My name is Reachelle Marie Smith. I have been missing for 4 years! I am 7 1/2 years old now. I have brown hair and brown eyes. When I was 3 years old my nickname was 'Peanut' and I loved to have my picture taken. My birthday is September 10 and this year I will be 8 years old. I have already missed 4 birthdays with my family. Please, won't you help me find my way home. Have you seen me? Please look out for me, I need your help to get home safely to my family. Please, if you have any information, ANYTHING at all, please call 911 IMMEDIATELY! You can also contact the FBI in your area. The Center For Missing & Exploited Children - 1-800-The-Lost. Jason Sundbakken @ The Minot, ND Police Department - 701-852-0111. Please help us find Reachelle!!!!Tuesday, May 18, 2010
May 16, 2010 Marks 4 Years That Reachelle Marie Smith Has Been Missing
My name is Reachelle Marie Smith. I have been missing for 4 years! I am 7 1/2 years old now. I have brown hair and brown eyes. When I was 3 years old my nickname was 'Peanut' and I loved to have my picture taken. My birthday is September 10 and this year I will be 8 years old. I have already missed 4 birthdays with my family. Please, won't you help me find my way home. Have you seen me? Please look out for me, I need your help to get home safely to my family. Please, if you have any information, ANYTHING at all, please call 911 IMMEDIATELY! You can also contact the FBI in your area. The Center For Missing & Exploited Children - 1-800-The-Lost. Jason Sundbakken @ The Minot, ND Police Department - 701-852-0111. Please help us find Reachelle!!!!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Reachelle Marie Smith - Age Progression Photo
This is an age progression photo that shows what Reachelle might look today at the age of 7:
HAVE YOU SEEN HER?!?
Reachelle is still missing. It has been 3 1/2 years since Reachelle disappeared from her Minot, ND home.
Please, if you have any information, ANYTHING at all, please call 911 immediately!
You can also contact the FBI in your area
The Center For Missing and Exploited Children - 1-800-The-Lost
Jason Sundbakken @ The Minot Police Department - 701 852-0111
HAVE YOU SEEN HER?!?
Reachelle is still missing. It has been 3 1/2 years since Reachelle disappeared from her Minot, ND home.
Please, if you have any information, ANYTHING at all, please call 911 immediately!
You can also contact the FBI in your area
The Center For Missing and Exploited Children - 1-800-The-Lost
Jason Sundbakken @ The Minot Police Department - 701 852-0111
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Kentucky Girl Resembles Missing Minot Girl - 5/16/2008
KFYR-TV North Dakota
A girl that looks exactly like Reachelle Smith was found in Kentucky on May 15th.
While authorities have determined this girl is not Reachelle, this new lead breathes life into a case that has been open for two years.
Investigators say they gets leads at least once a week in this case because pictures and details circulate around the internet. This most recent tip comes from the Lexington, Kentucky area. Police say on May 15th a teacher at a school reported to the local sheriff`s department that a girl matching Reachelle`s picture and age went to the school there. Authorities took pictures of the girl and did interviews with the family. While we cannot show you the pictures, police say "if you age Reachelle two years, this is what she would like."
"We obtained a DNA sample. We won`t know the results of that DNA sample for some period of time. It has to be mailed to the state crime lab. The state lab has to analyze the DNA and compare it to the DNA we do have for Reachelle to determine with a lot more certainly whether it is or it is not," says Minot Police Detective Jason Sundbakken.
Police say the family of the little girl in Kentucky has been very cooperative.
Reachelle went missing exactly two years ago, on May 17th, 2006.
While authorities have determined this girl is not Reachelle, this new lead breathes life into a case that has been open for two years.
Investigators say they gets leads at least once a week in this case because pictures and details circulate around the internet. This most recent tip comes from the Lexington, Kentucky area. Police say on May 15th a teacher at a school reported to the local sheriff`s department that a girl matching Reachelle`s picture and age went to the school there. Authorities took pictures of the girl and did interviews with the family. While we cannot show you the pictures, police say "if you age Reachelle two years, this is what she would like."
"We obtained a DNA sample. We won`t know the results of that DNA sample for some period of time. It has to be mailed to the state crime lab. The state lab has to analyze the DNA and compare it to the DNA we do have for Reachelle to determine with a lot more certainly whether it is or it is not," says Minot Police Detective Jason Sundbakken.
Police say the family of the little girl in Kentucky has been very cooperative.
Reachelle went missing exactly two years ago, on May 17th, 2006.
False Lead In Missing Girl Case - 5/16/2008
False Lead In Missing Girl Case
KFYR-TV North Dakota
A promising lead into the whereabouts of Reachelle Smith has turned out to be nothing.
Smith vanished without a trace in May of 2006. She would be five now and authorities have not given up the search.
Minot Police detectives have been following the case for two years. Investigators say they gets leads at least once a week in this case because pictures and details circulate around the Internet.
This most recent tip comes from the Lexington, KY area. According to reports, Sheriffs there were investigating a girl who closely resembles Smith. Through DNA tests and pictures police were able to determine it was not her. Still, they will not give up the search.
Police say, this tip was called in by a cafeteria worker near Lexington.
Smith vanished without a trace in May of 2006. She would be five now and authorities have not given up the search.
Minot Police detectives have been following the case for two years. Investigators say they gets leads at least once a week in this case because pictures and details circulate around the Internet.
This most recent tip comes from the Lexington, KY area. According to reports, Sheriffs there were investigating a girl who closely resembles Smith. Through DNA tests and pictures police were able to determine it was not her. Still, they will not give up the search.
Police say, this tip was called in by a cafeteria worker near Lexington.
FACTS: Background on Reachelle Smith's Disappearance
• Reachelle Smith is put to bed at around 10:30 p.m. on May 16.
• Leigh Cowen tells Reachelle’s custodial mother, Stephanie Smith, with whom he is living, that Reachelle is staying with his mother at her residence at Minot Air Force Base.
• Cowen tells Smith on May 19 that his mother’s car has broken down and Reachelle is still at the base.
• Cowen steals a van from Smith’s residence in the early morning hours of May 22. When Smith discovers the missing van, she goes to the home of Cowen’s mother at Minot AFB, but discovers that Cowen’s mother had moved to Wichita, Kan., the week before. Smith contacts the Minot Police Department to report Reachelle missing. An Amber Alert is issued that quickly goes nationwide.
