Thursday, April 12, 2012
The following is an open letter from Cristy Yeutter, thanking the local and online communities that helped locate Victoria Yeutter.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Victoria Yeutter, a 15-year-old who ran away Monday sparking a social media campaign for her search, was located Wednesday, thousands of miles from her Potomac home. In this open letter, mother Cristy Yeutter thanks the communities, local and online, that help locate her daughter to bring her safely home: [Victoria's] dad and I are so grateful that she was found and is safe. A family member, with whom Victoria is close, flew out to California last night and is bringing her home this evening. We are also grateful for the outpouring of support and help from family and friends, and from complete strangers here and from around the world. It's been an amazing experience watching how posting on Facebook that a child is missing generates such …
The 15-year-old, missing since Monday, is on her way home to family today.
Victoria Yeutter, a 15-year-old who ran away Monday sparking a social media campaign for her search, was located Wednesday, thousands of miles from her Potomac home. Family, friends and strangers were on the search for the missing girl, after she ran away in the early morning hours of Monday, April 9. Less than 24 hours after Victoria was reported missing, hundreds of Facebook posts, tweets, Tumblr posts and blogs from as far as Los Angles and Scotland, U.K., were calling for her safe return -- and they worked. Montgomery County Police confirmed Thursday that Yeutter was located and is in custody after bussing all the way from Maryland to California in less than 72 hours. The hundreds of individuals who shared in the social media campaign …
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Victoria Yeutter, a freshman at Connelly School of the Holy Child, was last seen in the early morning hours between Sunday and Monday. The 15-year-old's disappearance sparked a social media campaign looking to find her.
An updated version of this story was published Thursday, here. Update, Wednesday April 11, 7:30 p.m.: Victoria Yeutter has been found and is in police custody waiting to meet with her family, according to a friend of the family, Fred Morris. "She's been found, she's been located," Morris said. The Yeutter family is traveling to meet Victoria tonight, who was located out of state earlier today. Morris and his family began the social media campaign on Facebook to help find Victoria. They have updated the site to let followers know she has been located. Montgomery County Police were unable to immediately confirm that Victoria had been found Wednesday night. Check with Patch Thursday for the full story. Original story, Tuesday April 10: When …
Victoria Yeutter, a freshman at Connelly School of the Holy Child, was last seen in the early morning hours between Sunday and Monday.
An updated version of this story has been posted here. Family, friends and strangers alike are searching for a missing 15-year-old Potomac girl, after she ran away in the early morning hours of Monday, April 9. Less than 24 hours after Victoria Yeutter was reported missing, hundreds of Facebook posts, Tweets, Tumblr posts and blogs are calling for her safe return. Victoria is a freshman at Connelly School of the Holy Child and was last seen around midnight on Sunday by her mother, Cristy Yeutter. "She ran away Sunday night over night, into Monday morning. We're not sure exactly when," Cristy Yeutter said. "I gave it a couple of hours in the morning to see if I could locate her. When it became apparent I couldn't I went to police and …
Xochitl Johnson
2:23 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Oh, I know why she ran; she's an acquaintance of my friend; she ran away because she had behavioral problems and her parents were going to send her to this boarding school for troubled kids: http://caloteens.com/ They told her; she freaked out, and ran. I don't blame them, but it's also hard to blame her. The people at this school are often seriously troubled and there have been problems with … more ›