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Police looking for missing woman after car fire

Updated: 10/08/2008 06:45 PM

By: Steve Ference

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JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. -- “She walked out with another person that night. They both punched out together. They both got in the car together. Everything seemed to be fine, then all of a sudden all this happened,” said Dennis Ackernecht.

One week ago, Dennis Ackernecht says his nephew's wife, Kellysue Ackernecht, left her job at the Rite Aid in Amsterdam just like any other evening.

“She got out of work 9:30 that night. Well from 9:30 to 2:30 when the cops woke me up, I don't know where she was,” said Ackemecht.

Three hours after she left work, firefighters were called to West Montgomery Street in Johnstown to put out the fire that destroyed her car.

“Just a car totally burned up. Gone. No tires, nothing. Everything was gone. Even the steering wheel was gone,” Ackernecht said.

It's a mystery police have been working to figure out since Monday. A Johnstown woman who went missing after leaving work, a car fire and no trace of the woman since then. Our Steve Ference reports on the case as the family asks for your help in finding her.

 

And one week later, Kellysue Ackernecht, described as 5-feet, 10-inches tall, weighing 135 pounds, a former teacher’S aide at a Johnstown school, is nowhere to be found.

“We had a few people looking the next day. We were looking,” Ackernecht said. “We didn't find anything.”

“We did an initial search the night of the missing person report. We used the city K-9 at the time. Since then, we increased the search, increased the number of dogs. Yesterday we had the Capital District K-9 training group come to the area and we did a grid search,” said Johnstown Police Lieutenant Mark Gifford.

The area, known as Frog Hollow, is right by the Rail Trail, a jogging path not too far from the center of Johnstown.

We were unable to reach her husband, who's been quoted in the local paper saying he believes someone may be holding her against her will. Police don't think that's the case.

“We have not eliminated any possibility. We're leaving no stone unturned. Every lead that's reported to us or we come across, we exhaust,” Gifford said.

Some of the questions police are now grappling with are why her car ended up about a 30 second drive from her home and then why did it burst into flames?

“I know her daughter's missing her. Hey, if you're out there, come home, you know?” Ackernecht said.

While her family, including her ten-year-old daughter, wonders what happened, police ask anyone with information to call them.

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Search continues for missing woman

October 8, 2008 - 1:20PM

CBS 6 Staff

Police are still searching an area off West Montgomery Street in Johnstown where a missing woman's car was found burned last week near the rail trail.

Kellisue Ackernecht, 36, was last seen October 1st leaving her job at Rite Aid in Amsterdam at around 9:30 PM.

Police said the burned car was found in Johnstown down the street from where Ackernecht lives with husband and 9 year old daughter.

Police are not commenting on whether they suspect foul play.

Please contact Johnstown Police Department at (518) 736-4021 if you have any information regarding this case.

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Search for missing Johnstown woman intensifies 

Posted at: 10/08/2008 11:34:33 PM

Updated at: 10/08/2008 11:41:34 PM

By: Beth Wurtmann

 

JOHNSTOWN -  Dennis Ackernecht said rumors have been flying about his nephew Jayson, who is married to Kellisue Akernecht. The 36-year-old Johnstown woman has been missing since October 1.

"Jayson is a good boy. And whatever happened to her, he's got nothing to do with it," said Ackernecht.

Kellisue was last seen September 30th leaving her job as a shift supervisor at an Amsterdam Rite Aid around 9:45 p.m. She was driving a 10-year-old Saturn sedan. A co-worker told us by phone that nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Four hours later, police found the car engulfed in flames a few blocks from her Johnstown home, with no sign of Kellisue.

The car was parked in an area neighbors call Frog Hollow, near the Rail Trail. Police said this street wasn't the usual way Kellisue drove home.

That has fueled speculation, even though police said they are not leaning toward arson in the car fire. They've used K-9 units to search the wooded area nearby, and are following leads.

"It could be a missing person. It could be foul play," said Johnstown Police Lt. Mark Gifford. "We are not ruling out anything at this point. The person could be voluntarily missing also."

But Dennis Ackernecht, who lives a few houses away from the scorched road, doubts that Kellisue would run away. He said she loves her daughter and her job. And said the family - and her husband - are very worried.

"He's holding up pretty good but I know deep down inside it's killing him. And we're all worried about her," he said.

We also spoke with Kellisue's sister, who said she did not know who would want to harm Kellisue.

On Thursday, a State Police helicopter was scheduled to continue the search.

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Johnstown Police Search For Missing Woman

Posted: Oct 9, 2008 11:44 AM EDT

Authorities are still searching for a missing woman.  Kelllisue M. Ackernect of Johnstown was last seen last Tuesday.

According to published reports her husband says he thinks someone might be holding Kellisue against her will, and if so, that it might be someone she knows.

The 1998 Saturn sedan she was driving was found on fire, shortly after she was reported missing.  Anyone with information on where Kellisue might be, is asked to call Johnstown Police at 518-736-4021.

Today a State Police Helicopter will search the area where Ackernect's car was found in hopes of also finding her. News 10 is in Johnstown and will bring you the latest on our website, and on air... starting on News 10 at Five.

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Search continues for missing woman

Updated: 10/13/2008 06:40 PM

By: Steve Ference

JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. -- “Her disappearance remains a mystery to police and her family,” said Louise Sira, Fulton County District Attorney.

Kellysue Ackernecht, who was last seen driving away from the Rite Aid in Amsterdam, hasn't been seen in two weeks.

“Main thing is where is she? Is she OK? Nobody seems to have that answer yet,” said Tom Kilcullen, Kellysue’S brother.

Kilcullen, simply wants to know what happened, concerned since he believes she would have called someone if she could.

“For her not to have any contact with her daughter, that's really strange. Maybe she didn't call us, but not to check on her daughter, that's out of this world. It just wouldn't happen,” Kilcullen said.

It's been two weeks since anyone has seen a Johnstown woman whose car was found on fire near her home. Our Steve Ference reports on the latest as some family members continue to reach out asking for help from anyone who may know anything.

