Greencastle, Pennsylvania Annie Nicole McNelly 17
May 12, 2012 18:20:54 GMT -5
Post by meme on May 12, 2012 18:20:54 GMT -5
Cookeville teen still missing on her 17th birthday
COOKEVILLE -- Yesterday, April 28, was Annie McNelly's 17th birthday, and her mother made her favorite cake.
But Annie was not here to celebrate with her family.
She ran away last month while on a trip to Pennsylvania and has made no contact with her parents or other family members since then, even though they and their many friends have reached out in every way they can think of, hoping to hear from her.
On Friday, her mother, Carra McNelly, wrote this on a Facebook site that has been set up in the hopes that the girl will see the many messages there:
"My Precious Child, tomorrow we will be celebrating your 17th birthday and we'd love nothing more than for you to fill the empty place at our table. Today I'm making the chocolate turtle cheesecake you requested several weeks ago and wrapping your gifts from all of us.
"If you can't make it home, please call 1-800-Runaway and leave a message for us. They will call to give us your message, and at least then, we will know you're safe and alive. I love you so much and will never give up searching." -- Mom
It was March 25 when Annie McNelly traveled to Greencastle, Pennsylvania, with a group from the Teen Challenge program she was attending. The group was to take part in a church activity there.
When the group arrived, Annie got out of the vehicle and "just took off running," witnesses later told police. She hasn't been seen since and police in that area, after investigating and searching, now say they don't believe she is still in that area.
She had appeared to be doing well in the Teen Challenge program, and her decision to run away was a shock to her family and many friends here.
Since that time, her parents have traveled to Pennsylvania, hoping to find clues. She is also now registered with the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and that puts her story out to police agencies and the public nationwide.
"A friend of ours initiated an advertising campaign on Facebook which has the potential of reaching millions, and we also set up the Annie McNelly Runaway/Missing Facebook page that now has over 5,800 members," her mother said.
There is also a web page which can be accessed at anniemcnelly.com/ come-home, the mother said.
"We've had an outpouring of support from our church, Covenant Church of Cookeville, First Baptist Church of Cookeville, family, friends, and people we've never met, and we could never get through this without our faith in God and the prayers spoken in our behalf as well as Annie's," she said.
Anyone who has any information about Annie McNelly is asked to contact a police agency. In Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the Police Department number is (717) 597-2161. To contact the Cookeville Police, call 931-526-2125.
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COOKEVILLE -- Yesterday, April 28, was Annie McNelly's 17th birthday, and her mother made her favorite cake.
But Annie was not here to celebrate with her family.
She ran away last month while on a trip to Pennsylvania and has made no contact with her parents or other family members since then, even though they and their many friends have reached out in every way they can think of, hoping to hear from her.
On Friday, her mother, Carra McNelly, wrote this on a Facebook site that has been set up in the hopes that the girl will see the many messages there:
"My Precious Child, tomorrow we will be celebrating your 17th birthday and we'd love nothing more than for you to fill the empty place at our table. Today I'm making the chocolate turtle cheesecake you requested several weeks ago and wrapping your gifts from all of us.
"If you can't make it home, please call 1-800-Runaway and leave a message for us. They will call to give us your message, and at least then, we will know you're safe and alive. I love you so much and will never give up searching." -- Mom
It was March 25 when Annie McNelly traveled to Greencastle, Pennsylvania, with a group from the Teen Challenge program she was attending. The group was to take part in a church activity there.
When the group arrived, Annie got out of the vehicle and "just took off running," witnesses later told police. She hasn't been seen since and police in that area, after investigating and searching, now say they don't believe she is still in that area.
She had appeared to be doing well in the Teen Challenge program, and her decision to run away was a shock to her family and many friends here.
Since that time, her parents have traveled to Pennsylvania, hoping to find clues. She is also now registered with the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and that puts her story out to police agencies and the public nationwide.
"A friend of ours initiated an advertising campaign on Facebook which has the potential of reaching millions, and we also set up the Annie McNelly Runaway/Missing Facebook page that now has over 5,800 members," her mother said.
There is also a web page which can be accessed at anniemcnelly.com/ come-home, the mother said.
"We've had an outpouring of support from our church, Covenant Church of Cookeville, First Baptist Church of Cookeville, family, friends, and people we've never met, and we could never get through this without our faith in God and the prayers spoken in our behalf as well as Annie's," she said.
Anyone who has any information about Annie McNelly is asked to contact a police agency. In Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the Police Department number is (717) 597-2161. To contact the Cookeville Police, call 931-526-2125.
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