HAILEY DUNN: 13-year-old murdered in Texas - 28 Dec 2010 *CHARGES DROPPED* (10 Viewers)

Texas father still looking for answers, justice in 2010 death of Hailey Dunn

Texas father still looking for answers, justice in 2010 death of Hailey Dunn

Questions about Hailey Dunn's disappearance from her Colorado City, Texas home in 2010 linger, even years after her remains were laid to rest.

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The disappearance of 13-year-old middle school student Hailey Dunn in Colorado City hits its nine-year anniversary this month with her father, Clint Dunn, still looking for answers.

"I feel like I'm left in the darkness because law enforcement is not communicating with me at all," said Clint Dunn, speaking via telephone this week. "... This needs to move forward."

Hailey's death remains unsolved, though her remains were found in 2013 in Scurry County.

Investigators named Shawn Adkins, the live-in boyfriend of Hailey's mother, Billie Jean Dunn, at the time of the teen's disappearance, the primary person of interest, according to Reporter-News archives. He has not been charged with a crime in the case.

Clint Dunn said Thursday that law enforcement officials had indicated to him that when a body was found, an arrest would be made.

"I want to know why that hasn't happened and who do I need to get in here to try to help," he said.

Clint Dunn has secured a private investigator, he said, and as tips are received, they are passed on to authorities.

But return replies are few, if any, he said.

"We don't even know who's got the case right now," he said. "... We've called everybody — the FBI, the Texas Rangers, (an investigator) that was over the case for so long in Scurry County. ... I just want to know why they haven't brought this to trial yet. Why hasn't there been a court date?"

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Investigators named Shawn Adkins, the live-in boyfriend of Hailey's mother, Billie Jean Dunn, at...

 

[Regina]

The questions running through my mind are to whom was the text and from whom was the incoming call.
(Surely, LE knows those answers.)

Another intriguing bit of info from the motion to dismiss is that a witness said that "Hailey claimed she was leaving town the day before she disappeared".
Well, I'd like to know who said that!
And I'm wondering if it was that info that mostly informed LE's first impression that Hailey had ran away.

 

[GrandmaBear]

The questions running through my mind are to whom was the text and from whom was the incoming call.
And that, surely, LE knows those answers.

Another intriguing bit of info from the motion to dismiss is that a witness said that "Hailey claimed she was leaving town the day before she disappeared.
Well, I'd like to know who said that!
And I'm wondering if it was that info that mostly informed LE's first impression that Hailey had ran away.

I'd agree with the first, surely LE knows.

Yes, would be interesting to know who said that although it wasn't all that many years ago that LE in a lot of places tended to assume at first anyhow that anyone 13 and up ran way or considered it a good possibility anyhow, that could have played in as well.

 

[Regina]

The father discounts the info from two eyewitnesses: a hairdresser he said "lives down at the end of the alley" (and works from home) and "the crackhead across the street" (lol).
The hairdresser said Hailey was walking with Isiah- son of the father's girlfriend at the time- which for some reason he didn't explain, he thinks is an impossibility and as for the crackhead, well, to start with, I'd like to know what the crackhead said (lol).
(An eyewitness is mentioned in the motion to dismiss but I think that must be someone else.)

 

[Regina]

The following article includes info re those two eyewitnesses mentioned above. (At least I think Pharris is the person the father calls a crackhead...I do think the father should have described where the person lived in relation to Hailey's house, not his.)
At this point, I think it's possible that the hairdresser was mistaken about the day having been the 27th but only because it was determined that Hailey had walked to those two stores on the 26th.
As for Pharris, I don't see a reason to doubt his info, that is, unless phone records contradict it.

Missing teen's brother staying with relative

COLORADO CITY - The brother of missing Colorado City teenager Hailey Dunn is staying with a relative, family members said Wednesday.

archive.gosanangelo.com

 

[Regina]

Hailey's mother was asked by Nancy Grace whether anyone else had seen Hailey (I take it that Grace meant prior to 3pm on the 27th) and the mother said "just the next door neighbor". (As I recall, Grace didn't ask anything about the neighbor's info, she just moved on.) Anyway, at this point, I'm taking it that Grace did mean prior to 3pm and that the mother was referring to Pharris.

 

[Regina]

The alley the father mentioned in reference to the hairdresser is between the backyards of the houses on Chestnut (Hailey's house) and Locust (hairdresser's house) and I don't know whether she did or not but it's easy to imagine Hailey having used the alley as a shortcut from her house to either of those two stores.
I don't know precisely where her friend lived and so I think it could have been a shortcut there, too.