“We don't have any evidence of criminality. We don't know if perhaps she's accidentally missing, if she's hurt, she's injured. If she's fallen into foul play. We have no idea,” Sira said.

Sira says Ackernecht left from her Amsterdam job that night around 9:30 p.m. Four-and-a-half hours later, her car was found a short distance from her Johnstown home, destroyed by fire.

“The Johnstown Fire Department hasn't ruled that the fire was set intentionally, they haven't ruled out any mechanical defect or problem,” Sira said.

We stopped by her home, basically a couple blocks from where the car fire happened. A woman answered the door, told us to talk with the police, then slammed the door on us. Authorities tell us no one is a suspect at this time and that her husband is "definitely not a suspect at this time."

“He's been cooperating with the police department, as has been her entire family,” Sira said.

All of this is leaving too many questions for Ackernecht's family and friends, like whether it really was foul play or if Ackernecht wanted to disappear.

“In the time frame we're looking at right now, I don't want to say it, but I do fear the worst, unfortunately,” Kilcullen said.

As the police continue their search and both investigators and family ask for anyone with information to call them.

“If anyone's seen or heard from her, I don't care who you are, good, bad or indifferent, we'd like to know where she is and if she's okay,” said Kilcullen.

Sira says you can call an anonymous tip line if you have any information that may help the family find some answers. That number is (518) 736-5561.

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Vigil held for missing Johnstown woman

Sunday, October 19, 2008  

Updated: 10/19/2008 12:25 PM

By: Web Staff

MOHAWK VALLEY, N.Y. -- It was an emotional night as family and friends of a missing Johnstown woman held a vigil in her honor.

Kellysue Ackernecht's was last seen leaving her job in Amsterdam on September 30th. Three hours later, police say they found her car, destroyed by fire, just three blocks away from her home.

Family and friends gathered near a rite aid where she was last seen. Many of them also drove down to the rail trail on West Montgomery Street; the exact spot where the charred remains of her car were found.

"We want people to realize that Kelly was very well loved by her family by co-workers by friends you know. There's just a lot of people out there that care about her, worry about her, that love her and miss her," said Chris Clouston, Brother.

Police haven't named any suspects in the disappearance. If you have any information you're asked to call Johnstown Police who are continuing to investigate.

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Name:  Kellisue Ackernecht

Date of Birth:  12/16/1972

Date Missing:  09/30/2008

Age at time of disappearance:  35

City Missing From:  Johnstown

State Missing From:  New York

Gender:  Female

Race:  White

Height:  5'10"

Weight:  135lbs

Hair Color:  Auburn

Eye Color:  Brown

Identifying Characteristics:  Wears glasses and a wedding band on her left hand, was last seen wearing tan pants, new white sneakers, and a Rite-Aid apron. She has a patch on her right cheek.

Circumstances of Disappearance:  Kellisue was last seen September 30th leaving her job as a shift supervisor at an Amsterdam Rite Aid around 9:45 p.m. She was driving a 10-year-old Saturn sedan. Three hours later, police found the car engulfed in flames a few blocks from her Johnstown home, with no sign of Kellisue. The car was parked in an area neighbors call Frog Hollow, near the Rail Trail. Police said this street wasn't the usual way Kellisue drove home. The car was completely destroyed by the fire. 

Medical Conditions:  According to her husband, she takes medication for depression, but stopped taking it before she disappeared. 

Investigative Agency:  Johnstown Police Department

Agency Phone:  (518) 736-4021

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Family of missing Johnstown woman looking for answers

10/31/2008 04:12 PM

By: Steve Ference

It's been more than a month since a Johnstown woman disappeared - her car found destroyed by fire near her home. Steve Ference reports the latest on the investigation, as family members hold onto hope that she'll be found safe.

JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. -- "A month later, we have nothing to go with," said Tom Kilcullen who told us it was hard enough learning that his sister, Kellysue Ackernecht, disappeared Sept. 30. "It's very strange she'd leave without saying goodbye. Even if she left for a week she would have made a phone call or something. It's just suspicious. There's something really strange."

But he said not knowing much more now than he knew a month ago has made the situation that much more difficult to take.

"We still don't have an answer as to what's going on with the car. It's a little suspicious. Again, no answers," he said.

Ackernecht was last seen leaving her Rite Aid job in Amsterdam just after 9:30 p.m. that night. About four hours later, investigators found her car in Johnstown destroyed by fire only a flew blocks away from where she lived with her husband and 10-year-old daughter. She was nowhere to be found.

Johnstown Police Lieutenant Mark Gifford, said, "The circumstances that surround it could lead a person to believe it's suspicious, but again we go on facts and evidence. At this point in time we haven't come to a conclusion on that."

Though we've repeatedly tried to talk with her husband, Lt. Gifford tells us the family is cooperating. The District Attorney has said her husband is "definitely not a suspect."

So far, police aren't sure if it's a criminal matter. They have no suspects if it is.

"We haven't exhausted the leads we've been given and on occasion we come across new leads," said Lt. Gifford.

Meanwhile, family members are working on ways to raise money in the coming days to offer a reward for information that can help them figure out what happened one month ago.

"If she is out there somewhere where she can hear this or she knows we're looking for her, just make a phone call," Kilcullen urged. "No strings attached. We just like to know, are you OK?"

If you have any information you can call an anonymous tip line to help the family find answers. That number is (518) 736-5561.

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Group searches for missing Johnstown woman

Monday, November 10, 2008

JOHNSTOWN ? About 15 family and friends of missing city resident Kellisue M. Ackernecht conducted a search for her on Sunday.

Ackernecht, 43, has not been seen since Sept. 30, when she left work at the Rite Aid on Route 30 in Amsterdam shortly before 10 p.m. Her 1998 Saturn was found burning where West Montgomery Street ends at the Rail Trail along the Cayadutta Creek.

The search began at the McDonald?s in Johnstown.

