Somer Renee Thompson #1 10/19/09 - 10/29/09

[twocents]

Last 2 pages. Sorry they are so big.

[twocents]

Sorry, forgot the inside back page.

[Brandi]

Thank you for the scans, twocents.

[twocents]

Welcome

[Ariana]

http://wokv.com/
Watch the press conf live at 11 am EST

Are we just seeing a still picture with Microphones, or do I need to reboot? 

It's already over. And really no information was forthcoming. Just a general profile of what to look for:
Others might know something and not be aware of it
Look for changes in behavior
Leaving the area
Missing work on 10/19
Cuts or bruises
Interest in this case
Nervous or irritable
Shave beard


Just general stuff......very disappointing

If you go by this we are all suspects. 

On another note, I am glad to see how Somers father makes reference to the support that has been given him and his wife.  I wish that she could get past her anger with him to do the same for him.  The fact that he says the money donated to him will provide for future visits leads me to think that money was part of what kept him from seeing his kids more than he had anyways.  I am hopeful that he will be given a chance to become closer to the ones he has a chance to do so with.

[Brandi]

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On another note, I am glad to see how Somers father makes reference to the support that has been given him and his wife.  I wish that she could get past her anger with him to do the same for him.  The fact that he says the money donated to him will provide for future visits leads me to think that money was part of what kept him from seeing his kids more than he had anyways.  I am hopeful that he will be given a chance to become closer to the ones he has a chance to do so with.

Ariana, I agree.

It was reported that Somer's dad did not have money or transportation for the trip to Florida.

He is non-ambulatory, in a wheel chair.

I think that is why LE suggested he stay where he was during the search. That there would be nothing he could do if he were in FL.

A local businessman (and ex-schoolmate) in NC donated the use of a van for him to use. However, I read he flew to FL. I suspect that money/ticket was donated to him as well.

I believe he did not have funds to visit his kids very often, and that is one big reason for not seeing them. That and his health.

I do hope he is on the mend and with some money raised, he will make use of it to visit his kids.

JMO.

[klaasend]

Thank you twocents for the scans.  She looks like such a cute child, it's just so sad.

[twocents]

Welcome Klaas. She is now everyone's child. Pastor Tarkenton did a beautiful job with the service and stepping up during the searches. He and his congregation were awesome. Also, sorry the pics were so large

[Brandi]

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/21448102/detail.html

Sheriff: Somer's Killer Watching Us
7-Year-Old Girl's Body Found In Georgia Landfill

POSTED: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
UPDATED: 5:00 pm EDT October 28, 2009

CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said he believes the person or persons responsible for killing 7-year-old Somer Thompson is watching the investigation closely.
Because of that, Beseler said that he will not talk about the girl's cause of death or any leads investigators are pursuing.

"The fact that we found Somer so quickly, I'm sure has unnerved the person responsible," Beseler told WJXT-TV.

During a news conference Wednesday morning, Beseler said investigators are still searching for clues.

"Yesterday was about Somer Thompson, today is about her killer," Beseler said.

The sheriff said investigators believe there are people with pertinent information to the case who have not yet come forward.

"We are asking the public to identify persons who have exhibited changed in their behavioral patterns," Beseler said.

Beseler said anyone who knows anyone who has exhibited certain behaviors, such as ceasing use of their vehicle, shaving or growing facial hair, an unnatural interest in the investigation or having unexplained injuries, should come forward.

The sheriff's office said it has received about 1,700 tips but does not know who killed the first-grader who disappeared while walking home from her Orange Park elementary school at about 2:45 p.m. Oct. 19.

Somer's body was found last Wednesday at the south Georgia landfill where Orange Park's garbage is dumped. Investigators will not say how she died, but Beseler called it a "heinous crime."

"It is a sheriff's worst nightmare; the one thing that every sheriff in this country fears the most is a child abduction murder case," Beseler said. "There's someone out there who's killed a child, and he's still out there in our community. He may not be right here in Orange Park, but they're still out in society. And I want that person off the street."

Beseler said 50 detectives have been on the streets asking questions of people in the community if they have any idea of what happened to Somer.

Beseler said those detectives would reinterview some people, while also following hundreds of tips he said investigators haven't even looked into yet.

