Found Safe: Pamelia Alise Westbrook - AR - 6/29/08

[Denise]

http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/?cid=86561

Detectives Look for Clues in Missing Teen Case

Reported by: Mallory Hardin, KARK 4 News
Friday, Jul 18, 2008 @10:09pm CST

Detectives are searching for clues leading to the disappearance of a seventeen year old girl out of Sheridan. Pamelia Alise Westbrook, known as Alise, was last seen at home on her computer.

Detectives don't believe Alise was abducted. They think she left on her own accord. But now, they're concerned she had gone to meet someone she had possibly met online, and it's been nearly three weeks since anyone has heard from her.

17 year old Alise Westbrook had just returned from church camp when she was on the computer at her home, just outside of Sheridan. That was June 29th, the last time she was seen.

"In the past, she's made contact with strange older men online and met some of them in person, which concerns us," Detective Robert Bird with the Grant County Sherriff's Department said. said.

Detective Robert Bird says Westbrook has run away before, but she's always come home quickly and contacted family in the meantime. This time, there's been no contact, and no sign of her. Now officers are investigating phone calls and computer messages, hoping to find any clue in her disappearance

"There's always the chance something could happen. We hope that's not the case here. We hope she's missing on her own accord, and if that's the case, she sees this and contacts her family or us, and maybe this won't turn into a tragedy like some other cases have been," Bird said.

If you have any information about her whereabouts, you're asked to call the Grant County Sherriff's Department at 870-942-2101

[Denise]

http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0708/537016.html

Investigation Continues into Grant County Girl's Disappearance  

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Grant county girl.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says 17-year-old Pamelia Westbrook has been missing since June 29th. She was last seen by her mother at the family’s home in northern Grant County.

Authorities say Westbrook has a history of contacting strangers over the internet, and was known to be online shortly before she disappeared. Investigators are looking into the possibility that Westbrook left the state to meet someone she’d been chatting with online.

Anyone with any information concerning Westbrook's whereabouts should contact the Grant County Sheriff's Department at (870) 942-2101.

[Denise]

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=69447&catid=2

Grant County Teen Missing For Three Weeks

The Grant County Sheriff's Department needs your help in locating a teenage girl missing for three weeks.
 
Alise Westbrook, 17, disappeared on June 29 from her home in northern Grant County.

Deputies say her mother last saw her at the computer, where she had been contacting strangers. They say some of them are older men from other states. Contact the Grant County Sheriff's Department with any information on her whereabouts at 870-942-2101.

[Kelly]

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=69576&catid=2

Online Predators, Missing Arkansas Teen Update

7/21/08
Posted By: Ebone' Mone't     23 hrs ago
 
According the FBI's National Crime Information Center (NCIC), every day more than 2,000 parents or caretakers call law enforcement to report a missing minor. The FBI also says missing persons reports have multiplied by more than five times since the invention of the internet.

Over the years, stories of predators seeking victims online have made news. However, the message hasn't hit home with some teens who risk their lives meeting up with strangers from cyberspace. Grant County Sheriff's detectives are dealing with such a case.

Connie Farrell doesn't know where to find her daughter, 17-year-old Pamelia Alise Westbrook. "I believe that she left on her own, but I don't know if she does not want to come home or someone is not letting come home," says Farrell. She's been missing since Sunday, June 29th. Farrell says that day, her daughter likely chatted with someone online who picked her up from her family's home in Grant County. "I'm scared that she just can't come home," says Farrell.

Once Westbrook was missing, Farrell checked the family computers. There she found her daughter's MySpace page with the fictitious location of Bikini Bottoms, Arkansas, listed as her hometown, and her mood is posted as rebellious. Farrell also checked phone records; she says the discoveries are disturbing. "We've even found out from the phone company that she's been talking to people in Canada and everywhere, and I don't know how else she would have met them except online," says Farrell. Ferrell waited three days before telling the police about her daughter's disappearance until Wednesday afternoon when she didn't show up to work.

Detective Robert Bird with Grant County Sheriff's Department says even though the evidence points to an online initiated hook-up, Westbrook could be in danger. "It would be a shame if they make a simple mistake on the computer that could lead to a tragedy," says Bird. Farrell and her family were going to move, but fear Westbrook wouldn't know where to find home. Farrell says her daughter's been having problems since her dad died about four years ago. When she was 15, Westbrook ran away for six days. The difference this time is, she hasn't called any family or friends.

[Kelly]

Project Jason Profile:

Missing Person: Pamelia Alise Westbrook


 
Alias: Alise
Date of Birth: 3-15-91
Missing Since: 6-29-08
Missing City: Sheridan
Missing State: Arkansas
Age at time of disappearance: 17
Gender: Female
Race: White
Height: 5ft 2 in
Weight: 135 lbs
Hair Color: Light brown
Eye Color: Blue
Complexion: Medium

Characteristics: Small chicken pox scar on the right side of her nose

Circumstances: Pamelia left her home around noon on Sunday, June 29, 2008.  She took a clothes hamper with a few personal items. She has been known to be in contact with older men on the internet.

Agency Name: Grant County Sherriff
Agency Phone: 870-942-2101

[Kelly]

Pamelia is now on NCMEC. 

Poster Link: http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewPoster&caseNum=1101082&orgPrefix=NCMC&searchLang=en_US

[Kelly]

Per NCMEC, Pamelia has been found safe. We are pleased for her family.