08-28-2011, 01:06 PM
Fairfield Echo
Search for Markham continued at Harbin Park
Scores of family and volunteers continue search for missing Fairfield woman.
Updated 9:35 PM Saturday, August 27, 2011
FAIRFIELD — Two weeks after his daughter went missing, Dave Markham searches for the right words.
“It’s indescribable,” he said. “Just terrible.”
On Saturday afternoon, 14 days after his 22-year-old daughter Katelyn Markham was last seen, her father — accompanied by more than 100 family and volunteers — continued their search, this time inside Harbin Park, which is located about three miles from her apartment.
One of Katelyn’s friends, Victoria Chafin, who graduated with her from Fairfield High School in 2008, organized Saturday’s search. She said the search for Markham will continue until she’s found.
Chafin said Markham was set to graduate from college in a few weeks, and her father said she was going to move to Colorado to “spread her wings” for a couple of years. Instead, sometime late on Aug. 13 she was last seen in her Dorshire Drive apartment by her fiance John Carter. Her dog was locked up inside her bedroom, Chafin said.
“She wouldn’t get up and just leave,” Chafin said. “I don’t want people to give up hope. I hope we find her, she’s OK, happy and healthy and she can get back to a normal lifestyle.”
Just then, Chafin’s cell phone rang, and one of the group of searchers said they had found a hoop earring and a cell phone battery in the park. Chafin told them to collect the items and call the Fairfield Police Department, but Katelyn’s father said he never saw her wear that style of earrings.
As far as what happened to Markham, Chafin said everyone has different opinions, and she didn’t want to share hers in the media.
“All that matters is we find her,” she said. “It doesn’t matter who did it.”
Dave Markham, 50, said he has returned to work part-time. He sometimes can’t sleep at night. He takes it “one day at a time,” then added that “life don’t stop.”
He knows he also has to care for his other daughter, 15-year-old Ally. He thought about Ally, and when earlier this summer she wanted to go to Kings Island with her friends. He told her to never leave her friends.
“The way I feel right now, that’s why we act like that,” he said. “Nobody wants to feel like this.”
CrimeStoppers said they haven’t received any additional calls related to the case, despite the phone number being displayed on national television. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Markham’s whereabouts.
Fairfield police Lt. Kevin Haddix said the department received one tip from out West, but said police had already “checked it out.”
The missing persons case made national news Thursday night as the search for Markham continued. Katelyn’s fiance and several experts not affiliated with the case were interviewed by Nancy Grace for her show on CNN’s HLN.
During the show Carter was questioned about his motives and the timeline of events surrounding the case.
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Search for Markham continued at Harbin Park
Scores of family and volunteers continue search for missing Fairfield woman.
Updated 9:35 PM Saturday, August 27, 2011
FAIRFIELD — Two weeks after his daughter went missing, Dave Markham searches for the right words.
“It’s indescribable,” he said. “Just terrible.”
On Saturday afternoon, 14 days after his 22-year-old daughter Katelyn Markham was last seen, her father — accompanied by more than 100 family and volunteers — continued their search, this time inside Harbin Park, which is located about three miles from her apartment.
One of Katelyn’s friends, Victoria Chafin, who graduated with her from Fairfield High School in 2008, organized Saturday’s search. She said the search for Markham will continue until she’s found.
Chafin said Markham was set to graduate from college in a few weeks, and her father said she was going to move to Colorado to “spread her wings” for a couple of years. Instead, sometime late on Aug. 13 she was last seen in her Dorshire Drive apartment by her fiance John Carter. Her dog was locked up inside her bedroom, Chafin said.
“She wouldn’t get up and just leave,” Chafin said. “I don’t want people to give up hope. I hope we find her, she’s OK, happy and healthy and she can get back to a normal lifestyle.”
Just then, Chafin’s cell phone rang, and one of the group of searchers said they had found a hoop earring and a cell phone battery in the park. Chafin told them to collect the items and call the Fairfield Police Department, but Katelyn’s father said he never saw her wear that style of earrings.
As far as what happened to Markham, Chafin said everyone has different opinions, and she didn’t want to share hers in the media.
“All that matters is we find her,” she said. “It doesn’t matter who did it.”
Dave Markham, 50, said he has returned to work part-time. He sometimes can’t sleep at night. He takes it “one day at a time,” then added that “life don’t stop.”
He knows he also has to care for his other daughter, 15-year-old Ally. He thought about Ally, and when earlier this summer she wanted to go to Kings Island with her friends. He told her to never leave her friends.
“The way I feel right now, that’s why we act like that,” he said. “Nobody wants to feel like this.”
CrimeStoppers said they haven’t received any additional calls related to the case, despite the phone number being displayed on national television. A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Markham’s whereabouts.
Fairfield police Lt. Kevin Haddix said the department received one tip from out West, but said police had already “checked it out.”
The missing persons case made national news Thursday night as the search for Markham continued. Katelyn’s fiance and several experts not affiliated with the case were interviewed by Nancy Grace for her show on CNN’s HLN.
During the show Carter was questioned about his motives and the timeline of events surrounding the case.
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