years in a federal prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

Boise police won't talk about the family or the details contained in the court documents.

The family has declined to comment except for brief statements by Robert's aunt. But police have repeatedly said they have no suspect - or even evidence to believe there is one - in Robert's Friday night disappearance at the mother's Boise Bench apartment, and have no evidence of any foul play.

"We've had questions from the media ... who we have talked to,what can we say about certain people," Boise police Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said Tuesday. "It's the very nature of police investigations that until the case is concluded - in this case, until we find Robert - specifics and details of this very active priority investigation cannot be released."

Police say the family is cooperating fully.

"We have a single focus - that's to find Robert ... he's an 8-year-old little guy and he needs our help," Kerns said. "We remain hopeful we are going to find Robert."

Here's what the court records say:

ROBERT'S MOM

Melissa Scott Jenkins pleaded guilty in March to a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child, after an October 2008 incident that left her infant son with a fractured skull.

According to court records, Jenkins "did willfully inflict" the wound "by striking the child's head on a surface, causing a fracture to the child's skull," on Oct. 19, 2008. She was sentenced to 29 days of work release, fined $75.50 and put on probation for two years.

In February, at least, the child was still in the care of the state Department of Health and Welfare, court documents said.

Jenkins, reached by phone Tuesday, declined comment and directed inquiries to Trisha Burrill, the boy's aunt who has spoken on the family's behalf.

Burrill, flanked by Jenkins and several other family members, addressed a group of reporters Tuesday night while clutching Robert's teddy bear.

"We are a joined family at this time in this crisis," Burrill said. "We are acting as one, with one goal in mind. To bring Robert back."

HER BOYFRIEND

Daniel Edward Ehrlick - Jenkins' boyfriend and the father of her infant son - has served time in Idaho prisons and faced multiple charges.

An April 2008 court document outlining Jenkins' visitation rights with her 2 Ý-year-old daughter states that the girl shall never be left "alone with Danny Ehrlick." The document does not say why.

Ehrlick, too, attended press conferences with the family.

ROBERT'S DAD

Robert Manwill's father, Charles Manwill, has had custody of the boy since January 2008, according to court records.

The records show Jenkins was admitted to the hospital that month for early pregnancy complications and was unable to care for Robert, who has lived with his dad in New Plymouth ever since. Jenkins has visitation rights, and the boy was visiting her the night he disappeared.

Almost 15 years earlier, Manwill was an officer at Fort Polk Military Base in Louisiana, in his early 20s and married to a woman named Silke Fatma Manwill.

In November 1993, according to federal court documents and Louisiana newspaper reports, Silke Manwill "upon sudden quarrel and in the heat of passion" stabbed their 4-year-old son, Michael, in the chest.

She was charged with first-degree murder; that charge was dropped when she pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

She served 10 years in federal prison and was released in 2002, federal documents show. Her sentence included five more years of supervised release.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/848900.html (http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/848900.html)

Thank you Burkieandemme, what a beautiful sentiment!! ::MonkeyAngel::

7/28/09 Nancy Grace Transcripts:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0907/28/ng.01.html

**snipped**
CASAREZ: Let us go straight out to Boise, Idaho. Live with us Natalie Hurst, a reporter for CNN affiliate, KBCI. Give us the basic facts and where are we now.

NATALIE HURST, REPORTER, CNN AFFILIATE KBCI: All right. Well, here`s where we are right now. Still, no sign of Robert anywhere. People are still looking, not giving up hope. It is another glorious night here in the Treasure Valley where the temperatures remain above 90 degrees, so the overnight lows are really not that bad. Hovering around 65 to 67 degrees so you remain hopeful that perhaps he`s wandered off and that he is OK somewhere.

But again, still, no sign. He`s been missing since Friday. Wandered off around 10:00, 11:00 p.m. is the official word from Boise Police. Hasn`t been seen since then.

CASAREZ: Where was he at 10:00 or 11:00 p.m.?

HURST: Well, here`s the deal. Boise Police say that like a typical 8- year-old, he was very inquisitive, always loves to explore. He told his mom, hey, I want to go to a birthday party, it`s Friday night. And mom said, well, no. You can`t. You got to stick around. Somewhere between when mom said no, little Robert Manwill took off. Now whether he went out the door and then, well, managed to just go miles from here or just a half mile, that`s what`s under question right now.

CASAREZ: Very quickly to.

HURST: Where did he go?

CASAREZ: I`m sorry. Go ahead.

HURST: I just was going to say that, you know, where he did go from there? That`s the big question. Little boy, 8-year-old, wants to go a birthday party. And from there, in one knows.

CASAREZ: To Greg Hahn, reporter, "Iowa Statesman," they have looked into registered sex offenders in the area? Very quickly.

GREG HAHN, EDITOR, IDAHO STATESMAN; COVERING STORY (via phone): Yes. They have interviewed about 100 they said this morning. And there -- we had seen about 75 who lived really, you know -- within about a mile of the area. It`s a fairly urban, dense area. It`s not surprising that there were a lot of sex offenders.

CASAREZ: All right. Everyone in the Idaho area, Robert Manwill. Find this beautiful little 8-year-old boy.

Tonight we are on the search for Nancy Grace`s number one fan. Send us an e-mail or iReport telling us why you are Nancy`s number one fan. The best admissions will air on the show and you could win an autographed copy of Nancy`s new novel, "The Eleventh Victim." Plus a chance to win a trip to New York City to meet Nancy. Get your video cameras and e-mails ready and go to CNN.com/Nancygrace.

We`ll be right back.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This investigation continues to go in many different directions. And because of the very nature of police investigations right now we`re not prepared to discuss the leads the investigators are taking. But we remain hopeful at this time that we`re going to find Robert.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

CASAREZ: Jean Casarez of the legal network "In Session" in for Nancy Grace tonight.

To Natalie Hurst, reporter of CNN affiliate, KBCI, can you describe for us what little Robert was wearing, the last time he was seen?

HURST: Sure, you know, we just got a new description of him. He was last wearing a faded blue t-shirt and just like a typical 8-year-old, get this, he was wearing a Spider-man design blue jeans and dark tennis shoes.

CASAREZ: OK. All right. That`s a very good description. We want to show everybody, we`ve got a map of registered sex offenders in the area.

To Marc Klass, president and founder of KlaasKids Foundation, an Amber Alert could not happen in this case because the requirements were not met. Your thoughts on that?

MARC KLAAS, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, KLAASKIDS FOUNDATION (via phone): Well, my thoughts were very simple, Jean. The Amber Alert requirements should be guidelines. They shouldn`t be chiseled in stone.

We`re seeing time after time, cases where Amber Alerts should be activated but because one of the criteria seems not to have been met, they`re not activated. I think what we need to do with Amber Alerts in that country is put that process in the hands of the local authorities, the authorities that we are willing to give guns to protect us but not willing to let -- activate Amber Alerts to bring little children home.

If we were to do that, I think we would not create "cry wolf" scenarios but instead we would probably recover many more children much more quickly than is being done now.

CASAREZ: All right. Marc Klaas, good words.

bande, that article just makes me cry for the children. :(

We knew most of it before the paper published it, but to see it laid out like that. ::shakes head:: those poor babies.

Thanks for the candle for Robert. I am off to light one and say a prayer for our little buddy.

Mark Klaas is a smart man.

My son, when he was 17 was the designated driver and taking his friends home from a party one night. He doesn't drink but likes to make sure his friends that do, get home ok. He is pulled over and he didn't know it but his friend had an open bottle tucked in his jacket.

Because my son was the driver, he also got charged with "open container."

We contacted a lawyer and he said that open container is a hard one to fight because their is little to "plead down" to. It's a traffic ticket but because of the under 21 laws in IL, it's not just a simple fine for young people. He said he would represent my son but odds are my son would still be found "guilty", even without drinking or having knowledge of the booze being in the car. He wanted a three grand retainer. My son wound up choosing the public defender. LOL

He got a $2500 fine that included court costs, lost his license for 3 months, 1 year of court supervision and had to attend 3 months of outpatient "treatment". (which cost him a pretty penny)


She beats an infants head against a table, causes a skull fracture and gets 29 days work release, $75 buck fine and two years probation.


Our court system sucks.

 

Yep!

So there is three baby daddies:

Charles Manwill for Robert Manwill
Raymond Sohms for little girl (who seems to be in foster care still, per court documents regarding the state seeking child support from both parents)
Daniel Ehrlick Jr for Aidan Ehrlick (skull fracture) who may or not be in foster care still.

Yes it does!  Until children are viewed more than just objects for ownership I am afraid this will never change. 

O/T from Robert but it shows that little boys do wander off... I am hoping Robert gets such a happy ending.


Missing Boy Found Miles Away On Train
Boy Rides Train 52 Miles Riding Between Train Cars

POSTED: 6:55 am CDT July 29, 2009
UPDATED: 12:23 pm CDT July 29, 2009

POLO, Mo. -- Seven-year-old Colton Smith rode a train more than 50 miles in between train cars, leading his family scrambling to find the missing boy.

Colton has ambition to work on the railroad and plenty of toy trains. However, his family never expected the boy to end up on a train by himself.

When Colton went missing Saturday morning, Colton's mother Heather Smith thought he had gone to a friend's house. When he wasn't found on his block, the mother started to worry.

The family started an all-out search and eventually got the help of police, friends and even K-9 units from a nearby prison. The search team searched the railroad tracks, too.

"And I'm thinking 'Oh no, something tells me he got on one of those trains,'" Heather said.

A few hours later, the family discovered Colton rode on the couplings between to rail cars for 52 miles to Chula, Mo. The train traveled at speeds of up to 45 mph.

"After I found out he rode on the couplings, I was really shocked," Dakota, Colton's older brother, said.

When the train stopped in Chula, sheriff's officials said, Colton walked to a nearby house. The house happened to be owned by a woman who works as a first-responder. Officials said Colton did not require any medical attention.

Heather said she is convinced someone was watching over Colton, and based on how he described his experience, she said she is pretty sure it's the last time Colton will be testing fate on a freight train.

"I asked him, I said, 'Did you have fun?'" Heather said. "And he says, 'No, I hated it. It was scary.'"

Dakota said he doesn't quite get his little brother's obsession with trains, despite his own obsession with skateboarding.

"One day he liked tornadoes and the next day he was just the biggest fan of trains I've ever seen," Dakota said.

Hundreds of volunteers sought for Manwill search

02:35 PM MDT on Wednesday, July 29, 2009

KTVB.COM

BOISE - The Boise Police Department is ready to mount a large-scale search for missing Robert Manwill, and is asking for a big push of community volunteers Friday.

Three 3-hour shifts are being set up - and officers are hoping 700-1,000 volunteers will turn out and help scour an area on the Boise Bench near where Manwill went missing.

"The Boise Police Department is asking for volunteers to help us in a one day push to find Robert," BPD Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said. "This will allow the BPD to put in place a massive strucuture to handle the... volunteers"

Kerns also says a better timeline is coming together regaurding Manwill's whereabouts, after more than 5,000 man hours and hundreds of volunteer hours.

Police continue to refuse to answer media questions - and it is unclear why crews are waiting until Friday for the large-scale effort.

Manwill went missing Friday, and was last seen near his Boise apartment complex in the area of Targee and Vista in Boise. Since that time, crews have scoured the area looking for the boy. He is 4' 2" tall, weighs 50 Lbs and has short brown hair.

If you would like to volunteer, you are asked to show up at one of three locations - South Junior High at 805 Shoshone, Garfield Elementary at Broadway Ave. and Boise Ave. or the Hillcrest Branch of the Boise Public Library at Overland Rd. and Orchard St.

The three shifts will begin at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Volunteers may work more than one shift if they choose. Those showing up are asked to be prepared to walk, and should bring sunscreen and water. Dogs and small children should be left at home. Businesses are being asked to volunteer workers as well.

Kerns says they are not sure how far the search will stretch - that will be determined by the number of volunteers that show up.

"Our top priority is to find Robert, even when other significant events are happening in our city," Kerns said.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/stories/ktvbn-jul2909-manwill_search.8b5d3310.html

Thanks bande. I posted it on facebook and tweeted the information to all the followers on Nevaeh's twitter and asked them to retweet.

I hope they get a huge turnout and this little one is found.

Lov, thanks for the NG transcript. It looks like Nancy will be covering it again tonight. Unless it's 24/7 MJ and Casey Anthony.



Police looking for up to 1,000 volunteers for massive search


Story Updated: Jul 29, 2009 at 2:38 PM MDT
By KBCI Web Staff

BOISE - Authorities are asking the public's help this Friday in an orchestrated massive search for missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill.

Police said at a Wednesday afternoon press conference that they're seeking up to 1,000 volunteers for the search on Friday.

"This is a one day push," said Jim Kerns, Boise Police deputy chief. "The time is now for new volunteers."

Manwill has been missing now for five days. He was last seen on Friday.

"Robert is still missing," Kerns said. "(The effort to find him) is a tremendous committment to the citizens of this city."

The Friday search will be operated at three spots in Boise.

Search locations:

# South Jr. High - 805 Shoshone Street
# Garfield Elementary - 1914 S Broadway Avenue
# Boise Public Library - Hillcrest Branch - 5246 W Overland Road

Volunteer Criteria:

# Must be 18 years old (bring ID)
# No dogs or children
# Shifts are in three-hour blocks (9 a.m., noon, 3 p.m.)
# Bring water, sunscreen and good walking shoes.

http://www.2news.tv/news/local/52013247.html

Search for missing Boise boy: You can help look for Robert on Friday
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/29/09

The Boise police are looking for 500 to 1,000 people — or more — to perform the most exhaustive search yet for Robert Manwill, the 8-year-old boy who disappeared from his mother's Boise apartment complex Friday night.

The massive one-day search will be on Friday, and anyone over 18 can participate:

— Three-hour shifts will start at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Friday.

— Meet at one on three places: Garfield Elementary, South Junior High and the Hillcrest branch library.

— You must be 18 or older, with a photo ID.

— Bring: Sturdy shoes, one to two quarts of water, sunscreen a hat and sunglasses, a snack and a cell phone, if possible.

— No bikes, strollers or pets.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/849570.html

JVM will be discussing this case tonight.

Nancy Grace is also covering Robert tonight.

Family members of missing boy have criminal histories

05:45 PM MDT on Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Ysabel Bilbao/KTVB

BOISE -- The search in Boise for a missing 8-year-old boy continues to expand.

Robert Manwill lives with his father in New Plymouth most of the year but is spending the summer with his mother in Boise.

While we have seen Robert's mother and her boyfriend at many of the news conferences, we know very little about them.

Many of the adults in Robert's life have a criminal history.

Police won't address the family's issues telling us they are focused on finding this missing child.

But court records obtained by NewsChannel 7 say Robert's mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins, was charged with felony injury to a child in October 2008.  She later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.

The documents say Jenkins hit her 9-month-old son's head on a surface.

The infant suffered a fractured skull that caused not only physical pain, but mental suffering as well.

The mother's boyfriend, Daniel Edward Ehrlick, is the father of the infant.

Ehrlick has a criminal history including burglary and has served time in prison.

According to sealed documents obtained by the Idaho Statesman, during a visitation hearing for Jenkins' two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Jenkins stated she did not want her boyfriend, Ehrlick alone with her daugther. The reason she said that was not stated.

