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12.4.2006
A week ago, James Kim, his wife, and their 4-year-old and 7-month-old daughters dropped out of sight while
Just wondering if you did a remote viewing on this one?
Family's Disappearance Is a Mystery
Technology Writer Prided Himself With Being in Touch
By NEAL KARLINSKY, ABCNews.com
(Dec. 4) - James Kim lives and breathes the latest portable gadgets, and as a result, is always in touch, his family says.
Somehow, though, a week ago, the 35-year-old technology writer, his wife, and their 4-year-old and 7-month-old daughters dropped out of sight while driving through a remote part of southwestern Oregon.
In the last 24 hours, friends of the Kims have flown in from across the country to conduct their own search.
"We're going around hanging up fliers, talking to local businesses, talking to people along the route," said Jason Zemlicka, a friend of the family.
James Kim is a familiar name in the tech world.
As a senior editor at CNET.com, he makes a living reviewing the latest high-tech gadgets and trends.
The family of four was returning from a Thanksgiving road trip from their home in San Francisco to Seattle, and were driving through Oregon when they disappeared.
Their last-known phone call was to an oceanfront lodge a week ago during terrible weather.
Kim's wife, Kati, called to say they would be late.
"Kati called, said they were gonna press on, and yes, they would be here," said Terri Stone, the innkeeper of the lodge.
They never arrived.
Police say witnesses and a credit card receipt put the family's last-known location at a Denny's restaurant in the small town of Roseburg, Ore.
Friends have concentrated their efforts in this area, even renting a helicopter to search the vast forest filled with windy roads, rugged terrain, and often spotty cell phone service.
They've also gone online, posting their own stories and videos on YouTube in the hopes that someone will help find the lost family of four.
"I am worried about my brother and his wife, but it just seems really unfair. [T]hat the girls are there, and just maybe suffering," said Kim's sister Eva.
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Hi, no, but I will.
Brian
Missing family of 4 please help find them you are the only one that can do this fast enough! Please, you can do this
CW
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Hi, RV has been completed.
Brian
CASE # 219: Kim Family of 4, James, Katie, Penelope and Sabine (12.4.2006)(LOCATED)
This RV has been confirmed correct by police and media report
"they are alive, cell tower could not be reached, switched band, a/b/ not murder, storm trapped them, cnet help, se 2.9 miles of hotel"
"rosve route? 1:36 local time, helicopter will find them, please fly, no danger"
"James in danger climbed mountain side, go up"
12.5.2006
Looks like you were right about this one Brian. Notice the time they were found. Great job!
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Hi Debi, glad they were found, do you know the status of James, or should I do another RV on him?
Brian
Police Find Three Members of Missing Family
Seach Continues for Father Who Left on Foot Two Days Ago to Seek Help
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (Dec. 5) - Three members of a San Francisco family missing for more than a week were found alive Monday along a snowy, treacherous roadway in southwestern Oregon, police said. A search continued for the father.
Investigators said a helicopter spotted 30-year-old Kati Kim waving an umbrella about 1:45 p.m. PST. Her daughters Penelope, 4, and Sabine, 7 months, were with her. They were airlifted to Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass.
"Mom arrived in an ambulance smiling and waving," Linda Rankin, vice president for patient care at the hospital, told The Associated Press. She said all three were in good condition, and would spend the night at the hospital.
Rescuers continued to look for Kati Kim's husband, 35-year-old James Kim. He left on foot two days ago to seek help, police said. Helicopters with thermal imaging technology were added to the search Monday night, and searchers were following the father's footprints over a ridge and down into a drainage.
Josephine County Undersheriff Brian Anderson said they family turned off a side road and got stuck in the snow. They had been traveling along rural roads that are often used as shortcuts to Gold Beach on the south Oregon coast. The roads are typically used by whitewater rafters in the summer, but often are treacherous and impassible during the winter.
Nursing supervisor Cynthia Russell said the mother nursed both the children while they were lost because there was no food or water in their car. The family stayed warm by running the car at night until they ran out of gas, and then they burned the tires, authorities said.
When the father struck out for help, he left wearing only tennis shoes, pants, a sweater and a jacket. His family said he had outdoor experience, and Oregon State Police Lt. Doug Ladd said there is "a very reasonable chance" that he is still alive. Russell said the family reported that he had eaten berries in the area, but they weren't sure if they were poisonous.
The family saw friends in Portland on Nov. 25 and then headed toward home after a Thanksgiving trip to the Pacific Northwest. They were last spotted at a restaurant that same day. They had reservations at a lodge, but never arrived.
