Watch Now 'This is a purpose' - Solving cold cases and bringing healing one family at a time Ethan then attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City where he was a member of the University of Iowa Marching Band, concert band and writing. The party was just a few miles away, but he disappeared without a trace. He also wrote in there about a possible backcountry trip and running away. She will have to be identified through DNA, but I have no other reason to believe it is not her.. We are humbled by all in support of our efforts to clean up the environment and help provide families answers in the search of their missing loved ones. The group Adventures With. She would head for a hot shower each day after work, crying while she let the waters heat ease her pain, her children, Bianca and Jonathan Torres, who NBC News brought to Waco for the search, said. READ MORE: Here's how to report a missing person in Philly, Its my brother, Amabile told The Inquirer hours later. Dezirae was staying with her grandmother while her mother and sister attended the concert. Adventures with a Purpose, an independent dive team, says it has helped solve 19 missing-persons cases. Whether its an accident, whether its a suicide, murder.. He was interested in many things, and enjoyed travel with his family, camping, marksmanship, building stuff with many different materials and exploring. Leisek said he started recording his adventures as he located pop cans, cellphones and sunglasses. Prosecutors also noted that a child aged 10 could not consent to sex in the state. According to the affidavit, Leisek is seven years older than the alleged victim. She told her mother that she and her daughter were going to a concert in Little Rock, Arkansas and that she planned to return home the following day. Ethan was also active in events sponsored by the Franklin County Arts Council, especially drama productions. One of their first tragic finds was the body of Ethan Kazmerzak in 2020. "I was operating Elite Towing when Jared called me and asked me if I would volunteer my services in helping him recover this car underwater and I said I would," Bishop told 6 News. Ive gotten used to not expecting anything, and I tuned a lot of things out, Amabile said. Leisek believes that all law enforcement agencies are doing everything they can to close cold cases and help find the love ones of families desperate for answers. Investigators found footage of him at his school, the American Heritage Charter School at 2.31am on that day. According to court documents filled in November 2022 and seen by The U.S. Sun, Leisek allegedly had sexual intercourse with a 10-year-old female relative in their family home. It dominated her life, and the medications she took for it caused depression as a side effect, they said. Not knowing is really awful.. Three days later on May 4, the remains were identified as belonging to Jed. The team used sonar and underwater search equipment and searched areas that fell within the ping data region. She had just started walking and saying papa. "At that time, it was kind of a one-off, it was a, yes, a family asked us to help and we did it. I do know that our investigators did everything that they could and just were not able to come up with anything, Bynum said. As of 2020, the reward for information in his case stood at $100,000. Waco, Texas, police said a vehicle found in the Brazos River by Adventures With Purpose divers belonged to Stephanie Torres, who went missing in 2017. This work is. Here are some other cases they helped crack: One of the first missing persons AWP discovered was Ethan Kazmerzak, whose mother told the Oregon-based group she thought he might be in a local pond. People that pledged that are no longer alive, people that pledged whose financial situations have severely changed.. Adventures with Purpose searched the area and found Kiely within minutes. Adventures With a Purpose, the dive team that found the vehicle and remains, has a reputation for breaking missing-persons cases involving bodies of water. Law enforcement spent a year searching in vain for Ralph Brown, a local educator and the former mayor of Cornelius, Oregon who went missing in May 2021. Sonar equipment can reveal whats underwater that human eyes cannot see because its too dark. Interestingly, in both Jed and Ethans cases, the human remains were discovered in the backseat of the vehicles. While it was gut wrenching to have to see the tears stream down their faces as they were told the news, it was also incredibly heartwarming to see the smiles on their faces and the weight release from their shoulders knowing they were potentially bringing their loved ones home, Chaos Divers post read. But one of the vehicles they pulled out contained human remains. ", RELATED: