An Alabama teen was found safe in Texas. The teen vanished without any trace two years ago after taking out the trash. Alissia Freeman, who was more than 1,000 miles away in the El Paso, Texas, has reached out to her mother, Vickie Metcalf, with a video call on Monday after being out of contact with her family since she disappeared on 13th December, 2015. She was aged 17 at the time of disappearance.
“Alissia told her parents she was going outside to take out the trash. A neighbor spotted her walking down the road, and then she vanished. She has not been seen or heard from since, and suddenly she reached out to her mom several days ago,” WSFA's Lindsey Rogers told to KPRC.
The incident happened 16 months ago.
Metcalf saw her daughter in person for the first time in almost a year and a half on Wednesday afternoon as the mother and daughter reunited in Texas.
Since Freeman’s disappearance, Metcalf had been sharing posts one on Facebook regarding her missing.
The family, which had been targeted by the scammers in past, has confirmed along with the law enforcement that Freeman was safe.
“I have seen her. I’m with her now and so happy. Of course,” Metcalf told to AL.com.
Although the mother could not be happier, she said that there are people out who are sending her daughter "ugly messages."
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Metcalf did not specify why Freeman ran away but said “she went through some things when she was younger.”
“She’s had a hard time with it and our communication wasn’t the best and she didn’t think I’d understand (my fault not hers) we are working on that now. She is just trying to heal now,” wrote Metcalf.
Speaking to the KPRC, Freeman’s uncle, Calvin Thornton, said that he and his wife, Theresa, have kept a candle light burning in their window in the hopes that it would help their niece to find her way home.
“I’m very grateful for all the well wishes, people praying. We’ve had people come here and pray with us. All I care about is the fact that my niece has been found. She’s safe, she’s alive. Right now that’s the biggest focus and that’s the only thing we’re going to focus on. We’ll get the answers in time,” Calvin Thornton said.
Mrudula Duddempudi.
