EMMETT TRAPP - Aged 2 years - Prescott, Arizona (USA)

Washington Examiner

2nd boy missing in Arizona; authorities say incident not related to that of 1st missing boy

Associated Press

08/03/10 8:35 PM EDT

PRESCOTT, ARIZ. — A search is under way for a 2-year-old boy in northern Arizona after his mother reported him Missing Monday night. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office says the search east of Prescott for Emmitt Trapp, of Dewey-Humboldt, expanded overnight and included air searches by the Department of Public Safety. The search effort continued Tuesday afternoon with additional teams in the area.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nation/99824329.html#ixzz0vlWdnQGu

KSWT-TV

4 August 2010

Dozens of searchers looking for missing AZ boy‎

http://www.kswt.com/Global/story.asp?S=12925433

KPNX-12

4 August 2010

Missing 2-year-old found dead‎

The search for a missing 2-year-old boy has come to a tragic end when the body of Emmett Trapp was located by searchers about a mile from his home late Wednesday morning.

http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2010/08/04/20100804arizona-missing-boy-found-dead.html

The Associated Press

4 August 2010

Ariz boy found dead 2 days after disappearance‎

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWv-O9LMPVpewV_ebRSCbpNAVP-gD9HCSSJ83

Prime Writer News Network

4 August 2010

Emmett Trapp update: Emmett found dead, will mother be charged with child neglect?

http://primewriter.com/news-1246-headlines/?p=8712

KPHO Phoenix

4 August 2010

The body was found near an old mine site.‎

http://www.kpho.com/news/24506133/detail.html?source=pho

Prescott Daily Courier

10 August 2010

Man arrested for allegedly stealing Emmett Trapp family fund donations‎

http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=84167

The Daily Courier

10/9/2010 9:56:00 PM

Letter: People deserve answers in Emmett Trapp case

EDITOR:

I have been following the tragic story of Emmett Trapp for some time now, starting the day I was turned away when trying to help search for him. This family has been left hanging with no answers from anybody, all while having to deal with the lies that other news agencies are writing.

Our whole community watched as this unfolded, and many of our community members went back day after day - many who were qualified Sheriff's Posse members - offering any help we could give, and always with the same result, "We have it handled - go home."

Do we really live in a time where liabilities and protocol have become more important than finding a missing toddler? In cases like this, time is everything! Why do we not call out all available resources immediately, instead of waiting until time is running out?

There are many questions that need to be answered in this case. Like why did the helicopter fly only 20 minutes the first night? Why did they search on only one side of his house? Why were the local and non-local posses never called out? Why did they not search at night? Why was it not made public to the people until 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon?

I don't think people realize this basically happened in the middle of town - we are not talking about a search for a little boy out in the woods. When I walked into the Sheriff's Office that Tuesday afternoon to offer any assistance I could give, there were five officers sitting in that air-conditioned building, and all the while, we know now, Emmett was just across Highway 69 making his way into the old mine pit that took his life. Is this really what we trust our law enforcement to do?

I believe our community deserves answers, and we need to stand up for change. But, more importantly I pray that this family gets answers, and hopefully soon, on what happened to their baby boy that day.

Ashley Preston

Humboldt

http://www.prescottaz.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=86110&SectionID=36&SubSectionID=1119&S=1

IT IS WORTH READING THE COMMENTS TO THIS LETTER - WRITTEN BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE TURNED AWAY WHEN THEY VOLUNTEERED TO SEARCH; SAW LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SITTING IN THEIR OFFICES AND VEHICLES RATHER THAN SEARCHING ETC.