Pricella Ristick 12, Missing after selling flowers at the mall *found*

**Mommyof2** · February 23rd, 2011, 03:51 PM

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/26957017/detail.html

The child, Pricella Ristick, has not been seen since her uncle reported to police that she slipped away while they were having pizza at a Little Caesar's in Lilburn on Sunday evening. He said she may have gotten into a white van outside the shopping center with a woman named Nancy. Surveillance video showed the suspected white van outside the shopping center.

She said Pricella, who is home-schooled, helped the family sell flowers at the shopping center on Indian Trail Road. She said that's where her daughter met a woman named Nancy about a week ago.

A few hours after Pricella disappeared, her mother said she got a phone call from her.

"She told me, 'Mom, I can't get away,'" she recalled, as her eyes watered.

"I told her 'Come home. Try to figure out a way out of there,' and she said 'I can't. I don't know where I am,'" Julia Ristick told Channel 2's Manuel Bojorquez.

Julia Ristick said she was telling her daughter to call 911 when the call ended.

Police said since they cannot confirm the girl left on her own accord, they are investigating this as a kidnapping and trying to find leads. They said they will review surveillance video for more information.

It doesn't sound like this one is going to end well.

**Rockin Ma** · February 23rd, 2011, 06:37 PM

Why so long to get on the news? I could be wrong, but everything I seen starts yesterday!

**Rockin Ma** · February 23rd, 2011, 06:39 PM

LILBURN, GA -- Relatives from across the country have arrived in Lilburn to help look for Pricella Ristick.

The 12-year-old was last seen by her family Sunday evening, helping her uncle sell flowers in the parking lot outside the Little Caesars pizza restaurant on Indian Trail Road, just off of Dickens Road.

Her family members are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to her return. They have printed and distributed flyers, and they've gone door-to-door asking people if they saw anything.

Police have told the family that only one of the surveillance cameras outside the strip mall was working when Pricella disappeared, and it was pointed away from the area where she may have gotten into a white van with a woman named Nancy.

Three photos from the video do show Pricella and a white van, but they do not show an abduction.

Police continue to search for witnesses and clues and evidence, on the assumption that Pricella was abducted and is in danger, but not knowing for sure what's happened to her.

http://www.11alive.com/news/local/st...78829&catid=40

**Pene784** · February 24th, 2011, 01:19 AM

WTF??? I work on this fucking road and I have somehow not heard of this missing child!! How does this happen?

**Hellsbells** · February 25th, 2011, 12:45 PM

Missing 12-year-old Girl Found Safe in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (11Alive) - Pricilla Ristick, 12, missing from Gwinnett County, has been found safe and sound in Las Vegas, NV.

Gwinnett County police said late Thursday night that Pricilla had started calling her uncle, Joey Thompson's cell phone from a blocked phone number. Investigators said Pricilla told Thompson that she was in a building with many people and that they would not let her leave.

At about 5:30 Thursday afternoon, Pricilla called the cell phone again. When investigators spoke to her, she said that she did not want to go home, and that she was at a Kroger store in Atlanta. Investigators said she claimed she was fine.

As Gwinnett County investigators talked with Pricilla on the phone, the number she was calling from was traced to an intersection in Las Vegas. Police contacted the Las Vegas Police Department and notified them of her location. They went to that intersection and took her into custody.

Pricilla told Las Vegas police that she caught a bus to Las Vegas and had been there for one or two days. She has been placed in the care of Child Services

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http://www.11alive.com/news/local/st...79440&catid=40

**AngelFire** · February 25th, 2011, 03:28 PM

WTF? I confused. First she calls and says she can't get away then she doesn't want to go home?

**Mommyof2** · February 25th, 2011, 03:36 PM

Not sure what the hell is going on with this child.. But I am am glad she has been found safe! My youngest daughter is the same age and can't stand it if I leave her for a couple hours. I couldn't imagine her leaving me on purpose for days on end. I think we are going to find there is more to this story.