Two Maryland Teens Missing Since Last Friday Jan 19--help!

[soothsayer]

The older one is the daughter of a colleague who has asked folks to spread the message far and wide, and I've not seen it on DU yet. Both girls have had suicidal tendencies in the past, so the parents are awfully worried about them.

The parents are appealing to the public to keep an eye out for the car that the girls were driving, a dark blue 1997 Subaru Outback station wagon with a Maryland license plate MBJ-485. The car may have a black cargo box on the roof.

An entry from Crites' diary has her family particularly concerned, according to reports. The entry read: "Wherever I end up laying, whether buried or cremated, I want to stay with my true love, buried next to her. This is my choice. I'm sorry."

The girls were last seen on Jan. 19 before leaving to see a movie in Georgetown. The last cellphone call the younger Rachel made home was traced to a tower in Charles Town (not Charleston) WV on Friday.

16 y.o. Rachel Smith is 5 feet 1 inches tall and weighs about 118 pounds. She has green eyes, and medium-length brown hair. Smith is a junior at Thomas S. Wootton High School.

18 y.o. Rachel Crites is 5 feet 4 inches tall, and weighs about 110 pounds. She has brown eyes and brown medium-length hair.

Anyone with information about the location of either girls is asked to call the Montgomery County Police non-emergency telephone number at [phone] or the Family Crimes Division at [phone].

Deputy Director for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Larry Bonney urges anyone with information about the girls to contact police.

If people are not comfortable speaking with authorities, they can offer tips at www.missingkids.com/sightings or call 1-800-THE-LOST.



The link for Rachel Crites: http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&caseNum=1062352&orgPrefix=NCMA&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US And for Rachel Smith: http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewCsawDetail&caseNum=1062352&orgPrefix=NCMA&seqNum=1&caseLang=en_US&searchLang=en_US

Link to America's Most Wanted Story (to air tonight I think)
http://www.amw.com/missing_children/case.cfm?id=42845

[zanne]

1. Please, God. Let them be alright.

Let's hope they just went off somewhere out of frustration or restlessness.

[Pugee]

2. I had just read this on Snopes. I hope that they are ok.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/smithcrites.asp

[MuseRider]

3. Just recommended

hopefully there will be enough to keep this up top for a while.

I hope they are OK. Let us know what you find out and in the meantime we can watch for them.

[Nikki Stone1]

4. kick

:kick:

[qanda]

5. I've seen this on the news here in Baltimore

I'll be keeping a look out and praying for their safe return.

[Dastard Stepchild]

6. "...I want to stay with my true love, buried next to her..."

I lost a girlfriend at 19 because of her struggles with accepting her lesbianism. I hope and sincerely wish that these young women will return home soon to get the support that they need. Though she does not speak the words explicitly, the suggestion is there.

These poor young ladies. I hope they find their way home.

[aikoaiko]

7. Not to be indelicate, but how is Rachel C a missing kid?

Aren't you allowed to leave when you're 18?

:shrug:

[soothsayer]

14. Well, the 16 y.o. isn't 18, and there's concern over a suicide pact

or something (both have been suicidal in the past, they say, plus the diary entry the one dad found). Plus they didn't appear to have taken any clothes, haven't withdrawn money from their bank accounts, haven't used any credit cards, and are thought to have ony $75 (tho who the heck knows).

[coffeenap]

8. Oh no. Wishing for a safe outcome. I hope they can reach out

for the help they need.

[southern_belle]

9. kick

[williesgirl]

10. Glad to be 5th vote to help spread the word. I hope they come home safely soon and give up

the suicide ideas. I'll keep them in my prayers.

[Meldread]

11. Kicked and Recommended.

I hope that they come home safely, and I hope that there is some way to keep updated on what is happening.

[MadMaddie]

12. So a quick question why did they feel they had to leave and possibly

commit suicide? Was it pressure from their parents to conform?

I pray that they are safe.

Kick!

[soothsayer]

13. That's not clear. One of their sisters posted on the wtop.com

message board that "it wasn't because of their sexuality." But who knows. When I was an 18 y.o. lesbian I ran away with my 17 y.o. (3 weeks from being 18) girlfriend because of parental issues.

[MadMaddie]

16. I do hope they are found safe.

[Synnical]

15. K&R