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	Laura Recovery Center
		On April 3rd, 1997, Laura Kate Smither, a 12 year old child who was an aspiring ballerina, certified scuba diver, cadette girl scout, and gifted student was abducted near her home in Friendswood, Texas.
		Laura's family, working together with law enforcement and the community, trusted that every effort would be made to recover Laura, and they were.
		The Laura Recovery Center Foundation was formed to honor the personal and professional sacrifices made on behalf of Laura, and works to address the immediate response necessary in the event of child abduction.
	www.lrcfoundation.org /background.html (267 words)

	Case History - Laura Kate Smither
		Laura, our precious 12 year old daughter, was a ballet dancer, (she danced in ``The Nutcracker'' every year, and was training at the Houston Ballet Academy), a Cadette girl scout (working on her silver award), a certified scuba diver, and the Houston Rockets basketball teams' biggest fan.
		Laura had been counting down the days 'til her 13th birthday for 87 days.
		Laura's remains were found on April 20th, in a Pasadena retention pond, 14 miles from our home, 17 days into the search and only 3 days before her 13th birthday.
	www.lrcf.net /LRCFoundation.org/LKSCaseHistory/node1.html (969 words)

	Friendswood 12-year-old still missing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Laura appeared to be her usualpdosself, according to her father.
		Despite the good face the community puts on, the longer Laura is missing, the more grows the fear that the girl smiling through her braces on posters and fliers may not return alive.
		Smither, a yellow-ribbon pinned to his chest, said he can't recall if he saw Laura the morning after her stepmother returned.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/041397/friendsw.htm (438 words)

	In Memory - Laura Smither (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Laura Smither, a 12 year-old girl, was abducted on April 3, 1997, while jogging close to her home in Friendswood, Texas.
		There is no reason for Laura to be anything other than a little girl enjoying her first teenage year with her loving parents in a warm and secure community.
		In a world where everything is right and good, Laura would be finding her place in this life, she would be full of laughter and tears, growing in the way God meant little girls to grow.
	www.c-c-i.com /laura.page.html (649 words)

	Mourners express their love for Laura Smither (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Laura, who disappeared after going for a morning jog near her Friendswood home, was found dead in the pond Sunday.
		Nichols, who often baby-sat Laura and her younger brother, David, 8, was among an estimated 1,000 people who filed into Jeter Memorial Funeral Home, where a large portrait of a smiling Laura was displayed.
		Laura's parents, Bob and Gay Smither, who went into seclusion after her body was found Sunday, did not attend the visitation.
	chron.com /content/chronicle/aol-metropolitan/97/04/25/missing.2-0.html (764 words)

	Station Information - Laura Kate Smither (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Laura Kate Smither (April 23, 1984 - April 3, 1997) was a murder victim for whom the Laura Recovery Center is named.
		The 12-year old girl, who was homeschooled, was kidnapped near her Friendswood, Texas, home on April 3, 1997, while she was jogging.
		A volunteer ground search, which consisted of more 6,000 volunteers and covered over 800 square miles, was organized for her by her community.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/l/la/laura_kate_smither.html (120 words)

	Raquel Crouch - murder victim
		We love her." The Crouch family had exchanged messages of hope and sympathy with Laura Kate Smither's family before the 12-year-old was found slain, and at the funeral, mourners shared the Smithers' loss, too.
		Smither was abducted from near her home in Friendswood and her body was later found in a retention pond.
		Laura Smither's body was found in a Pasadena retention pond the day after Raquel Crouch's body was discovered.
	www.murdervictims.com /Voices/Raquel_Crouch.html (4597 words)

	Little Lambs of Jesus: Children Safe With God
		Beautiful Laura was jogging near her home in Friendsville, Texas, when she was abducted and murdered.
		Their mission is: to foster the "Triangle of Trust" among law enforcement, community, and a missing child's family to inspire citizens to respond immediately to help find a missing child.
		Laura's body was found by these volunteers 3 weeks after she went missing, in a retention pond 10 miles from her home.
	www.freewebs.com /lambsofjesus/laurasmither.htm (157 words)

	In Memory of Laura Kate Smither (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Laura, 12, was kidnapped while jogging near her Friendswood, Texas home on April 3, 1997.
		Laura was homeschooled and a very good ballerina; she had just been accepted by Houston Ballet and jogged to keep in shape.
		After her death the Laura Recovery Center, an organization to help find missing children, was founded in her honor.
	www.free-webspace.biz /thevictims/smither_laura.html (141 words)

