Search continues for missing Morgan Hill girl

by Susie Fowkes , March 22, 2012

Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Detectives are continuing their interviews with friends and classmates of missing Sierra Lamar.

Lamar, 15, was last seen at about 6 a.m. Friday when she left her home in unincorporated Morgan Hill to head for school. She never made it to her classes.

Investigators are interviewing students at both Sobrato High School in Morgan Hill and Washington High School in Fremont. So far, more than 50 students have been interviewed.

Authorities say forensic examinations of Lamar’s cell phone and computer have not revealed any information beneficial to their investigation. Latent print examinations have also been conducted on them, but have not turned up any leads. The cell phone is being transferred to the Santa Clara County Crime Lab for further testing.

The Sheriff’s office Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Team (SAFE) Task Force is also continuing their efforts by contacting all known sex offenders in the South County area. So far, they have contacted all registrants within a 10 mile radius of Lamar’s mother’s Morgan Hill home and are now focusing their efforts outside that radius.

Lamar’s father, a registered sex offender himself, is not considered a person of interest in the case and has been cooperating fully in the investigation, authorities said.

So far, investigators have interviewed more than 100 people and have received more than 150 tips in connection with the case.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Sierra Lamar is urged to contact Santa Clara County Communications at (408) 299-2311 or submit tips to the designated tip email address at tips@sheriff.sccgov.org. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call the tip line at (408) 808-4431.

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Susie Fowkes

Susie Dryden Fowkes was born and raised in the Central Coast city of Santa Cruz and studied journalism at San Francisco State University. She has lived in the Silicon Valley for more than a decade, where she has covered Bay Area news for both radio and print media. She currently resides in San Jose with her traffic reporter husband and beagle-lab mix Kona.