Police were not involved in the search, but Johnstown Police Officer Adam Schwabrow said he believes it did not turn up anything. He said authorities have nothing new to report in the case.

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Search continues for Kellisue

Monday, November 10, 2008 

Updated: 11/10/2008 08:09 AM

By: Curtis Schick

NORTHVILLE, N.Y. -- Imagine if one of your family members just vanished. That's what the family of Kellisue Ackernecht is dealing with. The Johnstown woman has been missing since the end of September after leaving work at Rite Aid. Her car found here a few miles away on fire three hours later.

"We are not eating, we are not sleeping well we want her home," said Karen Clouston, Ackernecht's sister-in-law.

Then think about what you would do as the days went by. As investigators search for answers, her family started a search of their own, with pictures in hand along shores of the Great Sacandaga Lake.

No one has seen a Johnstown woman in more than a month, and as Curtis Schick reports, for family members of Kellisue Ackernecht, their search for answers has so far come up empty.

 

"We are hopeful we find something, some information that we can pass on to the police. At least try to get some sort of closure," said Chris Clouston, Ackernecht's brother.

The edge of Sacandaga was just one spot people were looking on Sunday. More than 40 volunteers headed out to various locations within a 20 mile radius of Johnstown.

"It's based upon a timeline from Johnstown area where her car was found. We are looking in any direction that might give us a clue," said Chris Clouston.

Volunteers looked through brush, peaking into buildings and walking the lake's sandy shores. For investigators, answers have been hard to come by. Right now, in Ackernecht's case, there are no suspects and few clues.

"I miss her. She is very much loved. She is a very great person," said Karen Clouston.

"We would like to find a happy ending. We would like to have her come home," said Chris Clouston.

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Missing woman's sister unhappy with Johnstown Police

December 2, 2008 - 11:56 AM

The sister of a missing Johnstown woman is losing patience with the town police department.

Kellisue Ackernecht, 35, disappeared on September 30, a few days before her daughter's ninth birthday. Her sister, Beth Manchester, said Tuesday that she believes the investigation is stalled.

"Absolutely," Manchester said when asked whether she is frustrated with the Johnstown Police Department. "But I'm not going to say anything bad about anybody."

The lieutenant in charge of the probe did not immediately return a CBS 6 phone call on Tuesday.

Police found Ackernecht's care on fire less than a mile from her house on the night she vanished. There was no one inside the vehicle, police said. Subsequent searches of the area revealed no sign of the missing mother of one.

"It was very hard for Thanksgiving," Manchester said. "I was with my son. We said a prayer for her."

Though Manchester said she believes her sister is still alive, she does not understand why Ackernecht hasn't called her loved ones -- especially her daughter.

"We really wish she would come home," Manchester said.

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Group marks woman’s birthday

Kellisue Ackernecht last seen Sept. 30

By MICHAEL ANICH/The Leader-Herald

POSTED: December 17, 2008

JOHNSTOWN - At 7:09 p.m. Tuesday - on a dark crisp night in Frog Hollow -17 people sang a spirited version of "Happy Birthday" to Kellisue Ackernecht.

But the Johnstown woman wasn't there to enjoy the celebration of her 37th year of life, and that was the point.

The group of Ackernecht's family members, friends and acquaintances, and even strangers, met for a candlelight vigil in an effort to keep her name in the spotlight. Led by four of her siblings - brothers Thomas Kilcullen, Chris Clouston, John Kilcullen and sister Beth Manchester - the group stayed for several minutes at the spot just a few yards from where the missing woman's car was found burned in the early morning of Oct. 1.

"We just want her to come home safe," Manchester said.

The vigil was the second one held in Johnstown, as family members continue to scratch their heads about the whereabouts of Kellisue. Family members also have conducted their own searches for the woman.

"We just wanted everybody to get together to show everyone that we're missing her," Thomas Kilcullen said.

Clouston arrived at the vigil a few minutes after 7 p.m., having driven 196 miles from his home in Connecticut. Her planned to get right back in his car and drive back at the conclusion of the vigil.

"I'm glad you guys came around on short notice," Clouston told the group.

John Kilcullen's fiancee - Margo Kusaw of Johnstown lit candles along the posts on the bending curve where Ackernecht's car was found.

Absent Tuesday night was Ackernecht's husband, Jayson, who shares a home three blocks away with her and their daughter at 330 W. Main St.

The Johnstown Police Department has continued to treat the baffling case of the two and one-half month disappearance as a missing-person case. Police and District Attorney Louise K. Sira say they need evidence before they can even begin to build a criminal case in her disappearance.

What has been made public is the case is that Ackernecht left her job at Rite Aid in Amsterdam just after 9:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Johnstown police said. She was reported missing by her husband in the early morning hours of Oct. 1 - about the same time the car she was driving registered to him was found engulfed in fire at West Montgomery and Chestnut streets, also known as Frog Hollow.

City fire officials have said the vehicle is too burned to gain any evidence, but haven't closed their investigation.

Police have conducted searches, including one with the assistance of a state police helicopter, over the Frog Hollow area, but they found nothing tied to this case. The city Police Department has done several foot searches with dogs and used forest rangers. Johnstown police and the St. Johnsville Dive Team also have combed the banks of the Cayadutta Creek leading to Sammonsville.

Just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, vehicles started pulling up to the bend that parallels the Rail Trail. Participants in the vigil braved a 25-degree night to let everyone know they haven't forgotten Kellisue.

"I'm here to lend support because there needs to be more support," said Kalley Lee of Fort Plain - a complete stranger to Kellisue.

She said she doesn't know Ackernecht, but decided to get involved, as she has in other missing persons cases.

Lee has put together a Web site for everyone to remember Kellisue Ackernecht in their thoughts and prayers - www.findkellisue.wordpress.com. She said the Web site is free to her and she has the time during the day, staying at home to take care of a sick daughter.

Many of the people attending the vigil said they didn't want to criticize anyone involved in the case.

Thomas Kilcullen said he didn't think his sister was "capable" of torching the family car, no matter if she had any personal problems or not.

