MA MA - Sue Paye, 15, might be hiding in Brooklyn, NY church, Worcester, 9 Jan 2022

[Unalienable Rights]

Worcester parents worried about daughter, 15, missing for a month

WORCESTER — The parents of a 15-year-old Doherty Memorial High School student missing for a month are urging police to step up the search for the teen.

Sue Paye has been missing since Jan. 9, according to her parents, Roseline Potipah and Farley Kegbeh. They said she has left home before, heading to Texas and New York on separate occasions.

On Tuesday, Potipah said she last saw her daughter right before the mother went to church.

Potipah said she called and texted her daughter's cellphone but received no answer. She came home after church and there were no signs of her daughter but an overnight bag with some of her clothes were gone. So Potipah called the Worcester police.

Lt. Sean Murtha, spokesman for the Police Department, said Tuesday the whereabouts of the missing girl is an open investigation, adding that the her information and photo were added to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database.

The police investigator was in touch with the missing girl's family Monday, Murtha said.

On Tuesday, after an inquiry about the case from the Telegram & Gazette, the Police Department posted the girl's picture on the department Facebook page.

"The investigator is going to be in touch with the police in places where she has been before, in particular. New York City would be the first," Murtha said.

She did it before. She ran away. She told me she went to Texas,” Farley Kegbeh, the girl’s father said. “She wouldn’t explain who she went with or what happened.”

Farley Kegbeh said they filed a runaway child report with Doherty High and a missing child report, for a second time, with Worcester Central Court House.

Rev. Jesse G. Gibson of Throne of Grace Ministries said the family is hoping to put “more concern and effort” in the case.

“They’re not telling much,” Rev. Gibson said.

Paye is described as being 5-foot-9, slim build, black and gold hair and brown eyes.

If you have any information on the missing girl's whereabouts, call the Worcester Police Department at (508) 799-8606.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Video at the link

The Missing: Teen might be hiding in NYC churches | PIX11

STUYVESANT HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Farley Kegbeh drove more than four hours from Worcester, Massachusetts Wednesday evening, hoping to find his 15-year-old daughter at a fundamentalist Christian church on Bedford Avenue near Fulton Street.

“They told me my daughter is in there,” Kegbeh told PIX11 News outside the small, brick church. “I don’t know what is in there!”

Kegbeh, his brother and several friends started banging the lock on the black gate outside the church, hoping someone would open the door. They were ultimately disappointed.

The men were clutching flyers emblazoned with a photo of Kegbeh’s daughter, Sue Paye, who has been missing since Jan. 9. Kegbeh said his daughter has been watching online videos connected to an organization called Deeper Life Bible Church since she was 14. This is the fourth time she has left home.

“The first time she took off, she went to Texas,” Kegbeh told PIX11 News. “That’s what she told me!”

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Kegbeh’s brother, Wallace, joined the teen’s father for the trip to New York. The two brothers are part of a tight-knit, Liberian community in Worcester. They originally immigrated from Africa.

“I think she’s been brainwashed,” Wallace Kegbeh said of his American-born niece. “I think she’s been brainwashed, and I think someone is directing her what to do.”

Deeper Life Christian Ministries, also known as Deeper Life Bible Church, was founded in Nigeria by Dr. W.F. Kumuyi in 1973. Women of the church are encouraged to dress modestly, many of them covering their heads and wearing long skirts and blouses.

Sue Paye had radically changed the way she dressed and no longer looked like a typical, American teenager, her father said. She “trashed” all the clothes he had given her, Farley Kegbeh added.

“She’s very smart in school,” Kegbeh said, “but when she started with the religion thing, she don’t have the passion for school anymore.”

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PIX11 News visited the Deeper Life Bible Church, located on Saratoga Avenue and Chauncey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Dr. Kumuyi’s name is featured on the sign outside. Yet, when PIX11 News reached out to a posted telephone number, a man said it was the “wrong church.”

A woman named Fola opened the door of the church when PIX11 rang the bell, but said she didn’t see the teen at all.

The Worcester Police Department is the lead law enforcement agency on Sue Paye’s missing persons case.
Lt. Sean Murtha of the Worcester PD said the teen appears to have left home voluntarily, but the department is treating the case as a “high priority” due to her age.

Longer article -- more at link

 

[Seni]

Family of missing Worcester teen makes plea for her to come home

Family of missing Worcester teen makes plea for her to come home

Sue Paye’s family says she's been missing since Jan. 9. They believe she most likely walked to the Union Station bus terminal on that day. Police said she's been known to ride the bus to New York.

Sue is 15 years old, 5'9" tall, with a slim build and gold hair.

In an emotional speech, her father asked for city leaders to help bring Sue home.

 

[bykerladi]

looks like this is the church. I hope her family just goes on Sunday morning for "worship" and gets their daughter back.
Our Churches | Deeper Life Rocky Mountain Region (deeperlifebiblechurchrockymountainregions.com)

 

[Laughing]

website seems a bit out of date....

 

[Seni]

Family of missing Worcester teen continues search

WORCESTER, Mass. -The family of a missing Worcester teenager continues their more than a month-long search for her.

 

[BrownBear]

Still missing.

Have you seen this child? Sue Paye

 

[walt91]

Bumping - Sue has been missing for a year today.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Still missing.

Sue's case was featured on episode 10, season 3 of Unsolved: Worcester, Radio Worcester, 23 Mar 2023.

Episode 10 of Unsolved: Worcester Season 3 Now Available

Episode 10 of Unsolved: Worcester Season 3 shares the story of 15-year-old Sue Paye who went missing in January 2022.

thisweekinworcester.com

 

[CastlesBurning]

Missing Person / NamUs #MP90239

 

[BrownBear]

Sue is still missing according to both NamUs and NCMEC.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

Have you seen this child?

 

[mlhenn]

Missing Person / NamUs #MP90239

View NamUs missing person case MP90239 for Sue Maniyon Paye missing from Worcester, Massachusetts. Date of last contact: Jan 09, 2022. NCMEC case number: 1442790.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Sadly, appears to still be missing.

 

[Seni]

Such a long time now....

Thanks for checking mlhenn