JUL 27, 2023
The homeowner said police are looking for Tonya Whipp, but he doesn't know where she is.
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Crime scene tape blocked off a home along Rose Street Wednesday as Auburndale Police Department officers conducted a warranted search. Police wouldn't say why they were there.
However, the man who lives in the house, JR, said police showed up at his home after his girlfriend told them the couple saw Tonya Whipp back on June 6.
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JR says police showed up around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at his home. Equipped with K-9s, police reportedly wanted to search the house.
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Rudy said there isn't anything in his home that would make him a person of interest in Whipp's disappearance case. He said police were going through his things inside his house and were
digging in his backyard. He said at some point police came back with a search warrant for the Rose Street home and kicked him out.
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The Auburndale Police Chief wouldn't comment on why they were searching Rudy's house. Chief Terry Storie said, "There will be more information forthcoming."