• Kansas authorities search the home of Cowen’s mother in Wichita, but turn up no evidence that Reachelle had ever been there.
• Cowen’s body is found in the stolen van on a gravel road at the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge northwest of Minot. Cowen apparently committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning after hooking a hose to the exhaust pipe.
• Subsequent searches are conducted, including massive coordinated searches of area parks, horseback searches of rural areas and wildlife refuges and even the draining of a portion of the Mouse River near the Smith residence. None turn up any concrete evidence in the little girl’s disappearance
A Little Girl Lost - Almost two years later, still no Reachelle
By DAVE CALDWELL
Staff Writer, Minot Daily News
May 8, 2008
Nearly two years after her disappearance, investigators are still baffled by the case of little Reachelle Marie Smith.
Reachelle was 3 when she was last seen in the apartment where she lived with her mother, Stephanie Smith, and her mother’s live-in acquaintance Leigh Cowen.
Reachelle was last seen at around 10:30 p.m. on May 16, 2006, when she was put to bed by Cowen. Her case has garnered national attention, having been featured on Fox’s America’s Most Wanted and CBS’ “Without a Trace” and “The Morning Show.” But sadly, as time goes by, that national attention is slowly fading.
“After a couple of years, all that will slow down a little bit,” said Sgt. Jason Sundbakken, who heads the investigation of the case at the Minot Police Department. “The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Lost Child Network and all these other agencies are involved in this. They’re always keeping their ear to the ground and trying to help us out with things. That’s always appreciated,” he said Wednesday.
“We’re still getting tips in,” Sundbakken said. “Still trying to figure out a couple of puzzle pieces that we still have missing. Any information that we get that we didn’t already have is going to point us in that direction.”
Sundbakken said he feels confident that the areas that have investigated were searched thoroughly.
“North Dakota’s a big, open place,” he said. “There’s lots of little hidey-holes, but what we covered, we feel we covered extensively. Does that mean we might not have missed something? We hope we did everything thoroughly enough that we can check that box off the list.”
Sundbakken was asked if he thought he and/or the department were taking undue criticism due to the passage of time since Reachelle’s disappearance.
“Not really,” he said, saying that most of the angst actually seems to be from the police end. “Obviously, we’re frustrated. We’re still getting tips in but they’re getting fewer and fewer, and more and more vague as time goes by. But we still get information in that we follow up on weekly, and we’re hoping that continues until we’re at the point where we can come to some form of conclusion to this case.”
Capt. Todd Keller, head of investigations for the Ward County Sheriff’s Department, said Wednesday that there have been no new developments in the case for some time.
“No leads or anything,” Keller said. In the past, the sheriff’s department has conducted searches when tips are presented, but have done none recently, according to Keller.
No matter what level of conventionality, the importance of the case dictates that most any lead be followed up on. Sundbakken says the department still hears occasionally from psychics who offer information, but not nearly as many as previously had contacted them.
“That’s gone down an awful lot,” he said. “I’ve spoken with at least one psychic in the past three to four months, and she provided some information that didn’t really pan out. I followed through on it. I’m not willing to discount anything.”
The van Cowen committed suicide in was found at Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge. That vast area was searched thoroughly, as were other remote locations.
Extensive searches of the Mouse River, which runs in front of the apartment where Reachelle lived near Oak Park, were conducted.
“We searched that area with the bloodhounds,” Sundbakken said. “We searched pretty much the entire river channel and the surrounding areas from end to end. We also searched intensely up at the Des Lacs (National Wildlife) Refuge with bloodhounds, with foot searches and four-wheeler searches and equine searches.
Some suspicion in the case originally centered on Cowen’s mother, who moved to Wichita, Kan., around the time of Reachelle’s disappearance. Sundbakken said that he speaks to her from time to time, and he doesn’t seem to harbor much suspicion toward her.
“Honestly, she is as much concerned as anybody,” Sundbakken said. “With the knowledge that there’s a potential that her son had something to do with Reachelle’s disappearance, and she loved that little girl – she really did. For quite some time, she felt that little girl was her granddaughter, so she’s very interested in coming up with a conclusion or figuring out where Reachelle is.”
Sundbakken is himself a father to two girls, one almost exactly the same age as Reachelle, which makes the case a little more personal to him. Reachelle’s birthday in September will make her 6.
“It’s frustrating, because you see her … I know if it were my little girl, I wouldn’t give up until I either found her or where she was,” he said. “As a detective, your job is to find the answers and to solve things, and there’s just so many questions and not enough answers.
“To go for two years and still have this thing hanging over your head, and you really want to solve it, but you’re just not able to. There’s just a lack of information.”
Sundbakken said that clues have been investigated and reinvestigated in an attempt to solve the mystery, but that he’s not averse to accepting help when it’s offered.
“Anytime I have somebody who’s willing to take a look at something, it’s just a new set of eyes,” he said. “Sometimes when you’ve looked over the same thing for two years now, you miss the forest for the trees. Anytime I can have someone lend an ear or lend an eye, or whatever specialized skills, I’m more than willing to share.
Reachelle was 3 when she was last seen in the apartment where she lived with her mother, Stephanie Smith, and her mother’s live-in acquaintance Leigh Cowen.
Reachelle was last seen at around 10:30 p.m. on May 16, 2006, when she was put to bed by Cowen. Her case has garnered national attention, having been featured on Fox’s America’s Most Wanted and CBS’ “Without a Trace” and “The Morning Show.” But sadly, as time goes by, that national attention is slowly fading.
“After a couple of years, all that will slow down a little bit,” said Sgt. Jason Sundbakken, who heads the investigation of the case at the Minot Police Department. “The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Lost Child Network and all these other agencies are involved in this. They’re always keeping their ear to the ground and trying to help us out with things. That’s always appreciated,” he said Wednesday.
“We’re still getting tips in,” Sundbakken said. “Still trying to figure out a couple of puzzle pieces that we still have missing. Any information that we get that we didn’t already have is going to point us in that direction.”
Sundbakken said he feels confident that the areas that have investigated were searched thoroughly.
