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Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend March 18, 2006 Search for Ashland family stymied From staff reports Authorities searching for an Ashland family who disappeared early this month have cast a wider net looking for clues, but called off the active search. "We’ve suspended the active search and rescue until we can pinpoint a location," Ashland police Detective Brent Jensen said. The Stivers family — Marlo Hill-Stivers, 31, Peter Stivers, 29, their two children Sabastyan, 9, and Gabrayell, 8, and Stivers’ mom, Becky Higgenbotham and her husband Elbert Higgenbotham — were last heard from on the evening of March 4, Hill-Stivers’ mother Rose Hill, of Ashland, said. Cell phone and bank records show no activity since then. While some witnesses told police the Stiverses planned to go to the Oregon coast for an overnight trip, others have said the children and Pete Stivers said they planned to go to Disneyland. Wherever they headed, friends and family expected them to return by March 6. Hill reported her daughter missing March 8. Notice was sent out on the other family members March 12. Authorities are reaching out nationwide in hopes of finding someone who has seen the Higginbothams’ 35-foot, white and brown Dolphin motorhome with Arizona license plate 171TDH. Advertisement "It’s out there," Jensen said. "It’s too big to hide." Jensen said missing-persons groups are "blanketing" Arizona with fliers of the Stiverses and Higginbothams in case the group went there. The Higginbothams, reportedly in their mid- to late 40s, had an address was in Heber, in northern Arizona. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has distributed approximately 5,000 fliers to fax machines in southwestern Oregon, and photos of the family have been posted on the center’s Web site, police reported. Fliers also are going to Disneyland, Sea World and other theme parks, Jensen said. Fliers also are going to regional Wal-Marts, Jensen said. Many Wal-Marts allow people to park motor homes overnight in their lots. Law enforcement bulletins are being sent across the country and media outlets from all over are following the case, Jensen said. This week, search-and-rescue teams combed Highway 199 and Bear Camp Road, the two closest routes from Ashland to the Oregon Coast, the Ashland Police Department reported. Searchers used Sno-Cats, snowmobiles, a helicopter and plane. They also drove other routes to local destinations that might prove treacherous to motor homes, including the Klamath River, Diamond Lake in eastern Douglas County, and forest roads off Highway 140, the Dead Indian Plateau east of Ashland, the area around Lost Creek Lake, Butte Falls and Crater Lake National Park. Friday the California Highway Patrol searched Highway 96 between Redding and the coast, and found nothing, Jensen said. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2006 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback www.bingo.com Absinthe Supply Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker Custom Build Computers Computer Security Discount Hotel Reservations online casinos news Debt Consolidation California Casinos Generic Viagra Windermere Van Vleet Deep Muscle Stimulator Sports Equipment Online Casino Reviews Hammocks Online Bingo Entertainment Guide Online Casino Fundraisers Sudoku Online Casinos Canada King of Spirits Advertisement s Advertisement