Timeka Pridgen: Vanished From the Inner Banks

On the evening of May 12, 2001, a 16-year-old girl named Timeka Pridgen vanished from the small town of La Grange, North Carolina. Timeka's mom had fallen asleep while waiting for her boyfriend to get to the house, and upon waking up, Timeka is just...gone. 

Sources:
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Banks 
2) https://charleyproject.org/case/timeka-donyale-pridgen 
3) https://www.witn.com/2022/05/12/25-years-reporting-enc-biggest-mystery-i-have-covered-disappearance-timeka-pridgen/ 
4) https://ncmissingpersons.org/timeka-pridgen/ 
5) https://original.newsbreak.com/@the-vivid-faces-of-the-vanished-1590506/2915659739237-authorities-accused-missing-north-carolina-girl-of-running-away-now-they-realize-she-was-abducted 
6) https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/violent-crime-strangers-and-nonstrangers 
7) https://letsfindthem.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/timeka-pridgen-then-16-vanished-from-her-la-grange-nc-home-in-the-spring-of-2001/ 
8) https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/vvcs9310.pdf