Missing Indiana couple heading to Arizona found; husband dead, wife alive, "It happens all the time," he continued. The group ended up finding Samanthas car in a nearby river, and the remains inside were later identified as the mom and her daughter. The teen had still been missing after local law enforcement conducted thousands of combined hours of searching. I dont have words at this point, daughter Bianca Torres said as the search for the car unfolded. Jed went missing on January 22, 2018. Obituaries have been published online for Samantha and Courtney and I just wanted to note a little bit about each of them: Samantha was a free spirit and loved to travel. Despite the legal situation, Leisek has continued to post updates on missing person cases for his followers. Adventures With Purpose, a sonar and recovery team based in Oregon, travels the country doing dives to help clean up waters but also to help solve cases. The diver was noticeably gone during thegroup's breakthrough in Kiely Rodni's case. On May 1, 2022 the team met with investigators at the Snake River Boat Launch. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. The case could be the 17th cold case that Adventures With Purpose has helped solve since 2019. I wonder if they would even be able to determine it, due to the length of time his remains were in the water? Jared Leisek, 47, is the founder of the popular YouTube channel Adventures With Purpose, which offers families a free service to take on missing person cases. According to their website, since 2019, Adventures with Purpose have solved 23 missing person cold cases (I guess 24 now with Kielys case). Ethans VW was pulled from the pond with human remains inside. For Amabile, the location of the Ford Explorer in Darby Creek, just blocks from that babysitters home, confirms his theory. This info about Jeds disappearance is from East Idaho News: She explained the morning her son vanished started just like any other but as Amy Hall got ready for work, one thing stuck out. He was always ready with a batch of his handmade peanut brittle for any fundraiser or birthday. Even so, the court explained that if Leisek is found guilty, he could be sentenced as a juvenile as the alleged crime seemingly occurred when he was a teen. Bishop said Adventures with Purpose actually started out as an environmentalist group. The last data from his phone came from the intersection of 190th Street and Olive Avenue. When word got out, people started calling the pair, believing their missing loved ones may, too, be underwater. Jed LOVED water and was always happy playing in it whether it was the ocean, a lake or a pool. On the day he disappeared, James, 38 at the time, called the babysitter to tell her he was running late. We know her social security number has never been used, said the detective. Ethan went missing along with his vehicle, a silver 2006 VW Jetta. I can be into anything else and making a lot of money but I couldn't imagine, even if I was making millions, I'm not going to have the purpose that this provides," he said. Due to the ping location, investigators believed that Jed and his vehicle may have entered the Snake River. The incident occurred sometime between January 1 and December 31, 1992. He went scuba diving as he usually used to do in July 2021. This info about the discover is from Kiro7.com. To date, Adventures with Purpose has helped close 19 missing person cold cases across the country. The found her vehicle and her remains, along with a bicycle that she had purchased for her sons birthday in Lake Tawakoni.You can read our blog for these cases here - https://truecrimesocietyblog.com/2022/08/24/cases-solved-by-adventures-with-purpose/You can see the Adventures With Purpose website here - https://adventureswithpurpose.com/This episode is sponsored by:Java House - Cold brew coffee is a better cup of coffee. Franklin County Sheriff Aaron Dodd confirmed the Iowa State Medical Examiners office identified Ethans remains as the remains found in the vehicle. Our hearts are with the Hall family and all those who knew and loved Jed at this time.. They searched a few in September, without success. Members found her 2012 Kia Soul on Wednesday. Viewers of Adventures With A Purpose started to question Leisek's absence in September. She was raised in Terrell, TX and moved to Wills Point in her early teens. My father told a constable she was missing, and [that constable] was supposed to have filed [a missing persons report] in 1991 in Hunt County, Patricia told Dateline. It is believed he left his home in Idaho Falls at 6.51am on that day. Ethans phone was last used at 12.30am on September 15. I freaked out and called Brandy, Patricia told Dateline. He asked Dezirae to complete a DNA swab that was submitted into a national database