KODY MAYNARD - Aged 11 years (RIP) & SARAH MAYNARD - Aged 13 years (ALIVE) - Howard, Ohio (USA)

KODY A MAYNARD

Case Type: Endangered Missing
DOB: Sep 16, 1999
Sex: Male
Missing Date: Nov 10, 2010
Age Now: 11
Missing City: HOWARD
Missing State : OH
Missing Country: United States
Race: White
Height: 4'10" (147 cm)
Weight: 70 lbs (32 kg)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel

Case Number: NCMC1160086

Circumstances: Kody and Sarah were last seen November 10, 2010. They may be in the company Tina Hermann and Stephanie Sprang.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&LanguageCountry=en_US&searchLang=en_US&caseLang=en_US&orgPrefix=NCMC&caseNum=1160086&seqNum=1

SARAH M MAYNARD

Case Type: Endangered Missing
DOB: Apr 1, 1997
Sex: Female
Missing Date: Nov 10, 2010
Age Now: 13
Missing City: HOWARD
Missing State : OH
Missing Country: United States
Race: White
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
Weight: 90 lbs (41 kg)
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Green

Case Number: NCMC1160086

Circumstances: Kody and Sarah were last seen November 10, 2010. They may be in the company Tina Hermann and Stephanie Sprang.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=1160086&orgPrefix=NCMC&seqNum=2&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

It is believed that both children are in the company of Tina Hermann and Stephanie Sprang. both pictured below.



Tina Hermann


Stephanie Sprang

The Associated Press

11 November 2010

Sheriff: Blood found in missing Ohio woman's home

Blood was found in the home of a missing woman and her two children, whose disappearance along with her friend led to a lockdown at a college near where her pickup truck was spotted, a sheriff said Friday.

Investigators were interpreting the blood as a sign someone was injured but still considered the case a missing-persons report, Knox County Sheriff David Barber said.

Authorities were searching for 32-year-old Tina Herrmann, her 13-year-old daughter, Sarah Maynard, her 10-year-old son, Kody Maynard, and a 41-year-old friend, Stephanie Sprang. Sarah Maynard is a seventh-grader at East Knox Middle School, where her brother is in the fifth grade, school officials said. The children were at school Wednesday.

Herrmann and Sprang apparently had been looking at an apartment for Herrmann, said Greg Borders, who said he and Herrmann had recently ended a six-year relationship but still were living in the same house.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g1bqBqfjs8b3ewag-VmsIub6BS8w?docId=fcf0d9db5768443888f9bdd17e050ee7

Columbus Dispatch

11 November 2010

4 people missing in Knox County; foul play suspected

Law-enforcement officials were searching a house last night in Knox County, and nearby Kenyon College had locked down its campus, because four people who have been reported missing are thought to be victims of foul play.

Deputies with the Knox County sheriff's office, along with agents for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, descended on the home at 481 King Beach Dr. last night.

The house is in the Apple Valley area of Howard Township. Kenyon College is about 7 miles away.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/11/11/4-missing-in-knox-county.html?sid=101

Examiner

12 November 2010

FBI and BCI called in on missing Ohio family case‎

http://www.examiner.com/trumbull-county-conservative-in-youngstown/fbi-and-bci-called-on-missing-ohio-family-case

Newser

13 November 2010

Friends and neighbors join Ohio authorities in search for missing mother, friend, 2 children

http://www.newser.com/article/d9jfaud80/friends-and-neighbors-join-ohio-authorities-in-search-for-missing-mother-friend-2-children.html

istockAnalyst.com (press release)

13 November 2010

Blood found at Knox County home was 'unusual amount'‎

HOWARD, Ohio -- A swarm of investigators on foot, all-terrain vehicles and in airplanes are scouring the Knox County countryside that lies between the homes of two missing women as the search for them intensifies today.

The homes of 41-year-old Stephanie Sprang and her friend, 32-year-old Tina Herrmann are just around the corner from each other. Both have been missing since Wednesday. Also missing are Herrmann's two children, 13-year-old Sarah Maynard and 10-year-old Kody Maynard.

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4666389

Columbus Dispatch

14 November 2010

Officials hope for lead as search for 4 goes on‎

At midday yesterday, Knox County Sheriff David Barber still seemed hopeful that four people missing since Wednesday would be found alive.

“We are asking people to keep a guarded but optimistic attitude about how this case is going to unfold,” he said. “We still hope for a positive outcome.”

But as the sun began to set on the scene where investigators were swarming in the hills and woods of the rural countryside and the Howard Township homes of the missing, Barber had a slightly different tone.

