01-04-2011, 09:33 AM
Jan. 04, 2011
Phylicia Barnes, 16, has been missing since last Tuesday in Baltimore. Police say they are concerned about her well-being. Baltimore Police
The search for a missing Union County teen in Baltimore now involves homicide detectives, police in Maryland say.
Phylicia Barnes, a 16-year-old from Monroe, was last seen one week ago today at her half-sister's apartment in northwest Baltimore. Police say she had her cell phone, but it has not been used since she disappeared.
Meanwhile, Barnes' mother, Janice Sallis, has told several media outlets that a number of men were coming in and out of the apartment where Phylicia was staying.
Anthony Gugliemi, a spokesman for the Baltimore police, told the Observer's news partner, WCNC-TV, that investigators are looking into the possibility that the 16-year-old was abducted. Gugliemi said the girl might even have been taken out of state.
"We are enormously concerned," Baltimore police Commissioner Frederick Bealefield III told reporters Monday.
Barnes, a senior at Union Academy in Monroe, was last seen about 1:30 p.m. last Tuesday at an apartment on Eberle Drive in northwest Baltimore. Barnes had gone there to spend time during the holidays with her half-siter, 27-year-old Deena Barnes.
Police say they think Barnes left the apartment, possibly to get something to eat. She left with her cell phone and wallet but left other items behind.
Barnes' father, Reginald, has spent the past few days in the Baltimore area, joining family members in passing out hundreds of fliers with his daughter's picture. Gugliemi said police have used helicopters and bloodhounds in an effort to find the missing girl.
The girl's mother, Janice Sallis, told TV stations in Baltimore and Charlotte that Deena Barnes told her a number of men came in and out of the apartment recently. Police investigators have not commented on those reports, but Baltimore's WJZ-TV said detectives plan another search of the older sister's apartment.
now we have 2 different names for her father. Reginald and Russell.
Phylicia Barnes, 16, has been missing since last Tuesday in Baltimore. Police say they are concerned about her well-being. Baltimore Police
The search for a missing Union County teen in Baltimore now involves homicide detectives, police in Maryland say.
Phylicia Barnes, a 16-year-old from Monroe, was last seen one week ago today at her half-sister's apartment in northwest Baltimore. Police say she had her cell phone, but it has not been used since she disappeared.
Meanwhile, Barnes' mother, Janice Sallis, has told several media outlets that a number of men were coming in and out of the apartment where Phylicia was staying.
Anthony Gugliemi, a spokesman for the Baltimore police, told the Observer's news partner, WCNC-TV, that investigators are looking into the possibility that the 16-year-old was abducted. Gugliemi said the girl might even have been taken out of state.
"We are enormously concerned," Baltimore police Commissioner Frederick Bealefield III told reporters Monday.
Barnes, a senior at Union Academy in Monroe, was last seen about 1:30 p.m. last Tuesday at an apartment on Eberle Drive in northwest Baltimore. Barnes had gone there to spend time during the holidays with her half-siter, 27-year-old Deena Barnes.
Police say they think Barnes left the apartment, possibly to get something to eat. She left with her cell phone and wallet but left other items behind.
Barnes' father, Reginald, has spent the past few days in the Baltimore area, joining family members in passing out hundreds of fliers with his daughter's picture. Gugliemi said police have used helicopters and bloodhounds in an effort to find the missing girl.
The girl's mother, Janice Sallis, told TV stations in Baltimore and Charlotte that Deena Barnes told her a number of men came in and out of the apartment recently. Police investigators have not commented on those reports, but Baltimore's WJZ-TV said detectives plan another search of the older sister's apartment.
now we have 2 different names for her father. Reginald and Russell.