Household, buddies and supporters of a lacking Denver girl gathered Saturday at an residence advanced the place she was final seen, canvassing the realm, handing out flyers and hoping to realize a result in her whereabouts.
Miranda Conner, 30, was final seen early Feb. 3 at an residence advanced off the northwest nook of West eighty fifth Avenue and Pecos Avenue, in response to Denver police.
About 40 individuals confirmed up at 10 a.m. Saturday, splitting up into teams and dealing their method by the advanced and past.
Conner’s mom, Tabitha Spann, traveled from Mesa, Ariz., the place she lives, to participate within the effort, coordinated as a “search and rescue.”
“We’re searching for her. We’re searching for any indicators of her,” Spann mentioned. “She was final seen right here.”
Conner’s cellphone was discovered discarded on the residence advanced grounds, Spann mentioned. It was returned to Conner’s roommate, who turned over the telephone to police investigators.
This month police introduced that Conner was final seen within the Inexperienced Valley Ranch space, the place she lives, however that has been revised in the course of the investigation.
Tracy Thomas, a pal of Spann’s, handed a flyer to a lady who was leaving her residence and heading to her automobile. As Thomas defined the state of affairs, the girl mentioned, “Oh, that’s scary.” Flyers additionally had been left with a close-by enterprise, and a number of the individuals canvassing the neighborhood taped flyers to signal posts. One man among the many group of supporters wiped again tears after viewing the missing-person flyer, which features a {photograph} of Conner.
Conner, who doesn’t have a automobile, had gone to Federal Heights “to satisfy somebody,” Spann mentioned. “Somebody picked her up at residence (in Inexperienced Valley Ranch) and introduced her right here.”
A single father or mother, Conner is a stay-at-home mom of two kids, a boy, 11, and a 9-year-old lady. The kids are protected with their grandfather in Mesa. Conner has struggled with drug dependency; she’s additionally been arrested for prostitution, Spann mentioned.
“I’m staying sturdy for the youngsters,” a decided Spann mentioned.
On Saturday a number of canine, together with two bloodhounds, smelled clothes of Conner’s delivered to the location in a sack. All of the canine headed north towards a frozen, small lake adjoining to the flats. A lot of the canine circled the lake; one bloodhound headed farther north to a close-by residence advanced then circled again.
One canine alerted to a discarded piece of purple clothes, Conner was final seen carrying purple. A canine keyed in on a selected unit within the advanced and to a dumpster there. The data, and potential proof, was handed on to police.
Denver and Federal Heights police proceed to analyze Conner’s disappearance. A $2,000 reward is being supplied by Metro Denver Crime Stoppers, for info resulting in her whereabouts. The Dock Ellis Basis, a nonprofit that helps to search out lacking, murdered and marginalized minority individuals, and Justice Takes Flight, a nonprofit offering volunteers to help with flyers, help and assets had been a part of Saturday’s effort.
“I’m feeling that she won’t be alive,” Spann mentioned. “However we’ve to do one thing. I’m not going to surrender.”
Anybody with info on Conner’s whereabouts is requested to name 720-913-7867.
