Madison Nicole Neal: Search on for missing Tennessee girl, 15, as cops hunt for 'suspicious' truck
RHEA COUNTY, TENNESSEE: The devastated family of a missing girl is now offering a cash reward of $2,000 for any information that leads to the teen's safe return amid ongoing searches. The missing girl has been identified as Madison Nicole Neal, 15, of Rhea County, Tennessee.
The local authorities are investigating the case and have sought help from the public to provide them with any information which would help them to locate Neal. It has been reported that the teen's mother, Florence, a school bus driver, left around 6 am on Friday, March 24, to drive her bus route and when she returned around 9 am her daughter was gone.
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Who is Madison Nicole Neal?
Madison Nicole Neal is a 15-year-old teenager whose whereabouts are currently unknown to the local police since she went missing. Madison has been described as 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 120 pounds. According to a statement posted on social media by the Rhea County Sheriff's Office, the teen went missing last Friday.
Madison, who attends Rhea County High School and participates in athletics, was last seen at her home around 6 am, Chief Deputy John Argo said Tuesday in a phone interview.
What happened to Madison Nicole Neal?
It is estimated that the girl went missing between 6 am and 9 am on Friday, as when her mother returned home, her daughter was not there. Chief Deputy John Argo said that Florence decided to keep Madison home from school that morning as they were planning to visit a hospitalized family member in Knoxville. He added that a white, four-door Ford "dually" pickup truck seen in the area is being sought but there have been few leads on it. "We've done interviews. We run down leads. We just haven't gotten a break," Argo said according to Timesfreepress.
Anyone with information about the missing person case or who knows Maddie's location is urged to contact Rhea County's central dispatch center at 423-775-2442. Any information provided can be kept confidential.
A similar incident
MEAWW previously reported that authorities have put up a $250,000 reward for information regarding a missing girl whose mother was discovered dead in San Francisco in 2016. On April 5, 2016, Arianna Fitts, who should be nine years old now, disappeared just after her mother Nicole "Nikki" Fitts' body was found. Arianna was just two years old at the time. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) released this age progression picture of what Arianna would look like now. An official statement noted, "Investigators and NCMEC believe Arianna could still be alive, and they're asking the public to pay attention to her age progression image."