Raynham

Vigil Held for Missing 16-Year-Old Girl From Raynham

Anyone with information is asked to call 508-824-2717 or 911

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UPDATE: The missing girl has been found safe.


A candlelight vigil was held Thursday night for the teenager from Raynham, Massachusetts, who has been missing since last week and is believed to be in danger.

Dozens gathered from 6 to 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church of Raynham as the search continues for the 16-year-old. The teen has not been seen since she left her home sometime between 1 and 4 a.m. on Oct. 18, according to the Raynham Police Department.

Her mom broke down in tears at the vigil Thursday night, pleading for her daughter to come home.

"Contact us, we will come get you, I don't care where it is, we'll come get you," she said at the vigil. "I just want her home. Enough is enough. This is enough. I want to wake up from this nightmare. It's enough."

Police said they have received about 75 tips from people across New England and beyond over the past few days. The girl is now officially listed in the National Crime Information Center and with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Raynham police have been in close contact with a number of agencies amid their search, including the FBI, the Commonwealth Fusion Center and Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.

Investigators believe she may have traveled 100 miles from her home. Her mom says her daughter has cognitive and learning disabilities.

She has some "neurological disorders, and what those lead to is that she is very trusting, her decision making skills are not great," she said.

She says she was the last person to see her daughter before heading to bed.

"In my heart, I feel if she could reach out to us or somebody, and just say, 'I'm OK, let my mom know I'm OK,' because she knows, we are so close, and she knows what this is doing to me," she said.

The girl is about 5 feet tall and 120 pounds with red and pink hair. She was last known to be wearing black glasses and possibly a sweatshirt and leggings. Police say Weaver didn't have a phone or any money, but they do believe she left with someone else.

Her mom says her daughter has been missing before but only for a couple of hours and she never left town, adding that her daughter has never run away before and she does not believe that's what happened last week.

She also said that police are looking into the possibility that her daughter met someone online, and that a stranger lured her out of their house in the middle of the night, pretending to be a teenage boy.

Anyone with information on Weaver's whereabouts is asked to call detectives at 508-824-2717, or 911.

The teen went missing from her Raynham home on Oct. 18, according to police.
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