No Clues in the Case of Missing Florida Girl Somer Thompson
Florida police say they have no clues three days after 7-year-old Somer Thompson dissapppeared while walking home from school Monday afternoon.
Somer’s mother made a tearful plea for the return of her missing daughter, “Just drop her off somewhere. I don’t care if you ever get in trouble,” Thompson said. “I just want my baby back.” Police suspect foul play after initial assumptions that she may have fallen into to something or gotten lost did not prove true.
Clay County Sheriff Rick Beseler said investigators are baffled. He said officers have expanded the initial search area and interviewed about 75 known sex offenders in a five-square-mile radius. Teams of volunteers are walking arm-to-arm through the woods, and deputies are using helicopters and search dogs.
“We just really need a break in this case. We need a tip, we need a phone call,” Beseler said. “Somebody knows where Somer is, and we need that person to call us.”
Somer was last seen on Monday afternoon as she walked home from school with her sister and another child. She was upset after her sister told her to stop arguing with the other child, Somer walked ahead of the group and has not been seen since.
Somer is white, 3 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 65 pounds. She has brown hair that was in a pony tail and was wearing a cranberry colored jumpsuit with pink stripes and a black T-shirt underneath. Her backpack is black with pink and white skulls and crossbones.
Her mother said she has an “odd-shaped” birth mark on her left shin.
People are encouraged to call the tip line at (877) 227-6911 with any additional information on the child’s whereabouts.
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