During the past several days, authorities combed highways and byways using snow machines and helicopters. Troopers checked hotels and resorts along the south coast. They also tried to track the family by tracing their credit history and cell phone signals.
Temperatures in the region have been below freezing, with lows in the mid-20s to mid-30s. The National Weather Service predicted patchy fog in the valleys overnight, as well as light winds.
The area is in the same region where another family was found in their RV in March. The family, missing for more than two weeks, took a shortcut and got stuck in the snow.
12.5.2006
If you are not using dogs to located James, please do so right now, there could still be a chance to find him alive, as this RV could be what's going to happen.
However I do not think he is alive, but I do not think he died in pain, and in the placed he believe he would be.
If the police are using any sort of infrared devices to locate him, and he has already passed, not sure if that will be any help...and again, dogs will be able to find the body right away....just have them track the sent from the car to where he currently is. It should have been done right after James's family was found.
I hope he is found soon...this RV says he will be found in 24 hours.
12.6.2006
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Thanks Rhonda, I did another RV on this and suggested that they used dogs, I hope he is found soon.
Brian
12.6.2006
Brian, do you know the time you did the last reading yesterday?
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Hi, a little after 3 pm east coast time...why?
Brian
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Wanted to check something, and I was right!! In your last sketch, you said "found in 24 hours" and, he was found in exactly 24 hours. You have a gift so special, you may need protection from people that might want to use it for harm.
Ben
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Hi Ben, thanks and will post this information, and I'm saddened that he was not found alive.
Brian
12.6.2006
Your latest prediction was right on the money.
Kenneth S. Gales Jr., Sys Admin
Information Technology
2-5085
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Hi, yes, sad he was not found alive. Do you know if they even used search dogs in this case?
Brian
12.6.2006
Thank you soooooo much for your time and gift~ I am sorry to see how this turned out~I am grateful for your help~ May the Great Spirit care for you and yours always~
CW
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Thanks, and you too.
Brian
Your RV was accurate. Unfortunately, the father was not found alive.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/06/missing.family/index.html
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Hi, yes, and will post this information.
Brian
Lost dad found dead in wilderness
POSTED: 4:50 p.m. EST, December 6, 2006
Story Highlights
• NEW: Searchers said they found James Kim dead in the Oregon wilderness
• Helicopter with heat-sensitive sensors joined hunt for missing CNET editor
• Kati Kim, daughters rescued Monday after she signals helicopter with umbrella
• Family ran car for warmth, burned tires for signal fires; mother nursed kids
MERLIN, Oregon(CNN) -- The body of a San Francisco man who had walked into the Oregon wilderness to summon help for his stranded family was found Wednesday in a steep ravine where he had left clues for searchers.
Officials confirmed that James Kim, 35, an editor at the Web site CNET, had been found dead.
Brian Anderson, Undersheriff of Josephine County, broke down and could not finish speaking as he announced that Kim's body was found at 3:03 p.m. ET.
Searchers were attempting to remove Kim's body, and his family members have requested that their privacy be respected, officials said.
Kim walked into the snowy Oregon mountains Saturday to find help for his wife and two young daughters. They were rescued by searchers on Monday.
Clothing and bits of an Oregon map turned up Tuesday in a steep canyon that drains into the Rogue River. Searchers said they believed he was marking his trail for them.
The clothing, which was wet, included two gray sweat shirts, a red T-shirt, a sock and a blue girl's skirt, said Lt. Gregg Hastings of the Oregon State Patrol. Family members said Kim carried the items when he left.
"They were laid out in a well defined area, in a pattern," Hastings said. The pattern led officers to believe that "little signs are being left by James."
Fog hampers search
Searchers also found a pair of gray pants they believed belonged to Kim. The family said he was wearing the pants over blue jeans when he left.
Teams were trying to resume their search Wednesday, but were hampered by fog which they hoped would lift by midday.
Searchers planned to drop 18 numbered rescue packages containing clothing, emergency gear and other survival provisions into the area Wednesday in hopes that Kim could find one. The packages, clear plastic bags the size of pillows, also contained a note from his family.
Searchers said the packages would be dropped in a 3-square-mile area where "hot spots" showed up two nights earlier in thermal imaging.
"This is frustrating. We are so close," Anderson said. "There are people pouring their heart and soul into this. We are not going to quit until we find him."
Temperatures at night in the search area have been dipping below freezing in lower elevations. The weather is expected to deteriorate by Friday.
