Two Months Later Iowa Cousins Still Missing

(DES MOINES, Iowa) -- Wednesday marked two months since Iowa cousins Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins went missing, and the day that saw residents of their hometown gather for a prayer vigil as authorities continued to plead with the public to come forward with any new information that could help crack the case.

On July 13 Cook and Collins vanished on a bike ride only blocks from Collins’ house in Evansdale. Their bicycles and a purse were quickly found by Meyers Lake, but there was no sign of the girls.

“Today marks two months since the disappearance of 11-year-old Lyric Cook and 9-year-old Elizabeth Collins,” Rick Abben, chief deputy at the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office, said in a statement Thursday. “Both girls were last seen on July 13 at 12:15 p.m. riding their bicycles away from the Collins residence in Evansdale. We have information that the girls were seen approximately 12:23 p.m. on Brovan Blvd. and between 12:30 and 1:00 p.m. on Gilbert DR. in the area of Meyers Lake in Evansdale.”

A $50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the girls’ disappearance has been offered.

“Law enforcement is asking for anyone that was in the Arbutus Ave. or Gilbert Dr. and Elmer Ave. areas or anywhere in Evansdale on that day that may have seen the girls to notify us,” he said.

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