KELLEY CARPENTER - 17 yo - Brighton (NE of Denver) CO

A 17-year-old Brighton girl who left her house without her parents'
knowledge last week to attend a show at the Aggie Theatre hasn't been
heard from since Sunday.Now, Kelley Carpenter's parents, Leeann and Robert Carpenter, are seeking the public's help finding her."I just want to know she's OK," Leeann Carpenter said. "The last two messages I got, she said she wanted to come home."

The Carpenters received text messages from Kelley's phone number Sunday afternoon saying she planned to be home Monday.However,
they have not heard from her since. They spent Wednesday in Fort
Collins looking for their daughter and seeking information.The Carpenters said their daughter has not disappeared before.Kelley Carpenter, a junior at Brighton High School, is described as 5-foot 6-inches tall, 125 pounds now with black hair.She was last seen with a man who had a Mohawk and appeared to be in his 20s, driving a green Subaru.Robert Carpenter said Kelley wanted to go to the show, but they wouldn't allow it."She went out her bedroom window," he said.Leeann
Carpenter said Kelley took along a backpack she left with friends that
included a change of clothing and pajamas. When she left with the man,
she also did not have her wallet or medication, Leeann Carpenter said."I'd
feel better about it if she took everything to run away with," she
said, adding that her daughter has adrenal insufficiency. "Her body
doesn't respond (well) to stress."The Brighton Police Department has a report on the incident but declined to release details because it involves a juvenile."There's
no indication for a heightened level of concern," said Brighton police
spokesman John Bradley. "I don't see any indication she's an endangered
runaway."A Fort Collins Police Services spokeswoman on Wednesday said police here were aware of the situation.

A Brighton High School junior who sneaked out
of the house Friday night to go to a concert in Fort Collins with
friends hasn't been heard from since Sunday.Kelley Carpenter, 17,
joined "three carloads of kids" from Brighton who went to the Aggie
Theater to hear Nit Grit perform, after her parents had told her she
couldn't go, her mother told 7NEWS.Leean and Robert Carpenter
discovered their daughter missing Saturday morning and immediately
texted her cell phone. They said Kelley responded by saying she missed
her ride but had another ride and would be home soon.
The parents then checked with
Kelley's Facebook friends from school and found out the teens had rented
a motel room in Fort Collins on Friday night but Kelley never showed up
after the concert.The friends said Kelley was last seen in the
company of a "20-ish" man with a Mohawk who was driving a green Subaru.
When the friends told Kelley they were leaving the concert, she said
she would meet them back at the motel room.
On Sunday, Kelley responded to another text from her mother,
asking if she was still coming home.Kelley texted back that she was coming home Monday,
in time for classes on Tuesday and that her phone was about to die."I love you and dad,"
the text message also said.That was the last time Kelley's parents heard from their daughter.Police
in Brighton and Fort Collins have been notified of her disappearance
and the parents went to Fort Collins on Tuesday to pass out fliers with
her picture.Brighton police have subpoenaed Kelly's cell phone
records, but the officer assigned to the case was not available to look
at them Wednesday.The Brighton High School honor student is 5
feet 6 inches tall, weighing 125 pounds and has black hair in the same
style as her photograph."She colored her hair since the photo was taken three or four months ago,"
Leean Carpenter told 7NEWS.Anyone with information no Kelley Carpenter's whereabouts
is asked to call Leean Carpenter at 720-530-2812."Kelley
has a mild medical condition and needs medication twice a day," Leean
Carpenter said. "She does not have her medication with her."

A 17-year-old girl from Brighton is back with her family after running away for 12 days and leading her parents on a search through Fort Collins to find her.

Kelley Carpenter left home without her parents' knowledge Jan. 14 to see a show at the Aggie Theatre. Leeann and Robert Carpenter came to Fort Collins a few days later, passing out fliers and asking local people for information, as contact with her had been limited.

"Her phone did go dead," Robert Carpenter said. "Of course, she could have contacted us at any time."

The parents drove to Fort Collins on Wednesday after arranging to pick up Kelley. Robert Carpenter said she was fine and had been staying with people who cooked for her.

"It's a dumb kid thing is what it is, but at least she's safe," he said.

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