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MFH said:
I think they are mentioning her case shortly on HLN. Showed her pictures in s short coming up segment before commercial break a few min ago.
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It's about time. The faster coverage gets out on a widespread basis, the better our chances of a positive outcome. Wait, I thought she was off the air now?
 
Port80 said:
It's about time. The faster coverage gets out on a widespread basis, the better our chances of a positive outcome. Wait, I thought she was off the air now?
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Are you talking about Ashleigh Banfield? Her show Crime and Justice was cancelled. The morning news with Robin Meade is where her case was just mentioned this morning. Nothing new that we haven’t covered here, but it is good that she is receiving national attention.
 
margarita25 said:
MISSING: Tenn. deputies searching for 14-year-old who used to live in Gwinnett
Updated: Jan 26, 2019 - 2:36 PM

“Kevin Rowson, a spokesperson for the FBI field office in Atlanta, said Pruitt used to live in Lawrenceville.

"The girl lived in Lawrenceville, Ga. for many years before moving to Knoxville four weeks before she disappeared. So she has many contacts here from school friends, etc.," Rowson said.”
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I thought that she was home schooled? Or is this new for her, being home schooled?If so, that might change things a bit here.
 
Steelslady said:
I thought that she was home schooled? Or is this new for her, being home schooled?If so, that might change things a bit here.
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That occurred to me as well, but I have nieces and nephews who are home schooled. They don't have a lot of friends or close friends, but they make a lot of social connections in church related activities. IMO it's not that isolating. I can't say their friends are very diverse though. They're sort of stuck in that social circle.
 
Port80 said:
That occurred to me as well, but I have nieces and nephews who are home schooled. They don't have a lot of friends or close friends, but they make a lot of social connections in church related activities. IMO it's not that isolating. I can't say their friends are very diverse though. They're sort of stuck in that social circle.
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My kids were home schooled for a few years, but that was by their choice. Ours wasn't done because of religious purposes, and our kids still took band, played sports, etc, so they didn't miss out socially. I eventually got them back in high school, around Savannah's age, as I didn't feel qualified to teach beyond that age.

Savannah just moved there four weeks ago. She's probably feeling very isolated there, missing her friends and her old normal teen routine like school, extra curricular activities with them, hanging out. We're going by the Mom and Dad saying she was happy where she is now with the new move, but I am wondering if that is not how Savannah feels.
 
I wonder if we're playing into the stereotype that parents who homeschool their kids seem to be more controlling and strict? I do see that stereotype played out in real life, but does it describe what I know about Savannah's parenting and education? No. Not necessarily. I think @Steelslady does make a good point. That was a tough age. It's almost as though you want to jump out of your own skin with all the pressures and changes going on. I have to wonder that maybe she could possibly be undergoing a crisis, and just absconded to some friend's house. All the publicity would compound her into hiding further. We had a case like that once. A girl ran away, but the parents insisted she was abducted and trafficked down the I-5 corridor. Well, of course we did go into overdrive because the family insisted, and the police didn't know. Turns out, she absconded from home to be at a friends house, found out she would be in trouble for absconding and the whole thing tumbled down from there. She was too terrified to come out of hiding. We eventually found her, felt very relieved, and forgave her transgression. She was 15. What can you expect from a kid that age?
 
Port80 said:
I wonder if we're playing into the stereotype that parents who homeschool their kids seem to be more controlling and strict? I do see that stereotype played out in real life, but does it describe what I know about Savannah's parenting and education? No. Not necessarily. I think @Steelslady does make a good point. That was a tough age. It's almost as though you want to jump out of your own skin with all the pressures and changes going on. I have to wonder that maybe she could possibly be undergoing a crisis, and just absconded to some friend's house. All the publicity would compound her into hiding further. We had a case like that once. A girl ran away, but the parents insisted she was abducted and trafficked down the I-5 corridor. Well, of course we did go into overdrive because the family insisted, and the police didn't know. Turns out, she absconded from home to be at a friends house, found out she would be in trouble for absconding and the whole thing tumbled down from there. She was too terrified to come out of hiding. We eventually found her, felt very relieved, and forgave her transgression. She was 15. What can you expect from a kid that age?
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I tend to agree with a lot of what you said. However, it’s that cellphone ping in KY that is worrisome to me. It doesn’t appear that she knows anyone up in that area. That leaves a couple of possibilities:
1) She arranged to be picked up by someone and they are going off together. If that’s the case how was it arranged? We have been told there is no electronic evidence that she was planning anything like this. That leaves “in person” contact or she used another person’s phone. Have the phones of her siblings been checked? How well acquainted is she with people at her church? Could she have made contact with someone at her church that day? What did she do on that Sunday all day?
2) Someone brought her or her cellphone to KY. Did she run away and was picked up by an unsavory character?

