Mother of woman reported missing out of Pulaski County asking for help
MALVERN, Ark. – A Malvern mother who was reported missing out of Pulaski County in April still has not been seen, heard from, or found and now her mother is asking for the public's help.
Melissa Townser, the mother of Sharamiya White, 30, said the last time she spoke with her daughter was Feb. 13 prior to Valentine's Day and the two discussed an argument White had with her boyfriend around that time.
'I was searching for her, and I was asking the family if they had heard from her and they said 'no',' Townser said.
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Townser filed a missing person's report with the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, her daughter had been out on parole after being released from jail last year on a theft charge.
'She was working and then she lost that job and was looking again,' Townser said. 'She was talking about an interview, but I don't know if she got that job.'
Townser said that since being released from jail, her daughter 'was doing good.'
'She's been homeless before, but even when she was homeless, she used people phones and would call me and let me know she was doing alright or if she needed help,' Townser said.
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Townser described her daughter as a 'people person' who loved to talk and help people if she could.
She said she had gone to near White's boyfriend's home in Maumelle and spoke with a neighbor who told her they gave her a ride to the Our House halfway house on Roosevelt Road. But when she went to Our House, Townser said they told her they hadn't seen her.
Townser said she's contacted White's boyfriend who said they haven't spoken since their argument and at this moment she doesn't know her daughter's whereabouts or if she could possibly be in trouble.
'She has a six-year-old son, and she would always call and check in on him, her son means everything to her and it's unbelievable that she's not calling or checking on him or anything like that,' Townser said.
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Townser said there have been occasions where White has 'taken off' in the past, being gone for a month or six weeks at a time before contacting anyone.
She said she also contacted White's parole officer, and they had not heard from her since February as well.
Townser is now asking anyone with information on her daughter's whereabouts or disappearance to contact the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office.
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