AL AL - Melissa Valenta Johnson, 17, may be with a man in TX, Dothan, 10 Apr 2022

[GuyfromCanada]

DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — The search is on for a Dothan teenager that has been missing since Sunday. Her family is desperately asking for help in locating their daughter, who hasn’t been seen in the last four days.

It was just this past Sunday when the Dino Johnson, and his family were getting ready for Palm Sunday services when they realized their daughter and sister, 17-year-old Melissa Valenta Johnson was missing.

“We all started immediately wondering where is she, what happened to her, we began searching and looking for her at the store, asking anybody possibly,” Johnson said.

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[borndem]

Beautiful girl, but in one pic, she looks around 25 year old, not 17. I'm hoping she's okay, but on a major holy day for her family (and many others), where did she go, and when? Her family must be very worried -- she's only 17 years old.
Is she with a man from Texas, as is apparently suspected? Did that man pick her up? Did she leave to meet him or someone?
Hoping LE is doing as much as they can to find her or at least to get leads on where to look. Gone since Sunday -- she could be a long way from home, or not.
Hoping she'll be found or turn up soon.

It's about 650 miles from Dothan to Houston, Texas (I picked Houston only because it's one of the most eastern cities in Texas) -- that's a long way from her home -- if a trip to Texas is what she/they did. I do hope she is safe wherever she is.

About Dothan, AL
Dothan is a city in Dale, Henry, and Houston counties and the Houston county seat in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is Alabama's eighth-largest city, with a population of 71,072 at the 2020 census. It is near the state's southeastern corner, about 20 miles west of Georgia and 16 miles north of Florida. Wikipedia[...]
Population: 67,894 (2019)

 

[killarney rose]

Dothan isn’t in Dale or a Henry Counties. Dale county is NW of Dothan and Henry County is N of Dothan. I’m local. Dothan has two main highways running through it, 431 and 231. It’s only approx 20 north of I-10 via 231. 10 is a straight shot to Houston.

 

[borndem]

Thanks for straightening that out, @killarney rose!
Good ol' Wikipedia...
When I saw that on Wiki, I had to read it about 3 times -- but what I posted was verbatim from W-pedia. SMH.

 

[killarney rose]

I know, right? 1 town in 3 counties! I read Wiki a lot, but there’s always that one time someone posts something like this.

 

[YaYa_521]

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Police claim she could be with a man named Michael Costello. They don’t believe Melissa is in any danger at this time.

However, her family believes she is being brainwashed by the person she is with. According to Johnson, he received one phone call from Melissa, where he said she told him she was in Texas.

“She has never done anything like this, I believe she is personally being taught, she is in the wrong company right now and we just need help,” Johnson said.

 

[JurassicParker]

Is Michael this girls groomer? This doesnt look good at all.