FAITH MARIE ELLISON - 13 yo - Wynoose (S of Champaign) IL

A 13-year-old girl from rural Wayne County, reported to have left her
home Monday with a 19-year-old male, remained missing Saturday.
Faith Marie Ellison of the small community of Wynoose left Monday
with Ricky Wayne Brown, who was believed to be driving a pickup truck
stolen in Jasper County, Ill.



"We had a call Saturday from the Newburgh area who thought they might
have seen the girl, but wasn't 100 percent sure," said Sgt. Mike Miller
of the Wayne County Sheriff's Department. "We had Warrick County check
it for us, but nothing has come from it."

The stolen pickup truck was recovered broken down in Parke County,
Ind., late Monday night. Witnesses told police that the occupants of the
truck were a young man and a very young female.

"There have been a lot of sleepless nights for that family," Miller
said. "We'd like to bring the girl home."

Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Brown and Ellison
are asked to call the Wayne County Sheriff's Department at (618)
842-6631.

A young Wayne County, Ill., teen missing since last Monday has been
found unharmed. The boyfriend she allegedly left with has been jailed.

The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday night that Faith
Marie Ellison, 13, has been returned to her family in Wynoose, Ill. Her
boyfriend, 19-year-old Ricky Brown, has been jailed.

Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Det. Jonah Kinsolving said that a
member of the suspect’s family transported the missing girl to an area
where her family recovered her early Sunday.

Family members then transported Brown to the Jasper County Jail in
Newton, Ill., where he has been booked on an outstanding warrant.

Police said Brown is suspected of stealing a pickup truck in Jasper
County, then abandoning the vehicle in Parke County, Ind., on Monday.

Police did not disclose where the girl was found.

Officials said Brown is now facing charges in several jurisdictions.
The investigation into where the pair has been since the early morning
hours of last Monday is continuing.

Formal child abduction charges were filed Monday against a Willow Hill,
Ill., man accused of taking his 13-year-old girlfriend on the run for
nearly a week.

Ricky Wayne Brown, 19, was formally charged Monday in Wayne County
Circuit Court with a class-3 felony charge of child abduction of a
victim under the age of 16 with the suspect being at least two years
older.

Brown is accused of picking up his 13-year-old girlfriend Faith
Ellison in the early morning hours of July 5 in a pickup truck allegedly
stolen from Jasper County, Ill. The two were spotted in Parke County,
Ind., later that night when the truck broke down. Witnesses who stopped
to help the pair positively identified them, police said.

In the early morning hours Sunday, Brown and Ellison showed up at the
home of one of Brown's relatives in Indiana seeking shelter. The
relative, not named by police, told Brown he knew he was being hunted by
police because of accounts in area newspapers and television stations.

Refusing to help Brown, the relative drove Faith Ellison to Olney,
Ill., where he dropped her off at a pay phone with enough money to phone
her parents at her home in Wayne County. He then drove Brown to the
Jasper County jail in Newton, Ill., where he turned him in on an
outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court on a criminal damage
to property case and being a juvenile in possession of tobacco.

A judge Monday afternoon set bond on Brown at $150,000. He remains
in custody in Jasper County pending transfer to the Wayne County jail at
Fairfield. Additional charges related to the alleged vehicle theft and
the pair's flight across state lines are pending as authorities in
Illinois and Indiana continue their probe.