NATASHA HICKMAN - 15 yo - Rembrandt (NE of Sioux City) IA

Most people use Facebook for socializing, but one Siouxland family has turned to Facebook in hopes of finding their daughter.On September 19th 15-year-old Natasha Hickman told her family she was going for a walk. She never returned.Her family says this is completely out of character for Hickman.



"She's never missed school, she wants to go to college, you can't miss school, you can't do stuff like this. And this is not like her. She's so smart, I don't know why she would do something like this," says friend Christina Garcia.Hickman had recently met an older man online and her family and friends believe she may be with him."They've had leads from school. The girls have come forward and said they had conversations with her before she ran away and she was stating that she was going to run away and be with this boyfriend," says Hickman's mother, Kim Hickman.After noticing that Hickman had been using her MySpace account, the family decided to make a Facebook page hoping the teenager would see it and contact them."We figured that she would see that and realize how many people do care and that we do want her home, not that nobody's trying to find her," says Garcia.As the days go by, the family continues to worry about what may have happened to Hickman and urge her to come home."We wish to find her and I miss her a lot," says Hickman's younger sister, Danielle Richardson.The Facebook page has over 400 friends, but unfortunately none of the tips left on the site have turned into valid leads. If you have any information about Natasha Hickman please contact the police.

A Rembrandt teen who'd been missing for almost two weeks has been found in Ocheyedan, Iowa.On September 19th, 15–year–old Natasha Hickman told her family she was going for a walk. She never returned. Her family says she had recently met an older man online.Sioux Rapids police say Hickman was found at an Ocheyedan residence occupied by Becky Ebbers. They say Hickman was on the run with 44-year-old Jim Bolt of Cherokee.Both Ebbers and Bolt were arrested in Osceola County on charges of harboring a runaway. Other charges are pending upon further investigation.Hickman is currently being placed in a shelter.