MERCEDES ERWIN - 17 yo - Fredericktown - OH

FREDERICKTOWN — The search continues for 17-year-old Mercedes Erwin
who has been missing since April 4. Mount Vernon Police Detective Jeff
Jacobs believes that Erwin is with a companion, James “Buck” Ervin.

Mercedes Erwin
Ohio Attorney General’s Office


James “Buck” Ervin

“We think they are together,” said Jacobs. “As soon as we can locate
him, I think we will find her. It’s a matter of him turning up.”
Jacobs added that there is a warrant out for Ervin’s arrest. He was
indicted in January on a charge of breaking and entering. He has a jury
court date set for May 4 on a charge of resisting arrest and was charged
with obstruction of justice on April 3. Jacobs does consider Ervin to
be a dangerous person.
Mercedes Erwin was last seen by her mother Christina Mills, on April 4
at 7:30 a.m., when leaving for school at the Knox County Career Center.
Erwin was reportedly seen on surveillance camera at 10 a.m. at the
school.
Erwin was wearing a dark gray hooded shirt, red sweatpants and
high-top tennis shoes on April 4. She has blond hair, is 5 feet 3 inches
tall, weighs 145 pounds and wears brown framed glasses. It is believed
she may be with a male companion, James Ervin, 22, Mount Vernon, who has
short blond hair, is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds.
The Fredericktown Police Department has been working with the Mount
Vernon Police Department and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office on this
case.
If anyone does see Ervin or Erwin or has any information on the case,
they are encouraged to call the Mount Vernon Police Department’s
Detective Division at 392-9536 or the Knox County Sheriff’s Office at 397-3333.
http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/11/04/19/search-continues-for-missing-teen

FREDERICKTOWN — The three-week search for a missing Fredericktown teen
has ended after Mercedes Erwin returned safely to her home early this
morning.
Erwin, 17, was reported missing on April 4 when she did not return home
from school at the Knox County Career Center that day. Local law
officials believed Erwin could possibly have been with a male companion,
James Ervin, 22, Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon Police Detective Jeff Jacobs reported that Erwin called a
friend while in New York who then brought her home to Knox County around
2:30 a.m. today. Erwin was taken to the MVPD for an interview before
returning home with her mother.
“She appears to be fine and unharmed,” said Jacobs after Erwin returned
home today. Erwin claims to have received rides from strangers in
traveling to New York. She reportedly was scared from events which had
occurred at a friend’s residence where she had been staying after items
stolen from a pawn shop were recovered at the scene.
The whereabouts are still unknown on James Ervin. A warrant still remains out for his arrest.http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2011/04/26/missing-teen-returned-home/