Missing
An AMBER ALERT was now in. It has been almost 2 days now. Kayla Mae went missing. She was kidnapped and her babysitter was killed.
It was a cold Thursday in December. Kayla Mae had just been picked up from the bus stop. Chloe Smith had been babysitting her since she was 7, now she was 10 and Chloe was 25. When Kayla and Chloe got home, Kayla let her 4 year old dog Lilly outside and waited at the door to let her back in. She walked to the dinner table to start her homework.
“Kayla, do you want a sandwich?” asked Chloe.
“Yes please, ham and cheese.” Answered Kayla.
Chloe brought Kayla her sandwich.
“Thank you.” Kayla said
“You are so welcome.” Said Chloe
“What did you do in school today?” asked Chloe
“Nothing really. Math class was fun. We got to play on the computer. We did work in all my other classes.” Kayla explained.
Kayla was in 5th grade at Million Elementary. She loved it there she had so many friends. She heard the phone ring and Chloe answered.
“Hello Mr. May. How are you?” said Chloe
“I’m great, thanks for asking. Do you have any plans tonight?” Mr. May asked.
“No, why what’s going on?” said Chloe.
“My boss wants Maggie and me to go to dinner with him and his wife. I was wondering if you could stay a longer.” Tyler Kayla dad asked.
“Yes of course I can. Hold on one second, Kayla wants to talk to you.” Said Chloe.
“Hi daddy! What time will you and mommy be home?” asked Kayla.
“Well sweetie my boss Mr. James asked mommy and me to go to dinner. So Chloe is going to cook your dinner and ready for bed. We should be home by 10 tonight. Okay.” Said Tyler.
“Yes, see you then. Love you.” said Kayla.
Kayla hung up the phone and went back to her homework. Chloe walked into the kitchen to figure out what they were going to have for dinner.
“Wanna have pancakes, eggs and bacon?” asked Chloe
“Yes that sound good.” Said Chloe.
Ten minutes later Kayla heard Chloe scream. She ran into the kitchen. There was a man standing over Chloe. The man was in all black with a knife and was about to stab Chloe. Kayla ran to her parent’s room and hid under the bed. The man came bursting into the room.
“Kayla I know you in here. Come out, come out wherever you are.” he sang.
Kayla was shaking, she could hear his footsteps and they were getting closer. Then they stopped and she was being pulled out by her ankles.
“Aha! There you are.” He said
“Get Off Me!” Kayla yelled.
“Come on Kayla. You’re coming with me.” He said
The man put Kayla into his white van and drove off.
****
Tyler and Maggie had just got home. Walking in the door Maggie yelled.
“Chloe we’re home!”
Maggie walked into the kitchen and screamed. Tyler came running in,
“Maggie what’s wrong?” he asked
She just pointed.
“Call 911!” he yelled
“911 what’s your emergency?” the operator ask
“My daughter is missing and her babysitter has been murdered.” said Maggie in a panicked voice.
“Stay on the phone! Help is on the way.” said the operator
When the cops showed up Officer Pete asked Maggie and Tyler to join him in the living room.
“Did you talk to your daughter or Chloe before the kidnapping?” asked Office Pete.
Maggie was still in shock Tyler had to answer for both of them.
“Yes, around 4:15 I talked to both of them. I had ask Chloe if she could stay late,” Tyler answered
“Did Chloe and Kayla act normal while you talked to them?” Officer Pete asked
“Yes. They seemed fine.” Tyler said
“Okay, that will be all for now. Detectives Colby and Mia will be here soon.” Officer Pete said on his way out of the room.
Outside Officer Pete got on his phone…”I need Detectives Colby and Mia sent to, 29427 Purple Ave. as fast as possible.”
When Colby and Mia arrived Officer Pete told him everything he know so far. Then they head back to the station.
“Who are you?” Kayla screamed at the man.
“Okay, first off we are going to come down and stop screaming at me.” Said the man
He continued on “My name is Jay…Jay Miller and I’m not going to hurt you, unless of course you do something stupid. So just relax. I’m taking you to my boss in St. Augustine, Florida.”
“Why St. Augustine, Florida?” Kayla asked in a puzzled tone.