[me - was he molesting her? why didn't she want Ehrlick alone with her daughter?]

Robert's father, Charles Manwill, has had custody of Robert since January of 2008.

According to the Statesman, a former wife served 10 years in prison for the voluntary manslaughter of the couple's 4-year-old son, an incident that happened 15 years ago while he was stationed on a military base in Louisiana.

The Statesman uncovered federal court documents saying "upon sudden quarrel and in the heat of passion" Silke Manwill stabbed the child in the chest.

There is discussion and debate on whether this information is relevant since police have not charged anyone with a crime at this time.

Family members have been attending daily news conferences assisting police in the search.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jul2909-missing_boy_family.8c056ada.html

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110415278671

Facebook group for Robert started by someone in Boise.

Are Boise LE taking a good look at the mom and boyfriend?

It just seems really suspicious to me that the mother has priors for child abuse and now her 8 year old son is missing.

On NG someone called in and commented that it's not normal for an 8 year old to be out at 9:30 PM by himself and I agree. Some facts in this case are really suspicious.

I hope this little boy comes home.

I imagine LE wanted to keep the focus on finding Robert and investigate Mom and boyfriend behind the scenes, maybe trying to make sure they do everything by the book to insure a conviction of those responsible....

I don't mean to sound negative but I do not feel like this is going to turn out like we would hope, JMO. I would love to be proved wrong! I can't stop thinking about this beautiful boy and all he has possibly endured in 8 years. This case has really taken a hold of me being a mom of two boys.

Seeing all the dedication and compassion of many of the monkeys here gives me hope that we can make a difference somehow in what this world has come to.

Hello Tina Bee!

I am certain Boise LE are looking very carefully at these two individuals. 

BOISE POLICE EXPANDING MANWILL SEARCH
ASKING FOR MORE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS

• The Boise Police Department is asking for citizens to volunteer in an expanded one-day foot search Friday, July 31st, for missing 8-year old Robert Manwill. Businesses and service organizations, along with individual residents are encouraged to help in this community wide effort, divided into three three-hour periods.

• Volunteers can show up at one of three locations:

 Garfield Elementary (1914 S Broadway Ave)
 South Junior High (805 Shoshone St)
 Hillcrest Branch Library (5246 W Overland Road)

• Citizens can show up at 9:00 a.m, 12:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. at any of the locations to work three hour shifts. People can volunteer for more than one shift.

• Volunteers NEED to be 18-years or older, they must bring a photo ID and are asked to bring the following items:

 Sturdy shoes (hiking boots, high top tennis shoes)
 One to two quarts of water
 Sunscreen, a hat and sunglasses
 A snack(s)
 A cell phone (if possible, not mandatory)

• Please DO NOT bring bicycles, strollers or pets.

• Be prepared to walk some distance.

• 500-1,000 volunteers are anticipated, but there is no limit to the number of volunteers.

 

 

Fact sheet, Wednesday, July 29th, 2009, 2:00 p.m.

Find Robert Tip Line: 570-6457 or findrobert@cityofboise.org

Robert is being considered an endangered missing child, and has been since he was reported missing, because of his age and the length of time he’s been away from home.

Robert's Description: Robert Manwill is 8 years old, roughly 4'2, weighing approximately 50 lbs. dark brown hair, brown eyes.

Updated Clothing description: Robert was last known to be wearing a faded blue t-shirt with a Superman design, blue jeans and dark tennis shoes.

Robert was reportedly last seen sometime Friday evening, July 24th, around the Oak Park apartment complex 2800 W. Cherry, near Vista and Targee. Reported missing to Boise Police at 10:11 p.m. Friday night.

So far, no evidence of an abduction.

Robert’s family is continuing to cooperate with investigators. New family members have arrived from around the country for support.

What Can People Do:

Community members are being urged to volunteers for a one day massive search effort, friday, July 31st. See information posted above.

A missing person flyer is available to download at www.boisepolice.org. Citizens are welcome to print and post the flyer in appropriate area.

Family members say Robert is like many 8 year old boys, he's inquisitive and likes to explore. Residents are asked to search their garages, backyards, any area that may be accessible to a child. If something out of the ordinary is found, please call the Find Robert Tip Line: 570-6457.

Anyone with any information about Robert, or who may Find Robert Tip Line: 570-6457 or findrobert@cityofboise.org.

Investigation:

Today, approx. 40 officers continued their house to house search, talking to anyone who may have seen Robert. Specifically, the officers are, not only looking for evidence, but still trying to determine a timeline of Robert’s activities on the day he disappeared.

More than 120 Registered Sex Offenders within a 2-mile radius of where Robert disappeared have been questioned at least once by detectives.

Leads:

The Find Robert Tip Line has become more active. More than 125 leads have been received and are being actively followed. Citizens are encouraged to continue to provide any information, including sightings of Robert beginning Friday morning, July 24th.

These leads from citizens are greatly appreciated and underscore the concern the entire community has for this missing little boy.

There are many questions about the nature of the leads detectives are following. We understand the public has those questions and has the right to ask them. But we hope folks understand, it’s the very nature of police investigations, that until the case is conclude, in this case, until we find Robert… specifics and details of this very active, ongoing, priority investigation cannot be released.

Until Robert is found, every lead in any direction is being worked. Nothing is being discounted, everything is being scrutinized.

Volunteers:

Approx 35 Volunteers continued their grid search today, being coordinated by Boise Police and experts from the Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue. Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue volunteers have been a terrific help to this investigation.

Today, members of the Red Cross were also on scene at the volunteer check in area, at Vista & Targee, providing volunteers water and assistance. They're help too is greatly appreciated by Boise Police.

Thursday, July 30, there will NOT be a volunteer search. Volunteers are being given a day off to recoup, and organizers need the day to prepare for Friday's large effort

Volunteers have been looking for anything that would help identify where Robert is or has been, possibly items of clothing or personal affects. Volunteers are searching only public areas. If they find anything that may be of importance, they contact a police officer, who evaluates it for possible evidence.






Praying Robert is found today.

i just wanted to comment that i am very impressed by the LE in this case.  I feel very confident that they are doing the best they can to find Robert.  I wish this was how the police responded in the Lindsey Baum case..

On another note...

I am very disturbed by the abusive family life robert had to endure.  it makes me sick.  there is no way that the first time the mother abused a child was when she fractured his younger brother's skull... i used to work for CPS and i will say that it is very frustrating to try to ensure the welfare of children in their homes when the laws are made to protect the parents rights... i think the mother and her boyfriend need to be given poly's asap..ugh.

PinkAngel- Thank you for posting tomorrow search information on Twitter.   I hope they hope everyone in the Boise area volunteers.

Hello Cartfly!  I agree all the dedication and compassion that is shown by every monkeys is insipiring. 

I am so sorry for mess up the quote boxes.   ::MonkeyNoNo::


Sunshine 12-I agree, I am glad LE is keeping the focus on finding Robert.  When the focus is on an 8-year old missing little boy, everystone will be unturned to find him.

I agree.
I see all the comments on the Idaho newspaper sites about how BPD is handling this case. Why have the parents not been given a polygraph, why are they not looking at the parents? That the parents know where Robert is...etc.

Trust me. The police are looking HARD at everyone in young Robert's life. They may very well have taken or refused polygraph tests. They may very well be suspects number one BUT the BPD is not letting the public know and saying "no comment" when it's asked questions about the family.

They don't want to talk about the parents because of the fact that talking about the parents takes the public focus off of Robert (where it needs to be) and puts it on the parents. (which does nothing to help FIND Robert.)

If they were to arrest the parents or whoever they may or may not suspect BEFORE Robert is found, the chances of finding Robert then become even smaller. Once a suspect lawyers up, they are not telling what may or may not have happened to Robert.

If they let the suspect roam and give them a sense of security, while keeping them under a watchful eye and ear...they may slip up and give a clue to what happened or where Robert may be.

just my opinion

Missing boy's dad grateful for all the public support

05:13 PM MDT on Thursday, July 30, 2009

Scott Evans/KTVB

Deren Martinez-KTVB

Charles Manwill thanked the public, law enforcement and the National Guard for all their help in trying to find his son Robert.

BOISE -- The National Guard is now involved in the search for 8-year-old Robert Manwill who has been missing for six days.

And for the first time today Robert’s father speaks out publically about the search for his son.

"My heart goes out to the community for all the help we have received in the search for my lost son. I also want to thank the Boise Police Department for their tireless effort, the FBI and my brothers in the National Guard, they're family men, family women, they want to bring this boy home, that all that matters to us at this point," said Charles Manwill, Robert’s father.

Manwill went missing Friday, and was last seen near his Boise apartment complex in the area of Targee and Vista Avenue in Boise. Since that time, crews have scoured the area looking for the boy. He is 4-foot-2, weighs 50 pounds, and has short brown hair.

Today is the first day since the search began that citizens didn't go out and search, but that doesn't mean people weren't out searching.

Between last night and today, 135 men and women from the Idaho National Guard and the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security searched for Robert.

Lt. Col. Tim Narsano with the Idaho National Guard says they add a skill set that the general public doesn't necessarily have.

We’re also told that 75 police officers are going to be leading Friday's massive search. That’s on top of the other officers and detectives working behind the scenes.

Here are the details of Friday's public search for Robert:

- Three 3-hour shifts are being set up - and officers are hoping 700 to 1,000 volunteers will turn out and help scour an area on the Boise Bench near where Robert went missing.

- If you would like to volunteer, you are asked to show up at one of three locations - South Junior High at 805 Shoshone, Garfield Elementary at Broadway and Boise avenues or the Hillcrest Branch of the Boise Public Library at Overland Road and Orchard Street.

- You must be 18 years or older and have ID to prove it.  Also, this is a search by foot, so they're asking you wear sturdy shoes, bring water and sunscreen. Police ask that you not bring bicycles, strollers or pets.

- The three shifts will begin at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Volunteers may work more than one shift if they choose. Those showing up are asked to be prepared to walk, and should bring sunscreen and water. Dogs and small children should be left at home. Businesses are being asked to volunteer workers as well.

Police are not sure how far the search will stretch - that will be determined by the number of volunteers that show up.

Ribbons for Robert

KTVB

An effort is underway to make green ribbons for all the people helping in the search for Robert Manwill.

Meanwhile, one Boise woman is taking on a large effort as well.

A couple of days ago we talked to Devon Jacobson, who's been making green ribbons to show support for Robert Manwill.

Today, she's trying to make more ribbons for all the volunteers who will help look for the boy Friday.

"My new goal is to have at least a thousand by tomorrow morning when volunteers start to show up for this big, massive search. I mean if somebody wants to come down here with me and sit on a blanket and tie ribbons and put pins on that would be great as well," said Jacobson.

Jacobson says she needs more supplies and more help.

She plans on being at Targee and Vista Friday with all the ribbons made.


http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jul3009-manwill_dad.91078c8c.html

New Plymouth holds out hope Robert will come home

07/30/2009 05:08 PM MDT

Ysabel Bilbao/KTVB

KTVB

Robert Manwill attended class at New Plymouth Elementary School.

NEW PLYMOUTH -- Robert Manwill had just completed the second grade at New Plymouth Elementary School.

NewsChannel 7 talked to Robert's teacher today about the 8-year-old boy that so many people are desperately trying to find.

Christy Morales has been in education for 17 years and never had one of her students go missing.

She is now active in helping with the efforts to find Robert.

"You open up a dumpster and you see a tennis shoe or you go, we were up by the railroad tracks and we saw blankets and stuff and it's a heart stop moment when you think oh, you know he could be there or something could be there," said Morales.

She didn't want to finish her sentence there because Mrs. Morales, as she was known to Robert and the rest of his class, is hopeful search efforts will find the child.

Robert had only been at the school for a year after recently moving in with his father.

Morales describes Robert has a kind, loving child who was smart.

A mother herself, she worries about being alone and vulnerable, and hopes he would be able to defend himself in a tough situation.

"My kids say why are you sighing, and I am like, 'I am just thinking about Robert and praying for Robert and wondering where he is,'" said Morales. "No matter how it looks, miracles can happen, so we are hopeful."

She remains hopeful that Robert will walk into his 3rd grade classroom next month.

The school's principal along with New Plymouth's mayor are calling the town to action.

They are asking anyone over 18 to meet at the elementary school at 1:15 p.m. Friday.

School busses and others willing to carpool will then travel to Boise to help with the massive search for Robert.

The goal from this small town of 1,400 people is to have 200 volunteers.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/canyoncounty/ktvbn-jul3009-new_plymouth.91167eb1.html

so sad......

Pink Let us and everyone Pray for Robert

This poor child has a family of  ::MonkeyEek:: issues and horrible pasts ..

May he not become another boy/male/child lost within the Media ..like Adji.
Missing Boys are not the same in the eye of Media, it is sad but true.

Let him be found quickly and returned Safely. 
I am praying for him. Little guy has been through enough in 8 yrs.

 :smt049

Massive Volunteer Search For 8-Year Old Boy

Posted: July 30, 2009 07:22 PM

Updated: July 30, 2009 07:22 PM

For six days search crews have combed Boise streets looking for Robert Manwill and tonight, on the eve of an unprecedented volunteer effort, he remains missing.

75 police officers will put their efforts to coordinate 3 massive volunteer search groups.

Police from all over the Treasure Valley are asking anyone and everyone to dedicate their time tomorrow to find the missing 8-year old boy.

Taking a deep breath and fighting back tears, Robert's father thanked everyone for helping the family look for his son.

"My heart goes out to the community for all the help and support we've received and the search for my lost son," said Robert's father Charles Manwill.

As Robert's family stood strong, they said they don't want the public to concentrate on the family's troubled past. Instead they should have only one thing on their minds.

"We do not know why people think any of this, matters. We are asking everyone to stay focused on our target on hand and that's to bring Robert home," said Robert's Aunt Trisha Burrill.

Even the Boise Police Department spoke about their dedication in finding Robert.

Detectives are working around the clock, trying to follow more than 200 leads.

That's why they're asking everyone to take the search seriously.

"This investigation is not a TV show, it's not an episode of Law & Order that ends in 60 minutes," said the Boise Police Deputy Chief Jim Kerns.

On Friday the effort will intensify as police will get ready to coordinate one of the biggest searches they've had in a while.

"Wear a green ribbon, wear a green shirt to show support that we're trying to find Robert," said Burrill.

Volunteers for Friday's search can show up at any of 3 different locations: Garfield Elementary, South Junior High School, or the Hillcrest Library.

They can start showing up from 9am, Noon, or 3 in the afternoon.

http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10822942

Idaho National Guard Join Search For Missing Boy

BOISE, IDAHO--

Members of the Idaho National Guard and Bureau of Homeland Security map out their locations in the search of missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill. Guardsmen and women canvassed remote areas looking for clues that could possible lead them to Robert.

"We have personnel out there that are scouts, they are trained in looking for things that the untrained eye may not see", says Lt. Col. Tim Marsano.

They checked fields and garbage bins hoping to find a trace of the young boy missing now for 6 days.

"We're looking for items of interest that may not have been uncovered", Marsano said.

At the day six briefing Police and Guardsmen would not comment on what lead them to begin looking in this direction but National Guard officials say they are equipped for the job and can provide more resources in the quest to find the 8-year-old boy who vanished from home.

"We know that area, we work out there, we drive those roads everyday do we can see things maybe the average person couldn't", says Marsano.

