An Amber Alert has been issued for a 17-year-old girl Autumn Turner from Tennessee, who may be with an older man in Florida. As per the latest reports, authorities say that Turner may be with 27-year-old Jacob Flournoy.
Autumn has been missing since Thursday, August 19, 2021, and, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Jacob is listed as her abductor. Many social media users have shared the Amber Alert.
“Pls share! FL AMBER Alert: Autumn Turner, a white female, 17 years old, may be with Jacob Flournoy, a white male, last seen in the St. Augustine area. If you have any information please contact the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND or 911. #FLAMBER,” the Florida Department of Law Enforcement tweeted from their official account.
Pls share! FL AMBER Alert: Autumn Turner, a white female, 17 years old, may be with Jacob Flournoy, a white male, last seen in the St. Augustine area. If you have any information please contact the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND or 911. #FLAMBER. pic.twitter.com/Ou5p5oR7Xt
— FDLE (@fdlepio) August 21, 2021
According to the details shared by authorities, Turner is 5-foot 7-inches tall, weighs 140 lbs, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black T-shirt, dark pants and a light-coloured backpack. She has a tattoo of 3 butterflies on her ankle. They were last seen in the St. Augustine area.
Jacob, her suspected abductor, is 27 years old, 5-foot 8-inches tall, weighs 163 lbs and has brown hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a dark-coloured T-shirt, red basketball shorts, and carrying a light-coloured backpack. Jacob has a tattoo of the name ‘Paris’ on his forearm and the initials ‘JSF’ on his upper arm. Flournoy is wanted by the Athens Police Department for charges pertaining to “Kidnapping and Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Florida law enforcement or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-824-3463. You can also call 911. Call Athens PD at 423-745-3222 with information about the missing girl or her alleged abductor. On social media, many people are praying for her safe return. “Praying for her safety,” one wrote. “Let’s bring her home safe,” another said. Along similar lines, yet another user added, “Praying she is found.”
Praying for her safety 🙏
— Alexandra (@Alexand76117273) August 21, 2021
Let’s bring her home safe.
— Randall Ervin Greenway (@ErvinGreenway) August 21, 2021
Praying she is found!!!
— SHERREE ANNETTE ROBINSON (@AnnetteSherree) August 21, 2021
One user wrote complaining about the Emergency system, “Hope she gets found. Haven’t received any WEA/CMAS notification on my phone yet, and NWS Nashville sent the product with a “NONE” tag instead of “EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED.” Is this AMBER Alert not going to be relayed over the Emergency Alert System?”
Hope she gets found.
Haven’t received any WEA/CMAS notification on my phone yet, and NWS Nashville sent the product with a “NONE” tag instead of “EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED.” Is this AMBER Alert not going to be relayed over the Emergency Alert System?
— Arelia M. (@DerpyFireAlarms) August 21, 2021
Social media users have started doing what they do. The tweet by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has received 393 retweets and 228 likes.
People are urging others to share the tweet despite their locations. “Not in FL but just plz keep a look out for those who are, ” one user wrote. Another said, “Even if you don’t live near Tennessee, please share.”