I assume NAMUS. Amabile said the family didnt pay the dive team. I felt like they werent getting in touch with us or letting us know anything about the case, Bianca Torres said. He took a 9mm handgun and camping equipment and left in a 2009 Nissan Versa. Thanks for contacting us. Its last pinged location showed the phone .43 miles southeast of the Verizon tower located at 1490 Lindsey Boulevard which includes a section of the Snake River, Highway 20 and is in close proximity of Interstate 15. Jared Leisek started "Adventures with Purpose" as a mission to clean up trash in lakes and rivers. Carey was last seen March 17, 1991. "Were just good guys trying to do good in the world.". http://hamptonchronicle.com/content/remembering-ethan#:~:text=April%20Hemmes%2C%20an%20alumna%20of,have%20been%20anything%20but%20normal. Stephanie Torres was last seen leaving her home in East Waco, Texas, on Dec. 21, 2017. Then he started focusing on just pulling vehicles out.. SOLVED 84-Year-Old Missing Person Case.. (Nadine Moses) We found 84-year-old Nadine Moses in her car underwater, solving a 5-month-old missing person case in Casco Township, Michigan, bringing home a mother, grandmother, and friend. Carey Mae Parker. LE made the following statement. Doug has told the media that the use of sonar equipment is what separates the group from law enforcement. No true words can describe their reaction (when the vehicle was being pulled out of the river). Samantha had been en route to drop her daughter off so she could attend a concert in Little Rock at the time. The group is on a weekslong trip through the South to carry out similar searches and dives for other missing people whose cases have gone cold. RELATED: Arizona mother vanishes in 2017: 'I just want to know who did this to her,' daughter pleads. As days passed, family members began giving up and going their separate ways, they said. Since then, the group has helped solve 19 missing people cold cases. He was last seen on February 17 of this year. DANIEL WILLIAM MCKNIGHT Since then, the group has helped families find closure through its search. Thats how we base the waterways that we need to search and thats how we choose those waterways.. She loved to play with her sister and go wherever her papas went. She was charismatic, loyal, caring, and would always stick up for anyone who needed it. According to Inquirer accounts at the time of the disappearance, James Amabile wore an implanted insulin pump and could become confused and lose sense of where he was due to low blood sugar. According to the groups website, it has recovered over 100 vehicles and helped solve 19 missing-persons cases since 2019. "Is there any information that I can help you with at this time? AWP discovered the vehicle with plates matching Amabiles and alerted authorities of their discovery. Jeds bedroom door was left open and a note indicating he may attempt suicide was on his desk. WACO, Texas We've all heard of the statement "a purpose driven life," they even wrote a book about it but what, if anything, does it mean? Background Bishop said many police departments may have sonar equipment but may not understand all the technicalities that go along with it. Sam shared that he had a close counter to danger while scuba diving in July 2021. Carey Mae Parker was born on May 12, 1967 in Dallas, TX, to Howard Parker and Elizabeth Parker. Amabile said it was too soon to say what type of services might be held for James. "Little did we know it were working in a gray area thats not really being done," Bishop continued. In February 2021, AWP started to search for Carey, after her family requested their help. It is believed that Carey had purchased the bike as a present for Brian for his birthday. Here's how to report a missing person in Philly, the dive team that found the vehicle and remains, Im happier: Shes finding so much more than better health at this diabetes prevention program, California residents do not sell my data request. The car was a Ford Tempo that matched Samanthas. Samanthas living daughter reached out to the group and asked for their help after law enforcements search provided no answers, according to ABC News. They started searching Lake Tawakoni and on February 4, 2021 they came across a Buick, matching the description of the one that Carey owned. Leisek focused on nearby bodies of water and zeroed in on a boat ramp into the Brazos River in the 416-acre city park, where the Brazos and Bosque rivers meet. As so much time had passed since she disappeared, he found the investigation tough. Careys sister spoke to Dateline and said that on the day she disappeared, March 17m 1991, Carey went to their father Howards house to do laundry and pick up a paycheck. Learn how your comment data is processed. In Mid 2022, 4.5 years after