Missing Man Not Forgotten
Dottie Botkin has been a friend of Becky Klino for years.
But ever since Klino’s son, Branson Perry, went missing seven years ago, friendship and support like Botkin’s has never been as important as it is now.
“I just think if it was my child,” explained Botkin. “Then I’d sure appreciate somebody standing beside me no matter what the outcome is.”
Lois Cowden met Klino while volunteering at the United Way of Kansas City, were Klino works.
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“Anything I can do to help,” said Cowden. “I don’t have any specific information, but if I can help support to get somebody else to step forward and say something.”
“It’s just doing what I can to support Becky.”
The support for Becky and her missing son came in the form of the first ever “RAMP Fest.”
Community members donated numerous items for the auction and raffle, everything from glass ware to autographed chiefs paraphernalia.
“It’s a good feeling,” said Klino. “It lets you know that people do care–and It’s not that i ever doubted that they care–but when you don’t see them for a long time or whatever you don’t know if they still remember, but they do.”
Perry dissapeared from his Skidmore home in 2001. The current reward to help find him is $10,000.
All money earned by the RAMP Fest will be used to increase that amount.