The Idaho National Guard says they will be apart of the search efforts for as long as they are needed.

http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10822929

CANVAS INSTRUCTIONS FOR CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS Friday, July 31st

The Boise Police Department and local law enforcement is grateful for your willingness to volunteer in assisting us with an area canvas. The purpose of this canvas is to locate Robert Manwill.

Instructions:

1 - Each of you will be assigned to a search team led by a police officer, sheriff deputy or probation officer. It is imperative you follow the direction of your officer.

2- You will only search public areas, ie, roadways, parks, sidewalks, canal banks, etc.

3- You will not enter private property.

4- We are specifically looking for Robert Manwill or items that may lead to his location. Items of clothing or personal effects especially.

5- When you locate something you believe may be of interest, you are to notify the officer leading your team. Please do not touch or otherwise disturb the item.

6- If you are uncertain how to proceed, ask for direction from your team officer.

7- You will be issued an orange safety vest to be worn while searching,.

8- It is imperative you sign in and sign out during the period of time you are on a search team. This is to be accomplished at the location you registered. You will surrender your orange vest at that time.

9- You may participate in more than one search period, but this will still require you to sign in again, and be reassigned to a search team and reissued a safety vest.

Comments from Deputy Chief Jim Kerns of the Boise Police Department, 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 30th media briefing:

Good afternoon, I’m Deputy Chief of Police Jim Kerns from the Boise Police Department.

With me today, again, is Robert’s family. We appreciate their continued support. Robert’s picture is posted around our police department and our internal search command centers. Robert continues to inspire us all, and again, that’s why we’re here today, to update our efforts to find Robert Manwill.

Also with me today is Lt. Colonel Tim Marsano of the Idaho National Guard.

First today, let me update you on our public search.

Citizen volunteers took the day off from searching today, but we had more than 60 volunteers from the Idaho National Guard out searching today, and more than 50 Guard volunteers last night.

These guardsmen have not been officially activated, they are volunteering their time and their expertise. Last night and today they’ve been searching outlaying areas looking for any sign of Robert. As you can imagine, they work with military precision and efficiency. We’re happy to have the Idaho National Guard as part of our public search team. We’ll hear from Lt. Colonel Marsano in a few moments.

Let me also say, and I want to make this very understandable to media and the public.

The public search that includes hundreds of volunteers is very visible… but I assure you, only the tip of the iceburg of our efforts to find Robert.

This investigation is not a TV show, not a episode of Law and Order that ends in 60-minutes, not meant for public entertainment.

This is an intensive investigation that is taking place in dozens of locations at any given time, involving dozens and dozens of some of the best local, state, and federal investigators, who do their work without TV cameras and microphones in front of them.

In fact, just the opposite. Because of the very nature of police investigations, so leads aren’t compromised, so detectives can talk to people without the glare of TV cameras, detectives are working around the clock and following the more than 200 leads that have come in through our Find Robert Tip Line. The investigators focus is finding Robert.

Again, I have to thank the FBI, our local supervisory agent Jon Morton, his boss Scott Cruse, the local federal agents who we work with almost every day, to the extensive resources brought into Boise from literally all over the country.

Those faces and resources are something you won’t see on TV. But they’re working tirelessly. I know I speak for, not only the men and women of the Boise Police Department, but all the citizens of Boise, when I tell these people who have come to our city under the most stressful of circumstances, thank you for being here to help us find this little boy.

Now more on tomorrow’s volunteer search…

The volunteers we’ve had up to this time have done amazing work. They’ve completed an intense search of approx. one-mile of public areas surrounding the apartment complex where Robert was last seen.

It’s time in the investigation to broaden out.

Our call is for anyone and everyone in the community who can work, even for a three-hour shift, to come out and help tomorrow.

Something else I have to make very clear.

Any volunteer search effort must be organized to be effective. The way the search is set up tomorrow, volunteers will come to one of three locations. They’ll be assigned in groups and each group will have a police officer leading and assisting them.

Safety of our citizens is very important. Please take note of the requirements for searchers, they’re posted at www.boisepolice.org. Wear proper clothing, shoes, hats and sunscreen. Bring water. Don’t bring pets and small children, you must be over 18 and bring your legal ID. Be prepared to walk a significant distance.

Volunteers from our local Red Cross as well as safety officers from the Boise Fire Department will be assisting with volunteer safety, as will Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue crews.

75 officers will be assigned tomorrow JUST to this massive volunteer search. Again – this does not include the number of officers who will continue following investigative leads, this is 75 officers just for the volunteer search.

And they come from all over the valley, Boise Police, Meridian, Garden City, and Idaho State Police, as well as Ada County Sheriff’s Deputies.

Planning for this search has been extensive. In advance, we ask people’s patience. It may take awhile to get all the volunteers who show up checked-in, but any wait we have will only be because so many in our community want to help.

Robert has found his way into all our hearts.

With that, let me introduce Lt. Colonel Tim Marsano of the Idaho National Guard.

Tim is in uniform but he represents dozens of volunteers from the guard today who, while not activated or on duty, gave their time to the search for finding Robert – Tim…

Lt. Col. Tim Marsano comments

Let me again thank the family members of Robert Manwill who have continued to stand with us, Robert’s Aunt, Trish Burrill.

Trish’s comments.

Robert’s father speaks (father’s wife, Robert’s step mom was standing behind him)

Finally – let me reiterate something I hope you can see is very clear.

This is the middle of day- six that Robert has been missing. Yet the search for him is as active and intense today as it was in the hours after the initial report was made.

We ask our community to keep Robert in your prayers, keep the investigators, who are sacrificing time with their own families, in your prayers, and give us all the strength to keep looking until we find this little boy.

I came across this in a comment section at the Boise Idaho Statesman someone left and I really liked it. I thought I would share:

Posted by HolPollol on July 30 10:11 AM

"I will go and join the search for Robert. If later we find that one of these family members were involved, I will search for them, too..."

[url] http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/850011.html?pageNum=5&&&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container/url]

Amen, Deenie.

Little boys are rarely afforded the media attention little girls are and if you are a child of color...you are afforded even less. It's not right or fair.

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=rob%20m

Lighting a candle and saying a prayer for Robert and for all the searchers out there looking for him overnight and all day tomorrow.

Let this little one be found.

Police search home of Manwill's mother

11:15 PM MDT on Thursday, July 30, 2009

KTVB

A crime lab worker loads items taken from the home of Robert Manwill's mother into a van late Thursday night.

BOISE - Police investigators are currently searching the apartment of the mother of a boy who went missing nearly a week ago.

Officers began searching the home of Robert's Manwill's mother - Melissa Scott Jenkins - just after 8 p.m. Thursday night.

Boise Police spokesperson Lynn Hightower was tight-lipped, and would only say the search is "another step in the investigation."

Police tape has been strung up around the area, and residents are being told police may be in the area for some time.

Reporter Scott Evans says that cabinets and drawers were being taken from the home, among other items. A woman with "crime lab" on her uniform was seen removing boxes of items from the home while wearing gloves - and loading the boxes into a van on scene.

Ada County Dispatchers initially said there was nothing going on at the apartment complex, but our crews on the scene confirmed otherwise.

A large-scale search is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Friday, and is will still go forward according to Hightower. Details here. Police say they hope these developments will not tamp down support for the search, and they say the search is still an important part of finding Manwill.

Police have not identified anyone as a suspect in the case, nor have they given any indication of wrongdoing.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jul2909-manwill_home.92506db4.html

Police searching Manwill's mom's apartment
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/30/09

Late Thursday night, Boise police blocked off areas around the apartment complex on Cherry Lane off Vista Avenue where Robert Manwill's mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins, lives. Police would not comment on the nature of the investigation, but about a dozen officers, including K-9s, were searching the apartment.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/851381.html

Police search home of Manwill's mother

12:42 AM MDT on Friday, July 31, 2009

BOISE - Police investigators are currently searching the apartment of the mother of a boy who went missing nearly a week ago.

Officers began searching the home of Robert's Manwill's mother - Melissa Scott Jenkins - just after 8 p.m. Thursday night.

Boise Police spokesperson Lynn Hightower was tight-lipped, and would only say the search is "another step in the investigation."

Police tape has been strung up around the area, and residents are being told police may be in the area for some time.

Reporter Scott Evans says that cabinets and drawers were being taken from the home, among other items. A woman with "crime lab" on her uniform was seen removing boxes of items from the home while wearing gloves - and loading the boxes into a van on scene.

Canine dogs were also seen at the complex.

A vehicle was also towed from the scene just after 12:30 a.m. Friday morning. The car was removed in coordination with police and FBI officials.

A large-scale search is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Friday, and is will still go forward according to Hightower. Details here.

Police say they hope these developments will not tamp down support for the search, and they say the search is still an important part of finding Manwill.

Police have not identified anyone as a suspect in the case, nor have they given any indication of wrongdoing.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jul2909-manwill_home.92506db4.html

video of scene:
http://www.ktvb.com/video/index.html?nvid=385213

::MonkeyEek:: ::MonkeyEek:: ::MonkeyEek:: ::MonkeyEek:: ::MonkeyEek::
Thanks Pink!!
Whoa, I wish this had been done earlier in the week. But sounds like something major is going on considering the "time of night" they went in to do this.

Police search boy’s mother’s apartment

Bryan Dooley
bdooley@idahopress.com
Updated 34 minutes ago

BOISE — Boise police took new action in the search for missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill late Thursday night by searching the boy's mother's apartment, according to witnesses at the scene.

Police tape blocked off the apartment complex near the intersection of West Cherry Lane and Shoshone Street.

Neighbors said they saw investigators removing items from the apartment of Melissa Scott Jenkins. The boy had been staying at Jenkins' apartment before he went missing Friday evening, police said.


Stephanie Whittington, who lives in the complex, said officers had been coming downstairs carrying paper bags.

"I don't know what was in them," she said.

Emilee Jones, who was at the scene, said the investigators were dressed in sterile-type clothing — hair nets, gloves and booties — and carried boxes and bags. She added that some carried blankets upstairs toward Jenkins' apartment.

Just before midnight, a group of investigators from the Boise Police Department and the FBI remained at the scene. The Idaho Statesman reported earlier this week that Jenkins is on probation for fracturing the skull of the boy's infant half brother, who was removed from her custody by the state.

Boise police officials have stressed that they have no suspects and provided few details about what took place Thursday night.

"There's another investigative step being taken tonight," spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said.

Hightower said she could not provide any further information, but that the massive volunteer search effort planned for today is still scheduled to take place.

Officials have asked anyone who is able to help search for Manwill today.

http://www.idahopress.com/news/?2009-07-31-Search-for-missing-boy-continues

Police search Manwill's mom's apartment late Thursday night
Friday's search will go on as planned, police say
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/31/09

A law enforcement officer carries two paper bags from the apartment of Melissa Scott Jenkins, the mother of missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill, to a van during a search of Jenkins' apartment late Thursday night.
 
A search dog named "Kiwi" searches the grounds of the Oak Park Village Apartments late Thursday night, where where 8-year-old Robert Manwill went missing last week. The handlers of "Kiwi" wouldn't answer questions about their activities at the complex.

Boise police and other law enforcement officials searched the apartment where 8-year-old Robert Manwill’s mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins, lives late Thursday night.

Police said they could not comment on the nature of the investigation, but about a dozen officers, including K-9s, were searching the apartment off Vista Avenue and the surrounding area. Forensic investigators also were involved.

The late-night investigation won’t affect the massive search planned for Friday, police officials said.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/851381.html

I am sure they looked casually through the house the first night. In order to do a forensic search and remove stuff, they need probable cause and they need a warrant. They must have both now.

They took away a vehicle too.

I am sure doing it this time of night avoids some of the media and the looky loos.

Story Updated: Jul 31, 2009 at 5:50 AM MDT
By Stephanie Hale

BOISE – Police thoroughly searched the apartment complex where Robert Manwill disappeared, putting up police tape and removing items from his home.

Just after 8 p.m. on Thursday, detectives started searching the complex; including the apartment belonging to Robert’s mom.

Police would not say what they were searching for, what they removed, or why the search is happening now. However, it has been confirmed that K-9 units were brought in to help with the investigation.

The CBS 2 crew on scene at the time took video in which you can see that black lights were used to search at least one area and a red car was removed from the complex.

I was thinking, wow, something big is happening,” said Tammi Jackson, a neighbor at the complex. “…all the residents here have been really involved in what’s been going on because they’ve been inspecting our homes and asking questions.”

Residents were able to come and go from the complex, but had to show their I-D’s to officers.

Police would not say where Robert’s family is right now or if anyone was home at the time of the search.

Officials continue to stress the massive search today is still on, as scheduled, and that these latest developments are part of the on-going investigation to find Robert.

http://www.2news.tv/news/52179147.html

(http://i32.tinypic.com/wi7hpz.jpg)

KBOI is reporting live from the Jr. High search staging area. (1 of 3) It's 8:30 am and already their looks to be about 100 people lining up to search at 9:00. He said a steady stream of new cars are arriving. He talked to one gentleman that was in Boise on vacation and heard about it on the news and decided to help search today.

500 searchers at Hillcrest location alone, they were sending new people arriving there over to the Jr. High location. No problem finding the 1000 searchers says the reporter from KBOI.

Pink - thanks for the updates.

Unfortunatly this case seems to be heading in the direction that I suspected from the beginning    ::MonkeyWaa:: 

::nods:: me too.
It breaks my heart. I so wanted to be wrong!

I am still holding out hope and praying that we could all be wrong. I will until he is found.

Robert needs to be found though, no matter what the outcome.

Bless this community for showing up for this little guy.

Massive search for missing Boise boy begins Friday morning; hundreds volunteer
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/31/09

Volunteers are heading out from three staging areas Friday morning for what police expect to be an unprecedented search for a missing Boise boy.

Eight-year-old Robert Manwill disappeared last Friday night from the area around his mother's apartment off Vista Avenue and Targee Street.

Area police, the FBI and more than 100 volunteers have searched throughout the week.

Volunteers are leaving South Junior High in groups of 20 or 30 — each group gets an officer to lead it and each individual has been issued a vest, a wristband, a flier with information and a map. They are processing people very smoothly.

At least 200 people came to both South and Garfield Elementary. Search organizers are encouraging people who plan to help out throughout the day to dress for the heat and bring water. The temperature in Boise is expected to reach about 96 degrees Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

Sgt. Greg Oster, the officer in charge at Garfield, told the crowd there was no way officers could do this without their help. He thanked them for following the ground rules (no one under 18, no dogs, no strollers).

The reason they're being adamant about the age requirement, he said, was that they didn't want to put a child in the position of finding evidence that something bad had happened.

A family member called for a prayer at Garfield and a volunteer from a church led it.

The groups are being told that they are only searching public areas — alleys, streets, parks — not private property. They are specifically looking for Robert or any items that could lead to his location — such as clothing or personal effects.

At South, family members were making green ribbons and handing them out.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/851666.html?storylink=omni_popular

Well over 1000 people showed up, so many that they didn't have enough team leaders. Asking people to come back for the noon or three p.m. shift.

10:03 KBOI Update

Too many volunteers at first search session

Story Updated: Jul 31, 2009 at 9:44 AM MDT
By KBCI Web Staff

BOISE - Authorities are asking the public's help in a massive search for missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill on Friday.