“When you’ve been in the business long enough, you know what the possibilities are,” Barber said. “You want the families to have hope, but you have to be realistic. The longer this goes on, well, you know.”

In cases such as this, every minute can be a game-changer.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/11/14/officials-hope-for-lead-as-search-for-4-goes-on.html?sid=101

The Associated Press

14 November 2010

Ohio town awaits word on 2 missing women, 2 kids‎

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jR74J1Mkr9USf95XYoO3bBIZJaIQ?docId=4c1f1beb82d14a34a0b01f8ff01c2be9

* Sarah M Maynard has been found safe and well!!!!

10TV

14 November 2010

Missing Girl Found Safe; 1 In Custody‎

A 13-year-old girl who was missing with three other people was found safe on Sunday morning.

Sarah Maynard was last seen on Wednesday. Sources told 10TV News that the girl was found safe inside a Columbus Road home in Mount Vernon.

Maynard was taken to Knox Community Hospital for evaluation, 10TV News reported.

One person was taken into custody. No other details were available.

Her brother, Kody Maynard, 11, was still missing, along with their mother, Tina Herrmann, 32. A family friend, Stephanie Sprang, 41, was also missing.

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2010/11/14/story-mount-vernon-ohio-missing-girl-found.html?sid=102

Toronto Sun

14 November 2010

One of 4 people in missing family case found‎

One member of an Ohio family who mysteriously vanished last week was found safe on Sunday morning, it is reported.

Sarah Maynard, 13, was found in a Mount Vernon home and was taken to hospital for evaluation, said Ohio's 10TV News.

One person was taken into custody.

Meanwhile, police and community members are searching for the remainder of the family.

The disappearance of a mother, her two children and a friend, took a twist when an unusual amount of blood was discovered at the family home, the Montgomery County Courier reported Sunday.

“It isn’t from someone stubbing their toe or cutting their finger, you know, or peeling an apple or something like that," Knox County Sheriff David Barber said during a press conference.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/11/14/16135691.html

Columbus Dispatch

14 November 2010

Knox County deputies reportedly remove body from home near Mount Vernon

Knox County deputies have closed Columbus Road near Mount Vernon as part of an investigation at a house on that street.

A neighbor said a man who lived at 49 Columbus Rd. was taken out of the house in handcuffs about 8 this morning. A body also was removed, Donna Davis said.

Davis and the residents of three or four other houses have been told to stay within a police perimeter while the search at 49 Columbus continues, she said.

Matthew J. Hoffman, 30, owns the house at 49 Columbus Rd. in Clinton Township, according to the Knox County auditor's website.

Another neighbor said the FBI questioned residents this morning about when they had last seen Hoffman, what kind of car he drove and whether they had noticed anything unusual about his behavior.

At 10:30 a.m., a sheriff's spokesman would not give any details or say whether the investigation is related to the four people missing since Wednesday.

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/11/14/14-knox.html?sid=101

NBC 4 i

14 November 2010

1 Person Found Inside Mount Vernon Home; 1 Taken Into Custody

Authorities have moved in on a home in the 40 block of Columbus Road, just south of Mount Vernon.

The Mount Vernon News reports law enforcement officers forced entry into the home around 7:45 a.m.

Neighbors at the scene tell NBC 4 a man by the name of Matt Hoffman was taken into custody from the home. Moments later, a young girl was brought out from the home on a gurney, covered and taken by ambulance to a local hospital.

One of the neighbors who participated in Saturday's search party tells NBC 4's Patrick Preston the uncle of Tina Herrmann told her 13-year-old Sarah has been found and is being life-flighted to Nationwide Children's Hospital.

Another neighbor tells NBC 4 they saw a body bag being taken from the home.

Authorities have not confirmed any details and have not confirmed whether or not the crime scene is connected to the disappearance of Tina Herrmann, Sarah Maynard, Kody Maynard and Stephanie Sprang from Apple Valley on Wednesday.

The Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) is currently on scene.

The Mount Vernon News also reports the Knox County Coroner, Jennifer Ogle, has not been called to the scene.

Knox County Sheriff still plans to meet with media in a press conference at 2 p.m.

http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/nov/14/6/1-person-found-inside-mount-vernon-home-1-taken-cu-ar-290645/

Dayton Daily News

14 November 2010

Sheriff: No body found in Ohio missing family case‎

A sheriff in central Ohio says reports that a body bag was removed from a home where a man was arrested in a missing persons case are "absolutely false."

Knox County Sheriff David Barber says 13-year-old Sarah Maynard was found bound and gagged at the home in Mount Vernon, about 10 miles from her house in Howard. Her mother, brother and a friend of the mother are still missing.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/sheriff-no-body-found-in-ohio-missing-family-case-1003490.html