April Beth Pitzer missing 6/28/04 Newberry Springs, CA

[Observer]

April Beth Pitzer



April Beth Pitzer was last seen in the vicinity of the 30000 block of Caspian Way in Newberry Springs, CA. She told her roommate that she was leaving on a bus to visit her mother in Arkansas, but never arrived. Pitzer had also been a model for a variety of clothing stores in Arkansas and Texas. She left behind two young daughters, whom she reportedly doted upon.

In December 2005, clothing was found in a mine shaft in Ludlow, California. In January 2006, April's mother positively identified the clothing as belonging to her daughter. There was no other sign of April at the scene. April has a medical condition and requires medication.

Classification:  Endangered Missing Adult 
Alias / Nickname:  Coggins or Campbell 
Date of Birth:  February 19, 1974 
Date Missing:  June 28, 2004 
From City/State:  Newberry Springs, CA 
Missing From (Country):  USA 
Age at Time of Disappearance:  30 
Gender:  Female 
Race:  White 
Height:  69 inches 
Weight:  125 pounds 
Hair Color:  Brown 
Eye Color:  Hazel 
Complexion:  Medium 
Identifying Characteristics:  Small round scar on left side of chest, scar on elbow, scar on lip. No upper teeth. 
Clothing:  Wears size 6 athletic shoes or sandals. 
Jewelry:  Gold hoop earrings.   

Investigative Agency:  San Bernardino Sheriff's Dept. 
Phone:  (760) 256-4838 
Investigative Case #:  DR 080401661 
NCIC #:  M-314239727 

http://www.kristenfoundation.org/cgi-bin/datacgi/database.cgi?file=hw&report=sp&ID=042

Read more here:
http://www.theyaremissed.org/ncma/newsletter/vol1issue6/vol1issue6.pdf
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[Observer]

A $50,000 reward is now being offered for information as to the whereabouts of April.
Please help find April Beth Pitzer - Missing since June 28, 2004 from Newberry Springs, CA.

[Observer]

[Observer]

The mysterious note on an Oregon truck stop bathroom wall.

AMW MISSING DATA FILE FOR   
   
April Beth Pitzer

http://tinyurl.com/26damy (Americas Most Wanted Website)

A New Life
Friends and family say that April Pitzer was looking to start a new life when she moved from Arkansas to Newberry Springs, Calif. in the summer of 2003.  In the midst of a divorce from her husband, April headed west and soon made numerous friends in her new home.

However, a year later, April decided it was time to return to Arkansas, this time to live with her mother, Gloria Denton.  Cops say April never made it home and her whereabouts remain a mystery.

At the time of her disappearance, April was living with a friend, Chuck Hollister.  Police learned that on April 26, 2004, Hollister agreed to drive April around town and say goodbye to friends.  The next day, Chuck and April spent the day packing her belongings, although April never spoke of how exactly she was getting back to Arkansas.  When Chuck awoke the next morning, April was still sound asleep, but when he returned later that day, she was gone.

Police tell AMW that Chuck believed that April had either gotten a ride or was given money for a bus ticket.  Detectives even checked Hollister's residence for signs of April but came up empty-handed.  When cops began questioning April's friends, they all believed the same thing...that Pitzer had found her way back to Arkansas.

The cryptic message said "want to find missing girl from Arkansas? I-15 3 miles east of Barstow."
Questions Surround Woman's Disappearance
April's mom began to worry since Pitzer is known to suffer from bi-polar disorder.  They usually spoke every week, and it had been weeks since Denton had heard from her daughter.

Local authorities began posting missing person fliers around town.  However, the first lead would come not locally, but from over 800 miles away.  On September 7, 2004, detectives were contacted by Deputy Daniel Carr from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office in Oregon.  Carr said he had been sent to a Love's truck stop in Roseberg, Oregon to check out a suspicious message written on a bathroom wall.  The cryptic message said "want to find missing girl from Arkansas?  I-15 3 miles east of Barstow."

Deputy Carr photographed and collected all latent prints from the bathroom stall and retrieved the truck stop's surveillance footage.  While he sent all the results to cops in California, no leads developed.  Nevertheless, deputies from Barstow, Calif. Sheriff's Station investigated the area three miles off the 15 freeway but found no sign of April.

On September 9, 2004, detectives got another lead in the case.  An employee working for Barstow City Transportation sold a bus pass to a woman who, when seeing April's missing person poster, said "I know her, she's dead and stuffed in a hole and I know what hole she's in."

