Just want to share this..
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16 year old Sophia Franklin is missing and needs to be found. Last seen driving through Iowa en route to Arkansas.
Officials with The One In Five Foundation For Kids, a national nonprofit helping search for a pregnant Wisconsin teenager last seen Feb. 2, say they believe she is traveling through Iowa en route to Arkansas.
According to an active Amber Alert out of Wisconsin, 16-year-old Sophia Martha Franklin is believed to be with 40-year-old Gary F. Day.
Franklin was last seen at her Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, home on Feb. 2. She's described as a white female, 5-foot-9 and 186 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. She's three months pregnant with Day's child.
Franklin has a no-contact order against Day, who faces four felonies in Franklin's abduction, including two counts of child abduction and two counts of child enticement.
He's described as a white male, 5-foot-7 and 165 pounds, with blonde hair and green eyes.
They're believed to be traveling in a black 2014 Buick LaCrosse with either Arkansas (BBR 20L) or Pennsylvania (KGW5186) license plates.
Authorities encourage anyone with information about Franklin and/or Day's whereabouts to call 888-304-3936 or 911.
UPDATE
This creep Gary Davis met 16 year old Sophia Franklin online. There aren’t a lot of specifics, but I’m guessing it is one of the MeetMe type apps where the 40 year-old Davis was able to meet a 16 year old girl online. The FBI is now on the case. Day is from Lonoke County, Arkansas which is located on the east side of Little Rock, Arkansas. “Day has been on probation since pleading guilty in 2020 to endangering the welfare of his 4-month-old son. Records show the child had a fractured femur.”
According to this news report:
“This man is a predator,” Sheriff John Staley, from Lonoke County, Arkansas, told 12 News Wednesday. “We’re going to have to figure out how to hold him accountable.”
According to court documents, Franklin’s parents told Beaver Dam police she had been using various phones and electronic devices to communicate with strangers online. They said she had been sneaking out of the house.
Franklin began communicating with Day online in April 2024, and her family did not see her from July until December. According to the criminal complaint, they believed she was with a friend in the Beaver Dam area, but Day had actually secretly picked up the teenage girl, taking her to his home in central Arkansas.
It wasn’t until officers did a December probation check they discovered the two together.
“Two of them went to do a check on Mr. Day, and someone ran out the back door of his residence,” Sheriff Staley said. “Turns out it was a female that was a juvenile from Wisconsin.”
When her parents were contacted by police in Arkansas in December, they were shocked to learn she was there.
They arrested Day for interference of custody and returned Franklin to her home in Beaver Dam.
But prosecutors said on Monday, Feb. 3, a man appearing to be Day was spotted on a doorbell camera near Franklin’s home.
The man is dressed in black pants, a black long-sleeve shirt and a gray winter hat. The man is seen walking up the driveway and then running as he reaches the rear of the house, the complaint says.
Franklin and Day have been missing since then.
“We’re in close contact with law enforcement agencies down in Arkansas,” Beaver Dam Police Chief John Kreuziger said.
One of those agencies is the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff told 12 News they are ready to assist however they can.
“We’re watching the house. The city police department in Austin is doing extra patrols on his house,” Sheriff Staley said. “If he comes anywhere around here, we’re going to get him.”
This is a sad story and I hope Sophia gets the help she needs once she is found.