Thursday, November 12, 2009
Trooper Tim McCool, public resource officer with Troop B of the Kansas Highway Patrol, explains that the investigation into the missing Horton woman, Patricia Kimmi, is ongoing, and that while the Atchison County Police Department, Kansas Highway Patrol and many volunteers are searching for Ms. Kimmi, there are no new developments in the case. Investigators believe Ms. Kimmi went missing Friday night after being forcibly taken from her home.
ATCHISON, Kan. - The Atchison County Sheriff's Department called in the Northeast Kansas Major Case Squad to help in its ongoing search for a missing Horton, Kan., woman.
Family members reported that Patricia Kimmi, whose address is in rural Atchison County near Horton, went missing. Investigators believe that she was forcibly taken from her home between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. last Friday night.
Sheriff John Calhoon reported that a piece of a denture known to have belonged to Ms. Kimmi, 58, was found by searchers Tuesday.
Law enforcement personnel, joined by dozens of volunteers, have been gathering each day at the Horton Fire Department to begin grid searches in northwest Atchison County, said Trooper Tim McCool, a spokesman for the Kansas Highway Patrol.
The Highway Patrol and the major case squad are here at Mr. Calhoon's request to assist in the investigation, which is ongoing, Mr. McCool said. Anyone with information should call the Atchison County communications center at (913) 367-4323.
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