“North Dakota’s a big, open place,” he said. “There’s lots of little hidey-holes, but what we covered, we feel we covered extensively. Does that mean we might not have missed something? We hope we did everything thoroughly enough that we can check that box off the list.”
Sundbakken was asked if he thought he and/or the department were taking undue criticism due to the passage of time since Reachelle’s disappearance.
“Not really,” he said, saying that most of the angst actually seems to be from the police end. “Obviously, we’re frustrated. We’re still getting tips in but they’re getting fewer and fewer, and more and more vague as time goes by. But we still get information in that we follow up on weekly, and we’re hoping that continues until we’re at the point where we can come to some form of conclusion to this case.”
Capt. Todd Keller, head of investigations for the Ward County Sheriff’s Department, said Wednesday that there have been no new developments in the case for some time.
“No leads or anything,” Keller said. In the past, the sheriff’s department has conducted searches when tips are presented, but have done none recently, according to Keller.
No matter what level of conventionality, the importance of the case dictates that most any lead be followed up on. Sundbakken says the department still hears occasionally from psychics who offer information, but not nearly as many as previously had contacted them.
“That’s gone down an awful lot,” he said. “I’ve spoken with at least one psychic in the past three to four months, and she provided some information that didn’t really pan out. I followed through on it. I’m not willing to discount anything.”
The van Cowen committed suicide in was found at Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge. That vast area was searched thoroughly, as were other remote locations.
Extensive searches of the Mouse River, which runs in front of the apartment where Reachelle lived near Oak Park, were conducted.
“We searched that area with the bloodhounds,” Sundbakken said. “We searched pretty much the entire river channel and the surrounding areas from end to end. We also searched intensely up at the Des Lacs (National Wildlife) Refuge with bloodhounds, with foot searches and four-wheeler searches and equine searches.
Some suspicion in the case originally centered on Cowen’s mother, who moved to Wichita, Kan., around the time of Reachelle’s disappearance. Sundbakken said that he speaks to her from time to time, and he doesn’t seem to harbor much suspicion toward her.
“Honestly, she is as much concerned as anybody,” Sundbakken said. “With the knowledge that there’s a potential that her son had something to do with Reachelle’s disappearance, and she loved that little girl – she really did. For quite some time, she felt that little girl was her granddaughter, so she’s very interested in coming up with a conclusion or figuring out where Reachelle is.”
Sundbakken is himself a father to two girls, one almost exactly the same age as Reachelle, which makes the case a little more personal to him. Reachelle’s birthday in September will make her 6.
“It’s frustrating, because you see her … I know if it were my little girl, I wouldn’t give up until I either found her or where she was,” he said. “As a detective, your job is to find the answers and to solve things, and there’s just so many questions and not enough answers.
“To go for two years and still have this thing hanging over your head, and you really want to solve it, but you’re just not able to. There’s just a lack of information.”
Sundbakken said that clues have been investigated and reinvestigated in an attempt to solve the mystery, but that he’s not averse to accepting help when it’s offered.
“Anytime I have somebody who’s willing to take a look at something, it’s just a new set of eyes,” he said. “Sometimes when you’ve looked over the same thing for two years now, you miss the forest for the trees. Anytime I can have someone lend an ear or lend an eye, or whatever specialized skills, I’m more than willing to share.
“I’m more about finding this little girl than I’m worried about the pride of being wrong.”
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
One Year Later, Missing Girl's Mother Not Giving Up Hope... - 05/16/2007
May 16 2007 2:18PM
Associated Press
One year later, missing girl's mother not giving up hope
MINOT, N.D. (AP) It's been a year today since three-year-old Reachelle Smith disappeared from her Minot home. Massive search efforts have turned up no trace of the little girl known as "Peanut."
The girl's mother, Samantha Smith-Duncan, says she has not given up hope of finding the girl alive.
Reachelle turned four years old in September. She was last seen at her Minot home on May 16th, 2006.
Authorities thought she was with 22-year-old Leigh Cowen, who had claimed to be her father.
He was found dead on the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge northwest of Minot in late May.
Authorities said he killed himself. But there was no sign of Reachelle.
Smith-Duncan says she believes her daughter is still alive and somebody is hiding her. She says Cowen likely took the child but gave the little girl to an accomplice.
Minot Police Sergeant Jason Sundbakken is the lead investigator in the case. He says police have no evidence to back that theory or any other theory.
He says the case has created many more questions than answers.
One Year Later - 05/15/2007
5/15/2007
KMOT - TV News Stories
Reachelle Smith was last seen one year ago. Leads have nearly dried up but police, her family and a community remain hopeful. Police in Minot say they will never stop looking for clues in this case and they are determined to bring some kind of closure to the family. Since the amber alert went out nearly one year ago the mystery of Reachelle Smith continues to linger in the front of everyone`s mind.
In a town like Minot people don`t worry about murder and kidnapping. In Minot everybody knows everybody, and everybody believes their children are safe. But Minot`s safe reputation was shattered last year when Minot police issued an amber alert in the case of a missing three year-old girl.
"That was the first amber alert I had ever issued. We were definitely concerned. You don`t see a child for 6 days and nobody is really sure where she is at. You are concerned," says Sergeant Winston Black of the Minot Police Department.
Reachelle Smith was last seen with Leigh Cowen a live-in family friend. Police suspected he had Reachelle. Shortly after the amber alert was issued a worker at the Upper Souris Wildlife Refuge found Cowen and his van.
"When they found the car they found Cowen`s body deceased on the inside. There was a tube running from the exhaust into one of the windows. It was later determined he died of carbon monoxide asphyxiation," says Detective Jason Sundbakken of the Minot Police Department.
Police are not sure why Cowen killed himself although they do believe he probably knew something about Reachelle`s disappearance.
"He left us with a lot of questions. He didn`t leave any indication of what had happened. Why it happened. Why it was he felt the need to kill himself and just left us with unanswered questions that we are still dealing with today," says Sundbakken.
Although a year has passed, the desire to find Reachelle has not faded. And while leads are few and far between, police still investigate every new piece of information that comes in.
"To date, this is the case that leaves the most questions in your mind. I am always thinking about it and trying to figure out what happened," says Sundbakken.
And one day bring closure to a community and a family.
Of course if you have any information about the disappearance of Reachelle you can call the Minot Police Department at 852-0111.
