A big THANK YOU for all the volunteers....

If you happen to see your organization's name here and have an objection to that, please e-mail me and we will correct it or remove it promptly.

We are still working with the Plattsmouth PD to get a complete list of all the individual volunteers. We would like to thank every one of them.

However... as with everything, opinions vary. We have been advised that while some have asked for, and are anxiously awaiting this list, there are some which want their privacy protected and have asked to not be publically recognized. We will respect your wishes either way.

If you would like to be included on this list, but are not on it, please e-mail me with your name along with any comments about you and thoughts that you would like to share on this page. If you have your own personal or commercial website, please include your URL, and if you like, we can place a link to it. If you would like us to include your picture, please attach that in your e-mail as well.

PLATTSMOUTH FIRE/RESCUE:

Mark Davies	Scott Henderson	Joe Gradoville	Michael Wood
Shane Parshall	Cindy Sitzman	James Paczkowski	Kenneth Bean
Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Fighter Wayne Haley had helped in the search for Brendan. We were just recently informed of this, along with the news that Wayne had died in August of 2007. If there is any truth to whats said about the other side, he may have found Brendan after all.

NEBRASKA STATE PATROL:

Eric Aho	Dave Nelson	Tom Meola	Jim Burns
Bryce Triplett	John Coover	Scott Krael	Michael Korte
Charlie O'Callaghan

BENNINGTON PD :

Dan Ottis

COUNCIL BLUFFS PD:

Dale Schmitz

SARPY COUNTY DISPATCH :

Cindy Almquist

Kris Epps

SARPY COUNTY ATTORNEY OFFICE:

Walt Marchese

Right on the spot whenever needed with cold drinks, hot beverages and foods for the search parties, officers and volunteers was

The Salvation Army:

Arthur Bey	Mc Don	Marshall Rogers	Joann Tesarek
Jody Distefano	Larry Thomas	Connie Eyman	Mary Gold
Florence Corbin	Bill Corbin	Susan Corbin	Erin Wehrbein
May Thomas	Kevin Grover	Roberta Grover	Nick Walton
Chad Asherin	Jerry Nevins	George Elliott	Don McDonough
Brain Elliott	Akeem Banister	Roberta Taitte

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE!!!

CASS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE:

Joy Petereit	Rebecca Barkart	Justine Barnhart	Billy West
Steve Rose	Larry Burke	Norm Shelton	Randy Coubay
Rex Southwick	Ed Anglen	Brad Lahn	Roy Howell
Deb Thiessen	Wes Harrah	Bob Rice	Bill Brueggemann
Lynne Eklund	Sandy Weyers	Jeremy Marlan	Bonnie Bradbury
Melanie Shelton	Earl Schenck Jr.	Reid Richter

BELLEVUE PD AND FIRE :

Matthew Jarvis	Joey Milostovich	Jim Bartley	Mike Laufenberg
Herb Evers	Rob Bailey	Ed Monnier	Justin Pestel
Laurie Soucek	Chad Heller	Chris Abbott	Mark Dreier
Joseph W. Mibs	Robert Page	Tom Dargy	Larry Lampman

NATIONAL ARMY RESERVE:

Mary Griep	Andrea Ciha	Craig Manke	Tayler Lee
Deric Day	Jason Roberts	Betty Day	David Matney
David Hanson	James Lindsey	Kelley Cramer	MSgt Billy R. Butler

USAF Security Forces:

Stanley Winter	Jeff Lawson	Aaron Weed	Stephen P. Vasques
MSgt Bob Whaling

FBI:

David McKinney	LaVone Tienken	Jim Burns	Kenneth G. Rasser
Clay Hicks	Chuck Boling	Larry McGrail	Kevin Hutson
Scott McMillion	Deb Fenton	Sonya Hernandez	A. J. Grier

Air Force:

Shawn Kennedy	Richard Honda	Jonathan Mercado	Nakita Copeland
Lionel Cervantez

DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE :

David Kofoed

C.L. Retelsdorf

OFFUTT SF :

Kevin Shields	David Tinsley	Phil Stanley	Ken Cushman
Kenneth Griffin	Butch Troutman	Chauncey Kellar	Tom Lyle
Roger Butler	David McGaughey	Thomas Myers	Devin Dinardo
Chris DeGeorge	Mike Gerhard	Ray Sturgeon	Calvin Sullivan
Eric Carbo	Kyle Williams	Donald J. Davis	Jessica McGaughey
Andy Cayer	Gary Wyatt	Jarrod Nelson	Eric Cadena
Ronald Palmer	Gregory Hughes	Nick Hampton
Ken Griffin	Lisa Griffin

HORSEBACK:

Bryan Adams	Harvey Meyer	Jeff Christiansen	Tim Fry
Debby Needham	Dick Johnson

KNOWN VOLUNTEERS:

Sister Angela Erevia, MCDP, Director of the Hispanic Ministry Office of the Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha

Alison A. Strauss has worked at the landfill for roughly 6 weeks

Maureen Vandenbroucke

Tammie Keruzis lives in Buc Bay and spent a week of her vacation at the landfill

Kate Glesmann brought her Mom, Dad and brother to the landfill with her
Lloyd Glesmann, (Sarpy County Sheriffs Office),
Cathy Glesmann, (Papillion Police)
Nick Glesmann, (United States Army)
Kate wrote an English Essay, which she was kind enough to share with us. With her permission, we would like to share it with everybody right here

Staci Dion Plattsmouth P.D.- Evidence

Dave Dibelka and Rita Dondlinger, Education/Personnel Officer
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department (UNLPD)

Janine and Orville Cruz, as well as Susan and Mike Kerr, and Mary Glantz from the Avoca Fire Department and Avoca QRT (Quick Response Team/Rescue) all responded to the call for volunteers. Orville even took vacation time to help in the search.

TO BE CONTINUED......

We are still hoping for the release of the list of volunteers from the Plattsmouth PD. In the meantime if you are a volunteer and don't mind having your name added to this website, please e-mail me

Created by Grandma Hanne

Here are some of the officers we know off that were also part of the search:
Jeremy Shook	Chad Smith	David Walker	Lance Burnett
Drew Kennan	Tom Beckmin	Dave Murdoch	Leroy Lewis
John Hardy	Neal Thomas	Ryan Crick	Tad Smith
Staci Dion

There is no better way to start out this list then with these fine men. Most of them have done a lot more than their job in the search for our baby.
Throughout this whole ordeal we have been very thankful to have lived in a town like Plattsmouth, where Police Chief Brian Paulsen and his Assistant Chief Brad Kreifel were in charge of the search. A special thanks to both of them and all the officers which were led by them.
We couldn't have asked for a more compationate and thorough team working this case. At times things went frustratingly slow for us, but we do realize that every precaution was taken to dot all the i's and cross all the t's.