Posted 12:56 am Thursday, October 08, 2009
Missing Girl, Alleged Abductor Found In Fort Worth
By Kenneth Dean and Kelly Gooch
Staff Writers
The search for a missing Tyler girl ended Wednesday after Fort Worth police found the girl walking with her alleged abductor, a knife carrying 18-year-old man, reportedly with mental issues.
Staff Writers
The search for a missing Tyler girl ended Wednesday after Fort Worth police found the girl walking with her alleged abductor, a knife carrying 18-year-old man, reportedly with mental issues.
Sgt. Chad Mahaffey, with the Fort Worth Police Department, said a 911 call came in about 5:10 p.m. from a citizen who stated that a male and female were walking in an area around Camp Bowie Boulevard and Horne Street on the west side of Fort Worth.
The caller believed the two people to be Ericka Faith White and her alleged abductor — Blake Austin Miller — based on an Amber Alert issued by the Tyler Police Department.
Fort Worth police responded to the area and contacted the two in the parking lot of a pawn shop, Sgt. Mahaffey said.
An investigation was conducted, he said, and officers determined that the two people were in fact Miss White and Miller.
An investigation was conducted, he said, and officers determined that the two people were in fact Miss White and Miller.
Miss White was taken into protective custody and Miller was arrested on a kidnapping warrant issued by Tyler police. The warrant had a preset bond of $500,000.
Before allegedly being abducted, Miss White, who claims to be 18, was last seen about midnight on Sunday at a residence at 10669 County Road 212 in the New Chapel Hill area.
Tyler Police Detective Andy Erbaugh said both were at the residence where they convinced an acquaintance to give them a ride to Richardson. They were dropped off at an IHOP restaurant and were not seen after that.
Miller goes by the nick-name of Joker and is known to carry knives.
Erbaugh said the two appeared to be getting around by hitching rides.
Miller faced kidnapping charges for taking the girl because she is not old enough to consent to going with a non family member without parent's permission, Erbaugh said.
Before allegedly being abducted, Miss White, who claims to be 18, was last seen about midnight on Sunday at a residence at 10669 County Road 212 in the New Chapel Hill area.
Tyler Police Detective Andy Erbaugh said both were at the residence where they convinced an acquaintance to give them a ride to Richardson. They were dropped off at an IHOP restaurant and were not seen after that.
Miller goes by the nick-name of Joker and is known to carry knives.
Erbaugh said the two appeared to be getting around by hitching rides.
Miller faced kidnapping charges for taking the girl because she is not old enough to consent to going with a non family member without parent's permission, Erbaugh said.