One Year Later...Where Is Reachelle? - 05/14/2007
By DAVE CALDWELL, Staff Writer
Wednesday will mark one year since a little girl with an angel’s face and an electric smile apparently disappeared from a northwest Minot apartment, sparking an Amber Alert and spawning national media coverage.
Reachelle Marie Smith was 3 when she was last seen in the apartment where she lived with her mother, Stephanie Smith, and her mother’s live-in acquaintance Leigh Cowen.
Reachelle was last seen at around 10:30 p.m. on March 16 when she was put to bed by Cowen.
An Amber Alert issued on May 22 after Smith discovered Reachelle was missing, and coverage of the subsequent search for Reachelle was featured on CBS’ “Without a Trace” and “The Morning Show,” as well as Fox’s “America’s Most Wanted.”
Although reports coming in to local law enforcement agencies are becoming less and less frequent with the passage of time, they have not stopped altogether.
“We’ve still been getting leads in from time to time,” said Sgt. Jason Sundbakken of the Minot Police Department, the detective investigating Reachelle’s case. “We’re following up on them as best we can, but sometimes there’s just not enough information to pursue anything on them.”
“We’ve been able to follow up on a lot of the leads that we get and determine that the girl that was observed isn’t the one that we’re looking for,” he said. “We’re plugging away with that, but other than that there really isn’t any massive influx of new information. Hopefully one of these leads will lead us to where we’re looking or what we’re looking for.”
That sentiment was echoed by Capt. Todd Keller, head of the investigations division at the Ward County Sheriff’s Office.“We continually get tips in,” Keller said. “We do follow-up on the leads that we get in.”
Keller said the most recent lead that the department physically followed up on came from a less-than-orthodox source.“
An individual’s brother had a dream that a little girl was put into a drain on their farmstead,” he said. The farm in question is located northeast of Minot, in McHenry County, Keller said. “We did go up and check that. It’s an old well – it has a pipe sticking out of the ground. We didn’t see anything suspicious.”
Keller said the physical location of the area made it more plausible as a potential site where something could’ve been intentionally placed for a year without being noticed.
“It was in a pretty hidden area,” he said. “I think it would be kind of hard for anyone to just happen across it to put somebody in it.”
Keller said law enforcement personnel used flashlights and gave the area a thorough visual inspection before determining nothing suspicious was there.
Sundbakken said that his department gets a lot of tips from psychics, but most are so vague they can’t be followed up on.
“We’re looking for the number four (for example), and by a lake with a boat,” he said. “It could be anywhere. The more detailed ones we get, we look into them as best we can. But we haven’t been able to find anything so far with those tips.”
“A lot of time, they’ll be coordinates Ö latitude and longitude,” he said. “We look it up and we always follow up on them. Ö I’m not going to discount any of that (psychic) stuff, but so far none of those leads have come out.”
Keller said that another lead that seemed potentially promising in the Trestle Valley area in recent months turned up empty as well.
“An individual was walking on his property and saw an area that looked like it had disturbed ground,” he said. “We went out there and dug up that area, but it didn’t reveal anything suspicious.”
Keller said that the majority of tips to the sheriff’s department are things of that nature.
“And we do still want to make people aware — especially with this anniversary coming up — that she is still missing,” he said. “We want to remind them to check their property and report anything suspicious. The time frame now is getting where there might be (vegetation) growth over something. “But anything we get in here, we do go check out.”
Sundbakken believes that the fact that Reachelle has such common features with no real physically distinguishing marks works against her while the search continues.
“That’s a hard thing to overcome,” he said. “She’d be a 4-year-old, brown-haired, brown-eyed girl. Which matches both of my own daughters at that age perfectly. They’re very common features. We’ve gotten a lot of tips that they think they saw the girl, and they send a picture and 100 percent of the time — so far — it’s not been Reachelle. But if somebody has a question, get a picture and send it off. It’s better to be safe than sorry.”
Sundbakken said that despite the passage of time, he’s not ready to give up hope anytime soon.
“You’ve got to (hold out hope),” he said. “I said it before and I’ll say it again Ö I’d just as soon follow up on 1,000 leads that turn out not to be her as overlook one that turned out to be a valid lead that will lead to someplace to find her. “The minute you give up hope on finding anything, you’ve just given up. And I’m not willing to do that until we come up with some conclusive answer.
“You can’t let her down, and you can’t let the family down by doing that.”
Family stays in touch
With the passage of nearly a year, Reachelle’s biological mother, Samantha Smith, has moved to Arizona, but remains very involved in the case, according to Sgt. Jason Sundbakken of the Minot Police Department. He said he also maintains contact with Leigh Cowen’s mother in Kansas, as well as family members of Reachelle’s biological father in Colorado.
“I talk to (the father’s) mother very frequently,” he said Friday. “And I got a call from (Samantha) last night. They’re constantly calling and asking if there’s anything new, and what’s going on with the case. It’s nice that they’re keeping tabs on things.”
“As far as Mr. Cowen’s mom, I speak with her from time to time as well,” he said. Sundbakken said that the working theory is that Cowen most likely knew what happened to Reachelle and had some level of involvement, and killed himself either out of guilt or to cover up something.
“(Cowen’s mother is) still very upset about the fact that she feels that her son may have been involved in the disappearance, and she’s very concerned about that,” Sundbakken said. “She really did love that little girl, and she would like to come up with a conclusion just as much as everybody else.”
Background on Reachelle Smith’s disappearance
- Reachelle Smith is put to bed at around 10:30 p.m. on May 16. - Leigh Cowen tells Reachelle’s custodial mother, Stephanie Smith, with whom he is living, that Reachelle is staying with his mother at her residence at Minot Air Force Base.
- Cowen tells Smith on May 19 that his mother’s car has broken down and Reachelle is still at the base.
- Cowen steals a van from Smith’s residence in the early morning hours of May 22. When Smith discovers the missing van, she goes to the home of Cowen’s mother at Minot AFB, but discovers that Cowen’s mother had moved to Wichita, Kan., the week before. Smith contacts the Minot Police Department to report Reachelle missing. An Amber Alert is issued that quickly goes nationwide.
- Kansas authorities search the home of Cowen’s mother in Wichita, but turn up no evidence that Reachelle had ever been there.