Dramatic rescue on Monday
Kim's wife, Kati, and two daughters were rescued at their car, stuck in the snow on a remote road.
When he left the car Saturday, James Kim went about two miles along the road, and then headed down into the drainage area, said Lt. Gregg Hastings of the Oregon State Police.
About 100 rescue workers and four helicopters were searching for Kim, following his footprints down a drainage called Big Windy Creek that leads to the Rogue River.
Anderson said he does not know why Kim went into the drainage area. "I hope to have the opportunity to ask why he did that," he said.
Kim, a senior editor for the technology media company CNET Networks Inc., had two lighters and was wearing tennis shoes, pants and a heavy coat, but no hat, Anderson said. He would likely be within about five miles of the car, he said.
The Kims had been missing since November 25, when they left Portland and headed home after a holiday trip to the Pacific Northwest.
Kati Kim told officers they were traveling south from Portland on Interstate 5 and missed the turnoff to a state highway, Oregon 42, that leads through the Coast Range to Gold Beach, where they planned to stay at a resort.
Questions about map
Officers said the couple used a map to choose the road they were on. "They got the map out -- a regular highway map -- that showed the route," Anderson said.
However, it wasn't clear whose map the couple used. The 2005-2007 state highway map distributed by the Oregon Department of Transportation has a warning in red print, inside a red box: "This route closed in winter." A Rand-McNally map did not have a similar warning.
On Monday, searchers in a private helicopter hired by the family spotted Kati Kim, 30, and daughters Penelope, 4, and Sabine, 7 months. They were released from a hospital in Grants Pass on Tuesday.
After leaving Portland on Interstate 5, search leaders said, the couple missed a turnoff that leads to the coast and took a wrong turn on a twisty mountain road they chose as an alternative.
Stuck, they used their car heater until they ran out of gas then burned tires to stay warm and attract attention. With only a few jars of baby food and limited supplies, Kati Kim nursed her children.
The area's complicated road network is commonly used by whitewater rafters on the Rogue River or as a shortcut to the coast in the summer, but it is not plowed in the winter.
12.6.2006
You were exactly right once again. The helicopter, Cnet, everything. The mother and children were found. The father went off for help up the mountain. I hope they find him.
Heather
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Hi Heather, yes seems that I was, was even told she did use an umbrella to get the attention of the helicopter. Was also told that James was located.
Brian
12.7.2006
Brian, very sad, I do not think they used dogs at all.
K
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Hi, if they did not, I don't know why, and I agree it's a sad event.
Brian
12.9.2006
James Kim--family man, gadget fan
By Greg Sandoval
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: December 6, 2006, 6:04 PM PST
James Kim was a respected expert on cutting-edge digital devices, an owner of a trendy clothing store and a lover of the futuristic-sounding music known as electronica.
Yet, according to friends, most of Kim's life revolved around old-fashioned values: sacrifice, friendship and family. Those who knew him say they aren't surprised that Kim, in the last act of his life, demonstrated the ultimate expression of devotion to his wife and daughters.
The body of the 35-year-old Kim was discovered Wednesday in a rugged wilderness area in southern Oregon. He had set out across snow and ice with only tennis shoes to protect his feet. He had eaten little in the seven days since his car got stuck.
"Anyone that knows James will tell you that he would do anything to protect his family," said Jason Zemlicka, a friend of 10 years and former co-worker. "I know him, and he must have believed he was going to get somewhere."
Friends and co-workers now mourn Kim but say they will celebrate his success at helping to accomplish his most important goal during that desperate week in the woods: the rescue of his wife, Kati Kim, and the couple's two daughters, Penelope, 4, and Sabine, seven months.
"I have had the privilege of knowing James since our days together at TechTV," said Joe Gillespie, executive vice president at CNET Networks and a former co-worker of Kim's while the two were at the now-defunct cable channel. "And while I have many fond memories, I will honor forever what he set out to do last Saturday. He is a true hero to all here at CNET."
Indeed, he was praised for his resourcefulness by authorities in Grants Pass, Ore., who organized the search and described his efforts as "superhuman." According to interviews with Kim's in-laws, he lifted his family's spirits by acting as if they were all just on a campout.
Friends say that they couldn't think of anyone who could have fared any better than Kim in the same situation. He was known as a problem solver and a man with unlimited energy who never lost his cool. Kim was raising a family and holding down a full-time job as a product reviewer for CNET, while operating two retail stores with his wife and working on a book for McGraw-Hill about Microsoft's new digital-music player, the Zune.
"He was always trying to learn more, always gorging himself on new information...I don't think James slept much."
