February 13th, 2010

Reading another post today on a missing child, made me think of missing Escondido teenager Amber Dubois. Today is the one year anniversary of when she originally went missing. Her family continues to be strong and believes Amber is still alive.

Amber Dubois was walking to school on February 13, 2009 with her book bag on her back, Valentine’s Day gifts for friends and a $200 check for a deposit on a lamb she was going to raise as part of her school’s Future Farmers of America program. Amber was so excited about raising this lamb, her parents said she would not have missed putting the deposit down on this day for the world.

The day Amber Dubois went missing, she texted her grandmother before school and family friends saw her about 300 yards away from the school at about 7:09 am. This was the last anyone heard or saw of her.

Over the year, with over 1,000 tips and hundreds of interviews, the Escondido Police are no closer today in finding Amber Dubois than they were the day she went missing.

This morning a fund raiser was held by the Dubois family to raise money to pay for the ongoing search of their beautiful daughter. The Walk-A -Thon was held at Escondido High School where Amber Dubois went to school. Updates to the search can be found on the family’s website Bring Amber Home.

There is a $50,000 reward being offered for Amber’s safe return home and an additional $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case. Amber Dubois is now 15 years old, 5’4″ tall, approximately 130 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes and was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black jeans and black tennies. If you have any information on Amber Dubois whereabouts, you can call the Escondido Police Department at 760-839-4722 or The Center For Missing and Exploited Children at 800-843-5678.

Unfortunately, Amber Dubois is one of thousands of children that go missing every year. I hope that with more public awareness we are able to bring these children home safe to their families.