- Cowen’s body is found in the stolen van on a gravel road at the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge northwest of Minot. Cowen apparently committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning after hooking a hose to the exhaust pipe.
- Subsequent searches are conducted, including massive coordinated searches of area parks, horseback searches of rural areas and wildlife refuges and even the draining of a portion of the Souris River near the Smith residence. None turn up any concrete evidence in the little girl’s disappearance.
Where to get more/give information
Reachelle Smith is listed on the Web site of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at (www.missingkids.com) as well as being featured on the Web site for Fox network’s “America’s Most Wanted” at (www.amw.com).
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Words of Wisdom
Winston Churchill said, "The farther backward you can look,
the farther forward you will see."
Emerson said, "All is riddle. And the key to a riddle, is
another riddle."
Diane Arbus once said, "A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know."
EDITOR'S NOTE: My apologies to Photographer Diane Arbus for misspelling her last name. Thank you Anonymous for bringing this to my attention.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
My Dreams & Visions About Reachelle - XI - 4/04/2007
*Sometime around the end of August, beginning of September 2006 I began having vivid dreams and visions about Reachelle. After alot of thought and consideration, I shared them with the other posters, friends and family of Reachelle Smith at the CourtTV.com message board for Reachelle. I felt strongly that it was the right thing to do. I still do and will continue to do so. Someone, somewhere, knows something...
This vision took place inside a house. The young woman [with the long brown hair] came into the house through the front door. She was not happy. Reachelle ran up to her and put her arms up indicating that she wanted to be picked up. I had the strong sense that Reachelle thought she had come to take her home. The young woman bent down and briefly hugged Reachelle. Reachelle continued to indicate that she wanted the woman to pick her up and hold her. The young woman stood up and said, "Reachelle you know I love you but...", then her attention was drawn to the kitchen where another young woman in her mid to late twenties was pacing. This woman had long black hair and appeared to be either hispanic or native american indian. I could not see her face. As she paced she wrung her hands and appeared to be nervous and worried. She kept looking at the other young woman and then turning away from her continuing to pace back and forth.
The young woman [with the long brown hair that's slightly wavy and parted down the middle] wore her hair pulled back on both sides, caught in a barrette in the back and the rest of it was down. She began to cry out of desperation and frustration as she spoke to the woman with the long black hair, "You've got to let her stay!" The other young woman continued pacing and shaking her head no.
The young woman with the long brown hair exclaimed, "I can't lose her! Please! Can't we talk about this!?!"
The young woman with the long black hair turned to her and said, "No! Not anymore!" Then she sat down at the kitchen table, her hands covering her face, and said, "I'd do anything for you...but break the law. They know." She began pacing again, "You knew back then they knew."
The woman with the long brown hair seemed desperate, "Please...just a little while longer. Til I figure out what to do."
Next the scene changed to the young woman with the long brown hair hugging her mother. She was crying. Her mother told her, "You know what you have to do." The young woman nodded as she wiped her eyes.
This vision took place inside a house. The young woman [with the long brown hair] came into the house through the front door. She was not happy. Reachelle ran up to her and put her arms up indicating that she wanted to be picked up. I had the strong sense that Reachelle thought she had come to take her home. The young woman bent down and briefly hugged Reachelle. Reachelle continued to indicate that she wanted the woman to pick her up and hold her. The young woman stood up and said, "Reachelle you know I love you but...", then her attention was drawn to the kitchen where another young woman in her mid to late twenties was pacing. This woman had long black hair and appeared to be either hispanic or native american indian. I could not see her face. As she paced she wrung her hands and appeared to be nervous and worried. She kept looking at the other young woman and then turning away from her continuing to pace back and forth.
The young woman [with the long brown hair that's slightly wavy and parted down the middle] wore her hair pulled back on both sides, caught in a barrette in the back and the rest of it was down. She began to cry out of desperation and frustration as she spoke to the woman with the long black hair, "You've got to let her stay!" The other young woman continued pacing and shaking her head no.
The young woman with the long brown hair exclaimed, "I can't lose her! Please! Can't we talk about this!?!"
The young woman with the long black hair turned to her and said, "No! Not anymore!" Then she sat down at the kitchen table, her hands covering her face, and said, "I'd do anything for you...but break the law. They know." She began pacing again, "You knew back then they knew."
The woman with the long brown hair seemed desperate, "Please...just a little while longer. Til I figure out what to do."
Next the scene changed to the young woman with the long brown hair hugging her mother. She was crying. Her mother told her, "You know what you have to do." The young woman nodded as she wiped her eyes.
My Dreams & Visions About Reachelle - IX - 3/09/2007
*Sometime around the end of August, beginning of September 2006 I began having vivid dreams and visions about Reachelle. After alot of thought and consideration, I shared them with the other posters, friends and family of Reachelle Smith at the CourtTV.com message board for Reachelle. I felt strongly that it was the right thing to do. I still do and will continue to do so. Someone, somewhere, knows something...
This vision began with a car pulling up. I heard the young woman [with the long brown hair that's slightly wavy and parted down the middle] exclaim, "I just know we're there!"
Next the scene changed to inside a house. I saw the young woman in a bed with Reachelle next to her. The woman was keeping Reachelle tight against her. The covers were pulled up covering Reachelle's chin and mouth. Reachelle was awake and she was trembling. The young woman's eyes were large and had a wild look to them. I heard the young man exclaim, "It's not the same thing!" The young woman shushed him with, "Shhh, you'll wake her!"
Next suddenly the young woman said something very strange as she closed her eyes, "I love the bushes in this dream."
Then, I saw the words 'blue light', I got the feeling that this was extremely important!
The young woman's sister is distraught. I heard the young woman tell her, "I remember you two dancing." Next, I heard another man's voice tell the young woman's sister, "My son is having a good night's rest at my aunt's house."
Then I heard several people talking. One voice stood out from all the rest that said, "We have people who have cushions, who don't deal with things like we do."
Next the young woman's sister told the man she was talking to earlier, "If you wanna take care of the kid, take care of the kid. It don't matter to me!"
Then the woman with the long brown hair looked in my direction. As she spoke she pointed to a picnic table in the distance where I could see Reachelle coloring. At first, I thought she was speaking to me but then I realized she was speaking to the man with the short dark hair when she said almost begrudgingly, "There's your angel over there." I didn't know he was there. I hadn't seen him until that moment.
