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Mom
seeks information on missing daughter
Nevada appeal
by Sheila Gardner, (Unknown
address)
November 17, 2006
 
The mother of a 15-year-old Douglas High School sophomore is
hoping someone will come forward with information about her
daughter who has been missing since Oct. 30.
Teresa Taylor said her daughter, Ashley Eaken, was "in a
little bit of trouble" with the Juvenile Probation Office,
and disappeared about 11:30 p.m. Oct. 30.
The night Ashley left her Gardnerville Ranchos home, Taylor was
sleeping on the couch.
"I heard the door open and close and she was nowhere to be
seen," Taylor said. "Usually, I can catch her. I
should have run a little faster."
Taylor said her daughter has a history of leaving home, but
never for more than a night or two.
Shannon Litz/The R-C Teresa
Taylor holds a photo of her daughter Ashley, who has
been missing for two weeks. |
"She's disappeared for one day at a
time and a couple of times for two days when she has money, but
she's never left the state or done anything like this," she
said.
Taylor believes her daughter may be in Sacramento or the Bay
area and she is offering an undisclosed reward for her return.
Ashley is 5-feet, 1-inch tall and weighs 110 pounds. She has
waist-length, curly black hair and hazel eyes. She has a nose
ring in her right nostril and a lip ring on the left side of her
mouth.
Taylor believes Ashley met up with a girl who called herself
"China" whom she met this summer.
"This girl told her if she ever wanted to run away, she
would take care of her, take her to Hawaii and pay for
everything," Taylor said.
"I think she got mixed up with some people who tried to get
her into prostitution," she said.
Based on information from Ashley's friends, Taylor believes her
daughter is now in Sacramento or the Bay area.
"I had a sense of relief when I heard
she had gotten away from these people, but I have no way of
knowing if she's passed from one bad situation to the next and
she just doesn't realize it," she said.
Taylor said she thinks when Ashley talks with her friends, she
is able to convince them she is with trustworthy people.
"If any of you have teenagers who may know anything at all
that may be of any use to us or the authorities, please stress
to them that we do not have time to stall," Taylor wrote in
a flier she distributed throughout the community.
"She has already placed herself in situations that could be
very costly. She is dealing with very dangerous people and I
don't think that her friends understand that fully," she
said.
Douglas County sheriff's investigator Ron Elges said the FBI is
assisting with the search, but since Ashley is considered a
runaway juvenile, the case doesn't meet the criteria for federal
intervention.
"What makes this a higher priority for us is that she's
been away for so long. In other cases, the juvenile runs for a
couple of days, couch surfing with friends, then comes home.
It's obvious she's not coming home. The answer I don't have is
why," Elges said.
Elges said Ashley discarded her cell phone, but has been in
contact with some of her friends. However, she hasn't disclosed
her location.
"We've been out different nights and we
believe the kids are telling the truth," he said. "We
hope the information gets out and somebody sees her and knows
her and contacts us."
Taylor said she thinks Ashley is afraid she'll be placed in
juvenile detention at Aurora Pines.
"A couple of friends said they did try to talk her into
coming home," Taylor said.
She said if she could get a message to her daughter, it would
be:
"Ashley, we deeply love you and want to see you. Come home.
There are a lot of open doors for you. Everything can be worked
out," Taylor said.
She said she would encourage Ashley to contact a national
runaway hotline that can offer her a place to stay and let her
mother know she's safe.
"Everything there is confidential," Taylor said.
"It would be just to know that she is safe."
YOU CAN HELP
Anyone with information about Ashley Eaken is asked to call:
n Teresa Taylor, 775-750-8621
n Douglas County sheriff's Investigator Ron Elges, 775-782-9907
or DCSO dispatch at 775-782-9911
n National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,
1-800-843-5678, case No. 1057381
n National Runaway Switchboard, 1-800-Runaway
Original link: http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/RC/20061117/News/111170032/-1/REGION
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