Horrific update--Katlyn Collman

May she rest in peace, and may God bless and comfort her family...

AMW MISSING DATA FILE FOR
Katlyn Collman
DECEASED
Recovered , Jan 31, 2005
Recovered
Jan 31, 2005

Police Make An Arrest In Katlyn's Murder

Family, police, and the entire community of Crothersville are heartbroken after finding out that 10-year-old Katlyn Collman has been found dead. A state trooper found her slain body about five miles north of Seymour, Indiana. Police confirm they have made an arrest in the death of Katlyn Collman, whose body was found this week in an Indiana stream. Charles "Chuckie" Hickman, 25, of Crothersville, Ind., has been charged with murdering Katlyn Collman. The charges carry the death penalty. Police say he also faces charges of criminal confinement.

Authorities Learn of Motive

According to court records, Collman saw people inside a Crothersville home making meth as she was walking home from the Dollar General Store on Jan. 25. Records suggest that Hickman borrowed a friend's truck, picked her up and tried to scare her into not talking about what she might have seen. Court documents go on to say that Hickman drove Collman to Cypress Lake, where she fell or was pushed -- with her hands tied behind her back -- to her death. Hickman is being held in solitary confinement without bond in the Jackson County Jail. A tentative trial date has been set for October. It's not clear yet if it will be a death-penalty case. Katlyn's funeral has been scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 6 at the local high school.

Kelli Meek Amber Alert Cancelled

Amber Alert Canceled for 16 Year Old Texas Girl
Posted: Monday January 31 3:51 PM CTUpdated: Tuesday February 1 12:46 PM CTThe Pasadena Texas Police Department and the Houston Regional Amber Alert Plan canceled the Amber Alert on Tuesday afternoon after both teens were found safe in Sugarland Texas.

TEXAS AMBER ALERT

Kelli Meek
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Amber Alert Issued for 16 Year Old Texas Girl
Posted: Monday January 31 3:51 PM CT

The Pasadena Texas Police Department and the Houston Regional Amber Alert Plan issued the Amber Alert on Monday afternoon after the girl went missing on Sunday afternoon.

Kelli Meek, 16 yrs., white female, 5'7", 110 lbs. with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen with her boyfriend, Joseph Allen Phillips, 16 yrs., white male, 5'8", 155 lbs. with brown eyes and brown hair. They were at the Diamond Shamrock, corner of Genoa Red Bluff and Space Center Blvd at 4:30 pm on Sunday 01-30-05.

Neither Kelli or Joseph came home and their cell phones appear to have been turned off. Notes were found by Kelli's parents that would indicate definite concern for their welfare.

Both juveniles are in Kelli's parent's vehicle, a white, 1998, Ford F-250 extended cab, Texas Tag 1YFX23.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Pasadena Police Department at 713-477-1221 or Officer J. Duggan at 713-475-7838 or dial 911.