Next I heard very prominently, "Dirt! Dirt!"
Then in a quiet conversation with a person I couldn't see, the young woman with the long brown hair whispered, "Put it in the mail, it's cheap."
The scene changed again and it became very dark. The young woman with the long brown hair was engaged in conversation with someone or something in the darkness when I heard her reply, "...almost, and how's my body guard?" When things came into focus, a horrific looking multi-headed dragon with forked tongues appeared. A cold voice shouted, "Don't be a nasty d*ke!"
The young woman almost desperately said, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry. How was your weekend?" The reply was "Good." The young woman said, "Good? Good."
The scene changed again. The young woman and Reachelle were in a car. She looked over at Reachelle, who was buckled into the passenger side front seat, and said, "You can go...to sleep."
Reachelle's eyes were wide as she exclaimed, "Home! Home!"
Next there was something about a suburban Idaho office building that was prominent. Then I saw someone there pick up a phone and say, "Hello?"
The next part of the vision took place up on a roof. There was two people there talking. The young woman [with the long brown hair that's slightly wavy and parted down the middle] and the young man [with the short dark hair]. The young woman began, "So, here we are. It's just you and me again." There were echoes in the background, then she said, "Just like before." The young man was quiet and didn't say anything. She continued, "I thought about my temper last night. I thought alot about it on purpose." Then she said something else I couldn't make out entirely, "....transition, and now I can't kick her." (I couldn't make out the words she used before 'transition')
Next, it seemed as if the young man [with the short dark hair] wanted to tell me his story...
He began, "We were packing the car. We had skates. I had skates too. Fishing, we were going fishing." He continued, "Reachelle was excited. I was excited too. There was a boat." His thoughts were echoing, 'Rental Boats, Lake Darling'. Then he said, "We didn't drink, but we smoked...we smoked alot."
He was quiet for a few minutes, then he continued, "It wasn't right what she was saying. She kept saying that it had to be done, that I had to go away." He made a slight head gesture toward the young woman with the long brown hair.
"Reachelle was my life." These words he spoke with warmth. "Reachelle wanted to catch a fish. I was sad, sadder than most days...my little girl."
Then someone came along and pushed the young man on his way saying, "Come on we can talk about this later." He turned to me as he was walking away and said, "Much love to another inside person." He smiled and then he was gone.
This vision began with a car pulling up. I heard the young woman [with the long brown hair that's slightly wavy and parted down the middle] exclaim, "I just know we're there!"
Next the scene changed to inside a house. I saw the young woman in a bed with Reachelle next to her. The woman was keeping Reachelle tight against her. The covers were pulled up covering Reachelle's chin and mouth. Reachelle was awake and she was trembling. The young woman's eyes were large and had a wild look to them. I heard the young man exclaim, "It's not the same thing!" The young woman shushed him with, "Shhh, you'll wake her!"
Next suddenly the young woman said something very strange as she closed her eyes, "I love the bushes in this dream."
Then, I saw the words 'blue light', I got the feeling that this was extremely important!
The young woman's sister is distraught. I heard the young woman tell her, "I remember you two dancing." Next, I heard another man's voice tell the young woman's sister, "My son is having a good night's rest at my aunt's house."
Then I heard several people talking. One voice stood out from all the rest that said, "We have people who have cushions, who don't deal with things like we do."
Next the young woman's sister told the man she was talking to earlier, "If you wanna take care of the kid, take care of the kid. It don't matter to me!"
Then the woman with the long brown hair looked in my direction. As she spoke she pointed to a picnic table in the distance where I could see Reachelle coloring. At first, I thought she was speaking to me but then I realized she was speaking to the man with the short dark hair when she said almost begrudgingly, "There's your angel over there." I didn't know he was there. I hadn't seen him until that moment.
Next I heard very prominently, "Dirt! Dirt!"
Then in a quiet conversation with a person I couldn't see, the young woman with the long brown hair whispered, "Put it in the mail, it's cheap."
The scene changed again and it became very dark. The young woman with the long brown hair was engaged in conversation with someone or something in the darkness when I heard her reply, "...almost, and how's my body guard?" When things came into focus, a horrific looking multi-headed dragon with forked tongues appeared. A cold voice shouted, "Don't be a nasty d*ke!"
The young woman almost desperately said, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry. How was your weekend?" The reply was "Good." The young woman said, "Good? Good."
The scene changed again. The young woman and Reachelle were in a car. She looked over at Reachelle, who was buckled into the passenger side front seat, and said, "You can go...to sleep."
Reachelle's eyes were wide as she exclaimed, "Home! Home!"
Next there was something about a suburban Idaho office building that was prominent. Then I saw someone there pick up a phone and say, "Hello?"
The next part of the vision took place up on a roof. There was two people there talking. The young woman [with the long brown hair that's slightly wavy and parted down the middle] and the young man [with the short dark hair]. The young woman began, "So, here we are. It's just you and me again." There were echoes in the background, then she said, "Just like before." The young man was quiet and didn't say anything. She continued, "I thought about my temper last night. I thought alot about it on purpose." Then she said something else I couldn't make out entirely, "....transition, and now I can't kick her." (I couldn't make out the words she used before 'transition')
Next, it seemed as if the young man [with the short dark hair] wanted to tell me his story...
He began, "We were packing the car. We had skates. I had skates too. Fishing, we were going fishing." He continued, "Reachelle was excited. I was excited too. There was a boat." His thoughts were echoing, 'Rental Boats, Lake Darling'. Then he said, "We didn't drink, but we smoked...we smoked alot."
He was quiet for a few minutes, then he continued, "It wasn't right what she was saying. She kept saying that it had to be done, that I had to go away." He made a slight head gesture toward the young woman with the long brown hair.
"Reachelle was my life." These words he spoke with warmth. "Reachelle wanted to catch a fish. I was sad, sadder than most days...my little girl."
Then someone came along and pushed the young man on his way saying, "Come on we can talk about this later." He turned to me as he was walking away and said, "Much love to another inside person." He smiled and then he was gone.
