01-03-2011, 07:59 PM
i noticed her this morning, but waited until now to see if she turned up.
seems, by all accounts, out of character for her to be gone.
1/3/11
Washington Post
BALTIMORE -- A North Carolina teen is missing after visiting relatives in Baltimore and police say she may have been abducted.
Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi (guh-lee-EHL-mee) says 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes was reported missing Dec. 28. There's been no sign of her since, and she hasn't answered her cell phone. Guglielmi says detectives believe the teen may have been abducted in part because of items she left at her half-sister's apartment.
Barnes is from Monroe, N.C., about 25 miles southeast of Charlotte. Her mother, Janice Sallis, says Barnes is a straight-A student who's on track to graduate early from a charter school and is already applying to colleges.
Sallis says Barnes was visiting three older half-siblings in Baltimore.
January 3, 2011
WSOC
MONROE, N.C. -- Police in Baltimore said a missing Monroe teenager may have been abducted while visiting the area over the holidays.
Phylicia Barnes, 16, was last seen on Tuesday in Baltimore, where she was visiting family. She has no history of criminal activity, emotional distress or running away, police said.
Detectives said they are “growing increasingly concerned” and suspect foul play. Barnes may have been abducted and taken out of Maryland, according to police.
On Monday morning, the police commissioner ordered Barnes’ case to be transferred to the Baltimore Police Department’s homicide unit, which investigates all abduction cases.
Barnes’ classmates at Union Academy in Monroe gathered on Monday morning to hold a vigil. Her disappearance has stunned her classmates.
“I'm really sad because she's like a part of the family,” student Derral Tims said.
“(I’m) just so scared,” student Lindsey Helms said. “(I’m) just praying she's going to turn up, and she'll be safe and sound.”
Students said they’re hoping to raise money for the Barnes family to help with travel expenses or a reward for information in the teen’s disappearance. As of Monday afternoon, more than 1,500 people joined a Facebook page called "Pray for Phylicia Barnes."
Investigators in Baltimore announced a $2,500 for information in Barnes’ disappearance on Monday.
Barnes was last seen wearing a navy blue hooded pea coat, a turquoise thermal shirt, blue jeans and white slippers/boots. Anyone who has heard from her or knows where she may be is asked to call Baltimore police at 410-396-2100.
seems, by all accounts, out of character for her to be gone.
1/3/11
Washington Post
BALTIMORE -- A North Carolina teen is missing after visiting relatives in Baltimore and police say she may have been abducted.
Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi (guh-lee-EHL-mee) says 16-year-old Phylicia Barnes was reported missing Dec. 28. There's been no sign of her since, and she hasn't answered her cell phone. Guglielmi says detectives believe the teen may have been abducted in part because of items she left at her half-sister's apartment.
Barnes is from Monroe, N.C., about 25 miles southeast of Charlotte. Her mother, Janice Sallis, says Barnes is a straight-A student who's on track to graduate early from a charter school and is already applying to colleges.
Sallis says Barnes was visiting three older half-siblings in Baltimore.
January 3, 2011
WSOC
MONROE, N.C. -- Police in Baltimore said a missing Monroe teenager may have been abducted while visiting the area over the holidays.
Phylicia Barnes, 16, was last seen on Tuesday in Baltimore, where she was visiting family. She has no history of criminal activity, emotional distress or running away, police said.
Detectives said they are “growing increasingly concerned” and suspect foul play. Barnes may have been abducted and taken out of Maryland, according to police.
On Monday morning, the police commissioner ordered Barnes’ case to be transferred to the Baltimore Police Department’s homicide unit, which investigates all abduction cases.
Barnes’ classmates at Union Academy in Monroe gathered on Monday morning to hold a vigil. Her disappearance has stunned her classmates.
“I'm really sad because she's like a part of the family,” student Derral Tims said.
“(I’m) just so scared,” student Lindsey Helms said. “(I’m) just praying she's going to turn up, and she'll be safe and sound.”
Students said they’re hoping to raise money for the Barnes family to help with travel expenses or a reward for information in the teen’s disappearance. As of Monday afternoon, more than 1,500 people joined a Facebook page called "Pray for Phylicia Barnes."
Investigators in Baltimore announced a $2,500 for information in Barnes’ disappearance on Monday.
Barnes was last seen wearing a navy blue hooded pea coat, a turquoise thermal shirt, blue jeans and white slippers/boots. Anyone who has heard from her or knows where she may be is asked to call Baltimore police at 410-396-2100.