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WEA Notification Region(s): BOONE COUNTY, COOPER COUNTY, HOWARD COUNTY, MONITEAU COUNTY, MORGAN COUNTY, PETTIS COUNTY, SALINE COUNTY

ABDUCTION INFORMATION

Date: 2/3/2025

Time: 0748

Address: BEAVER DAM, WI

Direction of Travel: SOUTHBOUND

MISSING

Name: SOPHIA MARTHA FRANKLIN
Age: 16
Sex: FEMALE
Race: WHITE
Hair: BROWN
Eyes: BLUE

Height: 5 FT 9 IN
Weight: 186 LBS
Clothing: UNKNOWN CLOTHING
Identifying Features: 3 MONTHS PREGNANT

WANTED/LAST SEEN WITH

Name: GARY FRANCIS DAY
Age: 40
Sex: MALE
Race: WHITE
Hair: BLONDE
Eyes: GREEN

Height: 5 FT 7 IN
Weight: 165 LBS
Clothing: UNKNOWN CLOTHING AND BLACK RIMMED GLASSES
Identifying Features: BALDING

VEHICLE

Color: BLACK
Make: BUICK
Model: LACROSSE
Style: 4D

Year: 2014
License Plate: PA
License State: KGW5186
Further Described: THE SUSPECT IS KNOWN TO USE MULTPLE LICENSE PLATES ON THE VEHICLE INCLUDING ARKANSAS BBR20L AND PENNSYLVANIA KGW5186

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

SOPHIA FRANKLIN WAS LAST SEEN AT HER RESIDENCE ON 02/02/2025 AT 9:00 PM. THE SUSPECT, AND FATHER OF THE VICTIM'S UNBORN CHILD, WAS SEEN AT HER RESIDENCE ON 02/03/2025 AT 7:48 AM. THERE IS A NO CONTACT ORDER FOR GARY AND SOPHIA. THE SUSPECT AND VICTIM MAY BE TRAVELLING THROUGH MISSOURI TO AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION IN ARKANSAS. 


ANYONE SEEING THE VICTIM, SUSPECT, OR VEHICLE SHOULD IMMEDIATELY DIAL 911 TO CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

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