Family pleads for missing teen to make contact
By Paul Keane
The Wayne County News
Investigators are continuing the search for a 17-year-old male who went
missing on Aug. 20, with family members pleading for him to contact
someone and let them know he is OK.
Abdul Mohsin Mohamed, 17, was last seen leaving King Smokers on
Mississippi Drive at approximately 8 p.m. Sunday heading to the Burger
King located just up the road.
He never made it to Burger King and has not been seen nor heard from
since that time.
Mohamed is described as having black curly hair in a afro style that is
shoulder length and bushy. He is 5-feet, 10-inches tall and weighs
approximately 150 pounds. He is described as having a thin build.
On Tuesday, his uncle made a public plea asking for the teenager to
contact the family or law enforcement.
"I've been in contact with family members every day," said Ebrahim
Mohsen Ali Alkrnon. "I can't tell them anything because we have not
heard from him.
"We are asking that he please call a family member and let them know
that he is OK and safe."
The boy's father, Hussein Abdul Mohamed, is currently in Oakland,
Calif., tending to the boy's mother, who is in the hospital and in
serious condition.
On Aug. 21, a caller contacted officials to say she saw a person she
believed was Mohamed walking on Highway 84 toward the Alabama state
line. She then reported that the next day she saw the same person
walking out of the woods near New St. Paul Church Road. Officers were
sent to the area but could find no signs of someone staying in the woods
or surrounding area.
Waynesboro Police Department Investigations Commander Lieutenant Don
Hopkins said family members have been contacting him daily.
"He apparently left the area on his own accord," Hopkins said, pointing
to surveillance video from the Ramey's Mart parking lot showing the
teenager getting into a vehicle that then drove away. "He apparently has
two cell phones as well.
"One is a prepaid phone that is totally turned off. With the other one,
he turns it on and then immediately turns it off. We've not been able to
ping it in order to get a location on the phone."
Hopkins said the family simply wants to know that the teenager is safe.
"If he would just contact a family member so they can verify that it is
him and that he is OK, that would help the family greatly," Hppkins
said. "We urgently need to know that he is safe and OK.
"That is all the family wants. We won't stop searching for him until he
is located."
Anyone locating Mohamed --- of having information about his whereabouts
or his disappearance --- is asked to contact WPD Investigations
Commander Lieutenant Don Hopkins at 601-735-2323 or 911. When the phone
is answered, simply ask to be connected to Hopkins.
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