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Horton High School Student Helps Search for Missing Woman


Last Update: 11/13/2009 6:33 pm
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(Courtland Davis)
(Courtland Davis)

Several items have been found related to the disappearance of a rural Horton woman.

Patricia Kimmi has been missing since last Saturday. Volunteers and multiple law enforcement agencies have been searching in and around her home in Atchison County, looking for any clues.

They found a camouflage ball cap that says "Saylor Insurance Service, Sabetha, Kansas" on it and a 1922 silver dollar money clip.

Investigators would like to talk to the owners of these items. They’re also looking for dark or red colored pick-up truck with dually wheels.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Atchison County Sheriff's Office at 913-367-4323 or Topeka Crime Stoppers at 785-234-0007.

A freshman at Horton High School is trying to help find the missing woman, using a Web site he created. Some comments posted on the site may be clues to what happened.

“I wanted to make it just because I was bored and I think that the freshman should have their own Web site,” Dallas Bond said.

Bond created a web page for the freshman class at Horton High School. He thought it would be a good way for students to find out what's for lunch and get the latest class announcements.

“Then Patricia went missing, and I thought I’d go ahead and do something about that,” Bond said.

The home page has the latest information on missing woman Patricia Kimmi.

Users can post comments and Bond says those messages may hold clues about what happened to Kimmi. He says the Kansas Bureau of Investigation asked to see them.

“They wanted me to download all the comments that people said. Of course, if you make something, there's always a few people that are going to comment bad things. I think that's what they were worried about,” Bond said. “There was one thing that kind of stood out, and I think the KBI wanted me to get that.”

Those comments have been taken down.

Bond says the Web site is his way of helping in the search, and he's looking ahead to good news. 

“We're going to post that she was found. Then we're going to say this tribute thing about it, too,” Bond said.

At the beginning of the week, the Web site had about 50 hits. Now, more than 1,200 people have visited the site.      

Reporter: Jennifer Trammell

Photographer: Courtland Davis