Amber Alert issued for 17-year-old Hot Springs girl
An Amber alert has been issued for a 17-year-old girl who was last seen leaving the place where she worked in Hot Springs on Monday night, state police said.
TC left work at Pour Some Sugar on Me Sweet Shoppe, 502 Central Ave., at approximately 9:15 p.m., according to a news release from state police.
TC and another coworker were walking to their vehicles parked a block away, according to the release. The two met with an unknown female standing near a parked vehicle, authorities said. The unknown female asked TC if she could use her phone, because she was lost and her parents were staying at a condo in Hot Springs, according to the release.
The female then stated she needed to use the GPS coordinates, and asked TC to walk closer to her vehicle, state police said.
The coworker went to get her vehicle, which was in a city-owned parking garage, the release states. When she returned, TC was nowhere to be located and was not answering her phone, according to the release.
Authorities said the friend called TC’s mother, who attempted to call her daughter numerous times.
According to the release, TC answered the phone and said, “everything is fine,” when a male voice was heard on the phone and demanded $10,000 for TC’s return. The phone went dead and no contact has been made since, state police said.