Community Shows Support for Missing NY Woman: The Criminal Report Daily : Investigation Discovery

March 16, 2009

Family and friends of Corrie Anderson, a missing mother of three from Ashville, N.Y., organized a spaghetti dinner and Chinese auction to raise money for the family's reward fund and an upcoming search that is being planned by volunteers from the search and recovery group Texas EquuSearch.

Approximately 500 people showed up at the event, which was held at the Ashville Fireman's Training Grounds on Cedar Avenue.

"We are really appreciative of the support we have received from everyone," Corrie's cousin, Laurie Keefe, said in an interview with Investigation Discovery. "We've had a lot of people come forward and offer to help in any way that they can. We are so grateful. We wouldn't be able to get through this without them."

Texas EquuSearch volunteers were also present at the spaghetti dinner to sign up individuals who were interested in joining in the search effort.

"It's been a long winter for all the families of missing people and it has been even longer to endure for the family and friends of Corrie Anderson," Texas EquuSearch spokesperson Gary Peterson told Investigation Discovery.

Texas EquuSearch will begin searching for Corrie on April 3 and will continue the search until April 5. According to Peterson, the group is in need of searchers on foot, ATV’s and horseback; in addition to volunteers to work in the command center.

Peterson said they are also in need of volunteers with prior law enforcement, fire department and military backgrounds to work as team leaders during the search. A training class for team leaders and command center volunteers will be held on April 2.

"Dozens of our volunteers from all over the country will converge on Jamestown to help search for Corrie," Peterson said, adding, "We pray that we are successful in bringing Corrie home and putting her disappearance to rest. We express our heartfelt "Thanks" to all of you that we know and the friends we have yet to meet."

The command post for the search will be at the Busti Fire Department, which is located at 886 Mill Rd. Jamestown, NY 14701. Search teams will start getting dispatched at 8:00 am and the search will continue each day until dusk.

Texas EquuSearch is a nationally known Search and Recovery group based out of the Houston, Texas area. Established in 2000, they have been participated in over 1100 searches - both nationally and internationally. The group uses several high tech tools, including underwater sonar; unmanned aircraft equipped with cameras and ground penetrating radar.

Corrie Anderson was last seen about 1:10 p.m., on Oct.28, 2008, when she visited her boyfriend at the Lake County Dodge dealership on Washington Street in Jamestown.

Family members reported Corrie missing at about 3:45 p.m. that day, when she failed to show up at her son's school for a meeting. Corrie's blue Dodge Caravan, New York license number CX404, was also missing; however items found at Corrie's house suggest she had made it home some time prior to her disappearance.

On Oct. 30, 2008, a hunter discovered Corrie's car abandoned at a gas well off Kortwright Road in the town of Busti. The location is approximately two miles from Corrie's house. State police recovered the vehicle from the field, and sent it to Batavia for forensic testing.

That night, the New York State Police searched the Celoron, N.Y. home of Corrie's estranged husband, Kenneth Anderson. Investigators reportedly questioned Anderson for several hours; however, what – if anything – they learned is unknown, as the state police has denied a FOIA request for copies of the search warrant.

Police have not called Kenneth Anderson a suspect or person of interest in Corrie's disappearance.

Corrie Anderson is 5-foot-11, 170 pounds, with green eyes and blond hair. She was last seen wearing black corduroy pants, a black leather jacket, and small wire-rimmed glasses.

A $15,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Corrie's whereabouts. Anyone with information is asked to call the New York State Police at (716) 665-3113.

For more information on the search, please visit: www.texasequusearch.org and www.findcorrie.com.

Photo Credits: Corrie's Flyer: Family; All others: Carla Lohr

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