Found Safe MI - Gage Petherbridge, 15, & Hannah McConnell, 13, Vienna Township, Jan 2008 [Archive]

hoppyfrog

01-17-2008, 05:34 PM

http://www.wnem.com/news/15063671/detail.html

A nationwide search is under way for a young couple who have apparently run away together in a stolen minivan.

Hannah McConnell, 13, and her boyfriend Gage Petherbridge, 15, disappeared from their Vienna Township homes this weekend.

Petherbridge’s mother awoke Saturday morning to find the teen missing, along with her white 1997 Pontiac Montana minivan, with the license plate 6DYW54. The boy's Xbox 360 video game console, some clothes and over $500 in cash the teen received for Christmas were also gone.

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The pair is also believed to be traveling with Petherbridge's cocker spaniel, Mandy.

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The Genesee County Sheriff’s Department said a tip leads them to believe they are on their way to Orange County, Calif., however, a MySpace entry claims they are traveling to Huntington Beach, Calif., to meet somebody.

more at link

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hoppyfrog

01-17-2008, 05:35 PM

http://www.wnem.com/news/15063671/detail.html

A nationwide search is under way for a young couple who have apparently run away together in a stolen minivan.

Hannah McConnell, 13, and her boyfriend Gage Petherbridge, 15, disappeared from their Vienna Township homes this weekend.

Petherbridge’s mother awoke Saturday morning to find the teen missing, along with her white 1997 Pontiac Montana minivan, with the license plate 6DYW54. The boy's Xbox 360 video game console, some clothes and over $500 in cash the teen received for Christmas were also gone.

and

The pair is also believed to be traveling with Petherbridge's cocker spaniel, Mandy.

and

The Genesee County Sheriff’s Department said a tip leads them to believe they are on their way to Orange County, Calif., however, a MySpace entry claims they are traveling to Huntington Beach, Calif., to meet somebody.

more at link

pics
http://www.wnem.com/2008/0117/15066947_240X180.jpg (http://www.wnem.com/news/15063671/detail.html#)
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JanetElaine

01-17-2008, 09:03 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,323547,00.html

VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Michigan — A countrywide search was on Thursday on for a 15-year-old boy and his 13-year-old girlfriend, who fled their homes with one family's minivan, $680 in cash and a dog named Mandy.

They've been gone since Saturday. I sure hope these kids are alright.... Sure it's all kinds of stupid to run off like this but they're so young yet....

Hannah is bipolar and didn't take her meds with her. They might be headed to Colorado or California.

hoppyfrog

01-20-2008, 04:24 PM

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080120/NEWS06/80120023/1023/BUSINESS04

20 Jan 08

The teens’ families didn’t know until Saturday whether the two were still alive. That’s when Hannah reportedly called a friend and said the pair was running out of money. Hannah and Gage made the call from Nevada; law-enforcement officials still are working to track down where they were specifically.

much more at link

hoppyfrog

01-20-2008, 04:25 PM

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...023/BUSINESS04 (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080120/NEWS06/80120023/1023/BUSINESS04)

20 Jan 08

The teens’ families didn’t know until Saturday whether the two were still alive. That’s when Hannah reportedly called a friend and said the pair was running out of money. Hannah and Gage made the call from Nevada; law-enforcement officials still are working to track down where they were specifically.

much more at link

dannyodie

01-20-2008, 07:24 PM

this certainly is a very dangerous trip for two very young teenagers, I sure hope they don't resort to needing help from complete strangers like so many teenagers might do in a tight situation. I sure hope they aren't going to california to meet someone they met over the internet. the fact that they might be running short on cash is very upsetting to me, I sure hope they make the right choice and contact someone to come get them, or even seek out the help of local police for there own protection. prays that these two are ok tonight, this really bothers me for such young kids wanting to be on their own like this and have not given thought to the dangers they could innocently run up on... prayers for these two

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=138495258
anyone know if this is the young man she is with? set to private, looks like the last login was on the 17th, I couldn't find hers, but there is so many that are names of locations that I am not sure of.

paddy01

01-20-2008, 09:17 PM

Good grief, I know what her mother is going through. In 1983 my then 15 year
old daughter took off with her boyfriend, same scenario, they thought they were in love. She was missing 22 days, the worst days of my life! I did not eat or sleep, I ended up in the hospital. FBI finally found them in Shomberg, Illinois, we were so fortunate that they were unharmed. I can only hope these kids are okay. They are in my prayers.

JanetElaine

01-21-2008, 08:59 PM

Found safe in Louisiana: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324447,00.html

paddy01

01-21-2008, 10:20 PM

Thank god, this had a happy ending, I'm glad their safe.

hoppyfrog

01-25-2008, 08:15 PM

http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=33921&cat=14

21 Jan 08

Gage Petherbridge and Hannah McConnell, the two Michigan teenagers that disappeared nine days ago from their Michigan homes, have been found safe in Louisiana.

more at link

hoppyfrog

01-25-2008, 08:16 PM

http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=33921&cat=14

21 Jan 08

Gage Petherbridge and Hannah McConnell, the two Michigan teenagers that disappeared nine days ago from their Michigan homes, have been found safe in Louisiana.

more at link

Angie4b1g

01-26-2008, 10:17 PM

Boy are they in trouble! ;)

Filly

01-27-2008, 06:26 AM

http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=33921&cat=14

21 Jan 08

Gage Petherbridge and Hannah McConnell, the two Michigan teenagers that disappeared nine days ago from their Michigan homes, have been found safe in Louisiana.

more at link

Phew. I kept checking this thread. That's good news, but definately they're in big trouble.

czechmate7

01-27-2008, 10:36 AM

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080120/NEWS06/80120023/1023/BUSINESS04

20 Jan 08

The teens’ families didn’t know until Saturday whether the two were still alive. That’s when Hannah reportedly called a friend and said the pair was running out of money. Hannah and Gage made the call from Nevada; law-enforcement officials still are working to track down where they were specifically.

much more at link
They stole a minivan....hello??? I guess they were too young to realize they should have stolen something with better gas mileage!! Nowdays $500 dollars doesn't get you very far in gas.
I'm glad they were found ok...