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01-30-2008, 02:24 PM
Family, police search for missing teen
By Kieran Nicholson
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 01/30/2008 11:01:25 AM MST
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When Mary Sullivan Coit talked to her 14-year-old daughter Saturday, by cell phone, everything was fine.
But now the teen's family is frantically searching for the girl, Mary Margaret Sullivan, who hasn't been seen since was skateboarding with a friend in Greenwood Village.
"We are incredibly worried about her," Coit said today. "We would like to know where she is and what she is doing."
Coit dropped her daughter off at about 1 p.m. Saturday at the Southmoor light rail station, and Mary Margaret took the train to the Orchard station in Greenwood Village.
At about 2 p.m. Coit called Mary Margaret to make sure the girl made the short trip ok, and the teen assured her everything was fine, Coit recalled.
Mary Margaret and a friend, a 16-year-old boy she knows from high school, skateboarded in the parking lot of Greenwood Plaza 12 Movie Theater, 8141 E. Arapahoe Road, Coit said.
The plan was for Mary Margaret to be home by 8 p.m., but she never showed up.
The 16-year-old friend told Coit he left Mary Margaret and went home at about 4:45 p.m.
No one has seen or heard from her since.
"The thing that worries me so much is the cellphone is like an appendage for her, she always answers it," Coit said.
Coit said she called Mary Margaret on Saturday at about 5 p.m., but there was no answer. At about 7 p.m., Coit got one of Mary Margaret's close friends to call the cell number, still no answer. At about 10 p.m. calls to the cell phone started going directly into voice mail, as if the phone had lost its charge, Coit said.
On Sunday morning Coit and other family members went to Greenwood Village to try and trace Mary Margaret's whereabouts. They talked to kids hanging out but didn't get any leads.
Coit has since filed reports with Greenwood Village and Aurora police about her daughter.
"We are certainly going to look into people down around that area, talk to some business owners," said Sgt. Steve Nelson of the Greenwood Village Police Department. "We'll follow up on leads as we come up with them."
So far, other than information from the 16-year-old friend, leads have been hard to come by.
"The first thing we'll want to do is determine whether it is a runaway or a case of foul play," Nelson said.
Mary Margaret ran away in October, but only for one night when she slept over a friend's house without telling anyone about it, Coit said.
The 14-year-old, who attends Humanex Academy, an alternative high school, has smoked marijuana and has taken a limited amount of other drugs, Coit said.
Mary Margaret attended a wilderness camp in Utah in October and December after dropping out of Cherry Creek High School.
Recently, she had been in good spirits and her life has been running smoothly, Coit said.
Mary Margaret is five-feet five inches tall, about 125 pounds with reddish brown hair and brown eyes and braces on her teeth.
Her skateboard is black and beat up, with a split in the front of it. She was wearing a black hoodie, a blue baseball cap and torn blue jeans on Saturday.
"She is fairly gregarious, she seems like a fairly resilient and strong person," Coit said. "Maybe, she's impulsive. She's a teenager."
Anyone with information on Mary Margaret can call Greenwood Village Police at 303 773 2525.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationalpolitics/ci_8119289
By Kieran Nicholson
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 01/30/2008 11:01:25 AM MST
http://i32.tinypic.com/9ssz7p.jpg
When Mary Sullivan Coit talked to her 14-year-old daughter Saturday, by cell phone, everything was fine.
But now the teen's family is frantically searching for the girl, Mary Margaret Sullivan, who hasn't been seen since was skateboarding with a friend in Greenwood Village.
"We are incredibly worried about her," Coit said today. "We would like to know where she is and what she is doing."
Coit dropped her daughter off at about 1 p.m. Saturday at the Southmoor light rail station, and Mary Margaret took the train to the Orchard station in Greenwood Village.
At about 2 p.m. Coit called Mary Margaret to make sure the girl made the short trip ok, and the teen assured her everything was fine, Coit recalled.
Mary Margaret and a friend, a 16-year-old boy she knows from high school, skateboarded in the parking lot of Greenwood Plaza 12 Movie Theater, 8141 E. Arapahoe Road, Coit said.
The plan was for Mary Margaret to be home by 8 p.m., but she never showed up.
The 16-year-old friend told Coit he left Mary Margaret and went home at about 4:45 p.m.
No one has seen or heard from her since.
"The thing that worries me so much is the cellphone is like an appendage for her, she always answers it," Coit said.
Coit said she called Mary Margaret on Saturday at about 5 p.m., but there was no answer. At about 7 p.m., Coit got one of Mary Margaret's close friends to call the cell number, still no answer. At about 10 p.m. calls to the cell phone started going directly into voice mail, as if the phone had lost its charge, Coit said.
On Sunday morning Coit and other family members went to Greenwood Village to try and trace Mary Margaret's whereabouts. They talked to kids hanging out but didn't get any leads.
Coit has since filed reports with Greenwood Village and Aurora police about her daughter.
"We are certainly going to look into people down around that area, talk to some business owners," said Sgt. Steve Nelson of the Greenwood Village Police Department. "We'll follow up on leads as we come up with them."
So far, other than information from the 16-year-old friend, leads have been hard to come by.
"The first thing we'll want to do is determine whether it is a runaway or a case of foul play," Nelson said.
Mary Margaret ran away in October, but only for one night when she slept over a friend's house without telling anyone about it, Coit said.
The 14-year-old, who attends Humanex Academy, an alternative high school, has smoked marijuana and has taken a limited amount of other drugs, Coit said.
Mary Margaret attended a wilderness camp in Utah in October and December after dropping out of Cherry Creek High School.
Recently, she had been in good spirits and her life has been running smoothly, Coit said.
Mary Margaret is five-feet five inches tall, about 125 pounds with reddish brown hair and brown eyes and braces on her teeth.
Her skateboard is black and beat up, with a split in the front of it. She was wearing a black hoodie, a blue baseball cap and torn blue jeans on Saturday.
"She is fairly gregarious, she seems like a fairly resilient and strong person," Coit said. "Maybe, she's impulsive. She's a teenager."
Anyone with information on Mary Margaret can call Greenwood Village Police at 303 773 2525.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationalpolitics/ci_8119289