SAN ANTONIO — UPDATE 9/26
The family of Aviana Ashley Williams reached out to us and let us know that she has been found safe.
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Police are asking for help finding a missing 17-year-old girl who disappeared from a far southeast side neighborhood.
They are looking for Aviana Ashley Williams, who was last seen late Sunday night in the 13000 block of Winemaker Drive. She is described as having straight, shoulder length hair, is 5'1" in height and weighs 100 pounds. She is also described as having brown eyes and a light brown complexion.
"I need her back home," said Pamela Alcoser, Aviana's mother.
Pamela says her family went to a homecoming game on Friday. On the way home, she says she got into an argument with Aviana.
"And that turned into, 'Okay, let me just take your phone away,'" Pamela said.
The two had smoothed things over though.
"Sunday night, we were watching movies," she said. "We were able to end the night with hugs. We squashed the argument, and I thought everything was fine," Pamela said.
Monday morning, Pamela says her heart sank when her son realized Aviana wasn’t in her room.
“She wrote a note," said Pamela. "Said she would be back by Monday because she just needed time to think. She asked me not to be mad at her because she was somewhere safe, and she asked me to take care of Rosie; her dog.”
But Aviana didn’t come back. Pamela says their Ring camera wasn’t working at the time. She has no idea where her daughter went, or who she might be with. The teenage doesn’t have a phone, and loved ones say no one has heard from her in five days.
"Her dad - I think he just feels helpless," Pamela said.
Sick with worry, Pamela has a message for her daughter.
"That we love her and we miss her and we want her to come home," said Pamela. "We are not mad. I just want to make sure that she is safe.”
If you have any information on her whereabouts, you are asked to call the San Antonio Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at 210-207-7660.
The police department is also reminding people that knowingly harboring a runaway child younger than 18 years old is a criminal offense. The offense is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $4,000 and/or confinement in jail for up to a year.
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