My final few thoughts for now:
Who last saw her at 11:00 pm?
Was it unusual for her mother to check on her at 4:30 a.m.?
Why did CP refer to her in the past tense in the presser? “She was a farm girl.”
 
806mom said:
I don't think this is just a regular run-away. One thing I am concerned about is depending on what description you see/hear, her hair color is either blonde or strawberry blonde. Im worried people will be looking for one thing and miss seeing her.

Something I am curious about - is her father that is in the video her biological father?
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Port80 said:
Good question. I assume he is, but I have no data to confirm either way. I was thinking about her hair color, too. All the photos' color balance was normal, but her hair may have been colored perhaps? All the reports simply said blond hair. Looking at her profile, I just assumed it was colored strawberry blond in the past. *shrugs*
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Port80 said:
Just a passing thought, but consider the Superbowl coming to Atlanta, GA, and the extensive sex trafficking that goes with it... Not that I see any sort of connection, but what if she did run away, and ended getting caught up in a ring against her will? Isn't it that most female juvenile runaways are encountered by an organization/individual of that sort within 24 hours? Often out of disparity, they get lured into a human trafficking ring. Granted, it's radical speculation, but any theory at this point I will guess at.
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There is the possibility her hair has now been cut and dyed, moo.

As far as trafficking goes, this is the first thing the traffickers usually do.

If not it’s trafficking, this possibility still exists if she or someone else wants to conceal her identity for whatever reason.

My point, hair can be altered so we should keep that in mind.
 
806mom said:
The FBI would get involved if they believed she was taken across state lines, I believe.
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This is correct, but they can get involved even if this wasn’t the case.

As a department that hasn’t dealt with any long term juvenile missing by their own admission, their experience is minimal, so I feel relief knowing other agencies are assisting

There used to be a time when this assisting seemed not as common imo, which was why many cases generally speaking weren’t handled all that great bc some small town departments simply did not have the experience or resources.
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Steelslady said:
I thought that she was home schooled? Or is this new for her, being home schooled?If so, that might change things a bit here.
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Good eye, steelslady. :)

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FBI joins search for 14-year-old girl missing for two weeks
Monday, January 28, 2019 01:24PM

“Her parents say they have no reason to believe their daughter ran away.”
 
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Investigators searching for teen who vanished from home weeks ago

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Fillyaw said the girl is not officially classified as endangered because authorities do not have information to suggest Savannah is in direct danger.

He also told reporters that he doesn’t believe the missing teenager intended to run away or was in communication with someone who wanted to abduct her.

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cybervampira said:
Investigators searching for teen who vanished from home weeks ago

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Fillyaw said the girl is not officially classified as endangered because authorities do not have information to suggest Savannah is in direct danger.

He also told reporters that he doesn’t believe the missing teenager intended to run away or was in communication with someone who wanted to abduct her.

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Ok, so that covers everything- meaning, they're clueless? They can't classify her as endangered or kidnapped as well, yet they don't believe she ran away! So, what's option number 3- aliens?
 
Steelslady said:
Ok, so that covers everything- meaning, they're clueless? They can't classify her as endangered or kidnapped as well, yet they don't believe she ran away! So, what's option number 3- aliens?
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I just caught up on the thread. I hate to say this but option number 3 might be that they are not sure she is alive. That is the only reason I can think of as to why they would not at least declare her as a missing "endangered" case based on her age and the length of time she has been gone.
I hope I am very wrong. :(
I hope Savannah comes home safe.

MOO.
 
I'm not usually one to make a big deal of past tense word usage but I found the parents' words to be revealing in the interview video at this link: Monroe County Sheriff's Office searching for missing 14-year-old girl

Dad: "It is unimaginable to tell you how it feels to lose one of yours. There is no explanation unless you've went through it. She brought the sunshine up in the morning, I mean just like not having your cup of coffee in the morning, it's just not the same without Savannah."

Video cuts to mom at Presser saying: "She was my sunshine, I put that on facebook, and now my sunshine is gone."

I'm not implying the parents are in anyway involved. Their words sound genuine to me. But these sound like the words of parents who don't think their daughter is coming back to them. MOO.
 
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