Family says Iowa girl missing in national park is in ‘imminent danger’

A 13-year-old Iowa lady despatched an “SOS” textual content earlier than disappearing in a nationwide park with an older teenage boy — and is believed to be in “imminent hazard,” her household stated in a brand new report.

Erica Gamerdinger, of Edgewood, was on trip along with her mother and father at Cumberland Hole Nationwide Historic Park on Monday when she despatched the startling cry for assist with a map of her location — then disappeared with 15-year-old Keith Griffith of Speedwell, Tennessee, her mother, Jen Gamerdinger, told WYMT

She was final seen by a ranger in a campground on the park — an unlimited Appalachian forest with 84 miles of mountain climbing trails alongside the borders of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia — and should now be headed to Colorado or Alaska, in keeping with the native station.

“We consider there’s IMMINENT DANGER to their lives,” Erica’s aunt, Christina Marie Johari, wrote on Facebook Wednesday night. “Coronary heart-broken FAMILY members are looking the world and each lead that turns into out there.”

One other one of many lady’s aunts, Julie Gamerdinger-Rottinghaus, stated on Facebook that regulation enforcement has been “looking from sun-up until after darkish” for the teenagers, whose relationship had not been disclosed Friday.

Griffith has a medical situation and is believed to be with out his remedy, in keeping with officers, who’re searching for assist discovering the pair.

He’s 5-foot-11 inches tall and 160 kilos with brown hair and blue eyes and was final seen driving a  blue and white Yamaha grime bike, in keeping with The Charlotte Observer.  

Erica is 5-foot-5 inches tall, 100 kilos with blonde hair and was final seen sporting a darkish blue floral tank high.

Anybody with details about the teenagers ought to contact the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Workplace at 423-626-1911or the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation at 1-800-TBI-FIND, officers stated.