Tuesday, August 7, 2012
St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch told Fox 2 that a body found in the Meramec River matches the description of Christopher Marks.
Update: 6:08 p.m. Fox 2 is reporting that police found a body in the Meramec River matching the description of Christopher Marks, although the boy's family has not confirmed the identity. St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch confirmed to the news station that the body matches the boy's description. Our earlier story: A search for missing person Christopher Marks was called by St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch on Tuesday afternoon one of the most intensive searches he's ever seen. "We did everything humanely possible," Fitch said a press conference conducted near the area of the last place Marks was seen. "We have no belief that foul play was involved at this time," said Fitch. Although hopes went soaring when a pair of socks was …
St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch told family and friends of missing Christopher Marks they might get the chance to canvass the area after the professionals have exhausted all options.
St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch gathered the family and friends of missing Christropher Marks into a huddle near the scene of the incident Tuesday morning and told them it is time to be prepared for all options. He reassured family members that the professionals conducting the search and rescue efforts would go by a "check-check-check" system, all over again today. Missing Christopher Marks was last seen swinging from a tire above the Meramec River by a family member with him Sunday night at the Pacific Palisades Conservation Area near the Eureka-Pacific borderline, confirmed St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch at the incident scene Tuesday at approximately 8:10 a.m. See related article: Fresh Eyes, Dogs Brought in Tuesday to …
St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch at the scene of missing 12-year-old Christopher Marks near Pacific and Eureka said at 8:10 a.m. the search will not stop today until professionals are sure about all checkpoints.
Missing Christopher Marks was last seen swinging from a tire above the Meramec River by a family member with him Sunday night at the Pacific Palisades Conservation Area near the Eureka-Pacific borderline, confirmed St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch at the incident scene Tuesday at approximately 8:10 a.m. On Monday, the exact location and last whereabouts of Marks seemed to be in conflict. Fitch said this effort is still considered a search and rescue endeavor. Marks is a 12-year-old from Affton who will be a seventh grader at Rodgers Middle School. Police are searching specifically up to 1 mile downstream of where Marks, his twin sister, stepfather and friends were Sunday evening. "We will not stop until we've search over and over …
Monday, August 6, 2012
Officials made a statement at 4:05 p.m. Eureka-Wildwood editor Julie Brown Patton was on the scene for the update. About 24 police cars and trucks left the accident area between 3 p.m. and 3:15 p.m., representing a major change in search shifts.
St. Louis County Police officials said crews are still looking for missing 12-year-old Christopher Marks while the screech of rail cars rumble in the background of nearby railroad tracks. In this continued hot weather, family members who have stood vigil at the scene since yesterday were starting to feel the affects of dehydration, mixed with nerves. Marks, from Affton, has been missing since Sunday evening from the Meramec River in Pacific Palisades Conservation Area near the Eureka-Pacific borderline. He was at the river with his stepfather, twin sister and four friends. Lt. James Mundel said in a Monday afternoon statement at the incident site that crews are still looking to find the boy and while the public's interest is appreciated, …
VIDEO: Elizabeth Combs, mother to a 12-year-old Affton boy who turned up missing Sunday evening near Pacific and Eureka, said family members appreciate what people are offering to try to help locate her son.
"He's really, really funny," was the immediate description of Christopher Marks' mother, Elizabeth Combs, about the missing 12-year-old from Affton. Marks has been missing since Sunday evening from the Meramec River in Pacific Palisades Conservation Area near the Eureka-Pacific borderline. Search crews worked through the night, but were unable to locate Marks or any clues to his whereabouts. See prior articles: Police Search for Missing Boy Search Continues for Missing Boy in Pacific, Lip Balm Found May be His Combs said Marks was a Boy Scout, and that his troop members eagerly are waiting for St. Louis County search teams to allow volunteers to assist. "Even his school nurse has called," she said. She said he recently got a buzz cut, so …
LIVE FROM THE SITE: The great aunt of Christopher Marks, a 12-year-old boy who went missing Sunday evening, just found a lip balm shortly before 10:30 a.m. she believes to be Marks' along the road of the Pacific Palisades Conservation Area entrance.
Donna Sherman, great aunt to Christopher Marks, a 12-year-old boy who went missing Sunday evening in the Meramec River near Pacific and Eureka just found a particular tube of lip balm she believes to be her great-nephew's. Patch was on the scene when Sherman made the discovery. Marks is an Affton resident who attends seventh grade at Rogers Middle School. The significance of the lip balm, Sherman believes, is that it could mean Marks left the water and it fell out of his shorts pocket. Marks has a twin sister, Anna-Marie, who told Sherman she gave the lip balm to Christopher this weekend prior to the trip to the conservation area and river retreat. Anna-Marie described the chap stick over the phone to Scherman as having a red, white and …
Alex Pehle
1:12 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
First of all none of you know what is really going on, you are basing your unwarranted opinions on what the media tells you. Second, Alexandria you don't know anything about my family. And "concerned citizen" if you want to voice your opinion you shouldn't hide behind a false name. If you have no facts at all which no one but my family does, keep your opinion to yourself. seriously enough is … more ›