My Dreams & Visions About Reachelle - VIII - 3/07/2007
*Sometime around the end of August, beginning of September 2006 I began having vivid dreams and visions about Reachelle. After alot of thought and consideration, I shared them with the other posters, friends and family of Reachelle Smith at the CourtTV.com message board for Reachelle. I felt strongly that it was the right thing to do. I still do and will continue to do so. Someone, somewhere, knows something...
This vision began very loudly. I saw the young woman [with the long brown hair that's slightly wavy and parted down the middle] again. She was yelling at the young man [with the short dark hair], "Go away! Go Away! I want to make you go away!" She was extremely hateful.
Next I saw the young man collapsed on a steering wheel on the passenger side of a van. His head was on the dash? facing toward the driver side window. Then I heard the woman scream, "You're going to pay for this. I'm not going to live alone forever!"
I saw the words 'boat', 'Lake Darling', 'plan' and 'planning'. Then I heard Reachelle. I looked for her but I couldn't see her. I heard her say, "It was sunny when it happened." and then, "She forgot to be nice."
This vision began very loudly. I saw the young woman [with the long brown hair that's slightly wavy and parted down the middle] again. She was yelling at the young man [with the short dark hair], "Go away! Go Away! I want to make you go away!" She was extremely hateful.
Next I saw the young man collapsed on a steering wheel on the passenger side of a van. His head was on the dash? facing toward the driver side window. Then I heard the woman scream, "You're going to pay for this. I'm not going to live alone forever!"
I saw the words 'boat', 'Lake Darling', 'plan' and 'planning'. Then I heard Reachelle. I looked for her but I couldn't see her. I heard her say, "It was sunny when it happened." and then, "She forgot to be nice."
My Dreams & Visions About Reachelle - VII - 2/27/2007
*Sometime around the end of August, beginning of September 2006 I began having vivid dreams and visions about Reachelle. After alot of thought and consideration, I shared them with the other posters, friends and family of Reachelle Smith at the CourtTV.com message board for Reachelle. I felt strongly that it was the right thing to do. I still do and will continue to do so. Someone, somewhere, knows something...
In this vision there was a lot of dialogue. Conversations going on between two people, one male and one female. Both people were in their early to mid twenties. At first this one took place outside on a sunny day. The two were sitting on lawn chairs. The woman had long brown hair that was slightly wavy and parted down the middle. She had brown or hazel eyes. I got the feeling she was extremely content spending time with the man. She was describing the color of something she was telling him about as 'callalily white' and smiling. She looked over at him and said, "No one will even know the difference. Perfectly preserved." The man, who had dark short hair and brown eyes seemed wary of what the woman was speaking of.
Next I saw Reachelle under water. She was wearing a bathing suit and holding her breath. The water was very clear. She may have been in a swimming pool. She was reaching up from the water depth with her eyes open. While I could see this, the man's thoughts were echoing, "Little Princess" while he thought of Reachelle. Neither the man nor the woman seemed concerned or alarmed about Reachelle being in the water, but she did not seem in trouble and they were close by the water. Next, I heard Reachelle's thoughts echoing, "Please Mama." and "One has a gun."
There were lots of whispers. I saw lights, fires, and flames. I saw the numbers 1004. Then I heard "central aisle/isle"?
In this vision there was a lot of dialogue. Conversations going on between two people, one male and one female. Both people were in their early to mid twenties. At first this one took place outside on a sunny day. The two were sitting on lawn chairs. The woman had long brown hair that was slightly wavy and parted down the middle. She had brown or hazel eyes. I got the feeling she was extremely content spending time with the man. She was describing the color of something she was telling him about as 'callalily white' and smiling. She looked over at him and said, "No one will even know the difference. Perfectly preserved." The man, who had dark short hair and brown eyes seemed wary of what the woman was speaking of.
Next I saw Reachelle under water. She was wearing a bathing suit and holding her breath. The water was very clear. She may have been in a swimming pool. She was reaching up from the water depth with her eyes open. While I could see this, the man's thoughts were echoing, "Little Princess" while he thought of Reachelle. Neither the man nor the woman seemed concerned or alarmed about Reachelle being in the water, but she did not seem in trouble and they were close by the water. Next, I heard Reachelle's thoughts echoing, "Please Mama." and "One has a gun."
There were lots of whispers. I saw lights, fires, and flames. I saw the numbers 1004. Then I heard "central aisle/isle"?
My Dreams & Visions About Reachelle - VI - 12/7/2006
*Sometime around the end of August, beginning of September 2006 I began having vivid dreams and visions about Reachelle. After alot of thought and consideration, I shared them with the other posters, friends and family of Reachelle Smith at the CourtTV.com message board for Reachelle. I felt strongly that it was the right thing to do. I still do and will continue to do so. Someone, somewhere, knows something...
In this one, it was very dark. I heard someone address a woman as "Miss Anthony." I got the feeling 'Miss Anthony' could possibly be an alias? Next I heard a woman's voice say, "We're going on a trip baby..." Things began to come into focus and I could see Reachelle in the room coloring at a table with a lamp on it. A woman with long brown hair that was slightly wavy and parted down the middle, was in the next room very nervous. Her thoughts were echoing, "She can identify me? She knows it's me!" Then I saw the words China Town and Canada North. The woman with the long brown hair enters the room Reachelle is in. She tries to lead Reachelle away. Reachelle is fearful, she is breathing fast and her chest is feeling tight. She doesn't want to go with this woman. The woman is insistent. She becomes agitated and very angry. She yells at Reachelle, "DONE!"
Suddenly I had a sick feeling inside. Everything went dark and quiet. The atmosphere became very eerie. Then I heard the woman very firmly say, "It's over. We have to go NOW!" Everything dark and quiet again. Then a feeling of falling, sinking and despair took over.
The woman with the long brown hair began to cry and then began sobbing. She feels hopelessness and blames. "It's all you. It's because of you..." Then another woman was there with her, an older woman with glasses. The woman with the long brown hair called her, 'Mother.' Her mother's name begins with a "V". As she sobbed, she yelled at her mother, "You did this! YOU!"
