Robert Manwill 8, missing 7/24/09 Boise, Idaho (BODY FOUND)

[trimmonthelake]

Thanks Pink.   

[klaasend]

http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-aug0109-manwill_sat_morning.9a96d026.html

 
Search for missing boy becomes "focused"

02:27 PM MDT on Saturday, August 1, 2009


BOISE - After a day of rapid developments into the search for missing boy Robert Manwill, the news again slowed to a crawl Saturday.

Boise Police Deputy Chief Jim Kerns told media during a noon briefing that the search is still ongoing, and has become "more focused," after a widespread effort involved more than 2,300 volunteers Friday.

Investigators spent much of Friday night and early Saturday searching a home on Southdale St. in S. Ada County, but those efforts ended at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday with no announced outcome. Kerns said the Southdale location is just one of a number of areas being looked at.

Kerns says a number of tips continue to pour in by phone, e-mail and U.S. Mail - more than 300 in all. He said a large amount of evidence has been collected, but they cannot detail what that evidence includes.

Boise Police spokesperson Lynn Hightower said the timeline into what happened the day Manwill was reported missing continues to develop - but she could not provide further details, other than to say he was reported missing at 10:11 p.m. Friday, July 24th.

As has become common practice at the media briefings, Kerns was flanked by members of Manwill's family. For the first time, his older brother was present. Manwill's his father and wife, aunt, uncle and his maternal grandparents also attended the briefing.

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.

Aunt Trish Burrill thanked the community for their outpouring of help - including the Friday volunteer search. She says community members can continue to help by posting flyers, wearing green ribbons or even simple acts like talking about the missing boy.

For now, no further public searches are planned. Kerns said efforts for now will remain in the hands of trained investigators, but further public searches may be needed in the future.

Hightower said the overall case is unprecedented in an informal survey of Boise Police history.

[Fanny Mae]

Thanks KLAAS.   

[MuffyBee]

Please say a prayer and light a candle for Robert, that he will be found.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=rob%20m

[klaasend]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,536082,00.html



Landfill Searched as Thousands Look for Missing Idaho Boy
Saturday , August 01, 2009

Investigators scoured a local landfill and another home in Boise for an 8-year-old Idaho boy who vanished more than a week ago, police said Saturday.

Detectives looked through the backyard of a rental house in southwest Boise for signs of little Robert Manwill, according to Deputy Police Chief Jim Kerns.

Kerns wouldn't say what evidence was taken from the latest residence searched. The boy disappeared July 24 after leaving his mother's apartment.

Crews planned to continue their effort to find the missing child throughout the day Saturday, Kerns told reporters at a noon press conference.

Officers roped off an area of the Hidden Hollow Landfill to weed through garbage dumped the day after Robert vanished, the Idaho Statesman said.

Thousands of volunteers helped look for Robert Friday night, one week after he disappeared. Boise police said more than 2,300 searchers combed the city in an effort to find the child.

The boy's father, Charles Manwill, lives in New Plymouth and has had custody since 2008. Robert was visiting his mother in Boise when he was last seen.

Kerns said Friday new evidence in the case indicated suspicious circumstances surrounding the boy's disappearance, theorizing Robert could be hurt "or the victim of a tragic event."

Friday's search was believed to be the biggest attempt to find a missing person in the city of Boise's history. Volunteers covered a 2-mile radius around the area where Robert was reported missing.

Investigators searched his mother's apartment Thursday night, removing two cars and other evidence.

[joesamas mama]

Please say a prayer and light a candle for Robert, that he will be found.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=rob%20m

Thanks Muffy, I lit two, I hope that is okay. JSM

[Fanny Mae]

Please say a prayer and light a candle for Robert, that he will be found.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=rob%20m

Thanks Muffy, I lit two, I hope that is okay. JSM

I lit one too, and I prayed that this would not turn into another of the children missing and never found.  I feel so much pity for his little soul.   

[no rose colored glasses]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.   (What an odd thing to say, I'm sure they know where they are, and they are watching them closely, you almost wonder if they are in jail for other offences?)