Detectives tracked down the woman who told them that she had known April for about a year.  The woman had heard rumors that April had been killed and the body was hidden out in the desert.

During the course of the investigation, detectives learned that Chuck Hollister and his friends were known to hang out in a group of inactive mines in the desert area 5 miles south of Ludlow, Calif.  At that point, authorities turned their attention to the numerous gold mines, most from the late 1800's, hoping that one may provide clues as to April's  whereabouts.  It was at these mines that Mike Melson of the volunteer group Equusearch began leading multiple, thorough searches.  Currently, authorities and Melson continue to check the mines for signs of April.

Chuck Hollister died of cancer in September 2006 but authorities believe that there is someone out there who knows what happened to April Pitzer.

[Observer]

http://aprilshope.org/

April's Hope, the namesake of April Beth Pitzer, is a unique project with two purposes:  To provide awareness, funding and equipment to search and rescue operations across the United states, and to provide funding for beautification projects, such as butterfly and flower gardens to cities throughout Arkansas.

Because April Beth Pitzer's life epitomized love, passion, hope and the desire to make a difference in this world the mission of the April's Hope Project is to continue the life of April Beth Pitzer so that she is never forgotten...  and to brighten the world, just as April did....

For more information about this project, contact us at 1-479-966-0471 or via email by clicking here.  Please continue to check back for important updates, grant announcements and programs offered through April's Hope.  Always Remember April Beth Pitzer.

In the News:  April's Hope announces a partnership with the Fayetteville, Arkansas Botanical Gardens.  Plans are underway to build an Arbor of Hope as a tribute to all missing persons in Arkansas and to extend the Botanical Gardens current butterfly and children's garden.  April's Hope is also currently working to provide funding for state-of-the-art sonar equipment to be used in search and rescue efforts.

For more information on April Beth Pitzer, please visit www.letsbringthemhome.org or visit www.amw.com.

[Observer]

Gloria's Girls
Edit to correct identity of the three pictures, per Gloria's post: http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=2049.msg269451#msg269451

The first and third little girl on the first page here are April Beth's little girls....the other in the middle is my son's. They are the triple joys in my life

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http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=bQKPZfMaH9o
Tribute to April Beth Youtube(Click above)

Youtube of April Beth
If Tomorrow Never Comes.

[Observer]

Person of Interest Dan Dansbury AKA Dan Dan


Trailor in Desert


The Search For April

1. A searcher clearing a large mineshaft
2. Using the drop-down camera
3. Elephant Mountain
4. Yet another pile of women's clothing. This one is near Elephant Mountain





Radio Interview's

The Dana Pretzer Show(Scared Monkeys Radio) - May 23rd 9pm - Special Guests Gloria Denton, Carmen Mercer, and Robert Peter
http://tinyurl.com/2aacb9
http://tinyurl.com/2zckke  (Podcast)

Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Gloria Denton Interview
Mother of Missing April Beth Pitzer Unearths Vital Evidence Investigators Missed
http://missingpiecesshow.homestead.com/MissingPiecesEpisode14Archive.html
http://tinyurl.com/2ghgle

[Observer]

Desert Dispatch
http://tinyurl.com/2ng6fu

APRIL BETH PITZER May 16, 2007 - 6:56AM
Reward offered in 2004 missing mom case

By AARON AUPPERLEE Staff Writer


NEWBERRY SPRINGS - In the three years since April Beth Pitzer's disappearance, sheriff's detectives have followed one lead after another, each time coming up empty-handed. They've probed mine shafts, run DNA tests and analyzed the walls of a truck stop restroom in Oregon in search of the mom who went missing from Newberry Springs in June 2004.

Now, a $50,000 reward is being offered for the recovery of Pitzer and the arrest and conviction of those responsible for her disappearance. Let's Bring Them Home - a group of "advocates for the missing," according to the Web site, www. letsbringthemhome.org - is sponsoring the reward. Det. Steve Pennington of the San Bernardino County Homicide Detail hopes the reward will spark someone's interest in coming forward.

"We know that somebody knows something," he said. "It's just whether or not they will talk."

According to reports, Pitzer, a mother of two, went missing on her way from Newberry Springs to Arkansas, where she was originally from. Pennington began working on the case as a detective out of the Barstow station. When he was transferred to the homicide detail, he took the case with him and has worked on it since.

"She does have a family, she does have kids, and nobody's heard from her in three years," Pennington said.

