3 months ago, Billie Jean Dunn, mother of missing 13 year old Hailey Dunn, surprised supporters when she said she would be in attendance at the 6 month anniversary of reporting her daughter missing. She kept her word.
-- Monday will mark the six month anniversary since the 13-year-old Colorado City teen Hailey Dunn went missing.
At this weekend's candle light vigil to mark that anniversary Billie Dunn, Hailey's mom said after six months she decided move to South Texas because of all the attention and hatred surrounding her.
It's been six months and family and friends are still determined they will bring Hailey Dunn home."I cry everyday, everyday I pray for Hailey," said a search volunteer.Back on December 27th, Hailey vanished.
Her family said she was walking to a friends house that day, but never made it.Since then, the small town of Colorado City has grabbed the attention of the nation. So far the only named suspect in her disappearance is Shawn Adkins, the boyfriend of the teen's mother.
Adkins has been named suspect; Dunn has been named Person of Interest. Both have failed polygraphs. Dunn has been arrested for lying to police, and police reported finding 109,000 deviant images in the computers belonging to Adkins and Dunn.
This weekend, one of the many volunteers who has searched for Hailey since the beginning said she's ignoring the negative accusations and rumors and still listen's to Hailey's words."You can read her own writing and she said her mom is her hero and she said she loves her family. That's what I go by. I trust Hailey's words more then anything," said Holly Jenkins.
Questions were raised last week about her mother, Billie Dunn's, move to South Texas.Billie said it was for the best."For employment reasons, and to be closer to family and just away from all the hatred," said Billie. "All the ugly negative speculations everyone's had since the beginning.We've always wanted to go back there, Hailey has too, so when she's found that's where she'll be also."
Note the plural pronoun.
Sunday, eight different law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, Texas Rangers and local police are still investigating. Family and volunteers continue to search for the teen, but over the months the number of searchers have dwindled."I'm hurt. When I came in January I never imagined I'd be here in February or March and we're six months into it and it just hurts," said Jenkins.
KTXS spoke with Pete Kampfer, Colorado City's City Manager who said Sunday there are no new leads in the case. Colorado City did hire a new police chief, and starts Monday and will be leading the investigation
Hailey Dunn was last seen by a non Person of Interest on Dec 26, 2010. No arrests have been made.
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