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Kinslow,Sarah E.missing May 1,2001; Texas
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Sarah Elizabeth Kinslow



Top Row and Bottom Left and Center: Kinslow, circa 2001;
Bottom Right: Age-progression to age 20 (circa 2006)


Vital Statistics at Time of Disappearance

Missing Since: May 1, 2001 from Greenville, Texas
Classification: Endangered Runaway
Date Of Birth: June 14, 1986
Age: 14 years old
Height and Weight: 5'4, 100 - 105 pounds
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Kinslow has a tattoo of the letter I on the inside of her ankle, two chicken pox scars to the left of her nostrils, and an additional chicken pox scar on her left temple. Her teeth are crooked; the two upper front ones overlap each other. Kinslow's left ear is pierced four times, two times in her lobe and two times in her cartilage. Her right ear two or three times in the lobe. She has a mole on the right side of her neck near her collarbone. Kinslow swings her arms when she walks. She wore a size 9 shoe in 2001. Kinslow may have grown taller since her disappearance. She may have dyed her hair another color, possibly brown, and possibly cut it short as well. She had acne at the time of her disappearance.
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A colored t-shirt which may have had a logo on it, a teal hooded zip-up jacket, baggy blue jeans, blue and gray sneakers, a watch with a black band and a pink face with the cartoon character Minnie Mouse on it, an a silver necklace with a pendant that spells the word "rock."


Details of Disappearance

Kinslow was last seen when she was dropped off at Greenville Middle School in her hometown of Greenville, Texas at 7:20 a.m. on May 1, 2001. She did not attend her classes the day of her disappearance; she and her friends had planned on meeting a local cemetery and skipping school. Her friends say she never met them. She has never been heard from again.
Police dogs traced Kinslow's scent to two blocks from the school, but then the trail ended. A witness claims he saw Kinslow inside an older model light blue Ford truck at 3:30 p.m. on the afternoon of her disappearance; the truck was near Kinslow's school and was driven by a Caucasian male in his thirties. The man had dark brown hair and a pencil moustache. The witness stated that Kinslow did not appear to be upset and was not trying to get out of the truck. Another witness says Kinslow was at seen a phone booth in Caddo Mills, Texas after her disappearance.

A week after Kinslow's disappearance her eighteen-year-old boyfriend, Curtis Wayne Bell, was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child. While investigating Kinslow's disappearance, police discovered that she had been sexually involved with Bell. It was apparently consensual, but Kinslow was not of legal age to give her consent.

Kinslow's parents did not allow her to date, but they knew of her relationship with Bell. He lives in Quinlan, Texas and was one of the friends who was supposed to skip school with Kinslow on the day of her disappearance. Kinslow had been dating Bell for two months prior to her disappearance; she wanted to marry him and wrote in her diary that she and Bell would run away to Mexico if her parents did not allow them to be together. Bell admits that he and Kinslow discussed running away, but says they were not being serious.

Kinslow did not take any extra clothes, her toothbrush, or her purse when she went missing. Police nevertheless believe she left of her own accord. Several of her friends failed polygraph tests in connection with her disappearance. Bell and all of Kinslow's other friends disclaim knowledge of her whereabouts.

Kinslow was possibly seen in the Tualatin, Beaverton, Tigard, and Portland areas of Oregon in early 2004 and may have been sighted in Surrey, British Columbia in late 2004. She is reported to have cut her hair short and dyed it brown. Her case is unsolved and still classified as that of a runaway.



Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Greenville Police Department
903-457-2900
OR
Texas Department of Public Safety
800-346-3243



Source Information
The National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
Texas Department of Public Safety
Child Search Ministries
The Child Seek Network
The Laura Recovery Center
Nation's Missing Children Organization
4 the Kids
The Polly Klaas Foundation
MISSING Sarah E. Kinslow
Families of Missing Loved Ones
Project Jason



Updated 4 times since October 12, 2004.

Last updated October 24, 2006; age-progression added.

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Sarah Kinslow Missing: 11 Years, No Answers

First Posted: 05/ 1/2012 2:36 pm Updated: 05/ 1/2012 3:06 pm

The eleventh anniversary of the disappearance of 14-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Kinslow is a painful reminder for her mother.

"It is very difficult not knowing where she is," Louise Kinslow told The Huffington Post. "Somebody out there knows something and I just wish they would come forward."

Sarah Kinslow was last seen by her parents on May 1, 2001, when her dad dropped her off at Greenville Middle School in her hometown of Greenville, Texas, at approximately 7:20 a.m. It was not until after the school day ended that the Kinslows were notified their daughter had not attended any of her classes.