--Jasmine France,
CNET co-worker
Kim was a "rising star" in the gadget community, said Lindsey Turrentine, Kim's supervisor at CNET. He had built a loyal following among geeks, music fans and the gadget-obsessed with his insights on MP3 players and other consumer devices.
Jasmine France, an associate editor at CNET who worked for Kim, said he spent most of his workdays amassing knowledge about the latest music players, mining the Web for new facts and talking on the phone with vendors or the many sources he had accumulated.
"He was always connected," France said. "He was always trying to learn more, always gorging himself on new information...I don't think James slept much."
There are plenty of hyperachievers in the world, but what made Kim special, said France, is that amid the chaos of his daily routine, whether he was testing a new gadget or shuttling between his two stores or carting his children to the park, he always had to time to ask about her life.
She said she shared a rare relationship with Kim. "How many people are friends with their boss?" wondered France.
Kim earned his friend's respect by the way he treated people, but many of them revered him for the way he cared for his family.
Zemlicka, who worked with Kim at TechTV during the mid-1990s, was introduced to his wife by Kim. Zemlicka asked him to be one of his two best men at his wedding.
Zemlicka says he admired Kim's taste in music, as well as his discipline and dedication to his passions--specifically his family.
Four years ago, Kim, Zemlicka and their group of friends discovered golf, and Kim fell in love. Not only did he enjoy the game, he also basked in the camaraderie, Zemlicka said. But when daughter Penelope was born, Kim gave up the sport and never looked back, Zemlicka said.
"He wouldn't even sneak away for a few hours once in a while to play nine holes," Zemlicka said. "The truth is that it wasn't that big of a sacrifice--hanging out with a bunch of guys. James had more important things to tend to. He taught me to be a dedicated husband. He's always putting his wife and kids first."
Felix Magtoto, a UPS driver who delivers to the store the Kims own in San Francisco's Noe Valley district, often bonded with Kim over the importance of family. Both of Magtoto's daughters worked for the Kims, and the two men frequently discussed the pleasure of being the lone man in a house full of women.
On the stoop of Magtoto's house, the two men sometimes sipped Hennessy and smoked cigars, and Kim would ask the 53-year-old Magtoto for advice on being a father and husband.
"I saw myself in James," Magtoto said Wednesday after learning of Kim's death. "I liked him because he loved his family the way I love my family. Whatever it took, he wanted to give them everything they needed."
12.19.2006
Wonder if you could, or maybe you have already, see what you get by doing a remote viewing for him.
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Hi Susan, I did this, and I'm very sorry he was not found alive.
Brian
7.24.2007
Dear Brian,
I want to say right at the start I very much believe in abilities such as RV, psychic gifts, etc. However, the James Kim and family RV you posted on your site, I found a bit curious. The page starts out with CW asking if you had done an RV on the Kim family detailed in an attached news article dated 12/4/2006. You respond by saying you have not yet done an RV on this family, but you will. Miraculously, your RV is dated 12/3/2006. How is it if you had not done an RV on the Kim family on 12/4/2006, the RV can be dated one day earlier?
That seems more than a little strange. Again, I am not a skeptic when it comes these types of things and I applaud you for helping in so many ways to easy the pain and heartache of so many. It's just, reading the date discrepancies on this story now makes me question what exactly happened and in what order.
AJM
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Hi, most likely it was from the stamper I used for for my dreams that day, this was an RV and most most likely done on the 4th. Either way, not really sure what point you're trying to make as this the Kim family went missing late November of 2006.
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Dear Brian,
My point is simply that there was a news article that was published 12/4/2006 that was identical to your RV. While I am not a skeptic, I can see how this inconsistency could cause doubt about the RV process. My email was not intended to upset you. It was intended to bring something to your attention that may be questioned if noticed by true skeptics. I applaud the work you do.
AJM
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Oh, ok...first, I was not upset and I do appreciate what you're doing. The time/date stamp was something I started doing instead of hand writing the date. I thought it would look more professional...and used it until it was eaten by my dog Bandit...twice. If you look at many of my dreams you will see the date the DD was posted to the site and the night of the dream. In most cases the date would be the day prior...even if I had the dream past midnight.
I appreciate you telling me about this, and would appreciate if you could find other issues like this. I can give you full access to all sections of the site and allow you to publicly post any comment you might have...positive or negative.
Brian
I appreciate that. I have found your site fascinating and will continue to read your progress. Keep up the good work.
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AJM
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Great, this code will give you access to everything on this server.
