My 15 year old baby girl runaway

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first I will like to say that im so glad and thankful that we have forums like this so we can shere our thoughts and worries,i have 4 kids which i love them so much,but my older daughter runaway from school this past thursday,we did had no fight or any kinf of argument to make her do this,she meet a girl on her school i don't know for how long she is 1 year older that her,one day she came home with this "friend" and told me if she can stay home because her aunt chick out of the house,and i told her yes "but" with one condition if she bring me another familly memeber so i can verified her story,sand she did she bring me one of her "auns" which was not her aun it was one of her cousins she told me if she can stay with us just for a few days so they can talk with the parents and i agree to do that,she just stay with us like 3 days and then both runaway my daughter and her,i call the police and i filled a police report,i call the phone company to see if they could try to track my daughter cellphone but i was so dessapointed they couldn't hlp me just becuase i didn't pay for insurance on the phone,i try to reach my daughter's friends but no one knows anything (which is a lie i know)i call the school to see if they know something and they told me that on the day someone call the school with my name saying that my daughter was sick so i realized she make this plan with this girl she block us from her facebook i try to call her so many times but no replay no text back no nothing i can't sleep because i don't know is she is OK or if she need something im so desperate, her brothers miss her so much i can't have on my mind why she did this,i hope one day she come home safe and sound I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MY BABY GIRL PLASE COME BACK!!!

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re: My 15 year old baby girl runaway

Thank you for contacting the National Runaway Switchboard during this difficult time. It sounds like you have a lot going on right now and we’re glad that you have contacted us for further assistance. We are a confidential and anonymous crisis line for youth and their families; you can reach us 24 hours a day at 1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929) or through our online chat services from 4:30 PM-11:30 PM (CST).

In your email you said that your daughter ran away on Thursday from school. It sounds like you have been doing a lot by contacting the police, her school and her friends. What did the police say when you spoke with them? One of your rights as a parent is to file a runaway report with the police; there are other places that you can contact if they are being less than helpful. Those places are the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Child Find and Operation Lookout; they can all help you make a report and make posters to distribute.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: 1-800-THE-LOST (843-5678.)
Operation Lookout: 1-800-782-7335
Child Find: 1-800-426-5678

There is also an organization called Team H.O.P.E. (Help Offering Parents Empowerment) that may be able to help you out. It is other parents who have been in similar situations and can offer you some support or assistance. Their phone number is 1-866-305-4673.

If you would like to make some posters before you are able to speak with someone from one of the above agencies, there is a website that may be able to help you do that. It is http://www.beyondmissing.com and they have a template for posters.

It sounds like you have tried talking with her friends but they aren’t giving you any information about her location; does your daughter have a Facebook page that may be able to provide you with additional information?

We here at the National Runaway Switchboard have a few different services that may be able to provide you with some assistance. Since we are a confidential and anonymous hotline, we don’t take runaway reports here but we do have a message service where you can leave a message for your daughter. Then, if you give our number to her friends, people at school or other family members, she may call us to pick that up. We can then start a discussion with her to see if she needs any referrals or if she would like to leave a message back to you. Or, if she would like, we can help her make a conference call to you.

Again, thank you for contacting us and hopefully, we have been able to provide you with further assistance. We wish you the best of luck and look forward to hearing from you.