05-11-2011, 08:57 AM
thanks Adub. i can't view the facebook. 
i will be checking this story throughout the day. there was NO sign of her or a struggle at the park. makes me wonder if the car was planted there.
Fox Philly
FLORENCE, N.J. - The family of a missing New Jersey girl is offering a $10,000 reward for her safe return.
Sarah Townsend, 18, was last seen Monday morning leaving her Florence home for school.
Her car was found in a Burlington Township park near a pond. Her purse and cell phone were inside.
Police do not suspect foul play. Her parents say she has never run away from home. It was reportedly her boyfriend who called police.
"We want you to come home," the young woman's mother, Laurie Townsend, said Tuesday. "We want you to know we love you. You're not in trouble, just please come home, Sarah."
"Everything's OK, Sarah. Just come back. If anyone knows where Sarah is to bring back her safe," said the teen's father, Roy Townsend.
Friends say it's unlike the 18-year-old not to be in touch or responsible.
At least 100 people took part in the search for Townsend on Tuesday.
New Jersey 101.5-FM's Eric Scott, who joined "Good Day" on Wednesday morning to discuss the case, said, "They searched the lake. I mean they had people out looking everywhere for her and, I mean, she really vanished without a trace."
Police can't track her cell phone because they found that, and they say they don't really have credit cards or things like that they can search for use of.
Townsend's parents have said a couple of times that they're not mad at her, everything's OK and don't be afraid to come home, leading to speculation that maybe there was an argument beforehand.
"But police haven't really put a lot of stock in that," Scott reported. "They've said the same thing about teens can be impetuous, and they can be emotional and, you know, they're prone to those types of flights. But that just doesn't seem to be the case here. And I almost got the sense from the parents that they don't know what was going on, that they were trying to figure out, 'Boy, was it something we said? Was it something that we did? Did we drive her away? Did she runaway?' And I'm not entirely certain the parents know either."
i will be checking this story throughout the day. there was NO sign of her or a struggle at the park. makes me wonder if the car was planted there.
Fox Philly
FLORENCE, N.J. - The family of a missing New Jersey girl is offering a $10,000 reward for her safe return.
Sarah Townsend, 18, was last seen Monday morning leaving her Florence home for school.
Her car was found in a Burlington Township park near a pond. Her purse and cell phone were inside.
Police do not suspect foul play. Her parents say she has never run away from home. It was reportedly her boyfriend who called police.
"We want you to come home," the young woman's mother, Laurie Townsend, said Tuesday. "We want you to know we love you. You're not in trouble, just please come home, Sarah."
"Everything's OK, Sarah. Just come back. If anyone knows where Sarah is to bring back her safe," said the teen's father, Roy Townsend.
Friends say it's unlike the 18-year-old not to be in touch or responsible.
At least 100 people took part in the search for Townsend on Tuesday.
New Jersey 101.5-FM's Eric Scott, who joined "Good Day" on Wednesday morning to discuss the case, said, "They searched the lake. I mean they had people out looking everywhere for her and, I mean, she really vanished without a trace."
Police can't track her cell phone because they found that, and they say they don't really have credit cards or things like that they can search for use of.
Townsend's parents have said a couple of times that they're not mad at her, everything's OK and don't be afraid to come home, leading to speculation that maybe there was an argument beforehand.
"But police haven't really put a lot of stock in that," Scott reported. "They've said the same thing about teens can be impetuous, and they can be emotional and, you know, they're prone to those types of flights. But that just doesn't seem to be the case here. And I almost got the sense from the parents that they don't know what was going on, that they were trying to figure out, 'Boy, was it something we said? Was it something that we did? Did we drive her away? Did she runaway?' And I'm not entirely certain the parents know either."