CCSO ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE A 12-YEAR-OLD SEPARATED FROM HER FATHER -- CONCERNING TO INVESTIGATORS
Posted: August 11th, 2010 7:31 PM
Photo/sound file: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2010-08/624/37452/cad_4600001.jpg (missing child)
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office
Jim Strovink, Detective
Office of Public Information
12700 SE 82nd Avenue, Clackamas, Oregon 97015
News Release
Please refer to Clackamas County Sheriff's Case number 10-24766.
(Photo Attached – Courtesy of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)
The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office is seeking assistance from the media and the public with efforts to locate a vehicle that is allegedly transporting a 12-year-old girl – with a possible destination identified potentially as Umatilla, Oregon.
Preliminary information reveals a transient father identified as Kilunnun Chivoski, and his daughter Elizabeth Danielle Shambaugh, age 12, were traveling north to Portland in a caravan of one or more automobiles. At some point prior to arriving in the Portalnd area, a woman suspected of being Christine Eileen Johnston, 32, with her vehicle registered to an address in Umatilla, accepted the 12-year-old Christine in her vehicle to continue the ride to Portland. There is also some mention of these transient citizens meeting at a church south of Portland, earlier in their journey north.
At a predetermined meeting location in Clackamas County this afternoon, Kilununn Chivoski, who had momentarily become separated from the moving automobile, witnessed – disturbingly – his daughter pass by him as he was standing on the edge of the roadway. His daughter is described to have been extending her arms in the air with an concerned facial expression commonly associated with a statement of, "What the heck!" as the vehicle continued traveling down the road. Destination unknown!
The vehicle of interest to this investigation is described as:
• 1985, Ford, F-250, pick-up truck. With Oregon license plates XYQ-562. This is blue truck, with a white panel on the side, and the words "will work for food" inscribed on the white paneling of this truck. This truck also is described to be equipped with a white and silver colored camper shell, that may have a 'smiley face' affixed.
This pick-up truck is registered to Christine E. Johnston, 32, with a registered address in Umatilla, Oregon.
Investigators are concerned due to the fact the vehicle transporting the 12-year-old did not stop at the predetermined location as planned. Also, investigators learned this vehicle and the child were previously stopped by a police officer south of Portland earlier during their journey. On this occasion, the woman identified as Christine Johnston, is believed to have improperly declared the 12-year-old female in the vehicle as her own child. Investigators believe the child in the truck at the time of this described traffic stop was our missing 12-year-old, known as Elizabeth D. Shambaugh.(Photo Attached of Elizabeth Shambaugh)
Investigators are hopeful this may just be a case of significant miscommunications, but are working on the side of caution in the event this 12-year-old may be in jeopardy.
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office investigators are asking if anyone knows the occupants of this described vehicle, or the location of the describe occupants, to please contact 911 and report this information immediately to law enforcement.
Please refer to Clackamas County Sheriff's Case number 10-24766 [END]
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