The Oregon City Girls are missing and time is running out before another little girl disappears       Ashley Pond was a normal twelve-year-old until January 9,2002. Ashley never went to school that day and never returned home. Suddenly, a close-knit community is ripped apart by tragedy and gripped with fear. Police and federal agents are tossed into a dizzying search for the missing girl, but with no clues and no witnesses they fear the worst. Nearly two months later, Ashley’s friend and classmate Miranda Gaddis also goes missing, taken for the same school bus stop. The horrifying development has the town wondering if a serial kidnapper lurks in their midst. Law officials know a predator is out there and more children are in danger. When local police and federal agents fail to find the girls, a frustrated Pond family turns to one of their own:  Linda O’Neal. O’Neal, step-grandmother to Ashley and private investigator, is sent on a wild chase after clues and suspects. But after stake-outs and fact-finding, her hunches all lead to one culprit—Ward Weaver, a suspect police aren’t looking at.  Now O’Neal must do whatever it takes to bring the perpetrator to justice and find the truth behind two missing girls.  A Shocking True Story of Abduction and Murder that captivated a nation As featured on the NBC program DATELINE  - Into Thin Air - on January 27, 2006  MISSING:  THE OREGON CITY GIRLS by Linda O’Neal, Philip Tennyson and Rick Watson Available at bookstores everywhere Order your copy today at:   barnesandnoble.com  or amazon.com The paperback is now aslo available The Missing Girls: A Shocking True Story of Abduction and Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library) A New Horizon Press 2006 Release Nonfiction, 6 x 9, 320 pages - 8 page photo insert LC#2005924252, world rights ISBN:  0-88282-268-3 (hc)  $23.95 www.newhorizonpressbooks.com