AMBER Alert for missing Wisconsin teenager extended to Missouri, alerts now in multiple states
(WFRV) – The AMBER Alert for missing Wisconsin 16-year-old Sophia Franklin, who is reportedly pregnant, has now been extended to Missouri, a week after the Alert was .
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Franklin and the father of her unborn child, 40-year-old Gary Day, might be traveling through Missouri to an unknown location in Arkansas.
Franklin was last seen at her home on February 2 at 9 p.m. Day was last seen at her residence on February 3 at 7:48 a.m.
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There is a no-contact order for both of them.
The vehicle in the AMBER Alert is a 2014 Black Buick LaCrosse reportedly using multiple license plates, including Arkansas BBR 20L, and was last reported to be using Pennsylvania license plate KGW5186.
Sophia is white and listed at 5-foot-9 and 186 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Gary Day is 5-foot-7 at 167 pounds with balding blonde hair and green eyes.
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Anybody with relevant information about either Franklin's or Day's whereabouts is asked to immediately contact the Beaver Dam Police Department at (888) 304-3936, or their local authorities.
No additional information was provided.
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