The popular television show "America's Most Wanted" recently posted Pitzer's story on their Web site, www.amw.com. According to the Web site, deputies received an early tip in September 2004 from a Douglas County Sheriff's Department in Oregon. A deputy found a cryptic message in a truck stop restroom in Roseberg, Ore., with apparent directions to Pitzer's body written in black.

"Want to find missing girl from Arkansas? I-15 3 miles east of Barstow," the message read.

Pennington said the Douglas County Sheriff's Department dusted the restroom for prints and San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies followed up on the tip. Pennington was out near Interstate 15 looking for clues last weekend, he said.

"We've been picking it apart, piece by piece, on both sides of the freeway," he said. "But after three years, it's hard to know."

The nexus of the case shifted to the Ludlow area later in September 2004, when someone told deputies Pitzer's body had been stashed in a mine shaft. Since that time, Pennington said that deputies have search more than 25 mine shafts with no results.

Another potential break in the case happened when deputies found a mattress and sheet in the Ludlow desert stained with blood and bodily fluids. After a much-anticipated DNA test in 2006, the blood turned out not to be human and the trail turned cold again, Pennington said.

Pennington then turned to the last person to see Pitzer, Chuck Hollister.

"I was hoping this person she was last living with, Chuck Hollister, would shed some light on this before he died," he said.

Unfortunately, he did not.

In and out of the hospital with health complications, Hollister spoke with Pennington twice before he died of cancer in 2006.

Anyone with infor mation about the April Pitzer is asked to call the sheriff's department at 256-4838 or the free "no cops" Tip Line at 1-866-479-LBTH. To remain anonymous, call WeTip at (800) 78-CRIME.

[Observer]

Let's Bring Them Home
Contact:  LaDonna Meredith
479-966-0471
www.letsbringthemhome.org


Let's Bring Them Home, a national missing persons advocacy non-profit organization, based in Northwest Arkansas, announces that August 20 has been set aside each year, beginning August 20, 2007, to concentrate public attention on missing adults in Arkansas.  The day, declared "*Missing Adult Day in Arkansas*" will be observed to provide local and state support for the families of missing adults, and to educate the public on how to make our communities and our citizens safer and more secure.

"We have been working with Governor Beebe's office," explains LaDonna Meredith, director of Let's Bring Them Home, "to have August 20th officially proclaimed Missing Adult Day in Arkansas.  We are proud to announce this proclamation has been granted."

These efforts were spearheaded by Let's Bring Them Home, and Gloria Denton, the mother of April Beth Pitzer.  Pitzer has been missing from Newberry Springs, California since June of 2004.  Her mother, Gloria Denton, is a resident of Clarksville, Arkansas.

"This is an important day, and we invite all families of the missing to attend the ceremony that will be held in Northwest Arkansas on August 20.  We don't want anyone to forget the missing adults in Arkansas.  We don't want them to forget how hard Gloria has worked in April's honor to fight for missing adults," explains Meredith.

A ceremony will be held in Fayetteville Arkansas on August 20 at 7pm on the steps of the Fayetteville Town Center.  After the ceremony, a candle light vigil will be held for all missing adults in Arkansas.  The colors chosen for the event are purple and green as a tribute to April Beth Pitzer.

"We are grateful for the support shown by Governor Beebe and his staff.  They understand that the most terrifying experience a family can encounter is the realization that a loved one is missing.  We believe that by establishing this day for missing adults, that families can come together and support one another while remembering their loved one," says Meredith.

"It is also our hope that every media outlet in Arkansas will pick up this information so families of the missing across the state can get
involved.  We need everyone to be involved."

For more information, or to participate, visit www.letsbringthemhome.org, or call Lanette Lopez at 479-966-0504.

[Observer]

Let's Bring Them Home
Contact:  LaDonna Meredith
479-966-0471
www.letsbringthemhome.org


Let's Bring Them Home, a national missing persons advocacy non-profit organization, based in Northwest Arkansas, announces that August 20 has been set aside each year, beginning August 20, 2007, to concentrate public attention on missing adults in Arkansas.  The day, declared "*Missing Adult Day in Arkansas*" will be observed to provide local and state support for the families of missing adults, and to educate the public on how to make our communities and our citizens safer and more secure.

"We have been working with Governor Beebe's office," explains LaDonna Meredith, director of Let's Bring Them Home, "to have August 20th officially proclaimed Missing Adult Day in Arkansas.  We are proud to announce this proclamation has been granted."

These efforts were spearheaded by Let's Bring Them Home, and Gloria Denton, the mother of April Beth Pitzer.  Pitzer has been missing from Newberry Springs, California since June of 2004.  Her mother, Gloria Denton, is a resident of Clarksville, Arkansas.

