How is there not more news about this missing teen?

[Anonymous]

The Alicia Navarro case has girls doing this crap now. You willingly leave, not in danger, shack up until 18 and then live a normal life with the guy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm aware of this because I received a MCPS alert. I don't know the girl but my kids go to the same high school. She's been missing for over 2 weeks -- no indication she's a runaway or anything. She appears to have gone missing from her bedroom in Rockville -- all her belongings were left in the room so does not look like a runaway. I keep checking the MCPD newsfeed to see if they update that she's been located. This is insane to me that it's not all over WTOP, etc.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/missing/sophia-roach-missing-montgomery-county/65-56717648-4715-4c40-9067-1818e2f544dd
It's also astounding to me how many reports of missing teens there are on the MCPD website. Most appear to be found within a few days, so I assume that they are mad at their parents and crashing with friends or another relative.

She probably is a runaway.

Who runs away without their cell phone - purposely.

She was lured and asked not to bring her phone. "We will get you a new phone and you can be a model or live a great life."

Now she is being trafficked

This happens so much more than you think

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where were the parents in all of this? WOH or SAH parents?

Who cares. It doesn't matter. Stop deflecting and blaming

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm aware of this because I received a MCPS alert. I don't know the girl but my kids go to the same high school. She's been missing for over 2 weeks -- no indication she's a runaway or anything. She appears to have gone missing from her bedroom in Rockville -- all her belongings were left in the room so does not look like a runaway. I keep checking the MCPD newsfeed to see if they update that she's been located. This is insane to me that it's not all over WTOP, etc.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/missing/sophia-roach-missing-montgomery-county/65-56717648-4715-4c40-9067-1818e2f544dd
It's also astounding to me how many reports of missing teens there are on the MCPD website. Most appear to be found within a few days, so I assume that they are mad at their parents and crashing with friends or another relative.

She probably is a runaway.

Who runs away without their cell phone - purposely.

She was lured and asked not to bring her phone. "We will get you a new phone and you can be a model or live a great life."

Now she is being trafficked

This happens so much more than you think

Yes but we don't know that is what happened here. It's all conjecture. For all we know, the kid felt like her parents were abusive and fled. (NOT saying that is true). And knew they could track her with her phone (all kids know this), so she got a burner phone instead.

We have no idea why she left. None. Hopefully the police know more.

[Anonymous]

No, we don't know what happened, but she's 15. She's a minor. She needs to be protected from whatever situation she's in now regardless of whether she left voluntarily or not. She's not legally capable of deciding voluntarily to go live with a boyfriend or whatever. That's not her call to make yet. And the community needs to keep spreading the word in the hopes that someone can help her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where were the parents in all of this? WOH or SAH parents?

You're sick in the head if you think parents can or should control every aspect of a 15 year Olds life. If you go through their phone you still miss everything that is deleted or on a burner phone. If you never let them out of the house they would run away at school.
What a hot take

[Anonymous]

Why does everyone assume trafficking and not that she found a boyfriend online and wanted to be with him and left her phone so she wouldn't get caught? Not saying it's a great situation or that the "bf" isn't scummy. Just that it's not hard to get a burner phone and not everything is a trafficking or prostitution ring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone assume trafficking and not that she found a boyfriend online and wanted to be with him and left her phone so she wouldn't get caught? Not saying it's a great situation or that the "bf" isn't scummy. Just that it's not hard to get a burner phone and not everything is a trafficking or prostitution ring.

I also do not understand this weird fixation with trafficking. I think this is some q anon fixation some posters have. Yes trafficking happens, and it is awful, but there are many other more likely scenarios. Not all of these possibilities are better than trafficking. For example, scenarios involving creepy older men are spine chilling and often do not involve trafficking but are still god awful and possibly worse. I hope she is ok and has just run away. If not, I hope she is still ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Alicia Navarro case has girls doing this crap now. You willingly leave, not in danger, shack up until 18 and then live a normal life with the guy.

This case and the current case should scream at parents: "Do not let your teens have free unchecked access to the internet!" There are sick people out there.

[Anonymous]

I hope she is OK, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why does everyone assume trafficking and not that she found a boyfriend online and wanted to be with him and left her phone so she wouldn't get caught? Not saying it's a great situation or that the "bf" isn't scummy. Just that it's not hard to get a burner phone and not everything is a trafficking or prostitution ring.

OK, kidnapped and isolated by a "boyfriend", not trafficked.

[Anonymous]

Found safe in Baltimore City. A mall security guard recognized her and called police

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Found safe in Baltimore City. A mall security guard recognized her and called police

Great news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Found safe in Baltimore City. A mall security guard recognized her and called police

Great news.

wow -- where are you seeing that?

[Anonymous]

I don't see any news stories that she has been found, do you have a link?