Mounted search and rescue

[SARCRNA@aol.com]

Texas Child Search is an organization I have personally never heard of and I 
live in Houston.  I contacted the Laura Recovery Center for information.  LRC 
was unaware of this organization obtaining funds in their name.  These scams 
happen frequently on the internet and scam artists will use the names of 
organizations that are well know as a front.

For those who have never heard of the LRCF, let me give you some background 
information.  The Laura Recovery Center Foundation has been around since the 
abduction and murder of Laura Smither in 1997.  You may read the background 
of 
the organization here:  
http://www.lrcf.net/LRCFoundation.org/LRCFBackground.html 

This was also the year that our team was formed--Greater Houston Search Dogs 
www.ghsd.org.  I live only a few miles away from the Smithers and we have 
become very close through the years.  I have worked on many searches with 
them and 
can say they are one of the most reputable and professional volunteer 
organizations I have ever had the pleasure of working with.  They have put 
together a 
manual to educate law enforcement on how to conduct searches for missing 
children.  They give many lectures each year to Houston Police Dept. and 
other 
local PD's concerning missing children which is available for download on 
their 
website.  http://www.lrcfoundation.org/  

They have also been asked to help with searches in many different states and 
have been successful locating deceased victims with their search tactics when 
local LE was unable to do so.  They go in and do their job professionally and 
try not to make a media circus out of a search, however they will use the 
media when they need to get the word out and obtain help in a community as LE 
and 
other professional agencies do.   I can tell you that they speak the truth 
and 
have always done so with me.  When they say they do not have dealings with 
the organization in question, then I believe them.

Susan Martinez