ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. -- The father of a 7-year-old girl who disappeared while walking home from her Clay County, Fla., school lives Alamance County.
Sam Thompson, who is recovering from a recent car crash, said he isn't in good enough shape to travel to Florida to assist in the search for his daughter, Somer.
"I can't describe it when your daughter is missing and you can't help her," Thompson said sitting on his front porch in Graham Tuesday evening. "It's hard to breathe. If anyone has taken my daughter, I will forgive you. But just let her come home safe and unharmed. There is no need for this."
Thompson's wife and three kids live near Jacksonville, where a massive community search for Somer is under way. Hundreds scoured ditches Tuesday, and choppers searched by air, but there was still no sign of the missing girl.
"At this time right now she is an endangered missing child due to her age and climate conditions for a small child like that. She is definitely in danger and we do suspect foul play," Clay County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Dan Mahla said.
The mother of Somer Thompson went on all three network national morning news shows Wednesday with a tearful appeal for the child's return. She said she assumed someone has her daughter.
Sheriff Rick Beseler appeared with mother Dina Thompson and said investigators are baffled. He told the CBS "Early Show" that officers have interviewed about 75 known sex offenders in a five-square-mile area.
Sam Thompson said authorities with the Sheriff's Department told him they would notify him when he should make the trip to Florida.
"Somebody knows where my daughter is. Somebody knows where my daughter is," Thompson pleaded. "I beg you. Please bring her home."
Sam Thompson, who is recovering from a recent car crash, said he isn't in good enough shape to travel to Florida to assist in the search for his daughter, Somer.
"I can't describe it when your daughter is missing and you can't help her," Thompson said sitting on his front porch in Graham Tuesday evening. "It's hard to breathe. If anyone has taken my daughter, I will forgive you. But just let her come home safe and unharmed. There is no need for this."
Thompson's wife and three kids live near Jacksonville, where a massive community search for Somer is under way. Hundreds scoured ditches Tuesday, and choppers searched by air, but there was still no sign of the missing girl.
"At this time right now she is an endangered missing child due to her age and climate conditions for a small child like that. She is definitely in danger and we do suspect foul play," Clay County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Dan Mahla said.
The mother of Somer Thompson went on all three network national morning news shows Wednesday with a tearful appeal for the child's return. She said she assumed someone has her daughter.
Sheriff Rick Beseler appeared with mother Dina Thompson and said investigators are baffled. He told the CBS "Early Show" that officers have interviewed about 75 known sex offenders in a five-square-mile area.
Sam Thompson said authorities with the Sheriff's Department told him they would notify him when he should make the trip to Florida.
"Somebody knows where my daughter is. Somebody knows where my daughter is," Thompson pleaded. "I beg you. Please bring her home."
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