16 Year Old Brooke Lee Bridges Missing Since 2/7/16 in Brewton, AL
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16 year old Brooke Lee Bridges has been missing since February 7, 2016 from Brewton, Alabama. She was last seen wearing a t-shirt and black sweat pants at her family home around 11 p.m. in Brewton, Alabama on 7 February 2016. Police said Brook Bridges was wearing two spaghetti strap tank tops, black jogging pants and white socks when she disappeared. According to her mother, her daughter has blue hair, because she supports an anti-bullying campaign.
Brooke Lee Bridges is a 16 year old white female, with blue hair. She was last seen wearing a t-shirt and black sweat pants at her family home around 11 p.m. in Brewton, Alabama on 7 February 2016.
UPDATE I: Brewton Police ask for public’s help in finding missing teen.
A 16 year-old Brewton girl has been missing for four days and law enforcement said they’re no closer to finding her than when she went missing. She disappeared from her home in the Alco community late Sunday night, February 7 or early Monday morning, February 8, 2016.
Four days in, searchers continued to scour the neighborhood and woods around 16 year-old Brooke Lee Bridges’ home. Only a few blocks away at Jefferson Davis Community College, law enforcement coordinated search efforts.
“The family wakes up, 4:30 in the morning for the father to go to work, front door is open. Of course, him and the mother start looking for the child,” McGougin explained.
Police said they’re not ruling out the possibility that Bridges ran away from home, but are treating it as a possible abduction. Klaas Kids Foundation has been helping with the search along with numerous volunteer groups. Searchers were focusing their efforts within just a mile or so of the family’s home, including a park right across the street and a nearby spillway. Police have also asked the family not to make any comments about it and not to be involved in the search themselves.
A canine unit from the Florida Department of Corrections was called in and searched the nearby park. They then moved down the road to a drainage ditch. Volunteers from Escambia County Search and Rescue focused their efforts on a stretch of woods just a few blocks away. Meanwhile Sheriff’s deputies canvased the neighborhood, knocking on doors and gathering as much information as they could.
UPDATE I: FBI involved in Search for Brooke Lee Bridges.
Thursday marks day four of the search for this missing teenager. She was last seen Sunday night about 11 o’clock. Since then, there’s been an intensive search in the areas around her home. Investigators have also used dogs to search around a nearby pond. They’ve had divers in the water and helicopters in the air. The FBI is also now helping the investigation. Brooke Bridges has distinctive blue hair and authorities are hoping that is something people will remember.
UPDATE II: Divers continue search for missing Brewton teen.
Today divers used sonar equipment to search two different lakes near 16 year old Brooke Bridge’s home. The search through wooded areas also continued as FBI and local police expand their grid in Brewton’s Alco Lake neighborhood. Search crews admit this has been a difficult case with few clues to guide them.
If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Brooke Lee Bridges, please contact the Brewton Police Department at (251) 867-3212 or call 911.
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