MN MN - Amy "Alex" Plotts, 19, has autism, no phone, took a rideshare from Farmington to St. Paul, 3 Jan 2026

[GuyfromCanada]

MISSING PERSON ALERT: The Farmington Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing woman. Amy Plotts, who sometimes goes by Alex, age 19, is 5 feet tall, weighs 100 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes.

Plotts left her home late on Jan. 3, taking a ride-sharing service to St. Paul. She was last known to be in the area of the Wabasha Street Bridge wearing a multi-colored knit stocking cap, an oversized dark grey jacket, brown zippered sweatshirt, black sweatpants, and black Converse shoes with a flame pattern.

If you have information on Amy Plotts’ whereabouts, please contact the Farmington Police Department at 651-280-6700 or call 911.

This alert is being shared by the BCA on behalf of the listed law enforcement agency. The BCA is not the investigating agency. Please direct all tips, questions or information to the Farmington Police Department - Minnesota.

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Plotts does not have a phone or her own car and has been "diagnosed with Autism and may appear young for her age." She may sometimes go by "Alex."

Farmington police looking for missing 19-year-old

She does not have a phone or her own car and has been "diagnosed with Autism and may appear young for her age," according to police.

www.kare11.com

 

[slowpoke]

Who ordered the rideshare (noting she “does not have a phone”)?
Doesn’t one generally need a smartphone in order to use a rideshare service?

 

[GraceG]

Who ordered the rideshare (noting she “does not have a phone”)?
Doesn’t one generally need a smartphone in order to use a rideshare service?

A family member commented she'd "left her phone at home" on FB comments (unverified)), which to me means she HAS a phone, she just left it behind.

 

[SubzeroSongie]

Who ordered the rideshare (noting she “does not have a phone”)?
Doesn’t one generally need a smartphone in order to use a rideshare service?

I've ordered ubers on my computer

 

[ivylambs]

They’re in the Twin Cities, maybe trying to attend a protest? As an autistic teenager I did so without telling my parents multiple times.

ETA that I didn’t notice they left on the 3rd. I guess that’s probably not it, or at least not why they left.