	Laura Recovery Center
		Laura Smither is remembered by all those that knew her and many that did not.
		The Laura Recovery Center Foundation, founded to honor Laura and the Volunteers that searched for her
		The Laura Smither Memorial Quilt at the Homeschooler's Curriculum Swap
	www.lrcfoundation.org /remember.html (309 words)

	Police identify suspect in 12-year-old's abduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		FRIENDSWOOD (AP) - Six months after 12-year-old Laura Kate Smither's body was found in a retention pond, police said Monday they have a prime suspect in her kidnapping and murder and that the man has been arrested on unrelated charges.
		The man, who had been working at a construction site near Laura's Friendswood home the day she disappeared, was arrested in the attempted kidnapping of a 19-year-old woman in the nearby town of Webster, Friendswood Police Chief Jared Stout said.
		Laura was last seen when she went out for a jog near her rural home on April 3.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/102197/ld0648.htm (223 words)

	Volunteers keep search alive for missing Friendswood girl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		That morning-, Laura told her adoptive mother that she was going for a jog.
		Smither says he can't even recall if he saw his daughter that morning, whether he passed her in the hall on the way to take a shower.
		Lately, Laura was involved in on online project with other students, about turtles, an interest On Thursday, the FBI took the computer the girl used in hopes of finding a clue to her whereabouts.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/041297/voluntee.htm (396 words)

	Youngster's death stuns Friendswood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The body of Laura Kate Smither, a green-eyed ballet dancer with braces, was found this weekend in a pond 10 miles away in Pasadena.
		Keeping in mind that she would not get to celebrate her 13th birthday today, community leaders and volunteers jotted down 13 ingredients for a proposed ''Laura's law.'' They included the death penalty as the only punishment for murder and no bond or parole for pedophiles.
		Laura's disappearance prompted an extensive search that involved hundreds of volunteers and some 550 Marine reservists.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/042397/youngste.htm (320 words)

	Flash of hope vanishes as tip proves erroneous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Stout said Laura usually ran with her father, Bob Smither, but he stayed at home that morning because he was expecting a business call.
		The Laura Recovery Center, command post for the volunteer effort, was starting to resemble an Army camp Thursday with the erection of tents in anticipation of the Texas State Guard.
		Since Laura disappeared, about 2,500 volunteers have combed Friendswood and surrounding areas for any signs of her and about 50,000 fliers have been distributed in and around the Houston area, authorities say.
	www.chron.com /cgi-bin/auth/story/content/chronicle/metropolitan/97/04/11/missing.3-0.html (964 words)

	Body may be missing 12-year-old
		Laura Kate Smither has not been seen since she left her home to go jogging more than two weeks ago.
		Stout informed Laura's parents and volunteers, who have searched for her, before holding a news conference Monday in Friendswood.
		Laura's disappearance had caused an extensive search that involved hundreds of volunteers and some 550 Marine reservists who scoured Friendswood, a suburban area about 20 miles south of Houston.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/042297/bodymay.htm (492 words)

	jameson's WebbSleuths - 1-45 CORRIDOR SERIAL KILLER
		April 1997 Laura Smither 12 disappeared while jogging near her home body found weeks later in a retention pond no cause of death and it is organized.
		12 year old Laura Smither was found in a retention pond with her head missing.
		Smithers was decapitated and mutilated remains found near Pearlman Field.
	www.webbsleuths.org /dcforum/DCForumID18/112.html (2909 words)

	Texas News
		Her parents, Gay and Bob Smither, were in seclusion Monday at their home.
		Volunteers at the Laura Recovery Center, which was set up to serve as a base for the search, awaited word on the body's identification.
		Friendswood Mayor Evelyn Newman had proclaimed Sunday as "Search for Laura Day" and urged people to check their property and surrounding areas for any clues to the girl's disappearance.
	www.texnews.com /texas97/girl042297.html (432 words)

	The San Angelo Standard - Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The next morning, Laura told her adoptive mother she was going for a jog down the rural Ware Dairy Road.
		Lately, Laura was involved in an online project with other students, about turtles, an interest Smither had encouraged.
		Smither, who operates his own electronic design company, Circuit Concepts Inc. out of his home, helps write an online newsletter for the Gulf Coast Turtle and Tortoise Society.
	web.gosanangelo.com /archive/97/april/12/7.htm (517 words)

	Hundreds hunt for missing teen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		She has blue eyes, light-brown hair with blonde highlights and was wearing brown pants and a fl sleeveless top with lace on the collar.
		Among those helping with the search in oppressive heat Monday was Bob Smither, whose 12-year-old daughter, Laura Kate Smither, was the subject of a massive search after disappearing from her Friendswood neighborhood April 3.
		For almost three weeks, searchers scanned areas near Friendswood and surrounding communities before Laura's decomposed body was found April 20 in a Pasadena retention pond.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/metropolitan/97/08/19/missing.2-0.html (760 words)

