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The following stories and events which have brought attention to Erin and the MISSING. 
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Gazette
June 1, 2009 |
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June 1, 2009 - KCRG-TV
gives Erin's story top billing as the lead story on the 5:30 and
10:00 newscasts.
Family Still Searching for Teen 8 Years
Later
CEDAR RAPIDS – Eight years of unanswered questions have haunted
the Pospisil family. But, they refuse to give up. On June 3, 2001,
Cedar Rapids teenager Erin Pospisil vanished after she said she was
going to a friend's house to watch movies. Jim Pospisil keeps one
thing in mind as he inflates dozens of balloons for his missing
daughter.
"There's always hope. They've found people up to twenty years
later...even more,” he said.
The Pospisil family has now moved to Nebraska. They come back to
Cedar Rapids every year to release balloons to mark the date
15-year-old Erin Pospisil vanished. Despite the move, Erin's
step-mother says she'll never change her cell phone number. Erin has
it memorized.
"You think, every year, this will get easier. Every year, Christmas
will get easier or birthdays will get easier. This day will get
easier. It doesn't,” Carolyn Pospisil said, "The day that I don't
have hope she's out there, I don't know how I'll get out of bed."
The Pospisils attach a photo of Erin to every balloon, hoping
someone will recognize her.
"You don't know where they're going, but we don't know where she
went, either,” Carolyn Pospisil said.
Jim Pospisil said, "I hope she's out there somewhere."
In the past, balloons have landed in Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio.
"I have to think, today's the day we'll find her. If not today, then
tomorrow,” Carolyn Pospisil said.
No matter how long it takes, the family insists they'll never stop
searching until Erin comes home. |
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2008 - KWWL Television news story features Erin in story on the Missing. Go
to
KWWL.com
and click on KWWL Top Stories or Top Video to see this feature story. |
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June 1,
2008 - Balloon Release Remembrance for Erin
Family, friends and other
members of the community came together on Sunday, June 1st
in Van Vechten park to remember missing teen, Erin Pospisil. Hundreds of balloons with
Erin's photo attached where released at 1:00 p.m. in
remembrance of Erin. The event was designed to bring
attention to Erin and the hundreds of other children missing
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Tuesday June 3, 2008 marks
seven years since then 15 year old, Erin Pospisil was last
seen in front of the home of a friend in the 1500 block of
Second Avenue SE. "Not only is Erin still missing seven years later, we
are no closer to knowing what really happened to her
than we were on that Sunday night seven years ago,"
states Carolyn Pospisil, step-mother of Erin Pospisil.
"Somebody out there knows what happened to Erin that
night. It is our hope that by continuing to hold events
in her honor that someone will remember something and
come forward with that all important lead that will help
us to bring Erin home."
• See Gazette Pre-Event Newspaper Story
• See Gazette Newspaper Story
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28, 2008 - Missing teen case from 2001 still open - Newspaper article in
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Q: Is there and new information on Erin
Pospisil, the Cedar Rapids teenager who went missing almost seven years
ago?
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June 4,
2007 - Missing girl's family hopes
balloons bring answers
CEDAR
RAPIDS -
A total of 150 balloons were released shortly after noon Sunday, each
carrying a picture of Erin Pospisil, who has been missing for six years.
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June 3,
2007 -
Event to Remember Still Missing Cedar Rapids Teen
The family of missing Cedar Rapids teen, Erin Pospisil,
invite the community to join them in remembering Erin…
Sunday
June 3, 2007 marks six years since then 15 year old, Erin Pospisil was
last seen in front of the home of a friend in South East Cedar Rapids.
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July 1,
2006
Teen People Magazine Article
"My Sister is MISSING"
The August 2006 issue of Teen People magazine runs an article
featuring Erin's sister, Amber Pospisil. |
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to see the full story. |
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June 3,
2006 -
Event to Remember Still Missing Cedar Rapids Teen
Billboard, Balloon Release and Flyer Distribution Event to Remember
Still Missing Cedar Rapids Teen. The family of missing Cedar Rapids
teen, Erin Pospisil, invite the community to join them in remembering
Erin with a flyer distribution and balloon release in the neighborhood
from where she vanished. |
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June 1,
2006 -
Billboard asks the question, "Have you seen Erin?"
The five year anniversary is being commemorated with a
billboard, generously donated by Lamar Advertising. The Pospisil
family is hoping somebody will see this billboard at 12th St.
and 1st Ave. SE and will come forward
with information that will add anything to the case.
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June 3, 2005 -- Cedar Rapids
Moms Team up To Keep Kids Safe |
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Four years ago Erin Pospisil
disappeared near the playground
at Polk Elementary. Her
Stepmother Carolyn Pospisil has
been searching for her. "She
said something to the people in
the car and told her friend...
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June 3,
2005
- Polk Elementary School Identification Event.
A Help Find a Child Identification Event at Polk
Elementary school, Cedar Rapids, provides participating students
and staff with a photo ID and personal DNA kit. A balloon launch
ceremony,
by Polk students,
commemorated the 4th anniversary of the disappearance
Erin who was last seen in the Polk neighborhood. |
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| December 15, 2004
- Erin's photo sent to nearly 85 Million homes.
ADVO, Inc.
partners with The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
They send out "Have You Seen Me?"® cards, which feature the names and
faces of missing children. The cards go out to up to 85 million
households each week, are seen by over 120 million people, and have
become the most recognized piece of mail in America. Erin was the
featured child on the cars sent in December. |
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Click above for
a sample of the
Have You Seen Me? card with Erin's Photo. |
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| Saturday, August 14, 2004
- Penguin's Comedy Club Benefit
A portion of the proceeds from this evening's 7:30 performance went
to benefit HelpFindaChild.
The show featured comedian Tony Luewellyn. Thank you to
Penguin's for your support! |
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June 4, 2004
- CR Gazette story highlights Erin.
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for complete text. |
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May
2004 - Star
Transportation
features Erin on the cover of their Monthly magazine. Thousands of
truckers across the nation see her photo and details of her
disappearance. |
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February 12,
2004 -
KGAN CBS 2
News runs a news
feature on Erin's disappearance. Hopefully the interview will be
seen by someone who has information on Erin. The day of the broadcast
over 10,000 people visited this site to get more information about Erin. |
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| August 25, 2002
- An article in The New York
Times; "John Walsh seems to know them all. Logan Tucker, Kiplyn
Davis, Christopher Samples, Sabrena
Beck, Erin
Pospisil." No leads were generated from the article.
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| In May 2002 the NBC Evening News displayed Erin's photo along with three others in a story on Missing and Exploited children. No leads were generated from this exposure. |
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TruthOrFiction.com |
| Erin's story was confirmed and publicized by
TruthOrFiction.
Fifteen-year-old Erin Pospisil is missing from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and
the family fears that she may have been induced to go away with a group
of gang members from Chicago. |
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| Iowa Dept of Public Safety posts Erin on Missing Person Information Clearinghouse.
Erin's Info Page |
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