On Friday morning, too many volunteers showed up to the Hillcrest and Garfield Elementary locations. They're being asked by police to come back at noon to help look.

"This is a one day push," said Jim Kerns, Boise Police deputy chief. "The time is now for new volunteers."

Manwill has been missing now for five days. He was last seen on Friday.

"Robert is still missing," Kerns said. "(The effort to find him) is a tremendous commitment to the citizens of this city."

http://www.2news.tv/news/52013247.html

Press conference scheduled at noon for missing Boise boy


Story Updated: Jul 31, 2009 at 10:52 AM MDT
By KBCI Web Staff
BOISE - Authorities are holding a press conference at noon today about the missing 8-year-old Boise boy.

Police called are urging the media to attend the news conference. They did not elaborate about what details will be discussed.

Robert Manwill, 8, has been missing for a week now.

The press conference will be streamed live on our website 2news.tv

Stay tuned for details.

Vista neighbors join in search for Robert Manwill in Boise
As Boise police launch a huge search, residents and businesses pitch in to help find the missing 8-year-old.
BY BETHANN STEWART - bstewart@idahostatesman.com
Copyright: © 2009 Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/31/09

After a community picnic on Saturday night, Vista neighbors went to the police roadblock on Vista Avenue to see if they could help search for 8-year-old Robert Manwill, who had been missing since the night before.

In the week since, local businesses also have jumped in to help, sending lunches and water to Boise police officers, FBI agents and volunteers. Cutright Care Lawn Service has sent out fliers of the missing boy with its bills, and Domino's pizza delivery folks are handing out fliers with pizzas, said neighborhood activist Kim Bentley, who has lived in the Vista neighborhood for 15 years.

"It's bringing the community together," Bentley said. "People who wouldn't normally talk to a police officer - it's brought citizens and police together."

Vista neighbors will join with volunteers from as far away as New Plymouth on Friday as the Boise Police Department launches a search in which at least 1,000 volunteers will converge on the neighborhood on the Boise Bench. The search could be the biggest in the department's history.

Neighbors initially were shocked to hear that Manwill was missing because crime has been low in the last few years, said Boise police Officer Lance Nickerson, the neighborhood contact officer.

"I've worked this neighborhood for more than 10 years, and I still think it's a great place to live," he said.

Before Manwill went missing, children, including his son Cayden Wells, 5, played in the street together, said Travis Wells, who has lived in the neighborhood for two months after moving from Pocatello. "For something like this to happen, it's scary. Now there are no kids in the street."

Bentley has been out four or five times looking for the boy since he was reported missing. On a recent morning around 7, she and a friend walked over to a storage area to check it out.

"A man came out and asked us what we were doing," she said. "We told him we were looking for Robert. He let us go wherever we wanted."

http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/851447.html

The search for Robert: Police call noon press conference
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/31/09

Katherine Jones / Idaho Statesman
Hundreds of people wait in line Friday morning to register at South Junior High School to join a massive, public search for missing 8-year-old Boise boy Robert Manwill.


10:49 a.m.

Boise police have moved up a press conference to noon from 2 p.m., urging media to attend.

IdahoStatesman.com will have breaking news and video from the event.

10:30 a.m.

Boise police are closing off the portion of Oak Park Village apartments where Robert Manwill's mother lives.

Detectives and crime scene investigators placed cones to block the driveway and are hanging crime scene tape to block off the area.

Police searched the apartment and impounded at least one vehicle Thursday night.

Young and old...that line of people is so heartwarming. So many people caring about this little guy.

The search for Robert: Police call noon press conference
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/31/09

10:49 a.m.

Boise police have moved up a press conference to noon from 2 p.m., urging media to attend.

IdahoStatesman.com will have breaking news and video from the event.

10:30 a.m.

Boise police are closing off the portion of Oak Park Village apartments where Robert Manwill's mother lives.

Detectives and crime scene investigators placed cones to block the driveway and are hanging crime scene tape to block off the area.

Police searched the apartment and impounded at least one vehicle Thursday night.

9:31 a.m.

Hundreds of people lined up at the Hillcrest branch library Friday morning.

There were so many people, officials were asking for some to head to the other two search staging areas — where hundreds of others had already appeared.

Mayor Dave Bieter walked down the line, shaking hands and t hanking people for volunteering.

"We hoped for a good turnout like this but this is amazing," he told them. "This says a lot about our community."

Bieter said people have been taking time off from work to show up.

"It's just great. I've heard of people coming from just as far away as Oregon," he said. "There are so many things in this situation that you can't effect. It's nice to see people doing what we can. That's what makes Boise a great place to live."

9 a.m.

Volunteers are heading out from three staging areas Friday morning for what police expect to be an unprecedented search for a missing Boise boy.

Eight-year-old Robert Manwill disappeared last Friday night from the area around his mother's apartment off Vista Avenue and Targee Street.

Area police, the FBI and more than 100 volunteers have searched throughout the week.

Volunteers are leaving South Junior High in groups of 20 or 30 — each group gets an officer to lead it and each individual has been issued a vest, a wristband, a flier with information and a map. They are processing people very smoothly.

At least 200 people came to both South and Garfield Elementary. Search organizers are encouraging people who plan to help out throughout the day to dress for the heat and bring water. The temperature in Boise is expected to reach about 96 degrees Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

Sgt. Greg Oster, the officer in charge at Garfield, told the crowd there was no way officers could do this without their help. He thanked them for following the ground rules (no one under 18, no dogs, no strollers).

The reason they're being adamant about the age requirement, he said, was that they didn't want to put a child in the position of finding evidence that something bad had happened.

A family member called for a prayer at Garfield and a volunteer from a church led it.

The groups are being told that they are only searching public areas — alleys, streets, parks — not private property. They are specifically looking for Robert or any items that could lead to his location — such as clothing or personal effects.

At South, family members were making green ribbons and handing them out.

The Red Cross of Greater Idaho is supporting the search effort at the three staging areas.

The group will "provide water and snacks to the hundreds of volunteers expected to participate in the search," CEO Sue Robinson said. "The Red Cross has extensive experience in this kind of mass care need and we are pleased to support law enforcement, the family and the community in this endeavor."

http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/851769.html

Yes it is.  I hope he can be found today.

I think moving up the press conference 2 hours is so they can talk about the overnight search, and encourage people to show up for the 3 pm search without having to stop mid-shift at 2 pm and pull people away from searching to have the 2 p.m. presser.

They can give the presser at noon and then get back to searching.

jmo

Breaking News - Boise Police News Conference Regarding Missing Boy, Robert Manwill
Posted: July 31, 2009 01:33 PM EDT

Boise, Idaho - New information is still scarce in the case of a missing 8 year old boy in Boise. Robert Manwill went missing a week ago today from his mother's apartment on the Boise Bench. A massive volunteer search has been underway all week, with thousands turning out this morning to look for Robert. Boise Police have moved their 2:00 press conference up to 12:00 noon Mountain Standard Time. They have contacted Fox 12 News and strongly urged us to be there. We will carry the news conference live on KTRV Fox 12 at noon. We will also be streaming the press conference live here on www.fox12idaho.com.

News conference is getting ready to start. I will take crib notes and post them for people who can't view video for whatever reason.

Crime scene tape is up again at the apartment. They are searching again this morning. According to Channel 2.

did the news conference start?  i just see a green screen   ::MonkeyConfused:: 

well i got sound at the end...

Press conference:

Overnight search: Located evidence that Robert may have been injured or a victim of foul play. Robert is still missing though and needs to be found.

Thanks the community for all their help. Nothing but positive support from the residents.

Aunt Trish in tears: Asking people not to give up hope and please help them to find Robert and bring him home.

"he may have been a victim of tragic and suspicious circumstances" was the sheriff's exact wording.

He also said the support of the community and the support of Robert's family, and that impish little smile of Robert is what is fueling them to keep going.

Note: Mom and boyfriend didn't look to be at the presser.

Police: Evidence Manwill was injured
12:03 PM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink
Don Day

BOISE - Police say they have uncovered evidence that shows Robert Manwill, 8 may have been injured.

After an overnight search of his mother's Boise Bench apartment, police spoke to the media at noon Friday.

"Overnight, investigators from the Boise Police Department that may bring us closer to finding out what happend to Robert," Boise Police Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said. "Robert may be injured, but Robert is still missing. It is very important that we find where he is - or where he is not."

Police did not take further questions from the media.

Just after 8 p.m., officers arrived at the home of Manwill's mother - Melissa Jensen. They removed a variety of materials, including cabinets and boxes. Canine dogs were also seen at the complex.

"He may be injured or the victim of a tragic event," Kerns said.

A car was also towed from the scene just after 12:30 a.m.

Investigators took down the police tape surrounding the apartment at about 4 a.m., but moments after the news conference was called, put the tape back up.

He stressed a large-scale public search for Manwill would continue - and that it is important to find him.

Manwill's aunt Trish Burrill then approahced the microphone and spoke tearfully to the media. "Please help us to bring Robert home," she said.

http://blogs.ktvb.com/breaking/2009/07/police-evidence-manwill-was-in.html

The search for Robert: Police say Robert could be injured or the 'victim of a tragic event'
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/31/09

12:15 p.m.

So far, 185 people have been checked in at Garfield Elementary for the noon search — the second round of volunteer units being sent to the streets.

Though Boise police say "suspicious circumstances" surround Robert Manwill's disappearance and he may be injured or "the victim of a tragic event," they are still sending out searchings, saying he could be alive and any evidence pointing to where he is could save his life.

12:10 p.m.

While much of Robert Manwill's family, including his father, Chuck Manwill, and his aunt, Trish Burrill, attended the press conference, his mother and her boyfriend were not there.

Police searched their apartment Thursday night and began to cordon it off again mid-morning Thursday.

12:08 p.m.

Robert Manwill's aunt, Trish Burrill, tearfully called on the volunteers to keep searching.

12:01 p.m.

Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said police found evidence last night that "suspicious circumstances" surround Robert Manwill's disappearance.

He said the search will continue, because he could still be alive, even if he's injured.

11:47 a.m.

As police prepare for a hastily moved up noon press conference, here is a look at some of the people who turned up Friday to search for missing Robert Manwill.

Police say about 1,000 people showed up for the first two-hour shift — the outside goal of the whole day's search.

So many residents showed up at the Hillcrest branch library for the 9 a.m. search that police turned about 150 people away. Many of those said they would be back at noon.

Here are some of the people who gave their time:

— Michael Shoe has to be to work at Jackson's by 2 p.m., but he and his wife, Lisa, of Garden City, wanted to give their time anyway.

— Jenny McCullough, a mother and second-grade teacher of Boise, said Robert is about the age of her school kids and she had to help.

— Vinson Guadagno of Caldwell only moved to Idaho six months ago, but he believes in giving back. He remembers when his community in Florida came together several years ago to help his family after his daughter was in a motorcycle accident.

— Among the searchers were 54 black-shirt clad members of Centennial Job Corps from Nampa. One of them, Jeff Williams, 22, said he wanted to help for several reasons, including the fact he had two younger sisters.

“If I was in the same situation, I would appreciate any help I could get. I know how it would feel if it was one of my sisters — I just want to help,” Williams said. “We also feel the need to give something back to the community, since we get federal funding.”

11:38 a.m.

More on last night's raid:

Sean Buffington, who lives in the apartment above Melissa Sue Jenkins at the Oak Park Village complex at Vista Avenue and Targee Street, said he returned home Thursday night to find her apartment and the area sealed off with police tape.

Buffington said he saw police doing “mostly CSI type of stuff inside (Jenkins') apartment, like taking pictures and carrying stuff in bags,” as they searched Thursday night. He met with a group of neighbors to swap information Thursday night, but no one really had anything new.

“Police are keeping a pretty tight lid on this,” Buffington said.

Buffington said he met the Jenkins and her family a few times but didn’t really know them too well. Earlier Thursday, the FBI called Buffington to ask if they could search the small crawl-space attic of his apartment, which they did.

Oak Park maintenance man William Clark said he has been impressed with how thorough and polite the Boise Police and FBI have been during the searches over the last week — and the long, overtime hours they have been working “The police are doing a wonderful job ... they have been totally dedicated,” Clark said. “Money doesn’t matter at all when it comes to a life.”

http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/851769.html

Thanks Pink!  One would assume that BPD has a very close eye on the parents right?....or at least I would hope so.

http://www.kivitv.com/global/story.asp?s=10823713

Crime Lab at Manwill Mother's Apartment

Posted: July 30, 2009 09:15 PM PDT

Updated: July 31, 2009 10:00 AM PDT
 
 
Police have announced a press conference for noon today to share the latest developments in the case of missing boy Robert Manwill.  Police would not go into detail about what they plan to announce.  Today's Channel 6 will carry the press conference live.

Police showed up at the apartment complex on the Boise bench where Robert Manwill lives late last night and stayed until the early hours of this morning.

Police did tow away a car belonging to the family and removed several bags of items from the home. It's unclear exactly what was in the bags.

A Boise Police spokesperson tells Today's Channel 6 reporter Kelsey Minor these latest developments are just the latest steps in the investigation. 

A major search effort combining public and police resources has started as scheduled.

Stay with Today's Channel 6 for the latest breaking developments.

http://www.2news.tv/news/local/52202712.html

Missing Boise boy 'may be the victim of a tragic event'
by KBCI Web Staff

Originally printed at http://www.2news.tv/news/local/52202712.html

BOISE - Authorities say they they now believe Robert Manwill's disappearance is based on "suspicious circumstances."


Jim Kerns, Boise Police deputy police chief, said Friday Robert is still missing but he may be injured.


"Overnight, we located evidence that may bring us closer to finding out what happened to Robert," Kerns said at a Friday news conference. "The evidence we've uncovered shows there are suspicous circumstances regarding Robert's disappearance."


"He may be the victim of a tragic event."


Friday's massive volunteer search for the boy will continue.



"(The community) response to find the missing little boy has been incredible," Kerns said.


Manwill, 8, has been missing for one week. He vanished from the Oak Park Village apartment complex in Boise last Friday at about 10 p.m.


Police had initially believed the boy may have gone to an unknown friend's house for a party, but that was ruled out as a possibility.


This week, Jim Kerns, Boise Police deputy police chief, said they were following hundreds of leads including interviewing registered sex offenders in Boise.


And on late Thursday, authorities did an extensive search into the apartment complex where Robert was last seen. That search included seizing items from Robert's mother's apartment. They also towed her red SUV. Police did not elaborate why they searched her apartment.


"This is the most important investigation we've had in a long time," said Michael Masterson, Boise Police chief.

Missing Boise boy 'may be the victim of a tragic event'

Story Created: Jul 31, 2009 at 11:47 AM MDT

Story Updated: Jul 31, 2009 at 12:26 PM MDT
By KBCI Web Staff
BOISE - Authorities say they they now believe Robert Manwill's disappearance is based on "suspicious circumstances."

Jim Kerns, Boise Police deputy police chief, said Friday Robert is still missing but he may be injured.

"Overnight, we located evidence that may bring us closer to finding out what happened to Robert," Kerns said at a Friday news conference. "The evidence we've uncovered shows there are suspicous circumstances regarding Robert's disappearance."

"He may be the victim of a tragic event."

Friday's massive volunteer search for the boy will continue.

"(The community) response to find the missing little boy has been incredible," Kerns said.

