WATCH LIVE: Officials are expected to hold a press conference to give an update on the Athena Strand missing case.
“It’s heavy on our minds. Many of us have gone without sleep, so we’re asking for the public’s help,” he said.
The sheriff said the girl was alone with her stepmother Wednesday after her father left to go on a hunting trip. He said the stepmother called 911 to report Athena missing after a quarrel. Her aunt Keeland Kulbeth from Oklahoma who came to join the search said she can’t believe Athena would just walk away.
“She may have been upset at the dad's leaving, and may have, I don't know honestly, just from what I was told, she may have gotten upset,” Kulbeth said. “She loved people, loved animals, loved flowers. She's a very girly girl. I just can't see her running off and leaving.”“It doesn’t necessarily mean we expect foul play but we understand that could be a possibility,” Akin said.
Athena had been riding a bus to school in Wise County each day but several people said she was about to move to live with her birth mother in Oklahoma, Kulbeth’s sister.The sheriff said investigators are talking with all the family members and the search for evidence in the case continues.Several other agencies are helping in the case.There are seven kinds of alerts that can be issued for people in Texas. They are listed below with links to a page with more information.
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