Posted on 12/14/2003 4:22:38 PM PST by wcdukenfield
Edited on 12/14/2003 5:28:04 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
LEESBURG, VA
17 year old Loudoun County Girl Gone. Missing Since Friday
A 17 Year old Loudoun County girl has been missing since Friday, December 12, 2003. Christa was last seen Friday morning at Dulles Town Center Mall in Sterling, Virginia. She had driven to the mall in a 1993 green Ford Escort Wagon and developed car trouble along the way. She arrived at the mall at approximately 10:00 am, went in to pick up a package and was seen as very distraught by associates in the mall. She was given directions to a local auto parts store in Sterling and left the mall with her package. She has not been seen since.
The car she was driving was found on Shaker Woods at Wiehle Avenue in Reston, Virginia. According to neighbors, the car was left around 11:00 am parked in a turn lane at a 45 degree angle and must have been left in neutral gear as it apparently rolled into a ditch and became stuck later that afternoon. The car was found Saturday afternoon by Fairfax County Police unlocked with the keys in the ignition and her package still in the backseat.
Her family was notified and retrieved the vehicle. Friends and family have had no word from her at all.
Leesburg Police Officer, Corey Smith is heading up the investigation into Christa?s disappearance. Police have actively pursued several leads but have had no luck into locating the missing girl.
Christa is 5?7? tall, reddish brown hair, medium build. She wears braces and occasionally wire-rimmed glasses. She is possibly wearing a yellow and navy blue Tommy Hilfiger jacket and jeans.
Her distraught family and friends are desperately appealing to the public to give any information regarding Christa and her whereabouts to the Leesburg Police Department or any Local law enforcement agency as she is listed regionally as a missing person.
Thank you and bump.
I thought your post deserved repeating:
To: All
It's for real. I just heard a report on WMAL AM 630 radio.
Now stop doubting and say a prayer for the family, please.
98 posted on 12/14/2003 7:08:10 PM PST by tgslTakoma
I can understand the "trust but verify" position; but this is the DC area and, unfortunately for us, our news is mostly bad - with robberies, shootings, gang stuff, colossal car wrecks, politicians caught with their pants down, etc. - so a missing teenager doesn't necessarily rate as importantly as it should newswise. And that's all the more reason for bypassing the media outlets and getting word out in other ways.
I had just turned on the radio to listen to Drudge, so I wasn't yet listening closely; and I only heard the name "Chris" (Christa?) Rogaliner and then heard the mom (Lisa/Alisa?) talking. I will listen carefully at the hourly news update and post more as soon as I get it.
She doesn't qualify for Amber Alert status. (even though she's 17, etc.)
The officer could not give any info other than they were working on it.
Still odd that it never made the news and she's not on any missing persons list.
Good night and Good luck.
Good thought, Takoma.
I apologize, WC.
1. I didn't have much more to tell, other than it's not a hoax. I'll do better next time.
2. Just a short blurb on the hourly radio news update, that I didn't catch in it's entirety because I had just turned the radio on. I heard and recognized the girl's name, and I heard the mom speaking about where the daughter was last seen.
3. WMAL AM-630 is DC area radio station. Leesburg and Reston, VA are DC suburbs.
When 11 o'clock news update is read, I'll write more detail. Sorry about not providing more info earlier, but all the "hoax" speculation here (and having a couple of teenagers myself) led me to post what little I did have right then, to stop the hoax talk. I see that has still not yet stopped.
Listening with the other ear to the TV news. They led off with Saddam story and now 'Skins loss...
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