WHERE IS BRITTANY CARRIGG?
Brittany Carrigg, a high school junior and volleyball player whose
last day of school is exactly one week away, has not been seen or
heard from since Wednesday night around 9:30 p.m.,
when she left the house to go for a walk.
last day of school is exactly one week away, has not been seen or
heard from since Wednesday night around 9:30 p.m.,
when she left the house to go for a walk.
May 16, 2008 — Brittany Carrigg may have stormed out of her family's Georgia home Wednesday night after an argument.
Brittany has not been seen or heard from by her family since Wednesday around 9:30 p.m., when she left the house. She was not carrying a cell phone, wallet or identification, and it was out of character for her to not return later that evening.
The 17-year-old also may have simply gone for an evening walk in the wooded area near the Alabama state line where she lives. To the investigators, neighbors and family searching for her, it does not make much difference. "It could have started out as someone who was upset with her parents and she left the house and then somebody took her," Jim Beck, a spokesman for the Haralson County Sheriff's Office.
A search party that included more than 100 people Thursday as well as cadaver dogs zeroed in on a 5-mile radius near the Carrigg home. Search leaders instructed personnel to look for any evidence of the teen, concentrating on drainage areas and vacant structures. They also searched a nearby pond, but found "no evidence of a body." "Obviously, you look at two things," Beck said. "You look at the possibility that she left the area by car or by foot. She could have only gotten so far by foot."
A helicopter searched from the air Thursday and authorities have found no evidence suggesting that foul play was involved. They have spoken with her boyfriend, who reportedly was with Carrigg before she left her family's house Wednesday evening.
Beck said the boyfriend has spoken to police and provided some helpful information. "He's not a suspect in the investigation," Beck said, "but he is a guy who knows things."
Beck acknowledged the possibility that Carrigg may have left the house angry that night, perhaps even with the intention of running away. "You're dealing with a 17-year-old and 17-year-olds occasionally have interactions with parents that get complicated," he said. "But I got the sense that this a family committed to what's best for their daughter."
J.R. McElroy, Brittany's uncle stated his family is distraught. "They just want her home...Just pray to God that she comes home."
Carrigg is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighing 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a white shirt and tennis shoes.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4871110&page=1
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