Police Calling For More Help In Search For Missing Girl
Adre'Anna Jackson disappeared two weeks ago on her way to school. FBI Agents are helping to search nearby American Lake. But police say they need more tips and more information from the public if they are to find Adre'Anna.
Adre'Anna's mother holds up the dress her 10-year-old daughter wore to a father-daughter tea earlier this year. She remembers the little girl who is smart, happy and tall for her age; the little girl who loves to sit at her keyboard and write, who loves her dolls and knick knacks, who really loves her guinea pig.
Yvette Gervais thinks her daughter would know what to do if approached by strangers. "I would think, hope, run off. That's what Dad, that's what I taught her."
Police don't know what happened to Adre'Anna. She disappeared without a trace while walking to school on Dec. 2. After canvassing the Tillicum neighborhood, they are on their second round of searching American Lake with the help of an FBI sonar and dive team.
"The lake is just a place that we need to search," says Lakewood Police Sgt. Chris Lawler. "We need to feel like we've looked at the lake; there's no indication that she's there."
Even though officers checking a nearby abandoned house said it wasn't related to Adre'Anna's disappearance, we know every time police get a tip on an abandoned or condemned building, they're taking a closer look because of her.
"We've searched hard and we haven't come up with her," says Lt. Bret Farrar, "and it's frustrating."
So now, police want help.
"I think there's somebody out in the public that knows something," says Sgt. Lawler. Any bit of information, no matter how tiny, about Adre'Anna that Dec. 2nd morning could be critical.
Everyone who lives along the route she normally takes to school - police want to hear from you. Detectives stress, even if you think the information is old, or something they already have - call them.
It may be Adre'Anna's only chance -- and time is critical. "We're still holding out hope that she's someplace and she's safe," says Sgt. Lawler, "but the more time that goes by obviously it gets a little bit more difficult."
Police also stress that anyone with information can call Crimestoppers anonymously. There is a reward of up to $1,000. So if you think you might have information, call 911, call Crimestoppers (1-800-CRIME-13). Police say it could make a real difference for Adre'Anna.