<a href="http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-142396020020429-130410.html";>http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/sand/news/stories/news-142396020020429-130410.html<;/a><P>Police: Woman At Park Found<BR>Woman Reportedly In Park When Jahi Disappeared<BR>Posted: 11:54 a.m. PDT April 29, 2002<BR>Updated: 6:39 p.m. PDT April 29, 2002<P>SAN DIEGO -- San Diego police have found the unnamed woman who was reportedly in the Golden Hill park when 2-year-old Jahi Turner disappeared Thursday, 10News reported. <P> <BR> MISSING<BR>JAHI TURNER<BR>Light-Skinned African-American <BR>30 pounds, 30" tall <BR>Black hair <BR>Wearing blue long-sleeved "Winnie the Pooh" T-shirt, blue nylon pants with an orange drawstring, and gray tennis shoes <BR>INFORMATION<BR>Tip Hotline: (619) 531-2000 <BR>Volunteers: (619) 744-9521<BR>Download A Missing Flyer <BR>SOUND OFF<BR>Share Your Thoughts <BR>VIDEO<BR>Police Very Tight-Lipped About Investigation<BR>Some 127 People Searching For Jahi<BR>Hear From Volunteer Who Found Danielle<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>His stepfather told authorities he left the boy at the park to play with two children -- who appeared to be under the care of the woman -- while he got a soda at a nearby vending machine, police said. <BR>When Tieray Jones, 23, returned 15 minutes later, he said his stepson was gone. So, too, were the woman and children. <P>Police released a sketch of her (pictured, right) over the weekend. <P>The witness was cooperating with authorities but was not considered a suspect, said Assistant Police Chief George Saldamando. <P>Authorities did not disclose what the woman told investigators. They also declined to provide details about dozens of tips received since the boy disappeared Thursday. <P>"We're looking at everything right now," Saldamando said at the command post in the South Park neighborhood of central San Diego. "We're trying to keep an open mind." <P>"She is not a suspect, but we believe that she may be one of the only people who can tell us definitively what happened to Jahi," said Dave Cohen, of the San Diego Police Department. <P>Dozens of officers from the SDPD and other agencies have been combing the city's historic downtown open-space preserve near 28th and Beech streets, along with surrounding canyons and neighborhoods, searching for Jahi. <P>Searches Monday included Florida Canyon (horseback and on foot) and in the canyons near the family apartment complex on Beech St. Neither produced anything of significance, police said. <P>Search-dog teams also have fanned out in the area, one of them leading a specially trained law enforcement bloodhound from Riverside County. Aiding in the operation have been FBI, Navy and sheriff's personnel. <P>It's the most extensive local missing-child search since Sabre Springs second-grader Danielle van Dam was kidnapped three months ago. That hunt ended when her body was found along an East County road more than three weeks later. The girl's neighbor, 50-year-old David Westerfield, is facing murder charges for allegedly kidnapping and killing Danielle. <P>Detectives led the boy's stepfather (pictured, right) through the park Friday, having him retrace the steps he said he took in the minutes before Jahi went missing. <P>In response to a question, Cohen said officials had "no reason at this point not to believe (Jones') account." <P>Police encouraged the same level of public awareness about Jahi's disappearance as that generated by Danielle's kidnapping. <P>"What we are asking people to do at this point is to be aware of the child's picture," Cohen said, referring to snapshots that have been widely disseminated by news media. "If you see anything, please give us a call." <P>Local resident Bill Garcia coordinated volunteer searches, and about 120 people have volunteered to search over the weekend. Garcia's command post is at Moose Lodge 508 at 1648 30th St., Cohen said. <P>Jahi is described as a light-skinned African-American, about 30 inches tall and weighing 30 pounds. <P>At the time of his disappearance, Jahi he was wearing a blue long-sleeve T-shirt with a "Winnie the Pooh" cartoon character on it, blue nylon pants with an orange drawstring and gray tennis shoes, police said. <P>"We simply can no longer conclude that this 2-year-old boy walked away and simply has not been found," Cohen said. "We believe somebody has taken him away." <P>Jahi's biological father lives in Maryland and was recently released from "jail or prison" in that state following a conviction on an unknown offense, Cohen said. <P>Police have spoken with him and "do not believe that he is any way involved in this," the SDPD official added. <P>The child's mother, Tameka Jones (pictured, left), 18, is in the Navy. She left Monday for a week of maneuvers aboard the dock-landing ship Rushmore. <P>The missing boy reportedly had been living in Maryland until last week, when his mother took him to San Diego before shipping out to sea. <P>Upon hearing about her son's disappearance, the woman's commanders put her on a small boat for San Diego. Since arriving back on shore, she and Jones have been "extremely cooperative," Cohen said. <P>Officials urged anyone with information in the case to call San Diego County Crime Stoppers' anonymous tip line at (619) 235-8477 or SDPD communications at (619) 531-2000. <P>Pictures and information about the missing child are also available at the Web site DanielleMissing.tripod.com. <P>Informants could be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000, Cohen said. <P>Previous Stories: <P>April 29, 2002: Van Dams Join In Search For Missing Boy <BR>April 29, 2002: Volunteers Aid In Search For Missing Toddler <BR>April 26, 2002: Police: Jahi Was Abducted <BR>April 26, 2002: Police: Still No Sign Of Jahi <P>