	Laura Kate Smither (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Laura Recovery Center is a foundation designed to foster communication between law enforcement, families, andlocal communities in their efforts to recover lost and abducted children.
		Thecenter was founded by Bob and Gay Smither in response to the murder of their daughter Laura Kate (April 23, 1984 - April 3, 1997).
		Avolunteer ground search, which consisted of more 6,000 volunteers and covered over 800 square miles (2,000 km²), was organizedfor her by her community.
	www.therfcc.org /laura-kate-smither-263452.html (146 words)

	GIRL MISSING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Laura Kate Smither, who was being home-schooled by her mother, was last seen at about 9 a.m.
		Her parents, Gay and Bob Smither, are convinced they will find their daughter.
		''She's coming home, and we're holding strong to that belief,'' said Gay Smither, her eyes brimming with tears as her husband, Bob, stood at her side late Friday.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/040697/girl.htm (146 words)

	Authorities search manure for clues in teen's disappearance
		The man identified as the prime suspect in Laura Kate Smither's murder by authorities earlier this week once boarded a palomino horse at the ranch.
		His attorney, Anthony Osso, asked state District Judge Jan Krocker Thursday to preserve evidence in the April 3 kidnapping of Laura and the Aug. 17 disappearance of Jessica, acknowledging that his client was a suspect in the two cases.
		In an interview this week with a television reporter, the suspect denied killing Laura and said he never even saw her.
	www.texnews.com /texas97/slay102597.html (414 words)

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		Each week, on average, one community in the United States has to cope with the abduction and slaying of one of its children by a stranger.
		Usually, as in the case of 12-year-old Laura Kate Smither in Houston, only one child is involved.
		Each time, there is a memorial service, and a minister talking about the bonds of hope that held the community together and how the victim had become everyone's daughter.
	www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/case/lisk34.htm (496 words)

	Homeschooler's Curriculum Swap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This quilt was made by the quilters on the Swap in 1997, in loving memory of Laura Kate Smither, a 12-year-old homeschooler who was abducted and murdered in April 1997.
		We have come to realize how many lives Laura touched, and it means a great deal to us to know that she is not forgotten.
		We will use the quilt each year when the Laura Kate Smither Memorial Scholarship, awarded to a homeschooler, is presented.
	www.theswap.com /quilt.html (247 words)

	The Online News Station
		The Laura Recovery Center today presented their Triangle of Trust award to Congressman Nick Lampson, Alvin Police Chief Mike Merkel and the Alvin Police Department and Pastor Bruce Peterson of the South Park Baptist Church in Alvin.
		"Congressman Nick Lampson founded the Congressional Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children in memory of Laura Kate Smither, for whom the LRC is named," said a news release.
		Gay Smither presented the Triangle of Trust award to Lampson in Washington D.C. at a ceremony in the Rayburn House Office Building.
	www.guidrynews.com /04GCEN/CivicClubs/32304LauraRecovery.htm (181 words)

	Turning Tragedy Into Hope - Crime Justice & America - May 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Jimmy Ryce, a 9-year-old Florida boy, was kidnapped at gunpoint and murdered in September of 1995.
		In dealing with these tragedies, the parents of these children — the Cookes, Craig and Pamela Akers, Bob and Gay Smither, Don and Claudine Ryce, and John and Jo Ann Compton — as well as their families and friends realized two things: They were not alone, and other parents should know they’re not alone either.
		“Toward the end of 1997,” Bob Smither told me, “we realized that there was a void in the way that missing children cases were being handled since we continued to be called by other parents who need help (Laura’s case had been high profile).
	www.crimeweek.com /cja/0504missing.html (1431 words)

	Infamous cases of child murder after 1900 - Freepedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		April 20, 1997: Laura Kate Smither's naked body was found, decapitated.
		April 3, 1997: Laura Kate Smither was abducted near her Friendswood, Texas home.
		December 26, 1996: Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found strangled to death in the basement of her home.
	en.freepedia.org /Infamous_cases_of_child_murder_after_1900.html (775 words)

	Pray For The Children - Memorials to All The Little Angels in Heaven - Laura Smithers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Circumstances: Laura left her home in Friendswood to jog.
		She also wore a silver signet ring with the initials LKS on the top.This is a non-family abduction.
		Donations can be made to either the Laura Smither Reward Fund or the Laura Smither Recovery Expense Fund atPO Box 34, Friendwood TX, 77549.
	prayforthechildren.bravepages.com /smither.html (190 words)

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