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02-10-2005, 05:13 PM
Scotia Teen Missing Over Four Months
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Students at Scotia-Glenville high school still don’t understand what happened to 17 year-old Craig Frear, missing since late June.
“It’s hard to believe cause he didn't really have any problems in school,” says Joe Curcio, who’s known Frear since the 7th grade. “So, it's just sad to hear because he was going to be a captain again for the third time this year and he was an excellent soccer player. Everyone liked him. I just don't understand why he would leave.”
“I still think he's just gone somewhere,” says Scotia student, Dylan Sada.
Police want to believe this. But even with a picture of Frear posted around the country through Missing and Exploited Children, police say their investigation is practically at a stand still.
“We haven't had one promising lead as to where he is, what happened, anything,” says Martin Bailey of the Scotia police.
Bailey goes on to say, “Somebody will call about spotting Craig or a strange thing that they saw in a wooded area near their house or something. And we jump right out and go and check it out. And it turns out to be nothing. And we get that quick high and then it's a big letdown when it turns out to be zero.”
Frear was last seen leaving a friend's apartment at Cambridge Manor in Scotia. He walked down a nearby path, allegedly toward his parent's house or his grandparent's house. But it wasn't until about two months later the public was made aware of his disappearance.
Frear's parents said they waited because they thought their son might have just needed some time to work out whatever was troubling him. However, experts say in any case, getting the word out to everyone as soon as possible is crucial.
“The facts are clear that in the first hours of a child being missing, if something's gonna happen, it's gonna happen in those first few hours,” says Chauncey Parker, Director of New York State’s Division of Criminal Justice Services.
If you have any information about Frear’s whereabouts, you can call Scotia police at (518) 384-2244. You can also go onto to the website of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services at criminaljustice.state.ny..../index.htm to get information and to provide it.
The IRS is also joining the search for Craig Frear. They list a number of missing people at the back of their tax booklets. Frear will be one of them this year.
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People, I'm sure that you've heard about this before in the news. Craig was a family friend... we played ball together, and our father's are friends as well. Ronnie (his mom) is just the nicest lady ever and his brother Matt is an angel. If anyone has any information, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE call the Scotia Police Department. I can't imagine what the Frear's are going through right now... this couldn't have happened to a nicer family.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/missing_children/craig_frear.jpg
Students at Scotia-Glenville high school still don’t understand what happened to 17 year-old Craig Frear, missing since late June.
“It’s hard to believe cause he didn't really have any problems in school,” says Joe Curcio, who’s known Frear since the 7th grade. “So, it's just sad to hear because he was going to be a captain again for the third time this year and he was an excellent soccer player. Everyone liked him. I just don't understand why he would leave.”
“I still think he's just gone somewhere,” says Scotia student, Dylan Sada.
Police want to believe this. But even with a picture of Frear posted around the country through Missing and Exploited Children, police say their investigation is practically at a stand still.
“We haven't had one promising lead as to where he is, what happened, anything,” says Martin Bailey of the Scotia police.
Bailey goes on to say, “Somebody will call about spotting Craig or a strange thing that they saw in a wooded area near their house or something. And we jump right out and go and check it out. And it turns out to be nothing. And we get that quick high and then it's a big letdown when it turns out to be zero.”
Frear was last seen leaving a friend's apartment at Cambridge Manor in Scotia. He walked down a nearby path, allegedly toward his parent's house or his grandparent's house. But it wasn't until about two months later the public was made aware of his disappearance.
Frear's parents said they waited because they thought their son might have just needed some time to work out whatever was troubling him. However, experts say in any case, getting the word out to everyone as soon as possible is crucial.
“The facts are clear that in the first hours of a child being missing, if something's gonna happen, it's gonna happen in those first few hours,” says Chauncey Parker, Director of New York State’s Division of Criminal Justice Services.
If you have any information about Frear’s whereabouts, you can call Scotia police at (518) 384-2244. You can also go onto to the website of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services at criminaljustice.state.ny..../index.htm to get information and to provide it.
The IRS is also joining the search for Craig Frear. They list a number of missing people at the back of their tax booklets. Frear will be one of them this year.
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People, I'm sure that you've heard about this before in the news. Craig was a family friend... we played ball together, and our father's are friends as well. Ronnie (his mom) is just the nicest lady ever and his brother Matt is an angel. If anyone has any information, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE call the Scotia Police Department. I can't imagine what the Frear's are going through right now... this couldn't have happened to a nicer family.