Investigators are also waiting for the results of their search last week of an Orange Park home. Somer was last seen outside the home after running ahead of her siblings while walking home from school.

"We are yet to even start receiving information back from the crime labs," Beseler said. "This is going to be a process. It's going to take time."

So far, no one has come forward to say they saw the girl abducted or attacked. Investigators have talked to all 161 registered sex offenders who lived within a 5-mile radius of Somer's home, but that doesn't mean they've been cleared.

"Does that mean that one of them is not a suspect? No, it does not mean that," Beseler said. "It means that there was nothing that we saw immediately on the outset that made one of them an obvious suspect."

A funeral was held on Tuesday for Somer, and hundreds of balloons were released in her honor afterward.

[Kat_Gram]

William Leon Kuhn - 286 Gano Ave - Orange Park - 5.44 mi
Sexual Battery/Coerce child convicted in 2002 at age 40

Has anyone else dug up anything on this guy ?
His g/f died on Oct 12.
Forty is kind of old to be convicted for this thing, a second career ? Uusally they start younger, maybe another State ?

[twocents]

Did she die this year? I can check the obits.

[twocents]

Kat do you have a name?

[Brandi]

Lookie at what I just noticed. LE made some changes on the 10-21-2009 crime log:



They changed the address for these four.

It used to look like this:





JMO.

[klaasend]

William Leon Kuhn - 286 Gano Ave - Orange Park - 5.44 mi
Sexual Battery/Coerce child convicted in 2002 at age 40

Has anyone else dug up anything on this guy ?
His g/f died on Oct 12.
Forty is kind of old to be convicted for this thing, a second career ? Uusally they start younger, maybe another State ?

There was a man in one of the interviews that resembled this Kuhn guy (Kuhn insert):

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=sect_somer&maven_referralObject=1302057808

[Kat_Gram]

Did she die this year? I can check the obits.

Oh, I have the obit and the tribute.  Oct 12 .
http://brfhtributes.com/DARiley_October2009.htm
"William" was mentioned in the printed obit.
He might have nothing to do with this, he is a convicted child SO, so I do not care if his picture is posted everywhere.
I was over yonder last night and got the link from there. Then I began to think that this might have been a terrific amiunt of stress for William to have to deal with. One of those life events where persons do tend tro get a bit crazy and act in character, or out of character. 

[joesamas mama]

William Leon Kuhn - 286 Gano Ave - Orange Park - 5.44 mi
Sexual Battery/Coerce child convicted in 2002 at age 40

Has anyone else dug up anything on this guy ?
His g/f died on Oct 12.
Forty is kind of old to be convicted for this thing, a second career ? Uusally they start younger, maybe another State ?

Hi KatGram, I think way back someone mentioned his name because there was a person named Stefani with the same last name on a FB page of maybe Somer's mom. I'm not real sure, but I just remember because people were saying Kuhn was an unusual name, but I know some people here with the same last name. Hope that helps, I swear somewhere I read about him in this thread. JSM

PS Hope you are doing well. Sorry for O/T JSM

[joesamas mama]

William Leon Kuhn - 286 Gano Ave - Orange Park - 5.44 mi
Sexual Battery/Coerce child convicted in 2002 at age 40

Has anyone else dug up anything on this guy ?
His g/f died on Oct 12.
Forty is kind of old to be convicted for this thing, a second career ? Uusally they start younger, maybe another State ?

There was a man in one of the interviews that resembled this Kuhn guy (Kuhn insert):

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=sect_somer&maven_referralObject=1302057808

Klaas, JSM is not a smart monkey, so is there a way to search a name on the threads. I swear I saw the name Stephanie Kuhn connected to a FB page. There was a screen shot of the FB/MS page and the Stephanie's profile pic was a baby sitting in a high chair. If I am wrong, please send me to the corner with a dunce hat. TIA JSM

[twocents]

Yeah, Kuhn is actually pretty popular here as well.

[klaasend]

JSM - I'll try but I rarely have luck with our search engine at SM 

[joesamas mama]

  I figured out how to search. JSM is not a nutter. Muffy posted the FB/MS page, I just don't know how to show it. TIA JSM