JARACCA and MICHELLE HUNDLEY (and mother, BF) - 3 and 5 yo - Kenai AK

Alaska Family Vanishes Amid Mom’s Strange Behavior

By Connor Burton
Jun 9, 2014 4:22pm


Brandon Jividen, 37, Rebecca Adams, 22, and Adams' children, Michelle Hundley, 5, and Jaracca Hundley, 3, have been missing for more than a week. Courtesy of Seeking Alaska's Missing

A massive search for a family of four in Alaska is focusing on nearby woods and the behavior of one of the missing, a mother of two young children.

Brandon Jividen, 37, Rebecca Adams, 22, and Adams’ children, Michelle Hundley, 5, and Jaracca Hundley, 3, have been missing since May 27, 2014, according to a Facebook group Seeking Alaska’s Missing.

The Kenai Police Department, the FBI and other state organizations are launching a “large” search effort.

“The FBI is assisting in all sections. We have dog teams and helicopter teams assisting as well,” said Lt. David Cook. “The FBI has made a lot of resources available and we are pouring all our resources into the search. This is our top priority.”

Cook said Kenai PD received a call on May 31 from one of the family’s neighbors about a backyard shed door that was ajar. Five days later, police received another call from the same neighbor who told investigators that the family hadn’t been home in days.

“At this point it’s not apparent where they have gone or where they might be,” Cook said. “The investigation does not show that is foul play at this point, but we are very deep into the investigation of the missing persons.”

Although Cook would not go into detail about specifics of the investigation, he said the primary search area is a wooded area near the family’s home. The family car is still in the driveway, he noted.

Cook also said Adams’ family told investigators that Rebecca Adams had been acting strangely in the days leading up to their disappearance.

“The family has expressed some concern with the behavior of their sister Rebecca and have some concerns within her relationship [to Brandon],” said Cook.

The police urged the public to stay alert and help them while the official investigation continues.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/06/alaska-family-vanishes-amid-moms-strange-behavior/

Search for missing Kenai family continues

Posted:June 9, 2014 - 9:04pm
By DAN BALMER, Peninsula Clarion

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and two search-and-rescue dog teams have joined the Kenai Police Department in the search for a Kenai family last seen nearly two weeks ago.

Brandon Jividen, 37, his girlfriend Rebecca Adams, 22, and her two children Michelle Hundley, 5, and Jaracca Hundley, 3, were last seen on May 27 at their apartment near Chugach Avenue in North Kenai. Their dog is also missing. Both of their cars were left behind, said Audre Gifford, Adams’ cousin.

Along with FBI agents, the Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs and the Mat-Su Search and Rescue Dogs joined the ground search Sunday. Monday afternoon the search team focused their efforts in a wooded area at the end of Borgen Avenue, north of the Wildwood Correctional Facility.

Sgt. Scott McBride said the team had searched and ruled out the forested area to the east of Wildwood. The Alaska State Troopers have dispatched a helicopter to search the area from the air.

At a press conference Monday, Kenai Police Chief Gus Sandahl said the search for the family is the department’s highest priority. He said he didn’t know where the family was or why they left, but is optimistic they will be found.

“We are still very hopefully of having a happy ending,” he said. “Our officers have been working diligently to locate the family of four.”

Sandahl said investigators have explored all logical leads. The initial search concentrated from the immediate area of their apartment off Chugach Avenue and will expand from there, he said.

Lt. David Ross with the Kenai Police Department said they are aware the family’s dog is missing with them, but did not know the breed of the dog. Police have been in contact with friends and relatives, who last had contact with the family on May 27.

Ross said he encourages anyone with information to call police, even if you have had recent interactions with the missing persons. Anyone who lives in the area of Wildwood Drive, California Street, First Street and Second Street in Kenai and has seen anything suspicious over the last couple weeks is asked to share the information.

Ross said police have background information on Jividen and Adams but would not go into specifics because it is part of the investigation. Ross said Jividen’s criminal record is short with one arrest for a DUI in March 2013 in Kenai.

Jividen is described as 6 feet tall with brown hair and eyes. Adams is 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs 100 pounds with sandy blonde hair. Michelle has strawberry blonde hair and Jaracca has curly light brown hair.

Sandahl said he hopes everyone in Alaska would make a mental note of the pictures of the missing family and if they do see them to call the Kenai Police at 907-283-7879.

“We are hoping for the best that they are alive and well and hoping for great news at any minute that they have been located so we can let their families know,” he said.

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2014-06-09/search-for-missing-kenai-family-continues