He also said it was unusual his sister would come up missing two weeks before own daughter's birthday.

When asked to give a message to Kellisue, many in the group simply said for her to call any family member. The group said it was sad the media - including TV stations invited - weren't keeping up with the story.

Kellisue M. Ackernecht is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. Her family says she has "short brown, naturally curly hair with red highlights."

People may call Johnstown police at 736-4021 with confidential information on the case.

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Missing woman's brother issues plea

POSTED: October 11, 2008

JOHNSTOWN - The brother of the city woman now missing for 11 days on Friday made a media appeal to his sister to come home, no strings attached.

Thomas Kilcullen of Canajoharie - the brother of missing resident Kellisue M. Ackernecht - told The Leader-Herald he wanted to get an urgent message to his sister if she's reading the newspaper.

"All I can say is if Kellisue is reading this, our family is missing her," Kilcullen said. "We're missing her and we want her to come home. I'll come to wherever you are. I will be there."

The 43-year-old Kilcullen - a technician for Lift Tech Equipment in Syracuse - said he hasn't talked to his sister in a couple of months. But he said he and their half-brother - Connecticut resident Chris Clouston - are still very close to Kellisue.

"Normally, we talk quite often with her," Kilcullen said. "This is highly unusual for her to disappear."

Ackernecht, 36, of 330 W. Main St., is the subject of an ongoing search by Johnstown police. Police said she left her job at Rite Aid in Amsterdam the night of Sept. 30. She was reported missing by her husband, Jayson Ackernecht, in the early morning hours of Oct. 1 - about the same time the car she was driving was found on fire at West Montgomery and Chestnut streets.

The area, known as Frog Hollow, is about three blocks south of the Ackernecht home.

Johnstown police Lt. Mark Gifford said Friday that Ackernecht remains missing.

"Leads are still being followed," he said.

Gifford was asked if Johnstown police are working with police from Amsterdam, where Ackernecht was last seen.

"Police often work with other agencies," he responded, not directly answering.

When asked if his department will accept an offer to have a state search team come in, Gifford stated, "It's being considered. Right now there's things more pressing ... in this case."

Kilcullen said their parents are deceased, but Kellisue still has much extended family in the area and in Connecticut that want her to return home safely.

The missing woman and her husband have an elementary school-age daughter.

"Everybody on his [Jayson's] side of the family is trashing her," Kilcullen said. "My main concern is how it has affected her daughter."

His brother-in-law, Jayson, granted an interview with The Leader-Herald earlier in the week after media reports surfaced about Kellisue's disappearance. Jayson's sister's, Kim Ackernecht, has since indicated she and her family will not be answering future questions from the newspaper.

In that interview, Jayson Ackernecht indicated he was on disability and was concerned with less income coming in with his wife missing. Kilcullen said he noticed Jayson is "worried" about that situation, but stopped short of commenting further.

He said his sister and Jayson were having some problems.

"I know they had marital problems," Kilcullen said. "I don't know the whole details."

Kilcullen said he has been interviewed by police and gave them what he knows. He also said he was disappointed that Jayson Ackernecht didn't call him until 8 a.m. Oct. 1 to tell him about his sister's disappearance - about six or seven hours after the car fire.

Kilcullen said the only real family connection he's noticed when he's visited his sister in the past has been the bond between the mother and daughter.

"Whenever I've been there [in Johnstown], it's always Kelli and her daughter," he said. "She keeps very good care of her daughter."

He said his sister probably wouldn't leave her husband without thinking of her daughter.

"If she has taken off to try to better her life, I can't believe she would leave her daughter behind for that long," Kilcullen said.

Kilcullen said he has done some independent investigation into his sister's disappearance since Oct. 1. He said he searched the campsite of a family member and has given police some tips.

"I've done some searching around myself," Kilcullen said.

Kilcullen said he thought it was "kind of odd" that his brother-in-law, Jayson, was wearing his Sir William Johnson Volunteer Fire Department clothes while distributing missing posters Thursday.

Excluding The Leader-Herald, he said, he's disappointed the local media haven't given more coverage of the case. If the case were happening in Albany or Schenectady, Kilcullen said, there would probably be more Capital Region news coverage.

So far, the search for Kellisue Ackernecht has involved intense police investigation, K-9 dogs, a state police helicopter and missing posters being put up in the area. Police have declined to answer specific questions about the case, other than to give out the missing woman's description.

Kellisue M. Ackernecht is five feet 10 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. Her family says she has "short brown, natural curly hair with red highlights."

The family also says Kellisue was last seen wearing tan slacks, a black shirt, new white sneakers, tan stockings and brown glasses.

People may call Johnstown police at 736-4021 with confidential information on the case.

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Group plans search for woman

Benefit to fund probe for missing 36-year-old

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

By Jim McGuire (Contact)

Gazette Reporter

JOHNSTOWN -  Texas EquuSearch, the organization involved in some of the most publicized missing persons cases in recent memory, will be in Johnstown in early April to look for 36-year-old Kellisue Ackernecht.

Ackernecht has been missing since Oct. 1, when her 1998 Saturn was found burning around 2 a.m. in the parking area at Frog Hollow at the end of West Montgomery Street. No one reported seeing her after she left work around 10 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Rite Aid on Route 30 in Amsterdam.

As friends and family members await the search, they are also planning a spaghetti dinner benefit for EquuSearch, set for 5 to 8 p.m. May 4 at Lombardo’s Pizzeria in St. Johnsville. Meals, including takeouts, are $11. A 50/50 raffle will also be conducted.

Kellisue Ackernecht’s husband, Jayson Ackernecht, is among those organizing the benefit. Fort Plain residents Kalley Lee and Deb Walsh and Kellisue Ackernecht’s brother, Thomas Kilcullen, are also working on the dinner.

Jayson Ackernecht said he is now taking a leadership role in the search effort, after backing off last fall, when some of his wife’s relatives suggested he was responsible for the disappearance.

