Taylordescribed her niece as “a fun-loving person” whose interests range from fashion to photography to her NelsonCountyHigh Schoolvolleyball team.
While other students may dread the end of summer, Murphy was excited to return to school, her cousin Angela Vest said.
Vest said she doubts the teen would run away.
“She was a good girl. … The whole thing is just unbelievable,” Vest said.
Taylorsaid the rising senior has begun looking at colleges and is considering pursuing a career in accounting.
Murphy always clocks into work on time at Kid to Kid, where she recently began working, Taylorsaid.
And she calls ahead when running late as curfew approaches.
“Her cell phone is like her sixth finger,” Taylorsaid.
That is why her family found it disconcerting when she stopped answering the phone in recent days.
Now, calls go straight to voicemail, her aunt said.
Friends and family have been spreading the word of Murphy’s disappearance through Facebookand fliers posted around town.
