By Marilyn Bardsley
OCILLA, GA (Crime Library) Continued
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| Tim Miller, Texas Equusearch |
Not nearly as well-known as Beth, but well on his way to becoming a celebrity in his own right, is Tim Miller, the director of Texas EquuSearch, (Link: http://www.texasequusearch.org/ ) the nonprofit search and recovery organization that recently recovered the remains of Houston chiropractor Dr. Melinda Superville and was involved in the search for Natalee Holloway in Aruba. He is an intensely personable, energetic man who is passionate about his mission to help families find missing loved ones. Like Beth, he is no stranger to the heartbreak of having a child go missing. Laura Miller was abducted and murdered in 1984.
As Texas EquuSearch becomes well-known, the number of families that come to Tim's organization will increase. "How do you decide which cases to take?" I asked him.
"How can you say 'no' to a family?" He asked, suggesting that he didn't say it very often.
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| Donnie Youghn, Irwin County Sheriff |
Tim Miller and his team had been planning for over a week with local law enforcement, Ocilla Police Chief Billy Hancock and Irwin County Sheriff Donnie Youghn, on what areas to search. Once everyone had eaten and the volunteers were organized into teams, Miller spoke to the group. He told them that the chances of finding Tara were not very high, but they needed to conduct this thorough search to be sure that she was wasn't there in the community. Before the teams dispersed, Chief Hancock led the group in prayer.
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| Chief Billy Hancock |
Texas EquuSearch brought to this effort a fascinating range of technology, some of which were industry tools designed for other purposes that worked handily in search and rescue operations. Others were invented with search and rescue in mind.
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