“Not a damn thing,†he told The Gazette on Monday, when asked if he had anything to do with his wife becoming a missing person.

“We have no clue about what happened it’s a mystery,†he said. “I was home sound asleep with my daughter I waited until midnight and then I went to bed,†he said. Usually, he said, “she was home by 10:30.â€

Ackernecht, who stopped talking to reporters in the days following his wife’s disappearance, said he remains alienated from his wife’s family. “I don’t have contact with any of them,†he said.

Kilcullen said he welcomes EquuSearch, an organization with a wealth of experience. “They may know where to look,†Kilcullen said.

He said he anticipates the search area will be a six-mile radius around the site where the car was parked. If his sister is in the area, he said, it is probable her body would be found in the vicinity of the car.

If she is alive, as even some investigators contend, “it seems awful odd there have been no phone calls,†Kilcullen said. He said he is certain if his sister relocated she would have called him or another family member.

“We’d kind of like some closure - is she around or isn’t she?† Kilcullen said.

Lee said she volunteered for this effort out of gratitude to the donors and volunteers who aided her family when her 4-year-old daughter, Alexandra Handy, was diagnosed with leukemia. The child is now in remission and doing well, her mother said.

“I reached out to Jayson,†Lee said, calling the situation “very sad.†After talking to Ackernecht, she said she does not consider him a suspect. “I don’t think Jayson did anything; he really misses her. When he talks about her he gets very emotional,†Lee said.

Lee said EquuSearch did not request the fundraiser. “They’re not expecting anything,†she said.

Johnstown Police Chief Greg Horning said his detectives have followed every lead in the case, but have hit some dead ends.

He said he expects to coordinate search activities with officials of EquuSearch and said anticipates a team effort that may “find something.â€

Johnstown police, with assistance of other departments and state forest rangers, conducted a number of searches in the area where the car burned, along the Cayadutta Creek valley and surrounding, mostly overgrown former farmland.

While detectives have yet to develop information that may solve the case, Horning said the investigation has eliminated many possibilities.

“Until we have definitive answers, we’re still treating it as though she is alive,†Horning said.

With so much time elapsed without an indication his wife is alive, Ackernecht said he is losing hope.

“I hate to say it, but my feeling is, yeah, but where,†Ackernecht said, conceding the search may now be to recover a body.

EquuSearch was founded in 2000 near Galveston.

The organization’s Web site said it has about 1,000 members and conducts searches on land and in water using a variety of resources including dog teams, horse and rider teams, planes, a drone and helicopters.

EquuSearch is also equipped with the latest technology.

EquuSearch officials did not return a call for comment by late afternoon.

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March 18, 2009

What Happened to Kellisue Ackernecht?

It has been nearly six months since police in Johnstown, N.Y., opened a case into the disappearance of a local mother, and they are still no closer to determining what happened to her.

By all accounts, Sept. 30, 2008, began just as any other work day for 35-year-old Kellisue Ackernecht, a shift supervisor at the Rite Aid pharmacy in Amsterdam, N.Y. Kellisue attended to her duties; and at about 9:40 p.m., she locked up the store and presumably left for her Main Street home in nearby Johnstown. Unfortunately, Kellisue never made it home.

About four hours later, investigators found Kellisue's 1998 Saturn sedan engulfed in flames at West Montgomery and Chestnut Streets, an area that local residents refer to as "Frog Hollow” and only a few blocks away from the home Kellisue shared with her husband, Jayson Ackernecht, 35, and her 10-year-old daughter. No human remains were found either inside the vehicle or in the immediate area.

At about 2:30 a.m. the police awakened Jayson to inform him of the fire. When questioned, he alleged that he had not seen his wife since she had left for work the previous day.

When police interviewed neighbors in the area where the car was found, several reported having heard loud noises like gunshots around midnight.

"I heard the gunshot; I jumped out of bed, looked out my window, and I looked up and down," local resident Doris Stewart said in an interview with WTEN.com.

Investigators made note of the sounds; however, they remain skeptical that the noises were gunshots, speculating instead that what the neighbors heard might have been the tires popping on the burning vehicle.

In an effort to locate Kellisue, Johnstown police conducted a foot search of the Frog Hollow area, while a state police helicopter scanned the ground from above. The St. Johnsville Dive Team was also brought in to assist, and the group spent several hours searching the banks of Cayadutta Creek. Despite the massive amount of manpower put into the initial search, police found nothing of interest.

In order to get a better understanding of the vehicle fire, investigators recreated it, using a similar car. The test indicated that the fire had started in the engine compartment, but it remains unclear whether the fire was caused by mechanical error or human intervention.

Police say they have no suspects in the case and no information to support the idea that Kellisue was the victim of a crime. The relationship between Kellisue and her husband, a salesman for Wilde Fire Equipment Co. in Mayfield, was reportedly strained; however, officials say he is not considered a person of interest in the case.

"Jayson's been very cooperative," City Police Chief Gregory Horning said in a December interview with Leaderherald.com. "She'll turn up. All our hopes and prayers are with the Ackernecht family. We hope we'll find her alive someplace."

Jayson Ackernecht managed to stay out of the media spotlight in the weeks immediately following his wife’s disappearance; however, he eventually agreed to give an interview to Fox23.com.

"I would never harm my wife. I had nothing to do with this at all," Jayson said, adding, "We think she just took off and left with somebody else. Who? We don’t know yet."

Investigators have long since given up ground searches for Kellisue, but the family continues to organize them regularly.

"We are hopeful we find something, some information that we can pass on to the police. At least try to get some sort of closure," Ackernecht's brother, Chris Clouston, said in an interview with Capitalnews9.com. "We would like to find a happy ending. We would like to have her come home."

Recent media reports have suggested that the search and recovery group Texas EquuSearch will be launching a full-scale search for Kelly in April; however, a spokesperson for the organization told Investigation Discovery that a date has not yet been set. Members of the group confirmed that they have been approached by a family member, but also said that they require cooperation from local law enforcement; to date, their call to the investigating agency has not been returned.

