Posted at: 10/23/2009 5:34 PM | KSAX.com
By: Megan Matthews
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Staples Community Holds Benefit to Continue Searching for Missing Man

Motley, Minn. – Saturday marks 90 days since Staples resident Peter Achermann vanished without a trace, and friends and the community are holding a benefit “For Pete’s Sake.”

“It really makes a person realize how much people do care,” Desiree Greenwaldt said.

Desiree is Achermann’s daughter, and she’s doing everything she can to find her dad, who went missing back in July, including helping out with her dad’s benefit.

“We don’t have the means to keep going and going, so this is a way to let people help and fund our search for dad,” Desiree explained.

Friends and family set up table after table of donated items for Saturday’s benefit.  There will be food and a silent auction.  All of the proceeds will help continue the search for Peter Achermann.

“If we don’t keep pushing, if we don’t keep looking it could be a file that gets shut and it’s a cold case.  That’s not good enough for us and that’s not good enough for dad,” Desiree said with tears in her eyes.

The only lead in the search is Achermann’s car, and Desiree is still looking for answers.

“There’s that nagging voice in the back of your head that says maybe someone took him and hurt him.  If that’s the case we still need to bring him home.  We still need to find him and bring him home,” Desiree said, “We still look down the road.  We still look out to see if he’s coming down the road.  We still look out to see if he’s coming across the yard.  We keep waiting for the phone to ring.”

She says the search won’t stop until Peter Achermann is back home.

“We won’t quite.  We won’t quit looking for him.  We won’t quit searching.  We’ll keep praying until he comes home to us, one way or another.” Desiree said.

Written for the web by Megan Matthews

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