Twin Falls, Idaho Kayla Mae Bell 16
May 23, 2012 11:48:06 GMT -5
Post by meme on May 23, 2012 11:48:06 GMT -5
Family Seeks Help Finding Missing Teen Falls Twin
From Twin Falls, Idaho Since 5/12/2012 Please Help Find Kayla Mae Bell
Local agencies are searching for a 16-year-old Twin Falls girl whose family hasn’t seen her since May 12. The last Bambi Bell heard from her daughter Kayla Mae Bell was in the form of a note she found on Mother’s Day saying she was running away.
Bambi described her daughter as 5’3”, barely 100 pounds, with hazel eyes and bright red hair. “Hopefully she hasn’t dyed it,” Bambi said. Kayla has a tattoo of a bear claw dream catcher on her upper back with her brother Dakota’s name written on it, her mom said.
Twin Falls Police Lt. Craig Stotts said he initially did not believe Kayla is in immediate danger because she left a note and contacted friends last week. “But that was six or seven days ago,” he said.
Stotts said Kayla left with a friend, Justin Bartholome, who was arrested Sunday evening in Twin Falls on a warrant for failing to appear in drug court. The two were believed to have gone to Salt Lake City, then headed to Eugene, Ore. through Las Vegas. But then Bartholome reappeared in Twin Falls Sunday.
A mutual friend alerted police that Bartholome was at Walmart in Twin Falls on Sunday around 7 p.m., driving a gold Ford Crown Victoria, Stotts said. Police made a traffic stop and asked about Kayla, but Bartholome denied knowing her whereabouts and denied being in Salt Lake City, Stotts said.
“We’ve sent messages to Nevada and Oregon to be on the look out for her,” Stotts said. According to Stotts, friends said Kayla and Bartholome were in a dark blue or green Hyundai Tiburon with Idaho plates 2TV4047.
Bambi said she fears Bartholome left Kayla somewhere and she’s now stranded. “She doesn’t have a license and hasn’t learned to drive,” Bambi said. On the other hand, Kayla could have traveled back to Twin Falls. “We have no idea,” Bambi said.
Bambi has reached out to the community and is hopeful someone has seen her daughter.
“People have been doing what they can. People just don’t know enough right now,” she said. “We thought we narrowed it down to Salt Lake and would find her in a couple of days. I’m just ready to go viral, we need to get her out there.”
If you have any information on Kayla's whereabouts please contact the Twin Falls Police Department at 208-735-4357.
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From Twin Falls, Idaho Since 5/12/2012 Please Help Find Kayla Mae Bell
Local agencies are searching for a 16-year-old Twin Falls girl whose family hasn’t seen her since May 12. The last Bambi Bell heard from her daughter Kayla Mae Bell was in the form of a note she found on Mother’s Day saying she was running away.
Bambi described her daughter as 5’3”, barely 100 pounds, with hazel eyes and bright red hair. “Hopefully she hasn’t dyed it,” Bambi said. Kayla has a tattoo of a bear claw dream catcher on her upper back with her brother Dakota’s name written on it, her mom said.
Twin Falls Police Lt. Craig Stotts said he initially did not believe Kayla is in immediate danger because she left a note and contacted friends last week. “But that was six or seven days ago,” he said.
Stotts said Kayla left with a friend, Justin Bartholome, who was arrested Sunday evening in Twin Falls on a warrant for failing to appear in drug court. The two were believed to have gone to Salt Lake City, then headed to Eugene, Ore. through Las Vegas. But then Bartholome reappeared in Twin Falls Sunday.
A mutual friend alerted police that Bartholome was at Walmart in Twin Falls on Sunday around 7 p.m., driving a gold Ford Crown Victoria, Stotts said. Police made a traffic stop and asked about Kayla, but Bartholome denied knowing her whereabouts and denied being in Salt Lake City, Stotts said.
“We’ve sent messages to Nevada and Oregon to be on the look out for her,” Stotts said. According to Stotts, friends said Kayla and Bartholome were in a dark blue or green Hyundai Tiburon with Idaho plates 2TV4047.
Bambi said she fears Bartholome left Kayla somewhere and she’s now stranded. “She doesn’t have a license and hasn’t learned to drive,” Bambi said. On the other hand, Kayla could have traveled back to Twin Falls. “We have no idea,” Bambi said.
Bambi has reached out to the community and is hopeful someone has seen her daughter.
“People have been doing what they can. People just don’t know enough right now,” she said. “We thought we narrowed it down to Salt Lake and would find her in a couple of days. I’m just ready to go viral, we need to get her out there.”
If you have any information on Kayla's whereabouts please contact the Twin Falls Police Department at 208-735-4357.
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