Manwill, 8, has been missing for one week. He vanished from the Oak Park Village apartment complex in Boise last Friday at about 10 p.m.

Police had initially believed the boy may have gone to an unknown friend's house for a party, but that was ruled out as a possibility.

This week, Jim Kerns, Boise Police deputy police chief, said they were following hundreds of leads including interviewing registered sex offenders in Boise.

And on late Thursday, authorities did an extensive search into the apartment complex where Robert was last seen. That search included seizing items from Robert's mother's apartment. They also towed her red SUV. Police did not elaborate why they searched her apartment.

"This is the most important investigation we've had in a long time," said Michael Masterson, Boise Police chief.

http://www.2news.tv/news/local/52202712.html

You are welcome Leroy!

I would assume they know exactly where they are. They are probably being watched and listened to. jmo


klaas, you can delete the one, I just posted, since we were sharing a brain. LOL! :)

Prayers for this little boy.  He is just adorable.  How anyone could hurt someone that can smile like that is beyond me. 

You can see the pain on everyone's face.

A National Guard spokesperson told NewsChannel 7 that guardsmen are looking at the desert south of town for any unusual tire tracks or other things that may be out of place.

Thousands of volunteers from the community showed up at a number of locations around the Boise neighborhood where the boy went missing. They were assigned to Boise Police Department officers and are conducting a thorough day-long search of the area.

http://blogs.ktvb.com/breaking/2009/07/police-evidence-manwill-was-in.html

Michelle Sigona of AMW, evidence found in mom's apartment indicates Robert may be injured or the victim of a tragedy. Well over a thousand people turned up to search and some businesses even closed for the day to allow staff to search.

Michelle was just on FNC.

According to a poster at WS who is watching the local news on TV. (no link)

The police searching the apartment today have removed a computer, they have also just pulled up with a rented U-Haul, with a police officer driving it.

They must plan on taking furniture into evidence??

My heart i s
It's beyond all of us, hon.

He is so cute. My heart hurts for him.
It hurts for his dad who may have now lost 2 children as a result of the women in his life. It hurts for his aunt, his older brother and all his extended family that are in such pain right now.

It's just so sad and tragic.

The search for Robert: Now looking for signs of injury or trauma, volunteers comb streets
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/31/09

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Robert Manwill family spokesperson Trish Burrill thanks the public for their massive search efforts during a noon press conference Friday. "Help us bring Robert home," she said. Boise police have announced that Robert may be injured or the victim of a tragic event.
 
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Mary Yalch, right, and Karen Carrington join in the massive public search Friday morning for missing 8-year-old Boise boy Robert Manwill.
 
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    * Video: Friday's press conference where police say they have evidence that "suspicious circumstances" exist in Robert Manwill's disappearance

1:04 p.m.

Boise Police Officer Kip Wills, ordinarily a traffic officer who works with search and rescue as well, is leading a group of volunteers searching an area bounded by Iowa, Linden, Broadway and Gekeler.

The area includes Ivywild Park, which has one of the nicest public swimming pools in town, so there's a reasonable chance you could find a child here, Wills said. It's a distance from Oak Village Apartments, but it's conceivable a kid could make his way here.

Searchers in this group did find blood on the sidewalk, but it turned out to be a dog with a torn paw.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/851769.html

Video at the link.

If a mod scrolls through here, could you edit this picture in the last post. TIA 


 ::MonkeyAngel::

http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Police/Multimedia/DepartmentVideos/LatestManwillPresserV5.wmv

police news conference

Crowds Turn Out For Manwill Boy Search

Posted: July 31, 2009 02:36 PM

Updated: July 31, 2009 02:52 PM

Hundreds of volunteers showed up throughout the Boise area Friday to help search for Robert Manwill, 8, who has been missing for a week.

The search effort was the latest attempt to find the little boy, and came after an overnight raid of Manwill's mother's Boise Bench apartment. Several bags were removed from the site and a vehicle towed from the apartment complex.

At South Junior High School, one of three locations throughout Boise where volunteers gathered, as many as seven hundred searchers donned orange vests and clutched water bottles, ready for a long day in the sun.

"We're moms and if our kid went missing," volunteer Tina Hansford explained, "We'd want people to come out and help us."

Boise Mayor Dave Bieter offered words of thanks and encouragement to the volunteers at So. Jr. High School as police teamed up with groups and instructed them to look near "roadways, parks or canals."

In a news conference Friday afternoon, Boise Police urged searchers to continue looking for Robert and said volunteers were helping them with "one aspect" of the case.

http://www.kivitv.com/Global/story.asp?S=10827616

Too sad. Just too, too sad. Another broken family. Another poor little innocent soul.  ::MonkeyWaa:: 

1:14 p.m. update

Here's what came from the press conference — the latest news still — as recapped by Statesman police reporter Patrick Orr:

Boise police say they have discovered undisclosed evidence that shows “suspicious circumstances” in the disappearance of 8-year-old Robert Manwill and that he “may indeed be injured — or the victim of a tragic event.”

But Boise police have not identified a suspect or person of interest in the case, and officials say they still need the hundreds of citizen volunteers scouring the Vista neighborhood to look for Robert.

“Robert is still missing. It’s very important we locate Robert and or find any evidence that may help us locate where he is or where he isn’t,” Boise Police Deputy Chief Jim Kerns told a group of reporters Friday afternoon.

Kerns said volunteers should report anything that looks “suspiciously out of place ... that may point to where Robert is. Even if we find nothing, we’ve learned where Robert isn’t. That too is helpful.”

For the second time in 12 hours Friday morning, Boise police detectives and crime scene investigators searched the apartment from where Robert disappeared. Police officials haven’t said what the evidence is that leads them to believe Robert was injured but did say that was what officers were concentrating on Friday.

“It’s the response from this community, Robert’s family, and the shy smile of the little boy on the missing (person) poster that keeps us investigators going,” Kerns said.

Manwill’s family members, including his father, Charles Manwill and his aunt, Trish Burrill, attended Friday’s press conference. Some wiped tears away from their eyes as Kerns spoke.

Burrill once again thanked the public for all their support and help in trying to find Robert.

“As a family, and as a whole, we want everyone not to give up hope,” Burrill said. “Please help us to bring Robert home.”

Boise police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said the two afternoon volunteer search sessions will proceed. Police officials thought they may get between 600 and 1,000 volunteers for all three shift but may have reached that for the 9 a.m. shift Friday.

Hightower said officials have not been able to count the exact number of volunteers so far but say the public response is “unprecedented."

http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/851769.html

From Twitter:

RobertNelsoninc: Update..The Search for Robert Manwill Here in Boise, over 1k in searchers looking in town now, and 100s around my house. Police take mom car
14 minutes ago from TweetDeck

from a local on twitter, image of search volunteers this morning:

Good turnout for the search call.

http://yfrog.com/e5u90j

1,687 volunteers have helped look for Robert Manwill so far, according to CBS2.

Bless each and everyone of them. They still have the 3 p.m search to go.

They impounded it last night. It was a red Chevy Blazer SUV.

I saw that in the one article.  Was not sure if this guy was referring to that or possibly another vehicle so I posted it.  Sorry if I caused confusion.

And on late Thursday, authorities did an extensive search into the apartment complex where Robert was last seen. That search included seizing items from Robert's mother's apartment. They also towed her red SUV. Police did not elaborate why they searched her apartment.
http://www.2news.tv/news/52202712.html

Thank you Northern Rose.

A lot of people caring so much about this little guy.

Don't be sorry! Thank you for posting it. Things are happened so quickly, it could very well be another vehicle!

The media could have got the "owner" wrong on the SUV.

The search for Robert: Police to volunteers: 'Your efforts are not wasted'
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Published: 07/31/09
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 3:20 p.m. As of 2 p.m., counted from all three staging locations, there were 1,687 volunteers. The 3 p.m. search will continue, and they plan to cover much of the same ground, just to be sure.

As one group of volunteers finished their shift, Boise Officer Kip Wills thanked them.

"No matter what, this is still a missing child," he said. "Your efforts are not wasted, they're not in vain. It's easy to get jaded."

"Officers have been out working for six days, but we're parents, too. If it were our kid, we would want everyone to be out looking."

http://media.idahostatesman.com/smedia/2009/07/31/11/page1.source.prod_affiliate.36.pdf
Canvas Instructions given to volunteer searchers

http://media.idahostatesman.com/smedia/2009/07/31/11/page4.source.prod_affiliate.36.pdf
Grid search map given to volunteer searchers

Channel 2 Breaking News
Ada County Landfill is being taped off.

::crys::

2:49 p.m.

Daniel Edward Ehrlick, the boyfriend of Robert's mother, was admitted to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center but has been released, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

She was unable to say when he entered the hospital or for what he was treated.


http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/851769.html

there is a poster on the Idaho Statesman that has been saying thats where they should be searching.

Oh no... ::MonkeyNoNo::

I am trying to get a map.

Ada County Hidden Hollow Landfill
on Seeeman Rd

Thanks Leroy for the updates! ::MonkeyAngel::

Police: Robert May Be Victim of Tragic Event

Posted: July 31, 2009 12:15 AM EDT

Updated: July 31, 2009 04:47 PM EDT

 
 
 
 
For the first time, Boise Police admit missing 8-year-old boy Robert Manwill's disappearance is suspicious.  At a press conference this afternoon, Deputy Chief Jim Kerns revealed police found evidence to indicate Robert may be injured or the victim of a tragic event.  Police would not say what evidence they found.

Also today, a crime scene van was seen at the Ada County Landfill.  A portion of the landfill was marked off with crime scene tape.  Boise Police will not confirm or deny if the crime scene van is related to the search for Robert Manwill.

Police showed up at the apartment complex on the Boise bench where Robert Manwill lives late last night and stayed until the early hours of this morning.

Police did tow away a car belonging to the family and removed several bags of items from the home. It's unclear exactly what was in the bags.

Today's developments did not stop the massive search for Robert Manwill.  Hundreds of people responded to the public call for volunteers to help look for evidence.

Stay with Today's Channel 6 for the latest breaking developments.

http://www.kivitv.com/global/story.asp?s=10823713

3:15 p.m.

An Ada County sheriff's deputy has been asked to guard a portion of the Hidden Hollow Landfill for Boise police and make sure nothing is disturbed. A spokeswoman said the officer sent drives a crime scene investigation truck.

The officer has cordoned off a section of the dump — people are still taking trash to other parts of the landfill.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/851769.html?pageNum=12&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

10300 N. Seaman's Gulch Rd., Boise, ID, 83702

Thanks Leroy. My computer and google maps don't like each other. If someone else could find a map, that would be great.

Mine doesn't get along with google maps, either, pink angel.  I'm hoping to replace it some day soon.

Hopefully, someone will be able to find one.  You are all doing a great job posting info.

It doesn't seem like the outcome will be as we all hoped.    ::MonkeyWaa::

Police investigating the disappearance of an Idaho boy missing for a week said Friday they are afraid the child may have been the victim of a tragedy.

Boise authorities told reporters that there are "suspicious circumstances" surrounding 8-year-old Robert Manwill's disappearance.

"Robert may be injured or be the victim of a tragic event," said Boise Police Chief Jim Kerns at a brief Friday press conference. "But he is still missing."

Earlier this week, news emerged that Robert's mother is on probation for fracturing the skull of the missing boy's infant half brother, who was removed from her custody by the state.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535914,00.html?test=latestnews


Looks like they consider her suspect, without saying it..

I'm not good with maps and would have no idea how to post the actual map...here is a link to the one I just did...maybe it will work???  I'll give it a whirl...

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=2800+Cherry+Ln,+Boise,+Idaho+83705&daddr=10300+Seamans+Gulch+Rd,+Garden+City,+Ada,+Idaho+83714&hl=en&geocode=FYsBmQIdDa0S-Q%3B&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=43.641569,-116.238427&sspn=0.237023,0.44014&ie=UTF8&ll=43.633093,-116.207199&spn=0.237056,0.44014&t=h&z=11

this is devestating, it completely breaks my heart. i think that we all have that sick feeling in our hearts and stomach because we all know what the result of this case is going to be.  i try to be optimistic but i just don't think this is going to turn out well.  especially since part of the landfill has been blocked off and is being guarded. 

if the boyfriend was hospitalized and released it could be because he had an injury that could have occured during this crime if he's responsible, or another scenario could be that he had an anxiety attack or something along those lines...

i am so sad and disgusted right now. i pray robert gets the justice he deserves

3:27 p.m.

Boise police say they don't plan to have another update until noon Saturday.

If developments call for an additional briefing, the media will be notified, spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/851769.html?pageNum=12&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

Thanks Leroy! 

WTF is wrong with people?  Did they not think that splitting the scull of the infant would be grounds to remove ALL THE CHILDREN????

I'm with you sunshine12, just beyond words.

I'm secretly hoping that the boyfriend was hospitalized because BPD whooped his a$$ in an attempt to get him to talk.

Hope this works.

From Melissa's Apartment to the Landfill:
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Hi Lovin!  I agree...this so called mother shouldn't be allowed alone with children EVER.

All these children going missing is just unbelievable...and I cant understand parents allowing these kids to be out wandering the streets so late at night   ::MonkeyNoNo:: 

Thanks Pink! 

We can hope!

Sounds like the suspect in Sandra Cantu's murder, she was hospitalized just before she was arrested too!

Thanks backtacha ya! My computer moaned the whole time.
Poor Frankinputer.

There is a pic of the officer at the landfill here

http://www.idahostatesman.com/eyepiece/story/851769.html?pageNum=12&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

I agree. I don't think our little man Robert was out wandering the streets though. I think whatever happened....happened right there in his mom's apartment.

Hope this helps

Investigators at Ada County landfill

Story Updated: Jul 31, 2009 at 3:24 PM MDT
By KBCI Web Staff
BOISE - Authorities are currently at the Ada County landfill.

At this time, it's unclear whether this investigation is connected to the case of missing 8-year-old Robert Manwill.

A reporter on scene says an area of the landfill has been cordoned off. A deputy on scene says he was told by Boise Police to go to the landfill and "sit on some trash."

When asked whether the landfill investigation is connected to the missing boy, he said he couldn't confirm and referred any questions to Boise Police.

Stay tuned for details

http://www.2news.tv/news/local/52215662.html
 ::MonkeyWaa::

Yes, sadly I think you are right   ::MonkeyWaa:: 

Thank you Northern Rose! Much better than mine.

(http://fracas.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/smooch.jpg)
smooch!

No thanks needed, we all work together for these precious children.  Hugs!

from Twitter:

nwoidaho: #FindRobert BPD are telling searchers to look for the body of Robert Manwill. Landfill is place of interest right now...
6 minutes ago from TweetDeck

ppaluigi: Just finished volunteer search for missing Robert Manwill. Events don't look good. Just pray he's ok.
31 minutes ago from web

More from Twitter and I am Praying they are wrong:

RT @hooker1033: Heartbreaking! RT @janabriggs: Mom and bf are in custody. Officer confirmed foul play. We're being told to look for a body.
23 minutes ago from TweetDeck

@hooker1033 #FindRobert I sure hope that last tweet was just rumor. I just hate this. :(
22 minutes ago from TweetDeck in reply to hooker1033

#FindRobert RT @KBOI670 Ada County Sheriff's Deputy is guarding part of the Ada County Landfill at the request of Boise Police.
12 minutes ago from TweetDeck

screen caps of the searchers and of the search going on today at the apartment, where they have brought in a u-haul for evidence.

