Free Dark Hollow Road (Taryn's Camera Book 3) by Rebecca Patrick-Howard

phone records but have not yet released a statement concerning Willoughby’s last calls.
     
     
    Willoughby Family Holds Fundraisers
     
    The family of missing teen, Cheyenne Willoughby, is holding a fundraiser on Friday, September 15, at the Evarts County Fairgrounds. The fundraiser, which features music by country music band Freedom Express and includes vendors, crafts demonstrations, and bounce houses for children will run from 6-10 pm. The cost is $5 per person and all proceeds go to the Bring Cheyenne Home fund. Monies are expected to be spent on a billboard to be placed along I-75 and further searches in an expanded area.
    Willoughby, who has been missing since early last summer, soon after graduating from high school, is 18 years old. Although several area searches have taken place and countless witnesses interviewed since her disappearance, investigators are at a standstill.
    Phone records reveal that her last text message was sent at 11:30 pm. The text, to her mother, stated that she had a ride home and would return early. However, Thelma Willoughby was in bed at the time and didn’t get the message until that afternoon. “I heard the phone go off, but it was so late I figured I’d check it later,” Ms. Willoughby has been quoted as saying. “Of course, in hindsight, I wish I’d looked at it. It was the last time anyone heard from her, and I would’ve known something was wrong sooner.”
    The phone continued to receive calls and voicemails from Willoughby’s concerned parents throughout the morning and afternoon. Her last known whereabouts were at a friend’s house in the Dupont Subdivision. However, the phone has not yet been recovered.
     
    Investigators Believe Fire Not Linked to Missing Teen
     
    Investigators have ruled that the fire of the one story house on Poplar Road on the same night as Cheyenne Willoughby’s disappearance is “most likely” not linked the case of missing. Instead, they believe it was a coincidental act of arson that unfortunately just happened to occur on the same night.
    The house, which had been recently unoccupied, did not have electricity. Arson investigators claim it’s unusual for house fires to start where electricity isn’t present. An unnamed accelerant was found, however, and it’s been concluded that the fire was intentionally set “for reasons not yet known,” according to Police Chief Randy Mason.
    There is not yet a suspect or person of interest at this time. At the time of the fire Cheyenne was allegedly at a friend’s house twelve miles away.
    Willoughby’s whereabouts are still unknown. Although she had a purse with personal belongings with her, according to witnesses, these have not been recovered.
    Mason says he hopes she left on her own freewill and “wants to be missing” rather than “the alternative.” “I know it’s hard on the parents,” he told WTVX, “but I hope she left because she wanted to because that at least means she’s out there safe somewhere. That’s the best case scenario at the moment.”
     
     
    Cheyenne Willoughby, 18, Still Missing
     
    It’s been one year since 18-year-old Cheyenne Willoughby went missing. On her nineteenth birthday, her parents are sending out another plea for anyone who might have information to contact authorities. “You can be anonymous,” her mother, Thelma Willoughby says. “We just want information and to know she’s okay.”
    Despite the efforts of local law enforcement and concerned citizens, there is still no sign of Cheyenne or clues as to what may have happened to her.
    “When your daughter is gone and you don’t even know where to start looking, it’s heartbreaking,” her step-father, Jeff Willoughby said. “It feels like if someone would come forward and say something so we could at least look in the right direction. But nobody’s talking.”
    Although it has been a year of sadness and frustrations for the family, they remain hopeful that Willoughby will be found and brought