17-year-old Kayla Ward ran away from her adoptive home on 1-11-2018, along with her sister, 14-year-old Brooke Ward. A few days later, Brooke was located in Nashville by Vanderbilt University police; but, as far as I can tell, Kayla has not been found. She would be an adult now, and legally able to go off on her own, but I wonder if she was ever located. She had a troubled background and would have been vulnerable.
Some links:
2 teen sisters featured in ABC News report on overmedicated foster kids are missing after running away
(excerpt from the above article:
The Robertson County Sheriff's Office said Kayla Ward, 17, and Brooke Ward, 14, of Springfield, Tennessee, were last seen at their home on Highway 76 just outside of Springfield and are believed to have run away on Jan. 11.
Their mother, Lisa Ward, said she discovered her daughters were gone the following morning and found a goodbye note written in Brooke's handwriting on the window sill, that said in part, "just pray for me. I am going to find some place that will help me, the help I think I need and not your help."
"Please don’t come looking for me," the note continued. "They are be taking good care of me so don’t worry either I love you."
Law enforcement doesn't believe the teens are in imminent danger; however, their family fears they could end up as trafficking victims.
Brooke and Kayla were adopted by Ward and her husband Todd Ward in 2010. Their biological mother had a long history of drug abuse and prostitution and both girls suffer from reactive attachment disorder....)
Officials looking for missing Tenn. sisters believed to be in Kentucky or Missouri
1 of 2 Robertson County runaways found by Vanderbilt police
(I think Brooke is on the left, and Kayla on the right.)
Some links:
2 teen sisters featured in ABC News report on overmedicated foster kids are missing after running away
(excerpt from the above article:
The Robertson County Sheriff's Office said Kayla Ward, 17, and Brooke Ward, 14, of Springfield, Tennessee, were last seen at their home on Highway 76 just outside of Springfield and are believed to have run away on Jan. 11.
Their mother, Lisa Ward, said she discovered her daughters were gone the following morning and found a goodbye note written in Brooke's handwriting on the window sill, that said in part, "just pray for me. I am going to find some place that will help me, the help I think I need and not your help."
"Please don’t come looking for me," the note continued. "They are be taking good care of me so don’t worry either I love you."
Law enforcement doesn't believe the teens are in imminent danger; however, their family fears they could end up as trafficking victims.
Brooke and Kayla were adopted by Ward and her husband Todd Ward in 2010. Their biological mother had a long history of drug abuse and prostitution and both girls suffer from reactive attachment disorder....)
Officials looking for missing Tenn. sisters believed to be in Kentucky or Missouri
1 of 2 Robertson County runaways found by Vanderbilt police
(I think Brooke is on the left, and Kayla on the right.)