Here are tweets from one of the searchers that is there right now:

@Fox12nizdizzle we are scouring the area behind murphy's steakhouse. From Denver to Rossi then west to Boise Ave. Nada yet #findRobert
less than 10 seconds ago from TwitterBerry   

  I have to say I'm impressed w/ the folks on my shift. Such a diverse group of ppl from all walks of life coming together. #findRobert @ktvb
2 minutes ago from TwitterBerry   

  Officer says next focus will be on foothills and desert. #findRobert @ktvb
15 minutes ago from TwitterBerry 
 
  Here we go. #findRobert
41 minutes ago from TwitterBerry   

  Mom and bf are in custody. Officer confirmed foul play. We're being told to look for a body. #findRobert @ktvb
about 1 hour ago from TwitterBerry   

  We're being told to watch for smells. I won't give u the details. :-(
about 1 hour ago from TwitterBerry   

  Wow, can't believe how many people are here at Garfield. So many more are pouring in. They're not turning folks away yet. Get your butt here
about 1 hour ago from TwitterBerry   

  There's about 100 ppl here. #findRobert
about 1 hour ago from TwitterBerry   

  Lots of folks r showing up @ garfield. #findRobert
about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry   

  45 mins until the next shift begins. Meet me at Garfield Elem (Boise Ave/Broadway)! #findRobert
about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry

Search for missing Boise boy takes grim turn
By JESSIE L. BONNER - Associated Press Writer
Published: 07/31/09

BOISE, Idaho — A Boise search for a missing 8-year-old took a grim turn as police suggested he may be hurt - or worse - and searched the apartment of his mother, who has a history of harming another child.

Police and FBI detectives Friday coordinated more than 1,500 volunteers in a massive search for Robert Manwill, who reportedly disappeared July 24 after leaving his mother's apartment on the southwest side of Idaho's capitol city.

Early in the week, investigators said they had no evidence suggesting foul play.

But Deputy Chief Jim Kerns changed course Friday, saying new evidence recovered in a Thursday night search of the apartment of the boy's mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins, has detectives tracking new leads.

"The evidence we've uncovered shows that there are suspicious circumstances surrounding Robert's disappearance," Kerns said during a press conference. "Volunteers assisting in the search today are being given the information by search team officers that Robert may indeed be injured or the victim of a tragic event."

So far, police say there are no arrests or suspects in the case. Investigators were seen taking an SUV and other items during the search of Jenkins' apartment Thursday night.

Jenkins has been at previous press conferences, but didn't attend Friday. Police wouldn't say where she was.

The boy was visiting her the night he disappeared. His father, Charles Manwill, has had custody since 2008 and lives in New Plymouth, about 45 miles northwest of Boise.

Court records show a history of family tragedies involving young children.

Jenkins pleaded guilty in March to a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child following an October 2008 incident that fractured her infant son's skull.

Jenkins "did willfully inflict" the injury to her other son "by striking the child's head on a surface, causing a fracture to the child's skull," on Oct. 19, 2008. She was sentenced to 29 days of work release, fined $75.50 and put on probation for two years, according to court documents.

That child is the son of Jenkins' boyfriend, Daniel Edward Ehrlick. The boy was in the care of the state Department of Health and Welfare through at least February, according to court documents. The agency will not release his whereabouts, citing policy.

Jenkins has a third child, a 2-year-old daughter fathered by a third man, who has custody of her. Jenkins has visitation rights. Ehrlick, who has been convicted of burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia, is banned from being alone with the girl, but court documents don't say why.

In another case, Charles Manwill's former wife stabbed their 4-year-old son, Michael, in the chest in 1993, killing him. Silke Fatma Manwill pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, was sentenced to federal prison and released in 2002.

Charles Manwill was among family members who flanked chief Kerns as he spoke to reporters Friday.

"We want everyone not to give up hope," said Trisha Burrill, the boy's aunt. "Please help us bring Robert home."

Boise police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said volunteers on Friday covered a 1 1/2-mile to 2-mile radius around the scene where the boy was reported missing.

The search is believed to be the biggest attempt to find a missing person in the city's history, Hightower said.

Boise Police Department Sgt. P.D. Burch supervised a volunteer post at South Junior High School, and said 200 volunteers from New Plymouth, where the boy was supposed to enroll in third grade next month, were being bused to Boise to help in the search.

Family members gathered under a tent at the edge of the high school football field, where a 31-year-old mother of two from Meridian approached the group and asked if she could bring them lunch.

"We wanted to do something," said Randee Fratto, who walked away clutching her 4-month-old daughter, Olivia, and a handful of missing posters with pictures of Robert Manwill wearing a shy smile.

"It breaks your heart," Fratto said. "It makes you want to hug your babies and never let go

http://www.idahostatesman.com/531/story/852051.html

I doubt the one about the mom and BF in custody. They wouldn't tell searchers without telling the media first. jmo

They were told to they are looking for evidence such as clothes, blood, a hurt little boy or perhaps a dead little boy. To pay attention to any foul smells. That was just on the Channel 2 news.

Ditto on both ::MonkeyNoNo:: Why the hell didn't they remove all the kids.hello, if she'll fracture the skull of an infant, there is no telling what she is capable of. I'm sick in my heart~all these missing children, so many murdered at the hands of their parent while loving couples who can't have kids would be better suited for these children........ ::MonkeyWaa::

from Twitter:

janabriggs: Magic 93 is reporting a section of landfill at Hollow something has been cordoned off. :-( #findRobert
1 minute ago from TwitterBerry   
 

There is just not much to say, I'm just shaking my head wondering why this mother was allowed to even have visits unsupervised with Robert? Thanks for all the updates.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535914,00.html

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Missing Idaho Boy's Disappearance 'Suspicious,' Police Say
Friday , July 31, 2009

Police investigating the disappearance of an Idaho boy missing for a week said Friday they are afraid the child may have been the victim of a tragedy.

Boise authorities told reporters that there are "suspicious circumstances" surrounding 8-year-old Robert Manwill's disappearance.

"Robert may be injured or be the victim of a tragic event," said Boise Police Chief Jim Kerns at a brief Friday press conference. "But he is still missing."

Earlier this week, news emerged that Robert's mother is on probation for fracturing the skull of the missing boy's infant half brother, who was removed from her custody by the state.

Robert was last seen near the Boise apartment of his mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins. Police detectives, FBI agents and more than 100 volunteers have searched extensively, but haven't found him.

Boise police have previously said there is no evidence of foul play in the disappearance of Robert, and that the family is cooperating fully.

The missing boy's father, Charles Manwill, has had custody of him since 2008. Jenkins has visitation rights, and the boy was visiting her the night he disappeared.

Court records show a history of family tragedies involving children.

Jenkins pleaded guilty in March to a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child following an October 2008 incident that fractured her infant son's skull, according to The Idaho Statesman.

Court records say Jenkins "did willfully inflict" the injury to her other son "by striking the child's head on a surface, causing a fracture to the child's skull," on Oct. 19, 2008. She was sentenced to 29 days of work release, fined $75.50 and put on probation for two years.

The child is the son of Jenkins' boyfriend, Daniel Edward Ehrlick, and was in the care of the state Department of Health and Welfare through at least February, according to court documents. The agency on Wednesday would not release his whereabouts, citing policy.

Jenkins has a third child, a 2 1/2-year-old daughter, fathered by a third man, who has custody of her. Jenkins has visitation rights. Ehrlick, who has been convicted of burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia, is banned from being alone with the girl, but court documents don't say why.

In another case, Charles Manwill's wife, Silke Fatma Manwill, stabbed their 4-year-old son, Michael, in the chest in 1993, killing him. She was sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and was released in 2002. ::MonkeyEek::

Meanwhile, Jenkins has declined to comment on her son Robert's disappearance.

"We are a joined family at this time in this crisis," said Trisha Burrill, Robert Manwill's aunt. "We are acting as one, with one goal in mind. To bring Robert back."

from Twitter:

kelseyreporter: Police activity still taking place at home of Robert Manwill...details on this missing boy on ch 6 live at 5 http://myloc.me/g0E8
7 minutes ago from UberTwitter

I thought they returned the child back to her in February.  I'll see if I can find it....

In the past 24 hours it looks like this case has taken a turn for the worse. I just heard on HLN that Robert's blood was found inside his mother's home and that he may be injured along with being missing  :2saywhaa:

Looks like you were right. LE has been keeping a close watch on Mom and her BF. This is such a sad story. Robert should not have been allowed to see his mother period.

from Twitter:

janabriggs: Officer: investigation has shifted drastically and the BPD is calling off searches beyond today's shifts. Mom not n cust. #findRobert
3 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

http://twitter.com/search?q=%23findRobert

janabriggs: Officer: investigation has shifted drastically and the BPD is calling off searches beyond today's shifts. Mom not n cust. #findRobert 3 minutes ago from TwitterBerry

from Twiiter:

@HeilmanDM Officer just clarified. Mom and bf NOT in custody but had been questioned following search warrant and have confirmed foul play.
less than a minute ago from TwitterBerry

Missing Idaho Boy's Disappearance 'Suspicious,' Police Say
Friday, July 31, 2009 


Police investigating the disappearance of an Idaho boy missing for a week said Friday they are afraid the child may have been the victim of a tragedy.

Boise authorities told reporters that there are "suspicious circumstances" surrounding 8-year-old Robert Manwill's disappearance.

"Robert may be injured or be the victim of a tragic event," said Boise Police Chief Jim Kerns at a brief Friday press conference. "But he is still missing."

Earlier this week, news emerged that Robert's mother is on probation for fracturing the skull of the missing boy's infant half brother, who was removed from her custody by the state.

Robert was last seen near the Boise apartment of his mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins. Police detectives, FBI agents and more than 100 volunteers have searched extensively, but haven't found him.

Boise police have previously said there is no evidence of foul play in the disappearance of Robert, and that the family is cooperating fully.

The missing boy's father, Charles Manwill, has had custody of him since 2008. Jenkins has visitation rights, and the boy was visiting her the night he disappeared.

Court records show a history of family tragedies involving children.

Jenkins pleaded guilty in March to a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child following an October 2008 incident that fractured her infant son's skull, according to The Idaho Statesman.

Court records say Jenkins "did willfully inflict" the injury to her other son "by striking the child's head on a surface, causing a fracture to the child's skull," on Oct. 19, 2008. She was sentenced to 29 days of work release, fined $75.50 and put on probation for two years.

The child is the son of Jenkins' boyfriend, Daniel Edward Ehrlick, and was in the care of the state Department of Health and Welfare through at least February, according to court documents. The agency on Wednesday would not release his whereabouts, citing policy.

--snipped--

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535914,00.html?sPage=fnc/us/crime



hmmmm....anyone know exactly who all lived with Robert?   

 ::MonkeyCool::

from Twiiter:

janabriggs: @aard7ark Officer just clarified mom/bf NOT in custody but were questioned today following search warrant (last night). #findRobert
half a minute ago from TwitterBerry

Saturday was the only day people could dump in the landfill.
The landfill manager said LE contacted him at 7 a.m. this morning and told him to not let anyone into the area or any machines in the area and that is when it was roped off.

Mom and BF are not in custody, per a call to the police.

Update from CBS2.

Landfill has been closed since last Saturday.

Ugh, this is turning worse and worse by the minute.

How could mom and BF stand there at those press confrences like they had no idea what happened to this little boy? I know it's too early to say they're involved, but something about this case just stinks!

Leroy there was an aunt that posted at one of the boards the first day or two. She had said that the baby was back in the custody of mom. Now whether she was an actual aunt or if that information is true. IDK

The little girl lives with her dad. Mom has visitation with her. If that is supervised, IDK.

That the court awarded this mom unsupervised visits with ANY of her offspring is UNBELIEVEABLE. jmo

They have little Robert's blood on their hands, should he be found dead and his mom or BF is responsible.

to me this means a body was found or there was a confession unfortunately.  i'm saying prayers for robert right now

Does this mean mom not in custody, but BF is? I am praying too.

http://twitter.com/#search?q=robert%20manwill

itskitt: Police now searching a local landfill, the Mom's apt. and another house....looking for Robert manwill...
24 minutes ago from web   
 

Thanks Pink.  I am still appalled at how easy she got off for harming a child!  And yes, the courts will be just as guilty as her if she had any part in this IMO

from Twitter

nwoidaho: #FindRobert Police have the Landfill and a house on Five Mile and Southdale sectioned off. 4 minutes ago from TweetDeck

Crime Scene van on scene on South Dale ave. Near 5 mile Rd. A house.

per CBS2

I have to ask WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY would they let this mother have visitation with any kids when she harmed one of them already...Noone is protecting our kids anymore..

do u have a link?

Fanny CBS2 said they heard that rumor and called BPD who confirmed no one is in custody.

cowgirlup wrote on July, 31 5:10 PM:
Police have secured a home off of 5-mile, with fresh turned dirt in the back, and a connection to the family.

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cowgirlup wrote on July, 31 5:18 PM:
Replying to doghouse (July, 31 5:14 PM):
"cowgirl - where is your info from...before we start getting antsy...":
Turn on KTVB news they have footage right now on the story also and a crime scene unit is on scene, officers have the back and the front secured.


http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/851769.html?storylink=omni_popular&pageNum=15&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

 ::MonkeyShocked::

as i have mentioned previously on this board, i used to work for child protective services and i can tell you that 90% of the reason i left the job was because of the moral dilemma i had when i saw abused children being returned to their parents by the courts because the parents were believed to be "rehabilitated" and the most important thing was to "perserve the family unit."

based on the information we have been given so far and the criminal backgrounds of the individuals involved in roberts life, and the hospitalization of the mothers boyfriend, i actually believe that the mother did something to hurt robert and ended up killing him, and the boyfriend helped her cover it up and had a breakdown about it and he was hospitalized because of that.

i think the mother and boyfriend both need to be locked up. some people should not be allowed to have children.

http://www.fisherinteractive.com/kbci/live/


The ADA count sheriff said that it is a multi-agency investigation.
There is a crime scene van, a tent set up. Won't comment on if it's related to Robert or not.

IDP is also there.

C is five Mile and Southdale.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=2800+Cherry+Ln,+Boise,+Idaho+83705&daddr=10300+Seamans+Gulch+Rd,+Garden+City,+Ada,+Idaho+83714&hl=en&geocode=FYsBmQIdDa0S-Q%3B&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=43.641569,-116.238427&sspn=0.237023,0.44014&ie=UTF8&ll=43.633093,-116.207199&spn=0.237056,0.44014&t=h&z=11

I am somewhat familiar with Boise, and I don't think S Dale and Five Mile Rd are close together, unless it is one I don't know. South Dale is very close to Vista Ave, and I understand that is where the mom's apt is. Can anyone clarify?

i wonder who's home this is

Fanny please click the link on the map I just posted and let me know if it is wrong.  It is the only place that a "Southdale" got close to Five Mile.

Thanks NORTHERN ROSE, I see it now. I am still praying.

I wonder also  ::MonkeyNoNo::

I am hoping it the correct place.  If I have it wrong please let me know.

I think "preserving the family unit" goes out the window when you fracture a childs skull!

sunshine - i dont think i could do that job for the same reason.  what is wrong with these courts today   ::MonkeyNoNo:: 

5:45 p.m.

