Lauren Spierer -- Missing 6/3/11

Fashion Student Lauren Spierer Missing From Indiana University Since Friday (June 3)
By CHRISTINA NG
June 6, 2011

Search parties fanned out today looking for an Indiana Univesity student with a dangerous heart condition who has been missing for four days.

Lauren Spierer is a pint-sized student who weighs less than 100 pounds and is 4-foot-11 and had just completed her sophomore year at the school's Bloomington campus.

She was last seen at about 4:30 a.m. on Friday morning walking to her apartment. The Indiana Daily Student reports that Spierer was at Kilroy's Sports Bar Thursday night and then at a friend's party. She was last seen at the intersection of 11th Street and College Avenue. Surveillance footage from her apartment at Smallwood Plaza shows that she never came home.

Her keys were found a block away from where she was last seen, but there have been no other traces of the missing student.

Full story: http://abcnews.go.com/US/lauren-spierer-missing-indiana-university-student-heart-condition/story?id=13772510

Lauren Spierer Disappearance: Police to Search Indiana Landfill For Body
By Rosie Gray Thu., Aug. 4 2011 at 9:13 AM



Lauren Spierer, the 20-year-old Indiana University student from Westchester who's been missing for 60 days, is still being sought. Except now, the FBI's focus has shifted to a dump in Terre Haute, Indiana. The agency announced that they have "reason to believe that something is in that landfill."

To recap: Spierer went missing on June 3rd, and was last seen walking home at 4:30 a.m. after a night out partying. The search for her has attracted national attention and a segment on "America's Most Wanted," but no leads have turned promising or search warrants issued, until now.

The reasoning goes that if Spierer's body was thrown into a Dumpster, it would have ended up in the landfill.

Full story: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/08/lauren_spierer.php

Complaint filed against NYC private investigators hired by Spierer family

The successful private investigative firm hired to help crack the Lauren Spierer case could get tossed out of town.

By Anne Yeager
7:44 p.m. EDT, September 27, 2011

 

Bloomington, Ind.
The successful private investigative firm hired to help crack the Lauren Spierer case could get tossed out of town. The state Private Investigators and Security Guard Licensing Board filed a complaint with the attorney general's office Tuesday.

The firm, Dietl & Associates, is not licensed in the state of Indiana and that is illegal, according to the state Attorney General's Office. The firm didn't make friends in Bloomington after a recent appearance on a Fox morning show where he made fun of Bloomington Police Chief Michael Diekhoff.

Read more: http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-lauren-spierer-private-investigators-complaint-filed-against-nyc-private-investigators-hired-by-spierer-family-20110927,0,2232260.column

Lauren Spierer's Mother Hurt by Letter Seeking Poster Removal

Charlene Spierer says she found the anonymous letter in a top box dedicated to search for Lauren


Friday, Oct 21, 2011 | Updated 7:31 AM EDT

The mother of an Indiana University student missing since June says she was hurt by an anonymous letter complaining about Bloomington being littered with search posters.

Charlene Spierer says she found the unsigned letter when checking the Bloomington post office box set up to receive tips about what happened to 20-year-old Lauren Spierer.

Read more:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Lauren-Spierer-Mother-Charlene-Letter-Bloomington-Missing-College-Student-132301748.html

Lauren Spierer's family: 'Thankful' for support this Thanksgiving

The Spierer's expressed their gratitude for the support they received from the public.

1:45 p.m. EST, November 22, 2011
Bloomington, Ind.

The family of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer released a new letter Monday.

As Thanksgiving and the holiday season approaches, the family stated they continue to hope for Lauren’s safe return home.

The Spierer’s also expressed their gratitude for the support they received from the public.

“This Thanksgiving, we are thankful to those of you who have kept Lauren in your thoughts, prayers and hearts,” the family’s letter read.

Read more: http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-lauren-spierer-thanksgiving-thankful-20111122,0,3358622.column

Lauren Spierer: Police stress commitment to case 6 months after IU student's disappearance

By Abby Tonsing
December 2, 2011

With the six-month anniversary of the disappearance of Indiana University student Lauren Spierer approaching, Bloomington police issued a written statement, stressing their commitment to providing answers for the missing girl’s family in their ongoing investigation of the case.

Spierer, 20, was reportedly last seen about 4:30 a.m. June 3 at the intersection of 11th Street and College Avenue, walking home alone toward Smallwood Plaza after a night of partying at Kilroy’s Sports Bar and a few downtown apartments. Police and volunteer searches this summer have turned up no clues as to what happened to her. Neither did a search at a Vigo County landfill where Bloomington trash is dumped.

Read more: http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2011/12/02/news.qp-4033774.sto

Spierer's say PI found new information regarding daughter's disappearance

4:09 p.m. EST, December 20, 2011

~Snipped~

The Spierer’s hired private investigator Bo Dietl to further investigate. When asked if their private investigator found out anything the police did not, the Spierer’s replied ‘yes.’

Fox59 spoke with Dietl on the phone and asked when the public will learn the new information he has uncovered. He was not willing to give us a time table.

Read more: http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-spierers-say-pi-found-new-information-regarding-daughters-disappearance-20111220,0,511676.column

Spierers plead for 'small miracle' in New Year's letter
Tuesday marks the seventh month the 20-year-old has been missing.


10:18 a.m. EST, January 2, 2012
Bloomington, Ind.

The family of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer released a new letter just before the New Year.

In the letter published on the family’s website FindLauren.com, Lauren’s parents and sister ask for a ‘small miracle’.

“We hope that YOU, the person who took Lauren, will finally have the courage to end this nightmare for our family,” read the letter.

Read more:
http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-lauren-spierer-spierers-plead-for-small-miracle-in-new-years-letter-20120102,0,6664136.column

Police: Lauren Spierer Twitter Rumors Untrue

Rumors Spread That Missing Student's Body Found


POSTED: 4:07 pm EST January 12, 2012

UPDATED: 4:11 pm EST January 12, 2012

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Reports that the body of Lauren Spierer has been found are not true, Bloomington police said.

Rumors began circulating Thursday afternoon on Twitter that the missing Indiana University student's body had been found in Brown County that had a man had turned himself in to police.

Read more:
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/30199147/detail.html

Missing IU Student Turns 21

Spierer Family, Friends Solemn On Student's Birthday


POSTED: 7:42 am EST January 17, 2012

UPDATED: 8:41 am EST January 17, 2012

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Tuesday is a solemn day for family and friends of Lauren Spierer, the Indiana University student who has been missing since June.

Read more:
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/30228897/detail.html

Authors retire book on Spierer’s disappearance at her family’s request


By Christy Mullins 331-4266 | cmullins@heraldt.com
February 8, 2012, last update: 2/8 @ 12:46 am

Robert and Charlene Spierer want nothing to do with a book of theories about their missing daughter.

The first book to be written and self-published about Lauren Spierer’s disappearance is 173 pages of timelines and speculation about what might have happened to the Indiana University student who was last seen June 3.

Read more:
http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2012/02/08/news.authors-retire-book-on-spierers-disappearance-at-her-familys-request.sto