STORY AT SIX---THE SEARCH

CONTINUES FOR 15-MONTH-OLD

EVELYN BOSWELL. TBI TELLING US

TONIGHT---THEY'VE

NOW RECEIVED MORE THAN 500 TIPS

IN THE CASE.

LORI:

WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY

SINCE EVELYN WAS REPORTED

MISSING LAST WEEK.

INVESTIGATORS TELLING US THOUGH

SHE HADN'T BEEN SEEN

SINCE DECEMBER.

BO:

TODAY EVELYN'S MOTHER, MEGAN

BOSWELL, TELLING OUR SISTER

STATION WJHL IN THE TRI-CITIES

IN A

FACEBOOK MESSAGE THAT BECAUSE OF

HER PREGNANCY SHE

CAN'T TAKE A POLYGRAPH...

W-J-H-L ALSO REPORTING THAT

THE SULLIVAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S

OFFICE.. DOES NOT USE POLYGRAPH.

LORI:

MEGAN BOSWELL.. INSISTING IT WAS

HER MOTHER, ANGELA, WHO LAST

TOOK CARE OF THE CHILD WHO IS

RESPONSIBLE FOR HER

DISAPPEARANCE.

BO:

EVELYN'S GRANDMOTHER,

ANGELA BOSWELL...WAS ARRESTED IN

NORTH CAROLINA

OVER THE WEEKEND.. BUT NO

CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH

EVELYN'S DISAPPEARANCE

HAVE BEEN FILED AGAINST HER..

ANGELA BOSWELL HAS BEEN CHARGED

WITH POSSESSION OF STOLEN

PROPERTY..

POLICE SAY MEGAN WAS PURCHASING

THE CAR.. FOR HER MOTHER..

ANGELA.

BUT THE OWNER OF THE CAR HAD

NOT

RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT.. AND

THEREFORE REPORTED THE CAR

AS STOLEN.

LORI:

LAW ENFORCEMENT.. EMPHASIZING

HOW COMPLICATED THIS CASE IS----

BO:

WITH INVESTIGATORS

LOOKING FOR ANY CLUES LEADING TO

EVELYN...WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT

WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES

OF A MISSING PERSON

INVESTIGATION.

LORI:

WATE 6 ON YOUR SIDE REPORTER

KIRSTIE CRAWFORD TALKING WITH A

KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT

DETECTIVE ABOUT THIS ISSUE...

SHE JOINS US IN THE STUDIO

NOW...

KIRSTIE--WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?

KIRSTIE

THE DETECTIVE TELLS ME FIRST OF

ALL THAT TIME PLAYS A HUGE ROLE

IN THE INVESTIGATION. SHE SAYS

THE SOONER A MISSING

PERSONS REPORT IS FILED...THE

SOONER THEY CAN GET MORE EYES

SEARCHING.

"THIS BIGGEST MYTHS IS YOU HAVE

TO WAIT 24 HOURS IN ORDER TO

REPORT A PERSON MISSING AND THAT

IS NOT TRUE. IF YOU HAVE AN

INDIVIDUAL

MISSING AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE ARE

MISSING, I WOULD CALL

IMMEDIATELY."

PHYLLIS TONKIN...A DETECTIVE

WITH

K-P-D'S SPECIAL CRIMES

UNIT...INVESTIGAT ES MISSING

PERSONS CASES EVERY DAY. SHE

SAYS THE SOONER SOMEONE

IS REPORTED MISSING...THE

BETTER...ESPECIAL LY WHEN IT

INVOLVES SOMEONE VERY YOUNG OR A

SENIOR CITIZEN

SHE SAYS KIDS CAN WANDER FAR...

QUICKLY...AND PEOPLE WITH

DEMENTIA CAN QUICKLY LOSE TRACK

OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS.

AS SOON AS DETECTIVES GET THAT

MISSING PERSONS

REPORT...THEY GET TO

WORK...POSTING

BULLETINS WITH DETAILS OF THE

PERSON THEY'RE WORKING TO FIND.

"THAT BULLETIN WOULD GO OUT TO

OUT OFFICERS AND SURROUNDING

COUNTY OFFICERS IN ORDER TO TRY

AND GET THAT INDIVIDUALS

PICTURE OUT THERE, AND THEN, SO

THERE'S MORE PEOPLE LOOKING

FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S

MISSING."

THEN DETECTIVES RELY ON ANY

INFORMATION FROM THOSE CLOSEST

TO

THE MISSING PERSON...TRYING TO

FIND OUT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN

ABOUT THE LAST TIME THE PERSON

WAS SEEN.

TONKIN SAYS THE NEXT IMPORTANT

STEP IS GETTING THE PUBLIC TO

HELP...ASKING FOR ANY TIPS ABOUT

POSSIBLE SIGHTINGS OR RELEVANT

INFORMATION.

SHE SAYS EVEN IF THE TIP DOESN'T

SEEM LIKE IT COULD HELP...PEOPLE

SHOULD CALL.

"ANY TIP WHEN YOU HAVE A MISSING

PERSON IS IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE, WHAT SOME, WHAT ONE

PERSON SEES AS NOT IMPORTANT,

YOU THINK IT'S NOT IMPORTANT,

BUT

THAT MIGHT BE THE LINK THAT

WE'RE

TRYING TO PUT THE LAST PIECE OF

THAT

PUZZLE TOGETHER IN ORDER TO

LOCATE THE PERSON."

KIRSTIE

TONKIN TELLS ME SHE NEVER STOPS

LOOKING FOR A MISSING PERSON. IF

NONE OF THE TIPS ARE CREDIBLE

OR THE CASE GOES COLD...THEY ARE

CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR ANY

OTHER CLUES THAT MIGHT LEAD TO

THAT PERSON.

BO:

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT EVELYN

AGAIN....

LORI:

ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS

ASKED TO CALL 1-

800-TBI-FIND....AS KIRSTIE WAS

SAYING...THERE IS NO BAD TIP IN

A MISSING PERSONS

CASE.

BO:

A BREAK FROM THE RAIN

TODAY----BUT

SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE

FORECAST.

LORI:

6 STORM TEAM METEOROLOGIST