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Missing Illinois teen's last text: 'Help'
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Published January 01, 2016
An Illinois teen who disappeared on Dec. 28 was found safe on Monday. (Herrin Police Department)
The last time anyone heard from Delia Ann Stacey, she had a simple message: “Help.”
That eerie one-word text was received by the 18-year-old’s family in Illinois on Dec. 28. Subsequent attempts to reach her have not been successful.
Authorities said Stacey is 5-foot-6, weighs 130 pounds, and was last seen wearing a gray shirt and jeans when she left her family’s Herrin home on foot to meet a friend around 11 a.m. Her family reported her disappearance to police at 5:30 p.m.
“Further contact with Stacey via her phone has been unsuccessful, as has the use of all resources available in determining her location,” Herrin police said in a Thursday statement.
The National Crime Information Center Database has entered Stacey as a missing person.
Herrin is located in Southern Illinois about 50 miles from the Kentucky border.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/missing-illinois-teens-last-text-help