Vancouver Washington, Rachel Murphy-16

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Vancouver mom asks help in finding teenage daughter


Karen Ellis of Vancouver has distributed a flier with these photos of her daughter, Rachel Murphy, in hopes the public can help locate her.

The mother of a missing Vancouver girl is hoping the public can help the Clark County Sheriff's Office find the 16-year-old, who has been missing since early Monday.

Karen Ellis, the girl's mother, said she first discovered that Rachel Murphy was missing from the family's home at 5 a.m. Monday. The family lives in the 300 block of Northwest 152nd Street, in the Salmon Creek area near the Washington State University/Vancouver campus.

Ellis has distributed a flyer describing her daughter as 5-feet-5 inches tall, about 160 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a piercing under her lower lip, as well as pierced ears, in her ears, and wears braces with pink bands, according to the flyer.

Ellis said she believes her daughter may have run away with a young man and asks that anyone with information about her daughter's whereabouts call the Clark County Sheriff's Office at 360-397-2211 or call her at 360-721-0083.

www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2013/07/vancouver_mom_asks_help_in_fin.html

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Missing Salmon Creek teen returns home

Published July 11, 2013 at 03:16p.m., updated July 11, 2013 at 08:41p.m.

A Salmon Creek teen who had been missing since Monday returned home Thursday afternoon.

When Rachel Murphy, 16, was discovered missing from her home in the 300 block of Northwest 152nd Avenue, her parents suspected she ran away with a 21-year-old man from Portland. Police put pressure on him as they searched multiple residences and later arrested the man on a probation violation, said Clark County Sheriff’s Sgt. Kevin Allais. The man’s name was not released.

Mother Karen Ellis said she received an anonymous tip that Rachel was at a home in Vancouver. Police questioned people at the residence, but did not go inside. Rachel later decided to return home.

“The first thing I saw was the fringe on her boot,” Ellis said, noting she hugged her daughter.

The sheriff’s office spearheaded the search, with help from the Vancouver Police Department and Portland police.

m.columbian.com/news/2013/jul/11/missing-salmon-creek-teen-returns-home/