Meanwhile, Kellisue's family has planned a spaghetti-dinner fundraiser for May 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Lombardo's Restaurant in St. Johnsville. All proceeds from the event will go to a fund that has been set up for the search effort.

Kellisue M. Ackernecht is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. She has brown eyes and short, curly brown hair with red highlights. She was last seen wearing tan slacks, a black shirt, new white sneakers, tan stockings, and brown glasses. According to her husband, she was supposed to take medication for depression, but she had stopped taking it for some weeks before her disappearance.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Johnstown police at 518-736-4021.

For more information, please visit: Findkellisue.wordpress.com.

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Group plans search for woman

Benefit to fund probe for missing 36-year-old

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

By Jim McGuire (Contact)

Gazette Reporter

JOHNSTOWN - Texas EquuSearch, the organization involved in some of the most publicized missing persons cases in recent memory, will be in Johnstown in early April to look for 36-year-old Kellisue Ackernecht.

Ackernecht has been missing since Oct. 1, when her 1998 Saturn was found burning around 2 a.m. in the parking area at Frog Hollow at the end of West Montgomery Street. No one reported seeing her after she left work around 10 p.m. Sept. 30 at the Rite Aid on Route 30 in Amsterdam.

As friends and family members await the search, they are also planning a spaghetti dinner benefit for EquuSearch, set for 5 to 8 p.m. May 4 at Lombardo’s Pizzeria in St. Johnsville. Meals, including takeouts, are $11. A 50/50 raffle will also be conducted.

Kellisue Ackernecht’s husband, Jayson Ackernecht, is among those organizing the benefit. Fort Plain residents Kalley Lee and Deb Walsh and Kellisue Ackernecht’s brother, Thomas Kilcullen, are also working on the dinner.

Jayson Ackernecht said he is now taking a leadership role in the search effort, after backing off last fall, when some of his wife’s relatives suggested he was responsible for the disappearance.

“Not a damn thing,” he told The Gazette on Monday, when asked if he had anything to do with his wife becoming a missing person.

“We have no clue about what happened - it’s a mystery,” he said. “I was home sound asleep with my daughter - I waited until midnight and then I went to bed,” he said. Usually, he said, “she was home by 10:30.”

Ackernecht, who stopped talking to reporters in the days following his wife’s disappearance, said he remains alienated from his wife’s family. “I don’t have contact with any of them,” he said.

Kilcullen said he welcomes EquuSearch, an organization with a wealth of experience. “They may know where to look,” Kilcullen said.

He said he anticipates the search area will be a six-mile radius around the site where the car was parked. If his sister is in the area, he said, it is probable her body would be found in the vicinity of the car.

If she is alive, as even some investigators contend, “it seems awful odd there have been no phone calls,” Kilcullen said. He said he is certain if his sister relocated she would have called him or another family member.

“We’d kind of like some closure - is she around or isn’t she?” Kilcullen said.

Lee said she volunteered for this effort out of gratitude to the donors and volunteers who aided her family when her 4-year-old daughter, Alexandra Handy, was diagnosed with leukemia. The child is now in remission and doing well, her mother said.

“I reached out to Jayson,” Lee said, calling the situation “very sad.” After talking to Ackernecht, she said she does not consider him a suspect. “I don’t think Jayson did anything; he really misses her. When he talks about her he gets very emotional,” Lee said.

Lee said EquuSearch did not request the fundraiser. “They’re not expecting anything,” she said.

Johnstown Police Chief Greg Horning said his detectives have followed every lead in the case, but have hit some dead ends.

He said he expects to coordinate search activities with officials of EquuSearch and said anticipates a team effort that may “find something.”

Johnstown police, with assistance of other departments and state forest rangers, conducted a number of searches in the area where the car burned, along the Cayadutta Creek valley and surrounding, mostly overgrown former farmland.

While detectives have yet to develop information that may solve the case, Horning said the investigation has eliminated many possibilities.

“Until we have definitive answers, we’re still treating it as though she is alive,” Horning said.

With so much time elapsed without an indication his wife is alive, Ackernecht said he is losing hope.

“I hate to say it, but my feeling is, yeah, but where,” Ackernecht said, conceding the search may now be to recover a body.

EquuSearch was founded in 2000 near Galveston.

The organization’s Web site said it has about 1,000 members and conducts searches on land and in water using a variety of resources including dog teams, horse and rider teams, planes, a drone and helicopters.

EquuSearch is also equipped with the latest technology.

EquuSearch officials did not return a call for comment by late afternoon.

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Missing persons day

Updated: 04/05/2009 09:43 AM

By: Web Staff

ALBANY, N.Y. - Sunday is the eighth annual Missing Person's Day where friends and family affected by the disappearance of a loved one come together in Albany. The Center for HOPE is putting together this year's program.

Last year, dozens of families came together. The day was organized by Doug and Mary Lyall. Their daughter Suzanne was last seen heading back to the UAlbany campus from Crossgates Mall in March 1998.

Missing persons day

Sunday is the eighth annual Missing Person's Day where friends and family affected by the disappearance of a loved one come together in Albany. The Center for HOPE is putting together this year's program.

 

The Family of KelliSue Ackernecht is attending this year's program. Ackernecht is the Johnstown woman who was last seen leaving work on September 30th.

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Human remains found near Mohawk River

Friday, April 17, 2009

By Michael Lamendola

Gazette Reporter

ROTTERDAM - Police said a human skeleton was found in woods off Rice Road near the Mohawk River Thursday and they are treating the discovery as a homicide.

Rotterdam Deputy Chief Bill Manikas said police have not determined the cause of death, so the protocol is to conduct a homicide investigation. “We’re investigating it at this point,†he said.

