16 Year Old Phylicia Barnes of N.C. Goes Missing From Baltimore,MD
Day 10 and the search is still ongoing for a young, black, honors student from Monroe, North Carolina. Phylicia Barnes was visiting relatives over the holidays when she went missing on December 28th. She hasn’t been heard from or seen since that day.
In the past 24 hours, half the homicide squad, an academy class and concerned people in the community have passed out thousands of fliers with Barnes’ picture and a description of what she was last seen wearing. Nothing has been found, and it’s the lack of evidence that concerns police. Her cell phone and credit cards have not been used since her disappearance.
Honor student Phylicia Barnes vanished — it seems — without a trace.
From the air, police are looking near the Reisterstown Road Plaza Shopping Center and at the Reisterstown Square Apartments where she was last seen.
“We have a map of the apartments. We’re going to break into teams,” said Sgt. William Simmons, homicide supervisor.
Detectives and volunteers went door-to-door but the search has turned up nothing.
“Every morning I cry. Every evening I cry. I have not slept,” said Russell Barnes, Phylicia’s dad. “We know the Baltimore Police Department and everyone that is involved in the case are doing the best that they can because they assure me they will be doing their best.”
“This is unlike any other case that we’ve seen,” said Anthony Guglielmi, Baltimore City Police. “Typically with missing persons sometimes there are emotional issues, family disputes. We don’t have any of that with this case. It’s extremely unique. It’s extremely rare. We are doing everything in our power to make sure we bring Phylicia home alive.”
Barnes’ mother Janice Sallis has revealed additional troubling information. She told WJZ, a CBS affiliate, that there was a party at her 28-year-old half-daughter’s apartment that involved men, alcohol, and marijuana.
“I feel that she is being sexually assaulted against her will. I feel that she is being physically abused. I feel that she could be a part of the human trafficking,” Sallis told WJZ.
Police have served a search warrant at the apartment of the missing teen’s half sister, but it is not clear what they were searching for. The FBI and the Center for Missing and Exploited Children are also involved in the search.
Police have set up a special tipline just for information on this case. If you know anything about Barnes’ disappearance, please call 855-223-0033.
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My heart goes out to her..hope she gets home safe…crazy world we live in..mh
This is sad..hope she turns up ok
Fucked up…