Jed went missing, AWP reached out to the Idaho Falls Police Department about searching for him. "When we went in for that car. we accidentally found two more cars, we went in for those cars and found three more.". The group uses sonar equipment in their investigations. According to the diver, Adventures with Purpose found 25 submerged vehicles in California's San Joaquin River near Stockton. The team has solved 23 cold cases to date - and is branching out into active investigations, such as the recent Kiely Rodni case - thanks to its mastery of sonar technology. Theres a lot of people that are missing, underwater in America, he said. Amabile said family members converged on the scene as news of the diving operation spread. This is the statement from the Sheriff following the confirmation: On Tuesday, May 24, 2022 the Hunt County Sheriffs Office received a Missing Persons DNA Report from UNTCHI in reference to Carey Mae Parker. The group has solved a number of missing person cases, including a case involving a mother and her toddler who had gone missing 23 years prior. The couple was ultimately found dead exactly two months later, about 55 miles from their home, per MEAWW. A DIVER who made a career out of search and rescue videos has revealed updates on several cases even after a judge refused to dismiss rape charges against him. His family had a website at the time findethan.com and according to that, he had been seen at several pubs on September 14, the night before he vanished. "A lot of times law enforcement can only work off of clues that they might receive but if they don't have somebody within their county, their state, that has the proper training," he explained. Leisek said he asked Bianca why she didn't reach out to him first and she told him that she didn't think anybody cared about her mother, Stephanie. We determine if someone is missing and if someone is missing with a vehicle. Adventures With Purpose: Solved 8-Month-Old Missing Person Case | In this episode of Adventures With Purpose, MrLeisek and his team of volunteer divers found a 17-year-old in his car underwater, solving an 8-month-old. Sgt Jeff Haines was assigned to be the lead detective on Careys case. She's never done anything like this and it's pretty scary.". Hug the ones you love for you never know when it might be the last time you see them.. Samantha Jean Hopper and her 22 month old daughter Courtney Holt disappeared from Russelville, Arkansas on September 11 1998. This has been a very challenging case since we didnt actually have a location to begin our search for Carey Mae Parker, the statement said. The car was 50 feet from shore, in an area of water that was 8 feet deep. Adventures With Purpose, which Oregon-based scuba diver Jared Leisek founded, conducted the search in the Brazos River after connecting with the family via social media last year. Did he leave a message, did it not go through, was he going to say something, wasnt he? You can also use code TCS for 20% off a single purchase. DELAWARE COUNTY, PA Recovery crews today removed a vehicle from Darby Creek, where the remains of a man who went missing nearly 20 years ago were discovered last week, officials confirmed. Petito went missing in August while on a cross-country van trip with her fianc, Brian Laundrie. It was Utah Judge Mandy Larsen who denied Leisek's motion to dismiss the charge of rape on March 8, per KCEN-TV. According to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs), a branch of the U.S. Justice Department, 600,000 people go missing every year in the U.S. Family members said Torres, a beloved and hardworking mother, had been experiencing excruciating pain from fibromyalgia when she disappeared. There was scientific proof that the vehicle has been there for that long, he said. The case also had chilling similarities to that ofKiely Rodni- a missing Truckee,Californiateen whose body was uncovered by Adventures with Purpose in October. The family thought it was possible that Stephanie Torres had decided the pain had been too much and ended her own life, but they hoped they were wrong. Robert Procter, 89, and his wife Loveda, 92, vanished on January 14, 2023. The search, which took place at the East Boat Launch of the Brazos Valley, ended in less than an hour when they found Stephanie still inside her 2006 blue Kia. - Trevari Media LLC - All Rights Reserved. RELATED: Madeleine McCann: Search for missing girl continues 15 years later. Leisek said his team was tipped off about Stephanie by one of their YouTube subscribers in Central Texas, but it wasn't Bianca or anyone in her family. At this time no remains were found, but honestly, I dont anticipate there to be much if any. Adventures with Purpose (AWP) Founder Jared Leisek told ABC News he started the group in July 2018, using his dive skills to clean up underwater habitats riddled with garbage. Careys sister Patricia made the following statement: It is with my deepest sadness (but peaceful heart) that today we did find Careys car off the 751 causeway where it has rested upside down in 15 ft of water for 30 years, the statement read. 