Manikas said a man spotted the skeleton in a wooded area off the bike path shortly before 8:15 a.m. He said the remains were not a full skeleton and had been in the woods for “a substantial period of time.â€

The gender of the skeleton is unknown, Manikas said. He said the body, which was partially clothed, did not have an identification. “There was some clothing recovered,†he said. “But at this point, we have no ID of the body.â€

Manikas said anyone with information about the remains should call 355-7397. Rotterdam detectives are working with the state police Forensic Identification Unit and the Troop G Major Crimes Unit in the investigation.

Lauren LaFleur of the Center for Human Identification at the University of North Texas said science can identify people from DNA that is several years old. “As long as there is recoverable DNA and a family member provides DNA, a match can be found,†she said.

The center has worked with law enforcement agencies across the United States and is the only academic institution devoted to missing persons identification. LaFleur did not know if local officials have contacted the center for assistance, and would not be able to comment if they did.

LaFleur said police can upload the DNA sample into a national database, called the national Combined DNA Index System, or CODIS, to find a match. For a match to occur, however, a family member has to have provided a DNA sample as well. “Any family member from across the United States who has someone who is missing can submit a DNA sample free of charge,†she said.

The genetic profile can determine gender but its prime purpose is to “put a name to that person and find out who they belong to,†LaFleur said.

The process can take several days, if the DNA sample is good, to several months, LaFleur said. If there is no family marker, a sample can remain in the system for years, she said.

Last week, relatives of 16 missing people gave DNA samples through New York’s Department of Criminal Justice Services for the national database. The Center for Human Identification is processing the samples. “We are one of three institutions in the United States that can upload information into the CODIS,†LaFleur said.

Mary Lyall, whose daughter Suzanne Lyall went missing in 1998, said the discovery of the skeleton can bring relief but also more questions. “It is finally an answer to a question for a lot of people who have someone missing. If it happens to be a missing person, there is one door closed, but there is always the question of how it happened,†she said.

Lyall said she and her husband want to find their daughter. And any news they can receive is helpful. “I never say the word closure. For me there is never going to be closure. If you find your loved one you will always wonder what happened,†she said.

Here is a list of known missing persons from the Capital Region:

Kellisue M. Ackernecht of Johnstown, missing since Sept. 30, 2008.

Frank Connell of Rensselaer, missing since April 20, 2007.

Craig Frear of Scotia, missing since June 26, 2004.

Jennifer M. Hammond of Ballston Spa, missing since August 2003.

Audrey May Herron of Catskill, missing since Aug. 29, 2002.

Suzanne Lyall of Milton, missing since March 2, 1998.

Ernest P. Michalik of Schenectady, missing since October 2005.

Tammie Anne McCormick of Saratoga Springs, missing since April 1986.

Jaliek Rainwalker of Greenwich, missing since Nov. 1, 2007.

Karen Wilson of Albany, missing since March 1985.

William F. Woolheater of Albany, missing since February 1981.

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The human remains found as noted in the above story were not that of Kellisue, but were identified as Ernest P. Michalik.

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Search Planned for Kellisue Ackernecht

May 19, 2009

With the 8 month anniversary of 35-year-old Kellisue Ackernecht's disappearance approaching, her family and friends are organizing a community search to look for the missing mom.

Kellisue's family was hoping that a nationally known search and recovery group would help them find her; however those plans recently fell through. Her family has since contacted Indiana based 3 View Search Services and asked for their help. While the group has not made an official commitment to the case, they are looking into it.

"We have spoken with law enforcement and we are now in the preliminary stages of our investigation into the case," Mandy Albritton, a spokesperson for 3 View Search Services, told Investigation Discovery. "We should have more information later this week."

Regardless of who heads up the search for Kellisue Ackernecht, her family remains committed to the effort and they have set a June 28 search date.

According to Kalley Lee, a volunteer who is helping organize the search, the command post location will be announced in the near future. Anyone interested in volunteering is asked to sign up online or via email.

Kellisue Ackernecht went missing on the night of Sept. 30, 2008, after she left her job at the Rite Aid pharmacy in Amsterdam, N.Y. Investigators later found Kellisue's 1998 Saturn sedan engulfed in flames at West Montgomery and Chestnut Streets, an area that local residents refer to as "Frog Hollow"-and only a few blocks away from the home Kellisue shared with her husband, Jayson Ackernecht (see photo below), 35, and her 10-year-old daughter. No human remains were found either inside the vehicle or in the immediate area.

At about 2:30 a.m. the next day, police awakened Jayson to inform him of the fire. When questioned, he alleged that he had not seen his wife since she had left for work the previous day.

In an effort to locate Kellisue, Johnstown police conducted a foot search of the Frog Hollow area, while a state police helicopter scanned the ground from above. The St. Johnsville Dive Team was also brought in to assist, and the group spent several hours searching the banks of Cayadutta Creek. Despite the massive amount of manpower put into the initial search, police found nothing of interest.

Police say they have no suspects in the case and no information to support the idea that Kellisue was the victim of a crime. The relationship between Kellisue and her husband, a salesman for Wilde Fire Equipment Co. in Mayfield, was reportedly strained; however, officials say he is not considered a person of interest in the case.

Meanwhile, Kellisue's family and friends have organized searches, benefits and put together candlelight vigils – the most recent of which was held this past weekend.

"Where are you Kellisue? There are so many people that are missing you and looking for you," Kalley wrote in a blog post about the vigil, adding, "You have not been forgotten."

Kellisue M. Ackernecht is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. She has brown eyes and short, curly brown hair with red highlights. She was last seen wearing tan slacks, a black shirt, new white sneakers, tan stockings, and brown glasses. According to her husband, she was supposed to take medication for depression, but she had stopped taking it for some weeks before her disappearance.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Johnstown police at 518-736-4021.

For more information, please visit: Findkellisue.wordpress.com.

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Search planned for missing woman

By MICHAEL ANICH, The Leader-Herald

POSTED: June 1, 2009

JOHNSTOWN - A large-scale search for missing city resident Kellisue M. Ackernecht is being planned in the Frog Hollow area of the city, where her car was found burned Oct. 1.

