01-09-2011, 03:44 PM
sad. and her case is not getting the attention that Hailey Dunn's is getting. Police also still have boots on the ground.
Baltimore Sun:
Volunteers trekked through a patch of thick pine trees and along railroad tracks in Northwest Baltimore on Saturday as a light snow fell, searching for any clues in the disappearance of missing teenager Phylicia Simone Barnes.
On Saturday morning — 11 days after she went missing — the family and friends of 16-year-old Barnes, along with concerned strangers, searched the grounds surrounding the apartment complex where the honor roll student from North Carolina was last seen. Police say they suspect foul play and the teen was likely abducted, but family members vowed Saturday to find her.
Russell Barnes, her father, organized the search that drew about 30 volunteers, including the activist group Guardian Angels in their signature red berets and jackets. Barnes, who lives in Atlanta, came to Baltimore soon after hearing of his daughter's disappearance. Between calls on his cell phone from various church and community leaders offering help, he said he was resolute in his hope that his daughter, who lives with her mother in Monroe, N.C., and was visiting Baltimore for the holidays at the time of her disappearance, would return home alive.
"We don't believe she's gone," her father said, adding that a reward for information about the missing girl has been increased to $4,000. "I'll never believe she's gone. She's here. I'm never going to stop looking."
her dad, on left:
Baltimore Sun:
Volunteers trekked through a patch of thick pine trees and along railroad tracks in Northwest Baltimore on Saturday as a light snow fell, searching for any clues in the disappearance of missing teenager Phylicia Simone Barnes.
On Saturday morning — 11 days after she went missing — the family and friends of 16-year-old Barnes, along with concerned strangers, searched the grounds surrounding the apartment complex where the honor roll student from North Carolina was last seen. Police say they suspect foul play and the teen was likely abducted, but family members vowed Saturday to find her.
Russell Barnes, her father, organized the search that drew about 30 volunteers, including the activist group Guardian Angels in their signature red berets and jackets. Barnes, who lives in Atlanta, came to Baltimore soon after hearing of his daughter's disappearance. Between calls on his cell phone from various church and community leaders offering help, he said he was resolute in his hope that his daughter, who lives with her mother in Monroe, N.C., and was visiting Baltimore for the holidays at the time of her disappearance, would return home alive.
"We don't believe she's gone," her father said, adding that a reward for information about the missing girl has been increased to $4,000. "I'll never believe she's gone. She's here. I'm never going to stop looking."
her dad, on left: