A guy may be holding missing 16-year-old Kentucky girl against her will, mother says
UPDATE: Amber Lewis was found safe Friday, March 8, her mother said on Facebook.
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A Rowan County High School student has been missing since she left her father’s home in Midland Friday night, and her mother feels someone may be holding her against her will.
Mary Lewis said she took her 16-year-old daughter, Amber Lewis, to her father’s Bath County home Friday night. Amber told her mother she was feeling bad and was going to stay the night there.
A little after 8 p.m. Friday, Amber told her brother that her mother was picking her up at 9 p.m., according to Mary Lewis.
“Evidently someone pulled in the driveway and she left with him,” Mary Lewis said. “He (Amber’s brother) thought it was me but it wasn’t.”
Her brother did not get a good look at the car.
Bath County Sheriff John Snedegar believes Amber left the house on her own power.
Mary Lewis has not heard from Amber since Friday. Although Amber deleted her Facebook two weeks ago, she was always active on Instagram and Snapchat, her mother said. She also frequently used text messaging, her mother said.
Amber may have been picked up by a guy she met online, according to her mother. She is worried about her daughter’s safety, as it’s not like her to not answer messages.
“She is always on her telephone. She has that phone 24-7 like a normal teenager,” Mary Lewis said. “It’s not like her. All her friends are trying to text her, and she isn’t answering.”
Snedegar said his office has talked with Amber’s parents, as well as the Rowan County High School resource officer, about Amber’s disappearance. Its investigation with state police is ongoing.
A junior at Rowan County, Amber is described as a very talkative, outgoing girl, her mother said. She is 5 feet 6, 172 pounds with brown eyes and recently-dyed brown hair. She also has the right side of her nose pierced.
Anyone with information about Amber is asked to call the Bath County Sheriff at (606) 674-2006, the Kentucky State Police at (606) 784-4127.
This story was originally published February 26, 2019 at 7:45 AM.