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Woodward County sheriff set to search for body of 6 year old
WOODWARD — Saying it is “probably the best lead we’ve received in three and a half years,” Woodward County Sheriff Les Morton is organizing a major search for the body of Logan Tucker.
Tucker disappeared in June 2002 when he was 6 years old. His mother, Katherine Pollard, was arrested Feb. 23 and charged with first-degree murder.
Sheriff’s investigator Monte Clem has followed a number of leads over the past few years. This one, Morton said, surfaced recently and is leading law enforcement agents to the Woodward County landfill east of town.
“We received (the information) about two weeks ago,” Morton said. “Basically what we did was polygraph the individual to make sure what he was telling us was good and correct. Once we got that set up and done, we were satisfied it was good information.
“This not only connects with the evidence from three and a half years ago,” Morton said, “the location is good and the time frame is good, which is prompting us to go ahead and go with the information we have.”
Morton said a search will be conducted at the landfill. Matt Lehenbauer, Woodward City/County Emergency Management director, sent out an e-mail request Tuesday for volunteers to work the gate at the landfill, checking identification and issuing visitor, media and vehicle passes. He said volunteers would not be needed before April 8. Anyone interested is asked to call (580) 254-0896.
“Monte Clem has been on this case from the get-go,” Morton said. “He has run down every lead, talked to every witness, traveled every mile that needs to be traveled, and he and I both concur this is probably the best lead we’ve had since the investigation started.”
According to court records, the last time law enforcement agents can pinpoint Logan Tucker’s whereabouts alive was June 23, 2002. He wasn’t reported missing until deputies were asked to do a welfare check on the boy on July 7, 2002.
Pollard allegedly told a number of different stories about where Logan was — from DHS workers taking him to Logan being with her brother in either Vermont or Pennsylvania. Morton said none of the stories was true.
On July 16, 2002, law enforcement agents organized a massive search with more than 300 people from across the state combing an area on horseback, foot and all-terrain vehicles. That search, and others over the years, turned up no sign of the boy.
Pollard is in Woodward County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bond, and her preliminary hearing is set for May 23.
McMahan writes for Woodward News.
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