AND I'M BO WILLIAMS. OUR TOP
STORY AT SIX---THE SEARCH
CONTINUES FOR 15-MONTH-OLD
EVELYN BOSWELL. TBI TELLING US
TONIGHT---THEY'VE
NOW RECEIVED MORE THAN 500 TIPS
IN THE CASE.
LORI:
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY
SINCE EVELYN WAS REPORTED
MISSING LAST WEEK.
INVESTIGATORS TELLING US THOUGH
SHE HADN'T BEEN SEEN
SINCE DECEMBER.
BO:
TODAY EVELYN'S MOTHER, MEGAN
BOSWELL, TELLING OUR SISTER
STATION WJHL IN THE TRI-CITIES
IN A
FACEBOOK MESSAGE THAT BECAUSE OF
HER PREGNANCY SHE
CAN'T TAKE A POLYGRAPH...
W-J-H-L ALSO REPORTING THAT
THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE.. DOES NOT USE POLYGRAPH.
LORI:
MEGAN BOSWELL.. INSISTING IT WAS
HER MOTHER, ANGELA, WHO LAST
TOOK CARE OF THE CHILD WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR HER
DISAPPEARANCE.
BO:
EVELYN'S GRANDMOTHER,
ANGELA BOSWELL...WAS ARRESTED IN
NORTH CAROLINA
OVER THE WEEKEND.. BUT NO
CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH
EVELYN'S DISAPPEARANCE
HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST HER..
ANGELA BOSWELL HAS BEEN CHARGED
WITH POSSESSION OF STOLEN
PROPERTY..
POLICE SAY MEGAN WAS PURCHASING
THE CAR.. FOR HER MOTHER..
ANGELA.
BUT THE OWNER OF THE CAR HAD
NOT
RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT.. AND
THEREFORE REPORTED THE CAR
AS STOLEN.
LORI:
LAW ENFORCEMENT.. EMPHASIZING
HOW COMPLICATED THIS CASE IS----
BO:
WITH INVESTIGATORS
LOOKING FOR ANY CLUES LEADING TO
EVELYN...WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT
WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES
OF A MISSING PERSON
INVESTIGATION.
LORI:
WATE 6 ON YOUR SIDE REPORTER
KIRSTIE CRAWFORD TALKING WITH A
KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
DETECTIVE ABOUT THIS ISSUE...
SHE JOINS US IN THE STUDIO
NOW...
KIRSTIE--WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?
KIRSTIE
THE DETECTIVE TELLS ME FIRST OF
ALL THAT TIME PLAYS A HUGE ROLE
IN THE INVESTIGATION. SHE SAYS
THE SOONER A MISSING
PERSONS REPORT IS FILED...THE
SOONER THEY CAN GET MORE EYES
SEARCHING.
"THIS BIGGEST MYTHS IS YOU HAVE
TO WAIT 24 HOURS IN ORDER TO
REPORT A PERSON MISSING AND THAT
IS NOT TRUE. IF YOU HAVE AN
INDIVIDUAL
MISSING AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE ARE
MISSING, I WOULD CALL
IMMEDIATELY."
PHYLLIS TONKIN...A DETECTIVE
WITH
K-P-D'S SPECIAL CRIMES
UNIT...INVESTIGAT ES MISSING
PERSONS CASES EVERY DAY. SHE
SAYS THE SOONER SOMEONE
IS REPORTED MISSING...THE
BETTER...ESPECIAL LY WHEN IT
INVOLVES SOMEONE VERY YOUNG OR A
SENIOR CITIZEN
SHE SAYS KIDS CAN WANDER FAR...
QUICKLY...AND PEOPLE WITH
DEMENTIA CAN QUICKLY LOSE TRACK
OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
AS SOON AS DETECTIVES GET THAT
MISSING PERSONS
REPORT...THEY GET TO
WORK...POSTING
BULLETINS WITH DETAILS OF THE
PERSON THEY'RE WORKING TO FIND.
"THAT BULLETIN WOULD GO OUT TO
OUT OFFICERS AND SURROUNDING
COUNTY OFFICERS IN ORDER TO TRY
AND GET THAT INDIVIDUALS
PICTURE OUT THERE, AND THEN, SO
THERE'S MORE PEOPLE LOOKING
FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S
MISSING."
THEN DETECTIVES RELY ON ANY
INFORMATION FROM THOSE CLOSEST
TO
THE MISSING PERSON...TRYING TO
FIND OUT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN
ABOUT THE LAST TIME THE PERSON
WAS SEEN.
TONKIN SAYS THE NEXT IMPORTANT
STEP IS GETTING THE PUBLIC TO
HELP...ASKING FOR ANY TIPS ABOUT
POSSIBLE SIGHTINGS OR RELEVANT
INFORMATION.
SHE SAYS EVEN IF THE TIP DOESN'T
SEEM LIKE IT COULD HELP...PEOPLE
SHOULD CALL.
"ANY TIP WHEN YOU HAVE A MISSING
PERSON IS IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE, WHAT SOME, WHAT ONE
PERSON SEES AS NOT IMPORTANT,
YOU THINK IT'S NOT IMPORTANT,
BUT
THAT MIGHT BE THE LINK THAT
WE'RE
TRYING TO PUT THE LAST PIECE OF
THAT
PUZZLE TOGETHER IN ORDER TO
LOCATE THE PERSON."
KIRSTIE
TONKIN TELLS ME SHE NEVER STOPS
LOOKING FOR A MISSING PERSON. IF
NONE OF THE TIPS ARE CREDIBLE
OR THE CASE GOES COLD...THEY ARE
CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR ANY
OTHER CLUES THAT MIGHT LEAD TO
THAT PERSON.
BO:
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT EVELYN
AGAIN....
LORI:
ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS
ASKED TO CALL 1-
800-TBI-FIND....AS KIRSTIE WAS
SAYING...THERE IS NO BAD TIP IN
A MISSING PERSONS
CASE.
BO:
A BREAK FROM THE RAIN
TODAY----BUT
SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE
FORECAST.
LORI:
6 STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST