UPDATE: Burnet girl found safe after widespread missing report
Burnet girl Presley Allen was reported missing on Facebook at around 11:22 a.m. on Monday, April 13, and then reported safe and sound by 1:45 p.m. later that day. Post from social media
A Burnet girl, Presley Allen, was reported missing on Facebook at 11:22 a.m. on Monday, April 13. The post announcing that she was missing was shared over 1,800 times before she was reported safe and sound by 1:45 p.m. that same day.
Delta Dodd, Presley’s mother, shared the initial post at 11:22 a.m., stating that her daughter had been missing for over four hours.
The Burnet County Sheriff’s Office confirmed with DailyTrib that Presley had been found safe by 1:45 p.m.
Dodd told DailyTrib that Presley had been found in Leander and that she is safe and unharmed.
Dodd’s initial post read:
“PLEASE SHARE
My daughter Presley Allen has been missing from Burnet Texas for over four hours now.
“Presley is 5’4’’ and 175 pounds. She was last seen wearing a tan athletic T-shirt, black athletic spandex shorts and black tennis shoes. She has blonde hair and blue eyes.
“Presley is very involved in her school and in athletics and to go missing or suddenly disappear like this is completely out of the ordinary.
“She has already been entered into (Texas Crime Information Center) and listed as a missing person. Please contact the (Burnet County Sheriff’s Office) or myself at (redacted) if you see her or if you hear anything.”