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"A lot of mothers have reached out to us who have lost a sibling, their child or a husband and they said 'Jared, it's never closure, and we want people to know that,'" Leisek explained. Bishop added that he and Leisek didnt set out to become a well-known search-and-rescue team. Adventures with Purpose is 100% funded by those who support them and if you would like to help them continue to solve missing person cold cases across the country, you can do so bypurchasing appareland visiting, sharing and liking theirYouTube page. He said the use and understanding of sonar equipment are what separate the group from law enforcement. On Monday October 26, 2020, the team searched another pond that had been searched twice before. He said there is evidence that Jeds vehicle has been in the water since he disappeared four years ago. Adventures with Purpose began as a fun-filled YouTube page of lost personal items found under the water in the Pacific Northwest. I would like to thank the family of Carey Mae Parker for having the persistence and drive to keep pushing forward to find answers in the disappearance of their family member, Sheriff Terry Jones said in a statement. Bishop said many of the cases the team has solved are accidents, but some of the finds are tied to criminal cases. Human remains were found in the car and are currently being identified. Adventures With a Purpose has solved at least 25 missing person cases, some involving children, since 2019 and they have posted nearly all their findings to YouTube. Mary Amabile, their mother, died less than a year after her son disappeared. A truck from the Delaware County Medical Examiners Office leaves the Ridley Twp. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2020/12/15/ethan-kazmerzak-body-iowa-man-missing-since-2013-found-oregon-dive-crew-adventures-with-purpose/3902384001/, https://katv.com/news/local/investigators-still-searching-for-leads-in-20-year-old-pope-county-cold-case, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10144641/Car-linked-1998-disappearance-pregnant-Arkansas-mom-toddler-pulled-lake.html, https://www.nalderfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Matthew-Jedediah-Hall?obId=24797852#/celebrationWall, https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/cold-case-spotlight/misfiled-case-carey-mae-parker-remains-under-investigation-27-years-n861781. Were just good guys trying to do good in the world., AWP list all the missing people that they have found on their website , 9/10 Samantha Hopper and Baby Courtney Holt. The groups work is done pro bono. If you dont have a seatbelt on, the body will move around the vehicle, he said. It was pretty easy to identify (Kazmerzak), Dodd said. Ethan was missing for over seven years before AWP found his remains in 2020 inside his vehicle in a pond, near where he was . At the time he disappeared, Franklin County Sheriff Larry Richtsmeier, a long-time friend of the family, said that he believed something criminal had happened to Ethan. Everyone in the squadron thought highly of him and respected him. Tonight, they were only able to retrieve half of Careys car due to its deteriorated condition. The Iowa mom had a hunch the group might find Ethan, 22, in the nearby body of water. His bank accounts had not been accessed since the night of September 14. In October 2021, 23 years after Samantha disappeared, AWP traveled to Russellville to search for the mother and daughter. Doug Bishop, the lead investigator and diver with Adventures With Purpose, joined "Dan Abrams Live" to talk about how they solved the Amabile case. She drove a 1980 bluish-gray Buick Skylark, which went missing with her. (But) if you take away this reward, you have ruined the integrity of what rewards are there for. For anyone not familiar with the group, it is made up of volunteer divers who travel across America, looking for clues in missing person cold cases. 2023 Adventures With Purpose Whether you let it drag you down or you go on and become a better, or much changed person you just have to.. But Hampton businessman Brad Staley, who coordinated the reward among the five original donors, said the money was pledged, not paid upfront, and was not renewed for 2020. It is believed that Jed left home very early on January 22, 2018. James Dougherty confirmed late Saturday night that human remains were found in the vehicle.
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