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They haven't had to pay the reward. I think that's why the councilmember said: “First of all, the city doesn’t have that kind of money to pay out $50,000 on a whim,” Creighton said. “Granted it may never get paid out, but let’s say tomorrow it comes up, where’s the city going to pull $50,000?”
That would have been my first question. As a matter of fact, our agenda packets have a requirement to show the councilors exactly where expenditures are coming from, and the balance of the line item if the amount gets approved.
This is super interesting. So it’s part of the police department function, if I’m reading this right. It’s hard to see on my phone and I’ll look at it again later when I can get a better look at it. I didn’t see a date on those minutes either. Did they create a new ordinance for the future? Like I said, I’ll probably figure this out when I can see it better.
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I suspect too they are using it for any time they see the vehicle and trying to trace movements, locations, even getting gas, etc. I mean before the date of reported disappearance of the boys... Getting gas, heading out of town. I suspect some of it may also be from Bakersfield. Just guessing.
I agree with you completely. I think they are really busy behind the scenes.
Hello everyone....Two missing boys: Chief of Police in California City gives new information on investigation
CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. (KGET) – It’s been exactly 30 days since 3-year-old Orson and 4-year-old Orrin West were reported missing in California City. Chief of Police Jon Walker spoke with 17 …Two missing boys: Chief of Police in California City gives new information on investigation
It’s been exactly 30 days since 3-year-old Orson and 4-year-old Orrin West were reported missing in California City. Chief of Police Jon Walker spoke with 17News about the adoptive parents, where the boys were last seen, and dispelled some rumors. He says his department’s 13 officers are following every tip they receive.
“We’ve questioned multiple people we’ve searched multiple places,” said Jon Walker, Chief of Police in California City. “We’re following up on almost every clue or tip that we get. So at this point we have nothing that actually shows us or proves what happened to the boys or where they’re at.”
The last people who reportedly saw the two boys were their adoptive parents – Trezell and Jacqueline West. But Chief Walker says it’s not likely the boys just walked out of the house and went missing on their own.
“Someone out there knows something, they know where these boys are what’s happened to these boys, yes there has to be someone.”
He says the police are still in contact with the adoptive parents, who have been cooperative throughout the investigation. He also confirmed that they are no longer in their home, and are now staying in Bakersfield.
“They’ve been back a couple of times to either take items out or whatever,” Walker said. “But we spot check it quite often and we don’t see a lot of activity in the house.”
He says there’s no possibility the boys, or the boys’ bodies, are in the house.
“We’ve looked everywhere possible in a house we could possibly look,” Walker said. “We brought in search dogs, cadaver dogs, any dog you can think of has been in that house and has not had any kids anywhere in the house.”
There’s still plenty of evidence and security footage to go through. So far, they’ve found nothing significant. Despite this, he says this case is far from getting cold.
Hi,
Thanks for your response. I went back and again read everyones's posts and am now wondering most of all, why report them missing on that particular day? What was it that was about to happen that necessitated such an elaborate story? Were they about to have to account for those boys to someone in authority? Such an odd timing..right before Christmas. Even if the bio mom wanted to give them Christmas presents, they could have just refused.
No problem. This case has had me a bit obsessed.
I'm trying to follow the money. I'm linking (hopefully) something about assistance for adoptive parents in California. They could be enrolled in this program and it's possible they were receiving Social Security benefits also, as well as receiving the $600 per child stimulus twice. That would make it a little more profitable to adopt rather than foster as foster care can be ended by the state whenever. Maybe if they're in an assistance program there is a check and balance system set up to make sure they're still qualified.
I absolutely believe in this same logic. Who would benefit from this?
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| Age | Rate |
| 0-18+ | $1,037 |
IIRC 2 there are/were a total of 6 children; 2 biological & 4 adopted.
Yeah, I believe the 6 as well. Some people were told four I gather by the parents and then there was a neighbor in Bakersfield who claimed two were foster and given back, leaving four BUT I thought she may have been talking about the grandmother. It was very confusing so I am choosing to stick with the original six we thought.