Then a house came into focus. It was out in the country. It was big, two stories, white, and had lots of windows. Then very prominently I heard, "NOT IN MINOT"
In this one, it was very dark. I heard someone address a woman as "Miss Anthony." I got the feeling 'Miss Anthony' could possibly be an alias? Next I heard a woman's voice say, "We're going on a trip baby..." Things began to come into focus and I could see Reachelle in the room coloring at a table with a lamp on it. A woman with long brown hair that was slightly wavy and parted down the middle, was in the next room very nervous. Her thoughts were echoing, "She can identify me? She knows it's me!" Then I saw the words China Town and Canada North. The woman with the long brown hair enters the room Reachelle is in. She tries to lead Reachelle away. Reachelle is fearful, she is breathing fast and her chest is feeling tight. She doesn't want to go with this woman. The woman is insistent. She becomes agitated and very angry. She yells at Reachelle, "DONE!"
Suddenly I had a sick feeling inside. Everything went dark and quiet. The atmosphere became very eerie. Then I heard the woman very firmly say, "It's over. We have to go NOW!" Everything dark and quiet again. Then a feeling of falling, sinking and despair took over.
The woman with the long brown hair began to cry and then began sobbing. She feels hopelessness and blames. "It's all you. It's because of you..." Then another woman was there with her, an older woman with glasses. The woman with the long brown hair called her, 'Mother.' Her mother's name begins with a "V". As she sobbed, she yelled at her mother, "You did this! YOU!"
Then a house came into focus. It was out in the country. It was big, two stories, white, and had lots of windows. Then very prominently I heard, "NOT IN MINOT"
Friday, March 30, 2007
My Dreams & Visions About Reachelle - X - 3/27/2007
Sometime around the end of August, beginning of September 2006 I began having vivid dreams and visions about Reachelle. After alot of thought and consideration, I shared them with the other posters, friends and family of Reachelle Smith at the CourtTV.com message board for Reachelle. I felt strongly that it was the right thing to do. I still do and will continue to do so. Someone, somewhere, knows something...
The most recent dream I had took place inside a house. When everything came into focus, I heard Reachelle giggling. Someone was tickling her. They were playing and she was intermittently squealing in between giggles and trying to get away as most children do when they've had enough of being tickled. Reachelle was wearing the yellow sundress, the same one as in the picture of her standing against the tree at Roosevelt Park. She was barefoot and her ponytail was messy from playing. When she got away from whoever was tickling her, she ran down this long dark hallway. Then she stopped. She looked at me, smiled and pointed to the left. I couldn't see what she was pointing at. Then she runs up close to me and kisses my cheek, smiling. Then she turns and points toward a window and says "Look outside!" I went to the window and looked outside and saw lots of green grass or what seemed like grassy fields. I asked Reachelle, "Where are we?" She whispered, "Closer than you think." Next I heard an echoing voice in the background saying something about an "old soul" and a "warrior." Then a woman's voice said, "Meet us half way." Then, "The house is cloaked." Meaning hidden. Next I was told "33rd Street, old oak barn, come into it, a netherlands stop" I thought it odd that she would tell me the house is cloaked when I could see it very clearly. It was a huge farmhouse. Then the woman's voice said, "Even if you bring....(here she hesitated), you will not find." Next she said, "It's there you just have to look. Please tell them she's fine." It was quiet after that for a few minutes, then I heard "Lordsly, 2509" I asked her, "Is that an address?" She replied, "Yes and no." Then, "Yes, it's an address, and no, it is not significant....yet." I asked, "Yet?" She said, "Yes." Reachelle gave me more hugs of trust. I hugged her back and held her tight, reassuring her. Then again, I heard the echoing voice in the background saying something about "clean and smooth moves, precise and concise, even there." As I sat there holding Reachelle, listening, I could hear music, country music playing in the background. The woman's voice spoke again, "Believe it, because that's it." Echoes again "Come clean. She has to." The woman's last words to me were, "There's a light, it's there. You will see it."
Please feel free to comment below, the puzzle pieces are coming together and you may hold the missing piece! If anything in this dream means anything to anyone please email me at The.Seeress@yahoo.com asap! I have had four dreams/visions prior to this one. I will post them as well, soon. They all fit together like pieces to a puzzle. Keep believing for Reachelle!
The most recent dream I had took place inside a house. When everything came into focus, I heard Reachelle giggling. Someone was tickling her. They were playing and she was intermittently squealing in between giggles and trying to get away as most children do when they've had enough of being tickled. Reachelle was wearing the yellow sundress, the same one as in the picture of her standing against the tree at Roosevelt Park. She was barefoot and her ponytail was messy from playing. When she got away from whoever was tickling her, she ran down this long dark hallway. Then she stopped. She looked at me, smiled and pointed to the left. I couldn't see what she was pointing at. Then she runs up close to me and kisses my cheek, smiling. Then she turns and points toward a window and says "Look outside!" I went to the window and looked outside and saw lots of green grass or what seemed like grassy fields. I asked Reachelle, "Where are we?" She whispered, "Closer than you think." Next I heard an echoing voice in the background saying something about an "old soul" and a "warrior." Then a woman's voice said, "Meet us half way." Then, "The house is cloaked." Meaning hidden. Next I was told "33rd Street, old oak barn, come into it, a netherlands stop" I thought it odd that she would tell me the house is cloaked when I could see it very clearly. It was a huge farmhouse. Then the woman's voice said, "Even if you bring....(here she hesitated), you will not find." Next she said, "It's there you just have to look. Please tell them she's fine." It was quiet after that for a few minutes, then I heard "Lordsly, 2509" I asked her, "Is that an address?" She replied, "Yes and no." Then, "Yes, it's an address, and no, it is not significant....yet." I asked, "Yet?" She said, "Yes." Reachelle gave me more hugs of trust. I hugged her back and held her tight, reassuring her. Then again, I heard the echoing voice in the background saying something about "clean and smooth moves, precise and concise, even there." As I sat there holding Reachelle, listening, I could hear music, country music playing in the background. The woman's voice spoke again, "Believe it, because that's it." Echoes again "Come clean. She has to." The woman's last words to me were, "There's a light, it's there. You will see it."
Please feel free to comment below, the puzzle pieces are coming together and you may hold the missing piece! If anything in this dream means anything to anyone please email me at The.Seeress@yahoo.com asap! I have had four dreams/visions prior to this one. I will post them as well, soon. They all fit together like pieces to a puzzle. Keep believing for Reachelle!
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