[MuffyBee]

Please say a prayer and light a candle for Robert, that he will be found.
http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=rob%20m

Thanks Muffy, I lit two, I hope that is okay. JSM

That's so sweet of you JSM.  I think little Robert needs all the prayers and candles lit we can muster.  Bless him. 

[Fanny Mae]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.   (What an odd thing to say, I'm sure they know where they are, and they are watching them closely, you almost wonder if they are in jail for other offences?)

This is beginning to seem so familiar, much like Nevaeh's disappearance. I am praying that the outcome is not the same. And still no one is charged.   

[mamacrazy30]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.   (What an odd thing to say, I'm sure they know where they are, and they are watching them closely, you almost wonder if they are in jail for other offences?)

or maybe being held??  i know in ar they can keep you for 72 hours before they have to book you..don't know about Ohio...one thing i do get from reading between the lines is that poor little Robert will either soon be found or someone is about to get arrested.

[Fanny Mae]

America's Most Wanted is on. John Walsh is supposed to cover Robert's story tonight.  Oh, please, someone find Robert.   

[Fanny Mae]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.   (What an odd thing to say, I'm sure they know where they are, and they are watching them closely, you almost wonder if they are in jail for other offences?)

or maybe being held??  i know in ar they can keep you for 72 hours before they have to book you..don't know about Ohio...one thing i do get from reading between the lines is that poor little Robert will either soon be found or someone is about to get arrested.

Idaho, MamaCrazy. We have enough trouble up here of our own. 

[no rose colored glasses]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.   (What an odd thing to say, I'm sure they know where they are, and they are watching them closely, you almost wonder if they are in jail for other offences?)

This is beginning to seem so familiar, much like Nevaeh's disappearance. I am praying that the outcome is not the same. And still no one is charged.   

I am really wondering why the boyfriend was in the hospital the other day? I was reading somewhere, could have been comments on the local site, that there were several LE at the hospital with him. I was really thinking that perhaps someone was talking, but now I'm not sure.

[mamacrazy30]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.   (What an odd thing to say, I'm sure they know where they are, and they are watching them closely, you almost wonder if they are in jail for other offences?)

or maybe being held??  i know in ar they can keep you for 72 hours before they have to book you..don't know about Ohio...one thing i do get from reading between the lines is that poor little Robert will either soon be found or someone is about to get arrested.

Idaho, MamaCrazy. We have enough trouble up here of our own. 

whoops

[mamacrazy30]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.   (What an odd thing to say, I'm sure they know where they are, and they are watching them closely, you almost wonder if they are in jail for other offences?)

or maybe being held??  i know in ar they can keep you for 72 hours before they have to book you..don't know about Ohio...one thing i do get from reading between the lines is that poor little Robert will either soon be found or someone is about to get arrested.

Idaho, MamaCrazy. We have enough trouble up here of our own. 

whoops

i guess your on my mind miss Mae

[mamacrazy30]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.   (What an odd thing to say, I'm sure they know where they are, and they are watching them closely, you almost wonder if they are in jail for other offences?)

or maybe being held??  i know in ar they can keep you for 72 hours before they have to book you..don't know about ohio Idaho...one thing i do get from reading between the lines is that poor little Robert will either soon be found or someone is about to get arrested.

[mamacrazy30]

can some monkey help me with this...i really haven't been watching my cnn or hln 'cause mj hijacked them but can some one tell me...how he was reported missing, by who, and what the situation was (like was outside playing and just vanished?) tia

[pink angel]

Manwill's mother was not at the briefing as she was during the early part of the week. Police said they do know where the woman, Melissa Lee Jenkins and her boyfriend Daniel Ehrlick are, but could not elaborate. No arrests have been made in the case.   (What an odd thing to say, I'm sure they know where they are, and they are watching them closely, you almost wonder if they are in jail for other offences?)

This is beginning to seem so familiar, much like Nevaeh's disappearance. I am praying that the outcome is not the same. And still no one is charged.   

I am really wondering why the boyfriend was in the hospital the other day? I was reading somewhere, could have been comments on the local site, that there were several LE at the hospital with him. I was really thinking that perhaps someone was talking, but now I'm not sure.

CBS2 called the police yesterday after the rumor came out that they were both in custody and the police said they had no one in custody.

[mamacrazy30]

never mind

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.

what???
9:30???