FBI Joins Search For Missing East-Side Girl
Police Question Man In Connection With Case
POSTED: 11:39 am EST December 28, 2004
UPDATED: 6:25 pm EST December 28, 2004
INDIANAPOLIS -- The FBI has joined the search for a missing 12-year-old east-side girl Tuesday.
Christina Tedder, 12, was last seen by her brother between 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Christmas Eve when she left their home at the Eastgate Terrace Apartments to go to a nearby Shell gas station at 10th Street and Shadeland Avenue.Investigators are questioning a man in connection with her disappearance who's been labeled a "person of interest."The man was being held on a probation violation and is a convicted child molester who lives with his mother at the Eastgate Terrace Apartments, RTV6's Julie Pursley reported.Investigators said they have been following leads and monitoring a tip line, Pursley reported.
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Police said an Amber Alert has not been issued in the case because it does not meet the criteria. Nobody witnessed an abduction or a crime, which is needed to issue an alert.Chris Prescott doesn't know Christina, but she's been out hanging up posters with a picture and a description of the missing girl."She could be anywhere in the city or out of the city at this point. My request is that people get out, put flyers out if they can .... and people band together and look for this girl," Prescott said.
Police have questioned the employees working at the gas station that night, but have not received any clues as to the girl's whereabouts. The surveillance equipment at the as station reportedly was not in use that night, Pursley reported.Other nearby businesses and the apartment complex have offered to provide investigators with their surveillance tapes, officials said."We're just keeping it in God's hands ... that's all we can do right now," neighbor Debbie Wendell said.Christina has long brown hair and brown eyes. She's 5 feet 1 inch tall and 100 pounds and was wearing a pink, hooded coat, blue jeans and black tennis shoes when she was last seen, officials said.
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Posters Of Girl CirculatedSlideshow: Missing Girl Police said an Amber Alert has not been issued in the case because it does not meet the criteria. Nobody witnessed an abduction or a crime, which is needed to issue an alert.Chris Prescott doesn't know Christina, but she's been out hanging up posters with a picture and a description of the missing girl."She could be anywhere in the city or out of the city at this point. My request is that people get out, put flyers out if they can .... and people band together and look for this girl," Prescott said.
Police have questioned the employees working at the gas station that night, but have not received any clues as to the girl's whereabouts. The surveillance equipment at the as station reportedly was not in use that night, Pursley reported.Other nearby businesses and the apartment complex have offered to provide investigators with their surveillance tapes, officials said."We're just keeping it in God's hands ... that's all we can do right now," neighbor Debbie Wendell said.Christina has long brown hair and brown eyes. She's 5 feet 1 inch tall and 100 pounds and was wearing a pink, hooded coat, blue jeans and black tennis shoes when she was last seen, officials said. Previous Story:
- December 27, 2004: Man Questioned In Indy Girl's Disappearance
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