FL-*Amber Alert* Issued for Alyssa Frank, 15 Year Old Girl

[chicoliving]

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Amber Alert Issued for 15 Year Old Florida Girl
Posted: Tuesday October 2, 2007: 3:29 PM CDT


The state of Florida issued the AMBER Alert on Tuesday morning after the girl was apparently abducted in Bartow on Monday evening by the suspect, a registered sex offender, in Polk County.

Alyssa Frank is a 15 year old white female, 5'' 9" and 200 pounds with naturally curly brown hair with blonde streaks at the top.. She was last seen wearing a pink or black Tinkerbell shirt, jeans, and black tennis shoes with gray and black checkered shoelaces.

The suspect is William Joe Mitchell, a white male, 46 years old, 5'10" tall, 158 lbs., with brown hair and blue eyes.

The suspect vehicle is a black Chevrolet Lumina with Florida tag G025EL.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Polk County Sheriff's Office at 863-533-0344, Crimestoppers at 1-800-226-TIPS, or 911.



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[Tranaice]

I pray this young girl is found safe.

[kk's mom]

I just read this on Foxnews. This makes me sick to my stomach. I pray they find this girl safe.

[chicoliving]

Fox News Channel reporting that she is alive and well but he is still out there.

[chicoliving]

BARTOW, Fla. — A teenage girl was found alive and well after she sneaked out of her house to rendezvous with a high-risk sex offender she met on Myspace.com, a sheriff said Tuesday.

Alyssa Frank, 15, was found safe in the Florida Panhandle a day after she disappeared, but the man accused of running off with her was still on the loose, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said.

"She is safe at home with her family," he said. "Her parents are exceptionally elated. This is truly a blessing from God she is alive."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,298890,00.html

[T-Rex]

I saw a press conference with her parents today. Her dad was great--big guy, great talker, reminded me of a pro wrestler. Anyway, he answered all the questions really well--especially about the creep who was with his daughter. Said creep might be safer to just turn himself in now!!

[CaliKid]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20950537/

Fla. Dad Warns Parents of Online Perils

Father says she used the computer in a public area of house and he still didn't know she was communicating online with Mitchell. She thought she was meeting a young man in his 20s and won't talk about what happened to her during the 30 hours of time she was with Mitchell. He threatened to kill her if she tried to run.

[chicoliving]

ORLANDO, Fla. — A sex offender who ran off with a 15-year-old Florida girl and then released her at a Wal-Mart store earlier this week has been arrested, police said Saturday.

William Joe Mitchell, 46, was arrested by Virginia State Police at a gas station in Winchester, Va., according the Polk County Sheriff's Office in central Florida.

No further details were immediately available.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,299884,00.html

[Taximom]

Lucky LE got him before her dad did.

Now why was he so easy to catch, and we can't catch Stiles??!!

[concernedperson]

Lucky LE got him before her dad did.

Now why was he so easy to catch, and we can't catch Stiles??!!

That is the burning question. Why not Stiles?