Dave Neal, director of Ada County's solid waste management, said the part of the dump where Saturday's refuse was taken has been left alone since then.

Friday, an Ada County sheriff's deputy officially cordoned it off with crime scene tape.

If police ask, the landfill workers can take Saturday's trash a foot at a time and lay it our flat, with a bulldozer, to be sifted through, Neal said.


http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/851769.html?storylink=omni_popular&pageNum=15&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

To say that child protective services needs a complete overhaul seems like an understatement  ::MonkeyNoNo:: I'm wondering if the boyfriend attempted suicide?

It is Southdale Ave, and not S. Dale Ave. You are correct, I believe.

I doubt it. They don't treat and release the same day for a suicide attempt. They usually hold you for at least 72 hours.

5:53 p.m.
Ada County Sheriff's Office crime scene investigators are preparing to do a multi-agency search of a house on Southdale Avenue in Southwest Boise. Boise police department will be lead agency for the search.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/851769.html?storylink=omni_popular&pageNum=15&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

This is so heart breaking.   Praying for Robert.   

I agree about our court system. Overhaul is an understatement. No one is protecting these children. They give them back too soon or in cases where they should never be returned. They give visits when none should be allowed. They let parents who abuse off with a slap on the wrist and some "parenting classes".

It makes me so angry and I see it time and time again.

In another development, Ada County Sheriff's deputies staked out an area at the Hidden Hollow Landfill this afternoon. Police tape now marks off about one-half acre. A crime lab vehicle was at the scene.

Sheriff's spokeswoman Andrea Dearden says the deputies are assisting Boise Police in this investigation. At this point, they are just watching the area, no officers have been seen combing through any garbage.

A spokesman for Allied Waste says the trash in the marked off area came from the Oak Park Apartments, where the Manwills lived. It was dumped there on Saturday, the day after Robert disappeared.

A short time later, that same crime lab vehicle was parked outside at home on Southdale Avenue, just outside the Boise city limits. That's near the vicinity of Five Mile and Lake Hazel roads. Police are converging at that location.

The family that rents the home told us they know Robert, and that their Chevy Suburban was stolen last week. It has been retrieved but may now be part of this investigation.

Boise Police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower says deputies are on the scene to make sure the area is preserved for investigators. They don't want any possible evidence to become tainted. What that evidence may be, police are not saying at this point.

http://blogs.ktvb.com/breaking/2009/07/police-evidence-manwill-was-in.html

 ::MonkeyWaa:: I have tried to post three times tonight and keep getting kicked out of the cage.

To Robert, I am sorry, I didn't know you were missing or I would have been here immediately.  ::MonkeyWaa:: I pray your are safe.  ::MonkeyAngel:: JSM

 ::MonkeyWaa::  ::MonkeyWaa::  ::MonkeyWaa::

JSM is a bad monkey, not knowing about this poor little lad.

I wonder if it was something to do with this stolen SUV that tipped off BPD and why they searched the appartment last night.

this is strange...maybe the mother or boyfriend were trying to frame these people? i dont know, thats just weird that their car was stolen. i know cars get stolen, but your car gets stolen, you know the family of robert, and LE is descending on ur property...very strange.  i wonder who owns the property

I wonder who lives there too. They are waiting for a warrant to search.

Sunshine, I am very new to this case, just heard about it today.


My question is, did they call LE immediately after the suburban was stolen or are they saying NOW it was stolen and then recovered. TIA JSM

6:17 p.m.

Investigators are searching the house on Southdale Avenue, looking for evidence that could be related to the disappearance of Robert Manwill

http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/851769.html?storylink=omni_popular&pageNum=15&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

I think they may the search warrant now....hopefully

JSM, you are far from a bad monkey. It is hard to keep up with all these missing children and it is draining. It is astounding that so many children can disappear and a sad commentary on our society. Just keep praying for Robert.

We don't know JSM. This is the first we have heard about a stolen SUV.

JSM  ::MonkeyAngel::  it is impossible to keep up with all the horrible cases that are happening almost on a daily basis. It is sickening what is all going on.

jsm-i dont know the answer to your question, i'm sorry :(  i don't think that info has been made public but i think its an important piece to the puzzle as to why this house is being searched.  in order for them to have a search warrent they have to have some probable cause to go search the home...i hope they update the press with new developments as they come

This is very confusing  ::MonkeyConfused::  I'm almost wondering if the boyfriend or mother have said something to LE for them to go to the house?

I'm praying Fanny, just a little sad that a tiny boy has been missing and he was with his "mother" that had already bashed in a tiny baby's head.

My friend is going to court on Monday to get custodial rights of her nephew, no abuse, just neglect and drug addiction on the parent's part. My friend has been through h*ll with CPS wanting the kids to see their parents, etc. And it angers me to no end that Robert's mother had any contact with this little boy with her past history.

Thank you Pink Angel

I know No Rose, it is impossible, but it seems to be more and more that the parents or family had something to do with it. That is what makes me so angry and sad.

I think that the mom or boyfriend is talking...a little at a time...which is why all of the new developments.  Or maybe I just hope they are...

Thank you Sunshine. I am so behind on this I really appreciate your response. TIA JSM

I have updated the location of C based on teh above information : home on Southdale Avenue, just outside the Boise city limits. That's near the vicinity of Five Mile and Lake Hazel roads.

something led them there.
wish we had a name or an address or something.

the reports said neither Mom nor Boyfriend were at the news conference today...hmmmmm

You have to wonder what these courts are thinking sometimes.  My nephews dad accused my sister and I of doing drugs in front of my nephew...simply accused us...and the judge has now ordered ME to take random drug tests as a condition of the custody arrangement!  I am fine with doing so because I do not use any drugs and actually I am happy that this judge is being proactive in making sure my nephews best interests come FIRST! 

Here you have a mother that was charged, not accused, of harming a child and yet she gets a slap on the wrist and now look where we are   ::MonkeyNoNo::   

NG is talking about the case right now.

Thank you Northern Rose.


Nancy Grace:
More than 2,000 volunteers search today.
The renters of the house had a SUV that was stolen and returned. They know Robert. That's all the info he has (the reporter) has gleemed.

Reporter on NG said that during the search of Mom and Bf's apt last night there were cars taken.  He used the plural several times.

Yup, they were not. Dad was there with his wife Anton, his older son, his brother (a girlfriend or wife of one of them) and Aunt Trish.

Reporter on NG just said they talked to the owner and she rents the house to someone who knows Robert's mom and stepdad.

That is odd because all the news reports today said one red SUV was taken.

Missing Boise boy 'may be the victim of a tragic event'

BOISE - Authorities say they now believe Robert Manwill's disappearance is based on "suspicious circumstances."
Jim Kerns, Boise Police deputy police chief, said Friday Robert is still missing but he may be injured.

"Overnight, we located evidence that may bring us closer to finding out what happened to Robert," Kerns said at a Friday news conference. "The evidence we've uncovered shows there are suspicious circumstances regarding Robert's disappearance."

"He may be the victim of a tragic event."

Friday's massive volunteer search for the boy will continue.

Just after 8 p.m. on Thursday, detectives started searching the complex including the apartment belonging to Robert’s mom, Melissa Jenkins.

It's now been a week since 8-year-old Robert has gone missing. On Friday, authorities and more than 1,600 volunteers have been searching for the missing boy.

Police would not say what they were searching for, what they removed, or why the search is happening now. However, it has been confirmed that K9 units were brought in to help with the investigation.
"(The community) response to find the missing little boy has been incredible," Kerns said.

Manwill went missing from the Oak Park Village apartment complex in Boise last Friday at about 10 p.m.

Police had initially believed the boy may have gone to an unknown friend's house for a party, but that was ruled out as a possibility.

This week, Jim Kerns, Boise Police deputy police chief, said they were following hundreds of leads including interviewing registered sex offenders in Boise.

And on late Thursday, authorities did an extensive search into the apartment complex where Robert was last seen. That search included seizing items from Robert's mother's apartment. They also towed her red SUV. Police did not elaborate why they searched her apartment.

"This is the most important investigation we've had in a long time," said Michael Masterson, Boise Police chief.

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6:38 p.m.

More than 2,300 volunteers turned out to search today.

"The search was extremely helpful," she said. Specific areas of interest now have to be searched by trained investigators.

"Developing leads" led police to the house on Southdale where investigators have converged Friday evening.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/851769.html?storylink=omni_popular&pageNum=15&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

A closer look at Southdale and the area that the other house is located.

That is why it caught my attention that he kept saying carS.

Thanks for the maps NoRose.

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Re-posting a picture of Kiwi searching last night.

He's such a pretty dog.

Thanks to everyone posting updates and maps.

I hope Robert is found and brought home to his Daddy.

I second that, and also for the pic of that cute dog Kiwi.

6:38 p.m.

More than 2,300 volunteers turned out to search today.

"The search was extremely helpful," she said. Specific areas of interest now have to be searched by trained investigators.

"Developing leads" led police to the house on Southdale where investigators have converged Friday evening.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/851769.html

It is nice to see the community and surrounding areas come together to find this child.  God Bless everyone who is helping.

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To: Domandred
I have a daughter who has baby sat this child. Several years ago.
A really sad and tragic family circumstance.

I have always wondered how a woman could wilfully crack the skull of her own young child, and then get 29 days of work release, fined $75.50 and put on probation for two years. That's the mother of this child and that's what she did to one of her other children

She could not have full custody and only had visitation rights. The husband, who is a veteran and by all accounts a decent person, has full custody of this boy. This occurred when the child was supposed to be with the mother...but my understanding is that she had gone somewhere and left him with the "boyfriend".

The boyfriend himself has multiple entries on his record, including burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia, and he legally cannot be near the woman's other daughter...but the record on that case is sealed.

He is the one who said that the little boy wanted to go to a friends to some kind of party, but he wouldn't let him go, but did let him play alone outside and then later noticed he was gone. This was last week and the child has just dissappeared.

My guess, is his story is under minute scrutiny as to when someone other than him actually last saw the boy...and exactly where the mother was the entire time.

Very tragic envent here in the Boise area. Big search went on today all over the area where he went missing. Over 1,000 searching.

LATEST BOISE POLICE UPDATE - SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, ROBERT MAY BE VICTIM OF TRAGIC EVENT


9 posted on Friday, July 31, 2009 6:38:35 PM by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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The CPS here is all about keeping the family together. No matter if dad is in jail and mom is laid up in the bed zonked out from who knows what kind of drugs.

I'm glad you are keeping your nephew's best interest at heart. I will say a prayer for y'all Leroy. JSM

What I do not understand and never have, if there are 2,300 people in Boise, Id that are willing to come out and look for this child, that means there are a lot of good people in this area. It is like this all over the country. There are a lot more good people that want to do the right thing than there are bad. So how is it, that all this stuff can happen to kids all over the country??
How is it that the bad and evil, out weighs the good and decent? It is a conundrum that I have never been able to figure out.   ::MonkeyNoNo::

I hear ya Fanny...makes no sense.  However, one bad seed doesn't make the whole bunch rotten as Boise has certainly proven.

He sounds like a good suspect ... Last one to have seen the victim, A boyfriends and NOT the real father..
Mom was/is attracted to a badboy ??? He may not like the real father ?
Anyways it is speculation..

I agree Edward...the mom's history of abusing children makes me think she has something to do with it too.

the last case i had before i left my previous job in CPS was the case of a child that was killed at the hands of the mothers boyfriend.  the mother was at work and the boyfriend broke the child's neck and then threw him down the stairs to make it look like an accident.  the reason cps was involved was b/c there was an infant in the home at the time and the agency needed to insure the safety of that child...

let me just say, that at the hospital, the boyfriend/killer/monster..was vomiting perfusely and tried to say that it was an accident...the mother continues to defend this boyfriend till this day. it's SICKENING.

i wish i could say we are searching for an alive child in this case but i think it's pretty clear the police are looking for this little angel's body. going on that assumption i would say that i doubt this child's murder would be planned, but i do think the mother and boyfriend conspired afterwards to point the finger elsewhere and make it look like an abduction... i am sick to my stomach.

Sure wish we could get some news on what all went down at that house they were searching..

ughh, i know!

Yep, i think they are trying to make it look like an abduction...and so much of me wishes it really was....then there is hope that this little guy is still alive.

I was a LE dispatcher at one point in my life married to a LE. I was there 10+yrs and I left after seeing things, and hearing stories just like you are talking about. It wears you down, frustrates you, and the judicial system just doesn't seem to help.

I am sorry to say that from all indications, this is not going to have a happy ending. I am sick myself.

8:44 p.m.

Crime scene investigators have brought buckets and shovels into the backyard of the home at the 6600 block of Southdale Drive.

Also, they have set up a canopy with walls in the yard.


http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/851769.html?storylink=omni_popular&pageNum=18&&&&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

 ::MonkeyWaa::  ::MonkeyWaa::

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Court records show a history of family tragedies involving young children.

Jenkins pleaded guilty in March to a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child following an October 2008 incident that fractured her infant son's skull.

Jenkins "did willfully inflict" the injury to her other son "by striking the child's head on a surface, causing a fracture to the child's skull," on Oct. 19, 2008. She was sentenced to 29 days of work release, fined $75.50 and put on probation for two years, according to court documents.

That child is the son of Jenkins' boyfriend, Daniel Edward Ehrlick. The boy was in the care of the state Department of Health and Welfare through at least February, according to court documents. The agency will not release his whereabouts, citing policy.

Jenkins has a third child, a 2-year-old daughter fathered by a third man, who has custody of her. Jenkins has visitation rights. Ehrlick, who has been convicted of burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia, is banned from being alone with the girl, but court documents don't say why.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/531/story/852051.html

I do not understand with the violence against children that either can be near a child

OH GOD!!   ::MonkeyWaa:: ::MonkeyWaa::

I wish we had more info on who's house this is.

this is bad, i feel like im going to vomit... saying prayers for robert right now  ::MonkeyAngel::

I knew that was coming when I heard on CBS2 earlier that a tent was being set up. You set up a tent for outdoors forensics.

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this is not sounding good at all...i'm so confused though as to why he would be at this house. 

RUMOR ALERT -- a poster at the Idahostateman said the mom's boyfriend was in the hosptial for a drug overdose. 

I'm not sure I believe that because wouldnt that be considered a suicide attempt and then they would have not released him so soon?  Who knows I guess

I meant to add that it would make a lot of sense though.....and if he had any part in harming this poor little guy, I certainly hope he doesnt *get off* that easy!

If it really is ONLY the 6600 block of Southdale,
this should help as there are only 6 ::MonkeyTongue::

R2909530010 2009 6673 S SOUTHDALE AVE BOISE ID 83709
R2909530015 2009 6629 S SOUTHDALE AVE BOISE ID 83709
R2909530020 2009 6605 S SOUTHDALE AVE BOISE ID 83709
R2909530105 2009 6606 S SOUTHDALE AVE BOISE ID 83709
R2909530110 2009 6630 S SOUTHDALE AVE BOISE ID 83709
R2909530115 2009 6674 S SOUTHDALE AVE BOISE ID 83709


http://www.adacountyassessor.org/propsys/AddressSearch.do?d-49653-p=2&year=2009&address=6600+southdale

There are photos of the homes on this link also so if anyone knows kind of what the house looks like, this will help

The address is 6630 Southdale.  I just found it!

picture from
http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/851769.html?storylink=omni_popular&pageNum=18&&&&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

Here is streetview from google.  Same siding, same carriage hinges on gate, same camper in back yard.  http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

Is there any confirmation that he is released, or released to the police?
If he is not at the hospital, it doesn't mean he is home. They could just be holding him at this point. Sometimes LE can hold someone without arresting them for a certain period of time. I don't know exactly how the Idaho laws are.