"This is an important day, and we invite all families of the missing to attend the ceremony that will be held in Northwest Arkansas on August 20.  We don't want anyone to forget the missing adults in Arkansas.  We don't want them to forget how hard Gloria has worked in April's honor to fight for missing adults," explains Meredith.

A ceremony will be held in Fayetteville Arkansas on August 20 at 7pm on the steps of the Fayetteville Town Center.  After the ceremony, a candle light vigil will be held for all missing adults in Arkansas.  The colors chosen for the event are purple and green as a tribute to April Beth Pitzer.

"We are grateful for the support shown by Governor Beebe and his staff.  They understand that the most terrifying experience a family can encounter is the realization that a loved one is missing.  We believe that by establishing this day for missing adults, that families can come together and support one another while remembering their loved one," says Meredith.

"It is also our hope that every media outlet in Arkansas will pick up this information so families of the missing across the state can get
involved.  We need everyone to be involved."

For more information, or to participate, visit www.letsbringthemhome.org, or call Lanette Lopez at 479-966-0504.

[FoolsGold]

Its hard to discern from the press releases about the wisdom of these geographical decisions that were being made. It seems she did have a history of suddenly moving around the country almost on a whim, however the latest departure seems suspicious.
It is strange to think of anyone choosing a bus for such a trip and I wonder if this 'driving around town to say goodbye' ever took place. How is it she had so many friends to bid farewell to but none of them knew of the details of her travel plans?

It just doesn't seem as if she really had any intent to return to Arkansas. Where were the children located? Is there any sort of check being received for their care? Who would have benefited from her death financially?

[Observer]

Its hard to discern from the press releases about the wisdom of these geographical decisions that were being made. It seems she did have a history of suddenly moving around the country almost on a whim, however the latest departure seems suspicious.
It is strange to think of anyone choosing a bus for such a trip and I wonder if this 'driving around town to say goodbye' ever took place. How is it she had so many friends to bid farewell to but none of them knew of the details of her travel plans?

It just doesn't seem as if she really had any intent to return to Arkansas. Where were the children located? Is there any sort of check being received for their care? Who would have benefited from her death financially?

There is no doubt there was foul play and also why she chose a bus as means for transportation as I dont think a private jet was in her means. Unfortunately she never made it on that bus. What she did in the past has no relevance why she has been missing all this time. She was going through a very difficult time,was very vulnerable and she ran into some very devious people at the worst time. Why do you think she had no intent on going home with her family and young children? What makes you think there were other factors involved besides a couple of dirt bags that lied about what they did to her?

If you missed the Radio Interview above with April's Mother here is the link. Maybee that will answer some of your questions.
http://tinyurl.com/2zckke

[Peaches]

*******, thanks for bringing this story over here.  I've been following Gloria's journey to find her daughter via BFN. 

Such a beautiful girl.  Such a terrible loss for her family.

I agree, there are dirtbags involved here.

[gloria]

Its hard to discern from the press releases about the wisdom of these geographical decisions that were being made. It seems she did have a history of suddenly moving around the country almost on a whim, however the latest departure seems suspicious.
It is strange to think of anyone choosing a bus for such a trip and I wonder if this 'driving around town to say goodbye' ever took place. How is it she had so many friends to bid farewell to but none of them knew of the details of her travel plans?

It just doesn't seem as if she really had any intent to return to Arkansas. Where were the children located? Is there any sort of check being received for their care? Who would have benefited from her death financially?

