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Authorities in Ludington believe two-year old evidence will lead them to Katherine Phillips. The baby that went missing in 2011 at four months of age.
Officials say the best clues of Baby Kate’s whereabouts now come from the soles of her father’s shoes.
Plant scientists from two Michigan universities and the Chicago Field Museum examined soil from the shoes of Sean Phillips, shoes he wore on the day he was last seen with his daughter Katherine. It was a June day he when authorities say he later wrote in a letter that he had left her in a “peaceful place.”
Turns out some of the plant life is extremely rare in the area and some of the plant combinations found on his shoes are even more rare. So rare, Ludington Police Chief Mark Barnett says it’s now only a matter of time until Baby Kate is found.
Authorities plan a two-day search this June. They want volunteers who know plants to work with scientists looking for a rare sedge, along with certain moss and algae. Applications to volunteer are due May 1st.
Sean Phillips is behind bars, convicted by a local jury of unlawful imprisonment. Ludington Police say it’s now their job to find that “peaceful place” where his daughter is believed to lay.