This site is dedicated to finding April
Beth and those responsible for her disappearance. Any information
obtained via this site will be passed on to the San Bernardino
County Sheriff’s Department. If you have any information
regarding April or her last days in Newberry Springs please
call the tip line or send a message via the TIPS page.
UPDATE 020508:
Two companies have signed on in the search for April. Lamar
Advertising will provide 10 giant posters to promote the
search and tip line website. VideoRay has tentatively agreed
to send a high-tech underwater camera to search potentially
flooded mine shafts.
UPDATE 020808:
General Advertising has agreed to provide time and materials
on TWO of their billboards in the Barstow/Newberry Springs
area to advertise this website.
UPDATE 030508:
The billboard artwork has been sent and should be displayed
soon. Today three prominent TV shows were sent a letter
outlining April’s plight in hopes that they will air
a segment on her disappearance and the upcoming search.
UPDATE 031008:
After review with local law enforcement, four sites have
been selected for the primary search. Two mine shafts and
two expanses of open terrain were picked for their relation
to existing clues in the case.
UPDATE 031208:
United Site Services has agreed to deliver port-a-potties
to our remote sites at a discounted rate.
UPDATE 031908:
The billboards went up yesterday. One is located on the
I-40, the other on Highway 58. Both sites are in or around
Barstow and should draw a lot of attention. So far we have
collected $250 in cash donations and untold amounts of supplies
have been given or will be on loan for the search.
UPDATE 032108:
Peggy Sue's 50's Dinner in Yermo California has agreed to
let the searchers assemble in the western-most section of
the restaurants parking lot. The dinner is an ideal meeting
place as it is centrally located to the search sites.
UPDATE 032908:
Posters went up in parts of Barstow yesterday to compliment
the billboards. About 40 in all were hung along Main Street
and on the north side of the city. T-shirts have been ordered
and are for sale for $15 plus shipping if needed. Proceeds
will benefit April's mother Gloria. Sizes range from small
to xx large. Please email Mat Richter at:
mat@mat-creativepro.com to purchase yours before they
are gone.
UPDATE 040308:
RKI Instruments has agreed to loan us portable gas detection
equipment in order to ensure the safety of our mine searchers.
James Price, who was a major contributor to the last search,
is going to supply much of the other equipment needed that
has not yet been pledged.
UPDATE 040908:
The city of Barstow has agreed to donate two buses to the
search effort to transport our volunteer force safely and
effectively to the search sites. The search day agenda has
been reviewed by the Search Captains and they are prepared
for their rolls. Final preparations are being made. Beginning
next week the advance party will be headed to the area to
set up a base camp and conduct preliminary searches.
UPDATE 050908:
The excavation of the primary search site did not yield
any remains. The site, which has been suspect for years,
has been cleared thanks to the efforts of many volunteers
and is no longer a nagging unanswered question. On day two
searchers scoured an open area of desert where partial human
remains were found a year ago. No further remains were found.
Gloria took time to meet with two persons thought to be
involved in April's disappearance and cleared them. One
passed a lie detector test and the other has agreed to the
test. New information has now surfaced and the search will
be taking a new direction in the weeks to come.
Photos from the search are on the PHOTOS
page.
