New Hampshire State Police said they are concerned about a missing 16-year-old girl who was last seen Friday morning in front of Fall Mountain Regional High School is Langdon.
On Friday night, members of her family said they were concerened she may have met an online predator.
Surveillance video showed Alexandra Cuevas of Alstead getting into a car that left the school, police said.
"We are an emotional wreck and we are distraught," said Carlos Cuevas, her father. "We’re thinking (it's) somebody from an online, an online type of predator."
Cuevas said his daughter is developmentally disabled. He said he thinks she may have created a fake online social media profile.
"She is very, very gullible," he said. "She can be swayed and we think that’s what happened when she went online."
Police said she was last seen at 7:10 a.m. Friday. Surveillance video from the school shows her getting into a dark-colored older Buick, possibly a Regal or Century, with a silver or gray luggage rack on the trunk.
The girl’s parents did not give her permission to leave the school with anyone, police said. Surveillance video showed her pacing the sidewalk.
Friends said they tried talking Cuevas into coming inside the school, but she refused.
“We actually have video of her getting into this vehicle, and again with what looks like a male subject, getting into the back of the vehicle with her, which is a little concerning to us,” said state police Sgt. Shawn Skahan. “Why is he getting into the back with her?”
She is 5 feet tall, weighs 105 pounds and has blond hair and blue eyes. She was likely wearing black yoga pants, a hooded sweatshirt and black and purple DC sneakers, police said. She was also carrying a large, olive-green backpack.
“The young lady does – from the parents – have some limitations,” Skahan said. “She may be 16 chronologically, but socially, she’s younger than that. So that’s why there’s a very deep concern for her safety.”
Investigators have questioned her friends and are combing through her social media accounts, which may have played a role in her disappearance, police said.
“Parents have got to pay attention to what their kids are doing online because I think this played a big part in it,” Skahan said. “And it’s clear that she knew more about the online stuff than the parents did.”
Police said there is no connection to the missing girl in Conway.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call 603-358-3333 or 603-355-2000.
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