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Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Yahoo
Search for Erica Baker continues 26 years after disappearance
Texas Equusearch Midwest spent hours searching for Erica Baker near the Huffman Dam Saturday morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] News Center 7's Mike Campbell was at the recent search and will break down the latest LIVE on News Center 7 at Noon and 11 p.m. >>PHOTOS: Search for Erica Baker continues 26 years after disappearance TRENDING STORIES: Community comes together to celebrate birthday of local child battling Leukemia 6-year-old girl's death ruled a homicide; Now her mother, mother's boyfriend are charged with murder 'I just heard him screaming;' 1 injured in Dayton shooting Erica Baker, 9, disappeared while walking her dog in Kettering in February 1999, according to previous News Center 7 reports. For 26 years, law enforcement agencies and nonprofit organizations, like Texas EquuSearch, have come together to look for her. >>RELATED: 'There's always going to be a hole in my heart;' Erica Baker's Disappearance: 25 years later EquuSearch Midwest Director David Rader said this was another area they needed to check off their list in the search for Erica. 'When we do a search, we want to bring everything to the table that we possibly can. You know the latest of technology, dogs, there's nothing that beats good old-fashioned boots on the ground and really from '99 to now that's a long time,' Rader said. Rader said this case hasn't gone cold, as law enforcement continues to follow up on leads. 'Law enforcement has never give up on this little girl. I mean every single time that they've gotten tips, every time that they need a piece of ground covered, they call us,' he said. News Center 7 will continue to follow this story. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Miami Herald
21-04-2025
- Miami Herald
Mushroom hunter finds ‘several' human bones on neighbor's land, Ohio cops say
A man discovered human remains while foraging for mushrooms on his neighbor's property, Ohio authorities say. The Clermont County Sheriff's Office said the man had received permission from his neighbor to search for mushrooms on her Washington Township land when he uncovered the remains on April 19. It was the property owner, the sheriff's office said, who reported the discovery. She said her neighbor found 'several bones,' believing them to be human. The land where the remains were found features a 'rural, back road' and 'heavily wooded areas,' WCPO reported. The next day, 20 members of the EquuSearch Midwest Team coordinated with deputies in a 'comprehensive search of the area.' No other discoveries were announced. 'It's not every day that you come across another person that's laying out in the woods, and it's traumatizing, you know, even if you're a trained professional,' David Rader, director of the Equusearch team, told WKRC. The bones will be taken to the Hamilton County Coroner's Office for identification, the sheriff's office said. An investigation is ongoing, authorities said in a news release. 'Everyone worked thoroughly and put their hearts into it as we always do,' EquuSearch Midwest said in a Facebook post. 'Prayers for the family and friends of the missing person.' Washington Township is about a 45-mile drive northeast from Cincinnati.