April, DID NOT have a history of moving around the country on a whim..What part of anything did you get that from? I am her Mother, and I know her habits very, very well. Wrong too about her having NO INTENT to return to Arkansas. April was elated and overwhelmed with relief and joy to have finally told the condition her life had actually become. April was married to a multimillionaire's son. April as well as his first wife and all seven girlfriends since April's disappearance were NOT GOOD ENOUGH. April was treated horribly. Unfortunately because April DID HAVE EVERYTHING and they all appeared to be the "perfect" family with the perfect life, I ignorantly did the same thing that you have done. I couldn't believe things weren't as they appeared and took all of her pleas for me to open my eyes up as everything being because she had recently been diagnosed bipolar, and was manic and over reacting. Even though I knew a DR. HAD NOT diagnosed her as bipolar only a nurse practitioner. Who these days has the legal power to diagnosis and prescribe proper medication. Funny April never was Bipolar acting until she became a part of this family. My deepest regret is blinding myself to my daughters needs, because everything seemed perfect.. I can NEVER make that up to her. But for certain she did know before she went missing that I had seen the true colors of the millionaires, and was so sorry I had not believed her more than I did.
Okay, as far as the bus to come home. April didn't choose a bus. I did!! April was penniless and i was strapped for money as we were in the process of moving back to the state of Arkansas to help with my ailing Mother-in-law. We had been keeping up two homes for three months. I had just paid off all our current bills in Texas, and the move cost thousands of dollars. With nothing solid for work yet, I had to be logical and I chose the bus. Another reason, Newberry Springs is 3 hours from the Vegas airport with normal traffic and 3 hours from L.A. and there was nobody with dependable transportation as well.
I would greatly appreciate your reading the facts before you go making April out to be so careless and irresponsible...she wasn't. She made a bad choice on a whim...Have You Ever? I certainly have. April had never been away from her girls, and she loved all of her family more than anything. April was a sweetheart and you, had you ever had the privilege and honor to meet her, you would have adored her....thank-you very much

[NYC_lover]

Interesting facts in this case
*When Chuck awoke the next morning, April was still sound asleep, but when he returned later that day, she was gone.
* In December 2005, clothing was found in a mine shaft in Ludlow, California

And who and why has write his person this?
* The mysterious note on an Oregon truck stop bathroom wall. (The cryptic message said "want to find missing girl from Arkansas? I-15 3 miles east of Barstow.")

[gloria]

*******, thanks for bringing this story over here.  I've been following Gloria's journey to find her daughter via BFN. 

Such a beautiful girl.  Such a terrible loss for her family.

I agree, there are dirtbags involved here.

Hi Peaches, thank-you very much for your kind words and support. I was invited here as was I to BFN. I have been given the greatest support from the people at BFN and April has gotten so much more recognition, and prayers by the family at BFN I was hoping for the same here. As a Mother you can NEVER get your childs story spread to too many people and places. Thank-you ******* for inviting me here. And don't worry with fools.........gold he can't hurt me. God is my strength and he knows who April was/ is and loves her bunches

[gloria]

Interesting facts in this case
*When Chuck awoke the next morning, April was still sound asleep, but when he returned later that day, she was gone.
* In December 2005, clothing was found in a mine shaft in Ludlow, California

And who and why has write his person this?
* The mysterious note on an Oregon truck stop bathroom wall. (The cryptic message said "want to find missing girl from Arkansas? I-15 3 miles east of Barstow.")

Hello NYC lover, and thank-you for your comment. However I don't understand the second part "who and why has write his person this" please explain. I think you miswrote something

[NYC_lover]

Person of Interest Dan Dansbury AKA Dan Dan


Trailor in Desert


Radio Interview's

The Dana Pretzer Show(Scared Monkeys Radio) - May 23rd 9pm - Special Guests Gloria Denton, Carmen Mercer, and Robert Peter
http://tinyurl.com/2aacb9
http://tinyurl.com/2zckke  (Podcast)

Missing Pieces (Radio) Transcript: Gloria Denton Interview
Mother of Missing April Beth Pitzer Unearths Vital Evidence Investigators Missed
http://tinyurl.com/2ghgle

Muy bueno *******. You post good info! 

Wow, what a ungly picture.


He looks like on a vagrant, is he a vagrant?

[gloria]

He is HORRIBLE AND EVIL, VAGRANT FOR SURE
Heis also a known crossdresser. I have the most uttmost respect for our vetrans. Dan is a Vietnam veteran, He sadly still has flashbacks I am told and a VERY DARK SIDE when he is having one...
*******, on BFN SoCal posted pics in Part I of all the womens clothing, perhaps you or peaches can find it and post it on here. These clothes tells a story. Many are April's I think we are dealing with a serial killer whomever it is....

[Observer]

Hi Gloria,

Sorry,you had to read that post first as he was ignorant and didnt read the facts before posting. I truly admire your will to get the truth about your beautiful daughter and your efforts to bring her home. I have also followed Gloria's journey and I love the support that she receives at BFN. I hope that you receive the same support here. Honestly, I am outraged at the detective who was first in charge and these desert scum who most likely harmed your daughter. I want to see justice and for you to get the answers that you deserve. You have networked yourself nicely and with the new detective in charge I hope answer's will come soon.

I want to welcome you to scared monkeys and I pray soon that April is found and justice is served. Many here are not familiar with April's story so if there is anything I can copy or bring over here please let me know.