AMELIA HOWERY - 15 yo - Grandview MO

Endangered Runaway

AMELIA HOWERY

DOB: May 7, 1996 Missing: Jul 28, 2011 Age Now: 15 Sex: Female Race: White Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5'1" (155 cm) Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg) Missing From: GRANDVIEW, MO, USA

Both photos shown are of Amelia. When she was last seen, her hair was dyed black. Amelia may go by the name Aimee or Mellie.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) Grandview Police Department (Missouri) 1-816-316-4980

Posters note: It's wrong for NCMEC to label Amelia a runaway IMO.




GRANDVIEW, MO (KCTV) -
Grandview police are
investigating a case that is every family's worst nightmare. They say a
teen was babysitting her younger siblings one minute and was gone the
next.

"We haven't slept, we've been sitting here scared to death and not knowing anything," said Amanda Howery.

For Howery, one word describes the last
couple of days - a nightmare. Her 15-year-old daughter Amelia Hope went
missing Wednesday night from their Grandview home.

"Laying right here in the hallway between
bathroom and master bedroom," said Howery as she points out where she
found her daughter's cell phone. "Her wallet was laying right there."

Nothing was taken from Hope's room - that
included her make-up. Her mother said her daughter uses her make-up all
the time and leaving it behind was uncharacteristic.

d Howery as she points out where she
found her daughter's cell phone. "Her wallet was laying right there."

Nothing was taken from Hope's room - that
included her make-up. Her mother said her daughter uses her make-up all
the time and leaving it behind was uncharacteristic.

Grandview police have assigned a detective to
the case. Help is also coming from a national child search group
called the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. They've
issued a flyer that has photos of Amelia on it along with her physical
description and contact information.

Howery's concerned someone her daughter made
friends with may be behind the disappearance. A neighbor reported
seeing a car with two men outside the home near east 135th and Lowell
Avenue.

"At this point, we don't know if she got into
it voluntarily with these people or was taken involuntary. We don't
know," said Howery.

What this mother does know is that no family or any friends have heard from Amelia.

"Until we find this puzzle piece, my daughter could be dead or anywhere. I don't know what to do," said Howery.

If you have any information that could help
find the missing teen, you can call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-TIPS.
You can remain anonymous when you call.

Click here to access the Facebook page dedicated to finding Amelia Hope.

Click here to view the missing person's poster for Amelia Hope.
http://www.kctv5.com/story/15176693/teen-goes-missing-while-babysitting-siblings-police-say

Kiwi (FuzzyFruit) noted>

Posters note: It's wrong for NCMEC to label Amelia a runaway IMO.

I TOTALLY agree! The case just doesn't add up to that.
This means LE and the Public won't act with the swiftness and fervor that many of these cases need.
On NCMEC's side, however, is the fact that there is no evidence pointing to a crime either. With most ladies of this age group, whatever happened will probably have something to do with somebody she met on-line. Every computer Amy had her hands on needs to be researched.
One more observation. Amy's mom said>

my daughter could be dead or anywhere

2 days in and she's already thinking this?! I feel for her, but in hundreds of cases, I have not seen someone so quick to affix a toe tag. Usually the mood is fearful but positive in the early going. Unless there is more to the story.

It does seem a strange thing to say Tom. Maybe she is just so desperate to get the authorities to treat her disappearance seriously and with urgency, rather than just another runaway.
I wonder how old her siblings were and what they said about what happened to make police feel she is a runaway? It sure sounds odd to me that her phone and wallet were found where her Mom said they were.
That sounded like she had been abducted - but where were the siblings?

Missing Grandview teen found, in police custody in Kansas

http://www.kctv5.com/story/15176693/teen-goes-missing-while-babysitting-siblings-police-say

I guess we'll have to wait for details Tom, but it sounds like they knew she was a runaway for some reason that the media articles didn't know about.
I'm just relieved she has been found.