“Oh, because your parents will never find you there.” He said
Jay and Kayla stopped at a motel for the night. Jay had to have her in Florida with in four days.
Back at the May’s home Tyler and Maggie were worried and scared. They blamed himself for their daughters kidnapping and poor Chloe’s murder. Maggie was sitting on the live room floor still crying when she heard the knock at the door. Sniffling Maggie asked Tyler to get the door. She heard Tyler walk from the dining room and the front door open…it was the detectives.
“Hello, Mr. May. My name is Detective Colby and this is my partner Detective Mia. Would you mind if we take another look around your home? We want to make sure we didn’t miss anything.” Said Detective Colby.
Tyler let them in and went to sit with his wife. The detectives took their time heading to the kitchen, looking closely at everything. Once in the kitchen Detective Colby found a note that was missed by the other officers. He called Mai over and read the note.
“Meet me in St. Augustine, Florida in 4 days at Glares Family Restaurant.”
They took the paper to the lab for their tech Becky to test for prints. Within twenty minutes Becky was calling Colby and Mia to tell them her findings.
“Hey, Becky tell us what you found.” Said Colby.
“There are 2 sets of prints.” She said.
“Well do we know who they belong to?” Colby asked
“Great question I’m still running them, hold on… I just got a match on both. First sets belongs to a guy named Jay Miller and the second set to a guy named Tommy Landsfield.” Becky told them.
The detectives did a search on both men and found that Jay only lived two blocks from the May’s house and Tommy lived in Georgia. Colby and Mia spoke to the Georgia State Police and asking them to pick him up. Georgia State Police found his home empty and Tommy was nowhere to be found.
*****
The motel alarm was going off, so Jay rolled out of bed, turned it off and went over to wake Kayla up. Jay went and got them breakfast, sitting in the room eating he turned on the TV. to watch the News. There on the screen was his picture along with Tommy’s; he shut it off, but not before Kayla saw it.
“Is that who you’re taking me to?” Kayla asked.
“Yes.” Was all he said.
Maggie and Tyler were sitting on the floor, she had finally stopped crying.
“How could this be happening?” Maggie asked
“I don’t know, but I do know that we will do all we can to find her.” Tyler told her.
“What can we do…we know nothing!” Maggie said as she got up and left the room.
******
“I have to go to the bathroom.” Kayla yell at Jay.
“We can stop at the gas station up here, don’t do anything stupid.” Jay told her.
When they got to the gas station Kayla went to the bathroom. In the bathroom, Kayla took a piece of paper and wrote a note, she slipped it to the cashier. All it said was:
“HELP! He kidnapped me – Kayla May”
*******
“Colby, Mia we just got a call: A cashier at Blue Gas was slipped a note…from Kayla Mae.” Said Officer Pete.
“Mia get the car, we’re taking a trip.” Said Colby
On the way to the gas station Colby and Mai ran through everyone’s files. They were trying to figure out why anyone would want Kayla enough to kill Chloe. While going through Kayla’s information they saw that Tyler May was not Kayla’s father, in fact Kayla’s father was Tommy Landsfield.
“Hey Pete, can you go talk to the May’s and find out about Tommy Landsfield? He’s Kayla’s real father.” Mia asked over the phone.
Pete knocked on the May’s door, Tyler answered.
“Hello Officer Pete, have you found her?” Tyler asked in a hopeful voice.
“No, not yet, but I have some questions about Tommy Landsfield. Can I talk to you and your wife?” asked the officer
Sounding disappointed Tyler said, “Sure come on in.”
“Who is Tommy Landsfield to you?” asked Officer Pete
“Tommy is Kayla father, Tyler is her stepfather.” Maggie answered
After a few more questions officer Pete left. When he was in his car he called Mia and filled them in on what he had found out.
Colby and Mia pulled up in front of The Glares Family Restaurant. They spotted Kayla with Jay when they walked in…
“Police, back away from Kayla, Jay.” Colby said
Kayla ran over to the two detectives. Colby saw Tommy.
“Mia there’s Tommy, get him.” He yelled
Colby and Mia arrested Jay and Tommy, they took Kayla home safely to her parents.
*******
A year later…
Jay and Tommy went to court and were found guilty of murder in the second, breaking entering and kidnapping, they were sentient to life in prison.
