10-19-2010, 02:48 PM
KY Post:
COVINGTON, Ky. - A large-scale search for 17-year-old Paige Johnson of Florence will take place on Wednesday.
Covington police said Tuesday afternoon that the search involving multiple agencies will begin at East Fork State Park in Batavia.
The reason the search is focusing on the Clermont County park is because cell phone records show the man last seen with Johnson was in that area the night she disappeared.
Court records state 22-year-old Jacob Bumpass of Taylor Mill is the last man to see Johnson after she disappeared on September 23.
Paige was supposed to be dropped off at her sisters house around 1 a.m.
The teen, who is a mother to a 2-year-old daughter, never made it to her sister's home.
Police said Bumpass told them he dropped off Johnson at 15th Street and Scott Boulevard, but search warrants filed by Covington police indicate otherwise.
An affidavit states Bumpass admitted to being with Johnson the night of Sept. 22 and gave her alcohol.
Officers later searched his Taylor Mill Home On Decoursey Pike to find what appeared to be blood and latex gloves in the kitchen sink, according to the affidavit.
Cell phone records belonging to Bumpass show he was near Johnson's home at 1 a.m. and several hours later at East Fork State Park in Batavia.
Bumpass is being held at the Kenton County jail on a probation violation. He has not been charged in connection with Paige Johnson's disappearance.
COVINGTON, Ky. - A large-scale search for 17-year-old Paige Johnson of Florence will take place on Wednesday.
Covington police said Tuesday afternoon that the search involving multiple agencies will begin at East Fork State Park in Batavia.
The reason the search is focusing on the Clermont County park is because cell phone records show the man last seen with Johnson was in that area the night she disappeared.
Court records state 22-year-old Jacob Bumpass of Taylor Mill is the last man to see Johnson after she disappeared on September 23.
Paige was supposed to be dropped off at her sisters house around 1 a.m.
The teen, who is a mother to a 2-year-old daughter, never made it to her sister's home.
Police said Bumpass told them he dropped off Johnson at 15th Street and Scott Boulevard, but search warrants filed by Covington police indicate otherwise.
An affidavit states Bumpass admitted to being with Johnson the night of Sept. 22 and gave her alcohol.
Officers later searched his Taylor Mill Home On Decoursey Pike to find what appeared to be blood and latex gloves in the kitchen sink, according to the affidavit.
Cell phone records belonging to Bumpass show he was near Johnson's home at 1 a.m. and several hours later at East Fork State Park in Batavia.
Bumpass is being held at the Kenton County jail on a probation violation. He has not been charged in connection with Paige Johnson's disappearance.