WINONA, Minn. – Police Chief Tom Williams shared the timeline that investigators have pieced together on the day that Madeline Kingsbury disappeared. Williams acknowledged lapses and unanswered questions in the timeline. He emphasized that the investigation was ongoing and that there were details he was not yet free to share. “We are doing everything we can to bring Madeline home,” the chief sad. “We are leaving no stone unturned.”
What police know
The timeline for March 31 as laid out by Police Chief Tom Williams:
> 8 a.m.: Madeline Kingsbury and the father of their children, ages 5 and 2, dropped them off at daycare.
> She failed to show up for work, which was “very unlike her.”
> 8:15 a.m.: She returned to her townhouse in the minivan.
> 10 a.m.: The father told police that he left the home in her minivan and returned later in the day and she was not home.
> 10 a.m. to 1:30p.m. A minivan, thought possibly to be gers, was seen on Highway 43 and south into eastern Fillmore County.
> This similar minivan returned toward Winona on Highway 43.
> 1:30 p.m. on: The minivan remained parked in the driveway at her townhouse from 1:30 p.m. on.
> Friends and family tried to contact her hut to no avail, which was “unlike her.”
In the townhouse, police discovered her mobile phone, the jacket she wearing in the morning, and her wallet and identification. Police also searched her minivan. Police found no evidence that she had left the townhouse on foot or in another vehicle.