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(07/01/11 1:08am)
Jane Hoeppner speaks during a vigil for Lauren Spierer on June 30 at Evangelical Community Church. Hoeppner is the wife of former IU head football coach Terry Hoeppner, who died of complications from a brain tumor June 19, 2007.
(07/01/11 1:06am)
Bloomington mayor Mark Kruzan speaks during a vigil for Lauren Spierer on June 30 at Evangelical Community Church.
(07/01/11 1:06am)
Evangelical service leaders pray before a vigil for Lauren Spierer on June 30 at Evangelical Community Church.
(06/30/11 1:07am)
A walking stick marks bones as junior Tom Schmitt looks through tall grass during the last day of daily volunteer searches for Lauren Spierer on Wednesday near S.R. 446.
(06/30/11 1:07am)
Jeff Ritter calls search headquarters as junior Tom Schmitt waits for Bloomington Police Department officers to arrive during the last day of daily volunteer searches for Lauren Spierer on Wednesday on S.R. 446. Ritter and Schmitt found bones in a ravine, but a BPD anthropologist said they were not human.
(06/30/11 1:07am)
Junior Tom Schmitt peers around trees during the last day of daily volunteer searches for Lauren Spierer on Wednesday near S.R. 446.
(06/30/11 1:06am)
A Year in Review board displays a plea to find Lauren Spierer during the last day of daily volunteer searches for the missing IU student on Wednesday at McNutt Quad.
(06/30/11 1:06am)
Robert Spierer's cousin Roy speaks with a Fox 59 reporter during the last day of daily volunteer searches for Lauren Spierer on Wednesday at McNutt Quad.
(06/30/11 12:55am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>On the last day of general public searches for missing IU student Lauren Spierer, volunteer Jeff Ritter kept doing what he had done for more than a week.“Every place we look is a place that’s been searched and a place we can cross off the list,” he said.About 20 other volunteers, with help from professional searchers, brought an end to broad-based searches for the 20-year-old IU student, who has been missing since June 3. The atmosphere in McNutt Residence Center was hopeful, yet sad that it was almost the end of the run.“When I heard they were doing that, it was a letdown to me,” Ritter said just before going on one last general search.Future searches will now follow specific leads received by the Bloomington Police Department and other agencies. The searches that have happened for about four weeks, in which volunteers searched as much of Bloomington and Monroe County as possible, have ended.Volunteer search organizer John Summerlot said Wednesday morning that a “hard-core group that has been searching every day” will be on call for future searches.“We can send out a mass email, ‘Hey, we need 300 people,’ and I have no doubt we can do it,” he said.Charlene and Robert Spierer visited the search’s command center at McNutt Residence Center twice Wednesday, the second time about half an hour before the afternoon search left the dormitory. The parents said they had not made any plans to leave Bloomington.Searchers and supporters flowed through McNutt throughout the day. One search party left at about 9:45 a.m., while another left closer to 12:30 p.m. Volunteer Crystal Rainwater brought six Tupperware containers of muffins upstairs to the search headquarters at McNutt, while another volunteer walked downstairs with four blue rubber bracelets with #FINDLAUREN imprinted on them. The bracelets, she said, were given to volunteer searchers.At about 2:05 p.m., Charlene Spierer walked into search headquarters where she saw Ritter, who had gone on the 12:30 p.m. search. Charlene saw the mud on his blue jeans.“Looks like you’ve been working,” she said.“Yep, fell down twice,” Ritter replied.At about 2:20 p.m., a group of five volunteers left the main room of search headquarters after a briefing with organizer Don Cranfill. The group, which included Robert Spierer’s cousin Roy, was sent to an area near the intersection of State Road 446 and Old S.R. 446 near Lake Monroe.The group, many of which had searched nearly every day for at least the past week, said they were sad the general searches had ended but happy they could help.As the group drove to S.R. 446, junior Tom Schmitt looked out at campus from his truck.“It’s a shame we got all these kids walking around,” he said, “and we only got five people going out.”Once the group reached a car shop on the side of the highway, the group split up and decided where to go.Their search was spurred by someone who, much earlier, had reported buzzards circling nearby.“Best wishes, y’all,” Ritter said as they split up.He and Schmitt rode in Schmitt’s truck to the Cabin Restaurant and Lounge and parked. From there, they walked south along the highway, continuing what had been done for nearly four weeks: searching grass tall and short for any clues.Shortly after, Schmitt found a femur near a creek in the bottom of a roadside ravine.The femur seemed short for a human, but he called for Ritter, who had the walkie-talkie and was searching in a ravine on the other side of the road. Once the two reunited, they both looked again at the bone.On the walk back up the slope, Ritter found a pile of bones. They included another femur, ribs and vertebrae. Ritter called search headquarter leaders, who sent a BPD car to the scene. After two officers searched the area, a department anthropologist walked down the ravine to inspect the bones.The two officers walked back up the ravine. One officer shook his head, while the anthropologist said, “Not human.”The anthropologist made the conclusion while Ritter and Schmitt walked further south along the highway. They continued their efforts of the last four weeks.“I was kind of surprised it lasted this long,” Schmitt said about the general searches. “It just shows you how important finding her is to the community.”
(06/29/11 11:41pm)
Junior Tom Schmitt and Jeff Ritter look at a map before searching for Lauren Spierer on Wednesday along S.R. 446. Wednesday was the last day of general volunteer searches for the IU student, who has been missing since June 3.
(06/29/11 11:40pm)
Geshe-la Lobsang Dhandup talks with reporter J. Edward Calabro on Tuesday at the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center. Geshe-la is a Gomang monk visiting from Mongolia.
(06/26/11 8:28pm)
Volunteers walk toward their cars after registering for Find Lauren Day on June 25 behind McNutt Quad. The dormitory, which has served as Lauren Spierer search headquarters for about a week, was the starting point for around 500 people to begin a day-long effort to find evidence of the missing IU student.
(06/24/11 6:04pm)
Spierers speak on June 24 at final planned briefing
(06/24/11 5:15pm)
June 24 | BPD Spokesman: Capt. Joe Qualters | Robert and Charlene Spierer speak at 21:10
(06/24/11 5:00pm)
Charlene Spierer speaks to the media during the 14th and final planned briefing on the search for Lauren Spierer at Bloomington Police Department headquarters.
(06/24/11 5:00pm)
Robert and Charlene Spierer give a statement as Capt. Joe Qualters stands with them during the 14th and final planned briefing on the search for Lauren Spierer on Friday at Bloomington Police Department headquarters.
(06/24/11 4:59pm)
Robert Spierer gives a statement with his wife, Charlene, by his side during the 14th and final planned briefing on the search for Lauren Spierer on Friday at Bloomington Police Department headquarters.
(06/24/11 4:59pm)
Capt. Joe Qualters answers a question from the media during the 14th and final planned briefing on the search for Lauren Spierer on Friday at Bloomington Police Department headquarters.
(06/24/11 4:59pm)
Members of the media record the 14th and final planned briefing on the search for Lauren Spierer on Friday at Bloomington Police Department headquarters.
(06/24/11 4:59pm)
Capt. Joe Qualters gives a statement as Robert and Charlene Spierer listen during the 14th and final planned briefing on the search for Lauren Spierer on Friday at Bloomington Police Department headquarters.