http://pledgie.com/campaigns/1095 My daughter, Jordon, has been missing since May 23, 2008. I quit my job on May 22nd in preparation of my daughter and I moving to Louisiana. A quieter, slower pace is something we were looking forward to. I was a domestic violence advocate and counselor and had plans to work in Baton Rouge with an agency there. My daughter was planning to attend high school in the little town we were going to live in called Watson, La, about a 30 minute drive from Baton Rouge. We had a great beginning to a whole new world planned for us. We were up really late May 22nd and into the morning of May 23rd. We were having a belated Mother's day thing. She'd gone to lay down earlier that night but got up and asked if she could give me my belated Mother's Day gift. She gave me a Vienna Teng CD and she was so excited and proud because she picked it out all by herself without having to ask me what I wanted. Around 2:30 am she kissed me goodnight. I laid down around 3:30 am. I woke up at 11:00 am went to wake her up and she was gone. Nothing is missing from her room. All of her clothes and everything are still here. I've filed all the reports and papers with all the different agencies. They refuse to list her as missing. They instead have her as an Endangered Runaway. But if she ran away why didn't she take anything with her? Even just a change of clothes or her shoes? She didn't. There isn't a single thing missing from her room. I have also been told that law enforcement agencies will often list missing teens over the age of 13 as runaways instead of missing because of the age. I don't understand that but from these other parents stories on missing children's websites, I guess it's not uncommon. Very disturbing. If I make it through this I'm going to have to do something to change that. I've even tried to get the FBI involved to find her but they won't do it unless I can show that she's no longer in the state! How can I prove that when I don't know where she is? Jordon is also supposed to be taking medication for a disorder that causes her to have very poor impulse control if she isn't on it. She hasn't had it in a month now. I'm just so scared for her. I had just gotten one paycheck and had a partial paycheck coming to me. Those are now gone. My landlord has been very kind regarding my rent. But then again they know that I have to be out of here by July 15th anyway because that is what my letter of intent to move stated and they already have another tenet lined up. My bills are going to fall behind soon. But I can't do anything. I am currently selling everything my house to raise funds. Furniture, kitchen goods, everything! I've joined missing persons forums and have been told that it takes thousands of dollars to find a missing person, get them home, and get them help to deal with what they've been through. I don't have thousands of dollars. I'm just a single mom. My only family left living is my Grandfather. And he's retired and 83 years old. So he can't help or he would. My grandmother died in 1997 of brain cancer, mother died in 2005 also of brain cancer, father died in 1988 (lung cancer), my oldest brother died in 2006 from an accidental oxycodone overdose before they started all the news hype and warnings about it, my middle brother died in 1993 in a car accident in Pampa Texas. So I have no one else to ask. I have to rely on the kindness of strangers in a time when the economy is horrible and everyone is hurting. I went to my old employer and asked for help, even just small donations from my old co-workers, but they didn't do anything. Just wished me luck and sent me away because I no longer work there. Please help me find my daughter and get her home and get her help. She is all I have and I'm desperate for help. I've estimated an amount that will let me help keep a house for her to come home to, a school where she can get help to deal with the issues stemming from her ordeal (that's the bulk of the donation amount listed. It's crazy that it costs so much to help a child in danger. I'm so sorry), food, Jordon's medication and doctor when I get her home, and to pay the private detective who is trying to help me find her since the police won't(also expensive and make me wonder if I'm in the wrong line of work! It's $65.00 and hour!) and that's about it. My daily living is really null and void since I can't seem to eat or sleep. So I'm not worried about that. I just want my little girl home safe. Thank you for any help you might be able to offer. I know it's a huge amount. But right now, even a dollar or two toward that goal is a huge help. en-us