Crime & Safety
Desperate Hunt for Abducted 4-Year-Old Rebecca Lewis
After Wild West Hogs, 31, used his bank card in Forsyth, Ga., the man was spotted with the girl in Tennessee.
BREAKING: A 4-year-old Lakeland girl and her accused abductor were located Monday afternoon in Memphis, Tennessee. The child is safe and the man accused of taking her is now in custody. Read more.
NASHVILLE, TN — Authorities across five states are hunting for a Florida girl missing since Saturday, with one point in the search linked to a bank card purchase at a gas station in Forsyth, Ga. The most recent sighting was early Monday in Nashville. The Amber Alert has been issued for Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Rebecca Lewis of Lakeland, Fla., is 3 feet tall, weighs 30 pounds and has blond hair and blue eyes. She was last seen in a pink dress.
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Rebecca is believed to be in the company of West Wild Hogs, 31, who stands 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 220 pounds and has red hair and blue-green eyes. He has a scar shaped like the letter "L" on the left side of his head, a tattoo of a blue cross and a tattoo of a Chinese symbol. He was last seen wearing a light-colored shirt and blue jeans.
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Hogs may go by the alias "Matthew Clark Pybus." EBT card had been traced to a BP station at 1337 Rumble Rd., Forsyth. A Polk County (Florida) Sheriff's Office spokesperson said the girl was last seen in Nashville about 2:28 a.m. Monday.
She was also reportedly spotted in Cove Lake State Park in Caryville in East Tennessee, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
They may be traveling in a 2012 silver Nissan Versa, Alabama handicap tag number 4JL26. The vehicle has a magnetic animal rescue paw on the driver's side of the trunk.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of this child, please contact the Polk County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office at 863-298-6200 or call 911.
According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, Rebecca Lewis was last seen sleeping around 9 a.m. Oct. 8 by her 16-year-old sister at the Lazy Dazy Retreat RV/Mobile Home Park. When the sister woke back up around 9:45 a.m., Rebecca was gone.
Includes reporting by J.R. Lind | Images via Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
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