Kalley Lee of Fort Plain, one of the chief organizers of the ongoing search for the woman, said today the Johnstown Police Department is "on board" with this upcoming search effort, which is scheduled to take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 28. She said this may be the last citizen-organized search for Ackernecht.

"We welcome the help," Police Chief Gregory Horning said today. He said he understands three cadaver dogs will be used in the search.

"There's actually several people coming," Lee said. "We have people coming from as far away as Minnesota."

She said David Lohr, a crime writer affiliated with cable TV network Investigation Discovery, is expected to help.

In addition, she said, volunteers are being lined up from TrackMissing from Albion, Mich. Lee said she anticipates at least 30 or 40 people from outside the area may assist. Others who want to assist may call Ackernecht's brother, Tom Kilcullen, at (518) 527-3444, or show up in the Frog Hollow area of West Madison Avenue and Chestnut Street on June 28.

Kilcullen said today he's trying to enlist the help of a team of state forest rangers for the June 28 search.

Lee said the search will be followed by a dinner at the Johnstown Eagles Club and a candlelight vigil. She said family members and friends of Kellisue will continue each year to recognize her disappearance on her birthday in December by holding a candlelight vigil in Frog Hollow.

The appearance of Lohr, she said, was initiated by her contact with him previously. Lohr was formerly affiliated with Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team, based in Dickinson, Texas. Lee said plans for that group to formally participate in the search did not materialize.

"They're not coming; they pulled out," she said.

She said a previous fundraiser May 4 at Lombardo's Pizzeria in St. Johnsville helped raise $300 toward the search effort, and the money is being maintained in a local bank account.

Lee said that Peck's Lake has donated part of its campground to house searchers, but the family is still hoping three motel rooms will be donated toward the effort. Lee may be reached at (518) 993-8019.

The search for Ackernecht previously has been spread across Fulton and Montgomery counties.

Ackernecht, 37, of 330 W. Main St., was reported missing by her husband, Jayson Ackernecht, in the early morning hours of Oct. 1.

She left her job at Rite Aid in Amsterdam just after 9:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Johnstown police said. Early the next morning, the 1998 Saturn sedan she had been driving was found engulfed in flames in Frog Hollow.

City fire officials have said the vehicle was too badly burned to yield any evidence, but they haven't closed their investigation.

Johnstown police, state police and others have aided in the probe since last fall. The effort included a search by a helicopter in October. The city Police Department has done several foot searches with dogs and forest rangers. Johnstown police and the St. Johnsville Dive Team have combed the banks of the Cayadutta Creek leading to Sammonsville.

Horning said his department, in conjunction with fire officials, also recently conducted two controlled burns on vehicles similar to the Ackernechts' Saturn to learn how the fire may have started.

Johnstown police also have followed unsuccessful leads in the Syracuse area.

Jayson Ackernecht has told The Leader-Herald he had "nothing to do with" his wife's disappearance.

He said he was home when Kellisue didn't return from Rite Aid the night of Sept. 30. He said he went to bed around midnight and later was awoken by Johnstown police, who told him his car was on fire a few blocks away.

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Search for Johnstown woman set for Sunday

By MICHAEL ANICH, The Leader-Herald

POSTED: June 26, 2009

JOHNSTOWN - About 70 volunteers from this area and out of the state are expected to converge on the Frog Hollow area of the city Sunday in the last scheduled public search for missing city resident Kellisue M. Ackernecht.

The 37-year-old woman has been missing since her car was found burned up in that area Oct. 1.

For Ackernecht's family, the nearly nine months of dry leads handled by the Johnstown Police Department and the general futility of the situation has led to much discouragement.

"I don't think we're going to find anything," Jason Ackernecht, the missing woman's husband, said Thursday.

He reiterated that his wife hasn't contacted him or anyone else.

The search party will meet at 309 W. Montgomery St., and the search will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. A free dinner for searchers following the search will be offered at the Johnstown Eagles Home on South William Street.

Jason Ackernecht said he would join the search "for a little while."

Jason and his 10-year-old daughter live at 330 W. Main St. That's the same home Kellisue lived at until she was last seen at her job Sept. 30.

She left her job at Rite Aid in Amsterdam just after 9:30 p.m. Early the next morning, Jason's 1998 Saturn sedan she had been driving was found engulfed in flames in Frog Hollow area.

One of Kellisue Ackernecht's brothers, Tom Kilcullen, is the main organizer of Sunday's search. He is discouraged, but said today the last scheduled search has a reason.

"We're looking for some kind of closure," Kilcullen said of his sister. "Unfortunately, I think we're just basically looking for a body now."

Kalley Lee of Fort Plain, another chief search organizer along with Kilcullen and Deb Walsh, said a host of local volunteers are expected to help Sunday. She said David Lohr, a crime writer affiliated with cable TV network Investigation Discovery, is expected to help. In addition, she said, volunteers are being lined up from TrackMissing from Albion, Mich.

"It breaks my heart," said Lee, who has become a friend of Kellisue's family.

She's encouraging the public to put ribbons of purple - Kellisue's favorite color - or white on their homes this weekend.

Earlier in the week, organizers were having trouble lining up motel rooms for searchers from outside the area, but Kilcullen said they have rooms now.

Lee said the Econo Lodge in Fultonville, the Holiday Inn and Microtel in Johnstown, and Peck's Lake have come through.

City Police Chief Gregory Horning said Wednesday he supports the search and the ongoing investigation into Ackernecht's disappearance.

"We're here to lend a hand to anyone," he said. "Hopefully, we can find her alive and well."

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Another search held for Johnstown woman

Posted at: 06/28/2009 9:49 AM

Updated at: 06/28/2009 9:50 AM

By: WNYT Staff

JOHNSTOWN- Family and friends of a missing Johnstown woman will be holding another search Sunday.

Nobody's seen Kelliesue Ackernecht since September when she left her job at an Amsterdam Rite Aid.

Hours later, her car was found on fire in Johnstown.

Sunday's search will run from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Friends are asking local people to put purple and white ribbons outside their home as a show of support for the family.

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