Story Published:
Oct 14, 2009 at 5:20 PM PST
Story Updated:
Oct 14, 2009 at 6:15 PM PST
REDMOND, Wash. -- The search is on for a teenage runaway whom detectives believe could be in serious danger.
After spending two weeks on the streets, 15-year-old Jamie Stevens told her mother she was ready to come home. That was last month, and communication from the teen has waned significantly since.
Stevens bolted out of her house Sept. 21 with no money and no cell phone. She's been on her own for three weeks, and her parents fear she may have fallen into drugs or prostitution.
"She's not communicating with anybody from her life, and that's frightening," said her mother, Judy Stevens.
On Sept. 29, Jamie Stevens' mother received an e-mail from the teen. In the message the teen wrote she was sorry, and that she would see her mother soon.
A day later, she updated the status on her MySpace account, writing she didn't know what to do.
Since she left home, Jamie Stevens' parents have traced some of her e-mails to the computers at the Woodinville Public Library. But for two weeks, there was no new activity on her accounts.
Jamie Stevens' friends at Redmond High say they haven't seen her, and they don't know where she might be.
Her parents are worried the teen may have moved to Seattle's Belltown neighborhood in the last week based on tips received from her MySpace friends who said she might be with a couple of guys she met on-line.
"These people are 20 to 30 years old, and she's a 15-year-old child," said her father, Jim Stevens.
Jamie Stevens finally logged into her MySpace account again on Wednesday -- a huge relief for her parents who feared she may not be alive.
"We know we don't understand everything that she was going through, but we want to. We want to be there for her," said Judy Stevens. "And we want her to have a future."
Stevens parents are just waiting for their daughter to call home. They say there won't be judgment or anger; they simply want her to return home.
King County detectives are actively investigating the teen's disappearance. They've contacted several friends and people in Belltown, but no one will say when or where they last saw the teen.