Volunteers sought to aid in search for Amber

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Volunteers sought to aid in search for Amber
By J. Harry Jones (Contact) Union-Tribune Staff Writer
5:00 p.m. March 6, 2009
ESCONDIDO — Volunteers are being sought this weekend to help search
for Amber Dubois, the 14-year-old Escondido girl who has been missing
since leaving for school on Feb. 13.
A search center has been established at 755 N. Quince Street, just
south of Mission Avenue in Escondido. Volunteer searchers are asked to
come to the center Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. All
volunteers must be at least 18, have photo identification, and wear
appropriate clothing such as long pants and boots.
At an afternoon press conference in front of the center on Friday,
Brenda van Dam, whose own daughter, Danielle, was the subject of an
intense county-wide search seven years ago after she was abducted from
inside her Sabre Springs home, urged all to come out and help.
“I can't believe I'm doing this again,” she said. “It's very sad to be
here today to be looking for another missing child I know that this
community has come together before to help find Danielle and give my
family closure.”
Danielle's remains were found in the East County by volunteer
searchers more than three weeks after the 7-year-old went missing. A
neighbor, David Westerfield, was later convicted of her murder and
sentenced to death row.
Volunteers are also needed to staff the search center and to
distribute fliers. Donations of water and food would also be
appreciated, said Marc Klaas, a nationally known missing child
advocate helping on the search.
Volunteers can call (714) 883-6076 for information.
Anyone with information about Amber's whereabouts is urged to call
(760) 743-TIPS (8477).