There is a Steven Jenkins on Southdale. 7200. I don't know if he is related to Melissa. It's possible he is and this is his house.

::shakes head::

sometimes they will release people on drug o/ds if the patient claims it was an accident...many times hospitals will give people that od on opiates a shot on narcan, monitor them, and then send them on their way.

Thanks NR~That oddly enough was the one I clicked on ::MonkeyConfused:: here is a photo of the front

oops didn't see all the new posting. Let me see if I can find who lives there.

Here is a compare of 6630 Southdale Ave and the image from the article.
-camper
-siding
-carriage hinges on gate swinging the same way

The hospital confirmed he was released. At five the police confirmed to CBS2 that mom and BF were not under arrest. Whether they are in custody...don't know. :)

So child abusers can raise children now, with the court's blessing, after a slap on the wrist.  What next, giving them taffies?

 :2ukli:

2 different campers isn't it?

nevermind, i am drunk.

Well, the picture on the tax appraiser site doesn't look like the other picture???

that is strange   ::MonkeyConfused:: 

Forgot to mention same trellis on the side of the house as well.

Looks exactly like the same camper but i think the camper in the google photo is in the neighbors back yard...to me it looks like the privacy fence is connected to the other house.  the pic where the investigators are walking in looks like the privacy fence is connected right to the house in question...i dont know, i'm drunk too...LOL

Gloria C Barriatua

   1. 6630 Southdale Ave
   2. Boise, ID
   3. 
   4. Household: Ray D Barriatua

Ok now that is weird, when I did a zoom in to see if there were numbers on the front of the house I saw nothing.  Google map is coming up with 6630 as the overlay.  Then I went to the house on the other side of the street from it to see if that house has numbers and Google map still said 6630.   ::MonkeyConfused::

NoRose - thank you so much for posting the photos!

I know when I google my address it's off by about 4 houses ::MonkeyConfused::

BUT, this blue house in the tax site looks like the house in your photos (only painted), it's 6629

yes thank you NoRose.

Perhaps you can double check with bing.com maps. See what that gives you.

this is so frustration, why do people not put house numbers on the front of their houses?

Jennifer Whitman

   1. 6629 Southdale Ave
   2. Boise, ID
   3.   

Here is the tax appraiser link again with all 6 homes in the 6600 block, you can even zoom in and see the lot's etc.


picture from
http://www.idahostatesman.com/235/story/851769.html?storylink=omni_popular&pageNum=18&&&&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container

This blue house looks to be the right one.  The shrubs have grown some though, but on the now beige house they are all in the correct place just bigger, windows are the same and so is roofline.  They painted it.  Let me check 6629 on bing maps.

Thanks fo all the info PA & NR  ::MonkeyAngel::

::hangs head in shame::

you sound just like my pizza delivery guy.

i just redid the siding. i bought them, just haven't hung them yet.

It's kinda vague, but look at one of lot's from an ariel view, one has about 13 what looks like junk cars in the back yard ::MonkeyTongue::


I think the photos on the tax site are the correct parcels, just old photos .......

I agree.  Here is the compare of 6629 and the house that matches the one from the article.  The trees are grown but in the right place.  IMO it is 6629 with a new paintjob.

Even down to the stain coming down from the pipe on the roof........

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=r7qd5v596g2b&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&scene=20889123&encType=1



Arial view of house.

It's the one on the right with all the junk in the yard.

Here is the shot from Bing maps of 6629.  The camper is in their property as you can see the fence running beside it.  What a lovely yard.  So who lives in 6629 Southdale Ave?

Geez ....looks like a junkyard.

I am so sorry PA.  Did not mean to make you feel bad.  I have chocolate brown posts in the front of my house and my numbers are black.  I might as well not have numbers at all!

Thanks for posting those NR~I have no clue how to post from the map sites ::MonkeyTongue::

If you go to the link I posted, you can zoom in and out, and move around the property.

Thank you NoRose, islandmonkey and Fanny.

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I cropped it.

Thanks Fanny

http://www.realtor.com/property-detail/6629-Southdale-Ave_Boise_ID_83709_dc732500

Wow~that is one scary yard ::MonkeyNoNo:: I'd hate to be their neighbors ::MonkeyTongue::

Jennifer Whitman according to Whitepages.com

There is no number listed, so I am guessing it's unlisted.

Intellus shows a Jennifer Whitman who is 29 with a relative named Mark Whitman. I don't know if it's the same Jennifer.

http://blogs.ktvb.com/breaking/2009/07/police-evidence-manwill-was-in.html

Yard from all angels. They have small children based on the kiddie pool and small plastic rid em car in the front.  Thanks for posting the link Fanny.  I was so excited I found the house I forgot.

I searched the county records and they aren't online:

Where can I find owner names on the website?
For privacy reasons, owner names will not be displayed on the website. You will need to contact the Ada County Assessor's Office at (208) 287-7262 or visit our office located at 200 W. Front St., Boise, Idaho where our friendly front counter staff will be happy to assist you


That's a surprise, here you can look up any property and find out the sale price, the mortgage and even the freaking interest rate ::MonkeyTongue::

They rent, so the owner name would do us no good anyhow. Thanks for trying!

Lady this link will not work for me

lady~I can't pull that site up  ::MonkeyConfused:: probably because the darn cat just ran across the laptop and now it's acting up..........what does it say??????

Thanks,

IM

Their website is down. They have been having issues all day. Hell of a day to be down huh?

Gothca.........

Search for missing Boise boy takes grim turn
12:03 PM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink
Don Day
 

Editor's note: We have been experiencing technical difficulties today. To bring you the story, we are presenting this stripped down version of KTVB.COM

UPDATE - 10:04pm: Ada County Sheriff's Deputies and Boise Police Officers spent Friday evening searching a home on Southdale St. near Five Mile and Lake Hazel. Officials received a search warrant, and began looking through the scene at 6:15 p.m.

The people who rented the home spoke exclusively to KTVB and said they knew the Manwill family, but would not elaborate further.

Officers began searching the backyard of the home, including an RV and car. The search also focused on an area of disturbed earth. Equipment from Boise State University was brought in - which was said to be sonar.

Later, a group of seven people used a series of four foot rods and went through the area. They also used shovels to probe the dirt.

They then marked off the area with red evidence flags. The work wrapped up just before 10 p.m. Friday night. It is not known what was found - if anything.

Police will resume the search Saturday morning.

It looks like a shadetree mechanic's yard, and although there is a privacy fence part of the way, you can clearly see that there is a shared yard with the house on the right further past the fence. You can see where cars have ridden from one yard to the other, and there are almost as many cars over there as in the first one. I would suspect they are either related, or very good friends with this set up. I wonder how they would know if a SUV was missing from all this mess?

Editor's note: We have been experiencing technical difficulties today. To bring you the story, we are presenting this stripped down version of KTVB.COM

UPDATE - 10:04pm: Ada County Sheriff's Deputies and Boise Police Officers spent Friday evening searching a home on Southdale St. near Five Mile and Lake Hazel. Officials received a search warrant, and began looking through the scene at 6:15 p.m.

The people who rented the home spoke exclusively to KTVB and said they knew the Manwill family, but would not elaborate further.

Officers began searching the backyard of the home, including an RV and car. The search also focused on an area of disturbed earth. Equipment from Boise State University was brought in - which was said to be sonar.

Later, a group of seven people used a series of four foot rods and went through the area. They also used shovels to probe the dirt.

They then marked off the area with red evidence flags. The work wrapped up just before 10 p.m. Friday night. It is not known what was found - if anything.

Police will resume the search Saturday morning.

Oops...Sorry!  ::MonkeyWink::

I'm almost embarresed to answer ::MonkeyRoll:: No-I haven't left the Island except to go to work or visit Eli when he wasn't an ::MonkeyAngel::  BUT, it's funny you ask because we are going next week. Send me an email at pcolabeachmom@yahoo.com and I'll get all the info when we are there!!!!!!!

 Now that's the d@mn truth..... ::MonkeyNoNo::

Will do thanks for the reply. I will email you. We are leaving in the
AM. Thanks!!

I was thinking the same thing Fanny.  The back access is shared between lots and they have cars and a truck lined up like a makeshift fence almost?  They have to be either really good friends or into what ever they are into with all those cars together.

YW~That's funny, we could actually be there at the same time....I did find this for you though:

http://www.watervilleusa.com/flash.html

It list who is able to get discounted tickets due to age, size etc., but I'll check to see if any of the hotels/condos have discount tickets for you.

humboldtkid wrote on July, 31 10:28 PM:
I went to search today. We had to walk many blocks to get to where we were supposed to search, which may have led people to think folks weren't really looking. We were only allowed to look at public property. I really, really feel for Robert's dad, grandparents, and family. Did glean some info about the little boy, who was injured by mom. He had returned to the home about 6 weeks ago, but was put back into foster care Monday. Evidently, mom was violating parole by being with the boy friend?

http://www.idahostatesman.com/Boise/story/851769.html?commentSort=TimeStampDescending&pageNum=1

comment from above link

So how are Jennifer R Whitman and Mark A Whitman who live there connected/related to Robert"s mom or BF?

http://www.intelius.com/search-summary-out.php?ReportType=1&qf=Jennifer&qmi=&qn=Whitman&qs=ID&trackit=74&focusfirst=1

I have seen neighborhood in Boise that looked just like this. It is also not unusual to see a fence yard around the whole house, even in the front, with a horse standing in the front yard in a subdivision. I don't think the code restrictions are very tight there, and it does not surprise me the the addys don't match the tax assessors.

 Most people keep to themselves there, so not having addys on the houses is not a surprise either. I don't begin to know how the emergency services ever make a call there, and the police probably are not called much anyhow.

If he is in the backyard, he has to spend one more night there.
 ::MonkeyWaa:: ::MonkeyWaa::
At least he is safe with God if he is in that backyard.

That's crazy ::MonkeyHaHa::.

Actually the tax appraiser site had the correct house (it was just an old photo), the google map didn't have it exactly right.......Like I told NR, my house is at least 4 homes off when you do a google map.

The link posted earlier worked for me now as well.  I am posting the entire article in case the site goes down again.

Search for missing Boise boy takes grim turn
12:03 PM Fri, Jul 31, 2009 | Permalink
Don Day
 
Editor's note: We have been experiencing technical difficulties today. To bring you the story, we are presenting this stripped down version of KTVB.COM

UPDATE - 10:04pm: Ada County Sheriff's Deputies and Boise Police Officers spent Friday evening searching a home on Southdale St. near Five Mile and Lake Hazel. Officials received a search warrant, and began looking through the scene at 6:15 p.m.

The people who rented the home spoke exclusively to KTVB and said they knew the Manwill family, but would not elaborate further.

Officers began searching the backyard of the home, including an RV and car. The search also focused on an area of disturbed earth. Equipment from Boise State University was brought in - which was said to be sonar.

Later, a group of seven people used a series of four foot rods and went through the area. They also used shovels to probe the dirt.

They then marked off the area with red evidence flags. The work wrapped up just before 10 p.m. Friday night. It is not known what was found - if anything.

Police will resume the search Saturday morning.

UPDATE - 9:50pm: Police say more than 2,300 volunteers helped search for Manwill Friday

Earlier story

Jessie Bonner/ Associated Press

A Boise search for a missing 8-year-old took a grim turn as police suggested he may be hurt - or worse - and searched the apartment of his mother, who has a history of harming another child.

Police and FBI detectives Friday coordinated more than 2,300 volunteers in a massive search for Robert Manwill, who reportedly disappeared July 24 after leaving his mother's apartment on the southwest side of Idaho's capitol city.

Early in the week, investigators said they had no evidence suggesting foul play.

But Deputy Chief Jim Kerns changed course Friday, saying new evidence recovered in a Thursday night search of the apartment of the boy's mother, Melissa Scott Jenkins, has detectives tracking new leads.

"The evidence we've uncovered shows that there are suspicious circumstances surrounding Robert's disappearance," Kerns said during a press conference. "Volunteers assisting in the search today are being given the information by search team officers that Robert may indeed be injured or the victim of a tragic event."

So far, police say there are no arrests or suspects in the case. Investigators were seen taking an SUV and other items during the search of Jenkins' apartment Thursday night.

Jenkins has been at previous press conferences, but didn't attend Friday. Police wouldn't say where she was.

The boy was visiting her the night he disappeared. His father, Charles Manwill, has had custody since 2008 and lives in New Plymouth, about 45 miles northwest of Boise.

Court records show a history of family tragedies involving young children.

Jenkins pleaded guilty in March to a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child following an October 2008 incident that fractured her infant son's skull.

Jenkins "did willfully inflict" the injury to her other son "by striking the child's head on a surface, causing a fracture to the child's skull," on Oct. 19, 2008. She was sentenced to 29 days of work release, fined $75.50 and put on probation for two years, according to court documents.

That child is the son of Jenkins' boyfriend, Daniel Edward Ehrlick. The boy was in the care of the state Department of Health and Welfare through at least February, according to court documents. The agency will not release his whereabouts, citing policy.

Jenkins has a third child, a 2-year-old daughter fathered by a third man, who has custody of her. Jenkins has visitation rights. Ehrlick, who has been convicted of burglary, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia, is banned from being alone with the girl, but court documents don't say why.

In another case, Charles Manwill's former wife stabbed their 4-year-old son, Michael, in the chest in 1993, killing him. Silke Fatma Manwill pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, was sentenced to federal prison and released in 2002.

Charles Manwill was among family members who flanked chief Kerns as he spoke to reporters Friday.

"We want everyone not to give up hope," said Trisha Burrill, the boy's aunt. "Please help us bring Robert home."

Boise police spokeswoman Lynn Hightower said volunteers on Friday covered a 1 1/2-mile to 2-mile radius around the scene where the boy was reported missing.

The search is believed to be the biggest attempt to find a missing person in the city's history, Hightower said.

Boise Police Department Sgt. P.D. Burch supervised a volunteer post at South Junior High School, and said 200 volunteers from New Plymouth, where the boy was supposed to enroll in third grade next month, were being bused to Boise to help in the search.

Family members gathered under a tent at the edge of the high school football field, where a 31-year-old mother of two from Meridian approached the group and asked if she could bring them lunch.

"We wanted to do something," said Randee Fratto, who walked away clutching her 4-month-old daughter, Olivia, and a handful of missing posters with pictures of Robert Manwill wearing a shy smile.

"It breaks your heart," Fratto said. "It makes you want to hug your babies and never let go."

http://blogs.ktvb.com/breaking/2009/07/police-evidence-manwill-was-in.html

That is sad ::MonkeyWaa:: BUT, IF he is in that backyard, he's been with God for awhile and is at peace and will never be scared, hungry or sad ever again. ::MonkeyAngel::

Thanks for that Island!  I would never have known as I have never googled my own house.  Bing seems to be much more accurate but there is no street view that I saw with their maps.

YW Northern Rose~our tax sites don't show the house, just who owns it and other info so I was surprised in how different their site was.