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   Police are also asking the public to contact detectives with any   
   information that may aid the investigation.   
      
   By Sara Jean Green   
   Seattle Times staff reporter   
   Seattle police returned Wednesday to the cluttered and filthy   
   home of three elderly brothers who each have been charged with   
   two counts of second-degree possession of depictions of minors   
   engaged in sexual conduct.   
      
   Detectives, their clothes covered in dirt, did a final sweep   
   through the brothers’ Meridian neighborhood home, which one   
   officer described as filthy and flea-infested. Family members   
   also had a vintage car towed from the property, and Seattle   
   firefighters boarded up a back entrance to secure the home.   
      
   It wasn’t immediately clear what police were looking for during   
   the search of the home the brothers have shared since 1962.   
   Charging papers filed against the men said an earlier search   
   turned up volumes of sexually explicit images and videos of   
   young girls, along with girls’ clothing, shoes, toys and   
   handwritten notes about girls being kidnapped, raped, tortured   
   and killed.   
      
   The brothers — Charles Emery, 82; Edwin Emery, 78; and Thomas   
   Emery, 80 — remain jailed in lieu of $500,000 bail.   
      
   Meanwhile, authorities in Grays Harbor County on Wednesday said   
   they were working to establish a possible link between the   
   brothers and the 2009 disappearance of 10-year-old Lindsey Baum   
   in McCleary. However, authorities concede there is no specific   
   information to connect the two cases.   
      
   Wednesday’s search of the brothers’ Seattle home was likely   
   related to information contained in the charging papers filed   
   last week:   
      
   “At the time of filing, law enforcement is actively executing   
   search warrants and interviewing witnesses to determine the   
   extent of the defendants’ child exploitation crimes as well as   
   evidence of homicide,” Senior Deputy Prosecutor Cecelia Gregson   
   wrote.   
      
   Neighbors say they are disturbed by the arrests of the men and   
   subsequent searches of the property.   
      
   “I’m just hoping that’s warped fantasy. It’s going to be   
   devastating if we find out otherwise,” Judy Powell, who has   
   lived in the neighborhood for 21 years, said Tuesday of the   
   charges against her neighbors.   
      
   Seattle police have asked the public to come forward with any   
   information that could aid the investigation by calling 206-684-   
   5259, or emailing wa.icac@seattle.gov.   
      
   Members of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force   
   (ICAC), which includes Seattle police detectives and agents with   
   Homeland Security, searched the brothers’ home for more than 30   
   hours starting Friday.   
      
   They reported finding sexual images of children throughout the   
   residence along with dozens of pairs of girls’ penny loafers,   
   panties and toys. They also found a single-serving vodka bottle   
   and a note indicating the alcohol had been given to a child   
   victim to facilitate her sexual abuse, according to the charges.   
      
   In the house’s crawl space, detectives also found a girl’s pink   
   hat partially buried in the dirt, along with a handwritten note   
   that had been burned but was similar to other notes in the house   
   about sex abuse and homicide, charging papers say.   
      
   Police have also searched a Shelton property owned by the   
   Emerys’ older brother, where Charles Emery had reportedly stored   
   some of his possessions. Public records show that the older   
   brother was 85 when he died in October.   
      
   According to Mason County property records, the deceased   
   brother’s three-bedroom home sits on 14 acres along State Route   
   3.   
      
   Grays Harbor County Undersheriff Dave Pimentel said his agency   
   is in contact with investigators in Seattle and Mason County to   
   see if there’s a possible link between the Emery brothers and   
   the disappearance of Lindsey as she was walking home from a   
   friend’s house.   
      
   There’s nothing specific to indicate a connection, but Grays   
   Harbor County investigators are interested in the Seattle case   
   because of the nature of the allegations against the brothers   
   and the proximity of the Shelton property to where Lindsey   
   vanished, Pimentel said, estimating the distance to be 20 to 25   
   miles.   
      
   The girl’s disappearance has been linked to several possible   
   persons of interest over the years, but there have been no   
   arrests in the case.   
      
   The charges against the brothers also note that Charles Emery   
   was a janitor at Seattle Children’s hospital from the 1970s   
   through the 1990s.   
      
   A spokeswoman for the hospital confirmed Wednesday that Charles   
   Emery was employed there as a janitor, but because of the   
   passage of time officials are still working to determine his   
   dates of employment.   
      
   “We are devastated to hear this news, and our hearts go out to   
   the children and families involved,” Alyse Bernal wrote in an   
   email. “At this time, we are not aware of any connection between   
   his alleged crimes and Seattle Children’s. We are closely   
   following the investigation, and we will continue to be in   
   communication with the Seattle Police Department and King County   
   Prosecutor.”   
      
   Sara Jean Green: 206-515-5654 or sgreen@seattletimes.com.   
   Seattle Times news researcher Miyoko Wolf contributed to this   
   story, which includes information from Seattle Times archives.   
      
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