When Louise Kinslow spoke to her daughter's friends, they said her daughter was supposed to skip school with them that day and meet up at nearby East Mount Cemetery. Concerned, Kinslow contacted police and reported the teen missing.

Authorities took an article of Sarah Kinslow's clothing from the family home and brought a tracking dog to the school. Investigators were able to pick up her scent where she had exited her father's car. The dog followed the scent around the school and to a location two blocks away, where it ended in the middle of a street.

"The dog ran out of scent and I feel like at that point she might have gotten into [a vehicle]," former Greenville Police Chief Barry Parris said in a May 4, 2001, interview with the Herald Banner.

During the course of the investigation, a teen witness told police she thought she saw Sarah Kinslow getting into a light blue truck, driven by a white male, at the location where the scent trail ended.

The case took a twist on May 7, when Sarah Kinslow's boyfriend, 18-year-old Quinlan resident Curtis Wayne Bell, was arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child. Bell, according to police, was one of the individuals the teen was supposed to meet the day she disappeared. Bell was freed on $50,000 bond.

Louise Kinslow said she was aware her daughter had been seeing Bell, but said she did not approve of the relationship and did not allow her daughter to be alone with him. In a diary found after she went missing, her daughter wrote of her love for Bell and her desire for them to run away and be together.

According to Louise Kinslow, her daughter had never run away in the past and was unprepared to be gone for an extended period of time when she went to school that day.

"She did not take her purse, extra clothes or any personal belongings," she said.

In the weeks that followed, police received tips placing the missing teen in various locations, including a Greenville gas station, where a clerk claimed to recognize her from a missing person flyer. This time, however, police had surveillance footage from the station.

"She is seen on the video with Bell," Louise Kinslow said. "We have it on tape. He initially denied it was her and said it was a different girl. When he was asked about it again later, he denied he was the person in the video."

The last sighting of Sarah Kinslow, although not confirmed, occurred on December 25, 2001.

"My neighbors said they saw her in a car in Quinlan," her mother said. "They are positive it was her."

Authorities were provided with the vehicle's license plate number and traced it to an owner in another town. When police questioned the man, he denied knowing Sarah Kinslow, and the lead fizzled.

The case quickly went cold.

In July 2009, Bell pleaded guilty to a charge of sexual assault of a child. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 10 years of deferred adjudication probation.

Sometime around the nine-year anniversary of Kinslow's disappearance, her parents found an anonymous note in their mailbox.

"It didn't say who it was from," Louise Kinslow said. "In essence, it told us to speak with a specific individual. The note said if we did, 'I believe you will find the answers you are looking for.'"

The woman, according to Kinslow, was the ex-wife of a close friend of Bell's. But she denied any knowledge of Sarah Kinslow's whereabouts.

The Kinslows said they later discovered the identity of the individual who had put the note in their mailbox.

"After we convinced him to talk, he said he heard our daughter had been killed and disposed of in a rock quarry that is full of water," Louise Kinslow said. "I have begged police to please go look there and nothing has been done."

Is the story about Sarah Kinslow's demise fact or fiction? Nobody knows yet. One thing is certain though: There have been no confirmed sightings since 2001.

Greenville's current police chief, Daniel Busken, agreed to respond to questions but was unable to do so by press time.

As for Bell, he was in the news again last month, when his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to nine years in prison. Meanwhile, time has left Louise Kinslow hopeless.

"I think someone has done something to her. I do not believe she is alive," she said.

"We will have a balloon release today to mark the anniversary of her disappearance," she added. "The balloon release will be a celebration of her life and the time we had with her."

The balloon release is open to the public and will be held at 7 p.m. at Southwood Christian Church in Greenville, at 1304 Jack Finney Blvd.

Louise Kinslow said she is hoping members of the public will come out to show their support, but is doubtful, given the attendance of previous years.

"The newspaper here won't cover things like this," she said. "I have contacted them before and said, 'please publish a tiny article saying the public is invited,' and they won’t do it. So, nobody ever comes."

For now, the Kinslow family's search for answers will continue.

"It is a daily struggle," Louise Kinslow said. "I know it is a cold case, but I would like to see something done. I would like to have some answers. I would like to know where my daughter is. We love her and we miss her."

Sarah Kinslow would be 25 years old today. At the time of her disappearance, she was 5'4" tall, 105 lbs., with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her teeth were crooked and she had several ear piercings, a tattoo of the letter "I" on the inside of her ankle, a chicken pox scar on her left temple, and two chicken pox scars on her left cheek. There are two websites and a Facebook page devoted to the case.

Anyone with information is asked to call the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) or the Greenville Police Department at 903-457-2900.
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